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Orono Weekly Times, 27 Jul 1961, p. 6

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41 About 'Those Broken Car Windows The Oho Snate lhas passe ý'a bill wvhich is, clearlY in the inter- eýst of peni)4ý who rumakeý a bi- ness of repîacýing- broken wno glass in aui Ltcobiles, a ndas clýearly is augainyst the interest oA, tue pepple wlho must pay for il. The il ol require auto- m-obile nufacturers to instaîl iamin.-ated glas- in dioor winidows, instead o0t" epresenit temripered glass. This ol suit the co- venien.-ce o! glass dealers, be- cause teycan cut laminated ,,lass to fitan size. Tempered glass is m-ýanufactured b t'Ote" SpecificationsofîGdindividual cars, and once formýLed cannot be cut eitlxout. dam'Iage. This rmeans th,-at glass dealers m-ust stock the in- ýi vi&ually tailored glass win- dlows. or ask their customersz to wait until the proper piece of glass is ordered. t is noet pos- îible to insert laminated lasS Into raîsingý and lowering mech- anismis desiîgned for tempered glaqss. Lamninatedglas is u s e cl in Swindshields, b4 SO far as sa!fety is con-cerned, tc-4npered glass àc- tLally has, features whichgv it an advàtg oe Ueohr Th-e us e of tempeired glass in weindows as been approvedby amonig Outei qutaIified org-anza- tions, tUe National Sa"fety Coun- cil, which i etil on the .idiej of tU.,e mtrsEuropean car makers even use temipered glass in-, indshi ýelýds. EBut lo'obyists have mnaged tfo et tUegas dealers' proposition before il othr egsiaurs.In fine of them ithasbeen tuirned down. If 'he O oHouse succLuiba 10t te same- pressures whic.h ap- paren:ltinflueced 1he Senate, Ohinans wl have tUe unenvi- able dïisttincion of being resi- dýents of a saewhich musýt haveýý its automobýiles specially equlip- ped becfore shlipment. And thatý will cost themo. - Cincinnlati 'En- quirer. Some people ýars no good at counting calories sud they have the figures 10 --prove il. Digging Up Piraite GoId I The thiree tesuecheste of varled sizes that I L dug iup (in an tique she>ps) noýwrest Wlth othcrs ir, the pirate collection od ny author friend, th.easr-ut ing plying saa 4Clau3s, Edward Rowe Snow ol Marsfield, Massaý- chusetts. S12;isune of the f ew men who ac tually djug Ulp treasure on, a beach, not once but HQ has huntled treasure along the Atlantic coast for twenïty years and i n 1940 picked uvp p clue fronsu a character called "Peg-leg John" Nuskey about a treasure hidd*en byý Captaii1 James Turner, otherwise 1nowný,j as the "King of Caîf Islanad." Turner ap- peared i Bstoni in 1846 and took a job as keepoer of Bug L'ight. He 1later died iu solitude in 1882 le*av- ing a legend that he had buried mioney n-earby. Snow fol)lowed elues for Years and searched uni- tii, one da,", in the cellar, of a deserted house on Middle Brew- ster, he found a vellumn bound seventeenthi-centuiry booký in Ital- ian. Bookswý,ormns and rats had eaten many oD! the pags but Snwtook it to the Boston Pub-. lic ibrary for appraisal,1 and iden- tification. There, Miss Hlarriet Swift noticed pi holes tnrough- certain letters on ,ýpageý 101. Th-e ho0les pr-iked 0o(t cer7tain letters which ma,-de a mlessage which Snow decîphered (after miany trials) to rvead "GOLD .[S DUE EAST TREES STRONG ISLAND CHATHA.M OUTERBAR."ý Snow and his brothier wfent to wokwith an electro-nic,. metal- dJetector, After six tries they dug up a srnail nmetal cheast fualiof oid silver coins barîed above h-igh-waqter mark near Chatham in Nauset Beach. Most o, 1he coinrs were earcly Amnerican silver pieces dated betweein 1799 anid the 1820's wt a -few earlier f eces-of-eighit. I spent an excit- Dingevening with Snlow lookinlg oiver the 316 rust-coverecq coins, ýwhile hie told mne of his search for the treasuire of the "King of Cait Island," a legend that camne true, -- Frous "Dig for Pirate Treas- lire," by Robert r. Nesmnith. Button-on Magic PRINTED P-ATTER~N Button On cplt rpskirt -presto! PlaysuLit turus into a beautifuil towni outf il. Sew this wvinnîing trio for sports oi sun- n-ing inbrlan cottojn. Printed Patterui 4880:Miss Sîzes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16 * playsuit takes 2 yards 35-incb fabric; skirt - ¾ yards. Send FIFTY CENTS (stampsa -cannot be accepted, use postal note for safe-ty) for this pattern. Please print plaiuly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBIIER. Send order 10 Ane Adama, Bc;oxIL, 123 Eighteenth St,, e Torouto, Ont(. TUe biggest fashion xshoew or Sýummeïr, 161-pages, Pages, pages o0 pa1 eusin Our ne Color Ctlj.Hurvry' gsend 31*. FEATHER DANCER - The fellow with the featthers on top is Jose Mendez. The I 2-ye-r-old des3cendant of the ancient Zopotec lndians of Mitlo, Mexico, takes port in the famous feothe-r dance of bis acnestors. The students moke- the3 costumes os a part of the curriculum of the QOaxacai public school system. The gigantic feacther he'odpiDca cond costume date bock to the 12th century. 4 INGEIRFAfr Welli, when 1 fînishied this col- Unin lasI wee-k I was aIl set, ta go down 10 our 1ocal hospital for a day'~s sewing and meuiding. The WA. meets once a weeýk for that purpose. But my plans had ta be changed in a, hurry. MY nephew Klii phonied ffrm Mal- ton. He had taken his girl friend there to board a BOAC plane for Englarnnd. Wheni they got there thiey were bold tUie f1iý,ht had been delayed so Elemi wanted to know if I could put them up for the night. I maý.de up a bed for Pain but arranged for Klemni to spend tUe night at a motel just arouind the cornei--r fromr here, That. too, had ta be- chauged. When they arrived herve lb was to tel me that the BOAC had arranged accommodation for ils passengers at the Lord Sim-coe. So Klemj t ook Pami to Toronto and Ihen came back here hlm(- self. Ail next day they wr back and forth, keeping in touch wibh Malton for latest fliglit re- ports, 1 still don't 1kno'w whvat the delay was ail about, sometbhiug to do witb a strike, bDut it imust have been on the other side of the water. Pamn finaily took off aoteleven o'clock M\ondlay ni.Klei;came back here, returning to Peterborough Tues- dfay rmorning. He couldn't stay longer as he hiad lis passage bocked on a boat leaving Mon.t.. real Friday, morning.- It was al v'ery confusinig. By the time they had gone l feit as, if 1 had beent put through a wig~ lju3z shows hoýw bhings you neveýr ex- pected to concern -you at ahl can end up by disrupting al your prearranged plans. Jusu as a peboble thrown into calm wae create-s ever widening circle-s. Thursdsy we didl a lîttie vst ing ourselves. Oile caîl wa:s to a farm - the home cf an aged couple in semri-retiremenuit. Thieir ages 82 and 83'! The farmn is a lovely spot, on, top of a hill, wc.li1 woodied and with an eýver-f]ow- ing creek running through the ravine. Once il was a dairy farmo but now mort of the !and is dw lu pasutre. Hoýwev,,er, there is still plenty of iivestock aon -twio cows, two calves, three_ jpedigreed dogs, abouat a dozen. cats, a, numnber of bantam hiens end chiekens and twjenty-one-- goats!. The calves mrilk the cows b ut six of the goals are-.mni1ked by'hanid - standing ou a plat- form iithat brings themi up to a convenieut level! for millng. The naunies3 and their daýughitýrs weri in on* Patur, field, Llh* mnaies lu aniotherc. 11 a stable, penined -up by imself,, was the oki bïlly, goat, fa-ther and grand- father to hem ail. He didn't hv any hoirns but he sure had_ the longest beard !'d ever seen. l'he darmln a only a few mitles f rom the centre of a resienilal anal industrial developmient and výet il is so quiet and peaceful. Lt would appear ýthere are stil' oc- casional -unspoilt 'beauty spots if -one knows where 10 o Ik ýfor Promn there we w;ent on to visit Bob sud Joy - antd, f course the two litIle flow. There xvas plenty of activity 'going on tUe re! 1 think tlherere at least tev) or t-welve youngsters playing around in the back yard when we wcnt in. bosuppýer. I ssked Joy how she could stand it. "I somietirnes wodr"was the snswer. Promn there we went to visit an old lady cif 86, conivalescing frorr a heart attack. Btsying w1tlUlier was a friend fromr Powassau who ia a reader of tUis columun. Looýks as if 1 lhad better watch mny step - there is no0 telling ,whlo I am likely tb run imb! Next day shold have been a- quiet day aI homi-e but Partfler managled Io create a 11111e excite_- ment when hle was snowing t1h. lawu by backring întoa, low stone> wall sud f alling over îti mb 1h, drivewsy. Because a r- 1h ri t i sý miak-es hî.m so stiff and awjkward he couidn't get orp. Two neiglh- bours saw what lad happenied and came a.long and helped hlmu 10û his feet. I wa;s at the back of the house and unaware of thc, ac- cidenit. Now Partrner lias a uiice sore shoulder 10 carry around around for a f ew days, s0 stif! 1 have 10 lelp hlm gef his clothes off and on. So tUaI was Üour week, inter- spersed with plentiy of rain. cold weatler sud hot nieýwsf romn Par- liament Hill. The furnace stili cornes on ati-night,. One nigîl w. saw Northern LigUlts. What kind of westh 'er tley indicate- 1 don't ko.Art had a letter from Dee giving him a long liaI of thinga * SU-e wanted ai the cotta'ge, in- cludîng, a baýg of coal! TUer. slouldn't be 100 many nosquito- es and black flsauyway. We stIli have quite 2 bit ocl suinmer visiting 10o do but 1h.e trouble is tc- find nîce dysto take 10 tUe ra eseuse lu aIr rýting out in bad westher, -So f ar we have been IUîkry How * eor, tUe weather sceems (0 suit' tetrees and shrubs but te gar- den could do wiî lsa rain and moresusne Modern Eiquette By Amuie Ashley Q.If on. wishes to give a ver", good womnan friend an engage- milent gif t, should this b. somie- thing for hier personally or for her future home? _A. Either la correct. Q. Should the usedi silverware b. gathered up before remioving the plates f romn the tijamer table? A, No; tUe silver should be lef t on tUe plates, and ahl re- movedl from the table together. Q. WiIl you please mention some of the duties of, the best man at a weddmg? A. TUe best man loUs-- afler tUe bridegroomi, generslly 'driv- ing hlm 1tU te church. Be akes care o! tUe ring, givinrilt to tUe Dri 'degroomn at tUe proper mom- ent in tUe ceremouy. He gives tUe clergyman lis fee, sud ta!ç(s care of auy lips incidentai 10 tUe go- in-away, beiug of courseý reim- bursed by tUe bridegrooro a 9t a convenient lime. Q. W. have lust recenitly mnov- ed int a new neighborhood, and some of aur neighbors hiave been kind enough to cali on tis How soon should these catis b. r.- turned? A. Within two -weeks, or lihere- ab,!outs. Failure Io reburr these calîs would indicabe 13 your.1 nieigîbl.ors lIaItteir frier dship n'eanis nothiug. Whos To Blame? Maybe, Ourselves 1 WitU food, ilis hiard to decide wh1jether e'v progressed for- wards -or backwards. Biologiatss have dïscove,ýred how 10 breed aIrains of wheat tUaI will flourisir under almost any conditions. Thecy undeLrstaud the complex changes tUaI take place wlen wheat la made mbflour sud bread. But the only noticeable result is tUati lb laalmost impossile Io buy a crisp, tastY loaf with a good cruat. Fishiery, experts working, in tUie îcy fishing grounds withm the Arctic circle have diSCov7ered what groverna lUe quality of sea fish. Thiey hrave fouuid tUaI a singleý microbe On a dead fisU mnulti- plies 641,000 limecs within eilgît hours, and affects lUe flavour. But who can remnember aUe last lime lie tasted a fiaI which lad lUe sharp, dlean tang o! the ses? And the world has bunglecdil system o! food distribution, Long years of painstaking r.- search have shown us how 10 grow crops on hitherto barren land. And the yield of food fromn a given ares of fertile land Uisa been muiltiplied mantry--times lu the lasb sixby years. There is every indication tUaI SOOII even the desert will be turned mb ogood, crop-bearng,ý land. Il seemas, sometimies, thiat we have t100 much food-.Iru Amrený- ca, wheat sud ccuffee are bouru- ed -because lUe price drops 50 10w thal Il la not worttiwil payînig freight charges 10 manket centres. Iu Austral-'a oranges sud ap- pies are ploughied back înto Ue .arth for tUe samne reason. But aI bUe saine limre, bwo-, tirids of the wcrlc-C' pe--ople [are perpetually ivin on the s"taIrvaý tion Uniie. Millionls of menjý womnen II children die every yýear beca-useý they cannot get enough food tO staIYaie Polities, myany saY, is flhe aný- swrto that one. And it would not be diffic-It ta filnd convinicing- excuses for-, ,al the m-(uddling that go)es o' But, quite silyl, the fôIult lies with hum-an nature, with ýou and with me. That is why the countryside is diniinishing, why most of the people in the world axere near. starvation. While we talk with lofty ideals and pure motives about the things we can do no)thîng about, whenn somethingaffects us, per- sonally, especiallY scome sort of scientific prýogr,ýess, our main concern is wh-,at we can get out of it. Perhaps, in a thousand years or so, weý-the humnan race- can mauke ourseIlves into better peopfle. Let's hope ther-e will W-, Urne. Fun to Crochet *.1 Add this lacy paii 1bjYOuIr doily collection-or croche4tlithem !or -gifîs, bazaa,,,r sellers. Usaý these doiies f or lun-cheon., buffet sets-spot them here 'ný' there to protect tables, Patteref 122: directions for tw~o dI(lie,, in No. 30 cotton. Send TRIRTY - FIVE CENMTS' (statnps cannot be ace ted, us postal nlote for safety fii thîsý paýtteru to Laura Wýheeler, BoxulJ, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMUBER, youir'NA ME anc' AD. DRESS, JUST OFF THE PPRSS' Send now for ouir exciting, newý 1961 Needlecraf t Cata,1 .Oveî 125ý desi.gus t crochiet, kuiit, sew, embroider, quilt, weave -- fasli. ions, homefurnishings, toys gifl, bazaar hits. Plus FREE--instruic- tions for six smart veil cap£: Hur- rsend 25( now,! ISSUE 30 - 1961 TRAINING TRAIN- Onc of iapcin's Toj runir1r ks out ln Tokyo beside o ra-ec ontroPri 1p - ' -t. The mrotor- Tred device contoinis ax'i!a.ci ~ s,~ htojis a5lt o ejgsaog m

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