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flow of friendship. City bred folk might not. understand Pseudonyms?” by Mickhaii Bubennov, Here are a few interesting ex-
w that feeling, but we who still live fairly close to the cod!gwhich appeared in "Pravda" of Feb- amples: ruary 27 last. The author begins by
land which broua-ht our forefathers to this country kuoia-
that the word "neighbor" implies worlds inure than merely: names" was common 'in Tsarist Rus-
the fellow who lives next door. More than anything else it sta: Thisf was due, he says, to ' con-
ditionsbs ed
on
o the
violence
socia oaindde r ,a
abasement."
ewta s
means "I don't need to know any more about you; it does-
n't matter how much dough you've got .. . as far as I'm (Sic) In those days a large number
—4,7,e,oneeined: you're a right P-uy." The perfection of thatl, of irt evolu
ers”
tiohnar
o h
ies, public figures and
greeting, of course, lies in the fact that it permits the re- cy were
democratic
compealldedl by
f e
itself
fd e too-
strained Anglo-Saxon to say all these things, which may .; hide behind pseudonyms." But now,
even border on the sentimental, without letting down the I "under a new social structure of our country, the basic reasons for hiding
reserve of which he is so inordinately proud. !behind pseudonyms are eliminated,"
says Mr. Bubennov. "There has nct The finest town we could possibly imagine would be been one instance in which any Party
One in which all the residents greeted each other with a or state figure has replaced his own
Sincere "Hi Neighbour," It would be a place in which no name with a pseudonym." And he
adds significantly, "There has not Communist, no trouble-maker and no criminal could exist, beBenot anitd enaotst be any such:"
simply because the atmosphere would. be altogether 1:01 there are others,!
2leasant. who are not "Party or state figures," ;
who seek to hide their identity, "Some
Yes, we are day-dreaminga No town is that perfect — writers, with striking persistency
but such perfection is worth trying for. worthy of a better! application, have
maintained the long obsolete tradi-
tion," says Mr. Bubennov. "And many
of these writers are young people just
Driving Course Should Be Included beginning their literary activity."
Some
heen caught red
delinquents,d who have
Several high schools in this district have announced orbeneont shurfofoicietnt.iyo
intention of including a safe driving course in the curricu- red-handed,i have been
and they have offered var-
ious for the 1951-52 term, and the move seems patently tinous „eixcuses.
cannot sign
is quoted as say-
sensible. S-aturally enough it is only within the past few
many names
e own w
the
n
same
name;
years that the need for such a course has become .apparent. thereg are toon
as mine." Another humbly exclaimed: however, high school graduates, both boys and girls
because
me, but I. use a pseudonym
be car drivers, almost without exception. With the high- name if se r
readers
difficult tot to IT:-
way accident rate climbing at an alarming pace, what could nounce and hard
member." But these excuses are re- be more reasonable than to make an effort to teach tomor- garded with suspicion, and writers
row's drivers the proper methods of handling the vehicles
I inquired of a number of people,
course of a day. They may vary all the way from the casual way of smothering geniuses at their of different ages and circumstances,
what they thought of the proposed
old age pensions of $40.00 a month
for everybody at age 70, and for those
who need them, at age 65.
The replies varied with the exper-
ience, the outlook and the age of
those questioned. -
recalling that the use of "contrived ti) A retired factory worker, draw-
ing a pension of $25.00 a month from
his former employer ,says: "It would
help a lot. I can't live on my present
pension and my savings won't last
very long, An additional $40.00 a
month would enOloAniq to continue
to occupy this room; but I would be
much happier if I had a job at which
I could earn even the same amount
of money—some job in keeping with
my strength and my age. Life is
pretty dreary for a man with nothing
to do and only enough money to buy
his barest needs."
(2) A similar sentiment was ex-
pressed by the wife of another retir-
ed pensioner. She said: "We are living
now on my husband's pension and
what income we get from our sav-
ings. We could do very nicely with the
extra $40.00 a month; but that is not
our chief trouble. What worries me
is the enforced idleness that is killing
my husband. Why should he have to
retire while he is still 'able to work?
No pension can compensate a man for
the loss of his right to earn his liv-
ing. If the government ,or industry
would find suitable jobs for older
people it would be much better than
pensions, and then they would only
have to pension those' who are not
able to work."
(3) A young couple, 'two years mar-
ried and just beginning to raise a
family, were more concerned about
the immediate future, They wanted to
own their own home and to ,give their
children an education. They hoped to
be able'to do that and also to accum-
ulate something for their old age.
They could not imagine any govern•
merit ever being able to pay pensions
to everybody, large enough to satisfy
the recipients.
(4) A graduate of an agricultural
college, and his wife, living on a farm
which they hope to pay for and to
make into a home that will take care
of them in their old age, if they take
care of it while they can work, didn't
like the idea of having to depend on
a pension that in the bottom of their
hearts they could never feel sure they
had earned. They didn't object to pen-
sions for those who needed them but
hoped that they themselves would
never need one,
(5) tut the most uncompromising
reply came from a hardfaced farmer
whose 70 years' experiende had con-
vinced him that in this world there is
to afit91taitt.1..Vrvattrr,A, Eiturs
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Are We Missing A Good Bet?
We note that laistowel has announced the days of its
second annual industrial fair, to be held this fall, Walker-
-advisable, with our neighbouring towns already in action,
ton has staged events of this kind for the past twO years
and they have been outstandingly successful. it is the type
of thing which should have recommended itself to the busi-
nessman of Wingham, although whether or nut it is still
would remain to be seen.
The success of these trade fairs in smaller towns is not .
to be measured by their financial standing, although as far .
as we know they have done well from that aspect too. But
the important thing is that they add a new note of keen
interest in life of a rural community. They provide a new
opportunity for outsiders to see and appreciate the advan-
tages we in the smaller centres have to offer, and they I
serve to impress upon city businessmen the fact that the
Western Ontario communities are worth watching. Pro-
Literary ducts of many Western Ontario firms rank with the very
best in their field, Right in Wingham we have more than . By Lewis one plant turning out top grade manufactured goods, and
it would be a fine thing to set aside a special time and place, A writer's lot in Soviet Russia is
: to let the rest of the world know that such is the case. not a happy one—indeed, it is a very
difficult and dangerous one. Journal-
Whether or not an industrial fair is still feasible for .sin s a restricted field in which
this town we have no idea, We do give full credit to only the most reliable and servile
Walkerton and laistowel for the complete success of their Party members are employed, al-
though in rural districts certain edi-
tors have come under suspicion, In
the field of literature, novelists,
dramatists, historians, philosophers
I and poets must confine their "creat-
ive writing" within the limits of SOV-
Perhaps you have never paused to reflect on the var- , let ideology. This limitation has a shackling effect upon young and am-
inai writers havebeen trying- to hide he one that we like best is the salutation of a businessman Some of the more critical and orig- „I
fame,
sin,
No doubt there were a lot of bad accidents in the early but as it stands it bears a striking
Centuries of history when men first found how to build resemblance to the ''poetry" which
fires and take them into their homes for greater comfort
Cl -and utility, but somehow our forebears learned to be care-
ful with the blessing that was theirs.
When every man and woman who is likely to take the
wheel of a car has become instinctively respectful of the
killing power which lurks in the frame of a motor vehicle--
when every driver is conscious every moment he is at the
controls of the awful force his carelessness can unleash—
then we may expect ottr cars to serve the useful purpose
lot which they were designed without taking a. frightful
harvest each year from the homes of our country,
REMINIS"1" uuni
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PORT YEARS AGO
June 22 is Coronation Day and will
be observed as a public holiday,
Mrs, Dane of Vancouver is visiting
with Mrs, H, Kerr.
Miss Roberts of Toronto, is visiting
at Mr. Wm, Cruiekshank's home,
Dr, Kennedy returned from a trip
to the hospital in Chicago and the
celebrated Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minn,
Mrs, Hugh Hamilton and Mrs. Mc.
Ewen left this week for Carleton
Place where Mrs. Hamilton will 'visit
for a few weeks and where Mrs.
McEwen intends residing iri future.
Dr. P. D, Stewart of Saskatoon,
Sash,, and R. B. Stewart, Demonstra-
tor in the School of Mining and En-
gineering of Toronto University, are
visitors at the home of Mr, John Ing-
lis, Shuter St.
* * *
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Mr. Arthur Irwin is to be congratu-
lated on passing the third year exam-
inations at the Royal College of Den-
tal Surgeons, coming second in a class
of sixty.
Mr, and Mrs. W, J Gallaher, !v s.
Tiffin and Mrs. Lennox spent Thurs-
day in Stratford.
Mr. and Mrs. Richards of Dungan-
non, visited with Mr. and Mrs, Rebt,
Deyell over Sunday.
Mrs. Maurice Fitzpatrick and dau-
ghters spent the week-end with her
mother, Mrs. D, McCormick, Cuiross.
A large number of people wire pre-
sent at the barn raising at Mr. Elisha
Walker's in East Wawanosh. W. H.
Rintoul was the contractor, Geo, Kerr
and Wm, Shoebotom were the cap-
tains, Supper was served to over izo
pdople.
Snap Sale Specials at the Walker
Store: 27-inch gingham 5 yds, for .95;
linen towels 3 for .95; sweater yarns
15 balls .95; shantung silk 2 yards ,95.
* 'K *
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Mr, and'Mrs. A. J, Wilson and Mr.
and Mrs. E. R Harrison attended a
Mixed Twilight bowling event in
Mount Forest and were successful in
capturing first prize
Flower Sunday was observed in the
United Church S. S., when a large
number of children took part in a de-
lightful service.
Mrs. S. Smith of Guelph, is visiting
with her parents, Postmaster and
Mrs. Musgrove.
Mr, and Mrs. Leigh Johnston of
Orangeville, spent the week-end at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Lepard.
Sunday guests at the home of Mrs.
J. Lennox were: Mr, and Mrs. .IT Kit-
chen, Wroxeter and Dr. and Mrs.
Hamilton of Brussels.
Mr, Albert Bell will represent Mait-
land Lodge I,O.O.F. at the meeting
of the Grand Lodge in Toronto.
PETERBOROUGH "GOING
UNDERGROUND"
The Peterborough Public Utilities
Commission plans to get started with-
in two years on a long-term, program
to transfer overhead power lines to
underground conduits. The plan is the
result of years of effort of under-
ground wiring advocates to get a
program started to help improve the
appearance of city streets,
no such thing as something for noth-
ing.
He wanted to know if these pen-
sions were to come as manna from
heaven; or if they would have to be
paid for. If the latter, who would do
the paying and who the collecting;
and what form would the taxation
take? •
I explained that since all the people
of Canada would share in the bene-
fits they would all be expected to pay
their share of the taxes, but that the
form of taxation and what taxing
authorities would collect it had not
yet been decided.
"I see," he said. "Our ten provin-
cial governments and our federal
government are all willing , to hand
out the people's money and to under-
take that it will continue to he hand-
ed out as long as Canada is a coun-
try; but none of them wants the
odium of collecting it from the
people."
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pseudonyms "as a means of disguise
to help them practise all kinds of
abuses and machinations in the press
, . . covering up their dirty tracks
in every possible way," He accuses
editors themselves of "encouraging
them in this unique charaeleonism."
"The time:Alas come to da away with
pseudonyms altogether," he dcciarcs,
WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT
PENSIONS—ARE THEY MANNA
FROM HEAVEN?
ventures along this line.
Neighbours Are The Best Of All
dead-sure
ya doin'?" to the formal "Good afternoon sir. birth.
pst up the way who always says Ili Neighbor r err identities behind false names.
It may be a throwback to pioneer ancestry, but refer- The Current Digest of the Soviet
publishes a translation of an
e nce to our status as a neighbor always kindles a warm article entitled; "Do we need Literary
with such names are advised to
which can so easily become death traps? change through the "established pro-
cedure," Police and safety organizations are working over- oriftetrhseiat rereattoldnairinoets toAt beBa-
time on an all-out program of driver education. The Pro- shamutedw
vincial Government has spent thousands of dollars to warn bennov cites a glowing ex'ample uin-
the Soviet poet, Sergei Smirnov, who of the danger of carelessness on the highways, These ef-
had
refuse,,cil mhisthneame when he
forts have certainly not, been fruitless, for without them""learned front
the accident rate could easily have mounted much higher (n11' of his name was
papers
ai exposed
than
enemy of the people." Smirnov wrote than its present peak, The surest way in the world, how- e poem about it, which begins:
ever to control the situation is to do the educatino- when"Because of this man of ill
the drivers are in their formative years, before bad '''driving. I decided,—
habits have been ingrained. - I won't hide it,---
If
ToI
had
adopt
done
another this name.
There will always be a few of those criminally negli-thing, this
gent people on the roads, who thoughtlessly take their toll It would have been as if
of huma lives, but it seems to he quite possible to eliminate
the unintentional offender who simply has never thought
of the hazard he creates.
appears in our faded red Canadian
Woruni.
Mr, Bubennov, however, does not
dislike the use of pseudonyms only
because it is a survival of a "literary
tradition which has outlievd its time,"
"Prequently," he says, "behind these
pseudonyms hide people who look
at the matter of literature in an an.'
tisocial way and do not want people
to know their real natriee fThe word
"people" should have been translated
"Pollee," his conclusion, Bu-
berliiev cuts loose at the "near-liter,
cry 'types' and haek-writers" who use
I'd betrayed my next of kin,
Betrayed my very father.
Taut — . "
The poem may have lost some of
its afflatus in process of translation,
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