Western Star (Corner Brook, N.L.), 1951-12-11

              The Western Star  52ND YEAR—NUMBER 2837 Corner Brooke Nfld, Canada, Tuesday, December 11, 1951 EIGHT PAGES —PRICE FIVE CENTS Canadian Army Commander Lauds Local Cadets After Inspection S/o troops of public scho< t Thursday for a formal th, M.8.E., Officer Comm •mpanying the brigadhe inspected the troops Lt. It. W. ' Skinner, Batten, L. L. Reid and I Wyllie. Following thuj ion the brigadier re-1 to the reviewing stand j e cadets, headed by a; arty and to th" music ir own band, marched 8 thej brigadier took ute. tin1 conclusion of the j past, I<> of the cadets! awarded special prot certificates in the! i courses they had been j lg. Those who received i awards were: Louis' ; Lindbergh Crocker, ' Fradshaw, Edward ixwcll Gill, Lloyrl Hi •!-- \ Gerald Morey and Raj&all. m#ntcd Troops tidier Smith cornpli- I Mich of the boys per and then in a brief ad- A cadets paraded at the Arml inspection by Brigadier G. B. landing Newfoundland area. dress to the entire unit told them that they had reason to he proud of the fine showing ihey had miade. Cadet training was an important supplement to civilian education, he told the boys, as it prepared them for later years when they would have to live up to. the laws and regulations of the communities in which they lived. In addition it provid the necessary training for leadership, and he added, "to be a leader you have to learn young." Vhe brigadier made special mention of the cadet band which he said had the making-; of an excellent military land. He also thanked the school and the members of the school board for the excellenl \\<>rk they had done in training the boys, and he add"(| a special word of thanks to the Bowater's firm for the assistance and co-operation they had shown the cadet movement since its inception. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL cadets stand smartly to attention as cadet captain Rod Kennedy escorts Brigadier S. E. R. Smith, MDE, through the ranks on i formal inspection of the troop. From left to right Cadet Gordon Maybee; H. M. Batten, principal, C. B. Public School; Captain Kennedy; Brigadier Smith; George Gillam; Bob Weliand; Leroy Pike and Dave Goodyear. PUJIER G. E. R. SMITH, MBE, congratulates cadet-drummer Chaulk of the Public School Cadets, as he presents him with ificate of promotion, at the inspection parade in the armoury. National Defence Photos Suggests Administrative Changes For Western Memorial Hospital (Following an editorial in The Western Star suggesting ater public representation on the board of the Western morial Hospital, I). W. Timmis, in behalf of chairman, H. Spencer Lewin, introduced a set of resolutions at the Joint mcils meeting last night which would provide, if the govment approved, a new .setup for (inancial administration ;he institution. The resolutions call for amendment of pret articles. One resolution suggests public representation through five elected board members. The government would ap> l>oint four other-, iAt present the administration is tjninrfftrri of > rjual representation from the public, governm< rit and Bowater's). Proposed also were changes in which the representatives should l>e elected:; the term the ■mem- should serve; and in the in which the chairf man should be elected. " In Agreement enting the proposed s, Mr. Timmis said iad been authorized t Mr. Lewin and the of the board are in ment with the pro. Timmis added that the position has almost been icached where initial aims have been achieved—the hospital is in operation, the run es home is all but ready ti> receive occupants and there i.- ;i demand for hospital service.Thfe new scheme, he said, would not mean a termination of j try financial pledges made by Bowater's, The Joint Council members discussed the proposals at length and it was decided en motion to have Mr. Timmis forward copies to the various councils for their- consideration. The subject will again be broujrht up for discussion and possible action at the next regular meeting of the Joint Councils. Brigadier Notes Shortage Here Of Instructors The Armory resounded with the shouts of. the St. Bernard's Academy cadets on Thursday afternoon as they gave out with three lusty cheers for Brigadier C. E. Smith, MBE, following their official inspection by him. The cadets, who ineidentaUy are probably 1 he youngest in town, put on an excellent showing and received the compliments of the Brigadier. After the march-past, certificates of merit were presented to Cadet Captain Fred Doucete; Peter Heudes and Kevin Penney. Five other cadets were slated to receive the awards, but were not present at the time. Instructors Scarce When the cadets were dismissed, the Brigadier held an informal chat with Rev. Frs. Costello and Hull, and Mark King, who is the chief instructor.Later in an interview with The Western Star, Brigadier Smith, who is on his first tour of inspection' in Newfoundland, expressed concern over the shortage of instructors for the various cadet movement... The same trouble exists in other towns across Newfoundland, he said, and he appealed to the public to volunteer their services wherever possibleA. W. BOYD, chairman of the Humber Air Cadet Committee, is .shown addressing the cadets at last weak's Parents' Night at the Armoury. Behind are Lt.-Col. H. M. Spencer Lewin, C.8.E., who took the salute, Cecil Sodden, H. O. House and Albert Bergeron, the latter three being members of the Air Cadet Committee. - —Photo by Oldford. A SECTION of ih» squadron steps out during the brisk drill performed by the air cadets as their friends and parents looked on. Flight Lieutenant A. J. Candow is commanding officer. ROAMIN ROUND EVER SINCE uifey found out that the most effective way of discovering- whether hubby had really-been working overtime was to give him.a quick kiss, the art of osculation lias gone through many phases. Science now is quite learned on the subject and, according to the latest findings, "there's nothing like a kiss to pep up the blood circulation and give a person that on-top-of-therworld feeling. ■■■■ * * * In Montreal, however, policemen are cracking down on kissing. They are. making a wave of arrests among couples caught kissing in public. Quite rightly so. 'Twas only the other day the Roamer was rolling along on his merry way to nowhere when he saw a young man embrace a petite fille and taste the latest Max Factor lip paint. Thinking—it was in broad daylight—that the young man hn~d developed a roll in the rocker and was preparing to bite a sizeable chunk out of the fair damsel, the Roamer intervened. A flood of vituperative verbiage from the young "lady ' and a gutteral, moose-like growl from the "gent" disillusioned as considerably. So we roamed along, muttering and musing on the complete absence of decor among our younger generation. * * * * Despite the police laws, though, science says that while the oscillators should get out of public sight, it's to be hoped thai the kissers don't abandon the habit. For, they say, it's a beneficial one. One biochemist, for example, did a lot of research—(he's nobody's fool)—on kissing, and found that many things happen when a man and woman kiss—especially if they're in love. He found that bells ring somewhere in their bodies, tricking the pituitary glands into making a chemical which, in turn, wakes up our adienal glands. These glands release other chemicals which increase our blood pressure, quicken our pulse, speed our circulation, hasten our heart action, and open our pores. Another scientist found that all this happens regularly to most men, but usually only to those women above the teen ages. Another scientist found that by both parties supping lemonade (with apologies to Coca-Cola), and the party of one part removing the war paint, a new thrill will be yours. Lemonade, the scientist said, lowers lip resistance (probably the same principle as a voltage regulator on a power plant) and insures the greatest emotional response. * * * * - Of course, there is a lot of investigation into kissing still to be done. Scientists can look forward to a pleasant job which may take them years. After all, they have to be thorough, no Boston Wizard Of High Finance Sponsors Venture The mystery of whether the West coast of Newfoundland can produce a profitable oil well is about to be tackled by the man who has been tagged by. Time magazine as 'the mystery man of high finance'. He is 44-year-old John Fox of Boston who has risen like a meteor in the world of high finance and already has control of such industries as U.S. Leather, Western Union, 27 oil wells in Pennsylvania and a sizeable slice of the American paper industry. According to Premier Smallwood, an American financier is interested in the old oil deposits discovered in Newfoundland in the St. Barbe district over 100 years ago. The deposits soon will be prospected again by Mr. Fox's company, according to Time. The work is scheduled to start in a few weeks when the equipment will be brought in by LST and preliminary test drilling will get under way. The Premier has gone on record as saying that the government is "very hopeful of an important oil well industry operating here next year." Some Oil At Least Certainly there is no doubt that there is oil in the area, for as far back as 1812 oil seepage had been discovered by Newfoundland at points at Shoal Point, St. Pauls Bay and Parsons Pond. The amount of seepage at that time is reported to have' been plentiful enough for the residents to make use of it as fuel, and Mr. Parsons after whom  is named, saw in the black fluid medicinal possibilities and used it as a cure for rheumatism.About 1867, a Halifax mill owner named Silver drilled to a depth of 700 feet and struck oil, and later in, 1893 a company known as the Newfoundland Oil Company started drilling, and up to 1906 had sunk nine wells. Results from these wells varied from a flow of about six barrels a day from the shafts sunk on the West side of the Pond to about four and a half barrels from the wells on the East side. 700 Barrels Taken In all 700 barrels were taken out in 1905 and about 900 in 1908, but this was not considered sufficient to warrant continuing the operation and four of the wells were exploded in hopes of boosting the flow. Results were varying but were unsuccessful in the overall picture .and the operation was abandoned. The short lived attempt did prove the existence of oil however and in the time that work was carried out in the area 20 holes were drilled the deepest of which extended to a depth of 3500 feet. Gas and oil were struck at different levels, but it was believed at the time that the bulk of the deposit lay under the waters of the Pond and with the equipment* of that time this made it impractical to work the property. Port au Port Oil The Port au Port area also reported an oil discovery in 1 1874, and a few years later in ISOB a Mr. Andrews of St. Stephens. N. 8., drilled four holes in search of the 'black gold'. But here too the operation had to be abandoned, although there to no doubt that oil existed there, for traces of it can still be seen in some of the old shafts. Latest geological reports from these areas, confirm the existence of oil, and it is presumably on the strength of this that Mr. Smallwood has interested American capital in making another attempt to develop the deposits. The Premier is hopeful that modern equipment backed up by American experience, and A merican capital can give Newfoundland another new industry and put the Island on the map as an oil producing country even though the overall yield may be small in comparison to the great oilfields existing in other parts of the world. JOHN FOX Young Man Loses Life In Early Fire Sunday George King, .*?4-year-old resident of St. George's, lost his life Sunday morning at 6 o'clock in a fire which destroyed his home. As far M can he learned King, who lives alone, upset a kerosene lamp in his bed room while asleep. The fire was noticed by a neighbor but before anything COhM be done the house was a mass oi flames. The body was recovered after the fire had burned out. HAND BURNED WHEN MACHINE SHORT-CIRCUITS Allan Curnew Sr., while v rki ■ on an electric motor at the mechanical shopvof Bowater's this morning, received painful flash burns to his left hand when the machine shortcircuited.He was given treatment on the jo)) by Nurse Bishop and later removed to The Western Memorial, Hospital where he will be detained for several days. Fortunately the flash burn was confined to Mr. Curt new's hand, and while painful was not of a, serious nature. OIL DRILLING RIG ARRIVES John Fox Firm Begins Search For Liquid Gold The search for "liquid gold" in Newfoundland is about to start again. Drilling equipment from the United States has been unloaded at Norris Point, and a D-6 tractor rented from the W. J. Lundrigan firm will be taken from Corner Brook this week to haul the oil-hunting machinery some 28 miles overland to a selected site near St. Paul's Inlet. Alfred R. Leckscheid, a short, broad-shouldered veteran pilot from Boston, has been in Corner Brook for some days lining up the equipment-moving job. Mr. Leckscheid, employed by John Fox, millionaire from Boston (see adjoining column), said drilling will proceed all winter if the machinery can be put in place. Two cabins are being built which will be taken to Norris Point, put on sleds and hauled inland. One will be placed halfway to the oil drilling scene; the second will provide the onthe-spot temporary accommodation for the drillers until permanent housing can be erected. Will Use Planes Mr. Leckscheid revealed to The Western Star that the firm will use small planes next year to maintain connections with the drilling operation. He said he favors a Super Cub, with one 125-horsepower engine, adaptable for skis, wheel.-} or pontoons. A search is now going on for a landing field in the immediate Corner Brook area. It is thought that Dormston Farm may be approached for winter-time landing space. The drilling rig, which originally came all the way from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was hauled overland to Sydney, where a ship was engaged to land it at Norris Point. Carpenters had to be hired at the Point to strengthen the dock facilities sufficiently to unload the heavy machinery. Mr. Leckscheid has not yet visited the drilling scene, having been stopped by a- storm at Bonne Bay. He has two experienced men with the drilling equipment, and is hiring Newfoundlanders to form the crew for the history-making overland jaunt with the drilling machine. Two rivers must be forded, and Newfoundlanders have told the Bostonian that this will be an almost-impossible task this season. As speed is of utmost importance, the attempt will be made so that drilling can go on all winter. Discovery of oil would make a considerable difference to residents of Norris Point, The Star learns. A pipeline probably would join the Point with the oil well, and ships would load there. Tenor E. Gary And Pianist Rated "Tops" Excellent showmanship and the artists' evident desire to please the capacity audience made Monday night's Community Concert a decided success. Elwood Gary, tenor, performed his regular program, then at public insistence came back to the stage to sing "a few songs I like," with the emphasis on the "I". The four encores concluded with an especially moving rendition of The Lord's Prayer. Mr. Gary, who once was a welterweight boxer of note, was accompanied by Royal Hinman, pianist. Mr. Hinman, a tall, blond man who wore a sad expression during most of the accompaniments, came into his own during his piano solos. After he had played two crowd-pleasing numbers, Gnomenreigen by Liszt and Prelude in GfeMinor by Rachmaninoff, he was brought back twice, playing selections by Debussey and Chopin. An Easy Manner Mr. Gary was so much at ease on the stage that he was able, by lifting a finger, to stop premature applause during his singing of Verdi's La $17,500 Grant To Meet Expenses Of Nurses' Home Money from the federal health grants has just been set aside to help meet the construction costs of the nurses' residence at the Western Memorial Hospital, Corner Brook,, Nfld., and to provide equipment for the new cotT tage hospitals at Fogo, Springdale and Channel - Port aux Basques, the Hon. Paul Martin*, minister of national health and welfare, announced last week. $17,500 Grant At Corner Brook the old hospital is being converted into staff quarters and an addition is being built to house the nurses. The federal grant, calculated on the- basis of $5OO per bed, will be $17,500. (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page 3)