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The Hensall Observer, 1959-09-03, Page 2The #e),jall dbderder Library List of The Hensall Observer, September 3, 1959 Page 2 back in was turned down. enjoy the many facilities that are available to the public -at -large Good Readin partial observer. Here Han Suy- typify the unexpectedness of life An independent newspaper, published every Thursday 9 in responds to the most evan- in a state of tension. at Hensall, Ontario GOLD IN THE GRASS, by Mar- escent of nuances. Her own un- As in A Many-Splendored roded and weed -infested farm he garet F. Leatherbarrow (non- ique experiences enable her to Thing she displays her remark - Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa fiction) Pinned down for sever- read the heart of every human able gifts for description. She is DON SPEARMAN, PITBLISHER al days under heavy fire in a element in that strange mixture successful in presenting a pict- Office Phone 220 slit trench just outside Caen, of races that makes up Malaya ure of the contrasting beauty ment and bought the farm Sgt. Alfred Leatherbarrow, a today. The problem there pre- and squalor of Malaya as she is DARGAN BURNS, PLANT MANAGER former textile worker from sents itself to her in all its poig- communicating a sense of the - Montreal, decided that if he ev- nancy. She sees the good Inten- kindness and cruelty that comes 4 MRS. IRRENE DAVIS, EDITOR er got out of there he would, tions as well as the stupidities into conflict there. Her story has Richmond Street Hensall Phone 94 somewhere back in Canada, find exhibited on all its sides, and its focus upon two out of her Pinery to any and all who would listen, and pushed and aided In himself a farm and live a free her sympathies are nicely bal- numerous characters, a British Advertising Rates on Request independent life. The eighteen anted. The incidental humours police officer and a beautiful girl months he spent in hospital re- of the situation do not escape informer. It is intensely dramat- covering from wounds, and the her. She furnishes her comic ic, written with a sense of the EDITORIALS meeting there of a wonderful scenes with characters richly ab- value and fitness of words that nurse willing to share his life surd, and her effects are achiev- is rare among authors of today. and plans, made him even more ed by rapid transitions which The ribbon has been cut and the dignitaries have departed determined that this was what from the official opening of the new Pinery Provincial Park, and he wanted to do. thus another new recreational area is opened up for the enjoy- Alfred Leatherbarrow's first �� -- V ment of thousands of Canadians and Americans. application for a V.L.A. loan, Residents of South Huron will gradually come to know and back in was turned down. enjoy the many facilities that are available to the public -at -large per If the 40 per cent disability in this, the newest of Ontario's 80 recreation areas. We will soon suiting from his wounds and an come to take for granted that the park is there for our enjoy- almost complete lack of farming ment, and that is as it should be. The dollar a year sticker on experience was not reason e- nough,the worn out, badly e - your car windshield has helped with the development of this and roded and weed -infested farm he other recreational areas. wanted to buy for $4,000 seem - While the newness is still on the Pinery park, and before the ed to the committee of farmers tumult of opening dies away, the Observer would like to pay to be a rather poor investment. tribute to a man largely responsible for promoting the idea of Undaunted, the Leatherbarrows transforming this wilderness into a controlled, developed and scratched together a down pay - well planned park. ment and bought the farm themselves. After a few years, We refer to our neighbouring M.P.P. - Charles E "Zeb" Janes, their farm began to take on a perennial member of Lambton East. Possibilities of the Pinery as new look. They made a second a recreational area have been known to the Lambton member over application and this time the a lifetime of municipal service ,and on his election to the provin- V.L.A. admitted that a mistake tial house, he lost no opportunity to promote the plan. With the had been made and granted persistence that has won him many an election, Mr. Janes talked them the maximum loan. It is Pinery to any and all who would listen, and pushed and aided In probable that this loan will some the development of the Ausable River Authority, so that the day be recognized as the best Pinery area could benefit from the Ausable conservation activities. investment the V.L.A. has ever The Pinery will be there long after "Zeb" and the rest of us are made. Read this wonderful story of gone, and right now is the time to say THANKS to Mr. Janes true determination and courage. for his part in seeing through to culmination this new recreation and conservation area. AND THE RAIN MY DRINK, by Han Suyin, the author of A Many-Splendored Thing. This is a story of modern Malaya as With school opening just a few days off, it's time to tighten seen through the eyes of an im- up our safety habits and "give the children a brake." 2 Preoccupied with school problems ,in a hurry to get home for lunch or back to school to play before the one o'clock bell, youngsters easily forget the traffic safety rules they are sup- posed to have absorbed. It's up to us to take extra precautions. Death at the hand of a wild animal Is not pleasant to con- template. It is horrible but it is natural. Savage animals kill in the jungle and nobody expects them to change their nature when they live among us. A lion in the streets knows nothing of the rules of civilized behaviour. But what of the automobiles that roam our streets, killing and maiming thousands of children each year? It is difficult to picture these familiar machines, sitting pat- iently at our disposal, as an instrument of death. We cannot blame the car, a complicated arrangement of steel and chrome, it is harmless; but when a human being takes his place behind the wheel it becomes the most dangerous killer at large In our modern world. Last year, 1958, automobiles killed or. carried to their deaths as passengers, 171 Ontario children aged 14 and under; in addition, 5,703 children were injured but spared to live. Think of the pub- licity, the terrified reaction and the drastic measures that would have resulted if these children had been attacked by wild beasts or by human beings not armed with automoblies. Tenders Wanted Tenders will be received by the Hensall Community Memorial Park Board until September 12th, 1959, for the installation of urinals, toilets and one 50 gallon hot water heater, plus alterations in the Hensall Arena. Lowest or any tender not neccessarily accepted. For further inform- ation contact Arena Manager. Tenders to be forwarded to: P.L. McNaughton, Secretary -Treasurer , Hensall e0 112 01513-002 Carmel Presbyterian Mr. George C. Vais, Stated Supply Mrs. M. Dougall, Organist Both Church School and Congregation will join with the United Congregation for the month of August. United Church Of Canada Hensall Rev. R. Currie Winlaw, B.A., B.D. Union Services 10:00 a.m. - Church School 11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship Church Of England Hensall 9:45 a.m. - Service 10:15 a.m. - Sunday School Rev. Bren De Vries, Minister This Space Contributed By GENERAL COACH WORKS OF CANADA LTD.