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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1940-08-16, Page 2AUU JST 16, ri on ositoT stabiished 1860 th McPhail McLean.. Editor. ushed; at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ery gyThursday afternoon by McLean rosp Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 cents each.. Advertising rates ton application. SEAFORTH, Friday, August 16th You Must Register On Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day of next week, August 19th, 20th and 21st, Canada will take a census of its man power and woman power. On one of those three days, every per on resident in Canada, between the ages of sixteen years and the grave, must present him or herself at the registration booth provided in the polling division of which they are a resident, and there answer, be- fore a Registrar, the questionaire prepared by the Government. There are, of.. ,.course, some excep- tions to this general rule of attend ance, such as persons incapacitated, through illness, accident or age. The registration of these people may be taken by a Registrar, at their homes, but ., the , exceptions, are not very many. The organization of the registra- tion follows vert nearly ,the organ- ization of e, general federal election, with one very distinct difference. At a general election, any man or wo- man of voting age, may abstain from voting, if , for any reason they feel so inclined. In the registration which will take place 'next week, however, there is no, such option. Every person, boy or girl, man or woman, must regis- ter at the proper registration booth or make themselves liable to heavy penalties. In this case the penalty for non- ' registration during the registration period is a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or to imprisonment` for . a team , not exceeding three mpnths, or to both fine and impris- onment, and in addition to a further penalty not exceeding ten dollars for each day, after the day during which. registration should have been made, . for every day the person continues to be unregistered. Such a penalty hanging over one • is not a nice thing to contemplate, ' but 'there is only one way of avoid- ing it ---and that is to register. • It is ,not an unnecessarily hard task to perform in the national interests at this time, nor one that will cause any great inconvenience. If you are home, register -at hdxne. If you ;are away on holidays or business during the three_registration days, you reg- ister where you are holidaying or on business. But you must register— or else. • What A Dap Was there ever a generation of boys, the present excepted, of course, that did not number thousands whose secret ambition was one day to be a railroad engineer? Very few of those hopes and am- bitions, however, were ever realized. But be that as it -may, is there a business or profession in . life that does' not contain many, many men, who still secretlycherish that ambi- tion I that were not so, haw , would oil' account yfor the actions of six grown men in Massachusetts who hired a railroad for sixty dollars the other day, •and ran the train to their heart's content for a day. The railroad was' the line between Harrison and Brigden in the State of Maine. Not much of a road, per- haps, as :it was only fifteen miles Jong and narrow gauge. But it was a railroad. And for twelve hours these six men took turns stoking the engine, slwitching the cars, shunting, start- ' ing, stopping and enjoying the im- ;mtense thrill of controlling by their own hands ,on the throttle, the im- Menge po 'er of heal. - They better, they dM just ' as they wanted to, .- iii 'e .. a�� ,s� e invited .their 'friends to be pais ngerrs, which, no doubt, would give each one a chance to be.. a� conductor, a boyish ambition, ,second only to ;that of engineer. A - maniso but a:boy -grown, and far too few ever revert back to boy- hood 'as these six Massachusetts men did, even for a day. And what a day! • Planing No Favorites M. Camillien Houde is a Canadian citizen, who has been in the Cana- dian limelight for a decade or two. He has been the leader of a great political panty in the Province of Quebec. He is a member of the Pro- vincial Government, and he is the Mayor of Montreal, the largest city in Canada. But Mr. Houde was not satisfied. In addition to the titles he already held, he wanted to obtain that of a martyr. Or perhaps, more correctly speaking, he wanted the Canadian Government to place him in the light of being a martyr before the eyes of the people of Montreal and the Pro- vince of Que+bee. • And the procedure he followed to obtain his desired endwas to pre- pare and give a signed statement to the press in which he said he was opposed to the proposed registration in Canada. That he would not reg- ister himself, and urged his fellow countrymen to follow his lead. Such action on the part of any Canadian citizen runs contrary to the War Regulations Act at present in force. And because of that fact the Dominion Government, instead of bowing to the wishes' of M. Houde and placing him on a martyr's throne, placed him -in an interment camp. To date we have not heard a sin- gle criticism of the government's ac- tion. In fact the governmeht's action in the case of M. Houde had the •same ' soul stirring effect on the morale of the Canadian people as the action of the British Government in taking over, by force where nec- essary, of the French fleet, had on the morale of the British Empire and the world at Iarge. It helped a lot. • Canada is going to play no favor- ites. , Canadians are free. When a man or a woman objects to our form of government, that person has a perfect right to move to some other place where the laws do suit. But no - person who wants to be a law unto himself has any right to live in Can- ada. And, apparently, no person, whatever his status in life may be, is going to. Not even the M. Houde's. ,40 WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: Boost. -For Cedar (Vancouver Sun) In tensile strength, nothing can beat fir. •Armon.gst available forest woods it stands deserv- edly high. But for mnrltitudes• of purposes,•• for siding and inside finish, for any place where tre- mendous , stressesare not retluired to be met,_ hemlock and cedar are fully as serviceable as fi r. • In fact, for some needs, where alternately wet and dry conditions exist, cedar is the best of all. Andit is a lovely wood' to work with. It is soft ,and pliable—but endtiring, • The secret of Wealth (Guelph Mercury) The crusade against over -indulgence :in exer- cise is excellent. The super -athlete dies young; the man Nilo takes' no exercise is alway nailing. Moderation here as in an other things. must be observed•. To keep St, stay in the open air and walk. Avoid strenuous games which leave you overtired- Dance .and swim,, but avoid: gymnas- tics and drill., Never•make a fetish of any game. The man w bo sets out to aohieve happiness. is "always miserable. The roam who deliberately seta out to keep fit ends in a wreck. Forget yo1 'self and breathe fresh air. Then .health Is yam. • Cut Them Short • (Kincardine News) A few lessons in parliamentary procedure would not be amiss for some of those charged: with presiding ever gatherings. In Kincard'in'e. From sad personal experience,' we have fel nd that many gatherings c1'ag on: interminably for the simple reason that the presiding offdcihi fails to keep the discussion wit'hla bounds, or per- mits it to lapse while those taking part are un- dergoing the •se•eneinrgly to, Lurous processes of making a decision. Sometimes we believe that tikes is one reason, sottie men decline to take part in public life, for they see so muck unnecessary time being frit- tered away. I£ committee 'and; group chairmen of various orgamizatagns would rule with en, iron hand, al - bele the mblmber to clothed with" a velvet glare, much more could be acoamplieihed l,.i1 a tench briefer SPUD of feline, to iii a good of all carvdarnr 17 gars Agone In rUUi 1#�inwi ifla�cell *kilo Tho Huron Expoeltor of Fifty and Twentydlye Year; Age, 4, From The Huron Expositor August 20, 1915 • TuesdYay .of last week -tile annual excursion along the line- ea the rail.-, way from Brussels to Kincardine was largely patronized, when between 1,100 and 1,200 were on board. They ,spent a ,very pleasant day and some of the people of Kincardine, wonder- ed if they were going to stay for a month when they saw the amount of food: they brought. Mr. T. L. W u rm, of Zueioh, took possession of the store now occupied by Mr. J. J. Merrier on August 16tdr. Mr. John Laing has .disposed of his fine 100-aore frarm, half a mile east. 'of Cromarty •to Messrs. James and, Russell Scott, at the handm'ome figure of $9,000. Mise Margaret Wilson and Mrs. W, Rowe, with her family of Hickson, are guests of Mr. and Mrs., G. G. Wil- son. Mr. Alex Muir has joined the col- ors and left for London on Tuesday. Before leaving he. was presented on behalf of the town ,;with a wrist watch. Several of his fellow friends gave him a purse of gold and. the men'w.in The Bell Engine Co. present- ed him with a ring, We have also learned that Mes$ra. .Take Sproat; Scott Hays and Frank Smith have joined' up. Mr. J. F. Daly, the local Ford agent, has' so far this season disposed, of 6;515 gallons of gasoline from his •garage to -"local and transient maotor- is ts. . Miss Margaret Edge is acting as or- ganist in St. Thomas' Church, while Miss Cora Gelb is' taking her holi- days. •- Miss Annie Govenlock is sup- plying in the Methodist Church for Miss Moreau. ' Messrs. Robert Smith and Charles Clark represented Seaforth Lodge at the Oddfellows' Grand Lodge in Stratford last week. The following students from Sea - forth have been granted complete Matriculation on the results of the scholarship examination: Sixth Ed- ward Blake Scholarship, F; Larne Hutchison; Edward Blake Scholar- ship in mathematics, Miss Edith H. Scott. F. Lorne . Hutchison, also ob- tained honors in modern languages. W. Workman, of Chiselhuait, had a large barn raising on Saturday after- noon last. Mil.` A. E. Forbes. of town, is re- m:oving,•.his family, to London. Mr. Forbes is bow travelling and he finds London a more convenient centre for his business. 'J. Taman's rink of bowlers was the runner-up for the,. Bawden Trophy at the postponed tournament in Exeter this week, Iasing to Heaman's, Lon- don Thistle rink, after a very bad game. 'The rick was composed! •of Postmaster Williams, Dr. Mackay, W. G.' Willis and J. Taman. The dou- bles wererwon by J. E. Willis and Joe Taman. Mr. A. G. Smillie left on Wednes= day on a trip to the Western Prov- inces- He intends going through 'to the coast. • From The Huron Expositor - August 22, 1890 Dr. Gillrie, of St. Marys, :mounted his bicycle at his office the other day at 5,05 a,m. and made a run to Lon- don, partaking of his breakfast at the Grigg House at 8.10 a.m. The doctor returned to town the same: morning, the round trip of 54 miles being cov- ered in six hours and a few seconds. Mr. James Dow, of the 11th con- cession of Hibbert, had a very pain- ful and dangerous operation perform- ed on him a -Few days ago. Dr. Wood of Mitchell performed the operation, assisted by Dr. D. F. Fraser and Dr. Shaver, of Stratford. Seaforth Band and Firemen pic- nicked in Bayfield on Friday. last, Same very interesting games of ball were played and the band delighted all by their exceflnt music. Mr. 'William and •Master Jack Jow- ett, of -Bayfield, left on Weenesday for a three months' vacation in Mani - to ba. Twenty-one members of the Lon don Cycling Club passed, through Brucefield last. Sunday morning. Mr, Robert Beattie, of Bruceaeld, the popular operator, is about to leave to accept the management of the store occupied by Mr. McGinnis. On"" Moiittay last as a young boy wast at the grist -mill in Zurich for a load of flour with a team of horses belonging to Mr. James Johnson, of the Sauble . Line, near Bayfield, the team got frightened and rde away. After bringing the horses back they were about to hitch them and they took fright again and the boy and Mr. Uttley, the fireman' at the mill, fell under the wagon. M'r. Uttley, had' his leg broken. A four-year-old son of Mr. Thomas Sweet, of Exeter, 'net with a serious accident on. Saturday of Last week. The farm hands. were engaged in drawing grain and while the empty wagon was • standing in the barn the little fellow climbed upon it to have a ride, and the wagon starting sud- denly he fell between the hind wheel and box, his head being crushed very badly. The Seaforth flax mill has now Started operations, It is one of the best and mast complete establish- ments of its• kind' in the county. Mr. George Henderson, of Sea - forth, Deputy -Reeve, acted as Judge at the Woodstock races this week. Mr. Alex Cart*, of Sea orth, has moved to his new brick residence on High Street. Mr. John McIntosh, of Brucefield, has returned. from Galt where be has been visiting friends. While a son of Mr. William Aitken was driving over a bridge in Ribbert. Township the other day with a. steam threshing engine the structure.. gave way, precipitating -horses and all to the bottom of bh.e river. The gibing show barely esse ued with hts 'life. • Phil Osifez of t• - Lazy -Meadows : (Sy Harry J. Royle) . "YOUNG FOLKS" Human nature doesn't change much in young people whether they be drain ing-a lhorse and buggy or a shiny new automobile. There cornea a time in all young lives when.. they begin to tieel conscious of.the 'Old folks! They fail to realize that the horse and bug- gy, or the new automobile or that new sports. suit and ten dollar set of manners that they're using, were all earned by Paw and Maw, They nev- er consider that in the hard work ne- cessary- to educate a family, Father and Mother may have acquired a lit- tle stoop and wrinkled', tanned faces and a habit of saying "ain't" and "don't"' and manners that are service- able but not fancy. Of course all young people are not like this, but last night Mrs. Phil and I went to a concert. A man -from the next concession, whom we , know as "Jerry," came up and bought two tickets, and following him was his SOIL . , . a good, plain boy from the farm with a couple of years at college and a brand new set of pic- ture book clothes and' a slicked -down haircut. • He lagged behind until his Dad handed over the tickets and when Jerry found a pair of seats the' boy si'i•pped over two rows and sat down by himself. As long as I 'live I'll never forget that 'Dad's face as he i turned to say something . . . and found his son was, not there and looked over to find him preening himself in front of a row of chattering girls from the vil- lage. His shoulders ;seemed to sag and he slumped down in the seat and. when the concert was about half ov- er he slipped, but. Being just a trifle' curious and because, the baby didn't approve of the concert, I went out afterwards and he was sitting on the running board of the car, smoking. Patricia Ann stopped fussing and Went to sleep on ,the back seat of, the car and I stepped over to where Jerry was sitting. The conversation lapsed into an awkward pause yea, he.,,said, "Phil, 1 wonder sometimes if education is a good thing or nat. About the time you feel proud of having a man in the family, you discover he's /not so proud of your. It kinds•, hurts." It was easy to imagine what he was thinking. When the neighbors were buying new cars he was working to make up that annual drain on -the family income that would pay for his son's schooling. Each time he wore his Sunday suit and found it aging' into that greenish, shiny way . , he had to forget that be need- ed one himself, but scrape together enough to buy a summer suit or sports suit for the. bay.. It was easy to neconcile himself by `thinking that his son was out in the world' where he had to keep up appearances. Jerry, .no doubt, was thinking of the times when the tea pot on the sideboard woe getting a collection of quarters and dollar -bale for some spe- cial purpose when an urgent letter came from school saying, al hate to ask you for this, but I need so Dwell far such and such a thing. Every- body else is getting them." And then Mrs. Jerry w:orild• count out the mon- ey that had accumulated little by lit- tle from, the cream and eggs and she would look up at J'err'y and bhere wouldn't be a word spoken. He would just pocket it and buy a money or- der at the posit office the very next time he was in 'alp village. It's hard to realize that scraping and pinching to raise meney to edu- cate a boy, means educating him away from gout. way of life. And, yet Jerry's boy is at that period. when outside values are all be knows about. Re thinks in terms --of how well a suit looks on a person . . . or if a man's tie is knotted in- the proper way . . . and if he speaks the King's English in a way that" would. do jus - ace to a book. He asst yet come to realize that the serviceable articles of life are not th.e ..ones. that glitter most, :JUST A SMILE OR TWO; For nearly an hour a commercial traveller had been talking in his most persuasive and eloquent manner to ae old Yorkshire .business man. The old fellow seemed pleased and ' con- vinced, and the traveller felt sure a lbbig order would follow. At ast the Yorkshireman: said:— "Aa'd like my lad to hear what ye have to say,' Will ye, coom in the afternoon and go over your talk again?" _ "Certainly, sir," replied the travel- ler, and at the hour appointed he pre- sented himself for the interview with father and son. Once again he went over the points of the article he had for sale, and when he had finished the old York- shireman, turning to his' eon, said en- :thusdasticaely: "Do you hear.. that, my, lad? Well, that's the way .a want ye to sell our• goods on the road." The pilot had taken great pains to explain all about his airplane to the pretty ya'ung visitor at the airport -- ;its mechanical features, purpose of this and that, what pilots did to meet actual conditions, etc. He looked at the girl and smiled. ' "Now, you un- derstand, don't you?" "Ali but one thing," replied the girl "And what is that?" he asked. • "What makes the•- thing stay up?' • Hostess (gushingly) : "You know, I've heard a great deal about you.".,_ Politician (absently) : "Possibly, but you can't rove anything." • "Honey, you know we are dining With ,the McTavishes this evening." "All right, lee's have dinner and be On our way," Canada's War Effort(A Wee,kly Review -of Developments an the Home Front)• s • 1. After, a' session which opened May 16th, Parliament adjourned' on August 8th to meet again November 5th but stands ready to reassemble earlier should war needs require. In adjourning rather than proroguing for the summer • -recess, Parliament follows. the course"set in recent years .y the British Parliament. Adjournment took place on tibe 21st anniversary of the Prime Minister's selection as leader of the Liberal party. Liberal followers presented him with a bouquet of roses. 2. Canada's Second Division given a splendid welcome as they marched to camp "somewhere in England." Major-Ge.nerai Victor. Odium com- mands` the division. 3. Seventy -ane construction con- tracts with a value -of more than $11,- 000,000, awarded by the Department of Munitions and Supply during the past four weeks. This brings the to- ta•1•e value of construction contracts awanded by the Supply Department and .its predecessor bodies to 296 pro- jects involving a total expenditure of mone than $37,000,000 of which $28,- 000,000 iso being spent on Royal Cana- d'iari•-•Air Force and joint air training plan. projects, 4. The British Ministry of Food agreed to purchase 100,000,000 bush- eIs of wheat during the cereal year July, 1940, to 1941. This is the Iargx eat purchase of wheat ever recorded. 5. Dominion Government war com- mitments for the present fiscal year total $1,036,118,168. Of this, the amlount recoverable from the British dovernme 'i is 'estimatec't at $96,0.00,- 000, leaving a total of Dominion oom- ntdtments- amiouating to $940,118,168. 6. Rear-Adhniral Percy W. Nelies, chief of the Naval Stair, announced, that a former British destroyer is to be commissioned into the Royal Can- adian Navy and will take the name of H.M.C,S. Margaree, replacing H,'Iw. C.S•. li''raser, lost off Bordeaux. Sur- viving :crew members of the Fraser will fora part of Margaree's complex MnieJnt, 7. Separate defence command ea- tabliahed for the At1antie area and along the approaches of the St. Lawr- ence. alajoi-Gener'al W. H. P. Elkins, C.B.E., D.S.O., will be officer com- manding, His command will also in- clude Canada's troops on duty in Newfoundland, It will control coastal defences through fortress and area command- ers and all mobile land forces which may be detailed for operational pur- poses in'defence of the Atlantic coast, 8. Mayor Houde of Montreal in- tern•ed• under the Defence of Canada Regulations, `9. Exercising for the' first time its power to fix prices for the necessities of life, thie Wartime Prices. and Trade Board 'pegged bread and flour prices at quotations obtaining an July 23rd, This was before the 15 -cents a bushel processing tax on wheat came into force. 10. Wainwright National Park, Al- berta, abandoned as a buffalo sanctu- ary and taken over by the National Defence Department as artillery prac- tice ground, 11. So far as can be seen from British air photographs, Viniy • Ridge memorial net damaged by German bombers, 12, By Order in Council, citizens of a foreign country, who wish to serve in the active militia of Canada ane not required to take the oath of allegiance if, by so doing, they would forfeit citizenship in their own coun- try. - 13, Registration regulations broad- ened by order -in -council to include certain classes previously exempt— flues, citizens on active service, in- mates of asylums and'• penitentiaries. Important Correction'"e, In paragraph, 3 of the Weekly Sum- mary of Juiy 12-19, it was stated that Bora, J. G. Gardiner, Minister of Na- tional War Services, had tabled in Parliament regulations governing complete national registration of alI persons over 16 years and under 65. This is incorr4eet. Registration ap- plies to all .persiomis, male or female, (weir 16 years of age and whether ' ov- t ontdauod oat Page 3) r Successor To Traffic Officer Janes) Culp; of Kitchener, w'ho ha* been named) to fill the vacancy catisecl, by the transfer of Traffic Officer E. A: Webb of Guelph, was in. Goderich on Tuesday making arrangements to move his family here/ He has rent- ed the home occupied by the late 11. • E. McCoy on Elgin Avenue. Mr. Webb who has made many friends in Gode- rich and district during the two years he bas patrolled No. 21 highway, will hot leave until August 151h, when the changeover will take place.—Goderich Signal -Star. a Transferred To Guelph Jack Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Smith, Wellingston Street, bas been transferred to the Guelph branch of the Royal Bank. Jack join- ed the local staff of the- bank two years: ago.—Goderich Signal -star, Some Potato • Mr. Jack McGuire, • of Goderich Township, •brougiht to" this office the other 'day a potato weighing 12114 ounces. It was of the "Rapid Tran -- sit" variety.—Goderich Signal -Star, Junior Farmers Enjoy Outings On Monday and Tuesday of last week thirty-two members of the local Junior Farmers' Club Motored through Bruce County, taking stock of farm- ing conditions in that county and al- so -trying their luck at fishing, when they reached Southampton. The young mee{r rounded -out their • trip by visiting O'a-en Sound, Wiarton and' Tobermory. The local branch of the Junior Farmers is one of the largest and most active in Ontario.—Clinton_ News -Record. Shower For Bride About twenty-five friends and fel- low employees gathered last Tuesday eyening at the home pf Miss Doris Taylor to Honor her before he ap- proaching .marriage6""Buring the even- ing Miss Taylor was presented with many useful gifts. Refreshments were served and a social time enjoy- ed by all. Last Thursday at noon the . employees of the Clinton Knitting, Company presented Miss Taylor wielt a table and lamp. Mise Taylor,than'k- ed them very fittingly. — Clinton News-hecor-d, 0 Going' To Toronto Mr. Gordon Small, of Teeswater, Who has been brakeman on the C.P,R'. into •Teeswater for'some years, and a resident of that town, has' accepted .a position 'of conductor on a run out of Toronto. Mr. Small is one of the village councillors and is well known' in Wingham. He and Mrs. Small-wilf take up residence in Toronto in the fall,—Wingham Advance -Times', Bell Employees Make Presentation A very pleasant time was spent at` the Queen's Coffee Shop Thursday ev- ening when the members of the local Ball Telephone staff held a' supper party in honor of one of their mem- bers„ Miss Ruby Newman, who is. be- ing married this month. On behalf of the staff Mr. Mac Graham present- ed • Miss Newman with a beautiful walnut living room table.—Wingharn- Advance-Times. Drew Rescues Drowning Mat Lt, -Col, George A. Drew, Ontario Conservative Deader, rescued one plan from drowning and assisted in necov- er•ing the body -of".a drowning victigi at Camelot Beach, four miles west of Port Colborne., on Lake Erie,, Satur- day,—Wingham. Advance -Times, Presentation 'Dr. C. C. Misener, . Mrs, Misner and I.onalri were honored' by their' Crediton friends ° prior to their de- parture for-Listow•e1, 'where the d.cctrr has joined, as, an tfffcer with.' the 24111 Field Ambulance, a branch: of the Canadian Medical Corps. On behalf of the Crediton community Ma CII, Telfer pres'enteed Dr. Misener with a military service kit, -Mrs, Misener an 'evening -bag and Master Donald Misener a five -dollar war savings tifieate. An address was made by H. K. Eilber, Dr. and Mrs. Misener have always had the' interests of the -Cred- 'ton community, at heart and have made many friends. Mingled with congratula,ti•pns were expressions of egret at their loss to the com,mun•. ty; -Exeter Ti�mnes-Advocate. Succumbs To Lockjaw - A shadow of gloom was -east over his community Monday morning Pon 1 -leering oaf the death of• Charles' William O'Brien, Only son on, . Mr, and Mrs. Bert O'Brien, 2nd con- -ession of Ray Township, in his 28th. ear, While working in his. father's am a •bout tan days previous to his ,eath he • had the misfortune to cut • is f'o'ot_ The injury seemed to heal satisfactory and showed: no ,serious symptoms. He complained of a "sore throat which was not thought, serious ntil he was taken ill an Saturday.— Exeter Times -Advocate, • Redecorating Store R. D.,Phdlp is redecorating his drug tore, all of Which adds to the chee -- 'ese and brightness of the premises. Blyth Standard. Bornholm Chopping Mill Destroyed Fire "in some ,undetermined man - r completely destroyed an old ndwark at B,ornholte Iete-Friday .af- ernoon, It was the large solid frame ree-storey chopping mill owned and 'erated by George Gell, The build - g was erected .a good many yeare go when lumber was, plentiful and 'leap and was a well�buiit plant, The ework was• as dry a9 tihder and rued with such rapidity that it' was ly a matter of minutes' before it s a heapp of glowing embers. It a9 96rrortly after. a1x o'clock when r. Geii and fhi9 helper, George Scorn, (Con>tintred; on Page, 7) • T t u c y b d h t u s fn ne la t tb op in G £ram on. wa w M r I- t,, 1