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WIbegins
season with
umn plans.
The roll call' ":sick . roorn
don'ts" for the September
meeting of the Wornen's In-
stitute was answered by 28
members and three visitors.
Mrs. G. Morley, the' president,
ca'led for the minutes of the last
meeting and also the treasurer's
.report, .Mrs. --EW -Sitter,. read the
.correspondence which was
numerous.
The Huron County WI. Rally"
will . be held in Auburn on Oc-•
tdSer 2nd at 9 a.rn. to 4 p.m.Goderich delegates will be Mrs.
C. Crozier and Mrs. E. Sitter..
The Annual Convention will
be held on October 26 and 27 of
London. Mrs. G. Morley will be
the delegate for that occasion,
th Mrs. Wrn. Porter as an
alternative. .
I'he W.l. will place a wreath
on the, cenotaph on Novernber•
11. •
Mrs. B. Crawford read a let-
ter, which will be.sent to CKNX
television station protesting
programs where crime, violence
and racism are shown.
Mrs. L. Bannister, Family
and Consumer Affairs convener,
read a paper on family, stressing
the point that `Mother' has a
great .influence on the family.
Heathl
y andpP�
° h� re#at'ions are
a must for a "happy family".
Mrs. Wrn. Porter gave an in- /
siructive paper on 'Consurner
Affairs'.
Mrs. G. Kitting favored with
two delightful solos, accorn-
panied by Mrs. J. Snider at the
piano.
•
Mrs. E. Zinn gave an in-
spiring reading.
Birthday greetings were sung
for Mrs. W. Snazel, Mrs. H.
Talrnay and Mrs. M. Barr.
Meeting was closed by the,.
singing of the iaueen and the In-
stitute Grace after which a
dainty lunch was served.
TOQAY CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
This handsome basketball player is,Frank, 13 years old.
Basketball is only' one of Frank's interests..He plays baseball
Viand hockey and he loves to run, enjoying ,the competition' of
track and field events. He has also been taking classes in judo.
And for a change of pace he is learning'to .play the guitar.
Slim, healthy Frank is careful about his clothes and his ap-
pearance. Ile has blue eyes, dark blonde hair and fair skin.
This -tad -ha s• had' seine unsettling experiences which led to a
stay in a treatment centre for children with emotional problems.
He has now been discharged and the centre feels he is ready for
ladoption. Frank earnestly wants to have a family of hieown.
While he waits Frank is in a foster home in the countr*•y. The
rural life appeals to him very much but he cannot stay there
because there is no school suitable for him in the area.
Frank needs'a special programs Class in an elementary school
where he can work at several different levels, or a preparatory
vocational class. He wants to do—well. in -school but is easily
distracted besides finding some subjects.very difficult.
y So he must move. Let us hope it will be to an adoption home
where he will have a mother and a father who will give him love,
warmth, understanding, stimulation and especially the feeling
he really belongs. • He should be the youngest in the family and he
would like to, live in the country.
To inquire about adopting Frank please write to Today's
Child, Box, 888, Station K, Toronto. For general adoption•,in-
formation, ask your Children's Aid Society.
TheyIr aa� ed .h Y ave. my hivitution
Orie of those new African
nations is kicking out. of the
country 'ill- the `Indians: ;This is
an emotional and political, .
rather than a rational decision.
African, blacks . 'hate - these
Asian .Indians because the latter
are better educated:and on the
whole, much wealthier than the
natives. The • reason for this is
that the Indians aro smart, work
hard;. and in backward
countries, usually wind up in
control ,of much of the economy.
Trouble is, with these Indians'
in Africa; that nobody wants
them. Many of them have.
British __passports.,as their,
grandfathers went to Africa
when the territory was -under B-
ritish rule, to build -railroads.
They're clinging to these
passports like life -belts, but it
isn't doing them much good.
Britain doesn't want them. It
has enough racial strife on its
hands already,. after admitting
thousands' of Pakistanis,
Indians and West Indians after
the war. There have been race
riots; white against coloured:
India, their homeland, doesn't
want them. It already has more
refugees than it can handle.
Canada has been approached,
and, as usual, dithers.
We could do a lot worse than
accept a sizable chunk of these
people without a home. They
are industrious, peaZeaWe and
capable. They wouldn't be
coming here as penniless
immigrants. Most, of them are
fairly well off. Many of them
have skills and professions° we
need.
I don't know much about
Indians. I have some Canadian
Indian •friends, but the only
Asian Indians: I have known
well were four .chaps with whom
I learned' to fly Spitfires in
England, longer ago than I care
to remember.
Perhaps they weren't
representative, -because .they
were all, from well-ta-do
families, and all spoke good
English. But they were certainly'
a cross-section of that class, and
gave me a, good idea of why
there is so much strife in India.
You'd think that four youths
who had come all the way from
India for ivanced :Training
would have been pretty close,
thrown 'into the midst of all
.those Poles, . British,
Australians, Canadians, and . a
dozen other species of whites:
On the contrary, they could
barely stand one another.
There was Krishna. Smallish,
very handsome, flashing black
eyes that could almost literally
flame when he was angry. He
spoke suet' precise and fluent
English that hevmade the rest of
us feel like' hicks. He was a
Christian. '
There was Ahmed. A lanky
kid of about nineteen, sleepy-
eyed, slow-moving, a big grin,
and not much to say. He was a
Pakistani Moslem.
And little Koori. He was
pigeon -chested, weighed about
115, and huge, mournful black
eyes, and was in a perpetual
,state of terror when flying. He
should never have been there.
One day he and' I were sent up"
to practice dog -fighting in -our
Spits. I knew he didn't like
flying, but not until that day
just how deep was his fear.
Every time I'd take a pass al
him and go, "Tut -tut -tut -tut"
like a machine gun; he'd veer
wildly off about a mile and call
wildly, "Smilee, Smilee, don't
come so close." He was w
Hindu.
And then there was the
inimitable Singh Thandi.
Flashing white teeth, chuckling
eyes, magnificent silk, turbans,
under which he bundled his
.hair, which came down to his
tail -bone. Curly black beard.
Fastidious as a model. Kept his
beard curly by tying a
handkerchief around his jaw at -
night and knotting it on top of
his head.
Singh was a Sikh, another
religion heard from. But he was
a pretty lousy Sikh. They're not
supposed to drink, smoke, cut
their hair, and a lot of other
things. He didn't smoke or cut
-his hair but he could put away
about twelve pints of beer in an
evening and, except for a little
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giggling, be none the worse.
Put he had his hangovers. He
`va a Graf tY devil.' Whe h rf a tied'
a . particularly bad head, he'd
just stay in bed. When the 0:0.
tried to give him a blast for his
absence; he'd roll his eyes ,a t the
ignorance of these infidels, .and
say politely "Sorry sir, today is
holy day for Sikhs. Cannot fly
on holy day." The baffled C.O.
had no, answer, as these Indian
boys had to be well treated.
Singh would have nothing to
do with the other "Indians"'and
joined a convivial little group
with Van, a Belgian, Sven, ° a
• Norwegian, a: couple , of
Australians and Jack Ryan and
myself; Canadians. With the
beard, the turban and the silver
tongue, he attracted girls like
flies. Het loved' flying as Koori
hated it.
Never forget the time I shared
a room with him in London, on'
a weekend leave. About 11 a.m.
we started to pull ourselves
together. He got up, groaning,
holding his head, and tottered
"about in his shorts, his . great
mass of hair hanging down to
his bum. (He didn't wear a
turban to bed.)
There was a knock at the
door, one of us grunted, "Come
in", and the maid entered, to
clean the room, At least she
almost entered. She took one
-look, firer mouth -Tell open,' then
she screamed and ran. •
Despite his head, Singh nearly
threw up from laughing so hard;
"I bet, Smilee, she thought you
were shacked up with the
bearded lady 'from the circus.
Singh was killed in Burma.
I like Indians. Let's invite
more to our country.
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. Th* general meeting qf. tb,
United Church Wornen of Vic-
toria St. Church was held Wed-
nesday, September 6 with a
good, attendance.
Mrs. Mary Morris presided
'for the business session in which
---,reports. were a+ .e - riv -en.iand.,rduch
tivity planned..•
A white elephant sale, at
which all are welcorne, will. be
held'October 2 at 7:30 p.rn. The
west sectional rally will beheld
at Dungannon United Church
October 25; a Thankoffering on
October 11 and of course, the
Novernber Fair on November 15.
Several dinners are in the offing.
too.
A fine worship service was
presented by, Unit 3 with
Catherine : Robinson, Ruth
Hayden, ' Jean Patterson and
Adelaide Fuller participating.
Mrs. Alice Warr pleased her
audience with a solo. Mrs.
Mable Gray accornpanied by
Elta Snider gave a violin selec-
tion which waSo inuch ap-
preciated.
Speaker for the evening was
Mrs. Warr who told "What it's
like to be, a minister's wife"-.
With many anecdotes and more
serious incidents told, all were
convinced it. was a very
satisfying life when one. has a
sense, of humor.
Unit 3 provided refreshments
to end a good evening.
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