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- oy . ww ad y : s a a Aig TE a oes GEODESIC Le afl Sheds da db fi die dh i. Jib fle oe Et ECE RE I Y THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, July 19, 1961 'Newsman Tells Story Were All 'Briton Teaches : i : In State 1: | | Of Niagara Miracle [yg Indians Dances | NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. (CP)|the falls after their motorboat, aluminum craft within sight of Canadian Press Staff Writer {A year ago Sunday a seven-|capsized in the Niagara River|Goat Island which divides thee NEW YORK (AP) -- "The mq CP) -- A sligh | 2 ges X ; > 'ORONTO (CP) slight, {year-old boy, clad only in alrapids. The other, one of thelriver into two sets of rapids, Whole world is in a stale ofissiemp . faced dancer stamped RESENTS TREATMENT bathing suit 'and a life-jacket,( men, was sucked through the in- one rushing over the American, shock," said author John Stein- ung whirled obliviously at a re-| John talks bitterly about what Jes swept over Nagas Fulsiisle of 5 Over DN i and fhe tier over tielSeck, TUES fs WHY peuple don oun: ig cits BOwwow, watched lhe, S36 LIS BE [? 2 Doth 3 edevils | : 5. ca WHILE: 5 mn ithine 5. by curious Indians. S, oie Supporis his argu. ing waters at the base lightly conquer Niagara's challenge, The boat entered the rapids You can't think when you're : : ments with little - known facts | bruised and cut, but otherwise! six persons have gambled with and Honeycutt tried to go back|in a state of shock." The figure in woodland Eat) ot Indian life {unhurt. death by going over the falls in|but the 7%-horsepower outboard! At 59 Steinbeck, rated among S45 svidenly expel in Audian) "You know scal ing wa Roger Woodward of Niagara wooden, rubber or steel con- motor was no match for the the best of the United States' dances but he wasat an 'Hea Indi ; pias ns [Falls, N.Y., became the first/trivances. Three were success. current. It raced wildly and!living writers, has turned out 27 and many in. his audiencehever an incian - lnsp Sus i person in history to survive an|ful and three died. {Honeycutt began to row. books. wondered who he was. tom, 1t Yas introduced by |accidental plunge over the cat- Annie Edson Taylor, a 43-| The children donned the boat's' For 30 years, Steinbeck also They were watching John Pincers i ny guters 1 Yerily aract to the rock-strewn mael- year - old widowed schoo 1ltwo life-jackets, water rushed has made an: intensive study of Wilis, 24 - year . old native of their claims o ndians slain. {strom 162 feet below. {teacher, emerged bloodied but over the sides of the boat andthe middle ages and he feels Sunderland, England, a hard-up® Or: "North American Indians In what has become known| triumphant when she made the then a wave hurled it through mankind is again entering that artist who has accumulated an earned the epithet 'Red' not as the Miracle at Niagara itltrip Oct. 24, 1901, in a 260-/the air and the trio were kind of historical period. awesome familiarity with Indian because of the bronze color of seemed that the hand of Godipound barrel of Kentucky oak. thrown into the water. "Again we're seeing the 1° and erafts, their skin, as is still popularly was outstretched to cradle the The feat was not matched un-| Deanne swam furiously to. breakup of old forms of author- An exponent of 20-odd cere- thought, but because vermillion Ba par BE Fo eT eh a wae si AS § arrel, y Point, Goat Island. Honeycutt|even parental--before new ones feathers, buckskin anc ads, | . Yegth, s5:pound boy was (own Leach, 55-year-old English stunt grasped Roger's hand and told|are established," he said, puff-'he now is in the delicate po-| He says modern free world ron: oo a nar went ov er the falls on July| him to hold tight but they were ing cheerfully on a pipe in the sition of being able to re-educate political constitu t i 0 n s include Evo i war swamped not faim 3, ng Jem 23 Jess in swept straight ahead. study of his east side home. |their originators. points that were an intrinsic SHI ie Cle In. New.lea- "That's why people are so! John came to Canada when part of Indian life for gen- slant on the people they have seen only in western movies. CANADIAN SCOUTS SET UP CAMP Purpose Behind Fun {was saved when she grasped tap d| outstretched hands a scant 15 on 4 plece of orange: peel, feet from the edge of the Horse- USED RUBBER BALL {shoe Falls, but the other occu-| of the boat, Ml precipice to his death. 0 FEAR OF WATER | Roger has no fear of the | water because of the accident. | the 'battered ball. {from the brink of the falls.|land 15 years later from in- SAVED BY THUMB Deanna, his 17-year-old sister.|juries suffered when he slipped Jean Lussier, the only living onlooker. 40-year-old| Niagara Falls stunter, survived Roger a family|in a 150-pound rubber ball on Twenty-five feet apart, the man friend, was carried over the!July 4, 1928. Lussier, who livesiand boy were shot over the (here, had only a small cut on|ledge and into the mist below. {his head when he emerged from But for each life it spared the|crest of the festiess nd ¥orfied. They don't he was 12. "Like all kids of that erations. know what to tie to. lage, I hoped to meet an Indian! Even on his own urbane ie wa coer ers ren 8 ne rend as soon a 1 go of he tain" English sirets, Jo's preoc in until assisted by a second|showing up with their husbands Years later at Toronto's Cen- cupation with Indians may soon But Honeycutt and|,. wives or mistresses or lovers tral Technical School he met be quaintly obvious. Included in were beyond held. people bring their psychiatrists, MIs. Gisela Commanda, a his chattels to be shipped home "Good Lord, the way we live." Writer and Indian authority. will be another essential part of LOVES LIFE Through her he was introduced Indian life, a papoose bag--ie But Steinbeck. who. saw life[l® his heroes of legend on the be used "'if necessary.' straight! in the raw in half a dozen jobs Six Nations Reserve at Brant- rode the ranging from bricklaying to war ford, Ont. Among them was the | A man leaned from the shore and Deanne clutched his thumb. He was unable to pull the girl Honeycutt down but plunged the boy water and finally i ina Indian who now is his dancing] Hi : Horseshoe Falls took one in re- bobbed to. the surface away| cPClling, retains a wonderful, i | His father, Frank, employed on tien. First to dic way Charlesls oon: dhe alls away| gusto for living. Rumpling his/idol, Huron Miller. fp ear the New York State power pro-/ ject in Niagara Falls, said in an interview that the ordeal has not left a permanent impression on the boy. G. Stephens, a 58-year-old Eng- . : 8 : ¢ NY. nh barber. His heavy vak baa that moment Capt. Clifford ing his glasses from his nose to greying hair and beard, swivel: | pry om BE DIPLOMAT eech of the sighsteeing boat|the top of his head, he scribbles But to be an alien Indian ex- | - ' irel was crushed on the rocks i : : | i D July IL. 192 Maid of the Mist was preparing out 2,000 words of prose almost/Per John must be a diplomat. Trivers to turn. his diesel-powered craft] daily with a ball point pen in a When he helps an Indian dance |" "Roger isn't too anxious to George L. Stathakis, 46, a chef away from the falls to return|series of old-fashioned group revive the ritual of their look at the falls," Mr. Wood-of Buffalo, N.Y., died when his|to dock. He spotted the 1iny| Hailed as a socal ledgers. forefathers, it is virtually a case | Licences? {of being heard but not seen. | H ® ward said. "We took a drive|2,000-pound steel barrel was| figure and edged closer. lor At Scout, Guide Camps: there last Sunday and|carried over the falls July 5! The Maid of the Mist jhe) Grapes of Wrath appested He has taught Indians the| jn preferred thet we didnt Stop} 10, a, ante] was irEpped ctammed with tourists, Was grown EE and Steps of their own dances, but] CORNWALL (CP) -- Onatrio 'DER F : sociation. ave He. Om ..jand get out. ink 'hed ra e curtain, i siti irst| ; {through an Indian intermediary. Transpo i By ALEXANDER FARRELL families in lower income groups sociation says is program lsisher stay awsy ffom it as muchiof water and he suffocated Ee irs (more watute with the years, Ieee, Tt Da mires anadian Press Stal riter [and the camp sponsor: { getting e ground" (a5 possible." The dining: ova ended AVE To oaatiing and Jed ) ife is Ee I ae ers will Saow have thir Ticences Close to 300,000 Canadian boys pick up the entire tab or ask|and "it will be years before we," The family avoid talking 105. 1951, when William (Red)! pkins went to the by your personality," he ob.[18 to beware of his students | ; : ' , hrs Flea wha ; oh. Gk r? io] b : , 1951, )| starboard bow with a life pre- " iweak spot--their pride. {for three years at a time. and girls are expected to go to only that parents pay what they march like Ontario, for in-/Roger about the ordeal al- Hill, whose family knew the|serv : : served, "but as you mature you § {On o ; a Lill, : 3 {server, Twice they heaved it at i ili The three-year system would camp this Summer and as they can. ¥ , ; {stanice. 3 {though it doesn't seem to bother|river and falls well, climbed|the youngster but each time pcome more aware of outside, Mr. Willis has assembled) 'The th the Toy yearly enter nature's unspoiled domain Precise camp-attendance fig-| One of the country's most un- him. The boy passed into third|into a weird contraption of truck fell short. things, Jess concerned about about 14 complete, Tepresent term, but would require drivers they will find an emphasis on ures are unavailable because a) camps is the dollar-a-day|grade this year and is still the|inner tubes held together with = : Jourseh os a io take tests at the end of each ACCURATE THIRD TOSS | g, {period, Mr. Rowntree said. organization and purposeful ac-|there are no provincial camping , : ninlcentre of attraction with his twine and webbing. It was . . / Camp de L'Amitie (Friendship The third toss sent the life|was also a look of bewilder- cluding bonnet, jacket, leggings, |*" Before my term of office is tivity. associations in Newfoundland, ' | playmates. ripped apart and Hill's body More than ever before camps| Prince Edward Island, ' New|Camp) on the south shore of the|™ yi..." woodward said Roger was taken from the river at a|preserver within arm's length of /ment--but not one of terror--as moccasins and decorative work. lete. I In to be able to Roger. His thin arms stretched the youngster posed for photog- The cost averaged about $250.|°OmPlete, © 10Pe *3 08 S8 © are going in for detailed and/Brunswick and Sasilchewsn Oiawa River, 30 miles west of rarely brings up the subject. dock below the falls. announce t s, adminis- and many camps in the other " " ro] Hee § : i i : = ; | . : elaborate programs, a and man} I Montreal, where 60 to 70 boys He's just a happy kid enjoy DRAMATIC BOAT RIDE across the ring and he tried to|raphers and talked to reporters., Soon he and his Canadian such a program," he said at the tered by trained staffs, and provinces are unaffiliated. - ' ling life," she said. mount it as though it were a| "I could feel I was falling," wife Olga, a dancing teacher . h most. of thei {rom (mu gram] The Roger Woodward story playroom hobby horse ready to|he said, simply. {leave io "England Pe John ppening of 3 yew driver Sta. many of them now are affili-| Official estimates of what ; ated with camping associations total camp attendance will be families--spend two weeks to: FOUR DIE THIS YEAR had a different setting. James take him out of a nightmare. Forty-eight hours later Roger|gin <tudv at the London School that exist in six provinces in the six "organized" prov- gether in a miniature melting] But Niagara's drama of death Honeycutt had planned a lei-| Minutes later Roger was in ajwas released and reunited with WE ys - ondon SCHOOL! wr, Rowntree urged municl- Most camping authorities inces this summer, at both af-/pot. It is run by the New Cana-| continues. Less than a month surely boat trip in the Niagara hospital bed. The only visible! his family. of Arts and Cra ts. . pal officials throughout the queried in a cross-Canada sur-|filiated and unaffiliated camps, dians' service bureau of theiago two men and two women River eight miles above theisigns of his ordeal were a few| The river's depths released| Crates of Indian handiwork province to set up vehicle in- vey By The Canadian Press are: Nova Scotia, 5,000; Que-/ Montreal Catholic school com-|died in a similar accident. rapids area. Unaware of the|bruises on the right jaw, Yight|Honeycutt's body four days will go with them to provide spection depots to check for seem to feel that the trend to bec, 90,000. Ontario, 105,000; mission. "Three of them were swept over|danger, he piloted his 14-foot|temple and right eye. There!later. untravelled Britons with a new|mechanical troubles. more organized camp life is a/Manitoba, 30,000; Alberta, 35, epee ee wh rata Ld good thing. 000; British Columbia, 20,000. Pr PN 1 ES However, the question has, A salutary development in § : i 2 arisen--at least in the West-- recent years is the increas- : as to whether the youngsters ing number of opportunities are not getting a bit pampered for physically handicapped and in the process. mentally retarded children to Grant McKeen, an Edmonton enjoy camp life. YMCA official, says eastern os RA : camps have become too *"'mod- CAREFUL SUPERVISION ern" with running water Camps for children who are cabins, extravagant program retarded, crippled or diabetic equipment and specialized lead- NOW exist in nearly every prov- . ince. They are more closely supervised than other camps, but the principle is followed of ers. "We still rough it more in the West," he says. : : putting as many normal activi- LEAVE CAKE AT HOME ties into the program as pos- In Vancouver, Boy Scout com- sible. missioner Fred Huish has asked On the average, the camps for parents not to load junior down the mentally retarded have one with "chocolate cake and extra|supervisor for every two chil- woollies when he goes to camp. dren and those for physically The case for the defence is handicapped one for every five, put forward by Gerry Wright whereas the normal is one for of the YMCA in Montreal. He|every 20 to 40 depending on the says: "camping has gone mod-|age of the youngsters to be su- ern, but living has gone modern pervised. too. In twb of the provinces that "Our youngsters go home to have no camping associations, a modern world where the rug- Prince Edward Island and New ged woodsmanship of a Radis-| Brunswick, camping activity is son would hardly serve much nevertheless widespread. purpose. On the other hand,' There are about 80 camps in individual initiative, co - opera-| Prince Edward Island and 3,000 tive spirit, resourcefulness, em-| children are expected to attend otional stability and sound val- them this summer. The em- ues can provide mighty useful phasis is strongly on water guideposts to a successful and sports and hiking. satisfying life in a modern city." INF ' "Comfortable" or "rugged," MANY N.B. CAMPS arganized children's camps dot the Canadian landscape There are scores of camps in from New Brunswick, mostly on riv- coast to coast this summer. The gs a, lakes, bt hin a Qushee © am Bing Assosjaton clined to estimate the total num- about 1,500, with 850 of them in| Per: At least 10.000 children + Ontario and-200 in. Quehec are expected i auend hem. ey are operated 7 NeW oungian as a i er as EL clubs. the of camps operated or leased by YMCA and other private organ- churches, mostly for underprivi- leged children, and the total izations, usually taking their ny a , HEY expected © attendance is unof- young charges in two - week. to : " shifts, and t he general price ficlally estimated SLi. 7 range is from $5 to $50 a week. . ' mong the "organized" prov-| 2 inces British Columbia is the| AID POORER CHILDREN most recent addition to the] Many cater to children from ranks. The British Columbia as- _'Foam-cushion seats for "hextta comfort -r Watch Out For Claudia PARIS (CP)--Keep your eye by peeled for lovely Claudia Car- dinale. 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