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The Seaforth News, 1961-05-18, Page 6peg l,ifgguairds in The Mountains EVIelting 1n the crisp nioun Ilan air, the skiers flashed down 1‘11,e , slope. Then, one of them,: 'appping to glance b a c k, p'real ed :A. a warning: "val- noise " It was too late, Within secondt the fifteen skiers were com- pletely engulfed by a gigantic wall of snow and ice. The catastrophe was seen from. the nearby Swiss resort of Mur - len. Rescuers hurried to the scene. Probing carefully into the anow, they dug out fourteen of the victims but were unable to trace the other man. With night and a blizzard et/M- ing on, the rescuers were about to abandonthe search, Then Moritz, a mongrel dog they had brought with them, began to bark and paw at the snow fifty yards from where the rescuers were working, The men ignored him, but Moritz made such a commotion that his owner and a few other men began digging at the spot. Twenty feet down they found the fifteenth ,man — alive, but only just. Moritz didn't know it, but he was indirectly responsible for the foundation of a mountain rescue service, for a newspaper report about his !feat was read by Ferdinand Schmutz aBerne, an expert on dogs. Schmutz was deeply impressed and he experimented, that win- ter of 193B, using dogs to trace objects buried in the snow. The second world war broke out and Schmutz was appointed consultant to the Swiss army on training of patrol, messenger and Red Cross dogs. He suggest- ed that dogs should be trained to End avalanche victims. The army was not very inter- ested — until Schmutz proved that during the first war, aval- anches, accidental or deliberate, had caused 50,000 casualties; then the army allowed him to train fifty man -and -dog rescue teams. Even so, he had little co-opera- tion from the diehards, who•had always searched for avalanche victims by lining up as many men as could be mustered and equipping each man with a long cod with which to probe the snow. Almost shoulder to shoulder the men then advanced across the snow. It was, a painstaking busnless. • Then Schmutz had a bit of luck. He was working at Inter- laken in the winter of 1939-40, when an accident occurred on the Jungfrau. A platoon of soldiers was be- ing trained in the old technique of how to find a buried man. A 'volunteer, well protected. again - Jacket of One Piece £4wt, Why It takes hut 3 ounces of baby yarn and one ounce for contrast to make this baby set, Start now, It's jiffy crochet — cap and jacket — each one piece, done in alternate rows of double and single crochet. Pattern 557; di- rections, cap, jacket, booties. Send THIRTY - FI'VE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- onto, Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. JUST OFF THE PRESS! Send now for our exciting, new 1961 Needlecraft Catalogue. Over 12 designs to crochet, knit, sew embroider, quilt, Weave fash ions, hotnefurnishings, toys, gifts bazaar hits, Plus FREE — in structions for six smart vel caps. Hurry, send 251, now! 5 . THEY LOST THEIR MITTENS —• Kittens aren't ,Che only ones who lose their mittens, Mes. Theodore Lekas of Harrison School, Minneapolis, shows a collection of items school children lost in just one winter. st the cold, had been Putin A, spot too deep to extricate aieee self. He had a breathing' &Fences' Ins and was reasonably conifdrt- able under the snow, Flags marked the area to be searched by the troops; if they did not find the guinea-pig with- in a certain time then the offi- cer in change would call off the stunt and the man -would be dug up; Then drama overtook the ex- ercise. A sudden, violent blizzard hit the mountain and the troops had to fight their way to shel- ter. When at laste the storm sub; sided, half an hour later, the marker flags were buried by snow. Officers quickly put in new one s, but not in their right places. Now they had really lost their guinea-pig; his oxygen would be running out, and dusk was lalling. Then Schmutz, accompanied by his favourite dog, Gallix, ar- rived on the spot to see the ex- ercise. Told of the emergency, he immediately put Gallia to work. The dog raced to a point far outside the marker flags and began to dig. The officers in charge said that their man could be. nowhere near that area, but soldiers be- gan digging feverishly and found their comrade. He was still alive but in desperate straits. Publicity given to the incident convinced Swiss people that• there was something in the idea of avalanche dogs after all and by the end of the war Sohmultz had trained nearly 200 of them, the majority Alsations. After many experiments ea found that only alsatians had the strength, skill and incredible in- stinct needed for the•job. Knowing his dogs, Scpnutz didn't even consider the famous St. Bernard. The St Bernard uses his eyes, not his nose, to find people, and after an aval- anche there is nothing for the eyes to see, The nose and sixth -sense of a trained Alsatian can find a man in minutes, often after human rescuers have been searching for many hours. Last winter a policeman was buried for nearly ten hours be- fore a dog could be brought to locate him. The man was soon dug out and survived. The dog's master is almost as important as the dog itself. He must be a skilled skier and mountaineer, an expert in snow- cralt and first -aid --and he must know his dog and what the ani- mal is trying to tell him. The harmony between some men•and their dogs is astonishingly sensi- tive. Sometimes an emergency is so acute that a dog team is flown in to find buried people. In this way, three years ago, a dog found three schoolchildren buri- ed in a deep drift. The dogs differ as much in personality as their owners.' Some regard their work as fun, others take it very seriously; one must be forced to coneen- trate on the job, another is de- votedly eager. Modern Etiquette By Anne Ashley Q. Is the dessert at a dinner considered a separate course? A. Yes. Q, Should a woman call on a new neighbor in the same apart- ment building? A, An offer of friendship is never out of place. In fact, the fine old custom of calling on new neighbobrs is done too in- frequently these days, and Pm heartily in back of anyone who tries to revive it. These days if you want to do anything or go anywhere in good weather you have to make up your mind on the spur of the moment. That way we took advantage of the only two nice days we had last week, sand- wiched in between dull, rainy weather. On one'of those days I went to Toronto.and had quite a day — the bus was in sight. when Iran into the office to get my ticket. ally main object down town was. shopping — and what a bus- iness that turned out to be, You know, shopping is easy when you start out with an open mind. But when you, know exactly what you're looking for then you often wind up on a wild goose chase. I wanted drapes and a throw for our bedroom -den but none of the ensemble I saw were suitable so I walked my legs off for nothing. However, during my exploring I passed through the millinery section. Seated in front of a mirror was a lady try- ing on a hat. I took one look at her and immediately wanted that hat. It was an off -shade • colour, exactly right to go with the blue gold -flecked suit I was wearing. There wasn't another hat on the floor that Ives suit- able. I stood in the background in a dither of suspense while the lady experimented with- "my hat", trying it this way and that. Finally to my great relief she got up and walked away — but still with a backward glance. I moved in fast. Sure enough, the hat was'• just right for me — in size,' colour ;and even the price. I'm telling you I knew that hat was meant for rise directly I saw it. Have you ever had a similar experience? Possession is nine - tenths of the law, so I wore' it home — after getting gloves to go with it. And that, too, entail- ed quite a hunt. That done I went to visit a friend who has been a semi -pri- vate patient in a large Toronto hospital for five months. , She is getting every attention but I thought, "oh dear, thisplace may he all right for emergencies and for those 'with a short but seri- ous illness but it is no place for AR BESQLfE This a'eachside ballerina, Judy Lowenthal, maintains a strict exercise schedule even when on vaca- tion in Bermuda, This ara- besque is part of her reper- toire as a member of the Corps de Ballet of the Metropolitan Opera 'Co, anyone with a chronic com- plaint". After seeing the small, dull rooms with no outlook other than the grey walls of the next building I realized how lucky people are who can enjoy the facilities of a modern hospital. And I do mean "enjoy" because even a sick person must get a lift of spirits amid bright sur- roundings. Of course there is one drawback — getting a bed is next to impossible — a condition which prevails in every district. On'my'way to the hospital I got another glimpse of life. My taxi-driver was a nice young fellow and while we waited for a traffic light to change I saidto him — "Don't you get tired of driving all day long?" "I sure do," was the immediate reply. Then he went on to tell me he had been. with a telephone com- pany for five years and quit to take what he thought was a bet- ter job with the A. V. Roe Com- pany. What happened after that is common knowledge. Now as a taxi-driver his take-home pay is half what it used to be. Next day the weather was still good so Partner and I went to Milton for the day. We'stopped at Bob's first and what' a recep- tion we got. Ross was playing in the yard and called out ex- citedly — "Grandma; Grandpa!" Then he went rushing into the house calling as he went -- "Mummy, "Mummy, Grandma and Grand- pa's here!" 'I'm telling you it makes it worthwhile being grandparents when ybu get that kind of welcome. While the boys were having theirafternoon nap Partner and I visited former neighbbours and it was with mixed feelings that we passed Ginger Farm on the way. Our grand old house is un- occupied now and looks very dif- ferent from the .days when we were there. Naturally we like to think ofit as it was and, not as it is. A good deal of farm land in that area has been re- zoned industrial. Fire razed a barn and a lovely old house across the road from. Ginger Farm so now the place is the headquarters of a trucking 'out - 'fit. Green fields will soon be a• thing of the past. Truly "the old order changeth". But the old neighbours whom we visited had not changed — they were still as friendly as ever, and. not so busy but what they could sit down and talk to us. And what a treat it was to have a cup of tea in a good old-fashioned farm kitchen, with the tea kettle boil- ing over a genuine wood fire in the kitchen range. Sometimes we wonder why we left it all• But yet, when we got back to our present location, it, too, seemed liked home. After all, we have a comfortablehouse and good neighbours so what more can we want? Actually wherever you live life is what you melte it. Bibi Treasures On Display When Queen Elizabeth II visits the Chapter House at Westmin- ster Abbey on May 16, she will see in a,scholarle exhibition, "The Bibl& •in Britain," a Greek New Testament which belonged to her ancestor Queen Elizabeth I, This crimson, velvet -covered testament, loaned by Queens Col- ' lege, ol-' lege, Oxford, bears on each side the arms of the first Elizabeth and the initials "E,R." The testament is a symbol of the continuity of the story of Christianity in Britain in which the Authorized (or King James) Version of 1611 is an important landmark. The exhibition marks both the 350th anniversary 'of the publi- cation of the King James Version and the recent publication of the New Testament of the New Eng- lish Bible, the work of scholars representing the major churches of the British Isles except the Roman Catholic. Brand New Export From Scotland ! Scotland has a brand new ex- port. It comes in bottles It is water — plain, straight, ' undis kited, pasteurized Scottish water. A firm in Glasgow called Aerat- ed Waters bottles the potent bev- erage and sells it abroad. They get about ten cents a bottle. Idea, is the stuff is a natural mix for another bottled Scottish product, which shall be nameless here. Now, any keen , merchandiser will instantly realize that there is an angle. Sports car manufac- turers could supply specially packaged air for inflating the tires of their little gems Canadi- an snowshoe makers could sup- ply, at slight extra post, plastic- wrapped bundles of real Canadi- an snow (an export that might, well be subsidized).`T he New - ISSUE 19 1961 An introduction to the exhibi- tion shows the "visual aids" which brought the scenes of the Bible story to the eyes of the people before printing made the Scriptures 'available to the lay- man. These include stained glass panels;ee alabaster reliefs, and painted wood panels. The -exhibits, well set out on purple backgrounds under glass, show the beginnings of Christi- anity in Britain going back to Roman times when Britain was the most.remote province of the Western Empire. Little remains from those days, and nothing in the way of a written Bible text. ' There are just a few pictorial representations of Biblical scenes on silver, a 'treasure which is thought to have been the booty of barbarian raiders. After the withdrawal of the Roman legions' in 410 the pagan Saxon invaders drove the native Christians before them into the west country and to the moun- tains of Wales. Gospels from cen- ters in these Celtic areas of Brit- ain include the beautifully dec- orated Book of Kells, copied in Ireland, and the Lindisfarne Gos-' pels, written in Northumbria, soon after 687 in honor of Saint Cuthbert. Thousand's • of people visited an exhibition of the originals of these two gospels shown recently at Burlington House in aid of the library fund of Trinity College, Dublin. Those who did not, now have opportunity to inspect facsimiles of the illuminated pages' of the gospels at the Chapter House, set in the context of the history of the Bible from the seventh to the twentieth centuries. Another early treasure, and one not,seen in London before, the Chad Gospels, is a manuscript from Lichfield Cathedral dating from about A.D. 700. This is writ- ten, in bold script, possibly 'at a Welsh center following the Irish style of calligraphy, writes Mel- •ita Knowles in the Christian Eei- foundland dried codfish trade could, work up a neat little side- line in bottled Atlantic, packaged seaweed and recorded . seagull squawks. A vacuum cleaner firm.. might peddle tastefully -wrapped bags of just plain dirt, for house- wives in air-conditioned apart- ments: There's no limit. ones Monitore °s But the main emphasis of the exhibition is on English version of the Bible. Copies are shown of ail the major versions from the first translation of the gospels into Anglo-Saxon, made before the Norman Conquest,, to the lat- est, the New Testentent 'of the - New English Bible • Published in March, 1961., Early printed editions include the first complete Bible printed in ' English, the Coverdale Bible, the translation made "out of Dutche (i.e., G e r in a n) and Latyn," and drawing on the Tyn- dale and other versions, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, has loaned a copy of the King James Version printed by R. 'Bar- ker of London in 1611,and other slightly later editions come from the British and Foreign Bible Society. Home cooking is something thar not many wives are these days. Button -On Magic PRINTED PATTERN Button On capelet, wrap skirt — presto! Playsuit turns into ,a beautiful town outfit. Sew this winning trio for sports or sun- ning in brilliant cotton. Printed Pattern 4880: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. 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