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Zurich Herald, 1957-06-13, Page 3Stock -Car Racing English Style Car 009, an accident -battered Ford V-5, was one of eighteen garishly -painted stock • cars that lined up in six rows of three for a sixteen -lap race at London's klarringay. It was a car that had not been seen at the track before; and few people noticed it now as it waited, its hotted- up engine ticking over. But the crowd were to know all about car 009 before the race was over - its driver, Jamie Bollard, was confident of that. The, stadium lights dimmed, the roar of eager engines soar- ed to a. deafening crescendo .. . and they were off! Skilfully, expertly, Bollard urged his car . forward, seeking the, elusive gap in the field, gain- ing vital fractions of seconds on corners. The car responded well. Despite its unlovely shape, Its bilious hue, it was a minor triumph of engineering - the engine perfectly tuned, the sus- pension superb, the body rock - ,solid. Boilard's car screamed out of the first bend, the controlled • drift of the rear wheels sending a shower of cinders into the safety fence. A big, square- baeked Packard was just ahead; Boilard drove straight at it. Three tons of solid iron and ' steel met in a tremendous im- pact; the Packard slewed round and spun off the track ... one rival was out of the race. Boilard slipped into second gear and hurled the car into the next bend. A bright crimson ma- chine ahead was hugging the inside. Boilard stamped down on the throttle and caught the tail Of the car ahead just as it was entering the straight. It swung completely round and stopped <lead in the centre of the track in a cloud of dust ' and radiator steam. On went Boilard, ramming, bumping and spinning the oppo- sition from his path. Two cars were overturned; others were slammed out of the running. Four, five, six; seven , . . the track was littered with "dead" stock cars, all victims of the apparently, unstoppable, unbeat- able car 009. There were now just four laps to go and of the eighteen cars that started, only five remained. Boilard grinned to himself; what A triumph if he could knock out all the remaining cars ! It had never been done before, but he was going to try ! A driver in front pulled in to ,-.let the marauding V-8 pass. But Boilard drove straight at the car, ' hit it amidships, and over- turned it. Three .cars left now, and four laps to go. Boilard raced on, taking the STUCK! - It's a wise pooch that knows enough" tokeep away from a porcupine. "Cop- per/' two-year-old. Boxer, was not a wise pooch. He is now. The photo shows why. corners at incredible speed. Ahead of him was his next vic- tim. As 009 came out of a bead It locked bumpers with the other car, Tho V-8 shuddered, slid, theh sped on up the straight; the other car swung round, struck a steel post and stopped, its offside front wheel reduced to a shapeless inass of shredded rubber and mangled steel. • It was .only now that Bollard was conscious of the constant roar of the excited crowd. For them there was now no other car in the race but 009, Bollard was now a comfortable winner of the £100 " prize money - he had long since lapped the two other cars. But the shouting of the crowd told him that they wanted him to spin the remaining ma- chines from the track. Three laps to go . , could, he do it? The two machines in front were racing side by side. As Bollard chased them the car on the outside nosed in front of the inner machine. Car 009 sped in between the two and rammed the front of the lead- ing car, sending it spinning into the safety fence. One left now. Side by side the two cars screamed out of the bend; then Bollard took the lead. Coming into the next bend he braked hard - then sud- denly accelerated. The other car was coming through on the inside - it never made it. There was a violent bang and the last of Boilard's victims skidded to a halt against a forty -gallon oil drum. Boilard had done . it ! He grin- ned with glee as he drove round the track waving the flag of. victory. Gallows Cheating In the debate on the British Government's Homicide Bill it was said that, the intention was to make the law more humane and to remove some of the grim.' trappings which surround the death sentence and execution. And what, grim ceremonial there used to be -the prison- er's thumbs tied before he stood to receive the judge'ssentence, the coffin travelling with 'him in his cart, and the church bell, tolling for him on the way to: execution. Sometimes there were grim scenes before the actual exe- cution., In 1803 when John Ter- ry was hanged at York for the murder of an old woman, he tried to jump from the ladder leading up to -the scaffold. He was grabbed in time but it took five men to get him up. on the platform. He struggled so much .that they could not pinion his arms. Just before he was about to be hanged, he• managed to cheat death a little longer by clinging. to one of the uprights of the gallows until forced to let go. It is said that Mahon, who was executed in 1924 for killing his sweetheart, also ts: id to cheat death on the scaffold. Af- ter the hood and noose were ad- justed hetried to shuffle off the drop, but it fell before he was clear. A man who had better luck was young Lee who was due to be executed for murdering a woman at Babbacombe near the turn of the century. Three times he stood on the trap while Berry, the execu- tioner, pulled the lever, and three times the trap refused to drop open. After that the offi- cials intervened and young Lee 1 was led away to await reprieve and the substitution of a sent- ence of life imprisonment. ' "How about twc of them?" asked the druggist of the man who was buying a toothbrush. "One for your wife?" "No, thanks, when I buy a new one, I give her my old one." Several other customers in the store gasped and then added. "She uses it to clean her shoes." CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Viper 4, Run off to wed 9. Huge wave 72, Nothing 13. Competitor 14. Thick liquid 75. wine vessel. 16. Rigid 17. Urge 78, City in Peru 20, Musical note 21, Circle of light 2'2, Snapping beetle 24, Sailors 20. Subsequently 27. Affectionate 28. Atigger 29, Bobbins • 21, ignited .39. Cout•ageous 35. .Toin 37. Large desert 40. Showed to chair 41. Entrance 42. Collection 44. 13y means' of 45. Large weight 46. nook of mops 44. Scrap of. cloth 50. Unit o1 Work 61. Milt) of thread 82. Luzon native 53, Scotch river. 154, weighing Machine lib, Allow DOWN 1, Tdtersry wane 2. 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At right, the nest, with a single egg, is uncovered after Brownie was scared off his perch by the pop of the flash bulb. Local naturalists have cast grave doubts on Brownie's mo- tives and integrity. Some 'feel he is probably waiting with sinister purpose, for Mrs. Robin to show up. £FMM FRONT Disease often causes loss in the farm garden. Fortunately the vegetables grown are a, di- verse group, from many difEier-. ent' plant families. Most diseases are specialized and attack only. one vegetable or members of a '•related group such as cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli. • Fo"r this reasonit is unusual for a single . disease to ` sweep through a whole garden. If such appears to be the case it is not likely' the result of disease izi the narrow sense but rather: a soil or en,. vironmental problem. * * R. J. Ledingham of the Plant Pathology . Laboratory,' Canada Department ot Agriculture, says good gardening practice is an important factor in achieving satisfactory freedom from di- sease. This includes such things as maintenance ofsoilfertility, rotation. of the garden plot, use' of sound seed, planting at the proper timeand eradication. •of weeds. " * * The treatment of gardenseeds. with a suitable fungicide has. value in preventing seed rot, thus aiding in establishment of a good stand of plants. Spraying may be essential at times to control or prevent some particular disease such as the early and late blight of tomatoes and celery. * Some of the soil -borne di- seases attack a number of unre- lated garden crops. Generally speaking, these non -specialized diseases are the most difficult to control. The sclerotinia disease of celery, beans, peas, carrots, parsnips and lettuce is an ex- ample. This fungus may cause damage in the garden but most commonly it causes storage rot of the root crops such as carrots and parsnips. Crop sanitation and rotation are the best control measures for diseases of this type. M 3 * Smut of corn sometimes be- comes a problem. Satisfactory control is achieved by removing the smut galls from infected plants and burning them before the spores have been shed. *. '9 There are several virus di- seases of vegetables. Yellowing, mottling and plant deformity' are common virus symptoms. Several of the vegetables, not- ably carrots, are subject to "yel- lows". The older leaves become reddish or purple and from the carrot rout, numerous fine root- - lets grow out. Infected carrots are low in quality and unsuit- able for winter storage. "Yel- lows" is spread by leafhoppers, hence adequate control of these insects aids in control of the di- sease, The advice ot a specialist is usually needed to diagnose spe- cific garden crop diseases and recommend measures for their control. But good gardening practices reduce the likelihood of serious diseases getting es- tablished. * * b One of the chief 'limiting fac- tors in the successful produc- tion of currants and gooseber- ries in many parts of Canada is the Currant Fruit Fly,, H. P. Richardson, Officer -in -Charge of the )entomology Field Station, says one pound of 50 per cent wettable DDT powder in 100 gallons of water, sprayed thor- oughly on the bushes, will kill the adult flies. Spraying should be done when 80 per cent of the. fruit has set and again ten days later. If DDT: is applied at the proper time, these pests can be destroyed before they have a chance to lay their eggs. s b' * These small, pale yellow flies with dark markings on their wings over -winter in the soil beneath currant and gooseberry bushes. They emerge from the ''soil ' just before blossom time ,and the females lay eggs in the newly ' formed berries. Eggs hatch into small white grubs which live inside the berries. Their presence can usually be detected by discoloured blotches on the sides of the fruit and many berries ripen prematurely and fall to the ground. Maggots leave the fruitssoon after they drop to the ground and enter the soil to a depth of one or two inches where they develop and emerge as • adults . the following spring. Effective controlof the Straw- berry. Root Weevil can be achieved• through the use of the chemicals Aldrin or Chlordane. This can be done by applying the chemicals as a dust to soil and roots before planting or as a spray to foliage before blos- soms open and again immedi- ately after harvest. These light -brown to black beetles cause a characteristic ragged appearance to the plant by chewing the edges of the leaves. The young weevils live in the soil and feed on and de- stroy the fibrous roots and tun- nel into the crowns of the plant. ti* Defoliation and a greyish blotching of the leaves of rasp- berry plants are indications of Spider Mite infestations. This pest can be controlled by thor- oughly spraying plants with Ov- otran or Aramite just after the raspberry leaves open and again just before blossoms begin to open. One pound -of the 50 per cent wettable Ovotran powder in 100 gallons, of water or 2 pounds of Aramite, 15 per cent wettable powder in 100 gallons of water will give satisfactory control, * M ', Spider Mite adults overwinter in trash or other protected places and usually appear in the spring simultaneously with new raspberry foliage. Eggs are laid on the undersides of the leaves on which they are feeding and all stages of Mite development may be present at one time. Four or five generations may be produced each year. MAKING PROGRESS They had bought a car, and the wife had been having driv- ing lessons. "How are you getting on with your driving?" inquired .a friend of the novice. "Oh, fine," she replied. "Yes- terday I went at fifty miles an ° hour, and to -morrow I really mean to try opening my eyes when I pass another car." Drip: "Can you stand on your head?" Drop: "1 wish I could, but I can't." Drip: "Why not?" Drop: "It's too high!" Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking b k�lu•L•�� CO Miami Ban ME EIBME M® l I111ririj-i����i 321 ° IU mum ems/ m© owm Plei Eli: MR Li ca©ErdEICE J. 9 N O a b 3 N Y UNPAY SC1OOt LESSON 'By Rev R. Bart:lay Warren B.A., B.D. Brothers Reconciled Genesis 32: 24.30; 33: 14 Memory Selection: Even .hill Christ forgave you, so also de ye. Colossians 3:13, • /lifter twenty years in Hara>tit Jacob started for his parental home with his wives, children and flocks. Esau advanced to meet him with 400 men. Jacob was very much afraid. He sent gifts of goats, sheep, camels„ cattle and asses in droves in or- der to appease his brother! wrath. But most important ot all, he prayed. On his first night away from home God had revealed Him- self' to Jacob in a dream Het called thl place Bethel, mean- ing 'The house of God.' Now on his way home he had another great spiritual revelation. He called the place Peniel, mean- ing 'The face of God.' Through the hours of the night Jacob struggled with a man whom he called 'God' (Gen. 24: 30) and 'The Angel' (48: 16). This Hea- venly One touched Jacob on the thigh aril his sinew shrank so that he ever after limped. But in his weakness Jacob said, "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me." The Angel said, "What is they name?" The reply was, "Jacob," which means 'heel - grasper,' so given from the in- cident at birth when he grasped his brother's heel. But it utas e confession of his nature, too. He had, been a heel -grasper in get- ting Esau's birthright and bless- ing. Now his name was changed to Israel which means 'A Prince of God.' His nature was chang- ed, too. In a laterreference he says "The Angel which redeem- ed me from all ,.evil." From this meeting Israel arose to meet Esau. He approached him very humbly, bowing himself to the ground seven times. "Esstu ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, ant kissed him: and they wept." Se the brothers were reconciled. We want peace in the world but we are not always ready to humbly seek it in relation to our fellow men near at hand. We need to get right with God. We need to confess the sin in our nature and find cleansing in the blood of Jesus Christ. Then it isnatural for us to forgive others and . even to seek the for- giveness of those whom we have wronged. We exclaim with D Jones, "I am so rich in forgive- ness that I can afford to din- pense it prodigally to others." :Uifeemp, LEARNING TO WALK - Stricken three months' ago with a brain condition that caused complete paralysis, Toy, a five- month -old Pekingese, is learning to walk again in this special hammock rigged by a veterinarian. The special rig allows Toy to use his muscles. Thanks to the hammock, rubdowns and medical attention, the pet is expected to lead a normal dog's life eventually. TAPIR-ING OFF --A rare ride ends with a thud for zoo keeper Phil Rost as he sits on the back of a Malayan tapir. The 500 -pound beast, which looks something like an elephant, makes a pretty good perch, left, but a slippery one as well, and Rcst slips off, right. The tapir, rare in captivity, is one of two shown in the St. Louis a rea for the first time in 25 years. 1