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Clinton News-Record, 1971-10-28, Page 9Idinton, Ontario Second Section Thursday, October 28, 1971 06 y e ar IV 1t. 43 2 B.C. men graduate from Pfrimmer Clinic Another class graduated from the Pfrimmer clinic near Bayfield last week. Here the clinic's founder Therese C. Pfrimmer pins a graduation pin on Harry Kustrukoff of Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia while George Setlikoff of Castlegar, B.C. watches. Because of the personal instruction required in the teaching of the course, only two persons are taken in each three-week course. Miss Mary Anderson (right). was among the Many Clinton residents who turned out to cast their vote On Thursday in the provincial election. Clinton's oldest resident she wilt be 103 on Jail, 4,, 1972. Here Mrs., Donna Holmes, poll tie* deposits her ballot Unicef has worked' for 25 years. but it's only just beginning in 'December 1971 UNICEF celebrates ita 25th anniversary. But in recalling the events of the past quarter century any sense of pride in its accomplishments is mixed with concern for the nearly one billion children still living under appalling conditions of poverty, disease, hunger and ignorance in the developing countries. We all know that the world can conquer these problems with its newly-found technology and ample resources, but we do not yet know that we have the will to do so or the awareness of what will inevitably happen if we do not. Nevertheless there are signs that a start has beep made in attacking these ancient ills, and UNICEF which has developed from an agency created for emergency relief to its present long term development and humanitarian role possibly best typifies this vital change in attitude. In the past 25 years UNICEF has accomplished a great.deal. From the many hundreds of achievements a few highlights are: Nearly 400 million children vaccinated against tuberculosis, • 415,000 children cured of leprosy. , 425 million children examined for yaws and 23 million treated, , 71 million children examined for trachoma (an eye disease) and 43 million treated. UNICEF's main role is to act as catalyst to enable countries to learn to help themselves. Education, therefore, has become a major priority. Some achievements in education are: . 2,500 teacher training schools and 56,000 associated primary Garden notes • and secondary schools have received 'UNICEF equipment. 965 vocational training schools have been equipped and 31 training institution;; for Instructors. • Nearly 600 training institutions ter nutrition personnel have been helped. These are just some of the ways that UNICEF has been helping countries help themselves over the past 25 years. The need, however, is still there and it is still growing. The number of children in the developing countries will double by A.D. 2000 and the major increase in population will come in countries least able to support them, UNICEF's main task in the next few Years is to double Its income to meet pressing needs. Canada has been one of the principal supporters of UNICEF since its earliest days and strong support is given to the UNICEF fund-raising programs at Hallowe'en and through the sale of greeting cards, Canadian children started collecting for Hallowe'en in 1952 but the first major campaign really began three years later in 1955 and raised $15,000, By 1970 this amount had reached the startling total of $900,000 every year, all collected in small coins by young children at Hallowe'en or through teenagers programs which they arrange themselves. Please support the 1971 Hallowe'en for UNICEF campaign even more generously than ever, Please have plenty of small coins on hand to welcome our youngest UNICEF supporters. Their work has never been more important. Two men from British Columbia feel they have found the answer to relief to many crippled persons after completing a three-week course at the Pfrimmer Clinic near Bayfield. George Swetlikoff and Harry Kustrukoff, both qualified masseurs and members of the Association of Physiotherapists and Massage Practioners of 13. C. heard about the clinic after reading the book Muscles--Your Invisible Bonds, written by Therese C. Pfrimmer, founder of the Pfrimmer Clinic. Mrs. Pfrimmer has •fought for 23 years to have her belief accepted that many crippling ailments were caused by muscle faults. She felt that too little attention was being paid to muscles and in 1970 had a book published oq,the subject. The two men said they saw how the deep massage technique taught by Mrs. Pfrimmer helped many patients who had chronic conditions. Mr. Swetlikoff, who was trained in Toronto and Spokane, Washington, stressed that these results were made with the use of no instruments but the hands of the masseur. Mr. Kustrukoff who was trained in Chicago and Toronto said that many medical people had ignored the muscles in their search for a cure for many paralysing ailments, They were looking at nerves and other complicated problems. Muscles were just too simple. Mrs, Pfrimmer, who was born in Brussels, Belgium and educated in Detroit Schools and the College of Swedish ,Massage in Chicago, cautions that her deep massage therapy will not cure all cases but has been successful in easing many patients problems. She takes only two persons in each class because she can give the personal instruction needed in teaching the therapy. Her , next class will include a nurse from Prince Edward Island and a blind student from Scarborough, her first student from Ontario, Demand has been so heavy to enter the course she says she may have to run three courses a year rather than the two at present. In all, 70 persons have indicated they would like to take the course. Planting BY A. R. BUCKLEY For many years through the co-operation of the Netherlands` Bulb Institute, the Canada Agriculture Plant Research Institute has carried on a series of test plantings of tulips.+ The main purpose of these plantings is to determine how various cultivars perform in this area. Each fall the best cultivars of those under test, together with newer kinds unavailable earlier, are arranged in their various groupings and planted for display in the Ornamental. Grounds at the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa. The bulbs selected for this display garden are based on a good representative number from each group starting with the very early species and finishing with the late cottage types. Using the information gained from these and previous trials, here is a planting scheme for a succession of tulip blooms of the very best kinds from early season to late. Tulips lend themselves to both formal and informal plantings. They may also be blended into a naturalistic setting according to the types chosen, For longer-lasting enjoyment of your garden it is better to choose different types that bloom at different seasons so that you will get continuous bloom from very early spring until almost mid-June. The very early types of tulips such as Red Emperor, the Waterlily (Tulipa kaufmanniana) types and most of the so-called species tulips may be planted in a naturalistic way near shrubs in the foundation planting, in rock gardens, and in odd corners where they can be seen from the windows and by those who pass by. Near these plant masses of early spring flowering types like the red and yellow Keizerskroon; the white Diana; the soft-pink, Pink Perfection; the Yellow Wintergold, or the vivid red, Brilliant Star. These will not grow taller than 12 inches and should be planted in as large a drift as space permits. Allow each color gradually to diffuse into the adjoining one. The beds occupied by these tulips will be the ones you can fill later on with annuals for they will have passed bloom and be nearly ready for digging by the end of May, when annuals are being marketed or when those you sow inside in the spring will be ready for planting. Following the early spring-flowering cultivars are the Mendel and Triumph groups — newer tulips with long thick stems that are not as tall as the Darwin and Cottage types. They are slightly earlier and are admirably suited to such formal plantings as the approach to the house and the area from the back garden to the front door, In this group, the salmon rose, Apricot Beauty; the yellow Sulphur Cloud, and the bright-pink, Pink Trohpy and White Sails, are good consistent performers. Following this group are the magnificent Darwin hybrids. These brilliant new hybrids were obtained by crossing the Darwin tulip with Tulipa fosteriana. Both types contain some of the largest flowering kinds and some of the most brilliant colors. Most of the new tulips introduced from Holland in the past few years belong to this hybrid group. They include, among many others, President Kennedy, a large yellow; Parade, the top-rated red; Jewel of Spring, a yellow that has been very highly regarded in our trials; Big Chief, with scarlet, rose-flushed flowers; Arlington, blood red; Blue Hill, violet; Gudoshnik, yellow with a red blush; and Spring Song, a large robust red tulip with a very strong stem. In front of the home follow these cultivars with Mayflowering Darwins, Cottage and Lily-flowering types which have longer stems, These are best planted in formal array in measured beds, or in blocks leading to the entrance of the home or around the foundation. If a perennial border exists, plant these types in circles with 12 to 15 bulbs of one kind within the circle and repeat with other blending or contrasting colors every five feet along the borders. Virginia blue bells, forget-me-nots and arabis make excellent carpet plants for these tulips and should be divided and planted along with the bulbs, either in between the bulbs or in patches between the groups, Some of the best Darwin tulips are Sweet Harmony, yellow; Reliance, lilac blue with a silvery overcast; Princess Elizabeth, dark rose with a silvery margin and White Rain. Good Cottage tulips are A dvance, cerise scarlet; Grenadier, orange scarlet; Poet, with multiple stems bearing dark violet flowers; Marjorie Bowen, orange to salmon bicolor; Maureen, white; and Mrs. 1 Scheepers, empire yellow. Among the distinctive lily-flowering tulips with their pointed petals are Maytime, mauve lilac; Queen of Sheba, brownish red, margined yellow; Dyanito, orange red; Marlette, rose pink; and White Triumphator, a tall pure-white cultivar. Take an inventory of all the early spring flowering shrubs and trees you have in your garden and try to arrange a planting to fit in with these. Late red tulips flower in contrast to the garland spirea, Very early ones such as Red Emperor may just bloom in unison with the golden bells, and the fine pink or salmons such as Rosy Wings will blend nicely with the flowerirrg crabapples. Find a place in a corner of your garden for the spectacular Parrot and Fringed tulips. This calls for a grouping somewhere in a distant place so that you can lead your visitors to it. The amazing Texas Gold, a golden parrot tulip, will stop most visitors in their tracks; and the Blue Parrot, Red Parrot and Orange Parrot make good coMVpeary striking,nions too, are Estelle Rijnveld, red and white and Comet, orange red, edged yellow. Humor has a fine blue flower with fringed petals. While shopping for tulips pick up a few of the Tulipa viridiflora types. These will provide a topic for conversation at any time. Best are Artist, with a combination of terra-cotta and green central band; and Tulipa viridiflora itself, green with a yellow band. These rather odd, yet spectacular tulips are more for your own enjoyment and for showing with pride to visitors. They are not for general display, for while they are interesting In themselves, they do not form an attractive bed and do not harmonize well with the surroundings. scheme for a succession of blooms Counties dead in 20 years unless action taken Two firemen kneel in .the heat while fighting last week's fire at the town she'd illutioloilthinnioninsonnotionlififilininnoilfflonnloinnioninniiiiiiiminitinlitilluminftiountomoonnoitollionnowinnunginntwanannonnontamonnienoontoinumanoitimiiiintoffiniounimiammillotiollitmatolifillallifil "County government in Ontario as we have known it is dying of natural causes. it will be dead in 20 years." So said Donald L. King, In Opening the 120 Annual Conference of the Association of Counties and Regions of Ontario, Mr. King, a Principal with Stevenson & Kellogg, Ltd., n5tt rtagentent consultants, suggested to some 200 delegates that the future of the Association depended on the initiative individual counties took hi strengthening their own futures. Referring to the ACRD booklet "Guidlines for Action", he said, "It's a good boOklet. Now it has to be turned into action — and much of the leadership has to come from the people in this room." He emphasized that counties must change — or provincial government will usurp their role. Mr. Xing identified the areas of change as being planning, development, boundaries, the county warden's job, the financial base, and rearrangement of responsibility for services. To effect these changes he recommended that individual counties should: 1. Strengthen county administration; 2, Develop an official county plan that integrates with plans of local municipalities; 3. Undertake co-operative programs with nearby cities; 4. Approach new problems with new and fresh ideas and an open mind. The role of the Association was defined as one of giving leadership to the development of strong second-tier government. "ACAO developed the "Guidelines" booklet, " said Mr. Xing hi closing, "and ACM) should see that It turns into action."