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A few years ago a book entitled
"Life Begins at forty" became ex-
tremely popular, especially with people
of that age, and appeared on the best-
seller lists for some little time. We
were pleased to note last week that
the city council of London, Ontario,
has finally taken cogniance of the
fact implied in the title.
At a recent meeting of the council
it was decided that men over forty
would be hired by the city in future.
Previously men of that age were ap-
parently considered "too old".
Some of 'our best friends are forty.
And in spite of the fact that they can't
cavort around like teen-agers, they're
TURNING THE OTHER
CHEEK
An American company which pro-
vided rest rooms for strikers who were
picketing its plant might well be an
example for the rest of us. And the
company's action might indicate that
there's hope for the old world yet.
Turning the other cheek is a true
tradition of Christianity. Unfortun-
ately it's rare enough nowadays to
make a story for the newspapers when
it happens.
We'd like to see more people at-
tettpt it, though, itst, to see how well
Christianity, would work, if tried. It
vvoit ki make a very interesting ex
periment.
And if the nations could ever get
into the habit of treating each other
theway this company treats its strik-
.,i6g, employees, there's no telling how
far the world could go.
. LOW 'MAN ON THE
TOTEM POLE
',Friendly rivalry between Pl'ast and
West was somewhat sharpened last
week as a result of an argument be-
tween Toronto and Victoria B.C., as
to ;Who has the world's tallest totem
pole. The previous world's record
was held by the Royal Ontario Mus-
eurn, with an p8-foot pole, but a 1274
fo 0 . totem has been carved and erect- 1
ed Misto,rja.' Westerners figure this
wi allia..e the stigma of having their
biggest •piece of handiwork attracting
tourists in. Toronto.
East is east and west is west and
it doesn't look as if the twain shall
meet ,on this one. Torontonians are
nOW claiming that their's is, still The
tallest authentic totem pole, and that
the pole in Victoria is nothing but, a
cheap imitation.
When 10,000 -westerners chip in
, 41 the rate of 50c apiece to have a
totem carved, they must be annoYed
about something. It could be the fact
that they feel Torontonians have stol-
en their thunderbird.
PUSHING .-THE PEDAL
r...PUSHERS ': _: ' , t,.,
We were surprised to see that con.-
ten Bill Smiley of the Wiarton
Echo, whom we had always regarded
as ,an authority on feMinine pulchri-
tude, has come out flat-footed' in sup-
port of the female garment known' as
pedal-pushers. We thought Bill had
ina'e discrimination.
He says that pedal-pushers are the
greatest invention in women's clothes.
And to back his claims he cites all the
various types of women who shouldn't
wear shorts, slacks or jeans. Pedal-
pushers, he claims, cover the fat legs,
the thin legs, the hairy ones, the
knobby knees and the varicose veins.
Perhaps so. However, it has al-
Ways been our impression that while
there are lots of women who can't
wear slacks and shorts, there are some
who look quite decorative in them.
And that is• more than can be said
abbut pedal-pushers.
' The gals who can wear shorts
should do „just that,'alid riot go about
aia an outfit which would make Mari-
lyn Munroe look like a refugee from
the workh ous e.
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The Bible Today
"The Tower of Babel has been
transferred to Toronto!" This
would have been the .conklusion of
anyone passing the open window,
of Toronto. Bible College during
the past month. Escaping, from
within, there came the weirdest
conglomeration of sounds-or noises
-imaginable.
This reason is simple. The Seven-
th Annual Toronto School of Lin-
guistics was in session, Wusitata!
Wusitata! (single "voice); Wusita-
ta! Wusitata! (swelling echo); Wa-
hid! Waliki! (single Voice again);
Waliki, Waliki, (resounding eller-
as),
And so it goes on, hour after
hour of the ten-hour day, for weeks
despite the heat' and ever-beckon-
ing out-of-doors sun-liner. These
the special drill Classes where the
students from patish- Columbia to
Nova Scotia and from the Arctic
altriatt to the Equater,Tractice
producing sounds from the Cree
Country to the Amazon Jungle,
from Viet Narh to Eritrea. • •
The 73 missionary-elect students,
mostly. graduates of collegeS and
universities, almost double in num-
ber over last year's Institute,
"click". and "trill" while eltxstered
SIXTY YEARS AGO
What proved to. he a serious. ac-
,
'cident -happened to John BrowP,' ef
Morris, son 'of Mr. Wm. B. Btcher
of, Blyth, in having
broken below the knee, by a pide.
of lumber 'swinging against ' 'it,
While engaged in the bush. . '
What might have proved a fatal
abeident happened to Mrs, WM.
Robinson, of Glenannan, last Week.
She was drleing a horse in a hay
rake when she was thrown out and
dragged some distance - when the,
take collided with an apple tree.
She was pretty well shaken up but
Will soon be around again,
Mr. Jas, Collins was taken sud-
denly ill- while standing lb front
of the Queen's an Tuesday last.
Heart trouble was the cause. We
are glad to know that Mr. Collins
is. around again.
On Friday evening the little son
of Mrs. Brown had his leg badly
jammed by ahe falling of a pile of
lumber,, in front ,of the new Shaw
Block, Fortunately the leg was
hot broken;
,FORTY YEARS AGO
There was excellent weather yes-
terday for the big Orange cele-
btatiotit at Clinton -arid Palmer-
ston, The crowd from Wingham
was not as large as usual as the
farmers are in the midst of haying.
There were 128 tickets sold et
Wingliam for Clinton and, 72 for
Palmerston. A number went to
Clinton in autos,
At the regular meeting of the
Public School Board on Tuesday
evening, Miss Brock, who has been
a member of the teaching Staff for
Some years, was engaged as Oinci.,
pal In place of Mr. A, L. Posliff,
Whe has 'milked for overseas ser-
vice.
Mr. F, F, IlorriUth, of the Rexall
Store,. accompanied by Albert
Fleming, motored to Fergus, Elora
and 'other points for the Week-end.
Mr, Jas. Walker is completing
twenty years in the furnittire and
undertaking business, He first en-
gaged in, the business is Brussels.
but for upwards of seventeen years
he has been in busiriees in Wing.,
In looking over The Times of
last week, In 'the twenty years ago
coluthhq Mr, Walker's eye fell on
the death notice recording the Drat
funeral he had charge of as an
Undertaker.
li"W‘FINTIMPIVE YEARS AGO
The connecting link in the Pro-
vincial pavement froth Clinton to
Loaders was opened last Week, The
new, stretch of pavement is be-,
tween iliketer and CentralicL
A local rink composed of 0, 13,
Armitage, 11„' A, Currie, W. IT,
Prerieli end 1 A. Bayrtiond attend-
ed the doderieh bowling tourna-
ment eh Wednetcley and were Sue-,
easeful in winning the Purity Plow.
Trephy, Betides the trophy they
Sec. 'kipper Canada, Bible Society
By Rev. G. D. Pargon, B.A.,
about a, tape-recorder. They echo
the sounds in chorus and' Separate-
ly until they become masters of
mimicry.
Such. drill-se8siens are a new ap-
proach to language sttiaSe but are
backed by twentY-hine mission
boaras and societies which have
headquarters or representatives in
and around Toronto.
This intensive course clues candi-
dates on how to simplify the study
of any language. It it sponsored by
the Canadian School of Missions
under the leadership of Dr, L, S.
Albright, Dr. Eugene A. Nida, ver-
sions secretary, of the American
Bible Society, one' of the world's
leading linguists; is honorary prin-
cipal.
The training given not only helps
the student to learn the language
he needs to know bat shows how to
reduce the spoken form to writing,
so necessary in the translation of
the Bible into a language that has
never been put on paper. ,
Snggested Bible Rending
Sunday; Ex.. 3 : 1-22 ;Monday, Ex,
14:1-31; Tilesday, 15:1127:
Wednesday, Deuta8 1-20;a7hursday,
Lev.. 16: 3-22; Friday, '1 Sam, 15:
13-26; Saturday, 1 , Sam. 17:1-29.
DONNYBROOK
Mist Kay Naylor is, spending a
few days at the' home of -her uncle,
Ma Bert Moss, •
Congratulations to the Misses
Marie Noble and Betty. -Weeds on
passing: their entranc&exaMS.
We are sorry to report -that Mrs.
Jefferson Sr. is not so Weli lately.
tier datighter, Mist Gladys, Jeffer-
son, Reg.N., 'of 'Woodstock, who is
on holidays, is caring ;for.
Mr.' Dwight'Slnith of „Kitchener,
has been rolidaying -at ..the holm
of his aunt, Mrs. .E, Robinson, Mr.
Robinson and boys; ,'
Mrs, Olive Allen of Clinton and
Mr. and Mrs. Wrn. J. Craig 'of Au-
Ourn,, were Sunday visitors wit'
Mr. and Mrs. R, Chananey.
The Misses Irene, Margaret and
Sharon Jefferson are 'at their cot-
tage at Port Elgin.
each received a table lamp and a
leag of flour.
The open air home cooked sup-
per held on ,the laWn of the Sacred
Heart Chtueli on battirday evening,
wes'largely attended. The weather
was ideal for the:Occasion and a
splendid pragrani sepPerilwas
presented. IFi tie dOfti ballgame
the Pound'ry were 'tbo for
the Gang.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McKibben.
and daughter, Mary E., are in Ot-
tawa, where Mr. McKibben is at-
tending the Druggists' ponvention„
Mrs, W. J. Adams and son, Alton,
have been spending a few days in
rnornbury.
* * *
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Major Geo, W. Howson haS re-
ceived his appointment on Tuesday
to the rank of Lieut. Colonel, as
Commander of the 21st. Field Bri-
gade of the ReServe Force.
Lloyd Carter, Son of Mr, and
Mrs. Geo. Carter, of town, left On
Sunday for Hamilton, where he has
joined uP with the R.C.A.F,
Five pairs of local bowlers-took
part in the Scotch Doubles tourna-
ment at "Walkerton Ion'Monday
evening. Two pair took the first
two prizes, W. A, Miller ttlid'Omar
Htitelgrbee winning fist said ,15. B.
Porter and W. R, Hamilton, Second,
E. J, Nash and H. J. Fryfogle won
all their garnet but the aggregate
score was too low to get in the
prize money,
During 'the early hours of Satur-
day morning a -hound get tangled
in a Wire at the rear of a garden
en. Centre Street and raised such a
Howl as to waken the entire neigh-
borhood, It remain' trapped until
about six o'clock when Mrs, Dun-
can Kennedy, whose Patietice was
by that time exhausted, let It lOote,
Mr, and Mrs, W. W, Armstrong
left 'Thursday by reefer for OW-
lottetoWn, Pince Edward Island,
where they Will holiday during the
Month of Illy,
Mr. Harry PeSliff, who has been
taking an honor course Higtory
and triglitih at Western University,
London, Wks suecesSitil in PilaiShig
hit first year With honors,
.Conundrums`,
lAre Unfair Test •
rettekvitto tiro the couttrtots of
the Windsor Daily stay on the
aUbjeet of Grade la .geometry
tests:
'Secondary school educators
across the province are Irate
about the geometry examination
Imposed on Grade la students last
week, Several questions floored
even the most brilliant of the
mathematics students,
'In Windsor one matheinatice
teacher, a very geed„ one, Was
nractically. speechless Vwheri. he
,saw the Pc.p.e, In all his. .experi-,
owe he had never seen one like
It, Even lie found it irnpoSSible to
complete in the allotted time,
"It wasn't just d tough paper.
The trouble Wa§ certain questions
were -so, couebed students couldn't
know what they meant, Being un-
able to • understand the questions,
they had no chance to work out
the answers,
"Grade 13 examinations under-
staedably are stiff, to sort out
those students of higher
This (1000'1, • mean theY should be
virtually impossible. Still less, that
they. shotild be .conundrums rah-
er than questions.
"Purpose of examinations is to
tiseertain . what students knoW,
That purpose is defeated! if •stlid-
ents have ne chance_ to show What
they know by reason of questions
being difficult or ,even incapable
of interpretation, If ability to.
figure, out mizzles were the crit-
erion, why ..not hand students
set. of Chinese' ier ether ptiples
'and let them work on these?
"It is explainedaAhat, because
of the nature of this exam, papers
will have to be"marlted easily 'or
else theta will:-'be El:ceder-Me
.slaughter. And, ',additionally, • con-
fidential reports of, teacher's may
be given unusual. emphasis, This
may be a partial though un-
satisfactory remedy but . it 18 no
answer to -Why such a paper .ever
was presented to the students.
"Surely the Department of Edu-
oation should ensure that such
papers, .even if stiff, are fair. • It
should avoid permitting some
crackpot or smart aloe foisting
'trick or confusing questions on
students,
all 'very well to say it is
i
"It s
just one paper. But that tone paper
could be' enough to prevent an.
otherwise good ksttident from en-
tering, the university course of his
or. her choice this autumn, And it
could have such an impact. on
high-strung students as • to affect
their,' ability to do their best on ,
the other paper's..
"Such a case occurred at the
University of Toronto some, years
ago, Students in a French exam
Were presented With a group of
questions 'invol;iing works of
authors which hadn't even been
on their course.' One exceptionally
good student of French blew up
completely, Was unable to Write
the rest of her exams and missed
her year:" •
Added Stimulus
Seen for Industry
Through 'Seaway
The sea-conscious Canadian will
get .ti:, double kick out of the corn-
ing .of spring and summer this
year, particularly if. he' lives In: the
region Of the Great lakes! 'The
unfolding of nature's annual mir-
acle Marks also a significant first
anniversary.
Twelve months ago construction
began on a project destined within
a decade to proeicle both a great
new mercantile artery of commerce
and a vital source of electric power.
We know it as the St, Lawrence
Seaway,
Canadians have every right to
eel a special sense of pride in the
feet, For long enough, due to the
conflicting pressures of various
private interests -in the United
States, it looked as though Canada
would have to "go-it-alone'' if the
undertaking was ever to he started
at all,
But all came right' in the end
and today's operations are sym-
bolic of the determination of both
countries to co-operate closely in
the furtherance of their mutual
progress.
The first year's work has pre-
pared the way for the building of
locks along a stretch 114 Miles
long with a 21' foot channel. For
eight months of every year this will
allow ocean-going ships to skirt
the rapids and proceed unimpeded
as far west as. Duluth.
So far as Canadian industry it
concerned, completion of the Sea-
way and availability of an abund-
ance of cheap power Will open up
a whole new Vista Of' possibilities.
Reduced 'dependence on road and
rail transportation and the acces-
sibility of deep-sea Vessels to such
cities as Torphte itrtd Hamilton will
give them ti; new importance as
ports.
ft Will 'also offer manufacturers
the ptospeet of itnrnaiVell and ex.
nettled facilities. New opijortinile
ties, the. This arid the huge spurt
hi the direct carrying of freight
by sett may he"exPected iio give
added stimulus to industrial deveig
(*holt ate. the region,
. The only sure way to save the
lives of persons living in a city
threatened -by attack with hydro-
gen bombs is to evacuate their to
areas out of the blast's long reach.
This, is easier said than done, for
it creates many problems. Civil de-.
fence planners are certain, how-
ever, that none of thete problems
is impossible. -
If an H-bomb attack was on its
Way to North America, there would
be time only to cleat out. ,Civil
defence officials emphasize that
people would have to flee froni
wherever they -happened to be in a
city when the warning came.
There would be no time to turn
home from the office acid rejoin
the, family. Even ,those'rat home
would have time only to grab what
necessities were handy.
The chief problem of evacuation,,
of course, is keeping -the traffic
moving. Civil defence organizers
plan to divide cities into sections,
each one with its own exit. route
and destination in the country.
But as soon as he gets Into the
rural area, the small town or vil-
lage, the city dweller who fled
with scarcely more than his life
would have a whole new set of pro-
blems to face.
First in the view of civil defence
planners is that of reuniting, fami-,
lies `hey feel thittAhe
tdate for one destinatiorp.while his
wife and children left by. another
destination -will' want to know
once he escaped the immediate
danger is: "Where are the wife and
kids?"
Civil defence officials believe
they are solving the problem of at
least arranging for families to
learn where each other member is
once' they've left the city. But it
can only be done by setting Up a
nationwide network Of civil defence
organizations, built around, exist-
ing services and fticilitiet, Which
include trained.' volunteers who
know how to count' and identify
heads, in ajnitry.
'The displaced city dweller Will
also need clothing, 'food, a place
to sleep, and Money. Civil defence
aims to develop means in every
community so that these essentials
could be provided if War over
makes them necessary.
The H-Bomb would wipe out
whole cities and make them 'Iunirt,
habitable for months, years or pot-
sibly even a century or two thrciugh
deadly radiation. That \means
many city dwellers would have to
be evacuated on a permanent basis,
They would have to find ne
homes, new jobs; in short, t
whole population, of some of Ca
ada's biggest cities might have
be relocated. This would be • a
mendous job, but if kwere th
upon the country by an enemy a
gressor, it Weald" have to he don
Death wodid be the only alternati
for hundreds of thousands of cit
'residents.
"In my opinion," says p.
Worthington, Federal Civil
fend Co-Ordinebtor, "the day_of the.
great city with its population dens
Ity is ended."
"Or certainly Will 'be ended ifa
arid when unclear Weaporis are
ised in warfare!'
"So far as we are able to deter-,
mine, the best defend against
nuclear weapons is sped, Once a
great city, such as Montreal, has
been laid low by a thermonuclear
weapon . . a large ,area of 100 to
200 square miles in that city will
be rendered uninhabitable for a
very long time,"
"Survivors from these areas
necessarily he distributed over
small communities and newly plan-
ned end built towns. I do not
think ,that gent cities will be al-
lowed to grow again in the hap-
'hazard way of the past!'
MINN SEASON
By W. H. Cantelon
If froin Jtdy 1st to October 15th,
you observe -someone on a Marshy
pond or river flat whose actions
resemble some characteristice of a
fisherman, duck hunter, and blue
,heron all combined, don't be alarm-
ed—that someone may be a collect-
or of frog legs.
The season on bullfrogs is Ont-
ario is from July 1st to October
15th inclusive, the same duration as
the season for black base. Not more
than ten hullfrogs can he taken iii
in one day arid the pessetion limit
is not more than ten at any tithe.
The use of artifieial lights for the
,taking of bullfrogs is prohibited
encept uncial- a licorice.
Frog hunters, before taking frogs
from any body of water, shoal
first check the copulation of the
specieS and then make certain that
ample breeding sleek is left for '
the succeeding year,
still fairly well preserved said not too
far gone into senile decay. With
reasonable care we figure -that most
of them should be good for a few
years yet,
Personally, we have rid particular
objection to being put on the shelf at
the age of forty. We do feel h however,
that if such is going to be the case,
benevolent ggvernment should' raise
the rates and lower the dates on the
-old age pension, so that oldtimers of
forty would have a little security in
their old age.
Life really would begin at 'forty,
then. A
SOMETHING'S WRONG
HERE
According to a recent news dis4
patch the cost of living index sPurted
to within an ace of the allItime recOr0
during the month of -May, because of,
increases in the cost of food. 'Food
price's gave the index a jab MIMI
caused it to rise as much in one month
as it had done in the past .three yearS.
We don't get 'it. On one -hand
farmers are complaining -abotit the
low prices for their produce. On the
other hand food prices are ptishing.up
an otherwise stationary cost : of
index. '
Unless somebody is kidding,• the,
answer would seem to .e in the spread
of prices bet-Ween the" farmer and the
consumer. The fact that beef costs
about 2Qc on the hoof and about•70c
in a T-bone steak may ha-ce'soinething
to do with it.
Perhaps this calls for a °Royal
Commission. At any rate we'd hate
to see food prices get • to the.• stage
where a person couldn't afford to eat.
MODERN LIVING
QUARTERS TOO , SMALL
People have attributed ' Model-iv
jitters to this and that, but.'it seems
to us that modern houses have:,quite a,
lot to do with it. They're too :small.;
Or if they're too big they're beyond:
the reach of an ordinarY inOrtal's
pocketbook.
Oldtime three-storey houses may
have been a headache to the busy
housewife. They may have cost a
princely sum to heat, and:a king's
ransom to paint. But at 'least you
could hie away to the—attic to' get
away from it all, In the modern house
there's no place to hie and no place to
hide.
• • Nowadays living rObniS are. fit]] .df
television sets, bedrooms are scarcely
big enough for a bed and, 'a. chest of
drawers, kitchens are designed so,the
housewife can lean over from the stove
to the sink to th`e kitchen table.
Modern Nathroonts are hardly big
enough *read in, and difilitg rooms
' went out With,the advent of the new
era of prosperity.
There's a lot of talk 'these days
about gracious living. What We'd like
to see for a change is a little spacious
BY ANY OTHER NAME
There was considerable bickering
in the House of Commons last week
as to whether this fair land` of ours
should -be -known as Canada or the
Dominion of Canada. Gbvernment
and Opposition, as usual, formed two
schools of thought.
When, the words "Dominion of
Cana de were removed froM Canada's
great seal, Opp,osition speakers-accus-
ed the Government of chiseling away
at Canada • Commonwealth. relations.
A Government speaker quoted, the
B.N.A.. Act to prove that the proper
name is Canada,
It seems like a small point, and one
hardly worth bothering about, es-
pecially at members' present rate of
pay,
Vew Canadians call their native
land the Dominion of Canada, even if
that is theproper name, which at the
moment seems doubtful.
Less fortunate people have probab
ly never even heard of the Dominion
part of it.
EVACUATION—ITS EFFECT:
ON A CITY DWELLER