The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-12-21, Page 15/SEASONS
May this joyous
Christmas season
bring you all the
gifts of Happiness,
Peace and Friendship.
It Won’t Last
Forever. ,
Drivers would dp well to remember
that ft snow storm or freezing rain
stops sooner or later! Often it would
be much better to wait the storm out
In safety rather than attempt to fight
the elements.
Such a battle can be tremendously
one-sided and hurry under the cir
cumstances is usually dangerous and
unwise,
Reindeer Driven 60 Milesjby
Eskimo Herdsmen for Slaughter
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\ ■ —
Canada’s most wonderful round-up
gets under way this month, but cow
boys in blue jeans and ten gallon
hats have no part in it, Their place
will be taken by about twenty-five
(Eskimos on skis, dressed in caribou
Skin clothing, who will be driving
pearly 0,500 reindeer to corrals in the
reindeer range in the Aklavik area of
the Northwest Territories. During the
roundup 500 mature reindeer steers
and surplus females will be selected
for slaughter. The meat, nearly 70,000
pounds of it, will be sold in the area.
The animals are in five separate
herds, which roam over a 16,700 square
mile area east of'the Mackenzie Delta
that has been set aside as a reindeer
range. Resident trappers are allowed
on the range, but the killing of rein
deer is forbidden to all but the herd
ers and their families. One of the
herds is government owned and
managed; three others are under na
tive management and one is owned
outright by Eskimos. Each of the
herds numbers more than 1,000 ani
mals.
During the winter round-up, animals
from the government herd and one of
the native herds are driven directly
Give Your Cut
Flowers Proper Care
The proper care of cut flowers dur
ing the Christmas season can greatly
increase their life, says Prof. R. Good
win-Wilson of the horticultural de
partment of the Ontario Agricultural
College.
The woody stems of such flowers
as roses, chysanthemums and carna
tions should be cut at an angle as
soon as the flowers are received, in
order that the bases of the stems will
not be blocked off from getting water.
Only one quarter or half an inch need
be cut off. To help remove air bub
bles which plug the stems and cause
early wilting, especially of roses, the
stems should be placed in warm water
of 100 to 120 degrees F. (just above
body temperature).
When the flowers are not needed
for display, as at night, or if the
home is empty, they can be made to
last longer by moving them to a cool
(42 to 45 degrees F.) moist room.
To prevent the accumulation of bac
teria which plug the stems of the
flowers, chemical preservatives may
be added to the water, These can be
obtained commercially in a number of
forms, or one may be made at home
by dissolving one Ounce of hydrazine
sulphate in one quart of water. (Two
teaspodnsful of this solution, together
with a tablespoon of sugar in each
quart of flower water, will be suf
ficient.' An alternate is to change the
water, cut the stems, and rearrange
the cut flowers each day. Contrary to
popular opinion, aspirin will not in
crease the life of flowers, says the
O.A.C. authority.
to the abattoir and the animals are
selected there for slaughter. Farther
away Eskimo herdsmen from the
other three herds drive their reindeer
•to a corral, centrally located on the
winter range, After the animals from
one herd are selected, the remainder
of the reindeei" in the herd are taken
back to their own range, and another
herd is driven into the corrals. Later,
the animals that will provide meat t°
feed residents of Aklavik area, are
driven sixty miles to the abattoir, One
or two herdsment from each group
accompanies the animals on this drive.
The number of reindeer being slaugh
tered this winter is somewhat less
than in some previous years. During
the past year there has been a sub
stantial decrease in the reindeer popu
lation, More than 7,700 animals were
counted in 1954 but this year the num
ber dropped to about 6,500. A contri
buting factor in the decline is a mys
terious weakness which has become
evident in animals in two of the five
herds. The weakness, believed to be
caused by a dietary deficiency, results
in bone fractures in the weakened ani
mals. Backbones and legs are most
frequently affected.
The long winter period of darkness
and blizzards often wreak havoc in
the herds. When animals stray from
the main herd it is often impossible
to track them, as their footprints are
covered by the drifting snow. In the
spring and autumn, when there is no
snow but quite often heavy fog, track
ing strayed animals is practically im
possible.—The War Cry.
New Spectacles
Aid the Deaf
Spectacles with built-in hearing aids
will be shown for the first time at
the British Industries Fair in Eng
land next spring. They have been de
veloped as the result of recent advan
ces in the making of miniature elec
tronic components. The battery for
the new aid is the size of a dime.
Known as the “Spectaphone”, the
new hearing aid uses a transistor. It
marks 30 years progress in the search
for an efficient and unobtrusive hear
ing aid. To solve the problem of co
ordinating the production of the aid
with the older craft of spectacle
making and fitting, selected agents
will carry stocks of partially complet
ed frames in a range of sizes and as
semble them to the prescription of a
local optician.
"Many styles will be available to
suit wearers in different regions, and
the range will be adjusted to meet
average sizes and shapes of heads,"
said an executive of the company.
Boss: "Jones, how long have you
been working here?"
Jones: “Ever since I heard you
coming down the hall.”
out sincerest wish
diat this Christinas brings «
$reat abundance of warm and
lasting pleasures to everyone.
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Kinettes Hold
Christmas Meeting
The Wingham Kinettes mot at the
Queens Hotel on Monday evening for
a most enjoyable Christmas meeting.
The festivities began with a delicious
turkey dinner served at a gayly dec
orated banquet table,
Following the dinner the remainder
of the meeting was held at the home
of the hostess, Mrs. Vic, Loughlean.
After a brief business session
and the singing of Christmas carols,
gifts were exchanged and tea served
by the hostess.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Cal. Burke On Mon
day, January 9th.
SHE CURED THE SICK
BY TREATING HANDS
By Ambrose Hills
I once knew a woman who cured
many sick people by treating their
hands. No, she wasn’t a quack or a
fortune teller or a fool. She knew a
little secret, that’s all. And best of all,
it is a secret that can work for al
most anyone.
Katy owned a big restaurant in a
big city and I used to notice that even
though she was a big, homely woman,
all the pretty waitresses in her res-
tuarant ran to her whenever they had
problems. And Katy always seemed
able to cure them.
I also noticed on more than one oc
casion, that some quite distinguished
looking customers came to Katy’s
restaurant for comfort as well as
food. You’d see a troubled looking
man or woman come in, ask for Katy,
and spend some quiet minutes in a
secluded booth. Always, it seemed to
me, Katy held their hands while she
talked.
Years later, I learned that she al
ways looked at the hands of these
troubled and tormented people to see
if they were smooth and soft. If so,
she urged them to do some manual
labor, not on their own behalf, but
for others. I don’t think she had ever
heard of occupational therapy, but
she knew that hands calloused in the
service of others seldom accompany
nervous disorders, complexes or neu
roses.
Katy herself, though she owned the
restaurant, was often seen clearing
tables and doing menial chores to re
lieve the younger, prettier girls for
pleasanter tasks. She took her own
medicine. She belonged to several
church groups, but instead of grabb
ing for the executive posts she volun
teered to Clean the church hall or
scrub the floor, or serve the tea.
I asked her one time, why she did
so many menial tasks when she was
obviously a wealthy Woman. I give you
her answer, which might save you
something in doctor bills in the years
ahead.
"Work in itself is a medicine,” said
Katy. “Work done willingly, to help
others, is such a powerful medicine
that few diseases can resist it. Don’t
you notice that the more the world
tries to escape work, the sicker the
world becomes? So many foolish
people are looking for help from
others, when they would be so much
healthier and happier if they looked
for some others to help.”
I thought that was a pretty power
ful piece of advice. Don’t look to
others for help; look for others to
help. If we all did that, I think we’d
build a strong and happy nation. May
be some day we will all learn that
lesson.
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