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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-08-20, Page 17`'aODERZC1i $1011,ALIVAR4' THURSDAY* A con oo,1910 7A • Reviewed by ,0.4„!. MCC)eaYe FROM THE . LAND India, Britain, the United States, OF. LOST CONTENT"and : the Linited Nations, were The Dalai Lama's Fight for Tibet practically` ignored. The Dalai by Noel Barber • Lama was finally persuaded 40 (London, Collins, 1969; leave the country, only 'because 224 pages) he thought the fightiii g would' then cease. The battle For ten -agonizing years continued, and the women Tibetans endured • Chinese fought ' along side of the men. tyranny. the Dalai Lama, in a Soon ,other government officials. determined effort to save his were forced to flee: country from further violence Barber injects some .otfthe and destruction, would- not Tibetan way of life. He explains allow military action against the the brilliant colors "that held invaders. Criminal brutalities special meaning in their religious steadily grew worse. This is the ceremonies, most vividly story of the oppressed's described. They lived simply, desperate and courageous asking only ,to be left alone. struggle for freedom. Many of the, art treasures, held Noel Barber interviewed for centuries in the monasteries, survivors all over the world, were' destroyed along with the including the Dalai Lamacoutry's legal documents. In himself, to reconstruct this the back of the book, the detailed and dramatic account of historical appendix lists: all the the fall of Tibet. Through the principal events in Tibetan =� statements of eye -witnesses , history from circa 625, through Barber aptly portrays the events 1950. 'The Epilogue .reveals leading up to and during the. where the leaders . of the fallen revolution. country are today, and what is Chime Youngdong, son of a being done to preserve what is. local Tibetan king, led an exodus left of the Tibetan culture. This, of over 20,,000 out of the east, book is available at your public after ,the mysterious library. disappearance of . his. father. They travelled to Lhasa seeking " aid from the Dalai Lama. During Don't wait untilyour child • this'' journey many from . can read "before giving him a e,caravan.were.shot hy,,,Chines&—tcomplete-esteexaminatior =aft pR. AND MRS. A. R. SCOTT Golden anniversary Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Scott:, 46 Elgin Ave. West, who celebrated their 50 wedding anniversary August 18, were honored at two functions arranged by their family. Sunday, August 9, Mr. and Mrs. Ale31 Clark, London, entertained 60' relatives at a buffet dinkier. Guests were present from Moose Jaw, Sault Ste Marie, Detroit, Sarnia, Toronto, Markham and Oshawa. Saturday . afternoon and evening, August 15, open house was held at the home of the celebrants in Goderich. Rheta E. _Lee, daughter of the _..,-:latry.31mlinilf- Mrs,. .`.L ,... Oshawa and Andrew R.- Scott, `son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James' Scott of Burketoh were married on the lawn of the bride's home, Woodbine Stock farm, Oshawa, August 18, 1920. After attending Oshawa High School. together, Mrs. Scott graduated from Peterborough Normal School , and taught school in the 9shawa District._ Mr. Scott graduated from Queen's University in mathematic§ and from Toronto University in pedagodgy. He taught mathematics in Oshawa and Bowmanville High Schools before becoming principal of Arnprior High School, a position he held for nine years. They moved to- their present' home in Goderich in August 1935 when Mr. Scott became •P ci•pgt►Godc,rwC,pllegl I -tutu . w i elcl, i .,, o f II un 1 he '�"dM in 1' .1. He'w.aS,. also secretary -treasurer of . the high school board for 17 years. Both have been active in Community and Church .affairs. Mrs. Scott gave faithful service as teacher in Sunday School and in the work of the U.C.W.' in each of the churches she attended. Ilt e 1r ^l��y .�a •�� 4j�/. '•.iYya Mr. Sott.7 was a member of the- United Church Session from 1926 to*,1968 and was Clerk of session in North St. U.C. for 25 years. He is a past master of Maitland Masonic Lodge, PDDGM of South Huron District, a ` former secretary of , Goderich Lions Club and of the Goderich Arena Committee. • They have three children: Lee, a graduate of Toronto University in Chemical Engineering is an operations manager in Sarnia refinery of Imperial Oil; Donald, a graduate of Toronto University in Engineering Physics�,ia.:presiden1 •end ,-manager-• af--telson Company wholesale plumbing and heating of Royal .Oak an Ann Arbor; Michigan; and Joan, who attended the honour course Household Economics at Victoria College, Toronto, is now Mrs. Alex Clark of London. Mr. Clark is Musicconsultant for Elgin County Board of Education . and is also organist • and . choir director in Metropolitan United Church, London. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Gifts were received from the family and long time friends and congratulations and flowers from the town and many .friends in Goderich and District. Congratulations were received from' Prime Minister P.E.: -Trudeau; Robert Stanfield • aircraft., The .Dalai Lama: -still -may be too fate, warn`§. nth -. refused to act against the Canadian National Institute for Chinese. The religious leader was the Blind. T,he most important convinced that they could defeat time to check as child's vision is the enemy with' peaceful during the. pre-school years. A measures. His secluded life had thorough eye examination Will so separated - him from his find_ � trouble that, left subjects, that he was. not fully undiscovered, might lead to aware of the intense cruelties permanent impairment of sight. they suffered. - Cr d ``eyes, nearsightedness • When. the, Chinese attempted an, farsightedness - all require to kidnap the Dalai. 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