Hellen Keller To Start

Trip Around The World

Ity CYNTHIA LOWRY

EA:-'I'UN. Conn.. (AP) - For .... .1 of us. aging is a process as- ..i.ii.-iied with dimming vision. tiiilnig hearing. greylng hair. may- nc intimately a wheelchair.

Hut ordinary rules don't apply lli ilelcn Keller. blind and deaf .Killi'fl she was 19 months old. Loss of 3-lilhi and sound hold no terrors lnr her. Even her well colffed hair ,..-..,.-i give her pleasant thoughts, tin in her special world where 1,”).-i-rs replace eyes the color Li.-or i 'a soft shawl around the ;lioilldPl's."

.ls for a wheelchair, an air- plinic seat would be more appro- prillle. For this week. nearing 75. a serene. happy and still vig- ...-ous Helen Keller sets off on a

fur-month flying tour which dill take her once more around the world.

The 40.000-mile trip - on which she will be accompanied by Polly Tliiniisoii. her Scottish companion tit 40 years - is part of Miss 5.4..-i-'5 job as consultant to the .iiiie-rican Foundation for Overseas lsluiil ALWAYS GETS ACTION

"lielen's contribution is mostly inspiration." says Eric Boulter. ticld director of the overseas tounilation and himself sightless. '-.iiis-t by being in a country. she mil 1 whole nation steamed up about the condition of its handi- i-;.ippeti.T'

The first miracle of Helen Kel- lt'l was that through patient train- ing and her own fierce deter- mination. her mind burst the walls ilf darkness and silence and her tiiiiiztie. once dumb. was trained in speak. Once those who were iliiis doubly afflicted were consid- ered little better than idols and l(Il'L10ffPl'I. Helen Keller gave them lieu life and hope. '.g-'-

Helen Keller was born normal. but her voice and tilit were

Plan To Revise Blind Pensions

OTTAWA lCP)-The government has started parliamentary mach- inery rolling to extend pensions to blind persons between is and Z1 years of age.

The legislation--Health Minis- ter Martin gave notice of it Sat- urday on the Commons order paper-also will raise maximum income allowances for those re- ceiving the S40-a-month federal pavmeni.

Health officials estimated the changes will increase the fed- :-ral bill for blind puisions by about 3250.000 a year to roughly s4.zso.ooo.

About 8.300 blind Canadians get the monthly pension and there are about 300 blind persons in the 10-21 age group. A large part of this latter numb will be eligible for the payment. de- pending on their annual earn ings.

Uiider existing regulations a single blind person can get the full 340 alloevance if he does not earn more than S300 annually. A blind person. married. is al- loui-ii to earn a maximum of Will a year and still get the hill prllaltln.

iliese ceilings will be raised but t)ill(:l8lS declined to disclose what zfilrllllollll income will be allow-

ISLAND ITATI

Tasinanis. one of the six states of Australia. is an island of 5.000

locked in darkness by a babyhood illness. The liberation of her keen mind did not begin until she was 7. when Anne Sullivan Macy came to the Keller home in Tuscumbia. Ala., as her teacher. Mrs. Macy found a little sav- age who tyrannized her family, writhing on the floor when cross- ed. With infinite patience. Mrs. Macy won the affection and con- fidence of the little creature. Then she taught Helen'a sort of game - spelling out in the man- ual alphabet in one of the child's hands the name of objects the other hand held.

One memorable day the teacher pumped cold spring water over one hand, spelling "water" in the other. Like an explosion, Helen suddenly knew there was a connection. Before nightfall she had learned the name of 30 things around her.

LEARNED T0 SPEAK

Three years later Helen was determined to learn to speak. Af- ter ll lessons with a special teacher came the day when she was to say. slowly in a strained voice. "now I am not dumb." She had forced her mtrance into a new world and she never left

Her world of touch and smell is unique. She can tell much about a person from his handshake. "Hands 1 meet are dumbly elo- quent to me." she once wrote. "The touch of hands is an im-

pertinence."

Friendly. gay. healthy and hard working. Helen Keller has uammed more exciting exper- iences into her lifetime than most people ever do. Visiting

their home. Arcan Ridge, a few days ago, I found Miss Keller and Miss Thomson flying around in the ordinary dither of list making. packing and winding up odds and ends in connection with their trip.

The handsome white clapboard. green-shuttered colonial house, is the second built on the site. In I947 when Helen and Polly were in Greece studying post-war con- ditions among Europe's blind. their home burned. With it went furnishings. her priceless braille library and the manuscript of a biography of Anne Sullivan Macy, her brilliant and patient child- hood teacher.

Helen reacted with dismay to the destruction of the gifts and treasures from all over the world and, of course. the library. But about the manuscript over which she had worked for years. she shrugged.

"I'll just write it again." she said. ”It was probably too senti- mental anyway."

She has. too. and it's scheduled for fall publication.

"LISTENS" 11;? MUSIC

She attends usical events regu- larly and. from vibrations in the wooden floor. follows the score. She "listens" to radio by placing her hands on a balsa sounding board and can usually identify stations by the staccato vibrations of the announcers' voices.

Her sense of smell is as keen as her fingers are sensitive. She can pin down a perfume. by name and maker. instantly. and Van Wyck Brooks. a writing neighbor. was amazed to find she could tell by odor and texture. the difference between white and purple lilaca.

Religion, based on an unshake able belief in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. plays an important part in her life. She knows her way around the Bible as well as she knows

square miles.

her way around her own home.

Easiern Guardian

..'PRlZE WINNERS - Mrs. Nat Campbell and Mr. Archie Laiiigan were the luclcy prize iiinners at the weekly card party Ill the Legion Hall. Montague Friil.-iy night. A special award. a beautifully decorated cake. was won by Mrs. Ellie Llewellyn. The card parties are a weekly In-niiire and are sponsored by the l.tadics Auxiliary of the Canad- ian Legion Montague branch.

..'MlSSl0N BAND MEETING- .Nim- members of the Presby- terian Church Mission Band. tloniague. attended the meeting at the manse Saturday after- lllI(lI1. under the direction of the

Ii-ailers. Mrs. D. A. Campbell anti Miss Margaret MecLure. The Hhymns "Jesus Bids Us Show and "Jesus Loves Me"

were sung. followed by prayer hi Miss MacI.urc. The minutes of the last meeting were read hi the secretary. Peggy Fraser. and were approved as read. An uucrc-sting story. entitled "A llobile Clinic" was read by Miss lint-Lure. Barbara Nelson and Wisyu Fraser led in prayer, and llw singing of the hymn "God Secs The Little Sparrows Fall" and the Mizpah Benediction h"""Rht the meeting to a close A social half hour followed and lunch wag sq-vgd by an hug... assisted by Peggy Fraser.

,..'LADIE8 CURLING 0l.UI- The president. Mrs. l.T. Jan- '”"'1 Drcsided at die Ilecing d the Ladies Curling Club. Meet-

Hitue. Thursday evening. There Were nineteen active members

and two associate members prea- '

em. The minutes of the last meet- "lk were read by the secretary. Miss Charlotte Gordon. and were approved as read. Mrs. James Ludmore reported for tho bqyhg tummittee and Mrs. IJI. Smith reported for the rnenibrehip com- "llllee. Min Edith MacDonald. Mm was appointed h charge of "musing games. gave her re-

JSIIUR-GAIN Amateur Caval- cade. stage show. Yeo Theatre. Wednesday. Feb. 9. 8 pm.

..tI.0DGE MEETING-Twcntyn one mambers were present at the regular meeting of Acme Rebek- ah Lodge. Montague. Thursday evening. Mrs. Frances Shaw. PNG.. was in the chair. Routine business was transacted and splendid reports of the various committees were presented. A social hour was enjoyed at the close of the meeting and Mrs. Ruth MacLcod and Mrs. Florrle White served doughnuts and cof- fee.

Primrosas Shut

Out Georgetown

..'The Montague blanked the Georgetown 8-0 in a fast exhibition game played at Montague Saturday night. The blue and white squad held control through three periods although strongly pressed by the attacking visitors who did not rely on defensive play alone but carried their attack into the Prlmroses zone only to be turned back time and again. The game featured some bril- liant net minding by the two goalies. and the last ice kept the game at a lively pace making the game more interesting for the large number of spectators in at- tendance.

Scoring for Montague were Carrol 2, Clements 2, F. Shepard. MacLean. Arsenault. MacGec.

Prirnroses Eagles

Lineups:

Montague-Goal: E. Shepard ; defence. F. Shepard. Nicholson. Clements; forwards. MacLure.

Arsenault. Carrol. MacI.ean. Mac-

Gee. L. Shepard. P. Power; J Shepard.

Georgetown-Goal: Cahill; de- fence. C. Ready. Macconnell. Johnston, Matheson. Woods; for- wards. MacNeill, Murphy, Pub-

licover. Landry. Hansen. Stevens. MacSwain. Johnston.

TO THE COUNCILMEN OF MONTAGUE

You were speaking of the Burnt Bridge

in an interesting way.

I was pleased with your sugges- tion

Aitho some tears I wiped away.

You brought to me sweet mem- ories

Of the days long gone by-

And of the dear departed neigh- bours

in their little homes close by.

For oft I crossed that wooden bridge

With foot-steps swift and gay.

Oh. how dearly I remember all . . . .

Then. life semd naught but song; and play. .

It spanned the stream called Ves- sey"s crick.

And to the river flowed.

Upon its banks grew wild flowers thick-

God's loving hands had sowed.

Upon the hills above. like sentin- els Stood shade trees tall and green. Below. the creek so softly rippled. Like sweet music in a dream.

'Twas a privilege quite unusual- A play ground free for all. For rest or recreation

From springtime into fall.

Winter brought its snow bunks deep-

Thrn to the crusty hills we'd run

With home-made sleds. stocking caps aflying-

We did enjoy the greatest fun.

Then spring time came with light and life

Along the banks to river's brink-

There we would seek the mossy paths

For May flowers sweet and pink.

0ft I recall my childhood days

And those I loved with sweet con- tent.

In my old home beside the river

Life's happiest days I spent.

If haunted be by stream or hill As people often speak- Thcn memory keen does haunt me still Of river and the lovely creek.

Gone are those days like yester

year- Now comes this year. brand new- I hope it brings the happiest days To all the folks in Montague.

-Lena Vesscy Portland. Maine.

DIES IN REFRIGERATOR

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The body of a man who apparently committed suicide by shutting him- self inside a small refrigerator was found Friday in a downtown hotel. Police said Joseph Parker shut off the refrigerator's electricity climbed inside and pulled the door shut with a Itring. Officers said they found two suicide notes.

LEADING DISEASE

Nearly half the deaths in people over 50 are due to diseases of the heart and blood vessels.

Personals .!Miss Anne MaeLaren. Char- ' t ' ii. spent the week-end with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas MacLaran. Montague.

..'Misa I h lrl ey MacGregor. Charlottetown. spent the week-end in Montague guest of her parents Mr. and Mra.Ruaaeli MacGregor.

HOCKEY TONIGHT

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VI. Mnrray River Gamqtimc 8:80 Skate after-

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GREEN

Sheep in Greenland may seem surprising. but there are now some 30,000 that graze in the compara- tively warm and truly green strip of southwest Greeland be- tween its icy mountains and its surf-scoured coast. l

Introduced in recent years." Sheep are P1354"! a leading role in the drama of the huge north- ern island's change-over from a natural to a money economy. Other actors are cattle. eodfish, shrimp. The stage is set by cli- mate.

Denmark's icy outpost is get- ting warmer. For 30 years man has noticed a consistent modera- tion. The waters of Davis Strait

WHIM ROAD W. I.

Mrs. Cecil Campbell was hostess to the Whirn Road W. I., when they held their regular meeting at her home, Commercial Cross, on Tuesday evening. The president, Mrs. Wesley Campbell. in opening the meeting. asked all to repeat the Club Women's Creed together. Mrs. Robert Campbell. the secre- tary. called the roll which was an- swered by a joke told by each member. together with an article for an auction sale.

It was reported the quilt made by the Institute had been deliver- ed to a needy family. A letter of thanks had been received. The secretary also reported a thank- you letter from the lnfirmaryifor a box sent them at Christmas.

Mrs. Cecil Campbell. the Red Cross convener. distributed ma- terials for a number of articles to be made up for the Red Cross. It was requested that the secretary write to the Institute office in Charlottetown for more information on the duties of the education com- mittee. at the district convention.

The various committees for the month gave their reports as fol- lows: Sick. nil. Appointed on the new committee were Mrs. M. J. Munroe and Mrs. Garnet Moore. School. nil. Entertainment -- The program committee appointed for the next meeting are Mrs. Cecil Campbell and Mrs. George Calrey.

It was decided that at the next meeting the response to roll call will be a home made Valentine and that those without Valentines with pay a 10 cent forfeit. The penny sale was held by Mrs. Wes- ley Campbell. Mrs. E. Farquhar- son was the holder of the lucky ticket. The articles passed in by mmebers at roll call were auction- ed with Mrs. George Clarey cap- ably acting as auctioneer. Mrs. Leslie Stuart invited the members to her home for the next meeting. Refreshments were served by the hostess. assisted by several of the ladies.

LAKE VERDE SCHOOL

Grade VII-I. Lena Hughes. Grade V-1. Joseph Hughes. Grade IV-I. Francis Hughes. Grade II (Sr.l-l. Marie Hugh- es; 2. Helen Wood; 3. Harold Redmond; 4. Earl Redmond.

Grade II Ur.)-1. Leo Red- mond.

Grade I (Sn)-l. Frankie Red- mond.

Grade I Ur.)-1. Earl Hughes; Jimmie Wood. Highest average senior grades: Joseph Hughes. Highest average junior grades: Marie Hughes. Teacher:

2.

Mary C. Wood.

Mystery Blast ls Puuie In N. Z.

GREYMOUTH. N. z.. tReutt-rs! -A tremendous explosion. felt over several hundred square miles. shook the west coast of New Zealand's south island Sun- day afternoon. At the same time a silver cigar-shaped flying object was 'reported sighted at widely separated points. The explosion and the strange object remained a mystery.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH SHEET HARBOR. N. S., tCPl- A coroner's jury Sunday returned a verdict of accidental death in the shooting Saturday of Clyde Lowe. 50. Lowe. a lumberman. was found lying beside his gun in the woods where he had gone rabbit hunting. Evidence showed

Widening Educational Horizons

LAND CHANGES ITS WAYS OF

nave uarmcd enough to drive seals iariner nurin and to bring ui hordes of con. Lhe world's number one food iish.

Before the warm-up villagers along urcenlaiidis southwest coast were hunters of the seal. This

and other sea mammals provid- ed food. clothing. oil for heat. bone for weapons.-practically

everything needed for existence. Money was unnecessary.

Now the mighty hunter has be- come a businessman. instead of dumping a harpooned seal on the beach for his womenfolk to strip. he takes his catch of cod to the fish house and brings home a poc- ketful of money. With this money Mrs. Greenland buys the neces- sities. Stores and shops spring up to serve her. A merchant class is growing. Motor boats used by the fisherman require repair shops. Processing and freezing plants and cnnneriea are bring- ing industry to the Arctic.

The shrimp catch in 1953 was 70 times as large as in 1946; 350 ions are canned on the island.

FROM SEA TO THE SOIL

For older hunters the shilt from sealing by kayak and spear has been great enough. But it has fallen to younger men to make ine nigger jump from water to land. in one generation they have done a Jekyll-and-Hyde act. chang- ing from killers of animals to cnerishers of livestock. Increas- mg iloeks of sheep bring in money from sheared wool and mutton. Cattle. still few. provide nourish- ing milk. A reindeer herd brought from Norway provides additional food.

An Eskimo tiliing the soil is the greatest geographic urcongruity of all. Greenlands warm up, though it averages but a few degrees. is enough to open a few southern vales to small-scale farming. There the sons of Nanook raise hardy vegetables, chickens and pigs. Seedling forests have been planted in hope of providing a liome-grown lumber supply.

What is happening may be a swing back to the climate of 1.000 years ago. When Eric the Red came with his Vikings. A.D. 983. southern Greeland was indeed a land of green pastures and or- chards. scientists say.

For some 300 years the Norse- men prospered. setting up nearly 200, farming townships. Bcinre Columbus' time they were lost. possibly squeesed off the land by increasing cold and ice. Only Lskimos remained.

Generations passed. Frobisher. Davis and other explorers came by in turn. in 1721 Hans Povelsen Egcde founded the small camp at Godthaah from which I)en- markls present chain of settle- ments has grown.

Today's population is a mere 25,000. About 1,500 are Europeans. the rest natives. Must Green- landcrs have enough Scandinav- ian blood to class them as non- Eskimo. All but 2,000 live on the southwest coast, some 1,500 clust- ering at Godthaab. the capital. Some Danes engage in mining. The world's natural cryolite. es-

sential in aluminum smelting. comes from lvigtut. far south. Coal is mined on Disko Island

in Davis Strait.

To the supply docks of Faering- eeavn. near Godthaab. in 1953 came 200 foreign fishing vessels of a dozen nations. In 1953 a new Danish constitution converted Greenland from a colony to an integral part of the kingdom.

Strategic air centre in hot and cold-war planning, Greenland last month became a civilian stepping

LIFE

ustone as uell. The new Scandinav-

ia" A'”'””'5- C”V”"h”g9" w L95 visiting Montague Bantams went 2. Joyce Chappell; 3. Keith Ber- . kwiurling sihedue H M ' ''”'3'" '''gm' much” d'.””" at down to defeat before the on- nard; 4. Allan Somers; 5. Billy.''" or wday' - lt3luie West 8. near Holsieinsb0r8- slaught of the Georgetown Ban- Kennedy. Grade VI - 1. Allanl 0:30

lifollowing a great circle route, this flight is some 640 miles short- er than via New York.

ARCTIC PROBLEMS

Canada and the United States

that could carry atomic bombs.

Canada and the United States

have maintained weather stations. and conducted scientific explora- tions in the polar region. for a number 'of years. Since World War II, Canada and the United States have carried on regular maneuvers to train troops in the Arctic how to fight in the bitter cold. The United States also main- tains air bases around the Arctic. They stretch from Nome. Alaska. to Reykjavik, Iceland. its big- gest base in the far north is at Thule. in northern Greenland, 930 miles from the North Pole. and about 2.752 miles from Moscow. Russia's capital city.

The Canadian Navy's new Arc- tic patrol ship. Labrador. began a voyage through the Arctic last July 23 at Halifax and ended ity 7,500 miles later at Esqulmalt, B. C. on September 27. The world's' first warship to navigate thel "Northwest Passage" between the Atlantic and the Pacific.

FORM 05A

Nationalist China and the Unit-- ed Slates signed a mutual secur- ity treaty pledging United States protection to Formosa. A joint st . '. released simultaneous- ly in Washington and Taipei. Fox'- musa. said the treaty follows the. general pattern of other United States security pacts in the west-i ern Pacific. It removes Formosa. as far as Washington is concerned,. from the area of bargaining with Communist China.

, , . vincing 8-1 victory over the local ers; 2. Clarence Wigmore. Grade S. Stewart. 2 l 3:”, l;'”3fe fopkgfulhgntgifg 3:: Pee Wees. Peardon scored aix II - Sr. 1. Carl Kennedy. Grade 9:30 it . . l f the winners ith Mac- 11 Jr. - l. Gail MacLeod: 2. East i' -M MacDonald U. 7 W2 km” as me Arena" RusS'a' lgitfiayife ogelting the othzr two. Cathy Matheson; 1. Sandra Cobb. P. llia(-lhfyre. n 1.5 reponem "ow mamlam M0 The lone Georgetoivu goal was Nellie Toombs; I. Tommie Wig- West ice-lionicr Molt HUI. . -Wllelds in "W W?-Y hem "T the potted by c. FitzGerald. more. Grade i - naviii Kennedy. M. Smith. polar region. This ttiields iareh btrillll m..M..E.... Shirley Nicholson inn uasig, U11 1W0 ICE 35811 5 W1C 19 I Highest average in the Senior: 5 Reds 03l1,N0Flh P019 3 and 4- Grades: Keith Kennedy 96.7 per:New . F Each island is about three miles H. h cam, I11 Of KV square, which is large enough for I Highest average in the Junior- v a fleet of long-range bombers 9 Grades: Gail .VlacLeod. 100 perlHockey . -!; l x. 9 .