Clinton News-Record, 1967-05-04, Page 9BY DOROTHY BARKER
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Moose,Caboose
AndAComputer
Thete, is just nd Send to tpe.
things fh'3't can.: be learned wlrile
y pursuing the career of ja col
umnist. One becomes an inyet- .
erate headline reader and when
a' heading such as this aiftractg
attention thero is bound to be
■more to it than mere type. “ON '
Battles Moose .for North Lute
Right-of-Way”,. • The sub-title ,
' ‘-Both Sides ’Losers, in .^Anpual \
Fight” ^suggests anr unusual
story.'-’! . ' ■ ? ,
During the morph' of January
this year derailments, in British
Columibia, caused by moose cost
" the ON many thousands of dol
lars. ’ . » " ’
A bull moose is a formidable
animal %with its spread of ant
lers and weighing when full
grown as much as 1,800 pounds,-
A cow moose is only slightly
I smaller. Now, * one might query,
how a moose, large as it is, can possibly derail a train. Forty-six
were killed by' trains between
- Red - Pass and, Prince Rupert
and I was curious,-to know how
this happens every winter.
Trainmen , have a,. theory
.Which seems ..^ mbst logical-
Moose' >tamp. ;- ’dpsyn .paths
through the snow over then-
feeding grounds. -Train; crows
believe these magnificent beasts,
assume that the cleared tracks .
are- one of these food paths and
become most , possessive and re-
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Breeding Units
Buy Guelph
District Farm
*Two of 'Ontario’s artiifiici'al
breeding co-ops have announced
- the ' joint purchase of a farm
. . ’Whene their headquarters ‘ and
sites- will eventually be located.
Central Ontario’ 'aiiid , Waterloo.
' >; Cattle ■ Breeding Associations',
' who have worked together shar-
- irig bulls and -other, projects,
? plan over the next few years to-.
. set up what; will be ■thte>. largest'
artificial insemination bull stud
id Canada? .The location they
Have chosen!ife. throe miles, north
of Guelph in the. agricultural
heart of Ontario. ■
1 The site to be ^developed is a
• 128 acre farm; arid .the main
advantage .pf the location is
the nearness ;of the University
• ofr.Guelph, Where bull. informa
tion is processed and where the
’sptm.en for artificial breeding is
‘deep frozen for later.use.-
> /.Officials of the Waterloo and
/ Central Breeding 'Associations
recently signed' &-• • sire-sharing
, agreement with Lambtori Coun-
/ ty,Cattle’ Breeding Association/^
Asked yto comment.on 'His As-
steiatfcxn’s aims* for'the future
Wdl'bur ,J. - Sharitz,. rhanageteof
.Waterloo^Cattle Breeding ‘ As-
" sociation had this to -say. “The-
• joint ownership df Central Ont-
ark> and -- Waterloo-. hulls ’' ar
ranged in 1963. was: the .begin-,
ning of a long range program
which will have a, far reaching
influence on bur members
herds, as well as th<? livestock
industry in Ontario; The fulure
' of the'A.I. industry appears ex
citing, and our Association must
be prepared, to face the'; cfoal-
lenges/' He said, “We must'be
prepared to show the.same wis-
, dprh and foresight as-.wa's showri
by the men -who ■were respon-
' sible far 'introducing A^i.”
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luctant to leave , as the
approaches. It ,tal$es calculation
|nd experience to wto't fof just
, t^e. right moment tx> 'blqw the
engine’? hornL when a moose is frighted A on $he feckSL Usually
the animals bound U]3 the. snow
banks on either” side of the'
trach^^nd if tlieoatew is jucky;
.the train wjU have passed be
fore the beast comes ’back. ''
If the ipoose is 'strucKftvery
often it will roll, back ‘ under
the-Wheels. Or/if tossed, into a
snowbank even charge' the ,
train. GN's moose problems are
the result of large numbbrsy of
moose concentrated. along 'this
north line., Members of the
train's crew do everything'posA
siblei to prevent this slaughter
by slowing speed, sounding their
air horns and turning off' [their
head lights, Fatalities ’are' al
ways reported to 'the proper
authorities.
While on the' subject of train
crews, especially those, on
freight trains, it won’t be long
before conductors and
■brakemen, moving, across Can
ada, Will ,be occupying quarters
considerably more phxsh;. than
the little,"old red caboose. Qne
hundred'and' fifty units’of mod
em design will. be in service by
■the. end of 1967? '' ,, „ -ft
When . the company, and,, the
Brotherhood .of Railway 'Train
men got their heads/ together,
they didn’t miiss much wli'en
.planning for the creature com
forts combined with functional
'improvements . in this ’ [.polling
stock which has . been* .’.aptly
’dubbed “a .home away . from
home”. EJlectridity‘ sreifHgrir-.,
artfion, r1a d i o ’ telephones rind
nothing less- han swivel qShairs','
.well upholstered,, arid /■'with
headrests', are among some; .of
the innovations. .-The npw units,
were purchased ■chiefly .-to'-meet
the stress? of modern longitrain
operations ’and speed. *. ’ ft.'
Flash, Reservations
In less tharv 10 seconds, a'
request'for reservations on most
passenger trains in UN's,s'eryiice‘
may be . confirmed; The Unew
computerized service is thq. first
on the North, American contin
ent and -.went into operation,
first'for coach and dub car ac
commodation, at the beginning
of April. . , i " . ¥_
. (Located-in Toronto, the com-:
puter’s peripheral devices-keep
a running account of all space
oh trains incorporated into-the
computerized 'system. Tries 13
consoles and the same. number
.of printers' .looked to, me like a
'battery ft df overgrowrk ’type
writers, staffed •_ 'by specially'
trained -efficient employees,
wearing headphones. Not ,bdrig ;
overly; bright when' ift comes ftp.
the technical operation; otf sUOh<
'advanced•'■equipment w was ■'Ap
parent without too much "effort
' on nny.-part that not^bnly ^es-
■ ervation requests, ‘ kbriit. ‘thouSr
antis of inquiries forteayel infor
mation were being handled with*
’systematic rapidity. „
“We have not _> applied .the
electronic system to air trains,
said "Jetan H. Richer, CN's’.vice-'
president’ for passenger Sales
.arid'.services. “We have chbsefi,
pur/most-travelled trains < ih am
effort to ; meet 'the *.,expected
heavy demand, for Saute seiwices
during' Canada's centennial
ylar and Expo 67/”..
'The system is capable of han
dling 1,000 requests, per hour,
24 'hours a day, seven days a
weeiq The computer will.accept
- jfist ' minute cancellatio’ris and
also wiM^Z’retervez ^’tay.^illing
space jas muph tasr’roi^
, .in a'dvhnce’/^ t ' ' '
train
The Bible Today
Bridle duties as Sec-
ratary foi'' the
hf, ttfe) Canadian. Sodoty. Mr.
Bridle had served 'pibt^at
Seirietary1 fo. Sputii Saskatche-.'
Waii ter fiye'
ment. A priest of the Anglican
Church df C^riada, he WS or
dained in TOtPhte in 1944. He
served jn t)ie dioceses- pf? Tor-:
onto, Moosoneie and
before joining ;the Canadian
Bible .Society .in* 1962, /
Assuming’ duties pp .Se-pteim
her F-for the Bible So^ety a$
DWjct Secrptaiy ?n Upper
Canada Distiuct, the Rev.-Alex
ander F, Cowan, pix\sently min-;
iste^. of WesteideUmtedjQhprch,
■ Owen Sound, will move, jto the
Toronto offices of thqjSpoiety.
Mr.-Cowan w^l
bjl'ity for th’b'’Gborigii^h'';Bay>p'i-’
vjdon, ,wlw 'the ; ReV^ B, L,
Wailiien has been servteg.ifot a
number -of* years. Mr.j Walden.
reitires 'after being -a ^strict
Secretary since 1950, serving
in the .Northern Ontario and.
the Georgian Bay areas.*'
The res^orisibilnities. of the
Distinct Secretary are to give
direction-, under their respective
Boards,: to, fund ralising.and the
distribution • of the Scriptures.
Funds are urgently needed to
translate,' publish and distribute
the Scriptures in \l,280 -lan
guages of the world.’ - :
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the. / ■ ■ .
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ASSOCIATION
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deafness
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Mo darn hearing aids are ^f*
fpctiyq m halplpig prifoons'
fearing sdvato-1 types- of deafness,
ihe Canadian Medical AssocU
■atian reporte.
deafness is, dug to some
condition in the outeri’or ■middle
ear, which hinders sound waves
teadbihg the inner poy, a hearr
ing‘ aid gives considerable help.
This type of deafness -- con
ductive deafness — also.’tVeiy
often can be helped by medical
or surgical tneatment.; , * :
When, deafnieiss is due to dam
age in* the inner eat or- the
hearing. perve, effectiveness of
an 'aid depends on the degree of
deafness, An aid is no hip. in
total or very severe deafness.
Also in inner ear deafness,
besides hearing lofes there rite
factors which cause sound dis
tortion, especially when sound
•i!s amplified. A hearing aid can
not correct this,‘although some
of the modern -aids help to re
duce the distortion and some
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people yviviih lifter ear deafness
obtain benefit under good -|s.t-
ening,'conditions -with.
igrouri^.,wi0, 3 ■ * ft*. .7'"‘A,
' The VC.M.A. stresses «-t^e krft
portancet of seeing-..your
if you -think you. to*e betomirig
d^af, it-jp^eessiary, the /doctor
will pefef you to- an - otologist
for fxtr examination and ad
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Mt. arid-;Mrs. McLachlan, Sa
lem, jvisitedi ‘over trig .w^kend
with"' the latter’s ftndtlier, Mrs..
Walter Sjkfmmins.
Mrs./ Harvey Hunking .and
son. Geral^.'v visited on Sunday
with Harvey • in -Westminster
Hospital, . London, ftfhey;-• found-
him. much- improved,’ he hopes’:
to ibe homie soon;
• Mis.‘ Laura Lyon, ^ss•Edith
Beacbm and Mr. and' Mrs. 'Bent
Lyon spent Sunday .'with /Mr. and’Mrs; ‘Ron Neiil ,<jf London.
' Jo', Ahne,, Janejt 'and i Karen
;Wood, '’Wingham, .vusiited over
rih'e weekend wiithv theifv gand-
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JftMiss Linda Thompson-- Stnat-
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Sympathy'of the community
is extended to Mrs.'Mabel Scott
in ihe de^ith of ;her/'‘brother,
Charles Lec„ who passed away
on Friday morning in the On
tario Hospital, Coderich..
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From the Gallery
(Continued from Page 4)
Judy ’ LaMarsh. If she has any
interest 'in the provincial legis
lature' she has kept tit to. her
self so far.
She has been involved in con
troversy of'her own making" or
of someone' pises ever since she
won' a-'seat in a Niagara.,Falls
by-election tin 1960 so she rriay
want 'ri little peace and quiet
for a change. . -ft
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