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SEEDS GROW AFTER
10,000 YEARS
Botanists at. the stational Mu.
seu;n of Canada believe ,they
have' the oldest plants in the
world naw on display at the
Inusegm.'
4'They're at least 10,000
years old, webelieve," said
Dr. ,A.E. Porsild, recently're.
tired chief of the Museum's
National lierbar.um, " r
. The plant's— Arctic lupines —
came from seeds discovered by .
Harold Schmidt, a'Ytlkon mining
engineer, in rodent burrows
10 to , 20 feet below the earth's
surface. „c.""
Dr. Porsild and his asso-
ciates
ssesciates believe the seeds had
lain dormant,, yet viable,
surrounded by frozen. ground`
since they were 'placed there
by Arctic collared lemmings
more than .10,000 years ago.
Constant refrigeration and
lack of oxygen had stopped all
growth:'
The plants have been growing
in pots for the past year at the
nearby Central Experimental
Farm under the dirction of
G.A. Mulligan, a botanist at
the Plant Research Institute.
Dr, 'Porsild reckons the seeds
to be at least five times older
than those of the sacred lotus
discovered in the Far East in
1963. They were estimated by
Japanese botanists to be 2,000
years old. These seeds, found
"in a peat bog, also germinated.
The ancient Yukon seeds were
discovered and. kept by Mr.
Schmidt 12 years ago when min.
ing operations uncovered well.
preserved horizontal tunnels
with interconnected chambers.
The mining operations were in
A, the perennially, frozen soils
near Miller Creek, about 100
miles above Dawson, Y.T.
In the tunnels were the re.
mains of a nest, plant seed,
skulls and skeletons of the
Arctic collared lemming.
Museum - scientists believe
-the chambers and tunnels, ori.
ginaily located close to the
ground surface, must have been
buried by a landslide.
This action .would smother
the animals inside, at the same
time preventing the ground from
thawing, leaving the ' semis in
a permanent frozen condi ion.
"There's no reason to• be.
- Neve --there arena -seeds. in even
older deposits iii the north,"
said Dr. Porsild. "They could
date back 1,000,000 years to
the beginning of The Ice Age."
The retired chief botanist
said as far as he knew, seeds
uncovered in mining operations
have never been tested in the
past.
"Mining people usually aren't
interested in the botany side
of it," lie said. "In this case,
Mr, Schmidt had:An interest
and we were fortunate to obtain
the seed." il -
Seeds of • the Arctic lupine
are aboirdthe size of rice ker..
nels.
One of the plants, grown in
a greenhot}se at the Central
Experimental Farm, blossomed
this. summer,; It had one blue
spike. In the Arctic, flowering
doesn't occur until the third
year. •
Seven seeds,of the two dozen
found germinated. The plants
somewhat resemble the modern
lupine grown in gardens
throughout the country, but have
only blue flowers.
Deeply buried rodent bur.
rows, similar' to those at Miller
reek, have long been known
from Central Alaska. By radio-
carbon dating methods, skeletal
remains found in these burrows
have been reported to be about
15,0Q0 years old.
Some of these burrows con.
tained stores of seeds and veg.
etable matter, but they were so
poorly preserved that no one
q
attempted germination.
Lochalsh
LOCHALSH — Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Elphick and Mrs. Donald
Martyn were among those who
attended Expo in Montreal on
the long weekend.
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Miss. Doris Wylds of Toronto
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Don Wylds.
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At the Dan MacDonald home
for the weekend were Misses
Sally and Louise MacDonald of
Windsor, Mr. and Mrs. Finlay
MacDonald and family of
Chatham, Dr. and Mrs. Ford
of Blenhiem and . the Cowell
family of,London.
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Mr. and Mrs. David Elphick
were guests at the Brooks —
Shultz wedding in Ripley. on
Saturday.
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.=rvMt: Reuben Wilson is a pa.
tient in Wingham Hospital.
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Scott and Heather,McCharles
of Brantford ,spent s few days
with their grandparents while
Mr. and M rs. Donald McC harles
motored to Montreal and Expo.
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
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Trios and tribulations 2
There's an old superstition "You're not going. You always
that things, good or bad, run in come . home looking like a
sequences . of three. I'm' in skeleton." And that was that.
•si f and feeling quite
During ; the ,war, casualties ,noble, I +vas, packing my stuff
op my squadron 'always 'seemed for the Expo• trip, ar.d patting
to follow the pat yarn• We'd.. myself on the back for doing
lose a pilot today, perhaps two my duty, rather than n1y pleas -
the next day then n ne for a ure, wh,ei9 number three, carne,
clined to respect it. Re tart �i.
week. Then three mor . - up. An invitation tb be a judge
It happened to me, One day I in 'a 'beauty contest on � Satur-
day.
was shot to ribbons.. by flak. -
Had to land at 14.0 miles an
This is one l'ye been waiting
for for years. I've judged essay
hour. No flaps, w no brakes• contests,,public speaking Fortunately, , I renientbered a
con -
movie. Jammed on _throttle, tests, apple pie contests at the
jumped. on the rudder, and fall, fair., and for three years
groundlooped just short of a have been a judge for the Lea -
nasty ditch. cock Award for humor.
Two days later, I had a bomb But I've never had a chance
hang-up, and had to hand- with to just .sit there and gawp at
a 500 -lb. bomb, fused and those cute kids, leering •inside•
ready to go, dangling from my and pretending I chose the
left wing. That was the winner because of her talent,
smoothest landing ever made rather than the way she parts
in World War II. The only her chest.
thing that was- a bit disconcert- All I can .say is, "Shucks:" .
ing .was that the 'control tower And all I need now is for Mike
made -me land, not on the land: Pearson to call up and say I've
ing strip, but on.'the grass be- been appointed to the Senate,
side it, so that I wouldn't ruin provided 'I can be there Satur-
their runway when I blew up. day morning to be sworn in.
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MALCOLM ,NktcPON,A1„ D M G R ,ST iER C, DALE
Malcolm MacDonald, 81, of
57 B.rltannla Road, East, passed
a.w y in A1aandra , Hospital
after a three month, illness,
He was born February X3,'"1886,
in Huroh Township, the son of
John MacDonald and Margaret
Murray.
A resident of Duluth, Minne
rota, for over 50 years, Mr.
MacDonald came to Goderich
eight years ago. After attending
a Huron township public school,
he worked as a blacksmith for
• several years and later became
a motor mechanic.
He was married, April 16,
at, Ottawa, to ,Alexa Effie Mac•
Leod who survives him.
Mr, MacDonald was a 60.
year ,K member, of the Masonic
Lodge, which he joined while
living in Minnesota. At the time
of his death, he was a member
of Maitland Lodge No. 33, A, F,
and A.M.
Surviving are three daughters
and one son: Mrs. Margaret
Brown, Duluth, Minn.; June
(Mrs. Thomas Webb), Cathryn
(Mrs. Clive Rostant), and Mal.
colm, all of California. Another
son, Kenneth, a member of the
UYS, Navy, predeceased him.
Mr. MacDonald is survived by
• ten grandchildren.
The very next day I was Oh, I haven't given up en -
shot. down. tirely. I could go with the kids
Tihis business of things hap- to Expo, slide over to the fight-
pening in threes is still going- •,er pilots' party,' skip the bus
on. 'Monday the furnace goes ride home and catch a plane to
op the blink. Tuesday, your the beauty contest.
wife gets ,ugly about the gar- • But I think they'd probably-
bage or something. Wednes- bury me the next day. On the
day, some jerk creases your other hand, that might not he
car in the parking lot. a bad idea. I'm not long for
Even the good things come this • world anyway. Not unless
in threes. And that's what hap- 'my- wife cools it out a bit about
pened to me this week. ',Three going to college.
delightful • opportunities for Last Friday night she came
the weekend, and I can take in home all. fired up about her
Also surviving are three
sisters and two brothers: Mary
(Mrs. John Robertson) Annie
(Mrs. Charles Pollock, both
of Ripley; Emma (Mrs. William
'Cobean), Kincardine; John of
London and Allan , of Ripley.
Funeral services were held
Saturday October 7, from Stiles
Funeral Home. Rev,. G,L,,Roya1
officiated; interment was in
Riple3 Cemetery.
pallbearers were: Angus
Worthy, Ottawa; Murray - Co.
bean, Kincardine; John A. Mac-
Donald, London; Ross Mac.
Donald, London; Murray Pol-
lock, Ripley; Elmer Pollock,
Stratford; Bert Gough, Hamil.
only•one of them. Sickening. course. At 4 a•m. Saturday, I ton. -
First of all, I .signed up to ' was reading The part of Socra-
help supervise arip to Expo tes' in Plato's Dialogues. And
from Our school. This in itself had to rise at seven to get Kim
should prove a fairly 'hairy ex- to her bus for music lesson.
perience• Can't you see me
marching up •and down the
halls of a monastery in the
middle of the night, in my
pyjamas and _rainco.aLtrying ,to - _
prevent boys from being boys,
and girls from being girls?
I'd just committed myself to
this ..when old Australian bud-
dy, "Dutch," phoned to remind
me that this was the weekend
of that ancient and .honorable
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Mrs. Christopher C., Paler,
77, of Seaforth, cited Tuesday
at the S eaforth Community ljos4
petal, following a long illness.
The former Maude E11aJohn.
ston, - she was born in Goderich
Township and was educated at
Summerhill.
Following 'ler marriage in
Clinton in ,081 she lived in
Tuckersmitb Township till re.
tiring ko Seaforth in 1957,where
she has since resided.
Surviving besides her bus-
bandare one daut'hter, 'Mrs."
Albert. - (Evelyn) V derberg,
Goderich;, three s ns, Walter
C., Owen Sound; A and Mel«
vin O., both of eaforth; one
sister, Mrs, C es '(Viola)
Hallam, Lucknow; two trothersj
George A., Clinton and Robert
G., Summerhill. Also surviving
are 15 grandchildren and 31
great grandchildren
. The body rested at the R.S.
Box':fgn..eral home, Seaforth,
where services were held at
2 p.m. Friday, conducted by
Rev. S. Sharples of -St. Thomas'
Anglican Church, here. Inter-
ment was irk Clinton cemetry.
JOSEPH SCOTT
RIPLEY — Funeral services
were conducted today at Mac-
Lennan—McCreath funeral home --
Ripley for -Joseph Hall Scott.
A host of friends paid their
last respects and spoke of the
high esteem they had for a
.friend.
Joseph Scott, 69, of Ripley
died , in Kincardine Hospital on
Thursday evening, following a
car -truck collision.
His son, Jack, 39, 'also of
Ripley., who vias driving the
car,, when it slammed into the
back of a slow moving tractor
float, two miles south of Ripley
on County Road 15 in Huron
Township, is in satisfactory
condition in Kincardine Hos.
pital. He had severe cuts and
shock.
The Ood.rieh 'Sign1400r,
42,E of Listowel was u•urtR
Mir. •Scott is; survived by his
wife, the former Annie Morland}
his Son, - Jack, five, ;,grand.
children, two, sisters, - Mb's.
Frank (Elizabeth) Fair, 'Mrs,
J.A. (Mary) MacDonald 'of
Ripley, brothers) Frank of
Ripley and John of Huron TINA*
ship.
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Huron Presbyterial . United...
Church Women heldwork«shops
in. Hensall and in Blyth on
October 2 and 3ton the theme
'A More Vital UCW'. These
were led by Miss Marjorie
Smith, field worker for the
Board of Women of the United
Church. Features of the day's
program were: the introduction
of the new study books, 'Pane.
rama of the Bible' .and 'Japan
Profiles'; Bible study session,
on the meaning of 'Convenant';
and discussion groups on 'Social
Issues of Today'.
Mrs. W.B. ,,rue ,shank of
Wingham, president of London
Conference UCW,.brought greet-
ings from the Conference. Mrs. ,
Gilbert Beecroft, member of
the Conference finance commit.
tee, explained the new system of
self-determination, which is to
replace the allocation system
in 1968 and showed a film -strip
entitled 'Bread, Laughter and
Dignity', which portrayed the
outreach of the church's work
in many parts of the world.
A shorter work -shop was held
on Monday evening in Ontario
Street Church, Clinton f for
ladies who could not attend
either of the -daytime sessions.
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Charlie MacNaughton has achieved an outstanding
record of effective representation for Huron
riding. Just a few highlights: _
• Centralia Industrial Park
-6 A-griculture & Home Economics School_
• New Schools • New Roads
• More hospital beds
• More senior citizen facilities
• Point Farms Provincial Park
• Support for a Community College Campus
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And. for ONTARIO
Charlie MacNaughton expresses the common-sense
attitude of Huron Riding at senior Government level
• Realistic level of total taxation to continue sound growth -
_.- Stress on economy and efficiency in government operations •
• Equalized industrial opportunity 'for slow -growth areas
• Support dor farm capital grants program '
!e -elect Charlie.
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TO THE ROBARTS TEAM.
October 17 —Your date with progress
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