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Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1962-06-27
Ignueio Family Poisoned By
SeIenium in Drinking Water

Arare element sometimes found
in minute quantities in drinking
water has poisoned a Colorado In
dian family recently.
Hair loss and weakened nails,
along with istlessness have been
reported in family of Ute Indians
near lgnacio, Colorado, as result
of drinking well water poisoned by
selenium. The family dog also lost
its hair.
The Divi sion of Agricultural
Biochemistry, University of Wyo-
ming at Lar annie, examined the
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1962-06-27

well water, which was sent by the
Consolidated Ute Agency with sew
eral samples of weeds, soils. for
ages and water in an effort to
locate the source of the suspected
Selenium.
Examination of the water showed
about nine parts per million selen-
ium on preliminary test.
A spokesman for Wyoming Uni
versity said this probably is the
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1962-06-27
Burns New Principal
At wimdowRock Hiuh

George E. Burns has been
selected from number Of other
applicants to fill the vacancy left
by William S. Martin at Window
Rock High School as high school
principal. Burns has been principal
at Canada Public Elementary
School at Ganado since August,
1858. Before coming to Canada.
Burns taught bookkeeping at Grand
Canyon High School for two years.
Burns received his B.A. Degree
at Arizona State University at
Tempe and his Masters Degree at
Arizona State College.
Vincent Cisterna of Phoenix will
be the new principal at Ganado
Public School. Cisterna is grad
uate of Arizona State College where
he got his B.A. and Masters De-
gree. Cisterna comes to Canada
from Florence High School where
he was Assistant Principal and
coach. He wa also Boys Counselor
at Carl Hayden High School in
Phoenix for five years.
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1962-06-27
REGISTER and VOTE

Your hairman, Paul Jones,
stated in a recent speech that 'If we
are to take our rightful place in the
world of affairs, we must appreciate
the privilege by egi ing and
qualifying ourselves to vote and vot-
ing on election day. New power and
prestige are ours if we can reap the
political rewards which come with
massive vote.
The Republican., 1962-08-09
Resnonsihle Prophef

neSPOHStule FiOPHUl
The Bible prophet who spoke
most clearly on this subject was
the Prophet Ezekiel. He was not
the first, to be sure. The prophets
generally had laid more emphasis
on collective than on individual
responsibility; but they did not
forget the individual When Ma
than woke David's conscience by
saying "Thou art the man." that
was individual responsibility.
When King Ahab stole Naboth's
vineyard and Elijah paid the king
a fearsome visit, that was in
dividual responsibility. But when
the prophets warned, threatened
or comforted, they spoke most
often to the nation as a whole.
That is collective responsibility.
Ezekiel was made to under.
stand clearly his own personal
responsibility, and how respon-
sibility can be rightly shifted from
one person to another. (SeS esp.
chaps. and 81 1t was his concern
to warn the people; whether they
paid attention or not was not his
worry. 1t was his duty to tell the
truth, theirs to believe it. If the
people refused to listen after
Ezekiel had given them Gods
message, that was their sin, not
his. On the other hand, if he failed
to warn them of coming danger,
their blood would be on the
prophets head.
How does this apply today to a
school teacher? minister, an
editor, writer?
Fixing the Blame
The first thing after an airlines
crash is to set up an investigation
not only in order to avoid similar
accidents thereafter, but to fix the
blame for the one that did happen.
1t is very seldom that one single
person is responsible for a great
calamity. But who shall say who
was to blame and how much?
Take a historical event far back
enough so that we don't get ex-
cited over it: the downfall of
Jerusalem for example. Who was,
or were, to blame? Israel went to
smash; Israel was to blame. Easy
to say; but who was Israel?
Israel was the people at large;
they might have revolted against
their government and sided with
the prophet; but they didn't, psy-
chologically maybe they couldn't.
Who was Israel? 1t was the kings;
but kings, like executives then
and since, ask advice from many
counselors. The yes-men who
should sometimes have been no.
men, these were surely to blame.
False prophets, short-sighted poll
icy makers, a citizenry too lazy
to think for themSelves-they are
all responsible. But only God
knows how much.
Biased on outlines copyrighted by
the Division of Christian Education,
National Council of the Churches of
Christ in the U. 5. A. Released by
Community Press Service.)
The Republican., 1962-08-09

pected to do The difference be-
tween an irresponsible person and
an absent-minded one is not that
one remembers what he is sup
posed to do and the other one
doesn't; they both will forget. But
the absent minded man is over
whelmed by regret and mortifica-
ton at having forgotten, while the
irresponsible one doesn't care,
even if he forgets dozen times.
Single, Plural and Collective
To be responsible means that
someone is expecting you to do
job or to be a particular kind of
person. 1t means also that you
are expected to give an account
of yourself to some one. You are
responsible for the job and to the
boss, or the Inspector, whoever
gets your report. No matter how
high your perch is in society, you
are always responsible to some
one: the President of the U.S.A.
is responsible to the people, and
we judge presidents by how well
they carry that responsibility.
But more than individuals can
be responsible. A whole group of
persons can be responsible in the
same way, to the same person and
for the same work, like a class
in school with a problem to solve.
This we can call plural response
bility. Again there is collective
responsibility, as when Jacob, in
the Genesis story, holds all his
sons responsible for the welfare of
Joseph. We can say that a COM
munity is responsible for its own
health-that again is collective
responsibility.
The Republican., 1962-08-09

Guiding Light Mission, miles
from Grantsville on Bittinger road.
Rev Lloyd A. Trout, pastor. Sun
day School, 10 a. m: Preaching and
healing service, IL a. M; Evangel-
istic service, 7:30 p. m.
Walnut Bottom Assembly of God,
Route l, SWanton, Rev. Bruce E.
Bosley, pastor Sunday School, 10
a. M: Morning Worship, II a. M;
Evening Evangelistic Service, p.
M; Friday, c. A. Service, p. m.
Maple Grove Assembly of God,
Rev. E. w. Blizzard, pastor. Acct
dent, w. Va. Horse Shoe Rum,
Sunday School, 10 a. m; Worship,
II a. M; Youth Meeting, 615 p. M;
Evangelistic Service, 7 p. M; Bible
Study, Tuesday, 7:45 p. m.
CreIIin Assembly of God, John
Hamerchek. Jr., pastor. Sunday
School, 1870 a. m; Young Peoples
Service, $50 p M; Evangelistic
Service, 7:30 p. M; Prayer service,
fGlQdy, I.OU p. Ill.
Bear Greek Church of the Breth-
ren, Accident, Roger Fike, pastor.
Sunday School, $50 a. m; Worship,
1920 a. m.
CrelIin E. U. B. Church, Rev.
Charles Teets, pastor. Sunday
School, GAS a. M; Youth Fellow
ship, 7:30 p. M; Worship Service,
8 p m. Prayer Meeting, Wednes-
days, 1880 p. m.
Cherry Grove Church of the
Brethren, Route 40 and Avilton-
New Germany road, Rev. Earl
Harper, pastor Sunday School, 10
a. m; Worship Service, IL a m.
The Republican., 1962-08-09
Sunday Services In The
Churches of the Community


ST. Marks Ev. Lutheran, Oak
land, The Rev. VIM. Ernest Fox,
pastor Preparatory service. Thurs
day, 1880 p m Holy Communion.
$3.50 and l0:45 a. m; Sunday Church
school, $50 a m.
st. Pau's Methodist. Oakland.
Rev. Lawrence Sherwood. pastor.
Worship Service, $50 and 1045
a. m: Sunday School. $50 a. m.
First Christian Church, Oakland,
Rev H. b Rittenhouse. minister
Communion service. a. m; Mid
week service, We'd, 1880 p. m.
St. Matthew's Episcopal, Oakland,
The Rev W. Shelby Walthall, rec
tor Holy Communion, a. m:
Church School and Morning Pray
er. 1890 a. M: Holy Communion,
lst Sunday 1890 a. m.
First Baptist Church. s. Second
st, Oakland Sunday School 10 a.
m; Worship Service, IL a. M;
Prayer Meeting, Wed, 7:3O p m.
Church of St. Peter the Apostle,
Rev Fr. Michael X. Carney. pas
tor; Rev. FIR Joseph w Krach. as
sistant. Masses Sunday, Z, 8, 9. 10.
IL and - Confessions Saturday. 5
to p. m. 7:30 to $50 a. m, and
Sunday before each mass. lmmacu-
late Conception, Kitzmiller, Mass,
Sunday, 10 a. m.
Oak Park Church of the Breth-
rem, near Oakland, opposite South
ern High school. Rev. j. Stanley
Earhart. pastor Sunday School,
$3.50 a. m. Worship, 1890 a. m;
CBYF, 7:30 p. m.
Church of the Nazarene, 9th St,
Oakland. Rev Marshall Brown,
pastor. Sunday School, 10 a. M:
Worship Service, II a. m: Young
Peoples meeting, GAS p. m; Eve
ming Service, 7:30 p. m. Prayer
meeting, Wednesday, 7:30 p. m.
RosedaIe United PentecostaI,
Rev r. j. Rifle, pastor Sunday
School 10 a. m: Evangelical Serv-
ice, 1880 p. m. Bible study, Tues
day, 7;30 p. m; Young Peoples
Service. Friday. 1880 p. m.
st. Johns Chapel Episcopal, =,
Deer Park, the Rev. FIR. Thomas p
Staup, vicar The Holy Eucharist
s a m; Family Worship, 10 a m.
The Log Church Our Fathers
House,. Route 135 AltamOnt. the
Rev. FIR Thomas P. Staup. vicar
Morning Prayer and Sermon, II
a. M; second Sunday, the Holy
Communion
The Republican., 1962-08-09

son, pastor Sunday School, 9:45 a.
m: Worship, IL a. M; Training
Union, $50 p. M; Prayer Service,
Wednesday, 8 p. m.
Bloomington Methodist Charge,
Rev. Clarence Winkler. pastor.
Bloomington: Preaching Sunday
nights, 7:30 p. m.; Sunday School,
10 a. M; Prayer Meeting, We'd,
7:30 p. m. Cross, w. Va: Preaching,
End and 4th Sundays, II a M;
Sunday School, 10 a. M; Prayer
meeting, Sunday, 7:30 p. m. Chest
nut Grove: Preaching every 3rd
Wednesday, 7:30 p. m, and 1st and
3rd Sundays, 10 a. M; Sunday
School, 10 a. m. Prayer meeting,
Friday, 7:30 p. m. North Glade:
Preaching service 1st and 3rd Sun
days, IL a. M; also 1st Friday, 7:30
p. M; Sunday School, 10 a. m. Mt.
Zion: Preaching service. End and
4th Sundays, p. M; Sunday
School. las p. m; Bible Study,
Wednesday, p. M Swanton:
Preaching service every Saturday,
7:30 p. m.
The Republican., 1962-08-09

EgIon Church of the Brethren,
Clyde E. Hylton, pastor. Maple
Spring: Sunday School, 10 a. m;
Worship, II a. m. Glade View:
Worship, $50 a. M; Sunday School,
1870 a. m. Brookside: Sunday
School, 1870 a. m; Worship, II a
m Mt. Grove: Sunday School, 10
a. M; Worship, II a. m. Gortner
Union: Sunday School, $50 a. M;
Worship, 10:30 a. m. All evening
services at 8 p. m.
Kitzmiller Methodist Circuit, The
Rev. Clifford Schell, pastor. Short
Run: Worship, 1915 a. M; Sunday
School, II a. m. West Vindex: Sun
day School, 1890 a. M; Worship,
11:30 a. m. kitzmiIIer: Sunday
School, 10 a. M; Worship, 7:30 p. m.
Aurora Methodist, Rev. F. E. j.
Stout, pastor. First Sunday: Amboy,
$780, Aurora, 10:45. Stemple Ridge,
7:30 Second Sunday Erwin, 9:30
Bethel, 1100; Aurora, 1880. Third
Sunday: StempIe Ridge, $50; Au-
rora, 10;45; Amboy, 7:3O. Fourth
Sunday: Bethel, $50; Aurora, 1O:45;
Erwin, 1870
Mt. Lake Park Baptist Charge,
Rev. l. Luke Walter, pastor. Sun
day School, 10 a M; Worship, IL
a. M; Training Union, $50 p. m.;
Evening worship, 7:45 p. m. Prayer
meeting, Tues, 7:30 p. m. FerndaIe:
Worship, 9:45 "a M; Sunday School,
10:45 a. m. Prayer meeting, Wed,
1880 p. m.
Pentecostal Church, Corinth.
Rev. Dewey Buskirk, pastor Sun
day School, 10 a m; Evening Serv-
ice, 7:30 p. m. Youth Service, Fri
daV 7.30 % m
The Republican., 1962-08-09

Sand Flat Assembly of God, Rev.
Hartley L. Wigfield, Jr., pastor.
Sunday School, 10 a. M; Worship,
II a. m; Evangelistic Service, Sun
days, 7:45 p. m. Bible Study every
Tuesday, 7:45 p. m.
The Republican., 1962-08-09

swanton E.U.B. Church, Rev Roy
Butler. pastor Sunday School, 10
a m: Worship, L a. m, 1St and 3rd
Sundays: 7:30 p. M, 2nd and 4th
Sundays. Prayer service, We'd,
7:30 p. IN. Youth Fellowship, Thurs,
p m. Missionary meeting 1st Fri
day of every month.
The Republican., 1962-08-09
Responsibility
Lesson for August II, 1862

VD ESPONSIBLE" and ere
IN sponSibility" are words
perhaps hard to define, but they
will strike any thinking person as
important words. We all know in
The Republican., 1962-08-09

Bethesda Church of the Brethren,
Grantsville Rev. Saylor Wampler,
pastor Sunday School, 10 a. m;
Worship, IL a. m. Bible Study,
Wednesday, 8 p. m.
The Republican., 1962-08-09

a general way
what they mean.
When we speak of
an irresponsible
person we speak
in disparaging
tones; we don't
trust a person like
that. An irrespon-
sible person can't
be depended on to
The Republican., 1962-08-09

Haven of Rest EvaneeIistic Tenn
pie, Pleasant Valley Grange. Rev.
VIM. Denny, Jr., pastor. Faith and
Miracle service, Sat, p. M; Sun
day School, 10 a. M; Worship, II
a. M; Evangelistic service, 8 p. m.
The Republican., 1962-08-09

Rockydrean Assembly of God,
j. c. Skipper, pastor. Sunday
School, 10 a. m; Worship, 7:30 p.
m. Glendale: Sunday School, 73O
p. M; Worship, 2:30 p. m. Worship,
Thursday, 7:3O p. m.
The Republican., 1962-08-09

President signed the S4 billion
foreign aid bill
The Republican., 1962-08-09

Corinth Methodist. Worship, 1st
Sunday, II a. M; 3rd Sunday, 7;30
p. m. Sunday School, every Sunday,
10 a. m. Laymen's Service, 4th Sun
day. 7:30 p. m.
The Republican., 1962-08-09

CreIlin Methodist, Rev. Perry
Mcintyre, pastor. Worship, 1st Sun
day, 7:30 p M; 3rd Sunday, II a.
M; Sunday School every Sunday,
945 a. m. Prayer Meeting, We'd
nesdays, 7:30 p. m. Laymen's serv-
ice, End Sunday, 7:30 p. m.
Mt. Lake Park Methodist Charge,
The Rev. James Remley, pastor
Bethel: Sunday School, $50 a. m.;
Worship, 1890 a. m.
United PentecostaI, Sang Run,
Rev. Allen Cayton, pastor. Sunday
School, 10 a. M; Evangelistic Serv-
ice, 7:30 p. m; Young Peoples
Service, We'd, 1880 p. m.
Deep Creek Baptist, c. P. Ander-
The Republican., 1962-08-09

Bible Material; Ezekiel 1:1-3; 2:l-7;
3:4-5. 10-11; ll:l6-l9; 10.
Devotional Reading: Psalm 100.
The Republican., 1962-08-09

Zion Lutheran Missouri Synod, :,
Accident c. f. Dauphin, pastor
Sunday School, $50 a. M; Worship
Service with Holy Communion,
1890 a. m.
The Republican., 1962-08-09

Deep Creek Baptist, C. P. Ander-
The Republican., 1962-08-09

Bear Greek Church of the Breth-
ren, Accident, Roger Fike, pastor
Sunday School, $50 a. m; Worship,
1920 a. m.
The Republican., 1962-08-09

st. Johns Ev. Lutheran missouri
synod, Cove The Rev. Arthur M.
Bicker, pastor. Special installation
service for Pastor Bicker at p m.
The Rev c. B. Schultz will be the
officiant; the Rev. j. S. Uhrinak,
the speaker; and the Rev. c. F.
Dauphin. the liturgist There will
be no service or Sunday School in
the morning.
The Republican., 1962-08-09

First Baptist Church. s. Second
St, Oakland. Sunday School, 10 a.
m; Worship Service, IL a. m;
Prayer Meeting Wed, 7:30 p. m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-30

when caught on light spinning
tackle.
Racer, though, was pulling
in edible fish, a big sea trout,
and croakerS. His killer" was
producing and while I stub
bornly chung to my Chesapeake
Bay bucktails and Walt to his
Florida variety, they didn't
catch a one.
The payoff, however, came
that afternoon, after our trip
had ended. Racer and Shop
pard hurried off to the surf
and came back with 10 beau
tiful bluefish, none of which
weig hed less than three
pounds.
Next morning, while all of
us except Racer trolled the in
let, picking up only four blues
on spoons and bucktailS. Walt
showed the rig on which the
Jersey angler had taken his
fish in the surf. For those who
wish to try it on the blues at
Mays Head or elsewhere, here
is how it was made:
Start with a plastic-covered
wire leader two feet long.
Crimp a large barrel swivel at
one end, then tie four-inch
loop In the wire two inches
below the swivel.
Take a 5-inch section of
natural colored rubber surgical
tubing and scoop away about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-30
GREAT FOR BLUEFlSH
Jersey Surf Rig Is Killer in Florida

assorted fish from the inlet.
Caught them on bucktails with
a piece of fresh shrimp" he
volunteered. Just drift and
cast along the south shore"
That's why we brought the
shrimp, but first we went to the
mouth of the inlet to troll a lit
tie. A Is to 20-knot wind was
piling breakers on the reef
which guards one side and the
inlet was choppy. so we ta1ried
only a little while, then went
inside to try casting.
Now Racer is a typical Jersey
surf fisherman, a real devotee
He carries great quantities of
metal squids, bucktails and 9TH
er lures, all homemade.
This casting in the quiet tidal
waters inside the inlet might be
all right for some people, he
reasoned, but not for him. Sc
he contented himself with tying
on one of his killers" tipping
it with shrimp and drifting it
Ladyfish Exciting
Meanwhile, the rest of us be-
gan enthusiastically casting our
bucktails. Now and then we
caught a small jack and
hooked into a couple of good
sized ladyfish, to which I hac
no objection becaufe a ladyfist
is one of the most exciting fish
that swims the southern seas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-30

fully in his kennel. one week
before his 18th birthday.
The old champion, a black
Labrador, is known to hunters
as the dog which appeared on
the 1959-60 Federal duck
stamp.
He was owned by John M
Olin of Alton, ILL.,, and handled
by P. w. (Cotton) Pershall of
Olin's Milo Kennels at Brighton.
King Buck won the national
retriever field trial champion
ship twice, in 1852 at Weldon
Spring, Mo-, and in 1853 at
Easton, Md. He placed high in
several other national champ
ionship trials.
He competed in seven annual
national championship stakes
and completed a record SO of IS
series. He set another record by
completing 50 consecutive series
in national title stakes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-30
BY CHARLES COVELL
outdoor Editor of The Star

STUART, Fla, Mar. 30
Here. as elsewhere, local fisher
men get welded to local lures.
Fishing guides and tackle deal
erS will assure you that you
can't catch fish on anything
else.
Every now and then, though,
a stranger comes along to prove
the whole thing wrong. Like
a couple of Yankees I know
from Jersey.
Walt Kean, vice president of
the Stuart Sailfish Club and a
transplanted Yankee himself,
had invited me to go fishing
with him in the inlet. Also
included were his brother-in-
law, H. G. Sheppard of Elmer,
N. j.. and Cecil Racer from
PennSgrove.
Good Fisherman
Now I know that Walt is a
good fisherman. Retired, he
has lots of time to devote to it,
puttering up and down the
north or south forks of the st.
Lucie for snook or even going
after sailfish offshore in his
slow but sturdy 20-footer.
This day we wanted speed, so
Walt had borrowed a 22-foot
Chris Craft with a powerful en-
CINE. With a bucket of live
shrimp aboard, we roared off
toward the inlet.
Fishing Poor Since Storm
The shrimp had q special
purpose. Ever since the big At
lantic storm whose swells
reached far enough south to
wet the feet of surprised bridge
players in their Fort Lauderdale
homes, fishing had been poor.
A few sailfish were offshore,
hardly enough to bother about,
a few dolphin and an occasional
kingfish. Inshore, the waters
were still muddied and catches
slim.
This included the inlet and
the waters inside the inlet
where the st. Lucie meets the
Indian River to form one of the
greatest fishing holes along the
Florida coast. 1t is the poor
mans" delight for he can rent
a boat for SO or 81 per day and
troll, cast bucktails or just plain
anchor and bait fish for POM
pano, blues, jacks, ladyfish,
sheepshead. sea trout, croak-
ers or anything else that is
running.
1t also included the surf
where you usually can catch
pompano. jacks, blues or per-
hapS a snook.
Makes Big Catch
Nevertheless, the afternoon
before we had found a fisher.
man cleaning a big catch Of
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FISHING STARTS
IN POTOMAC

The Potomac River at
Washington is clearing and
almost has dropped down to
normal, and with it the
spring fishing season has
started.
The first hickory shad
are being snagged in the
vicinity of Chain Bridge
and catches of perch have
been made from Fletcher's.
A few crappie also have
been caught on live min
noWS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-30

the hook protrudes. Then wire
the tubing to the shank of the
hook in two places. 1t looks
like a large worm.
At the other end Of the wire,
crimp a snap swivel and put
on the lure. Racer uses a fluted
metal squid but any weighted
spoon should do. To this is at
tached a ring and go yellow
bucktail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-30

Stuart is a crossroads of
yachting. Standing on the cat
walk of the canal locks on the
south fork of the st. Lucie, you
can see boats from such I'M
likely places as Benton Harbor,
Mich, or Detroit, as well as
those from Norfolk or New
York, entering the canal.
From there they go to Lake
Okeechobee and eventually all
the way to Fort Myers. Though
a prolonged drouth has lowered
the level of Okeechobee and
the Everglades, it has not in
terfered with boating.
-COVELL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-30

Consider performance. VaIiants perform
ance is considerable. For two years rum
ming 1850 and '6D Valiant whipped every
compact car that challenged it in the
NASCAR races at Daytona Beach, Florida.
Indeed, so cIear-cut was VaIiant's victory
margin over Falcon and CoVair, one ma
tionaI newsmagazine crowned Valiant king
of the Compacts" in its report of the race
Eases your shift TO thrift 90.
Despite this welcome coronation, don't for
minute forget VaIiant's chief claim to
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the efforts or the COAST GUARD,
Coast Guard Auxiliary and
United States Power Squad
rons to educate them.
Then there is the experienced
skipper who deliberately chooses
to ignore handwriting or any
other devices that are not Of
ficially approved. Both cate
gories leave the distressed sailor
just where he was-stranded.
Roncallo thought up a pos
sible solution and ordered a
dozen special flags. They are
of good size, bright orange in
color and with bold black let
tiers spelling out HELP" No
one, he figured, could make
any mistakes about these nor
could they choose to ignore
them.
All this was reported the
other day by Jim Martenhoff,
Miami boating editor, and we
had good cause to think about
it while we we're adrift in a
strong rip just inside the inlet
at Stuart, Fla.
We were fishing from a %
foot utility with va engine
when the motor conked out;
fuel pump trouble, apparently
The tide was about three
quarters low and ebbing
strongly. There was a shoal
right behind us and if we
eluded that, the turbulent in
let beyond. 1t was strictly no
place for a helpless boat.
There was only one thing to
do, anchor in a hurry. It took
nearly the full scope of the line
to hold, but it did. When it
was ascertained that the engine
breakdown was a job for a me-
chanic and no group of anna
teurS, the next step was to
signal for help.
In that respect. we were
luckier than most. We had no
ensign to hold upside down, but
a hail finally brought an out
board from the other side of
the main channel. 1t was too
small to tow us to port, how
ever, so we next hailed a char
ter boat headed cut of the inlet.
4 4 4 &
The skipper stopped readily
enough but explained that he
had a party with only a few
hours to fish and would pick
us up on the way back. That
didn't help and worse, his wake
caused the anchor to drag and
we were much nearer the shoal
before it took mold.
Finally, a 20 foot inboard
came along, also stopped read
lily and hauled us to safety
With the true franternity OF
the sea, the owner shrugged it
off by saying, Maybe you can
do the same for me sometime. >
Moral here is: We were lucky
I'd still like to have one OF
those HELP banners to add to
the ensign, distress flares, ship
to-shore radio and other safety
devices already on my own boat