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Orono Weekly Times, 11 May 1961, p. 6

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RONCLE These days if you want ta do ï-yihing or go aniywhlere in good teather 'ou have io -make ,utp f. ur mnd an the spûr of the h.ttomîent. That way we took ýï4vantage of the only't-wo nice plys we had last weekc, sand- l;ched in between duil, rainy r veather. On one of those daye S went to Toronto and had quita à day - the bus -was in sight when 1 rai ntmb the office ta get my ticket. My main abject doüwn .town wxas shopping - and what -a bus- iress that tulrned out ta be. You know, shioping-, is easy -when yau yfart out wvith- an npen mmiid., iut when yOu know exactly wkvat you'r-e iooking for then you ~ ~nwind Lip)oni a wild goose ihase. I wvante-d drapes and a throw for our bedroomy-den- but *wine of the ensemble 1 saw were ýuîtable sa I walk'ed frly legs oif 1onothirg. How«ver, during 4ýexpl oring 1 passed through milisbery ,,setioç1 Seated in iront of a m-irror was a lady try- ifig on ai hat. 1Itook one look ai ber and inimediately wantedî that hat. It was anof-ad çolour, exactly" righlt to go with the blue gold-fleckcd suit 1I-,,a., wvearinig. Theýre wasn't another liat on the, floor that was suit- p hie. 1 stood in the background In a ither of suispense while the lady exper-iimenýted with "mny bat", trying it this way and that. Finally to Vmy great rlifshe àoet up and wa1t7ed away - but etili with a backward glance. I lnoved in fat Sure enough the 'bat was just right foi- me -- in izcolour and even the price. Pi' telling y1-ou 1 knew that hat mas meant -for me1-directly I saw It. Have youi ever had. a similar ,*xperienece?' Possession is fine- tenâths of the law, so I wore it home - after getting gloves te go with it, And that, too, entail- edJ quite a hunt. That do-ne 1I went ta visita friend who has been a semià-pri- ,vtz patient in Pa largj Toronto tiospital for five months, She la getting every attention but 1 vioght, "ohi dear, thLs place may d cocket of One- Piece ~t ake 'ut.3ounc-e-s aibaby n and ac unce for confra,-st týmake- flua bb-y set.Star t rnaw. Yt's jiffy crochet - cap aind PCket - cadi aonc pie-ce, donie ý,altemnatÈe- mws ai double anid gle- crocle-t. Patte-rn .557: di- Octions, capr, jacket, booties. Se-nd THIRTY - FIVE CENTS (otamps cannai lie acceptec Li se- Postal no e for ýafe-ty) for this ratern -tO' -àura Wheeler, Box 4,123 Eighte-enth St., Ne-w ,Týî mnto. Print -plainly IFATTERN N<UMIERý, your NAME andfl- IR's s. JUlST O0FP THE PRfESS! Se-nd now forC ý,e-itiing, ne-w 4IX1 Neediecrafcatalogue. Ove-r '2,5 designs ta crache-t, knit, se-w, ,mi,-iroler, quill, we-ave- - ashi- ions, ef~nihngtoys, gifla, banaar lits. Pls FREE -in eactions For six smart ve-il eHs.Itrry, a ýencl 25ý ziow! lze ahl righit fo)r eegnisand for those with a short but seri- aus illnless, but it is ne place fior anyone with a chronic co- plaint". Af fer seeing the smnall, dul roois with no outiook other than the, gýrey walls of the ne>it buillding IXrelized hùw l1ucky people are who can enJoy thile facilities of a modern haspital. And 1 do mean "enjoy"* because e-yen a sick person mu3t get a lift. of spirits amid bright sur- roundings. 0f course the-re i5 one drawback - getting a bed i.- next to ipsil a condition' which. prevails if every distrct. On my %vay ta the hospital.I got another glimipse of if e. My taxi-drive-r was a nice youngiý felîow an-d whîle we -waite-d for a traffic iight ta change I said ta him- - "Don't you get tired of driving al day longý?" "I sure do," Was the immiediate- repiy. Then hie went on ta feu mie ho had been with a telephonie comn- 1pany for five years and quit ta take what he thouglit was a bet- te-r job wlth the A. V. Roa Comn- pany. What happened aftwr that is cammaon know,ýledge,,,Now as u taxi-driver his take-home pay isý haîfý what it used ta be. Next day the weather wa.s stili good so Pýartner and 1 went to Milton for thie y We stoppe<- at Uob's first and what a îrecep- tion we got. Ross was piaying in the- yard and called out ex- cite-dly -- "Grandmia, Graiidpa!" Then he went rushing into the house calling as he went - "M\Iummny, Grandmra and Grand- pa's hr! I'm teiing you it makces it 'atwue being grandparents whien you get that kind of welcomne, While the boys were having tLheir afternoon nap Partner and I visited former neighibb.ours end it was with m-ixed feelings thatï we passed qinger Farm on tii. way. Our grlnd aid huse la un- occupied now and looks very dit- ferent framn the- days whe-n we were there, Naturally wie lik* ta tin-k of it as it -was and nat as it la. A good deal of farm land ln that are-ahias been m- zoned industri'al. Fire razed a barn and a 'ýlovely aid house acrosa fth(-.road f ram Ginger Parai so now- the place isý the headqiiarters of a truckingi out- f it. Green fields will soon be a thlng of the past. Truly the oid ordler ch-ang,th". But the aid neiglibours whorn we visite-d had nt -hanged - they were stili as Irie-ndly asever, anjd not so busy but what they could sit do>wn and talk ta us. And what a treat it ,vas ta have à cup of te-a in a good old-fashioned farmi kritchen, with flic te-a kettie- boil- lng over a genuine wvood fire in the kitchen rahgec. Som-etimi-es we wiondeir why w left it ail. But ye-t, Mien-nwe- got back ta aur present location, it, too, seene-di liked home-ý. After ail, -we hv a comnfortable holas, and good neiglibours so whvlat mrore can wev want? Actually whverever you iv, ie is whvlat you makeý it. Brand New Export From Scotiandi Scoland lhas a brand r-w ex- port. It' cornes in botties- It is water - plain, straight, undi- luted, pasteuirized Scottish water, A firm in Glasgow caled Aerat- ed Waters bottIes the potent be-v-j erage and se-ils if abroad. They get abùout te-n cenrts a bottie. Idea is the stuff is a natuiral i1r another bottled Scottish product, which shahl be nameless herie. Now, any keen tmerchadie w'ihl instantly r.ealize that thiereý is an an1gle-. Sports car mYa-nufac- turers could suppfly specially packaged air for inflating the tires oa ltheir liîýtle- gems. Canadi- an snowvshoeriïake-rs couild sup- piy, at slight ixtra cost, plastic- wrappe-d birndles of real Canadci- an snow, (an export thaitiglit weliliessied).T he New- founidiand die-d codifish trade, couldCI work up a nieat litrte side un-in btldAtintfiepake NO-HU~M - Nothing îbeats grabbing 40 winks in warm Pa- risaaq suri, Little Jo feela aýs ho goea into a Iaizy reveýrie in tht Vincennes Zoo bear pits. Dog Lifeguards In The Mountains Exulting in the crisp rnau'i- tain air, tlic skiera flashed downi the siope. Then, one et the-oe, happening ta glance b a ck, scre-ame-d a wamning: "Avai-j anche!" If wvas boa late. Witin isecoiuas the fifteen skies vere comi- ple-tely engulfe-d by a gigantîc wali af ilsow and ice-. The- catastrophe- was se-en tfram the ne-arby Swisa esort ai Mur- ron. Rescuera lurricd ta'lie- seene-. Probing care-fully imta the snaw, they dug out tourtee-n ot the victims but were unable- te trace- the- ailer nman. With night and a blizzard cern- Ing on, fthe rescuer-,4we-re about fa abandon flic scarcli, Then Moritz, a mongrel dog the-y had brougît with thenm, began ta bark anid paw ai. the- snow fifty yards frarn where- the rescuera were workin. The me-n ignore-d hlm, but Moritz macle sucli a commoition fiat bis awne-r and a few other me-n began digging at the spct. Twe-nty te-et down tliey founjd the fltee-ntl main-- alive-, but onlly jusi. Mor itz didn't know if,. but lie was indire-ctly responsible for the foundation of a mnountain re-scue- service, for a ne-wspaper report about has le-at waqs- mead, by Ferdinand Schmutz ofi Berne-, an expert on doga. Schmnutz was deepiy imàpmessedj and lie-experimnented, that vwin- te-r oi 1938, using doga ta tracLe abjects buried ini the snlow. Th.e second world war broke' out and Schimutz was appoinite consultant to the Swiss army on fraining of patrol, messer.ger a-na Re-d Cross dogs. He suggest- cd that dogs should b)e traincd ta find avalanIche-vcm. The army was not v,,ery inter- csted - until SclimuItz proved th.at dlurin.g the- firat war, aval- anches, accidentai or de-ibeate, hadi cause-c 50,000 caswalties; then tlie arm-y aIlowAed hlm ta) train iifty man-an'd-dog- rescue- te-arns. Even so, he- lad littie co-ope-ra- tion tram fie die-haVds, who hnd always searched for avalanche victimas by lining uip as many me-n a ls cauld lie-muste-red and eqipping e-ac man withi a long rod with which ta probe fihe Aimost shoulder fa shoulder the me-n then advance-dars the- spow. If a a painstakîng busnieýsa. Then Schmnutz hiad a bit of luck. He- was warking a. Inter- laken in tle- winte-r ai 1939-40U, when an accident o-ccurrf-d o île- Jungfrau, A piatoon ai soldiers was ý-be- ing traine-d iii ftic aid technique ai how to finid a burie-d man, A volunteer, wl poee-e gai- st thle coli, had been Put ile. a spo)t boa de-ep ta) extricaIte hý self. H-e had a beathîng ppra tus and was rCeasonabiy comiari- abIle- ndrthe- snow. Flags rnarked flth ea ta be searched by flic froops; if trme 'y Ciid not find the gie-- i mh- ina certain rne- fli en the- ou'i- ce ncharge- would cai (.1 the- stunt and île- man would be- dug up. Then drarna avertook the- cx- e-mýec. A sudde-n, violent blizzard-c lit île ii-oun,<ain and.'th., ftorps liad fa figit iheir way ta shel- te-r. Whe-n a[ last fhe. storm sui- aide-c, hall an hour laie-r, the marke-r f lag-s we-re burie-d by Officems quiickly put ili nrew o n es, but net iniflieir righf places, Naw flIe-y had reaihY hast iheir guinea-pi,-; lis r>ygen would Ïbe- running- ouf, and du.* Then Se-imiz, acconzpanied1 by hi1s favau1rite ýdog, Gallix, ai- rive-clon flic spot ta se-e- ficex rcs.Toid cf flic ernerge-nwy, lie- rmdaeyput Gahix ta The ograe-ed ùta a point f ar oulsýýidethemmkrflags ,;and The- office-ms in hagesamid that ticir rnan could be nowýhcme- ne-ar that areýa, but saldiérs3 be- galin digging t evcrishly and found their commade. H-e -'vas S tiL Il aiv\-' buLIt in de-sperTite straits. Publiciiy give-nto flic incident convinced Swiss peoplhe- hat fliere was samething in the 3deai ~favalanche oa ater al and byg, the end of tic War SýhMuiÏtZ lad traied nearly 200 ai iheni, île majority Aisafians. Atte-r many experimi-ent s ni found thnt only alsatians lad tie- strengtl, akili and rncre-dib],e in- stinct nee-de-d for thec job., Knowing bis deogs, Schi-nuftz didn't seyenconsider flic tarnaus St. Bernard. The St. Bemriýd use- shaeye, ant his nosci, fo find pe-9ple, an-d aile-r anaal anche tie-re is.nt;i-g!or the eyesfa se-e-. The nase- and sixth-sensc af a trained Alsatian can find a main in minutes, offe-n affer lu'nan rescuers have be-en searching for1 many heurs. Last winter a policeman was h-uniec for ne-arly fen boumsý be-- fore a dog could be- brau.ght ta locate- himi. The main was soon dug ouf and survivec. Thclog,'s master is ahmost jas important as flic-dag itself. He- miuailie a skihicd skier and manuntaine-er, an expert in sfow,- crafi and first-aidl-and lie must know lis dog- and wlat the ani- mal is fryýing ta te-i him, I larrnony bctwcen some me-n anid fLeir doga is asfonishingly sensi- ti ve, Somiet-imes an emergcncy is so aceutc that a dog te-arn is thawnr in ta ind buirie-d people-. If lu way, firce- yeams ago, a clag found flirce sdhoolchuldre-n bu'i*- cd in a de-e-p drift. The- doga,ý differ as mdinix personality as their owes Somne regarid fieir work as tun. othe-ra fake it vcmy seriously; anc miust 'lic force-d ta ae-n triton flicjob, another la de-- vol edly cage-r. Bibie Treasures On Dispiay Whien Queen Elizabeth Il vîsits the Cliapter House- at Westmi-in- sýter Abbey an May 16, sie- will see un a scholarly exhibition, "The Bible in Britaln," a GreeJk New, Tcsta.men-t which be-longed ta lier ancestor Queen Elizabeth 1. This crîinsan, velvet-cave-red testament, loaned by Que-ens Col- lege, Oxford, bears on each aide the arma aof the firsat -Elizatbeth and the initiaisER, The- testamnent la *asymbo] ai the continuit 'y of the story ai Christianity in Britain in whichi the Authorized (or King .irnes) Version of 1611 is ani important Thec exhibition mrarkys bath the 35th panniver-sary af the publli- cation of the- Kin- James version 1and the- mecent publication ai th, NewTestamnent of the Ne-w% Eng- ]ish Bible, the wvork aosf olr represe-nting the imajor churches, of the Britishi Isies, except the -omaun Catholic. An introduction ta the- xii tion shows the, "visual aids" whchbroug-ht the scenes of the Bible stary ta the eyesý of theý pe-ople before printing made- the Scripturea savailable ta thle !ay- man. These include- stained glass pane-ls, alabaster reliefs, and painited wood panels. The- exhibits, weil set out on purpie backgrounds under glass, show the beg-inninga of Christi- 1 anity in Britain going back, ta Rýoma-n tirnes whe-n Britain was,ý the- mosi me-mte province of ft Western Empire. Littieý- re1mains fmomn those days, and nothing. in thle- way of a -writte-n Bible te-xt. There- are just a few pictorial representations of Biblical scenes on silver, a treasure which la- thaught fa have be-en the baoty of. barbarian raiders. Afte-r the wýihdrawal a i the Roman le-glana in 410 the pagan Saxon invaderaý drove, the native Chrisfians before t -he-minta thc, w,ýest country and ta the maoun- tains of Wale,- Q plstjrn ç- ters in these - Ce-ic teeas et Érlt- ain include the beaut1iull1y dec- oratec Book aof Kelis, copiec in Ireiand, and the Linidisaamne, Gos- pels, writte-n in Northunibria, soon aiter 687 inhanor 0f Sait Thousands ai pe-ope visited an exhibition of the ariginal-s e the-se two gospels shown r-enl ai Burlington House in aid oftht, library iund of Trinity Colie-ge, Dublin. Those w,,ho did faot, now have oppartuniiy ta insipcct tacsimiles ai the- îlumyinate-d pages of the* gospels at fthe Chapter Hause, se-t in the context of the history of [lhe- Bible fromi the- seventh ta the twentieth centuries. Another earlY treasure, and' one not seen in Londont before, flic Chad Gospels, is a manuscript f rom-i Lidhifield Cathe-dra' dating tram about A.D. 7009. This is wrît- fen in boid script, possibly, at a W'elsh center foilowving th,ýe Iish style of cafigraphy, writies Me-l- ita Kniowle-s in fie Christian Sci- ence- Monitor. 1But thc main emplhasis aofinh exhibition is an Enigliali vkersions of the Bible. Copies are- ahown of a]l thi-major versions tramn the first tranislation of the go.spelaý into Anglo-Saxoni, macle be-tare the- Normnan Conque-st, to ýa heat- est, the N-w.Testament of th,» ewEnIgliih Bible pubished ira Matrch, 19631. Early printed editions iniclude the, first complet e Bible prinited in Eniglishi, the Coverdale Bible, the translation made "out of Dtchle (i.e., G e-r m ani) an3, Latyni," and drawing on 'fic TYn-. Sdale- andc other versions, Corpus Cliristi College-, OxforC- lias loaned a copy afi he- Kift* Jamecs Version printed by R. Bar.- ker of London in 1611, and othier slighitiy later editiona corne fronâ thie British andi Fore-ign Bible Society. CiLty officiais have corne ta flie cnclusion tic be-st way ta kýe-ep automobile traffic out of congesi.- edcity streets la ta have- a pa- Button-On Magkî PRINTED PATTERN Button On capelet, wrap shirt -presto! Playsuit turnais nto a beautiful bown otit. Se-w tht. winnýing trio for sports or son- ning in brilliant catten. Printed Pàttern 48ÜO: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18,ý 20. Size le pliaysuit takes 2 yards 35-incisý fabric; skirt 33¾ yards. 1Sendl FORTY CENTS (stampar cannai be accepted, use psa note 'f or safefy) for this pattern Please printL plainly SIZE> NAMNE, A D DR E SS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order ta ANNE ADAMIS,, Box 1, 123 E-ightee-nth St., Ne-W Toeronit, Ont. ANNOUNCING the biggIest fu- shïon. show, of Spring - Surmmer 1961--- pages, pages, pages etcÀ pa'tterns in our new Colour Cata.- logue - juai out! Hurry sendI 35<b nalw! ISSUE 19 -1961 -. . THEY LOST THEIR MITTENS - Kittenrs caren'î lthé only mies wha lose their mittens. Mnr. Theodare Lekas of Haýrriso n Schoo.I, Minne-apolis, shows ai collectioi, of items a chooi chiId,'ei lest in ju3t >ne- wiiter.

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