The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-12-21, Page 14t�
s Holiday time is a house filled with gladness,
the Happy lilt of welcoming
Signal -Star,
'AVOID
hristmas'UJishes THE FIRE
RISK
voices. May this be yours on Christmas.
The Staff Of The .
ANDREW DAIRY BAR •
WEST
STREET
The bustle of preparation for
Christmas, and the cheery
gatherings associated with this
holiday - season, may pose a
deadly threat to the lives of
small children, Goderich Fire
Chief Ted Bissett warned this
week.
"Many activities at this time
of year may tempt parents to
leave small children unat•
tended. Even though the inten.
tion may be to 'slip out' far
onlyfew minutes, only a few
secon�s may be needed to turn
a happy hof idly into family
tra ,edy, Trees, wrappingpaper
and decorations bring- an in.
creased risk of fire unless
constant care is exercised,"
Chief Bissett said. •
He pointed out that the
Criminal Code of Canada for.
bids such negligence which may
endanger the life or health of any
child under the age of ten years.
He further reminds parents that •
under certain conditions ' a
Christmas tree can be ignited
by a single match, to burn hurl.
ously. ,Trees should be bought
green, and kept with their fresh.
,cut butts immersed. in water
during their stay in the home.
"Enjoy this happy season,"
he said "but make sure that •
Christm.as cheer does notbring
a careless attitude to fire
risks."
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thoughts, for all our friends
at this holiday season. And bountiful
thanks, to you. and you, and you.
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'THAT'S LIFE
AFTERNOON LIGHT — Sir Robert Menzies; PriJne
of Australia from 1939 to. 1941 and again from 1949 to19Go,
gives soxne ' vivid thumbnail character sketches in his book
"Afternoon, Light", just published. ^
The Chequers of Sir Winston Churchill where "discussion
waxed, but never waned"., The Churchill "who -had ten tunes
as many ideas as other people". The Churchill whose speeches
had that 'nervous' qt allay which ensures endurance.
Attlee with "his compact and unrhetorical way". Roosevelt,
the master of the "art of communication with people". Chamber.
lain, whose appeasement derived from military weakness and
who , believed . that the best mast be made of a bad job. Truman .
with his unerring instinct for the essential point. Keane ty wbO,
rare among politicians, "put his question because he wanted
to ,hear the answer". And Billy Hughes, the Australian Prime.
Minster, who sq influenced his generation that no Australian
Member of, Parliament felt he had been properly blooded until
he had been the victim of his racy, Caustic wit.
He ' throws some interesting light on his Mission to €lire
at the time of the Suez debacle: It was the Eisenhower Press
Conference committing the U.S. to a policy of peaceful settle.
ment and 'nothing else' which took the last 'ace from his nego.
tiati.ng hand. The moral is that unless treaties are honoured,
there isp no basis for international relations.
Referring to the United Nations Assembly he says that the
new interpretation of one man, one vote is too often one man,
one party., "Is it too late" he asks "to pause and take stock '
and concentrate upon the things which unite us?"
*** Afternoon Light by Sir Robert Menzies. Cassell. 45/ —
SPINAL REGENERATION — No little controversy has arisen
lately over the treatment of a quadriplegic, Mr. Proulx, in To.
ronto General Hospital; It aroused this writer's interest be.
cause for three years he witnessed and photographed a .suc•
cession of attempts to achieve regeneration in the spines of
a series of dogs. -
Dr. Phil Shurrager and his wife, a Ph.D. in her own right,
worked on this problem for their theses at the University of
Illinois. Later, when he became department head of Psychology
at Illinois Institute• of Technology, they continued their work
on this subject.
As far as my visual ,observation went, there was no doubt
that the dog's spine was severed There followed days and days of
therapy and exercise. Eventually the dog could raise itself on
his hind legs and walk, even if stiffly and with some ungainliness.
Ecorate
Your Home tuie youremeefwhle
wall,
Christmas lights. But don't just
choose any color at all — — to
get a really beanitiful effect
best to study the
he
decor
of
Planning to entertain tis
Christmas? If so, the welcome
you give your guests as.they step
into your front hallway can be
brightened by using lighted
Christmas decorations such as
evergreen boughs with a cluster
of Snowball lights set on the hall
table.
This,is easy to' make. First,
wire or string together a few
branches of fir or cedar, than
arrange five or .si» Snowball
lights in a tight cluster. Snow.,
ball lights are white during the
daytime, and make an eye -catch.
In decoration against the dark
green of the fir or cedar. In
the evening, when they are lit,
they become beautiful pastel
shades of blue,. green, red,
violet, yellow an white. _
Probably no hallway is quite
complete without mistletoe, the
symbol of love. Legend has
it that the maid who does not
get kissed under it is doomed to
spinsterhood for the year to
Dome. An. oldfashioned"kissing
furniture and rug, before. you
even purchase the tree.
An tree colors! Some of the
most unusual effects can be
achie,ve.d by choosing th ht
color of -tree, togeth
lights selected to come
piement the' roomi,decor.
For instance, if your living
room has light blue walls, w" '
furniture and rug in blues
greens and white, try a Christ•
ina-s tree painted white, pad deC.
orated with blue and green
Lighted Ice lights. Lighted Ice
lights resemble a large globe
of light with chips of "ice"
all over it. When lit, they create
a soft wintry look that is quite
unusual. You can get an a11e
white string and socket set
to blend -with a white spray.-
painted.
praypainted tree, enhancing the
painted tree, enhancing. the
effect of the colored lights.
A living room with white
walls, with furniture and rug•,in
burnt orange and beiges, would
look very attractive with a
Christmas tree painted gold and
decorated with, red Sparkle
hoop" can be hung on a hallway lights, These -are a beautiful
ceiling fixture. Simply fix two magenta red and they really do
embroidery hoops, one inside "sparkle". • Gold and white
Lighted Ice on a gold tree also
blends in with the more formal
living room with beige walls
lights, attached to your ceiling and neutral furnishings.
fixture, and covered with sprigs Mixed' Snowball lights on a
of evergreen boughs, is bound pink tree lends itself to the
to catch your male guests' at. festive air if your living room
tendon! has mushroom walls and rugs,
One of the most attractive with furniture and accessories.
ways to decorate windows is to,
the other at right angles, and
tieyour mistletoe in the centre.
A cluster of green Lighted Ice
The.....iailure.s...gauld_never_ do more. than _drag their. hind legs on use strings of lights---theout•
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window. If you set your tree
near the window, outsiders can
catch a glimpse of it, too.
In addition, you can cut out
angels, - stars and snowflakes
from colored foil paper and
stick them in unique designs
on the window pane. To add
more sparkle, coat the facing
sides- with an adhesive such as
rubber cement" or clear nail
polish and sprinkle glitter on
them.
You can arrange bunnches of
evergreens attached t'd'the drape
ery track in the valance above
-so that the evergreen tips hang
down at an angle across the top
of the window pace. String gaily
colored Sparkle lights in the
branches so they are visible
outdoors as•well•as in.
On the window sill, place
a centre' decoration of your
choice, perhaps a small Nativ-
ity scene or a simple spray
of evergreen branches with
gaily colored Snowball lights.
. On either side you can also
top , two ror-three candles,
ti.' remade from a cardboard...
2ityliirde`-4 (sick' gas'° a nia'Ifiti
ting) • ana topped with a red
Sparkle „light to provide the
"flame".
For originality this Christ.
mas, decorate your tree witn
the new colors and styles of
failure of these attempts. I Merely recall the wave of scepticism
which assailed the publication of the paper describing the re.
sults of their more successful attempt.
There can be no gainsayifig that a profession which deals
with human life must be cautious, yet one cannot help recalling
the opprobrium which assailed Lister's head when he first in—
troduced -the practice of antisepsis. He was pillaried by the Uni-
versities of Edinburgh ,and Glasgow. At that time the "microbe
hunters" were only just beginning to score and Pasteur was one
whose experimental work convinced Lister that he was right
in his theory. Pasteur too- had to face' the most bigoted step.
ticism, yet in the end they were both accepted and honoured.
In these enlightened days so much is being done which ap.
peared as an impossibility 'a few years before, because the
availability of knowledge was inadequate to deal with the parti-
cular problem effectivey. The theory of regeneration has been,
and still is, that it is only possible when each of the many fibrils
is able to find its 'mate'. Remembering that the spine contains
30 million nerve fibrils, which in turn float in a filmy salt
solution, it may be hard for a layman to have faith in the pos.-
sibility of achieving apposition. It is the sort of intercommuni.
cational problem which should, perhaps, be referred to the
Bell Telephone Labs. This is not facetious comment, because
many recent advances in "medicine" have been the result of
closer collaboration between the several professions, more
especially of engineering and of medicine; a collaboration which
has been ignored for far too long_
Therefore, acknowledging the potential of modern science,
at least let us babes -in -the -wood o modern technological progress
suggest that it is time to rep p •- Ceptictsm; Ny. ich is efeatist,
with the more -constructive ap t-ncouragktfitfeht ,oqrage.
ment, far,, a 3r 3d� eve y •po i c y West attempt,..litpWever
outlandish it may appear to us to reduce the "impossibilities"
of yesterday to the conquests of tomorrow. -
T.P. — Paper was invented- in China by Tsai Lun around A.D.
105 and the making of . it perfected there. Today the Chinese
ambassadors who serve abroad are accused by their countrymen
of despising Chinese products and: bringing back Trunk loads of
foreign merchandise. One ambassaror, recently returned,brought
back to China eight rolls of foreign toilet paper.
CUCUMBERS — A charge of S3 per pouna for cucumbers grown
on "private ground in South Russia has raised an outcry among
the housewives in Moscow, Leningrad and other northern centres.
Enterprising growers can earn as much on one trip with their
produce flown in, as in a year op the collective farms. When and
if the Carter report is implemented, this charge will sound cheap
to Canadians, with a, fax on seed and a tax on the capital .value
of the cupumber.
the
joy
of
Oirtstrnas
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in greens, pinks and browns.
Snowball lights come in six
beautiful pastel shaded which
are white as snowballs when un•
lit.
. For ,> the traditional living 4
room, with green walls,
and chintz -covered furniture
and • dark woodwork, they$ '
is nothing like thenatural green
tree decorated with a mixture
of red, green, yells* and blue
Sparkle lights, However if you
prefer a softer effect, , try
Glow lights whidh also comp in
a variety of colors. '
Use gold and .silver sprays."'°
painted trees carefully, for they io
can be a -dominant, feature of a
room. They generally suit a
larger living room decorated in
formal style, or a hallway. I:t •
is better to use a small tree,
as they will stand out without
becoming too dominant.
Remember that your, Christ
mas tree .is usually the main
centre of interest,. and should
receive carefig planning as to
its size, shape and decoration,
An overwhelmingly large tree
will dwarf anti destroy the
beauty of your over-all decorate
ing scheme. On the other hand, a
tree too small will lose its
effectiveness as the centre of
interest. •
It Is a good rule to separate
your centres of interest so that '
they don't compete with one an.
• other. In most living rooms, for
instance, the Christmas tree
is one centre of interest while
another may be the mantel.
Above all, have •lots of fun
decorating this year. It's a won.
derful chance ...to try. your .
artistry, originality, ingenuity
and creative ability!
It's the season
'of joy and
good will / If
when
friends ' ;'tt
gather •. -1
together for
happy times.
May your
Christmas Holiday
be filled with
many such moments.'
EARL RAWSON.
Style Shop
WEST ST.
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Our Christmas wish
good will
to all men,
peace, •
and the
happiness
of giving.
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HERE IS A
GIFT IDEA!
Maybe you are an adoring Aunt, Uncle, Grandmother
or • Grandfather who feels that there 'is 'an adorable
youngster on your family tree whose parents should
have his: portrait taken. Why not send them a GIFT
CERTIFICATE.
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GODERICH, ONT.
95 TORONTO S7. • 524.7924
)Sleigh bell ring,- Y
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voices sing out all
through the land in•
friendly Christmas greetings **
To these we add our -
own, extending to our faithful
° customers and friends the warmest holiday
wishes, the sincerest "thank you" for your patronage.
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