The Seaforth News, 1955-08-18, Page 7i1
REAL COME ® BAC
No story touches the heart or
lifts the spirit as sloes the story
of the man who comes back
from oblivion to make good
again. And this is such a tale.
It began many years ago on a
farm. There, on that farm, lived
a healthy, handsome youngster,
From an early age he showed a
keen aptitude for sports. When
he was only a boy of nine, his
father gave him a Texas cow
pony. Soon he became an expert
horseman, galloping the spirited
COW pony around the country-
side as if he had been born to
the saddle. That farm boy was
an all-around American he -boy.
He fished, he hunted, he swam,
and he could expertly handle
all kinds of small boats.
One day he became interested.
in baseball. With the vigor and
enthusiasm of a born athlete,
he began to play the game. At
first, the boys of the town team
wouldn't let him play with
them. They didn't think he was
good enough. But one day that
boy proved the kind of ball-
player he was. He was playing
the third base for the town
team. In the seventh inning, he
dove into the dirt for a scorch-
ing ground ball, came up with
it, and nipped the runner at
first. For the two remaining in-
nings, his teammates didn't no-
tice thatevery time the boy had
to move, he winced with pain,
Only after the game was over
did they find out that he had
continued to play with a badly
injured hand, and without a
whimper!
At prep school he was to dis-
tinguish himself in all sports as
a fine athlete. He played foot-
ball, baseball, rowed and ran
eross-country. But he excelled
at track. One clay he showed up
for an important meet, sick. The
coach refused to permit him to
enter the events. But the boy
pleaded with his coach, who fi-
nally relented. And the boy
established a record for the
high kick, with a jump of eight
feet, six inches. The high kick
was a regular event in track
and field events back in the
'90's.
But his ability in sports went
even further and took him to
strange lands. He went to Eu-
rope and became a bicycle speed
rider. He toured, on wheels,
through Switzerland, France
1
CLAIM TO FAME — Eighty -six-
year-old Chilo .Grant claims he
has one of the most impressive
mustaches on all the King's
Royal Rifles. The old soldier
from Winchester, England, be-,
gen his military career in 1892
and left a year's retirement in
1914 to fight through World
War 1.
and Germany. One day, while
riding his bicycle in Germany,
he was arrested ;four times!
Once it was for speeding, a sec-
ond time for running over a
goose on a village street, a third
time for picking cherries from
trees along the highway, and
the fourth time for cycling into
Strassburg. There he was brought
to a sudden halt by an armed
guard and placed under arrest
for trying to enter a fortified
city of the Reich. A squad of
soldiers escorted him to the of-
ficer of the guard, A strange
scene took place, prophetic in
its implications. For, after the
commanding officer had threa-
tened the boy with dire punish.
men, the American youngster,
enraged and furious instead of
frightened, turned upon the
German officer and shouted,
"What kind of a country is this?
A Irian has absolutely no free-
dom to do anything. All these
stupid restrictions and pompous
laws; It's about time you Ger-
mans learned somethipg about
freedom!"
So he left Germany and re-
turned to America to go to col-
lege. He had set his heart on
playing football, but, "although
he did make the squad, he was
too light for the varsity. One
clay the coach took the boy aside
and advised him to quit foot-
ball.
"Look here, son," he said
kindly, "I've been watching you
ever since the season began. I've
admired your spunk and cour-
age, coming out the way you do
every day and playing against
men twice your size, You're too
frail for varsity football. Why
don't you try tennis?"
The boy thanked hint courte-
ously, took his advice, and went
out for tennis. And, before he
was through, he was the best
tennis player in school! '
Even after college he contin-
ued with sports, Still a robust
example of superb manhood, he
became a deep-sea fisherman
and an expert seaman, sailing
his boat through dangerous
waters.
One morning he set out in a
sailboat for a day's fishing. He
was at Campobello Island, off
the coast of Maine. He had
hardly cast his line in the water
when he suddenly noticed smoke
rising from the pine woods on
the mainland. Hastily he hoisted
sail and went to investigate. He
found a small forest fire which
was spreading rapidly, He raised
the alarm at once, summoned
some farmers, and led them
against the raging fire. For sev-
eral gruelling hours, he was in
the forefront of the struggle.
Finally it was brought under
control.
Worn and weary, he turned
to go home. First, however, he
decided to go for a swim. With-
out a moment's hesitation, he
dove into the icy water of the
Bay of Fundy.
He awoke the next morning
ill. He couldn't move his legs.
Doctors and specialists were
summoned to examine him.
And they gave him the tragic
news. He had become a victim
of infantile paralysis. He would
never be able to move again, to
stand, to walk. For the rest of
his life, he was to remain a
helpless, useless wreck of a
man.
So believed the doctors, and
so believed the world. The only
one who refused to believe it
was the patient. He did not give
up so easily. This man who once
had played football, baseball,
ANYBODY HOME ? — Jack Seifert looks for Thomas O'Neil
hidden under his fur -lined hood. The airmen are stationed on
Greenland where it's hard to keep warm outdoors unless a
heavily lined parka is wrapped around you.
HOW TO "IMPEACH" A GOVERNOR — National Peach Queen
Nancy Marsteller, "impeaches" Pennsylvania's Gov. George
Leader. The ceremonies were a toothsome send-off for the states
annual Peach Week.
who had once broken a track
record, been an expert horse-
man, swimmer and hunter, ten-
nis champion and bicycle speed
rider was determined that he
would come back. And he did
come back—all the way back.
He came back to rise to the
greatest heights any American
has achieved in the history of
our country, and in all this
world. For this sportsman who
came back to fight and win the
greatest battle any man ever
fought, a battle against a life
of sickness and oblivion, went
on to become elected the Presi-
dent of the United States, not
once, but four times!
His name . was Franklin
Delano Roosevelt,
Anyone is Liable
To Find Lira Run
When you read of a uranium
strike or a new oil field, do you
get the urge to leave the little
woman and kids and rush off
in search of fame and fortune?
Being a practical man, you can't
turn prospector at the drop of
a hat, but you can become a
"rockhound" and take the fa-
mily adventuring with you.
"What's a 'rockhound'?" you
ask. In more dignified language,
just an amateur mineralogist,
for rocks are mixtures of min-
erals.
The hobby of rock hunting is
growing in popularity in Canada,
and well it might, for this coun-
try has rocks and Rocks and
ROCKS galore.
Bob Ford, a bacteriologist liv-
ing in a Toronto suburb, is an
enthusiastic rockbound who gets
year round fun from his hobby.
Bob's interest in jewellery -
making led him into the field
of mineralogy. Wishing to make
his silver and copper pins and
earrings a little more elaborate,
he went to the Royal Ontario
Museum to enquire about ob-
taining gemstones. There, they
told him about the "Walker
Club", a mineralogical club
whose only membership quali-
fication is interest in rocks. Bob
joined, and another rockbound
was born!
In his own basement, from
rocks collected within 200 miles
of his home, Bob produces
polished stones in every color
of the rainbow, and they vary
from the size of a pea, to that
of a 50 -cent piece. He specializes
in making coffee spoons, the
handles set with tiny gems. He
also makes attractive jewellery
of his own design — all with
the homemade equipment cost-
ing less than $75.
In his hobbyroom adjoining
the workshop, Bob has built a
fireplace from some of his rocks,
many of them fluorescent. It
makes him laugh to turn an
ultra -violet light on these and
watch the amazement in the
faces of his visitors who see
apparently dull rocks spring to
life in a sunset of rich glowing
colors.
You, too, can have as much
fun out of rock hunting as Bob
Ford and his family, but before
you really decide to "go on the
rocks", there's a little spade
work to be done not the back-
breaking kind — that conies
later!).
I:f possible, visit the nearest
museum of mineralogy, and note
the names and locale of the va-
rious specimens. If you cannot
visit a museum, you can obtain
an inexpensive collection of
minerals from the Department of
Mines and Resources at Ottawa.
• Maps charting mineral de-
posits in accessible areas may
be purchased at low cost from
the Department of Mines hi your
own province. These are as
necessary to a rockbound as a
road map is to a motorist.
You probably have most of
the equipment for the hunt in
your own cellar .- a hammer, a
cold chisel, a sledge hammer for
the "tough" rocks, newspapers
in which to wrap and protect
your specimens, and basket or
box containers. Don't hesitate
to take the family. It was a 14 -
year -old boy who found the
largest known crystal of urani-
nite, now on display in Toronto's
Royal Ontario Museum.
The reference book, a Field
Guide to Rock and Minerals, by
Frederick H. Pough, is the rock -
hound's Bible. Take it with you
on your field trips to help you
identify your find immediately.
Where to begin the search?
Any place where rock has been
broken up — mine dumps, quar-
ries, excavations, etc.
And, say, here's a shopper's
note for the outdoorsman: pock-
et -sized Geiger counters are now
available at many department
and sporting goods stores. Take
one along. You're liable to stum-
ble upon some uranium!
Try your luck. This hobby has
all the elements of a treasure
hunt. Don't let the pyrite de-
ceive you, though; it's common-
ly called Fool's Gold!
MISS UNIVERSE — Hellevi Rom -
bin, 21, of Upsala, Sweden, has
been chosen "Miss Universe"
from a world-wide selection of
beauties who met to enter the
annual contest; Vital statistics:
Blonde, blue-eyed, 5 feet 7
inches tall, 130 pounds; mea-
surements: 36-23-36.
Locusts Laved To
r>; eath fey Whistles
The Pied Piper of 1955 uses
an electronic whistle instead of
a tin flute. He lures millions of
locusts to their doom (instead
of rats). Dr. Rene Guy Busnel
is the Pied Piper who will set
out this summer to destroy the
locusts which invade France's
North African territories.
Dr. Busnel will sound his e
whistle in desolate areas and
the locusts will be attacked with
fiamethrowers, The whistle' is
said to act as a magnet for
locusts, and Dr. Busnel has
been experimenting with va-
rious whistlesfor the past seven
years.
The scientist began to work
on the insects' sense of hearing
after he discovered that their.
sense of smell and sight are bad
and that they are blind to ob-
jects more than a few inches
away.
Put Color To Work
Color affects us more than we
think, Perhaps this explains why
we so often "feel blue" or "turn
green with envy".
Psychological effects of color
are being studied more and more
by "color experts", Their job is
to find out why factory workers
suffer fatigue and people in well_
heated offices complain of being
cold.
A color expert may recom •
mend that the stark whit( walls
of a factory be painted a restful
green with a resulting decrease
in the number of fatigue cases,
Or he may change the color Of
an office from light blue to a
warmer yellow to eliminate
"cold" complaints. Making color
work for efficiency and comfort
in schools and offices is a very
speialized field called color con-
ditioning,
Why not apply the same rules
to your home, adding your own
personal touches of course? Start
with a can of paint and a few
basic facts about color and the
illusions it creates.
For instance, small rooms
seem crowded and oppressive if
the walls are dark or too bright
in color. Pale blues or greens
give a feeling of spaciousness,
and a ceiling of the same color
increases the roomy effect. Of
course, this principle can be ap-
plied in reverse. If you feel
lonely in your big, high-ceilinged
living -room, try painting the
walls in a bright, rosy shade and
the ceiling in a deeper color.
This creates an illusion of less
heighth and a cosier atmosphere.
Apartment dwellers can make
rooms appear bigger by paint-
ing walls and woodwork the
same color, and by relating
colors of different rooms so they
seem to flow from one to the
other. Painting one wall a pale
shade in a different cOlor from
the rest will add length to a
room that is too square Or
"boxy".
Housewives who spend as
many as eight hours a day in
the kitchen should be extremely
color -conscious, If the kitchen
isn't on the brightest Side of the
house, a generous application of
yellow paint will give it e
"sunny" outlook all day long.
However, if the kitchen has a
western exposure, which is the
brightest, go easy on the yellow
or you may need dark glasses!
Red should be used sparingly in
the kitchen, too, since it's a "hot"
color and tends to emphasize the
heat produced by cooking.
Refrigerators, stoves and other
appliances have recently come
under the scrutiny Of color ex-
perts with very pleasing results,
The traditional but uninspired
white is gradually giving way toy,,
soft pastels that give plenty of
scope to the home decorator.
Color styling is an inexpensive
hobby. Since you can do the
work yourself with the aid of
easy -to -apply paints, you can
afford to experiment to your
heart's content.
Don't be afraid to try new
ideas, When visitors exclaim,.
"My, what a large room", or
"Isn't it cool in here!" you'll
know your color -sense is keen.
Everything is funny as long
as it is happening to somebody
else. —WILL ROGERS
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