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The Huron Expositor, 1955-04-08, Page 2144 ME TWO THE HURON EXPOSITOR APRIL 8, 1955 E HURON EXPOSITOR Esfalalished 1860 Published at Seaforth, Ontario, every Thursday morning by McLean Bros. A. Y. McLean, Editor Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in advance; foreign $3.50 a year. Single copies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. - them. There are other ways of keep-, ing up the strength of®the provincial force than by withdrawing detach- ments from the smaller towns. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, April 8, 1955 The Name "Seaforth" Where did the name "Seaforth" originate? . Delving into the history of the town as a result of the interest arous- ed by the Old Boys' Reunion and Centenary celebration being held this summer, it was discovered that the only reference that could be found was a paragraph in the Huron 'County Atlas of 1879. After recounting the steps taken by Messrs. Patton, Bernard and Le Fray to lay out a village site in 1854 and 1855, the Atlas goes on to state: "The name of the place was so called by the above gentlemen in their first registered village plans, in honor of the native place of one of them in Scotland, which name it has since retained." Former Seaforth resident, Arnold R. Turnbull, now of England, was brought into the picture and com- menced enquiries overseas. "I con- sulted onsulted a Reference Library here in London and discovered that there .-was a Loch Seaforth on the east coast of the Island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides," Mr. Turnbull says_ In or- der to get more defiinite information, he then wrote the County Clerk in the Inverness County Council, who replied as follows: "I have to refer to your letter of 17th March enquiring as to the de- rivation of the word `Seaforth'. "I am informed that it was origin- :a1Ty-a Norse word, `soe-r-fjord' which became 'sea firth' and finally `Sea- forth'- There isa large loch called Loch Seaforth on the east coast of the Island of Lewis in the County of Ross -shire. Baron Mackenzie of pintail (Kintail being on the main- land of the same County) acquired land in Lewis, which surrounded Loch Seaforth and on being given an Earldom in 1623, he took the name of Lord Seaforth. A descendant had the Earldom attainted in 1716 for his part in the Jacobite Rebellion in 1715 and it has not been restored since that time." There the matter stands for the moment. Doing Good Job Repercussions in those smaller municipalities across Ontario who for some years have been policed by the provincial force, and who were told by the Province that the ser- vice was being bluntly terminated, appear to have been such as to bring a change of heart on the part of pro- vincial authorities. For some months difficulties ap- peared to prevail by way of keeping the provincial force up to strength. But just as reports of this nature were being denied by those in auth- ority, along came a letter telling the municipalities that they were on their own. It is significant that no reference to the proposed termina- tion of this particular aspect of pro- vinial municipal co-operation was mentioned by Premier Frost in his budget address. The fact that the - withdrawal of Provincial police from towns pres- eentIy holding contracts with the 11.'rovillce is to be reviewed is wel- . come news. Certainly if the experi- eflee of other towns is similar to that of Seaforth, where provincials have operated for several years, there rrnuld be no desire to return to the Tinier system of policing by local which all too frequently was per; onalities and petty dif- theill-considered e rfiniezie dal Oft WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: Vanishing Sugar Bush' (Sudbury Star) The "sugar bush" is disappearing in Southern Ontario. Nor is all the bad news wrapped up in one package —the yield from the remaining maple trees is getting less. One of the largest maple syrup producers in Western Ontario (he tapped 800 trees last year; 400 this year) says it used to be possible to get a half -gallon of syrup from each tree. "But I haven't seen that much in 10 years," he said a few days ago. Is this a further sign of,"dust bowl" conditions in the southen part of the province? Have the foresters even bothered to inquire into the rea- sons for the decrease in yield from the sugar maple trees? Has it to do with falling water tables and Iack of moisture ? Is there something missing in the soil that affects the sugar content of the sap? How To Think (Peterborough Examiner) We are astonished that Canadian students—certainly those at uni- versity level—should be so blind to their own interest that they do not want to acquire a command of their own language. It is a plainly observable fact that the quickest advancement and the best jobs go to men who can speak and write clearly and well; there is literally no field of work in which this is not true. Nor is this simply the snobbery of a minority, who pre- fer grammar to chaos, and good plain English to a muddle, of slang and jargon. Language is the principal tool of thought; it is a safe assumption in 99 cases out of 100 that a man who cannot frame a simple statement clearly cannot think a simple thought clearly. He cannot progress logical- ly from a handful of facts to a valid conclusion. As for any creative thinking, it is quite out of his scope, because he lacks the main tool .of thought. SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS New Service Station. Operator Mr. Bev. Wallace has leased the White Rose service station and has been operating since last Friday. James Lamont, the previous oper- ator, has moved to a Belgrave gar- age. Bev. is a local boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Wallace. We wish him luck in his business ven- ture.—Blyth Standard. Imitates Planes With Three Legs Airplane pioneers looked to birds for ideas on flight design, but now it appears that the birds are try- ing to copy the plane industry. One chicken hatched this week at Lakeview Hatchery, Exeter, came equipped with a tricycle landing gear. The third leg protrudes from the rear of the bird. — Exeter Times -Advocate, In Tigertown Jim, son of Frank Siebert, for- merly of Zurich, has signed a De- troit Tiger contract and is now in spring training at Lakeland, Flor- ida. Jim has been assigned to the Jamestown Club in the Pony League as his first step in climb- ing the ladder to a position on the parent Tiger Club of Detroit. Best wishes to you, Jim, in your chosen career of baseball!—Zur- ich Herald. The Day of the Efficient Farmer (St. Marys Journal -Argus) Speaking at a recent regional con- ference of Chambers of Commerce in St. Thomas, I)r. E. G. Pleva, pro- fessor of Geography at the Univers- ity of Western Ontario, made an in- teresting prediction about-agricuI- ture. He did not look for an increase in farm population i -1 -the next 20 years because farmers, by scientic means and machinery will be able to produce sufficient foodstuffs for a doubled population. However, he did Iook for the inefficient farmer to be forced off the land within the next 10 to 15 years, and for such persons to come into the economic Iabor pool. He said the farmer of tomorrow must be a keen, alert, active person, who keeps himself well informed about the most efficient methods of farming.. There will be no place for .the. mediocre farmer. Actually the latter statement isn't too startling to most farmers, says the Tillsonburg News in commenting on Dr. Pleva's predictions. The handwriting has been on the wall for some time, and the change is evident in many farmers. The successful farmer today has to be much more of a businessman and executive than his forefathers who may have lived comfortably on the same land with a much more Ieisurely attitude toward the world of business His father could live in a little farm world of his own, producing most of his own food needs and bartering a bit for the rest. He probably showed no great bank balance at any time, but provided his family with a comfort- able existence. Today the farmer's horizons are pushed to the far cor- ners of the world. He keeps an eye on the foreign as well as domestic markets. Production costs have ris- en, forcing him to look for ways to produce quality products in the most economical way in, order to assure himse suuf&ient returns `,ori: which to live. r°^ uraiia �s��? t,7 fur. mx .olsate&l'4lk the structure will flood 15 acres and store 400 acre-feet of water. No opposition was expressed in the proposal and officials seemed to view it with favor.—Exeter Times - Advocate. Discuss Charge For Laterals A special meeting of the Clinton Public Utilities Commission is planned for Tuesday evening, for discussion of a proper basic rate on which to charge for laying sew- erage Iaterals. An amendment in - the sewerage by-laws passed last year by town council and effective since October, has made house- owners responsible for the main- tenance and installation of laterals from main to house. All members present with the exception of May- or M. J. Agnew, for the discussion which ranged over the wide variety of tasks which confront the P.U.C. Considerable time was spent on ideas of disposing of sewerage, either in the raw state, dr after it leaves the digestor, (throughout the winter months. The superin- tendent, J. Rands, was asked to obtain prices on erecting a roof over the drying beds, which would combat rain, .snow and ice.—Clin- ton News -Record. Bowman Picture Aids Club Besides being able to •play a rugged game of hockey, Mohawk's star defenceman, Colle Bowman, has other talents—he's an -accom- plished artist, too. The Elmira hockey player has donated 'a col- orful oil painting of a river scene to the Exeter Mohawk Booster Hockey Club for money -raising purposes. The painting is on dis- play in the showroom of Hopper - Hockey Furniture. The booster club is sponsoring a raffle on the picture.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Becomes Canon Word has been received that Rev. G. Murray Wyatt, former rector of the BI�pth Anglican par- ish, has beenitade a canon of the Church of .England. Canon Wyatt has been rector of the pro - cathedral at Kenora since 1950. He served as curate of St. James' Church, Stratford, prior to coming to Blyth, from June, 1947, until May, 1949. After serving here for nine months he went to Kenora. Canon Wyatt is a native of Lon- don, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1948.—Blyth Stand- ard. Authority Discusses Dam The Ausable Authority consider- ed the Exeter-Usborne water sup- ply dam at its annual meeting on Wednesday but took no action in the absence of a - complete engin- eer's report. " The Authority will probably call a special meeting early in the summer to decide whether it will Mack the project or not. Engineer C. P. Corbett, O.L.S., of Lucan expects to have the report ready near the middle of May and tenders will be called to establish a price on the con- struction before the Authority dis- cusses the dam again. The rough figure mentioned is $50,000. Pro- posed is an earthen dam 20 feet deep and 250 feet wide with con- crete spillway. It is estimated YEARS AGONE Interesting Items picked from The Huron Expositor'of 25 and 50 Years Ago. From The Huron Expositor April 11, 1930 Ken Eaton, of Winthrop, spent a few days with his sister, Mrs. F. Bennett, Huron Road. Mr. Mel. Clarke and Cpl. Eaton of Winthrop, paid a flying visit to Toronto last Friday. Miss Edna Bremner, nurse -in - training at Seaforth Memorial Hospital, visited her parents at Brucefield manse last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pepper, of Brucefield, spent Sunday evening with Mrs. Pepper's brother, Mr. Lorne Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Finlayson are`moving into Brucefield this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ford King and son, Douglas, of Toronto, were week -end guests of •Mr..King's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. King. Mrs. Fraser returned to Bayfield on Wednesday after spending the winter in Toronto and Goderich. Mr. Frank Evans, of Toronto, spent a few days with his cous- ins, Mrs. Carlin and Miss Tully. Seven Teachers Resign Resignations from seven mem- bers of the staff were accepted by Goderich District Collegiate Insti- tute Board 'at a meeting Tuesday night and applications from two new teachers were accepted. The board also decided to adjust the teachers' salary schedule and to drop music from the curriculum. A. R. Scott, principal of the school and secretary -treasurer of t h e board, in a statement issued Wed- nesday, said that the board had received resignations of five staff members on Tuesday night. Two resignations had been received earlier. He pointed out that the school had gone through two years with no staff changes except the addition of one teacher, J. F. Stephens, who was named to the staff last fall. Those designing are Miss E. MacNaughton, Miss Jean Elliott, Miss Frances Gosnell, Miss Fairley Dadd, G. E. Payne, N. L. Pring and D. M. Ewing.— Goderich Signal -Star. '' Divided on Closing Night Whether or not Goderich stores should commence closing on Sat- urday nights and remain open on Friday nights instead — a move gradually being adopted by mun- icipalities throughout Ontario—re- mained the $64 question following a meeting of the newly organized Goderich Retail Merchants Associ- ation at the Town Hall Tuesday night. Further study of the pro- posed move is to be made before any final decision is reached. With a smaller attendance than that at the organisation meeting on March 14, the merchants Tuesday night found themselves divided into two opposing camps on the matter of Saturday night closing. Those who favored Saturday night dos- ing felt Goderich and Huron Coun- ty were "behind -the times" if they did not do so. Those who were against Saturday night closing felt that Goderich merchants would suffer loss in both farm trade and tourist trade by Satur- day night closing._ Goderich Sig- nal -Star. Better Barleys For Canada There is not a single barley pro- ducing area in Canada where new and better varieties are not need- ed, says Dr. D. G. Hamilton, Cer- eal Crops Division. Ottawa. But, in an article in Cereal News he describes a rapidly expanding breeding program nor being car- ried on across Canada to make new and better varieties available. Until recent years. states Dr. Hamilton, barley breeding in the west was centred largely at the Experimental Farm, Brandon, and the Universities of Manitoba, Sas- katchewan and Alberta; in the east at the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege, Macdonald College, Quebec, and the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. Today, barley breeding at these institutions is on a more comprehensive basis and to them must be added the Laboratory of Cereal Breeding, Winnipeg, and the Experimental Station at Lethbridge. In the past two years, the Experimental Sta- tion at Charlottetown, P.E.I., has become a co-ordinating centre for cereal breeding work in the At- lantic provinces and a well organ- ized breeding program is now in existence in that region. In British Columbia, the Agassiz Experimental Farm, on the main- land and the Station at Saanichton on Vancouver Island have a co-op- erative breeding project. The Sta- tion at Beaverlodge, in northern Alberta, is the key centre for ,northern barley breeding work and for the operation of the Alcan testing project in Canada. Alas- ka and Canada co-operate in test- ing cereal varieties in uniform tests, conducted, in addition to Beaverlodge, at Fort Vermilion, farther north in Alberta, Fort Simpson in the Northwest Terri- tories, and at Whitehorse in the Yukon. Breeding work is dbne at the Lacombe Station for the Park Belt area of central Alberta. A large project at Lethbridge is de- signed for dryland and for lrrlga: tion problems. Work at Scott, Saskatchewan, is important to the dry area of cen- tral and northwestern Saskatche- wan. Development of early varie- ties at the Kapuskasing Station may be tile only method of get- ting a suitable variety for North- ern Ontario, and a proposed plan for selecting winter barleys at Kentville, N,S., the correct way to find a suitable variety for the mil- der areas of that province. In fact, Dr. Hamilton's descr* tion of what is needed to provide suitable barley varieties for val.,. Mr. and Mrs. James Krauskopf, Dublin, were called to Detroit ow- ing to the severe illness of their son, Bill. Mr. Martin Klinkhammer, of De- troit, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Klinkhammer, Dub- lin. Miss Vera Hambly has taken a position in J. A. Sadler's store in Staffa as clerk. J. M. Gray, general merchant of Staffa, has purchased b truck. Both stores have started gather- ing eggs and delivering goods in the country. Mrs. George Dalrymple, Chisel- hurst, who was recently in Sea - forth Hospital, is now at her home and is making a good recovery. Mh Fred Slavin, Chiselhurst, who for some time was confined to the house, is now able to be around again. Alexander's gravel pit is the scene of much activity. Men are busy overhauling the machinery in readiness for an early start at paving the stretch of the London Road from Kippen. to. Exeter. Quite a number of Hensall vil- lagers, as well as citizens of the surrounding country, availed them- selves of the opportunity of visit- ing Case & Son's bakeshop on Sat- urday and were well pleased with the clean appearance of the place. They have just finished installing a fine new oven which, together with the up-to-date machinery and the efficient staff employed, makes it one of the best bakeshops to be found anywhere in this locality. It is just about a year since Case & Son took over the bakery business and they are to be commended for the enterprise and efficiency of their management. Mr. Ed. Berry, accompanieg by a friend, motored' from- Detroit' toff-- Saturday and visited his mother, Mrs. T. J. Berry, and other rela- tives in Hensall. Mr. Bert Horton, who has been ill in the West for some time, has returned to Hensall. Miss Clara McCluskey has re- turned to Seaforth after spending a few months in New York City. excellent illustration of the neces- sity for the widespread distribu- tion of experimental farms, illu- stration stations and researchlab- oratories, maintained by the Fed- eral Department of Agriculture. It is not a matter of climatic condi- tions alone. There are equal var- iations in plant disease and insect problems. Again dealing with barley breeding, Dr. Hamilton states: CROSS-ROADS' .t (By JAMES SCOTT) SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE Not so long ago I read where a Toronto - clergymad—the minister of one of the city's largest congre- gations—made the suggestion that the churches eliminate the Sunday evening service and instead the minister would go visiting his flock during that period. His reasoning was, I suppose, that if his congre- gation would not come to him, he would go to them. The basis, for this, is sound en- ough if you are thinking of salva- tion in terms of mass production forf there is one sure thing which is generally true in this land of ours, it is that not too many peo- ple go outto church on Sunday night. In fact, more than one anxious cleric has tried all sorts of things like popular lectures, moving pictures, discussion for- ums and the like of that to whip up interest in. the Sunday evening service. , • As far as I am concerned I don't hold with any of these things. Quite a while back now I found myself in a position where I could not attend the morning service. A little later I found I could manage going to church on Sunday night. I don't suppose I had been to an evening service—except one of those special super attractions— for years and years. It was quite a revelation. The church was not very well populated. There was no hustle, no surreptitious conversation while we waited for the choir and the minister, no looking to see who was there and what she was wear- ing. It was quiet. Very quiet and very reverent, because one thing you, can be sure of about the Sun- day evening service is that every- body who is there is there for one purpose and one purpose only—to worship God in the way of his choosing. He is not there to be seen (because almost nobody 'else is there to see him), or to show off his new clothes, or to get the latest news. On Sunday night all vice. there is is the service itself. Now I may be a strange fellow, but to me the simple reverence of the atmosphere of the service that first night I went to church was one of the most satisfying experi- ences I have ever had in my fife, In sober fact, I am not too "churchy" and it would be stretch- ing it somewhat to say that I have never missed an evening service since. But I can say this: I have been trying to attend the quiet - evening service pretty regularly ever since. Thewultimate effect, I would say, adds up to something like this: in the subdued light and the holy sil- ence at the end of God's day a man can come, perhaps, as close to his Maker as at any time in his life. If he is on trial, it is not before his neighbors but his . Master. In short, when I go to church on Sunday night I do not feel that any of us in the congre- gation are putting on a show for God, but that we are trying to get as close to Him as a human can. --As I said, this is ,probably a very curious view to take. May- be. But we can't all be built the same way and for those of us who like the simplicity of the eve- ning worship, it would be a sad thing to see it eliminated. I liketo have my minister drop in to see us as much as the next man, but, with all due respect, I think he might manage to -sand- wich in his call some time dur- ing the other six busy days of the week. What's more, I suspect that he too would rather do his visiting then. It is very possibly true that the evening service is no longer ars economically sound operation, but I have no doubt in the world that it is spiritually sound. I hope that my church at least never eliminates the evening ser-• "There are some problems com- mon to all areas in Canada, while others are definitely localized. An overall problem is Ioose smut. All breeders have gone into breeding fbr resistance to loose smut. With vacuum pumps or high pressure jet methods of inoculation it is now possible to inoculate thou- sands of spikes, whereas formerly only a few were done, or usually none at all. If loose smut resist- ance is to be combined with all the other characters required in a new variety, the plant breeder must have the opportunity of mak- ing the final selection from among several hundred loose smut resist- ant lines. In all areas of Canada one can find a damaging complex of leaf diseases in most years. It has been particularly serious in the prairie provinces during the re- cent wet years and a severe han- dicap to the barley crop in East- ern Canada and British Columbia for a Tong time. Some breeders in the west think these leaf dis- eases have been favored by ex- cessive moisture, by the fact that combines leave a lot of plant resi- due on the soil, and by the large acreages devoted to one or a few varieties. Much work remains to be done in breeding for resistance. • From The Huron Expositor April 7, 1905 One evening last week some evil disposed persons set fire to two stacks of hay on the far of Cdr. A. Turnbull, near Woo am, in Usborne. The stacks contained over ten tons of first-class hay and were completely destroyed. Mr. Peter Jordan, of the third concession of Hibbert, recently sold to Mr. James Cronin, Dublin, 16 steers averaging 1,400 pounds; for the snug sum of $1,100. We congratulate Mr. Jordan on his sale and we hope he may long flourish as a feeder of such choice cattle. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rands, Constance, took very ill suddenly on Saturday afternoon. The doctor had to be summoned, and we are pleased to state, how- ever, that he is improving. Mr. C. Witmer has moved to Zurich and occupies Mr. C. Bawer's house. Mr. John Wesloh, Zurich, has removed to Waterloo where he engages in the hotel business. Mr. Justice Melick has opened an implement sales room in Mr. G. Holtzman's building. ^ Some of Walton young men have gone to work with the cement gang on the construction line of the E.P.R. Messrs. Sabiston and Johnston are now running two separate gangs, which are working between Monkton and Milverton. 'A good many have started plow- ing sod, but the weather -is yet of too chilly a nature for seeding. Trade is somewhat quiet in the usually stirring village of Hensall, as the farmers are . all busy with spring work. The Bell Telephone Co. have completed the putting in of new telephones in Hensall and their employees left on Wednesday. The egg wagons are once more on the rounds around Kippen, and judging from the quantities com- ing into the stores the hens have got fairly settled down to busi- ness for another season. Mr. Peter Grant, Kippen's old reliable and well-known market gardener, is again at Work clean - mg up .and making ready for the summer campaign. Mr. Grant is now in his 84th year, and he is remarkably active for that age. On Sunday as Mr. William Reedy was driving through Seaforth with a horse and light wagon, by some means the shafts dropped down, frightening the animal and catising it to jump out of the harness. The horse ran away with nothing but a bridle and rope on it, and Mr. Reedy has since been unable to get any trace of -it. It is a small broDr. O mare. rroll left Seaforth on Wednesday and. intends locating in Sitiith's Fall. Where ate only fhte medical practitioners in Seaforth now. Each area has its special pro- blems. In the Atlantic region ev- eryone admires the way Charlotte- town 80 drops its awns prior to threshing, and the ease with which it threshes. Now the aim is to in- corporate many of the character- istics of Charlottetown 80 into a new variety. For P.E.I. particu- larly, the new variety Must have resistance to that damaging pest jointworm which made its appear- ance in 1946 and has made barley growing impossible in some areas. In Ontario and Quebec a new var- iety should have resistance to pow .dery mildew. A better variety for southern Alberta could be a twb- rowed malting variety suitable for irrigated land. For some regions Where springbarley runs into con- dltions whicare too dry prior to ripening, then winter barley is iraareas across Canada is an needed, 'SHOWER' FOR THE BRIDE (From the Brockville Recorder and Times) Now that Spring is here and June will eventually take over with the usual rounds of weddings, we think it only fair to point out some of the necessary obligations which brides and their friends must un- dergo, all in the line of "tradi- tion". We refer to that social scourge, the "bridal shower", a duty which must be undertaken by the bride, her attendants and ev- ery friend she has ever had since public school days! Some bridal showers can be quite a bit of fun, the gathering crowd having not seen each other for some time. and reminiscing conversations, "mingled with tasty refreshments, rather enjoyable— but,only once in a long while. On the other hand they can also be- come a bit of a bore—especially when practically the same crowd gather several times in a period of a few weeks to "surprise" the bride, who in all probability had plans to wash her hair onthat par- ticular evening! Showers, unfortunately, all seem to follow the same pattern. The guests wear their best clothes and sit around in a circle on hard chairs making polite chatter to the person next to them, who is usually some distant relative of the bride, while the, gifts are pass- ed around for all to admire—(and compare, with their own)—after which a contest or quiz takes place until time to serve the refresh- ments. By the time the guests leave for home, they are all, including the hostess and guest of honor, completely exhausted from the ra- ther trying evening. Men have much more interest- ing ways of doing things. They have stag parties for the bride- groom -to -be. The idea of stag parties is also gradually catching on with the bride's friends and we have heard of several happy occasions when a few more congenial friends of the bride gather in what is hoped to, be a soundproof home and "whoop" it up—after "surprising" the bride with some type of house- hold necessity, all having contri- buted to its purchase. At a party such as this, more relaxing apparel is worn, rerreati- ments are kept quite simple, such as in liquid form with cheese, crackers and pickles—and the gift problem is dispensed with, since the guests each give a nominal sum and the purchase is made by an appointed person. There are probably many who enjoy bridal showers — but for those who don't care for such so- cial gatherings, a "female stag party" could do just as nicely in honoring the bride -elect. If the guests are going to be tired next day, they might just as well have good reason with a real - "party" behind them, rather than a lot of polite.' but still restrain- ed, idle chatter! The father of triplets called up the local newspaper to report the event. The fellow at the other end. not quite certain of what had been said, asked: "Will you repeat that?" Snapped back the proud father: "Not if Dean help it!" ' CHRIST CRUCIFIED O face of compassion That looks down with infinite ten- derness From the sacrificial cross. Thy passion, Our waywardness Stubbornly, shamefully forgets, Until remembered with regrets. And yet, in Thy pale face There is no despair, anger, nor reproof To the forgetful ones who madly race, And stay aloof From Thy sufferings and Thy ways In our materialistic days. And in the long, long years Thy words are preached, not liv- ed. All Who follow Thee are brought to tears; Stumble and fall, Carrying the weight of their cross,. Refining Truth from human dross. 0 Eternal Symbol Of betrayal, and suffering's climax Thou hast paid inhumanity's full toll And final tax; Drinking the cup of bitterness, Asking God for our forgiveness! We do not Ayet realize, In Thy crucifixion -humanity Itself was crucified. The worldly wise Show no pity. Men are crucified in this day, Who dare speak Truth and point Thy way. W. P. ROBERTS TO SOMEONE I LOVE My Mother Somebody's darling, somebody's dear; Someone's as sweet as can be; Someone grows dearer and dearer each year, Closer and closer to me. When Somebody's•happy, ply heart, too, is gay, For the Someone I mean is no other Than the one I am sending this greeting today, Somebody I love—My Mother. Who fed me from her gentle breast, And hushed inc in her arms to rest, And on my brow sweet kisses pressed, My Mother. Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell,. Or kiss the part to make it well, My Mother. When pain and siekness made me cry, Who was it sang sweet lullaby, And Wept for fear that I should die, My Mother. (Contributed)'