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• Roger Bannister, first Iran to . break
through the one -mile 4 -minute barrier,
retired from competition In a manner
which completely fitted a great athlete
and a sportsman in the best British
tradition. He said, as he announced his
retirement from competitive foot -racing:
"1 could get little satisfaction now from a second-rate per-
formance, and it would be wrong to produce a second-rate
performance when representing my country."
So Bannister passes from the scene, but his memory
will live long in ;athletic annals, Strangely enough, ,Ban-
nister's Miracle Mile record of 3,59:4, the first ever run
run . within four minutes, didn't last long enough to get
printed in the regard books that come out at the first of the
year. The force pf example is great in athletic competition,
as in other things. For hardly had the amazed cheering
which greeted Bannister's mighty feat died off into distant
echoes, than Australia's John Landy further reduced the
mark.
And so, in the matter of cold figures and stern printer's
ink, the best Roger gets in these concise mathematical rec-
ords is a place in the list of those who, over the years,
carved another tiny chunk off the 4:19:4 set as an amateur
record by George .of England in 1884. The record books will
so list him, but in the minds and memories of those who
know their athletics, he will be recalled with awe for all
time as the man whb first cracked the barrier.
There' are those earnest students of' athletics who insist
it was not necessarily due to any physical limitationsthat
the four -mile was impossible to every generation of man be-
fore Bannister. These pundits say what balked them all was
a mental barrier. What slowed them down was the weight
of doubt that a mile in four minutes was humanly possible.
We wouldn't know.
But we 'do know that, once Bannister removed the
doubts, the achievement became possible forother men.
Some of us, at least, shall live to see many accomplish what
was impossible less than a year ago. And Bannister is the
man who made it possible. He fought through . both the
mental and physical barrieds that may have blocked great
athletes before him.
And so, although cold figures in the recent record book
put his feat in second place, he'll never be forgotten as the
man who did it first. And also, we hope, as the man who
retired definitely and sportingly rather than dabble in second-
rate performances which would bring no credit either to
himself or to his country.
Your comments and suggestions kr this column will be tx'elctr em!?
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 43 Yong® St., Toronto.
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AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO
y F. (BOB) VON PILLS
This story starts in England
over one hundred years ago. It
was a - time a great distress,
known in history'as the: "hun-
gry 40s."
The weavers of Rochdale were
in a terrible plight Most of
them were working for the un-
believable pittance of 45 cents
a week. In the midst of plenty
they had nothing but scarcity.
They staged a strike and lost
it, but they were not to be
beaten.
The New Idea
In 1843 they were investigat-
ing and studying the possibili-
ties of bettering their lives.
They struck an idea that made
them famous. They were already
cooperating as producers in
trade unions, but now they de-
cided to reverse the procedure
and start at the consumer end.
They would open a store and
serve themselves. Other places
would do the same. 'Through
these stores they would go into
wholesales, thence to the manu-
facturing, and finally to the
ownership of land and raw ma-
terials. Thus they would be-
come independent of the rest
of the economic world.
They saw that whoever had
control over the distributing
and consuming end, would In
time get control over the agen-
cies of production too. They had
u high philosophical motive.
To use their own words, they
were going to build a society in
which they would proceed "to
arrange the powers of produc-
tion, educatipn and govern -
went"
First -Co-op Store
They devised their rules, the
famous Rochdale principles.
They would build a store which
would pay back whatever
money was made in the selling
of goods and furthermore they
would pay each in proportion
to his . loyalty ' and patronage.
Thus; for the first time .in his-
tory, was born a way by which
business could be •carried on
without taking undue toll- from
human . beings. Here at last was
a mechanism that brought. ab-
solute justice into the economic
field:
The Rochdale weavers' scheme
was a plan of action for con-
sumers who owned the store. In
order to get this store they
needed ' capital, and by super-
human effort, over a whole year
28 weavers .saved about $140.
With this small amount they
stocked their store 'with a mea-
gre supply of oatmeal, tea,
sugar and candles.
On December 21, 1844, they
took the shutters down from
their little store oil Toad Lane
amid the jeers, and cat -calls of
the village urchins.
The scheme worked, and in
a short time Toad Lane became
a great store and is today a
shrine for co-operators from all
over the earth.
In three years their .member-
ship was 1,850 and their capital,
$75,000, with a business turn-
over of $400,000.' In 1953 the
iligil'esteetenai
WORLD CALENDAR—Sue. Felt shows a new world calendar which
k being considered by the UN. The calendar would divide the
year into four, quarters by 91 days each.. An extra day called
Worldsday would be added at.the end of December, and during
leap year, an additional day called Leapyear Day would be
added to the end of June. The extra days, lettered "W/' would
be world holidays. In her left hand, Sue' holds a month of 1582
calendar and a month of a 1752 calendar,
total membership of British Co- ,
ops was overeleven millions,
and the volume of business well
over 2,000* million dollars. The
co-operatives are the largest
private business organization in
Britain.
Rochdale Plan For All
While the Rochdale pioneers
only partially realized their
dream of getting land and raw
materials, yet their ideas were
taken up by primary producers
all over the world. They have
been the foundation upon which
this great class of human beings
have bettered their position.
Co-operative marketing and
processing has: -been a universal
result, but •the great thing the
Rochdale pioneers did for prim-
ary producers$*as to give them
the idea of the-. consumer _ ap-
proach and the technique of
consumer cooperation.
In addition to being produc-
ers, these primary groups are
also the world's greatest con-
sumers, Indeed a common de-
nominator of all men is that
they are consumers.
The Rochdale plan that work-
ed for industry applies even
more powerfully to the primary
producers.
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This column welcomes critic-
ism, constructive or destructive,
and suggestions, wise or other-
wise; it will endeavour to an-
swer any questions. Address
mail to Bob Von Pins, Whitby,
Ont.
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The elevator contract for The
Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Mont-
real has been awarded the Otis
Elevator Company Limited of
Hamilton, Ont., E. A. Bromley,
vice-president of purchases and
stores for the Canadian National
Railways, announced recently.
The new hotel contract calls
for eight passenger and four
service elevators, a dumbwaiter,
two freight units and two es-
calators, Installation of these
units will be made in accord-
ance with progress of the work
on the construction of the hotel
which will be the largest in the
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Odd Street Names
When streets on new housing
developments are named nowa-
days, quaint names are rarely
chosen. They are named after
battles, prime ministers, gener-
als. It was different in our fore-
fathers' time, when local au-
thorities often delighted in
choosing curious names for new
thoroughfares.
Norwich has a Tombland,
Bradford a Dole Street, New-
castle -on -Tyne a Two Ball .Lun-
non. For some reason a York
street was named Whipma-
Whopma Gate. Perhaps because
vagabonds were whipped there
long ago. And a square in Hull
has the intriguing name of The
Land of Green Ginger.
Some years ago two East
London streets with warlike
names, Waterloo and Artillery,
were incorporated and renamed
Peace Street. A councilor once
strongly objected to Great Yar-
mouth calling a thoroughfare
Barkis Road, after the famous
Dickens character. He said Bar -
kis was "a drunken old rascal
whose nose was red:" The coun-
cil, however, decided to retain
the name of Barkis Road,
Petticoat Hole in Stockton
got its quaint name from an old
bequest left to provide under-
garments every year for poor
women.
A ' short cut to the docks in
Cardiff was named Go Late. In
the north of England two not
particularly lovely streets used
to be known as Paradise and
Elysium.
Birdcage Walk in London was
the aviary of Charles II. And
Pall Mall stands where once
fashionable Londoners played'
peillemaiile, a croquet - like
game. Constitution Hill marks
the place wherean early own-
er of the site once took his
morning .constitutional.
And for the tourist searching
for quaintness, Norfolk provid-
es the Land of Nod and Little
Snoring. Or, if you're really
hungry in your search, you must
travel to Scotland to locate
Tongue, Ham Sandwich, Christ-
mas Pie and Devil's Beef Tub.
Some of these villages were
named so long ago that no one
now knows the reason . why.
They are all that is left of the
sense of humour that prevailed
in remote parts of the country
in those far-off days.
TELEPATHIC DACHSHUND
Mr. Arent Ter Weeme, who
lives in Pretoria, has a little
dachshund called Kina who can'.
count. Her master thinks tele-
pathy, combined with a high
degree of intelligence, is the ex-
planation for Kina's uncanny
mathematical ability.
When he shows Kina a sum,
he is thinking of the answer,
and Kina is able to sense what
is in his mind. She gives the
answer by barking the appro-
priate number of times.
Mr. Ter Weeme says: "Her
ability is due to her own think-
ing, helped by my powers of
suggestion. 1 must emphasize
that 1 give no secret signs."
Children who cone to see
Kina, hold up their fingers, Mr.
Ter Weenie is watching
It seems that he cannot say
to what extent the constant
repetition of sounds and figures
has been impressed on her mind.
But the way in which he will
write a figure on a Dlece of
paper, shows it to Kina, and she
will bark out the answer in, tot
ger the least, impressive.
Tin Of Sardines
Brought New
Husband
Pretty, blue-eyed Mrs. Norma
Kersten, a slim Norwegian, had
been married only five weeks
when her husband died sudden-
ly. It was a shattering blow to
her happiness. It also meant
that she must get a job at once,
for nearly all the young couple's
savings had gone to furnish their
little flat.
The kindly manager of The
sardine -packing factory where
her husband had worked for
some years came to the rescue.
He offered the young widow her
husband's job. She took it thank-
fully.
Weeks passed. Then when she
arrived home one evening, Nor-
ma realized with a shock that
her wedding ring was missing.
It bore her and her husband's
initials, intertwined.
Norma remembered that she
was wearing the ring when she
left for the factory that morn-
ing. A prolonged search at the
factory and in the flat proved
fruitless. The loss greatly wor-
ried her.
Six months passed. Then one
morning the manager sent for
her and showed Norma an
astonishing letter which had ar-
rived from a man living in far-
off Sydney, Australia.
"Yesterday 1 went into a local
shop and bought a tin of sar-
dines which had been packed in
your factory," he wrote. "When
I opened it, I found a wedding
ring inside with the sardines. It
bore the engraved initials A, K,
and N.I.
"I guessed that the ring might
have belonged to one of your.
workers so 1 made a note of the
factory address on the tin and
decided to write this letter.
"If you can trace the owner
and she proves to be a young
widow --I have a strong hunch
that she is --please tell her the
ring is safe and 1 will return it.
Ask her to write to me, enclos-
ing her photograph. Perhaps 1
should add that I am young and
a bachelor."
Anxious to get her ring back,
the overjoyed girl complied with
the young man's request. But
she received no further letter.
The other day Norma was
again called into the manager's
office, and was surprised to see
sitting there a sun-tanned, hand-
some young man—the finder of
the ring.
He smiled pleasantly as he
handed it to her. It was obvi-
ous that he had fallen in love
with her at first sight.
That evening, when Norma's
work was done, the pair met a-
gain. He proposed over a res-
taurant meal, and told her that
he had come all the way from,
Sydney—about 12,000 miles—
just to see her. "I knew from,
your photo that I would Iove
you," he said.
Norma accepted him. They
plan to marry in the spring.
She is probably the only wid-
ow in the world, who, by losing:
the wedding ring, given her by
her first husband, found a sec-
ond husband.
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