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VICTORIA DAILY TUESDAY, JA.V. 17, l-67-lt SHOOT LOW, SHERIFF Electronic Screwdriver MEDAL CLAIM Fixes Distant Satellite Dirty Shame Means Cash To Young Canadian Poet WASHINGTON (UPI) Engineers using "an electronic screwdriver" have repaired a satellite that got into trouble -1 If I I i i I Postmen's 'Anti-Dog' Spray Works VANCOUVER (CP) Th Vancouver post offica said Monday lt has asked its Ottawa headquarters for two-to three-month extension of an experimental attempt to reduce dog bite injuries among city mailmen. "We have been extremely pleased with the experiment so far," said a post office official, "but we want to extend it just to make sur we are on the right track." Under the three-month-old experiment at present dua to end in another three months mailmen threatened by unfriendly dogs are able to obtain a pepper-loaded aerosol spray for protection. The spray, which has no permanent harmful effect on animals, is issued only on request and after use must be handed In again to post offlc stores. Vancouver was selected by Postmaster General Cote for the experiment because lt has ithe worst record In Canada for dog-bite injuries to postal employees.

"We have had very satisfactory results with the sprays and judging by reports, they seem to be cutting down Injuries," the Vancouver spokesman said. 1 ji in I 3 inri-jMTiiitr quality just before the Beatles. It attracts a large, enthusiastic audience which is great to play to, but for someone like me who only had experience with folk music, it's a real education." Classical recordings, however, make up the largest part of Hawkins's collection. "I've stolen a lot from Bartok for my rock 'n' roll songs but that's all right since he stole them from Hungarian folk songs." Writing is not a vocation for Bill Hawkins, it's an obsession. "I often got up at three in the morning to write.

"The most common failing with writers is that they take themselves too seriously. The essence is in simplicity end directness. It's exceedingly hard to achieve this. People are just not prepared to take a simple statement; they expect the complicated." At present he is working on a small collection of poems called Railroad Bill, which he hopes to get published in hard cover. Success didn't come easily for Hawkins.

He grew up in a tough Ottawa neighborhood and quit school early. He later put himself through this missed schooling. He first attracted attention with his poetry readings in Ottawa's first coffee shop for the beat generation. Now, his big dream is to make enough money out of rock roll to move to the Mediterranean with his pretty wife, Sheila, a school teacher, and their young son and daughter. By CAROL ANDERSON OTTAWA (CP) Honored as one of Ottawa's outstanding young men, one of six literary figures to represent Canada at the 1965 Commonwealth Festival in Wales Father and author of four books of poetry, composer of a hit rock 'n' roll song, Dirty Shame This doesn't sound much like a young man who once WTote "Generally the past Is more difficult than the future.

And I don't know what I can say about my lack of either." But at 25, versatile William Hawkins has accomplished all this. To meet Hawkins in his blue jeans and suede jacket, with his long brown hair, Lord Dufferin mustache and steel-rimmed glasses, one would pass him off as a typical mod young man. But there is much more to him than meets the eye. His career as a writer started when he joined The Canadian Press as a copy boy at the age of 16. "It seems, however, that I wasn't really suited to being a reporter, so the night editor suggested that I try writing poetry." DIDN'T MAKE A CENT Shortly after this he published his first volume of poetry, Shoot Low Sheriff, They're Riding Shetland Ponies.

"A friend and I combined to write this and we put out 300 copies. Within a year it was out of print. "The disappointing part however, is that we later learned it was being put out in hard cover by a Toronto firm and selling at $4.50 a copy and we didn't get a cent from it. Very disillusioning." Since then he has published three other books of poetry, Louis Kiel, in 1962, Hawkins, 1963, and Ottawa Poems, 1965. "I guess the greatest influ- ence of my writing was the summer I spent at the University of British Columbia studying under Olson and Ginsberg.

Other poets have ONE of Victoria's earliest movie theatres the Dominion on Yates is fast disappearing into history. It is being torn down to make way for a new parking lot. The roof has gone, the seats and fixtures have been removed and this is all that remains of what was once the screen. Built in 1912, the Dominion was acquired by Park and Lock Parking System and will be replaced by a ground-level asphalt parking lot with 50-cent meters. MRS.

METCALFE Ex-Pianist Died Of Knockout Drops GEM' THEATRE SIDNEY "SITUATION HOPELESS BUT NOT SERIOUS" Krr1nr Alec GuiontM as tf mntty Jaiter who riven bis G.I. tunu evrrythln but the new that the war ki bfw ewr for urvem yesra. TOMCiHT AT At MS, show. 9: ID ROBERT RYAN JACK MUKCE DEADLINE extended Vancouver Island pioneers have until Feb. 20 1o claim their Centennial medals.

Original deadline for registering for the medals was Nov. 19, 1966, but the Greater Victoria Centennial Confedera tion Society said Monday so many applications were late in arriving that the extension has been granted. A pioneer is defined as a person wno was born in Canada or has been a resident of this country prior to Jan. 1, 1892. Proof of qualifications must be presented.

It is not neces sary for a person to have been in continuous residence since 1892 but the spplicant must be a resident of B.C. Presentation of the silver medals with their muted navy blue ribbons will be made at a special ceremony to honor pioneers during the last week of March. Application forms for the medals are available from municipal halls in Central Saanich, Oak Bay, and Saanich, and from the Centennial Society office on Centennial Square. HOME GARDEN Don't Fear Drastic Pruning Job By HILDA BEASTALL When thinking of adding a plant to a garden of sma! proportions we are likeiy to pass by something quite beautiful and useful because it is usually seen as a large spreading plant However when a garden: is small and Hie natural growth of an otherwise desirable shrub is rather wide Hilda and perhaps too untidy for Hie space, it may be drastically pruned to produce a shape and size suiting a given plan. The general principles of shrub pruning must oe reiwmneirea.

Prune the spring flowering shrubs immediiately after flower ing so that growth made in sum mer will ripen for blooming the following spring. Late summer and fall blooming shrubs must be pruned early in spring, for the summer's growth will pro duce tfie flowers. Forsytfma is a rfiruh to train either against a dark colored fence or to espaSar on a trellis to save sipace, and yet obtain a mass of bloom and plenty of heaMhy foliage as background for summer color. Mock orange (either single or double varieties of pWlasfcfliphuR) may be treated to save space, and the briESantly attrac- tve FSrethorn (pyracantha) de lights fin being clipped and pruned to show oft its masses of berries in winter. More use could be made of espa tiered fruit trees In small gardera Provided with sufficient sun to ripen the trust spurs for blossoming, there is no rea son why Hiis method couW not be used for producing ell the fruit needed by a small family.

More work to train plants tSiis way? WeH, yes. But since the toted space end number of plants is small, tfiie number of hours involved In a year is hardly likely to be as great as for the general maintenance of an average-size garden. 'fit ICE SKATING iSDAY AND EVERY WEDNESDAY 10 a.m. Adults Only 1 p.m. Mothers and Toddlers 3 :15 p.m.

Family Skating 8:13 p.m. Publlo Skating Skate Rentals Available i 3 232,900 miles away from the earth. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Mon day it is believed to be the most distant "satellite fix" ever reported. The job was done by engi neers of NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Centre, Greenbelt on Friday, Jan. 13.

The satellite is Explorer 33 launched July 1, 1966, from Cape Kennedy. Explorer 33 has done a lot of fine work for science. MAGNETIC TAIL It established, for example that the earth's magnetic tail extends some 75,000 miles beyond the orbit of the moon which itself is about 240,000 miles from the planet. It also recorded a shock front travelling in space from the sun after a solar Dare. So scientists were concerned on Friday when transmissions from the little space science laboratory indicated its power level had dropped to 13.5 volts from the normal level of 13.2 volts.

Some of the craft's electronic systems were beginning to operate erratically, and God dard engineers figured a short circuit somewhere in its miles of wiring might be responsible. POWER SURGE Thev decided to try to clear the short bv turning off the transmitter. The idea was that this would send a power surge thrnueh other parts of the spacecraft's electronic system which would eliminate tne trouble. Thpv sent an order to Ex plorer 33 via the space tracking system at Rosman, N.C., to stop transmitting. The satellite obeyed.

POWER LEVEL AftPr 40 minutes, the time In which engineers calculated the nower buildun would do tne iod, the transmitter was turned on again. The trick worked. Explorer 33's power level was back at the normal 18.2 volts. The sDacecraft's orbit extends out to 270,000 miles from the earth, some 30,000 miles beyond the highest point of the moon's orbit. Policemen Roughed Up CALGARY (CP) Thirteen police officers and a police dog were needed Saturday to restore order after a ruckus at a teenagers' dance in northwest Calgary.

Three constables were kicked, punched and beaten. The dance was attended by about 250 teen-agers. Are Now, Golden Centennial Year to the qualities of leadership, and one with ad lib actions entitled "How to Bake a Cake." Brief evaluations by other student speakers followed the talks. The young speakers were told by mayor Hugh Stephen, that "the ability to get up and influence your fellow men" will be a valuable talent "The power of self-expression will serve you better than any other competence you acquire throughout life." TABLE TOPICS Evaluator of table topic talks and a member of the graduat ing class, Jane Bower, proposed a toast to the city of Victoria, to which Mayor Stephen replied. PUBLIC SWIMMING WEDNESDAY 12 :00 1 :00 p.m.

3:15 .5:00 p.m. STmMEXCiTEMEtiT! LONDON (UPI) The widow of British film magnate Sir Alexander Karda died from a massive overdose of chloral hydrate American knock-out drops but did not commit suicide, a eorontr ruled today. The body of Mrs. Alexa Metcalfe, 38, who remarried end divorced after Korda's death in 1953, was found in her country cottage on Dec. 28.

Lt. Col. George M. McEwan, the coroner, said he was satisfied Mrs. Metcalfe did not kill herself, but he recorded an open verdict, leaving the way open for further investigation If authorities desired.

It was considered unlikely they would want Medical evidence at the inquest showed Mrs. Metcalfe a Canadian-born concert pianist LEE MARVIN GIRLS' DRUM CORPS RALPH BELLAMY CARDINAL TmE professionals TECHNtCOLOR. Alternate Sponsor? Oak Bay Shuns Role FEAT. STARTS 30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:10. LAST COM P.

SHOW joey 18m mm Kinimn Accustomed as They Silence to Be Rarely NOW SHOWING DOORS 1 P.M. 5C to Feature at 1:00, 3:00, iw. 4F UNIVERSAL MUM" Texas Houses jr Safes1 A3 HAWKINS Incentive: hunger. always been encouraging, especially Irving Layton. "Of course, I have an incentive hunger.

But In Canada one can't expect to live by poetry. It's a doomed art form. That's why so many poets are turning to the music industry. And what would be more natural; after all, that's where it all started." Hawkins, whose songs have been recorded by the Esquires, the Stormy Clovers and the Townsmen, also manages the Children, a well- known Ottawa rock 'n' roll group, and has started his own blues band, the Heavenly Blue. STEALS FROM CLASSICS "Rock 'n' roll is the stran- gest business I've ever encoun- i tered.

I was first attracted to it by the great surge in its worth, you can bet they will." Council moved to refer the matter to the intermunicipal committee for further discussion. IBBIBIIIII Entertainment NIcMly LULU-BELLE ami I KEX PEAKEB (Sag WmWt lib Hiwb WnrW Fftmnofl Spare Fib fl BANK HOT Kb TThere Km Prater Jtay NirhMy pj 823 BLKDETT 3SS-53BO University of Victoria Players Club presents "THE POTTER'S FIELD" By Louis F. Capson Directors Carl Hare Phoenix Theatre University of Victoria January 24 to 28 Jan. 31 to Feb. 4 8:30 p.m.

fl.M Btndentat for 1. except Friday aad Saturday MEMORIAL ARENA Jan. 25, 8:00 p.m. Tickets On Sale Now At Eaton's, Woodward's Arena Box Office 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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and Sat. :30 10 p.m. Other Day. FOURTH AND FINAL 1 Twenty-six high school seniors last week stepped into a new world where silence is rarely golden. Most of' the time it wul be worth less than the silver iruwh which the vouns Toast- maaters, graduates of a youth leadership program, wui nave at their command.

The youngster, all Grade 12 ctiirients at Victoria Senior Secondary where Toastmaster's Thunderbird Club 396 sponsors the junior Club 46, graduated from an eight-week public-speaking course. THIEF JUMPS WITH LOOT A set of giant floor checkers were stolen from the Beacon Hill Park lookout over the weekend, city police said Monday. Four dozen, eight inches in diameter and Vh inches thick, went missing Sunday. There were 64 of the wooden markers. The missing red and black checkers are worth $150,, officers said.

Fvenln- 8 p.m. Telephone Med. and had taken a form of chloral for years as a sedative. In the period just before her death, she had consumed a normal one-year supply in less than two months. The coroner said he was also puzzled by 36 recent hypodermic syringe marks on her legs.

Some of them apparently not made professionally, but there was no evidence she had used other drugs. The coroner told Mrs. Met calfe's doctor "I think you were grossly over-prescribing this chloral hydrate" end warned there were practitioners of "fringe medicine." 'Those who practice it get along very well and very lucratively long as no one really HI goes to them," he said. They received their inttiatian at an Empress Hotel ceremony, when diplomas were presented them bv Mayor Hugh Stephen Also present were Thunderbird nresident Eric Moves. Toast- master's international director Sandv Robertson, Greater Vic toria schools superintendent Joseph Chell end school trustee Ted Wood.

OPENING REMARKS Victoria alderman Robert Baird, who sparked the club's start, explained its purpose in the opening remarks "to assist students in better listening, better thinking and better speaking." Aiming at self-confidence and ease of speaking, the students practised in panel discussions, formal talks and impromptu speeches throughout the training program. Their goal is "to say nothing, but to say nothing very well," confessed "table-topic master" for the evening, Gordon Price, Victoria secondary's slwdent council president. Topics of prepared and im promptu speeches ranged from ing his assassination, It was learned today. A source close to the Kennedy family said that in all roughly 6,000 to 8,000 words figured in the changes in William Manchester's book, The Death of a President. "Many changes involved the children and their reaction in the period of the assassination and what they said and did," the source said.

"It was nothing embarrassing, but it was very sensitive and could be difficult, for the children in the i An official of Harper and Row i said the changes involve a cu-j mulative total of some eight! pages out of 654. Mrs. John F. Kennedy's law- suit to block publication of the! book was withdrawn Monday when Harper and Row and Manchester agreed to delete or modify certain personal pas- sages of concern to President Kennedy's widow. Monday thru Thursday Friday and Katurday li.WI All Matinee, at fl.at HILARIOUS WEEKS! When is a sponsor not a sponsor? That was a conundrum posed Oak Bay council Monday by a letter from the Red Lion Girls Drum Corps asking for contributions to a corps appearance at Expo 67.

Couns. Frances Elford and Fred Hawes suggested the corps would publicize the Victoria area more than the concern whose name it bore. Couns. Lance Whittaker and Walter Dodsworth 6aid a sponsor was a sponsor and should pay the bills. "The corps would be advertising an organization," said Conn.

Dodsworth. "But it's customary for such organizations to get help with expenses," said Coun. Hawes. "This will be publicity for the city. The hotel won't get much from it." "Oh no," said Coun.

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