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ly private• and cannot be reached
without climbing fences or breaking
through agates.
know of few transgressions
• iii the b o ok .o.uman. frailty!• which 1.of
can match the heinousness of . tree-
slashing. if your neighbour hap--
pens to lose his temper and slap
, your youngster across the seat of
his pants there , is every likelihood
that the child will recover and the
underlying consciousness that in all
probability the neighbour Saved. you
the effort of doing the same thing
anyway. But when it comes to trees
that's another matter. A tree ,can
be Offensive only to a fool and after
it has been: destroyed nothing can
replace it but long years Out of short
human lives.
It would he a fine thing to initi-
ate some sort of check on the Christ.-
illaS trees which move toward, the
cities by car and truck at this time
of the year. 1ATheti7a hunter sbodts
a deer he must have an official tag
placed on it .to show that it was
killed legally. Much the same thing
could be done with trees and a few
arrests and stiff sentences for un-
lawful, cutting would , serve to deter
a most unhappy situation.
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DIFFERENCE IN -
JNITIATIV,E
One of the really astonishing as-
pects of the Soviet success with their
rocket program is not the, mere fact
that they were able to accompliSh
what the Western world Was still
only attempting—rather it was the ,
evident fact that their educational
program:has produced a sufficient
number Of keen scientists, to get' the
joh,d'one.
A 'program of this kind is not
handled by a dozen or two brainy
lnatheill at.icia718working away in.
quiet .corner of some univer SitY.
requires 'the full and skilled co-op-
eration of hundreds; yes, e;veh thou-
says of technicians, the output of
dozens of diversified industrial,
plants, keyed to the needs of the,cen-
tral authority, The Russians, ,wboin
we are Still inclined to consider as'il-
literate and unschooled, - are the
people who accomplished this feat.
Added to their native intelligence
they have an attribute that we in
Canada lack to • a considerable ex-
tent. Their universities and high
schools are not- filled with ,students
who are there merely because their
parents think 'it is the right 'place
for them. They don't worry jaw
mach about pretending that a young
man is a scholar because 110 is also
a star halfback on the football team.
Those Who attend the Rus$ian
schools do so at the exPense of the
state and the state simply,doesn't
fool around with those who haven't
got the goodS. It's a matter of get
to work or get out. And getting
out could mean a chilly trip to Si-
beria.
No, we don't advocate that our
students 'should be threatened .with
the salt•mines if they, fail, but we do
think that enlightened educators and
thoughtful parents are failing to
drive home- the message that suc-
cess and initiative' are inseparable,
Last week we. watched two young'
German mechanics stave away" Until
two o'clock In:The morning and give
tip a complete Sunday to complete
a job. on one 'of the machines in our
plant: 'When they started the job
they weren't tcto sure of the proper
metheld, but by the time they left
for 'Toronto they had mastered ;that
particular task.
Both men are highly paid, They
hold jobs that many young Can-
adians would like to have, Brit
it, is pretty hard to find a young
Canadian with the initiative to mas-
ter skills that require such determin-'
atiOn and sacrifice. ' .
We won't get 'far ahead of the'
Soviets until 'we have learned at
least a 'few of the lessons they have
absorbed. throttgh dire necessity,
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This its a beautiful season. No
1natte2 'how 'sophisticated we may
have become, and regardless of the
•eXtra 'burdens which the Christmas.
season, has imposed, there are few
among us who fail to respond to the
message of hope and the promise of
peace which we know is soon to fill
Christian' earts.,
With our modern ability to do
everything in a, big way, Christmas
decorations have assumed new levels
of beauty and wherever we go dur-
ing the next two weeks we will find
sights which fill our minds with
thoughts of. the Yule season.
The Christmas tree, traditionally
bedecked in its festive dress, has be-
cOrnethe very centrepiece of our
planning, Until a few years ago the
growing custom of the Christmas
tree actually threatened many of our
forests with extinction, but now,
thanks to realistic-planning, most of
the trees which are sold in city and
town markets come from tree farms,
where production is carefully plan-
ned, so that the young trees can be
replaced and the continuanceof our
beautiful landscape is gbaranteed.
'Unfortunately, however, there ,
are still a :few people who persist in
the most senseless of all practices-
cutting trees whereVer they can be
found. It is bad enough when these
illicit 'trees come from a buSh or
swamp on private property,, but
there seems to be an increasing num-
ber of vandals who are quite willing
to take a tree right off your front
lawn,
Last week one of our townsfolk
told us that he and his family dread '
their first trip 'to the summer .cot-
tage in the spring', because of the de-
: struction they are apt to find when
they arrive. They 'had a' lovely
spruce growing beside the ;cottage, a
tree which they had planted and
carefully tended for mann,years. It
fell victim to Christmas thieves who
slashed the top off the tree to _take
to market. Now they .are, in fear
• that their yonng Scotch pine will:, be
the next to go.
These trees, of course, are stand-
ing on property which is complete-
ADVANCE PUBLICITY
As newspaper publishers We are
all in favor of a liberal policy of pub-
hefty on most of the subjects which
cOncei'n the public. As we havernen-
tioned previously in this column
there is a growing tendency, particu-
larly on the part of public boards, to
shrug off their reifronsipility to the
taxpaYer when it comes to newspa-
per= and radio-TV 'coverage of the
board's decisions.
However, it must be said that
there would, appear to be times
when a little less publicity would be
helpful,: notably in the case of the.
American rocket' launching which
fizzled out last week. DonbtlesS the
Russians encountered quite' a few
failures before they got Sputnik in-
to space, but they simply kept the
whole effort under the proverbial,
hat until they were able to complete-
Iy• surprise their competitors in the'
race.
That the Americans have had
some failures is hardly cause for
grave concern, since they were or,
dered to advance the entire program
•by months to keep tip with the So-
Viet foneses, The surprising. part
of the whole thing is that there had
to be such a public fuss over the fail-
ure, considering that the area in
which the attempt was, made can be
sealeed off as a military'one and the
informatient classified-as truly vital
to the nation's safety.
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Wingham, Ontario,
peat Sir;
During the past fetal winter* a
great deal of diScuSsion'hakk -taken
place in regrird Sunday' after,
noon, sltatieg in the arena, for
children and" adults. At the Same
time great sums' 'of the taxpayers'
Mandy have been Spent on reetekt.
tioh liy tyre ,ituntrJpat betrnell,
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FORTY YEARS 4100
Oraduateri font the SpOtton
,0011ege, (IttrihK, the last
Week were Miss Annie MeKinrign
and Miss Nolen Mclean, Miss
.graduated: with hanOrli.
Owing to an oversight the
tag Club
ninlourtirvcierlovne
from 'the
tb
bye Mary
tbeairp05d ls:-Ktnoirt,
feature shown at the Picture
Ilduse a few ,weeks: ego wAs not
mentioned in the paper. The
Mount, was $19.39 and the Pluh
w
helped
this wtQorttilhaygaceattuisi
those
e. )14111°
Mr. Scott Maltwell, of Seakr th
was in town-this week, Mr, M4x,,
well will take charge of the Pic-
ture House, Ciederteh, which was
recently purchased by Mr, 1,42Ren,
nedy,
The curlers held an organization
meeting' in the Bell Telephone cif,
flee en Saturday night, A large
,number were present and, the fol-
lowing officers were eleeted.
President, 1-4, 0, Young; vice-proi,
dent, Donald Rae; Secretary-tree*
urer, L. P. BinkleY, The club mem,
be known as the Huron Curling
c ot ay decided to use the Heron
Huron Skating Olu"b, and they will
at the 'Western Foundry, by the
rink which had recently been open-
ed
The regular monthly meeting of
the Women's institute. Wits held in
the- council chambers ran Thursday
evening. About 70 ladies were in
attendance, A committee was ap-
pointed to secure material and to
make shortbread which will be
sent to the boys overseas,
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TIVENTy-FIVE, YEARS AGO
Twenty-seven years ago Edwin
Lewis was, appointed nigntWateh-
man of Wingharn and since that
time has served 'in that Capacity.
M. Lewis is in his 78th year arid
feels that the time has come for
some younger man to take over,
and he handed in his resignation
to the council this week,
The recent mild weather is play-
ing tricks on the lilac bushes. 'On
fuesday, George Haller brought
into this office some lilac twigs
on which the buds had become
quite green, We are afraidihow-
ever, that the lilac -bushes will get
a .shock when the wind comes out
'of the north.
Mr. Ernest Robinson who, lives
near Pelgrave, was operated on in
the Bruce • County Hospital, at
Walkerton, on -Tuesday of last
week fora nasal condition, He has
made splendid progreo we „ are
pleased tp report.
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PIPTEEN YEARS AGO
A meeting of all hockey fang is
to be called -by the hockey execu-
tive members some time soon to
organize a hoCkey league for the
town. It, is hoped a large number
of interested people will be pre-
sent at the meeting when it is
held in the club rooms at the
arena.
The annual Meeting of the North
Huron LoYal Orange Association
was held in the Wingliarn
hall last week. Robert Wallace, of
Blyth, County Master presided.
The following instructions re-
garding Christmas lighting has
been received by the Utilities Com-
mission, No Christmas trees or
Christmas decorations shall be
lighted except during the period
Deceinber 24th to January 1st, No
outside , lighting of Christmas
trees -or Christmai decorations
shall be allowed in any case.
a,meeting of the. Wingharri
town council hOid this" Week, counA
cillor Lloyd reported that Mr,
Robert Deyell, caretaker Of the
cemetery, had been ill for a few,
days and that the work there had
been carried on by Mr. Stoakiey.
It was also mentioned that it was
hoped at, least four teams would
enter the town hockey league
which was about to be formed,
The Bible Todag
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The story of a 12-year-old boy
who Walked ten miles over 'a
mountain path with .1„ heavy load
of farm produce to exchange for
a Bible, has been told by the Rev,
Im Voting Bin, 'secretary of the
Korean. Bible Society.
IA a heavy snowfall the young
Korean suddenly appeared at 'a
church where Scriptures were
being Sold. He carried on his back
a, half.bushel bf soy beans and a
half-bushel of russet beans, to
exchange for 'a Bible in the Korean
language.
Pot four years the boy had tried
to save sufficient money to pay for
Bible, but (man is Scarce arnorigst
Reiman farthere, Their it was any
notineed that the Bible Society
secretary would be hi the area and
would accept farm produce for his
books.
Over the mountains rind through
a 'steep pass the 12-year.old ear,
tied his heavy load hi the midst
Of a enOWAtorin, se that he Might
purchase a tible for himself at
the IOW price Maxie possible by the
Subsidy trout other 13ibitl Soeletrea,
Stiggested Rihle Reading
idnliadnyr / Timothy 8: 141;
,Th e most outstanding event of
the past week In Ottawa was the
Dorninien,,Provinelal Cenferenee,
This was the second of these cen-
ference$ this year but this Second
one shoved n marked change over
the first.
Tife p;Tvtato eonferellee waS 000
in which all parties concerned
were present, but there was this
difference. The Liberal cabinet and
prime minister listened, to the re,,
quests of the leaders of the pro,
vinces then with a "Take it or
leave it" attitude laid down their
own policy of assistance,
This time the prime minister led
off, and indicated jush'what was
being done in a legislative way to
assist the countrY as a Wbele He -
indicated that the conference was
,convened in order to seek the ideas
and propoeale of the provincial
governments and to explain the
general views of the dominion.
governmeet, The ddminion Mr=
em inent. did net place any fixed
formulae before the meeting for
their •approval. They did not adopt
any "take it or leave it" attitude.
The attitude of good will was sum,
raved. by Premier Frost who said it
was a yew good conference.
I don't know whether it is be-
cause as a member of the govern-
ment my outlook hes ehanged so
drastically, that I cannot apprec-
late the position of the Opposition,
but I do feel that there is a great
deal more time being wasted 'on
matters, which are purely or politi-
cal expediency rather than . ques-
ioes of national' interest. For in
'stance, each day shortly after the
House opens there is, a question
period before the definite business
of the House begins. This is a
time that any member can . ask
questions of the cabinet ministers
in regard to, matters of pressing
importance. Previously this clues:-
tion period only Prated'from fifteen
to twenty minutes. However, it is
disgraceful that now approximate-
ly an hour -and a half is consumed
each day of time that: could be
given over to the examination arid
passing of much More important
matters.
Last week• all of, Monday was
taken 'up in a discussion on the
question of simultaneous transla-
tion of the debates in the House
of Cornmons, On Wednesday 'the
whole day was taken up in dis,
an....s,rruendrrient in the
n arna eif4 tbte,,Minister, of. Labor on'
the extension of Unemployment
Insurance benefits. Practically all
the Speeches wandered very far
away from the resolution and the
bill itself, and, were mainly for
home consumption. The entire
three readings: of the bill were
given in -5 or 6 minutes, Then on
ThUrsday practically the Same
debate was repeated again' on a
Private Member's motion', in, regard
to minimum rates of ages for
government employees.
Any, suggestion on the part of
the Government that in view of
the desire of many of the Mem-
bers to be through, by Christmas
in View of the importance of some
of. the measures, to be passed and
the tremendous amount of estim-
ates to -be exaMined and passed,
to reduce the amount of debate on
some questions has been irirmed-
lately construed-on the p,ar*t of the
Opposition as an attempt i.by "the
Government to curtail , their parlia
mentary rights.
Then on Monday Paul Martin,
introduced a question of pressing
national interest which has been
created by a fictitious newspaper
item in 'respect 'to the reduction
of excise tax on cars and the whole
day Was given dyer to that. ',How,
ever, I might say to the car deal-
ere in my riding that as regards
refunding of excise. taX 'Paid by
Surely this is Worth a hilt trial
under' proper discipline,see no
reason why this could not he
handled to the advantage of, all
and surely we must realize that
very little trouble arises in any
family where children are kept in
a group.
As a former arena manager
would gladly give 'any Sunday
ternoon, along with other respon-
sible people to supervise this Van,
tare and' see how it would work
out,
As it appears at present very few
people, especially children, are in-
dulging in this wonderful, healthy
recreation.
ALP RED 'Loom:mon
Tree Thieves
On the job!
vvittrEottittoo,kikotidy .su
test WaWarieraii, folks, have been
reporting that raid's have: been
made on their evergreen plantar
tidos, antitho otee treo thnt they
planted out, have been cut doVeri
and takeh .aura" Chrietniaa trees
for Sale or or lifivnte home use,
Palled have hgen 'busy trying to'
trick &Oita 'the culprits,
lity Rev. G. P. Parson, 'B.A. -
See- Upper, Canada Bible Society
Thursday, Haggai 1: 1*-15; riday,
Haggai 2: 1-23: Saturday, I Corin-
thians 8: 1-13; Sunday,'Romans
13: 7-14; lVfonday, Janice 1-27;
Tuesday, Genesis 1: 1-31.
them on cars. In their possession,
the Minister of National lievenlle,
the Hen, George Nawlan, indicated
that if. a tax reduction is Made in
the excise tux. on Automobiles, the
reduction of that tax he passed
on to the dealers. Who have cars
in their pessession at that 'lime,
They will not be stuck With them
as they have been in the past. So,
as the Minister said, there is no
,reason as far as the Government IS
concerned why ears eannot be
shipped.
There has been a great deal of
talk in the papers and over the
radio by some' of the Opposition
members in respect to 'the con-
ditions of our economy at the .pre,
sent' time. Talk which is definitely
on the pessimistic side, Talk
which does riething and, makes no
suggestione as to remedies of situ-
ations that might arise, Talk
which cap have a very adverse ef,
feet on the economy of our coun-
try, if it is persisted in. There are
those who belittle the things that
we have done to alleviate many of
the problems' that were inherited
from the previous government.
Not enough stress is given to the
fact that those receiving Old. Age
Security, Old ,Age Assistance; Blind
Pensions and disabled Pensions
and Veterans' Allowances, all are
receiving considerably more in
the way of benefits, which increas
ed benefits cannot help, but be re-
fleeted in improved business by, the
increased purchaeing peWer. No
one seems, to stress in the .field of
agriculture the things that,we have
done, such as making available
cash advances to the 'farm stored
grain for the western farmer, to
limit the imports of cut rate turkey
and fowl 'from the United States
and *planed price, support on both
these items, to protect the poeltry
industry against 'falling prices in
the price of abundant supply a nd
heavy imports. In respect to these
items, on Tuesday of last week the
Minister of Agriculture extended
this 'action for another six months,
The same action rwas taken in re-
spect to the 'importation of butter
oil which could have had a serious
adverse' 'effect on prices in the
entire clairyng industry, In fact,
folks, the Conservative Govern-
ment have indicated their interest
in, and their desire to alleviate
any phase of our economy, that, is
having difficulty, lay- moving to
rekiece the " Interest rates; SY Send=.
ing 50 of our most competent'citi-
zens from praeticallY every walk
of life on a Trade- Mission to the
United Kingdom in a bold move
to increase trade with our Mother
Country,—an increase 'which can
only be broaght about- through the
medium of us as Canadians buying
more from Britain so that She
may be provided 'With the dollars
to buy the products 'of our farms
and our forests which we have
such abundance.
No doubt marty,of, you have read
about the wonderful reception that
our 50 man Trade Commission has
been given in the -Old Country,
There is..no doubt that this Mission
will give a new understanding to
the wopderful industrial accomp-
lishments of the British people
and that Canadian trade with
Britain will be increased. This ,is
another indication that your pov-
er.nmo# is carrying out its prom-
ises made at the 'time of the elec-
tion and is ehcleavouring to dis-
charge its responsibilities to the
people' of Canada.
As this may be my- hot article
before the Christmas Season I
would, like to take this opportunity
to extend to yoti my best wishes
that this Christmas. Will be a
happy one for you all and that the
l
year 1958 will bring for you in-
creased happiness and prosperity,