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The Seaforth News, 1960-08-25, Page 6Judge Put Premium "O71 Sincerity Cnt4..'tine Olivia Philips, spin eer getting along in her 40s, Neese et Admiringly u p 0.0 thy, elenelsorne features c,: 5ti vear- elo }Waiter do la Warr, Ile was it;'t'sti:isive talker, and b, his Irier !_' accounts, an "tineecor:- ci -ed genius" whe had invented 3 i.xtxlikr "ratlicniv diannos tir instrument" for cerin„ illnesses at lons, dtstancc. POI' titis de- aiot>, Catherine Olivia paid him ,,:f00. As instructed by dr la Warr tat $12 a lesson), the spinster placed hunks of hair :iul dollops of blood c•oileited from ailing friends in the box's small draw - errs, which tet`t'e marked plus - (fol fema!e.,t and tt, uis (for limiest. Then, she t tiddte9 the box nine 11 u i ro i dials. FM' Si;c 0'01110)S =he twiddled and welted, Miss Philips talc British eetirt, and for six months mottling n p d. Finally., slamming down the lid in di::- tllusiont•ia'm, .-;he sued de :a - Wart• for t1311',.,1('S, n ousitt hint fraud. De la Wert''s defense was that he had int: lied $300,000 of his ' own .n } in the manufacture of the in.'trui nts in los l.tt't bleek bee. His own expert t's- tifie l that it had beim sucees:- ful in trea'ir., a1i,nt rlcphs+a, a •pat.,lya_•d mnkey. an army major with mig;ai ne headaches, and an iii-tontp. r.rd Irish race horse that -resented its jockey." Thi., testimony did not con- vince bewieged Justice Sir Wil- liam Arthinn Davies that the box actually worked. But he Was impressed by it; inventor's sincerity. He ruled last month 'that beceuse de la Warr actually believed in his black box, he teas not guilty. As Miss 'Philips st,niped out of court, de la Warr announced that manufacture of more black boxes was proceeding at a re- cord clip. "Work at the labora- tory to probe into the mysteries of life and death continues un- abated," he said. "New horizons are unfolding." Early printers made opaque sheets of paper transparent for copying purposes by soaking the sheets itt naptha. When the nap- tha dries, the sheets become opaque again. An American editor worries his hair grey to see that no typo- graphical, mistakes appear on the )pages of his magazine. The Chi- nese editor — at ]east the pre- vointnunist one -- was wiser than that. He left his readers the supreme satisfaction of dis- ceovering a few deliberate typo- .&raphical mistakes for them - hives, ur Cool, fresh, Simple PRINTED PATTERN e • 51:1.:0.tu•;aini and cut to cool n :el div of -minor! No :.nates,; iCs ..iu sttai4ht sew - 5n;:, :knee tits a special hey in prett t' cotton and sato. Printed Pattern 1593 Hall • fez•11e:':. Itt.z, 18V.., $t11.it. 221,1te "'1•.a. Size 41.i. • �azt- a.•inel. taint , t'i t rl die' ction ,oft .rch pat- ;rarn t. F -,'it r accorote. f1ENTS (rtarnps vetoed he aec-tpted, stir postal ri r • t ,r ;t, ty) for !hie itatte.rl't. I I snot. plainly ti I Z I?, 1t)t)IIESS, i' '1' 1 It Fs 1N-(1.11{51.111. • sent t., eet in ANNE{ ADAMS, iczX 1, tee 111..0.1...nth St ;eree. .fllteseeeto, diet. • • SEE SOAR IN TORONTO — Policeman Bill Costello seems to have com-e to a dead stop in mid-air while practicing for a hurdles race in Toronto, Canada. The arresting sight is made up of hopefuls in the Miss Toronto 1960 beauty contest. Bill was training for the city's annual Police Field Day. GERIit ewer%.doli r e P. C to,ti u Last week, for the first time this year, we were up at the family cottage. The weather was perfect and we had a grand time. Sometimes we have been inclined to wonder whether the cottage was such a good idea — that possibly our grandsons might have been just as well at home or spending part of the summer with us. Now we hove changed our minds. The boys are developing an independence they never would have done at home, and it's wonderful to see. They go out in their swim trunks and life preservers and play around on the docks and in and out of the boats hour a'rter hour They know exactly how to han- dle the ropes to bring either of the boats in closer to the dock so they can step in and out safely. They each have a little fishing rod and "fish" when they feel like it. That is, after Dave has been to a nearby house for live bait. And they often run errands for Mummy, getting wa- ter from the farm pump or bread from the store half a mil, away. Dave is getting on fine with his swimming and learn- ing to handle one `of the boat;. That is, with oars. So the hive finally come to the cam:duster! that the cottage was a wise in- vestment after all. Of course, there are e.casuni- ti't uneasy moments. For instance I was dosing in the veranda swing -couch while the bays were playing around on th.t dock. One time I looked up and could see only two of them, Be- fore I could get really alarmed I saw a pair of legs waving in the air from one of the boats. Jerry was evidently lying on his back in the boat. Another time Eddie fell headfirst - into the water between a boat and the dock --- with his lire jacket. on. He had scrambled out before we could get to him. for an tare nr..r.r,... My only complaint now is the distance. A hundred and thirty-five miles i:; a land wey to drive. Lest weed: we. were ea:^lin; up on work at home -- and lis- tening and watching - to the Re- l:ublican Convention cn televi- sirn. Up until now we wore not too stuck in favour of Richard Ni::on as a presidential candi- date but we certainly thought hit acceptance speech was really cutstendin • He secured to place politics on a distinctly higher level. May it so continue. One day last week we drove • to Milton and were surprised to find the new bridge over the "Sl::teen" on the Dundas High- ivey was open to • traffic. 1. four -lane beidne, of course. No more holding your breath when meeting a heavy tranapert won- dering if titers is really roots for two to pas;, as we did SO eaten on the old two-lane bridge. And yet we remember that sante bride beim; opened in 1922, and at • tint time it was con- sidered one of the most modern brides in Ontario. It was, Com- pared midi the- bridge that it replaced. Tit' ori:;inel bridge was iron, very, inadequately ep'cnnine th • revive. It Was built ut steaecraeh days and was the only menu.;. whereby the stage - pouch mold eros:; the ravine, known at that time as "Proud - foot Holli.v" --- the site of a office thriving village, including a - sawmill; grist mill, tannery, houses and a large hotel to ac- commodate the travelling pub- lic.. The Post House wos situated at Postville on the east bank, of the ravine, Two years ago it was demolished to make way for a gas station. The first railway spelt ruin to Proudfoot Hollow. Lusinees dwindled, houses were vacated, hotel rooms stood emp- ty. The "Hollow" finally be - cent, a ghost village. Now only lilac• !tushes, remnants of au old tardan mark the, site of a once tluillin. community. I have. - ht,u'd rod. p-itt of the old iron bridee remain, in the ravine. It could be, a: at the time the brillee was replaced, it watt still s good as ever but quite inade- eu-atc to carry the traPric of the "9th century --- with the auto - r nbile just coming into its own. The sturdy old iron bridge was ,Mute testimony- to its engineer, Dr. Anson Buck, a pioneer medi- cal doctor, practising in the nearby village of •Palermo, out - :standing in municipal politics, just as he wee in medicine and slu'gery. He - specialized in the ,-errectinn of club feet, The two boats are nothing fancy but. 111:e erg in good cnn- dttum t t'1 Ilia' r r the put p iso. ( u.• lr: i itit11 cutLoud 111,)t,,r, 111 n1 h: a flat-bettomed pint. IJ operates the outlined but I un more inter :ted in the punt. I looked et it longingly, erememberine the ]tout's 111(1 hoots 1 u..d to spend beating; in England. Ctmld I still hen file leen, I wondered?? "Will, wh'i not try.?" .said Art. So I did. ll., uletic' With tie but I did most of the rowing and 1 wag thrilled to find I hadn't lost the knack.. Partner Rime v. iter navigation ea much as I do but he gets very stiff If h-- sits in either of the boats for very long. Afttrr- wt'rds he 2,,••t; his muscles loos- ened lip hs' ;putting wood: this wool; Bob,Joy and their two boyr., have. gone up for a nw three,. There re .rem, no limit to the nt.a-1,er a reltace catt ac- ,:ouowebl•'• it nose be berating at Lh • fits; tell there is always WAN 601'i t roan) p" the floor in 1839 Joseph A, Adams, a wood engraver working for l-Icu•per & Brothers, New York, conceived the idea of making an electrotype from a wood cut. This was first used for magazine ilustratiotnt in 1841, Old Churches Come To Life Again Off the main route on a remote rural road in Maine stands a little Disciples of Christ Church whose doors recently were open- ed Inc the first time in almost 50 1 years. In this day of superhighways and expansive church building, it is difficult for an average sub- urbanite to conceive of an edi- fice so inconspicuous that even the new minister had difficulty locating it for the first time. The way in which the Rev, FIerbert L. Reid, a young dedi- cated clergyman, happened to land in this ruggednorthcountry at a time when no parish even existed is a tale in itself, It was Bert Hammond, a for- mer Worcester, Mass., business- man transplanted to Belfast, Maine, who sought out the Rev. Mr. Reid, a former united States Navy Chaplain, at a turning point in his ministerial career. The clergyman was without a parish when Mr. Hammond sug- gested that perhaps he was the one to reopen one of two Dis- ciples churches in Maine, (The other is Iocated at Lubec, the most easterly point in the United States,) The challenge literally was the Rev. Mr. Reid's answer to prayer. With a loaned automobile and a small gift of money, the minister set out. When he reached what he thought was the community, he could find no one who ever had heard of the church. On a second trip, with the encourage- ment of his benefactor, he was more successful, Overnight he interested a young couple in "reactivating" South Princeton's Church of Christ, as the Disciples of Christ brotherhood now is called. The church never had lost its charter granted in 1693 even though the last entry in its church book was elated 1903. In the 10 months' time that followed there was a total of five bona fide members placed on the church rolls. Sunday attendance averages about 40 individuals, Virtually the entire community representing various faiths has turned out on various occasions to remodel the church and bring it up to its present $4,000 replace- ment value. Such a figure sounds like a mere pittance in comparison to { -1 the settle being spent on conte porary thumb building till oitteth- otlt tilt` CltUlttt;y. 131.1I ill(' I'll church picture is like that. 51111struggling congregations do i lend themselves to large budin EvenEvenacquisition of a furnace church pews can be a long - dreamed -about luxtluxury.some times such a hauctful of parishioners has not been able to hong on with the leadership available. Throughout the United - States the countryside is dotted with small rural churches which, for one reason or another, have been obliged to close. Where there is a demonstrated interest, however, the reopening of one of these churches would not be out of step with the get era! Protestant trend today. A Down - Maine spoke tun schooled in this rural churc proving grounds for student pa tors and new ministers, said r cen t ly. "in the past, t he Protestat church nationally has said th struggling rural church shout close, Now the trend is to sa that new techniques should b used to keep the congregatio alive and to strengthen -th neighborhood church, "Often when an edifice closes a fundamentalist group -- on with strong emotional appeal comes in. Such groups always ar on the lookout for little attan dotted churches. "Note the stress, however, is on t. the strengthening of lay leader- ship and the sharing of profes- sional ministerial leadership so that churches will not have to close," While the Rev, Royce Coen of Machias, Maine, only recently 1 has been a student et the Bangor Theological Seminary, he speaks out of maturity, Most Banger stu- dents are more advanced in years before they decide to go into the ministry, writes Betty D. Mayo in the Christian Science Monitor, In addition to having been en- rolled in the Bangor plan, he also has been involved deeply in the Methodist Church's West Wash- ington Group Ministry. The Iatter program is a type 'of sharing of ministerial leadership especially set tip to meet the needs of the sparsely settled area in Washington County along coastal Route I from Machias to Milhridge, Religious leaders in Maine, es- pecially, are mincirul 01 the .need of lending hele and guidance to the small ruled church which has dwindled in membership and cannot afford the services of a fell -time minister, With the trend toward regional high schools and large commun- ity shopping centers, where mass- es gather, it might seem strange that there are not more evidences of rural areas worshiping to- gether instead of trying to go it alone, A' Washington County clergy- man .sums up the country church situation thus: "This community is typical of • the national scene where people five miles away will come to shop or to the mov- ies but not to worship, If people are to be served, they have to worship where they live." m" took Out for Those rai Carpenter Ants ill, tot The carp:alter ant, unlike hie its. colleague, the termite, clues not or • not wood. He excavates and ex- pels his poring as sawdust. And finlike the termite, he can work in daylight anti is hitt ctunieli to be seen readily. - Entcnuologists at S.• C. Julie - :Son & Son, wax experts, dos • cribe the - eetrpenter ;int as bit;, black, or reddish -black in colour, about a half-ineh long, and tenth ing to set up house in fringe, areas of house and garage, porch and root, window sills, and iu rotting timber. It Even rites alt largtls of ileac s_ energetic beret.,, and lhly are 0- 1 seen also in attics, under 'florae, • or in any place where they cart tt et up colonies fol' reproduction, e Carpenter ants, however, r, lire d I far less of a Menace than ler- y mites for the reasons that they e can be easily spotted. Sawdust e piles are a 'sure giveaway, Slit - e like holes in w'nodivork afire other signs. And the workers stake no effort to disguise their e Ipresence, racing around the House both indoors and outdoor:: e I as though they owned the place. Willie Will Have To Ride Harder Racing fans Neel/ knew that tight-Iipped WIIIie Shoemaker was nn beggar on horseback; as the nation's top jockey, he has been earning upwards of $100,000 a year for the past decade. Still, many a punter's eyes turned green at the picture of wealth drawn in a Los Angeles court Iast week. Cornplaining that her hus- band stayed out nights and wouldn't tell her where he had been, Virginia Shoemaker — who married Willie ten years ago, when he was 18 and she 15 —won a divorce. Her purse: Alimony of $2,500 a month for one year, $2,000 a month the second year, and $1,900 a month thereafter; $600 a month for the support of two adopted children; a $70,000 home; and the couple's half -int- erest in a cafe and service station, :Recommended for fighting carpenter ants is chlordane, an ant spray used effectively to control the pests. Covering the surfacest where ants night crawl or where a colony might be lo- cated with this spray is usually all that is needed. 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