Ice Skating In Tropics Made Possible

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 82, Issue 305, 24 December 1938, Page 11

Ice Skating In Tropics Made Possible

TOLEDO, Ohio.—lnquiries from all parts of the United States and from some foreign countries followed announcement hero recently of the invenfl lion of artificial ico for skating in all limates and seasons by an obscure housewife chemist. Preparations are . '. lug made to place tho new product un the market. Lt will be manufactured ;n Toledo by the Iceolite Division of lustre Maintenance, Inc., a subsidiary of the Buckeye Paint and Varnish Company. Milton E. Whalen is president; John J. Whalen, vice-president, and Pj F. Whalen, secretary-treasurer. City oflicials and newspapermen, who attended the demonstration, were enthusiastic about the possibilities of tht new product. They pointed out that since the product js to be inexpensive i small communities everywhere, as well as private clubs and organisations, will be able to have their own rinks. The new material seems many think, to revolutionise rccreaiional activity, making ice skating possible at all seasons of the year and oa tho floor of any public building or rinkJ Iceolite was christened by its inventor, Mrs. Bessie Pastor, who will not disclose the ingredients used except to say that there are 16, one a silicate and one a vegetable oil. Chemistry is her avocation. In private life she is Mrs] Michael Berliney, housewife. Mrs. Pastor, while not giving up her home duties in a modest Toledo dwelling, has patents cd 17 other chemical products. Professional skaters who gave the synthetic ’’ ice a trial at its world’ debut recently, declared it to be as ‘fast” as natural ice. The material is expected to be inexfl pensive. High temperature molts the product into liquid form. It then is poured about an inch thick upon any surface. Tho iccless ice then into a smooth surface. The surface is taid to be equally adaptable* for ice skating, roller skating, dancing, tennis, basketball, or other games. It is described by its sponsors as being so durable that it wilF last for years. For 20 years Mrs. Pastor has beenl working to perfect the new material Mrs. Pastor and her husband organised! the firm of Pastor Laboratories, Inc. ItJ was through this firm that a number ad other products were patented. Red-Letter Day. An Irish maid had been home to at» end the funeral of a friend. “How did you get on, Bridget!” ask 4 ecl her employer, when tie girl return* ed. “Indade, an’ I’ve nivir enjoyed self more for years, I haven’t. At the wake ’twas myself cried the loudest of all. Thin, cornin’ back from the corned tery, the corpse’s ow’n brother held md. hand end said I was the belle of thq funeral]. ’ c “Mrs Jones.” said the annoyed woman 1o her neighbour, “I make no complaint ai.out your Alf copying my Percy’s rums at school, but I do think Vs time to say something when your loy starts ’itting my boy when the mswers ain’t right.” ( i | I ■ |