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PAGE FOURM EDITORIALS influence and Responsibility of the Press Looking through a metropolitan news- paper the other day we were inipressed, more than ever, wlth the responsibility and influence a paper exerts over its read- ers. It has been clained the news policy of a newspaper is set by the demands of its readers. Others claim the incentive is first and foremost to build up circulation to warrant profitable advertising rates. Re- gardless of these motives our thoughts were aroused, in this particular instance, as we read the llaring display headlines of the news stories on the front page. Here are some ai the headings: "DRIVER DIES AS CAR CRASHES INTO TREE, PEDESTRIAN KILLED". "FIND WOMAN DEAD IN SNOW9 SEE FOUL PLAY". "GUNMAN FLEES DIAPER DRI VEK, ONE SHOT FIRED". "WOMAN FOUND STRANGLED, QUESTION MAN". "FIND THREE INFANTS SLAIN WITH KNIFE, HAMMER, MOTHER QUESTIONED". With such blood-curdling stores as these, featured daily in the press, is it any wonder people are becoming unduly ex- cited and high strung nervaus wrecks, while others becamne mental cases requir- ing treatment in mental institutions? Il is ta be hoped that aur home-town weekly newspapers across Canada do flot ape this type af sordid publiclty ta build up circulation in such an unhealthy and questionable modemn trend. We pref er that our weekly newspapers retain the higher ethical standards which the Christian Science Monitor, in an editorial, attributed to the weekly news- papers when il said: The Weekly Newspapér "Tumning from the city newspapers ta the small town press exchenges that came ta the editor's desk is like stepping from the siums, ful ai vice, into an oid- fashioned garden s.weet with lavender and thyme, and the scene ai perennial flowers. Here are set forth only that which uplifts a community - the activities of the business men, the church items, the happy social gatherings ai the people, the marriages, births, and deaths, farmers' Items and ail the thousand and ane daily occurrences that make up the simple annals ai the great common people, who are realiy the foundation of this braad country ai ours. Scandais are rarely published in the country newspapers, but if it sa happens that decency demands it, the uglier details are omitted, or given a kindly touch that is widely different from the uni eeling publicity of the city press. The offenders may be aur neighbours or people we have rubbed elbows with all aur lives. They are real human beings ta their town people, while ta the great city dailies they are merely grains af a sort that are ground out houriy in their news milis. Soma limes people speak lightly of the country newspaper, but il is ana of the most patent and upiifting factors in our national existence." You Cannot Ignore the Red This is the month in which the Canad- fan Red Cross Society holds ils annual campaign ta raise iunds for ils splendid work in which emergency calîs, large and smail, are callad upan ta help the un- fortunate. For some inexplicable reasan Bowmanville's Red Cross Society has bacome inactive, but saveral other Red Cross Sociaties in Durham County are very active, so this editoriai is given in their behaif ta raise funds. Of course, if any citizens in town wish ta contribute ta this fund they may leave their donation at any local bank. Officiais ai the Canadian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service estimates that some 300,000 Canadians will require almost 500,000 bottles ai whole blood for trans- fusions during this year. The collection af this quantity ai biood from voluntary donors and ils eventual delivery tô the hospitals oi Canada wilhout charge will be an ex- pansive undertaking. The projected budget wiil approach $2,370,000 or appraximately 40 par cent ai the 1954 Canadian Red Cross financial requirements. It is interesting ta note thiat thç, pro- vision ai this ana Red Cross service wiii rnaan a f inancial saving ta the people af our natian ai over $12,500,000. This figure is based on prevailing charges in com- munities where the Red Cross free blood transfusion service is not yet in operation. Cross Thesa are bewiidaring and staggering figures but most reaiistic. The operalian af the bload transfusion service by the Red Cross since 1947 has been a tremendaus assaIta the public health ai Canada. The numbar af lives saved cannot ba astimated but among the 1,300,000 citizens ai aur nation wha have received a free trans- fusion ai Red Cross blood in the past 10 years, are many ai aur friands and rel- atives. Thay are living proof ai this lufe- saving transfusian service made passible by the ganerasity ai aur neighbours. In this community there ara meny people who regularly and wiilingly con- tribute their blaod ta the Red Cross. By this volùntary gesture thay ara perform- ing an act ai citizanship and expressing assistance for their ialiow man. Not al ai us are able ta do this but Ihere are few among us who cannaI make same financial contribution ta the annuai campaign for RIed Cross funds, The amount we give Is flot the issue. The number ai us who support the RIed Cross is important. if we ail do aur share, we wili be heiping ta provide a RIed Cross irea blQad transfusion service and assist many athaer worthy projects as We11, Il may ha wall ta ramember that there is not ana among us who can ha sure that. ha will neyer need a Red Cross free bioad transfusion for himself or a mamber ai his family. In some paits of Canada "f reight rates" is a phrase which packs a mighty emational whallop. Certainly emotion, rather than commonsense, seems ta have dominated the utterances ai those who have been critical ai the Board ai Trans- port Cammissioners for granting the rail- ways a 3.6 par cent freight rate increase. The pity ai it is that this outburst ai emotion is sa misplaced, 50 unreaistic. If any criticism is ta ha ieveiied at the Baard's judgmant, il should ha directed not ta the raiativeiy small increase grant- ed, but ta the fact that the judgment danias the raiiways tha right ta earn anything an the hundreds ai millions ai dollars which they have investad over the last tan yaars in modarnization and improve- ment af their plant and equipment. Improved and more efficient, ecanom- ical meîhods are the anly way in which the railways can hope ta offset the drain Warning tb Maybe our motorists living in the Bowmanville district don't need this advice because we, fortunately, haven't beverage rooms or liquor stores in tawn. But regardless of these favorable con- ditions we will pass on the warning in the hope it will be observed by others less tempted and more exposed to these con- ditions. Etabuîhod 1854 with whlch is incorporaited The. Bowmanvlle News, Thé. Newcastle Independont and The Orono News lO4th Year of Continuous Service to the Town of Bowmanville and Durham County AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SUESCRIPTON RATES $4.00 a Yecr. etictly in advaee $5.00 a Yomr In the. United Stat.. Authors.d om Second Can Mai PM tOMM .Depotuent. OUaw Spubankubr THE JAMES PUB13MNG COMPANT Bowmanvill., Ontario GEO W. JAMES, Ezrroe on thair resources ai the serias af wage demands with which thay are conironted each year by the unions. The diesel loco- motive is but ana example af grealer efiiciancy and economy in rail aperalion. Thare are caunt less othars. Ail caîl for haavy capital outlays. How can the railways be expacted ta go ahead with their cost-cutting improve- mnents if they are denied any raturn an the millions af dollars which must ha invested ta make such acanomias ai aperatian passible? Isn't il inevitable that the wage spiral will force railway costs, and ireight rates, evar higher, unless naw funds are available for buying more diesels and other cast-cutting aquipmant? Isn't this just the situation which the Board ai Transport Commissianers is inviting _when they deny the railways the 10 par cent increase in f reight rates which they sought lest August? Careless Motorists Anyway, here's whet il says: Put alcohol with gasoline, add a pinch ai ovar-canfidence, shake well aI spead . e nd sooner or leter the mixture wil lumn ta blood. The change is instantaneous, and irrevocable - warns the Ontario Safety League. The gaad driver realizes preciseiy the dengerous affects ai elcohol; ha knows the measura ai the enemy. Ha knows that excessive canfidence is the catelyst in the deadly mixture. Alcahol slows up raac- tions; impairs sight and heering; fogs judgment; disorganizes habit systems. Other adverse conditians cen alsa give risa ta these driver-deficiencias e- . bad waathar, toothache, emation- but thay araeflot nearly as dangerous if the element ai super-confidence, induced by aicohai, is absent. In fact a driver cen adjust his per- formance, by raducing spead and using extra care, la campansete for any adverse driving conditions; except the stete ai mind that bas lost fear-of-consaquencas, an inavitable affect af alcahol, and certain drugs. Even the smallest quantity of alcahol is potentiehly dengerous. A uitIle may be worsa then a lot. The befuddled drunk who assesses his own condition and weaves homeward slowly in second gear, using back streets, mey ha less dangeraus than the man who bas "j ust had a couple" but expresses bis feeling ai exhilaratian by doing 70 m.p.h. Ihrough city streets. Though bath equally deserve j ail! .'TU CAKADIAN STATESMAN. DO WKA1RVILE ONTARIO In the Dim and *Distant Past From The. Statemmau Files là TEARS AGO <1933) 49 YEARSI AGO (1909) G. A. Edmondstone was elec- Harold Sharpe was eiected tel Worshlpful Master of Jeru- president af the1 Boys' Progress saaem Lodge. Guild at St. Paul'a Church, J. General Sir Arthur Currie, Ross Stutt was Secretary; Win- former C.E.F. Commander. was datt Tod, Treasurer, organist, guest speaker at the Men's Wm. Galbraith; At a concert Canadian Club. He met his aid sponsored by the Ouild. Master Comrades of the Great War in- Andrew Nicholis reclted. Mas- cluding Col. L. T. McLaughlin. ter Guernsey McCleilan play-, president af the Club. General ed a pieno solo and Misses Tam- Currie was introduced by R. blyn and Ethel Brock piayed a M. Cotton, president of the Le- piano duet, among other nuni- gian. bers. Ex-Mayor Tom Holgate was Thlrty cows were to b. sold presented with a live goat as by auction by Messrs. Buchan- a blrthday present at Rotary an and Forden ln the Bennett Club. The goat came from the House yards, Bowrnanville. herd af J. L. Morden's Creama The provincial government, of Barley Camp. in conJunction with County Professor G. H. Needier af Councils, was considering set- University af Toronto, address- ting up County Agricultural ed the Women's Canadian Club Schools. Bath Cobourg an.d an the problems ai Europe Port Hope were keen on the since the war. Prof. Needier is idea. the author of many books and Fashion Hints - "Ciinging is stili writing in 1958. gowns are stili the rage... Mr. and Mrs. Willard Cald- Vogue of the moment is for the well af Oshawa, formerly af classical tailor made suit with Bawmanville, celebrated their the long train and the heapîng 5th wedding anniversary. folds ai fabric at the foot." Magistrate R. M. Cotton was James L Hughes related a re-elected president of the Can- story told by Henry Argue of adian Legion. Solina regarding a contingent Ladies' three piece suits, the. from tarlington who marched fashion for spring, were $10.75 toward Toronto to fight Mac- at The Evelyn Shop, ai which kenzie in the Rebellion of 1837. Miss T. Murphy and Mrs. Frank Most were Orangemen and Oke were proprietors. armed for the most part with Mr. Seiby Spencer, son of pitchforks and axes. When they Rev. and Mrs. C. R. Spencer, reached the Don River they received. his commission as a found that the Rebellion was Lieutenant. over, but continued to K i n Milk was 8c. a quart at Glen and Church Streets where they Rae Dairy. were met by the mayor. The Mr. Adolph Henry, for more Daring-ton boys were enter- than 20 years Secretary-Treas- tained at the government's ex- urer ai the Clarke Agricultur- pense at a hotel called The ai and West Durham Agricul- Green Bush. Edward Floody tural Societies, announced bis who lived south of Enniskiilen resignation. led the fife and drum band. Th-e Wind, She Blew a Hurricane (Editor's Note-Spring sureiy must be near et hand judging from aur old Durham County boy, W. J. (Bill) Milis, St. Marys, native of Enniskilien, busting forth int this literary gem oi poetry.-G.W.J.) Proiound in Hydrastetics ha, An angineer ai high degrea, A graduate ai "Vansity", An able iani A raging, roaing wintry blest, Scattering the faathery snow broadcast, And fnaezing where il touched and pessad, A propen breezel A modast ana inch pipe oi lead, A copper faucet burnishad mcd, A vent irai which no waten sped, Anethema! An able fat man on bis knees, But flot engagad in panates, But looking fan a bloîing freeze, In modest pipai Backward and forth ha mayas along, His blow-torch spitting doleful sang, Accampaniment ta lenguage strang, A mary quasI! And Ibis the night ha cals bis ain, To wield the basai and the stene! DosI wonder aI bis mental pain, Unlucky wightl The hours pass an waary wing, Ha feuls ta find a devilish thing The talephana goas - "Ting-a-ling", Wifa ta the front! Ha heerkens ta hem ganthe tread, And than ber gantla voica o'arhead, Coos - "Deer! The old town pump is deed, The water's off!" A moment ai unholy cein,, A blaw-torch in a viciaus slam, A sharp, staccato, heart-felt "Damn!" Tableau! Masonic D.D.G.M. Visits Jerusalem Lodge Con grafulates 0f ficers The annuel. officiai visit ffl the District Deputy Grand Mast -__ er, R. War. Bro. Relph E. Mw Lodge, A.F. & A.M., No. 31,P r c took place last Wednesday even- ing. The meeting was held at the lodge rooms and there wasP ifo and visitors fram the district in- P ld o cluding Oshawa, Broaklin, Whit- by, Orono, Newcastle and Port Hope. There were also visitors3 8 u i present £rom Taronto. 3 f u i Wor. Bro. Clare Allun intro- Aogtebte rcsri duced R. Wor. Bro. Mowbray. Aogtebte rcspi The District Deputy Grand for Shorthorns et the Ontario Master was welcamed by R. Bull Sale, held recently et To- Wor. Bro. A. E. Moffatt, Wor- ronto, were tbose raid for shipful Master ai Jerusalem Lodge. Mr. Mowbray compli- a trio consigned by John Rick- mented the officers on their ard, Newcastle. work, and said he found con- Three from this bard sold ut ditions very seîisiactory in $600, $585 and $535. Ail were Jerusalem Lodge. by the Rickard Polled sire, Bir- mingham Dauntless, and the Follawing the meeting a de- w ihrpie üswr licious dinner was served in the Polled. banquet hall. Those at the head table were R. Wor. Bro. Mow- The average price received bi-ay, R. Wor. Bro. Moffatt, Wor. for 92 Shorthorn bulîs et this Bro. Lamne McCoy, Brooklin, sale was $482.06, representing District Secretary; Bro. the Rev. the highest average in the past H. Moore, Brooklin, District fiva years. Cheplain; Wor. Bro. H. G. Free- The grand champion, a white man and Bro. George Black, a bull consigned by J. W. Daunt. candidate ai the evening. The Inglewood, sold at $1.000 ta toast ta the Grand Lodge was Buchanan and Bodkin. Thames- proposed. by Wor. Bro. H. G. ville. The reserve grand cham- remnand was responded ta pion, a son ai the Royal and by R. Wor. Bro. Mowbray, War. International Supreme Cham- Bra. R. L. Evans proposed the pion. Scotsdale Jupiter, exhi- toast ta the visitars, and the bited by S. G. Bennctt, sïd at response was macle by Bro. the 1.t50 ta Murray Fanis, Brad- Rev. H. Moore. fard. Meetings Arrange, Details For Brucellosis Canvass At meetings at Bethany and Orono on Monday, Mardi 101h, plans were campieted for a canvess ai Cattie Owners ln Durham County, with a view ta havin Durham County de- clared a Urucellosis Area. A. 0. )alrym.ple Agricultur- ai Representetive for Durham County pointed out that these meetings were belng held as a resuit ai requests from variaus breed orgenizations, ferm or- ganizations, and livestock bread- ers throughaut the taunty. He stated that a numbar of farm- ers had attended a meeting in Manchester recently ta hear Mr. W. P. Watson, Llvestock Commissioner, autline the Bru- ceilosis Program. As a resuit of that meeting the canvass was naw belng arganized. Mr. R. H. Graham, Associate Livestock Commissioner was the guest speaker et bath meet- ings, and in addition ta discuss- ing the subject, enswerad al questions, Canimittees were set up ta cenvass in each Township and c',etters 7 Jh 43 Brierdale Blvd., Taranto, Ont. The Editor, The Canadien Statejman, King Street West, Bowmanville, Ont. Dear Sir: In the last issue, March 131h, 1958, under the heading "Cha- que Artist Operating in Town", you mention the neme ai a non-existent fiim wes used on the chaque. Please be advised that Imera Mator Sales, 754 Dundas Streets West is really Gimera Motor Sales, 1754 Dun- des Street West. I suggest the figure "'.1 may have been used ta meke a capital 'III. It is quita possible the Police are fully aware ai the aboya information. Yours very truly, Gladys E. Thompsan Beach Ave. R.R. 1, Gibsons, B. C. Dear Editor, Many thanks for reminding me ai my subscription ta The Statesman for,, another year. When one is enjoying himseli at the Seabeach in summer weatber, the year e-ound as wve are up bere in British Colum- bia this year, ana wili forget. No snow, very litIle cold wea- ther. ilowers stili in bloom, shrubs, trees, and spning flow- ers, have been in blomr for ovcr a montb, summer flawers coming up, fruit tracs in bud, the peech blossoma is showinjg pink. The fish did not leava, the frogs giving voice in the ponds, in the evenings for over e month; I believe they have il an us humnans, thay knew the political parties were going ta tumn on the heat this wintar. Now if wa gel ail they are pramising, we will be living in a country flowing with milk and honey; and then their will ba no more strikes, live and let live. I aiten wonder whet do the dumb animnais think ai us pon humens; the contented old bas- sie caw, iying there chewing han cud, trusting in God for her next dinner. "Ara we?" Ij we do, why is there s0 many out on strike "for what?" What doas the crystel bell say? Should you hear, teke some af the enclosad mon- ey end print a few lines for us, in your paper. So meny ai our wise man are running ail ovar the warld look- ing for peace, and it's et their home, if they look the nîght way; trust in God and do whet is right. As ever, David Davidson Hampton, Ontario, Merci 14, 1958, Mr. 3. M. James, Bowmanville, Ont. Dean Sir, Our 171h ai Iraland visitor- Red-wing Bleckbird. I notice Ihet you have man- tionad in your paper that Blue Grosbeaks hed been sean by Mrs. S. Dawell. Another ai aur Hampton bird-loyers toid me that sha had sean a robin two waeks ega.« I hava not sean aithar ai thase birds as yat. Howaver I have sean or heard 28 diffament species this winîer. This momning I heard a Towhee. Lest week I saw a WhMita-throat Sperrow and e Kinglet. In De- cemben thare ware twa Wax- wings abaut, and we had a Canada Jey in Januery. The Pine and Evanîng Grosbeaks have bean hare and have gojie. The four Cardinals hava lost ona ai the females. Besicles wa hava with us the Dawny end Hairyr Woodpecker, White- breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jeys, Black and Brown Cappad Chi- cedeas, Long spur, Snaw Bunt- ing, English, Trea, Sang and Whita-throated Sparrows, Crows and Starlings in abundance. There bas been a Wood Thrush &cross the creek-or rather two calling back and forth. In all I think this is a goad locality for winter birds, perhaps beceuse ai the number ai folk that feed them. Il eppears ta me that here we hav ee higher caunt af winter and early Spring birds than we have a higher count ai winter songsters, perbapa beceuse caver is becoming scarce. Yours tnuly, Fred J. Reed Taranto, Mer. 15 Dear Dr. James, In the discussion aver the location ai the new secondary school in Orono there is ana 'point that seems ta have been overlooked. And since il is, ta my mind et least, the mast sig- nificant ana, I would like ta drew attention ta il. The point is just this, thet since Orono doas not have a ciover-leaf laading miat the town, the students would ha forced ta make a leit-hend turn against the traffic ofa High- way il5 et least once a day ta get mbt or out ai the school. This is a consideretion that puts Orono out ai the question, for it any access evar daserved the tarra "suicide entrance", il surely applies ta the entry ta, Orono. Nathing could be more ewkward than ane ai these large and relatively slow schoal buses and with the increasing volume ai traific il is only a question ai lime 4.lntil ane is hit by an epproaching truck with resuits that terrify the imagination. I can sympathize most sin- cerely with the town af Orono beceuse this sefety factor is go- ing ta work ageinst any other business or industry settling in the town. And I feel thet the municipality should obtaîn frai the Deparîment ai High- ways an undertaklng that Orono it is hoped that the canvass will be completed throughout the County by March the 24th. In brief If the petitions 'Ir~ signed in fayour by majorltj af 66 2/3 Pçiai fthe cattie owners. then !Qod test will be taken thrC . ot te Caun- ty. Ail cattie over 36 monthi af age, and ail cattie over 8 monthu aid that are not off icially vac- cinated wiil be blood teated. Calves under 8 months of age. steers, and officially vaccinat- ed femaies up ta 36 months of age wlil not be blood tested. &Iditor wiil be provided with a e6or leaf before the construction af the schooi. Qtherwise, the peo. pie ai Orono cannot reasonabiy expect the community ta agree ta school being built there. And fromn what I know ai the peo. ple ai Orono, there is nat one who would want a schoi there if it meant endangering the children's lives. My point, then, is just tbis. Orono should obtain from the Department of Highways an undertaking that the.y wili pro. vide a claverleaf ieading into the town before the construc- tion ai the schooi. If the sehoal is ta be in Orona, let us ai irrespective ai where we mnav live in the Township support, this application ai the mnunic>,4 paiity for a cloverleaf. An...) should the Department refuse ta make this concession, then ai course there is no alterna- tive ta locating the schaol elsewhere. dlames P. Lovekin Whal Others Say WORK FOR 250 Aniiouncement that the Cen. adian Car Company's Fort Wil. liam plant had been awarded a cantract ta build 325 buses came as welcame news, particu- larly during the season ai slack empioyment. The cantract. largest ever awarded in Canada, will enable Can-Car ta add as many as 250 employees ta its staff of 1,100. When the new order is de- livered, Montreal alone wilI have 1,420 Cen-Car buses in service. Mare than 25 af 30 other major transit operations in Canada alsa use buses madle at the Lakebead. Cn-Car is now the second largest manufacturer ai buses in North di.merca.-Port Arthur News-Ch& icie. Seturday was no holiday for four members ai the Peterbor- ough Kiwenis Club, says The Peterboraugh Examiner, They started work about 9 a..end endad aiter midnight-and the job ai working out a program for 1,205 antries in this yeer's Kiwanis Music Festival stili1 was nat finished. "Il wes really dediceted coim- munity service," Mrs. A, D. Vaisay, festival secretary ra- ported today. The four who put in a 15-bour plus day ware Dr. H. S. Dunham, W. M. Gem- meli, A. L. Findley and Doug McGegr-ail mambers ai the club's music festival commit- tee. The festival is still seven weeks awey but the pragram- ming will b. campieted this week. Extra classes and sec- tions and mare scholarships and trophies for the 235 mare an- tries then lest yeer hava coi- plicet*atd an elreedy complex Four AdJudicators The record number ai 1,205 (lest year there were 970) has forced the Kiwanis Club ta en- gage e fourth adjudicatar and hireae third hall. Boris Berlin, ai the Royal' Consarvatory ai Music, Toronto, wili help judge the piano classes. Tninit.y Church hall will be used alongz with St. Andrew's United and St. Peter's auditorium Mrs. Vaîsey, who has been festival secretany for six years, said that the increases 'Ibis yaar wara chiefly in the senior vo- cal and piano classes. Thare are mare, tao, in the strhig, brass and woodwind classes and she attnibutas this ta the instru- mental music cla$ses in the schools. Closing date for entry in Ihe festival was March 1. A break-à-'? clown alraady shows a large number from out-of-town. Soie 13 par cent ai the total nuniber are frai Port Hope. 3 New Sections Besicles an extra ad.iudicatar and hall, the increase in antries has resulted in the addition ai three new sections (broken clown Into severai classes each) and more schoIarships and Ira- phies. A lisI ai thesa will be announced later. Adi udicators wili ha Dr. Leon Forrester and Stanley Vann, bath frai England, who will share bthe music adjudication with Mr. Berlin, and Mrs. Bar- bare Meiklejohn, Ottawa, who will judge speech classes. "Entrias bave bean slead-ly rising sinca the incaptian ai th. festival 12 years ago, and es- pecially* in the past four years, Mrs. Vaisey says chearfully. "Wa'ra very happy about il." The festival is April 28 te May 3. c1 YJoungman 's Colu mn . Your scribe bas been attend- Ing a First Aid course, conven- cd by Ken Tolmia, Conserva- tion Officer, who heppans to ba a pretty good instructor. But in spile ai ahi wa learned, il is un- iikely that the authoribias will permit us ta put M.D. behind aur namas, Probably the fiist lime an amergency arisas, we will for- gel ahi aur instructions, and do the wrang thing, so for goad- ness sake don't phone aid Doc Youngmen if you expect ta gel baller. Il's amazing how lutIle the average persan knows about the most elementary ai first aid rules, but you don't realize your ignorance until you attend ana ai these valuabla courses. Many af us know ai middle aged or clderly peaple having a fail, and sustaining a hurt wrist, which is usually describ- cd by laymen as a sprain. Did you know that such is known as Colle's fractura? Gues we ahi think ai a ster- uce bandage as ana that bas been boiled, but Ken pointed ouI that, a clean, ironed hend- kerchief, the inside ai an an- velope, unused kîcenex could all ha safaly usad t& stop blaed- ing. Most oi us have litard ghast- ly tales of people who might bave bled ta daath if sameone hadn't applied a tourniquet, which usualhy took the ion aif strongz mateniai fastaned around tbe limb, and tigblened by a f ew twists ai a stick. Accord- ing ta aur recent instruction, if e tourniquet is not eesed up avery 20 minutas, or less, there is danger ai the limb becoming sa demeged Ibat amputation, whera the tourniquet wes ap- plied, îight result. Il is now edvocated that, a constrictive bandage. proper]y epplied, will curb the flow ai blood, yat nat damage circula- tion. Incidentally, if wa had na red corpuscles in aur blood, it would ha yellow. At ana tinie, if a child had convulsions, it was custamary ta stick bu . i e bath ai warm watar, up la bis neck, and kaep an Ice bag on bis eaed. But allen. excita- ient wauld rule, and the wa- ter would ha so hot, tbe poor litIle blightem would be par- boied, and instead ai puttlng ice on bis 11111e noggin, il would b. put intoe long cool drink, ta steady iather's nerves. Il lu naw suggasted that the 11111e fellow ha wreppecl in e warm blankel, sea thet ha doesn't ."swellow bis tongue," and proamptly secure medical aid. Supposing you sew a persan knocked ouI by elactrîcity. would you touch bur immedi- etely? The proper tbing wouhd ha ta leave bum alone until the power had been cut off. Scems simple alrighî, but how many ai us would think afiti? One ai the handiasl, and hast emergancy antidates for poison, teken intemnally, is milk, or water, flot bacausa Il would make hlm vomit, but rather to dilute the poison, and Ihus waaken its patancy. If someone bas a blaeding eer chennal, dan't plug it up, but turn the patient's head sa Ihat the efiacted ear is toward the graund, and hustI% hbh to a doclor. Don't aven maya someonoe witb a badly injured spina, jut keep bu wermn and comiart- able unlil campetent medicai. aid arrivas. Meny timas. I've seen sno. epplied ta frast bite. Don',t cJO it folks, just apply gentle fric- tion, and moclerately warm ep- pliances until circulation is me- storecl ta thç.,affacted parts. A Final A course la design- ad ta teaeI layman what ta do in an~~gency. A First Aider shU n ver gel the idea thet he is smart anough ta re- place a dactor. Let's Be Realistic About Railways! Festival Floàded With 1,20 5 Entries April-28 to May 3 THUPMAY, MAP. 2004AOU