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The Seaforth News, 1959-02-05, Page 3'm, Long Walk, Most people would hay "'No" ' 11 offered a job which involved walking a total distance of 150,, 000 miles, but not Mr, James MacMillan, who lives on tri island of Benbecula in the OW brides 1t t Mr. MacMillan • recently r tired after walking that colossarf distance in the course of his.: forty-three years as postmanon the island. He braved every kind of weather rain, hail, snow, fog and gales. Post office ofii- cials say he was always "the' personification of devotion to duty," He is 'eighty-one and holds the B.E,M.. postmen are among the world's greatest walkers - es- pecially at Christmas• time when the letter and parcel mails, are exceptionally heavy. How far they walls on their rounds depends very much on the district they work in, but a Welsh postman Who retired in 1949 reckoned that he walked an average of ten miles a day and covered a total of 138,000 miles in the course of his forty - 'six years' service. An Italian postman, Antonio Stefani, calculated that he had travelled the equivalent, of ten times round the world in. mak- ing his daily rounds in 'Udine, Italy, The figure is all the more amazing when you know that he is one -legged, He retired at the age of sixty-six two years'.,: ago. "All extremely intelligent men are conceited," He shrugged gracefully, "Oh, I don't know: I'm not," BIRD OF A TETHER - Helicopter above her is under complete control of Pernille Bligaard dur. Ing a demonstration of the elec- tronic tether in . Copenhagen, Denmark. The control allows a ground handler to "walk" the craft to any desired location and then land it without aid from the pilot. • COMMUTER'S STOP - Undisturbed by the racket of a passing train behind ahem, these sea gulls line up like ducks in a.shooting gallery to sunthemse ives.on a railing of the 'B-Bohn''elevated railway triangle in Berlin, The railway is under East German jurisdiction, but the birds aren't• worried about borders or politics. A Horne In Arabia To anyone accustomed to the Problems and • costs of buying and running a home in the United States, houeeholding ill Dhahran was a miraculously Easy and woriy•free process. My- bride and I worked our way through the smaller sizes of company houses, known as cracker boxes, until the birth ,of 9 daughter (in the company hos- pital, of course) 'entitled us to larger quarters We were.. then assigned perma net• t 1 y to a brand - new two - bedroom con- crete duplex with a sweeping view of Saudi camp. In addition to this valuable vista,'our new manse boasted an ulterior paint job done to our specifications by thecompany and it was completely furnished and equipped by the company, right down to mop bucket and garden hose. I was promptly re- lieved of the latter by the crew huilding the next block 01 houses, but I relieved them of a better one (manager's quality in return a few nights later and called it fair exchange. Actually, I found no immediate use for the hose. As ours was the last of a line of new homes on a windswept ridge, our land- scaping at first consisted entirely of naked rock, relieved only by sand in 'rapid transit But pre- , sently company crews came around to dig away some of the rock, fill the excavation with sewage -enriched sand and plant trees, shrubs and hedges They also • planted a lawn, by the rather odd process of digging two-inch holes in the sand and poking in tufts of what looked like long -dead grass. For some • months, while the spring shamaals swept across our 9feit%' lot, "the -plantings all gave every indication of having died instantly, just as I had expected Then came summer, hot and moist. Our herbage revived sud- denly and began to ,grow at an almost frightening rte, and we soon had a verdant garden where ' our daughter played in her plas- tic' pool and we cooked frozen steaks at our outdoor fireplace. on glorious spring and autumn Evenings. The house itself was, in a sense, run for us. Maintenance men .came around regularly to check our air-conditioning and water -heating units, to spray our garden, to . ask us if wo were rothered with ratsand • mice Fix -it men with little red tool wagons called to see if we need- ed any odd jobs done. If we had ' plumbing troubles, the plumbing shop sent a crew to cure them, and electricians were routed out of sleep to cope with midnight breakdowns' in our lighting. -From "Big Oil Man from Arabia," by Michael Sheldon Cheney. ISSUE 5 - 1959 CROSSWORD PUZZLE Ar'ROSS L Bright 4. Pieces of nastrbnard 9, Distant t8. ("ranted diel, 12, flneminant 14. f!nmoi'e hair cloth 16. Owned 16. gots 17. Pomade mother 1.6. At home t9 T einvnnated - al 5•n trent n mhnl ' 22 Rnln^• • nvnrtnnd -24 crtf !rim, severely 93Ter ngnntiv 97 7+Islet 88. no,mtah .• rdwAmn 80 98 w'antnq bird 8p, firearm Ft Christmas 39, f,mmonaltlon for two 40, *j1,nninn river 41. 7.nrn4 artery 40, 'rnwan1 44, Tinhrnw month 48. A nnrollet 1644 4I1�'Cn)fr)rr tillage 9'L, and of A. I1 ehimeh ttl(l8f, To 498 _.._ Be: Rona thick meet) ;trete ,t*,t elfin, DOWN 1. Plant Inose 2. Stringed Instrument 8. Masculine nickname 4. Rhythmic 5, Ir yang 6. Talk wildly 7. Dente s 9. rribe 01 the 04. Violent lroquole outbreak 9, Hobby 26. Also 10. Embarrass 87. Term 11. Fiber plant 41. 8. Indiannfruit 19. Fissure ,42. Distributed 20. Dismal the cards 28. Implement 46.. Volcanic 25. Watch over 47. Chinese 28, .10xckamatlon seaport to frighten 48. Belgian 20. Ample commune 20. Horizontal 49. Salamander stripe 60. Soak up 81. Mountain 51. Born ' (comb. forma 54. Smallest state 82, Obtained (ab.) 111111^'8.®11111111::4111111 ill1111161111111111111111111111 1111m11®111111®.:11■ 30 adallIN ::®1111[°:• MOAN e;,®1111.•::,°:. 1111%?'1!®111111�A:^:°:!111111 Wi®ti• 3ii1I®11®111111 :;; i■ ®1111®iii 611111111■11 ■1111::.wM11NeE11111■11 Answer tlsewhree on this page 1llFMN FONT Joimvusseil Wind swept the snow hi drifts, over the barnyard of the sen tory-old farm. But when. Jack Dean, the owner, opened the door of his big shed, we walked into summer. Lush green grass in quantity was growing on stacks of shelves in a moist. warm atmosphere. This was a grass factory, producing an ap- petizer for cows. It is part of an agribusiness setup. Mr, Dean, originally a farmer, went into the dairy busi ness when he returned froh ser- vices in World War II. As the dairy thrived, Mr. Dean looked about for ways to promote the uusiness still further. He decid- ed to do it by getting back into • farming - this time as a side line, M k e He bought historic Shaker Perm near Berrien Springs, Mich,, moved out there with his family, and proceeded to mod- ernize it so that it might serve as a model, demorfstrating new and more efficient ways of pro - clueing milk. The 200 dairy cows on the place furnish only a small -- part 'of the milk needed by Dean's Dairy, Inc,, it takes from 2,000 to 3,000 cows to produce •its supply. But the herd per- forms several important func- tions other than the traditional ones of the cow, such as helping establish good customer rel3- lations, Many people visit the farm and see for themselves under what excellent conditions Dean's milk is produced. Also, their children are invited out to have fun on the farm but more of this later. * * e To get back to the grass fac- tory: It's a $7,000 accessory to dairy farming. Mr. Dean dis- covered a grass machine in op- eration while on a flight to Texas in his private plane. It interested him, and he made a second flight to Texas to study it further, He was convinced it could be used with success in Michigan and ordered a grass machine from the manufacturer to try out on Shaker Farm. He is now convinced it is worth its cost, for his operation. He has made tests which show him that cows are able to utilize their feed in better nutritional advantage when they start their meal with an hors d'oeuvre of fresh grass and tender roots such as are produced here. Actually. he says, his cows have increased their production up to 25 per cent after a few weeks with this additional feed. And they cer- tainly enjoy the dainty! + * t' The grass is grown without soil. After the seedis started with moisture it is placed In broad trays, one over another. Sixty gallons of water plus a small amount of chemical are poured on the top shelf daily and the water trickles down. In six days something almost unbe- lievable has happened. The trays are full of bright green grass, with blades six to nine Inches long and roots two or three inches deep, ready for "harvest"' r -It is good grass, says Mr. Dean, "Contains more • protein than alfalfa," he notes. "And it's not too' expensive. It costs about eS9 a ton (wet) to produce. Cost ,of hay is $20 or more a ton, (dry)." There are other interesting hew methods to be seen en the Dean farm. A comfortable visitors' gallery With.a glass wail overlooks the milking parlor, giving the "audience" a chalice to see the modern bulk handling. of milk, for Grade A rating In this operation milk pails are as obsolete as pretty milkmaids: The fluid is carried directly from the cows to bulk containers. by means of glass pipes. After each use, the glass tubes and stainless steel equipment are washed by a detergent and given a chlorine rinse. To the visitor this appears a very costly operation, but Mr. Dean says that it is a labor saver end pays if the operation is big enough, writes Dorothea Kahn Jaffe in the Christian Science Monitor, e e e Mr. Dean demonstrates other new methods on his f arm, sucn as making hay without sunshine in eight hours, utilizing modern machinery. All this is good publicity for the dairy, but the really big pro- motional tie-up of dairy and farm occurs in summer when the children of the dairy cus- tomers are invited out one day each summer month for "Open House at Double D Ranch", In this enterprise Tack's brother Dick plays a big part, as well as other members of the family, and all have a wonderful time. * 4 * To earn their invitations the. boys and girls have to qualify as "honorary ranch hands". They do this by presenting a record of admirable behaviour signed by their mothers. The record shows they have brushed their teeth regularly, hung up their clothes, and have kept their be- longings in order. I1 they quality they get an honorary ranch card signed by the foreman. Then it's out to the farm for a day of fun. An old brown Swiss cow. patient with children, lets them try their hands at old-fashioned milking. There are hay rides behind a team of horses, a ride in a hand -built covered wagon, a tour of the farm, and games. At lunch time they get their chuck from the hands of Brother Dick, who presides over the barbecue grill in proper western costume. * + * The Deans enjoy all this as much as the visitors, they say. All members of the immediate family, plus several nieces and nephews and some in-laws, are engaged in the farm and dairy enterpriseand they all pitch in on Ranch Day. Both Mr, and Mrs. Dean and their ,children, Julie and Jackie, think the life of an "agribusinesv man" a good one. Kay Dean has found an outlet • for her artistic ability in restoring the old farm- house, built in 1829. Jack and Dick, former ski -jump champ. ions, get fun out of the outdoor life it provides But the farm is serious busi- ness, too. Mr. Dean now is working out a plan for a new form of . vertical integration which is just appearing on the horizon. He is preparing to open his milking facilities to dairy farmers who cannot afford auto- mation of their own. They swill bring in their cows to be milked here, paying for the service. This will open a new chapter in the history of this farm business. HELLO IN THEREI-Jeremy Shell hose, 7, gives a large model of the human ear something to listen to. Exhibit was displayed at a convention of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science. Modern Miracle One in 5 million. This was the chance for survival that doctors gave Rita San Carlo when she was born 100 days prematurely last October 8. At that time, her weight was only 25 ounces. No baby in medical history had sur- vived such an inauspicious start. Fed on drops of sugar water in the beginning, Rita, now weighs 8 pounds 2 ounces and is on a regular feeding schedule. This month she ishome, just released from Hollywood's Presbyterian Hospital. "It's wonderful," sigh- ed (her mother, Mrs. Leonora San Carlo, 34: "It's a miracle" OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE? Harvey -Eldred, a professional sword swallower of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was admitted to the hospital there for treatment. He was suffering from a sore throat. U MYSCH001 JJSSON Sv liev it i3 Warren I4.A., 16,1) A Citizen of Two Kingdoms Luke 20: 19.25 1t was Tuesday before the cru cifixion, The chief priests an scribes wanted t0 And some basi for accusing Jesus before th' people that they might put Hin to death, They sent out spies writ pretended to be righteous wh attempted to entangle Jesus t His talk. They asked Him, "Is 1 lawful for us to give tribute no to Caesar, or no?" If He sail "Yes", they could say that 11 supported the domination of tla • Romans and hence was disloys to His own people. If He sail "No", they would report Him t the Romans and accuse Him u trying to raise an insurrectior But Jesus saw their designs an) procuring one of theft coins wit) Caesar's superscription on it H4 gave the famous answer whiel is our memory selection: "(tender therefore unto Geese the things which be Caesar's, ani unto God the things which ' bt Odd's." Luke 20:25. With this reply Jesus set dowt an important principle for al time, The follower of God it really a citizen of two king• doms. Be,' bearing on his sou the stamp of God's image, hal certain great obligations to God These have a primary claim They pervade his whole life But he must also recognize he obligations to the authorities o: the land in which he lives. Hi must pay his taxes and obei its laws. In a democratic come try there need be no conflict between these two loyalties There are things which govern- ments permit of which the Christian wants no part, bul then he is free to abstain. Thit is one of the assets of demo. cracy. In pagan countries and under dictatorships and com• monism the situation is differ. ent, The Christian may be ex- posed to persecution and coer- cion because of his faithfulnes: to God. Daniel was cast into a den of lions because he continu- ed to pray to God. The three Hebrew children were cast in- to the fiery furnace because they would not bow to the image. Martin Niemoeller and many others were put into pri• son because they would not be- come tools of Hitler. Many have • suffered and many have died for their faith in Communistic countries. We are a fortunate people here: The Christian is a citizen of two kingdoms. 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