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They IoTve those guns
Six mea 3IS-5Q
Return postage guaranteed
Orie Of the least tinderstantlablecharacteristics ofu r Arrierloart neigh-
bors Is farmtic lova 'affair with
guns — iy arose Ieltial little
ire ARP c, ,$" which can
the ciaantry. For sue ebsnsre reason
the rlsOht to possess a handgun has been
given ell space with freecbm of
• and. .
,Areatentiitiot Ronald fleagan,
htfortriensedAssitte-Shmethientediately
,nation of t n Lennon.w li*toter t *OM favor
aberntee orif gun poatleslton and.he was
• ,qui tedentaitir su intention.
1Dfdct, lois wife, Nancy, is reported to
kee ls• a ha un in her bedside table,
self-defense.
hishary of assassina-
think Amerlcans
would Iiistivr+ily loathe the profiler -
weapons. Two of
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their lit -loved presidents, Abraham
Lincoln and John Kennedy. have died
by assassins' bullets. Robert Kennedy,
brother of the president and attorney -
general of the United States, died In
another senseless killing, as did the
man accused of President Kennedy's
murder..
Admittedly, tighter gun laws would
not remove all weapons from the hands
of criminals and assassins, but careful
registration of all gun owners and strut
laws against carrying such weapons
certainly discourages .their indiscrim-
inate use. Possession of 'a handgun for
self-defense is an open -invitation to
murder. The armed thief. vtrho' 'breaks
into a private home isn't going to wait
around while a rank amateur fumbles
for a gun in the night table. He will
shoot first. Nancy' Reagan would be a
lot safer with a double lock on her bed-
room door.
Peking: an answer
A man by the name of Thomas who
livee north of Toronto, was in the news
!art week; charged with the operattiony.
of anIllegal still In whit§ he has been
Making methyl alcohol for the past
year or. . The charges suit him just
fine, so welt, In: fact -that. helm asked
for a hearing. not in ,provi§ictad: omit,
but in a' higher tribuiet. where. he w11ti"
get a 'More detaiedhearing and coine-
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hes,{a -
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of sugar -rich or starch -laden plants
and the plants are converted to a .mash
and then distilled to produce. the fuel
for his car. He could have circumvent-
ed the charges against him by applying
for a license tor his still, but that re-
quires a 5200,0011bond, which he says he
couldn't afford.
Of course there will be all kinds of
official reasons why the Thomas ap-
proach to more reasonable fuel costs
on't That's the way we are in •
' tarda. ever rush int§§
;tottauvatiVe. After
' tacingthe energy:testi 'tor 'anon
years: 'Ireton snort to tryi. 'agithiritynew
and different:
A Canadian government spokes-
man stated onlya few .,tom aglithat
tivies being What threy are, federal'
fuflds farthe:': assistance of research
and - jecis would 'have-"
•
ri iinifi r froom at
nie* n older -r
can "males.
e would
'Glance of r. iing a
•
who wants to be around fora tew..years;
to r -ghhat) average. provided with`
enough wine of"passable ity:and-a
skillful R.:• k who :lam 10 incor-
porate y riic into tasty dishes, the
roaded 'i. Iai life should be not only
bearable; "but even enjoyable
Moreover,. there just maybe an
added bonus to this' wine andgarlic
diet. "Frenchmen are reputedly the
World's greatest : , livers. Maybe the
Ffetith galshave learned to live with
'their men's -ilea -4y breathing and have
discovered new and otherwise hidden
treasures..
That's-, our money buster
reckIes abandon eidh which
.tner§ts at alt levels speyd money
-should be of bitter and growing Concern
to every citizen:0 this country. The
federal governtrnt'has clearly den-
strated that it is incapable.: of con-
trolling the disastrous spiritt of infla-
tion, including interest rates whichwin
cost Thousands of,Canadians- their
homes and businesses this year. Yet
the auditor -general's report proves be-
yond a doubt that tae Money continues
to be wasted through Ineffici y and
carelessness.
The latest scandal to reach public
attention, and posiblyonly an Iceberg-
tip
cebergtip indicator -+of most federal financial
practices, Is the chaos surrounding the
administration of irleinteronse spend-
ing on the House of Gornrrior§s itself.
Example, cafeterias and dining rooms,
subsidized by public ftiadt, racked up
losses of $ mililon lit aim year. (MPs,
sdtnior rns`.d members of
the press " gallery r aNarly buy three
mums §§+Nowt, wlth *l for S(-)
As far back as 1,16 that auditor -
general of that p J. .t=
Maodon-
neii, wa drat "has lost
or is .s of
the ' , t of fhe
fro
it tlbeing
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DECEMBER 1933
colored fights. The Christ-
i
hristi R. Erskine of Blyth has mas Vitorations assist
been appointed treasurer of
the County:of Huron_.
Charging mental cruelty,
indifference and , neglect,
Mary Pickford, Toronto film
actress, filed suit for divorce
from Douglas Fat
Colonel . George" Drew, ..
speaking at Toronto,_ said, in. front etthet n hall witch
a isevery�t9Of . then ',II _ ipopea
war room IOW; thieeds-..
some Spark
hire_:.� I �S�:
,.44s' i e p ?t ice t 'af'wAs a
Vale'f
the Womez s --¢Assocdatio , of
. the Oiere*
greatly in weleoming home
the 9901 Battery and other
sol`dietsfroin
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Duran the past week we.
have had, s„tagIs of"paroles
and roses— :b4Oiom and Jack
Mcp04ald 1gbt to ow
voce a b of lilac from
Prce
ten years ago council. He has n
Mr. andMrs. Levi Biemanr g assOriatedwith.re*atketio
and family moved into tom- Listowel fair some -time and
lovely new frottage homee at i .:4,2 graduate - of the . .
Who " tTmversit)r dhf to
* ,� - ' ..barr%edes Frere
Hd¢int o P< removed from tib . new:
ai tit '; T, AJ. Schaefer ton- Y
tie Listowel' District ffigU Hansa dge week to
-$hoa1. • board; : , i�Diam' it _ pe t traffic- u nbin
• ,dered
use of•the'span.end`so avoid
Main
to the t , ell then detour totbewest.
inn t > - e� bets of SL Ir'ai�Ps:..
W Iogt m;
and children of Lakelet
motored to Petersburgh on ; .
Sunday tele ptesent when
their- son, ltev, Iiatba I yet.
tq'�innvestagate in as �► ,
a way as possible,
• challea are in e490110n
today; and then and .90,,then, to editorialize to, ,your
heart's content.
Marche ..
RR 3, al.1n m
errant. ordained -into , h
" minishy of the Brethren -In,
Christ Church. He , is
presently Stationed- at
Virginia Towir, 400 miles
northofToronto.
David - Kennedy of
B ussels, l a graduate: of
Win ham .xis g
ct... High
.. -iii, lies." o eted his
t actuate +ik at,
Dear Editor,.
fn 'the earlyrnuig of
"November 15, a 42 -yea d
;Mitelielharea man waski led
when Wilma left the huigh-
way near". C struck a
in-
'Ade's
sudden if forth Caine as quite •
n ashock, o.nisa-•people
Odec. had
h
: come to aw and dove him
overthesepast few years.
Hardest hit by the tragedy,
of .course, was Bill's
y ,his wife and eight
sons and. daughters.
:Many of us live with the
illusion that we'll have time
to put our affair m
before we. pass:Mi. on. ,Often »
we're given tlhat. bme,,; - -� .
•casionaliy'werreliot
-A telented.meteni, Bill
rt'afl1t oaf• to booth§ h Yewd —7,
he hired as Johu§soi : befoie'ihe forrrter'a •
recreation �refirement at the endof the
tilt of. a year. :.
by ••" town Mr. and .Mrs, .Levi Byer
Offer .o s incled Mrs_ D less
•.AYt to Sbatr : is' :George . " y : _; ,' : •:
Thornton and Mrs L. H. syn Ciiamney 4and. Jerry
Bosman. . ,- • ."'two PU : 9,-
DECOR 19!L5 3•ohmithe
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Rev. and ;Mrs, viirt]. #( arlt, childre , ' ohm,
of -;a` the. ,.Mr-aond.I Ohn,and,
, engagement of the,tr" atter ):
dater, %,Ada dred,; to �- and `Mrs. Mason Loder," had.:
Raymondo son di • playing gn the seabove
Mr. anti Mrs, _J Voh ". the Howson` Mi l darer arrhie
�idmay. • •• .;;0,- ; -. w thOi.ice., broke and•the
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