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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1955-12-08, Page 3HEC IVerI SPORTS GOLUMt�16: When Pasquale "Pat" Abbruzzi, a stocky footballer from Warren, Rhode island, scored 19 touch -downs for the Montreal Alouettes, and gained 1277 yards yards by hurling his thick -set body through the Big Four opposition — both records --= he proved among other things that physical handicaps can be overcome, For Abbruzzi, who is but 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 205 pounds, has one arm three inches shorter than the other and a pair of legs that would look better on a .grand piano than on an athlete, But you can't beat whatever desire a boy may form in his heart, whether .it's the desire to be a painter, an author, or an footbalwh athlete. most kidsguale were learning' about blocks. love 1 -le was different, He -already knew about blocks and was studying tackles. The fact that he had four brothers who played football failed to smooth his path to stardom. For Ma Abbruzzi was determined that her fifth son wouldn't enter adolescence as a candidate for medical science. She'd had her . share of watching her boys come home on Saturdays with an assort- ment of injuries. Firmly, but with motherly tenderness she said, "Pasquale, no football." That made life rough for a kid growing up in a small town in which his brothers were , considered Crowleys, Laydens, Millers and Stuhldrehers — all rolled into one. But the urge to play was too strong and he joined the kids in -a sandlot game. Of the 22 lads on the field, Pasquale was the only one who was forbidden to play. So perhaps It was Fate that he should break an arm. Fearful of the consequences, he concealed the injury for a week until the pain became unbearable and nis moans attracted his mother's attention. Surgery corrected the injury but it left him with a short arm. , Life rolled swiftly for Pasquale after that. His mother's silence was mute consent that he could continue. hie sent on to overshadow his brother Duge at Providence, decided to throw in his professional lot with the Alouettes and became a star overnight. Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto. Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO Th1 tgs Muddled In Britain Too! Who is to blame for rising prices? Are all the increases really necessary? Aren't inef- ficiency, carelessness, -bad management, and - wasteful working methods helping to .make things dearer? A. plane flies to New York rand back in a day.. A Stockport manufacturer comments acidly that, he's more: interested in "the time taken by goods per. British Railways from Hulme, Manches- ter, to Stockport: seven days for seven miles." A Londoner sending goods by mail was told they'd be collected on a certain day. The van didn't turn up, and he had to phone n reminder. "After the goods had gone, they called twice more to collect them," he writes. "And the goods landed at the wrong station and stayed there a fort- night." The railways have no monopo- ly of muddle. A householder wanted a small extra gas cook- er. Two men examined the pipes and found there wasn't suff- tient pressure. The order-. was cancelled. Then two men and a boy arrived with the cooker. They took it away again, but that didn't stop a man and a' boy turning up to fix it. Later two more men were sent along to collect the cooker "delivered 1rn error." Building costs keep going up. No wonder, Here's a picture of pride of craft and co-operation - :dn the building. industry by a doctor who had a house built recently and went along occas- ionally to see how the work • was getting on: "The painter starts painting, and then the carpenter comes and rips up the work he has done. The plasterer scatters his plaster with gay abandon over the new woodwork, but the painter just goes on painting. The plumber arrivesand drives his nails through the water - pipes and the electrical circuits." -Repairs cost more, too. That's one reason council house . rents are rising.- But often the tenants who grumble most about that could help' to prevent it if only they'd see to simple jobs them- selves, instead of calling in the maintenance men. The chairman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hous- ing Management Committee thinks their laziness is adding about £180,000 a year to main- tenance costs. In one case a workman had to be sent to replace a screw in the woodwork .because the tenant; a joiner, wouldn't do it. "Why should he?" said his wife. "He's not paid for it." A Lancashire housewife was having her bedrooms repapered Because she had an afternoon job, the two workmen were left on their own. 'She came back early and found them stretched out on her bed, sound asleep, with the alarm clock set for 5 p.m. Is there really much mystery about why the cost of living goes up and up? —John Blunt in "Answers," FUDGE JUDGE — That's Leonard Hall, registering delight as he samples fudge made from a recipe of Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower. Serving isHopeRidings Miller, at a party given by the Women's National Press Club. Hand shown taking fudge belongs to an unidentified woman. When CIhurchill And F.D.R. Took A Holiday "You have come all - this way," said Prime Minister Win- ston Churchill to - President Roosevelt. "You really must not go back without spending- a night or two in Marrakesh." It was January, 1943, and the two great men were chatting informally during their historic conference at Casablanca, short- ly after the landing in North Africa. Marrakesh was Winston's fa- vourite holiday resort. And he knew of a villa there — a very beautiful villa. The President was not sure he could spare the time, but at last he was persuaded. The vil- la, he was told, was built by an American lady named Mrs. Taylor, and was occupiedat that moment by tbe American Vice - Consul, Mr. Kenneth Pendar. The President thought that per- haps they could arrange tostay for a night- there. But before this could be undertaken the villa had 'to, be examined • for security purposes. The American Vice -Consul -was summoned to •Casablanca. • The villa itself was visited by various security officials. The grounds were carefully inspect-. ed. The villa stands in relative. isolation in extensive grounds of its own, with high walls that shut it off from the rest of the town. There is only one en- trance and it was felt that it would be reasonably safe. The villa's attractions had not been exaggerated. It is a mod- ernized version of a Moroccan castle with thick walls of pink plaster. There is one Targe spreading building dominated by a high tower. There are two inner court- . yards containing lovely gard- ens of orange trees, geraniums and bougainvillaea, together with black marble fountains all indirectly lit, which gives thein a strangely magical effect by night. The gardens cover about four acres of ground. There are olive trees, fountains, rivulets and a pool, which when seen from the top of the tower, sparkles like a square -cut emerald in the Moroccan sunlight. A great deal of work had to be done to get the place ready for the visit. Ramps had to be 11114IS IS TOUCH TACKLE?—Looks more like "clutch" tackle. North's Joan 'Smallman tries to bring clown Chris Stilwell, who's making 20 yards an a punt return for South during the annual Coed Clash at University of Southern California. North won, 12.0, before the ladies retired to Sha sidelines until next season., Item Joan's latched an to is a towel, tied to uniform for tackler to grab. constructed so that the Presi- dent's chair could be wheeled in or out of the garden without having to be carried up and down steps, and railings were set up in case he wished to walk a few paces. In the grounds anti-aircraft guns were -install- ed and telephones were attach- . ed to many of the trees with guards stationed beside them. The code used by those work- ing in the villa referred to Roosevelt as "Al and Churchill as "Bi". Telephones were also installed in every bedroom to connect the two great leaders ' and their staffs with the the- atres of war. When the conference ended at Casablanca, Winston Church- ill ` and President Roosevelt, wearing overcoats, 'set out to- gether in a large limousine, which was painted :a, drab olive. They sat in the•. back seat to- gether with a plain: clothes man beside the driver .ell front. A hamper was packed with their lunch, which they had on the way down.: It helped to. break up the long journey, which took five hours. The en- tire route from Casablanca to Marrakesh, all 150 miles of it across desert sand, was lined by American troops — many thousands of them. At last came the final report on the car's progress: "The party is now turning towards the villa and should arrive there in . a few minutes." The Prime Minister alighted first; the President had to be assisted into his chair and was wheeled through the garden to the terrace. They sat there for a while looking out on to the lovely green pool set between two large cedar trees. Tea was then served. The Prime Minister, who had been to Marrakesh before, went in after tea and climbed to the top of the tower to see the glo- rious view of the Atlas Moun- tains, which- rise to a height of 12,000 feet beyond the noise and clamour of the bazaar. Churchill came down exhila- rated and said to the President, "We are - most anxious, sir, for you to see the view from the top of the tower. Do you think you could be persuaded to make the trip?" The President re- plied, "I have every intention of going up there if my men will be kind enough to take me." The wheel -chair was too wide to negotiate the winding stair- way, so the President was car- ried up the sixty steps to the top. • Somebody had brought up a wicker chair for him to sit m. As he, saw the sun setting and flushing the snow with a pink glow, he gazed spellbound and spoke ecstatically abut the un- forgettable seen e. Churchill kept humming and half singing the words of a little song, "Oh, MERRY MENAGERIE t 114, 4 11et. vAC,e, "Ons consolation, dear — tad- poles don't get up nights yelling for ft drink of water!" ISSUE - 49 .,- 1155 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING .BUYING your chicks is .a serious pbusiness. 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There were thirty ,nen in all staying in the house, including Harry Hopkins and Averell Harriman, and soon they began to assemble for drinks. Church- ill, wearing his famous siren suit, had a martini while Roose- velt took an "old fashioned." Cooks had Been busy for days preparing a splendid m e a l which was served by soldiers. Both great men were astonished at the variety and richness of the courses. The sweet, at least three feet high, was made to represent the famous Marra- kesh mosque. After dinner the President and Churchill settled down to work. They sat together until half past three in the morning, discussingaspects of the war and composing.' a • slunmary of the deliberations at the 'confer- ence at Casablanca. After a sandwich or two and , went off to their various rooms. The President said, "Now, Win- ston, don't you get up in the morning to see me off," And they bade each other good- night. But in the morning he had himself wheeled into Winston's room for a further farewell. Winston instantly climbed out of bed. "I'm coming with you to the airport, Mr. President," he said. "I can get into my rompers in two twos." Wearing his famous outfit under a dressing gown with black velvet collar and cuffs, and an air marshal's blue cap, Winston reached the front door just as the President's chair was being taken down the steps, now covered by a ramp. The inevitable cigar was be- tween his lips as he drove with the President to the airport. Photographers picked him out there and cocked their cameras, but Churchill shook his head at them and, pointing with his cigar at his queer get-up, said, "You can't do this to mt 1" After' the President's . 'plane took off, Winston returned to the villa where he stayed for two further days painting the , magnificent view from the tow- er of the sunset on the snows. That was the only picture be painted during the whole of the war. 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