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T lhe Canadian %tteman, Bewmanvilhe, Freb. 17, 1961 EDITORIAL COMMENT We Refuse ta Enthuse On Monday, Canada.for the f irst ti.me in hiztory officially owned a dis- tinctive flag of its own. One would normally expect that wculd have been an occasion of nation wide celebration, with all cf aur streets lined with flag- bearing poles, dancing in the streets, fireworks displays and so on. For gen- eratiens, poltical leaders have been promising us aur awn flag and finally, after a hard-fought battie in Parlia- ment, what was considered by many as impossible had been achieved.. Our cwn flag was a reality. What happened? Same school board members grumbled a bit because of the cost cf buying the new flags, when the aid cnes had a lot cf wear left in them. A couple cf people were on hand at the post office ta watch the caretaker dc the changeover at noon on Monday. And that was about it. All that sweat over the Red Ensign and the Maple Leaf design in Parliament, al that baggling that went an for s0 many weeks, yet when victary was eventually won by supparters cf the new flag, the day cf unveihîng went by without any fanfare, except at Ottawa where there was an official, flot too exciting cere- many. Probably, the first real public oc- casion when same enthusiasin may be aroused for aur own flag may be araund the Queens birthday, the 24th cf May, when if we don't get a holiday we'Il ail run away. Or July lst, Canada Day, Dominion Day, or whatever it is called at the moment; that could be the great hcliday when flags will f ly fram every Iamp-post and every hamefront. Frank- ]y, we are a duil bunch cf ciods, cam- pared ta the Americans wha are rarin' ta go at a celebration. They are real flag wavers, while we are just plain Unenthusiastic slabs who, if we are over the age cf three, wculdn't be caught dead waving a flag while a parade went by. The next step in our pregress te- wards becoming a nation will be the change over frein God Save the Queen (or King as the case may be) teo0 Canada. We are convinced this will flot arouse any more excitemnent than the new flag is creating among the gen- erai populace. Frankly, we have just been sittmng here humming the tune of O Canada and recalhing how most bands drag when they play that. Se much so that instead cf it lifting anycne te peaks cf pride in their country, most cf us are trying to remember the proper words towards the end cf the piece. In the mneantîme, the sang goes alcng slowly, more like a dirge than a rcusing nation- al hymn. From aur point cf view it naw looks as though we shahl have ta leave it to the young people cf Canada te stir Up scmething that shows the rest cf the world that we are proud ta be Canadians, proud ta sing our hearts eut when aur national sang is played, proud ta wave aur own flag on special oc- casions. Right now, we are embarrassed ta show much sentiment and look as- kance at those who have the temerity ta give outward expressions to their inationalistie feelings. It probably wiIl take quite a while for us ta avercome aur shyness abaut such displays. It might well be that the Centennial celebrations in 1967 could sort of nudge us out cf aur sheil a little, and we cculd carry an from there, graduallv raising the tempo cf aur out- ward pride in natianhaod until we came close ta matching the excitement aur American neighbors show. Let's hope so, but we'Il believe it only when we see it. Brotherhaool Week is nearly here again. This year il will be abserved dluring the week of February 21-28. This admirable and idealistie promo- tion is sponsared by the Canadian Council cf Christians and Jews. It bas becamne trite to lament that the spirit engendered during the "week" doet net prevail the year through. To imply, as thîs dces, that for fifty-cne weeks we are freetot indulge aur preju- dices, aur blînd hatreds borri cf ignor- ance and fear, aur bigotries, and that nly for ont -noble week is man urged te treat his fellow man as a brather is fallacicus. The work cf the Counicil gees on ail year. Tht "week" is only its spctlight period, a mark an the cal. ..eixdar, an interval preceçlirg and ir) Wýhich leaders in hte une nding wark for greater understanding between al Canadians seek ta publicize the Coun- cil's principles. The pettiness of man cannat he erased in one week, or ane year or in a lifetimne. 'Ahi we may hope for is that through this yearly remînder and by vittecf the work which intervenes, each year the unjust and insane anti- pathies between Jew and Christian, Christian and Jew, between men cf white skins and men whose skins are red, or black or yellow, between people pf different tangues and people cf di- verse religions may shrink a littie. We may hope - indeed, we must hape that in time these evil miasmas that under God ail men are equal. BROTHERHOOD FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM Believe it! Live it: Support it! Letter to Editor Queen's University Student Gives Views on New Curriculum Morris Hall, Queen's University, Sut., Feb. 13 Dean Mr. James : After reading Mr. Meeks' letter and previously Mr. Stxsmith's letter, I Ihought that I should dcfend tht idea bebind the New Curriculum. Bath af tht above men seemn te have ccmnittedi an errer in logic. Tbey feel that since tht New Curriculum is changîng parts a! tht Bible and thus faith that the whole Bible wiIl be discounted and thus aur faith in God. How are they able te go from the part te the whole, e.g. he- cause I am a unive.rsiîy stu- dent and go te Quten's, 1 can't go on te saY thal ail university students go ta Queen's. Alsa, b tbink that their concept of faith and the word cf Gad are different than mine. Did God inspire (even that word is difficult ta define) tht prophets te write bis thoughts througb their own langUage and imînds or did He dictaIt Hiis thoughts te tbem so tbeN were like stenographers? if we accept that the Bible la the direct word of God then wc take tht buman quality ouI of tht Bible, in tht sense that man had ne part in. witing the Bible. Yet, Ibis concept is difticuit ta accept because il runs counler le the philosophy e! tht Bible which la a collection et stonies of human people te wbom God revealed Hlm- self, and o! Christ wbe was God la tht flesh and bu- man. This is net wbat ont would expect a Divine Be- ing le dictatet te His people; one would expert doctrines and dogmus on bew ta con- duct our lives. Couid God flot have re- vealed Himselft' t variaus prophets and they interpret- ed Ibis revebation, maybe not infallibly but very truly? And could net have others threugb tht yearsaltered in ccpying eut the Bible whaîtbey felt were tht cir- cumstances et tht revela- tien. Tht New Curriculum is not disputing tht revea- tien but tht circumstances. About taiîh : Dots taitb make tht stories in tht Bible bel ieved or dees ballet in the stonies in tht Bible lead to fat'b b hope tht former is trut because fuitb cao muka mounitains move, but can meunlains make fuith move? If we accept tht former, dots changing tht stories alter Our faith? The New Curriculum 10 my eiders ever 40 dots seem revolutianary and a destruc- tion of faith but was net Luther, the founder ef our Protestant Churcb, treated us a beretie, or tht best ex. ample was Christ -~- why wus Ht crucified by the Romans? Tht New Curricu- lum la an answer te our times, il la reaching eut le the Young who are tht pro- duet et' a scientific revolu- tien. Il la trying te show us God in our way of think- iog. What my grandfuthar believed is NOT good tnough for me. Te Mr. Meeks and Mr'. Sexsmith and I should add, m y moîber, 1 congrululate you an tht depth et yeur conviction, and recogniza yeur ight la disagret with tht New Curriculum. Tht mort that tht New Curiiet- ium la put te thetlest, tht more ils faults will be peîr- tected, while ut tht samne time making peoplt question wbat tbey believe, creating a bealtby attitude. Altbeugh I believe in tht New Cur- riculum I ai]l have taith in God. Yours truly, Richard Lander. Wbr ~an~rnn ~tate~m~uw Durham Countysi Grect Fazsly journal Estabhished 111 years ego in 1854 Aise lncorparating Ths Bawmansille News The Newcastle Independent 'V The. Orona Newsar b £JLuheta.d su Second claum ai hY U*Post Ohs. Dept, Ottawa, o nd ler patyment et postage la cash Preduc.d aeruy Wednndcay by THE JAMES PUBLISHIG COMPANY LIMITED PO0. BOX 190 62-e King St. W.. Eowmonvll., Ontario JOHN M. JAMES GEO. W. GRAHAM GEO. P. MORRIS EDITI-PUILIZEADvmG.Miic BUSINESS MGa. 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"Let the church lead- ers do it" I have been say- ing yet knowing full well that if we wish the church te go ferward we at the grass roats must do our sha re. Therefore I would like to share with your readers this letter which wiIl go an to Mr. Pierre Berton, author of "The Comfcrtable Pew". It is being written, net tram the standpoint cf an expert or even an intellectual, but rather from a Senior Citizen Who would net exchange her faith in God for anything else in this wide world. That faith bas given courage ta go on when the road was rough. "How can anycce who does not believe in God face what has ta be faced in this hospital?" was once asked me by a feliow patient in the aId Duntap Building. My reply was that I dîd not know and pitied them. I like Pierre Berton, read what he writes and listen ta what he says but net at 11:40 p.m. excepting ta hear bis review of bis own bock and discussion cf it with tise two clergymen - neot yet having had the oppartunity cf read- ing the book itself was anxious te learn what it was aIl about. Mr. Berton is net an athe- ist or nt least if he is he is bringing a new twist ta atheism. H-e does net con- demo Christianity but the church for net being more Christian. He la an boneçt man searching for truth and please Gad he finds it. In the meantime ail churches are îndebted te hlm for hav- ing done a good job in mak- ing us sit up and think. He finds the churcb net ieading as she used ta do. I say "Thank God fer that"*. She la nat yet Christian eoough te be trusted te lead directiy - When she learns te keep in step with her Leader then she wilI he ready te give leadership. At an earlier period the only educated people were the Clergy and they had ta tell those in the pew bew ta think and act. Ta-day the man in the pew ks better educated and prefers te do bis awn thinking. The Church still leads but through the lives of' men and wemen in a demnocra tic way. There is no place fer 25 YEARS AGO (Feb. 22, 1940) Wbile playing hockey with Renfrew Muroons, a fust- skating outfit in the Upper Ottawa Valley Sr. Leugue semi-finals, Deug Nichais, son et Mr. and Mrs. Luther NichaIs, was înjured when he was thrown beavily te tht ice in a collision. No report' bus been received as ta bis condition except thut he is In a semi-conscious condition. Officers of tht Chamber of Commerce for tht cem- ing year are: President, A. McGregor; Vice, Dr. J. C. DevitI; Secretury, R. M. Cotton: Treasurer, F. 0. Mcllveen. Miss Audrey Eiiiott, Uni- versity of Toronto, spent the weekend with ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Elliott. Latet Ienlistments tram this district :ncludt Ernest Hunt and Alan F. Densem who have joined the Hast- ings and Prince Edwurd Regiment ut Picton. MissDaris Virtue. Baw- manville, aîtended Miss Yvonne Margaret Yeurth when she was marritd ta Mr. Jack Lloyd Bateman in Oshawa on Saturday afler- 110011. Mis. L.aura Bedeil, Blooin- field, motiîeîet' Mrs. A. H. Bounsail, Bowmaniviile, bas tht honor and distinction et' having severul of ber peems selected for tht 1940 edition et tht Canadian Poetry Cul- endar. Mr. and Mrs, E. V. Heur were guesîs ut tht Pearson- Mussey wedding ut St. James Bend Uniîted Cburch, Toron- to, lat Suturday. Mrs. Cecil Hill. Black- stock, spent the weckend with ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. W. Leask, Taunton, visited their aunt and uncle, Miss Mary and Mr. John Lumb. Mr. Wm. Clarke, Imperiai Oul Co.. Toronto, spent the weekend with bis tamily here. Mr. George Spencer, ot Tarante, was home for the weekend. The cengregation et Trin- ity United Churcb and Cartwright and Bowmanviiîe friends and relatives of Rev. and Mrs. Merriil Ferguson and daughter Helen, met aI Trinity Sunday Sehool roam, Friday evening te bld them a fond farewell. They leave this week ta resume their posta as missionarits cf the United Church in Africa atter furnughing bere. Starkville: Miss Neihie Shutka bas taken a position in Oshawa. a dlctating Church inaa demacratic society. Even the ]Roman Catholic Church, the glewest te change, is allow- ing more freedam cof thought and action ta her followers. "Let us look at aur own Canada"! One hundred and forty years &go the Method- ist Church althaugh the largest Protestant denomina- tien in Upper Canada had had years cf frustration try- ing to get a bill passed te allow ber preachers ta marry their awn young people. The reason? Because the ruling Protestant Church had toe much direct influ- ence on the Iawmakers cf the day. In Ottawa, today. we find one leader a farmer mission- ary ta Africa; ont is a formn- er Baptist minister who went into politics after working in the slumn of a large cîty, one is married te a Baptist minister's daughter. The fourth leader cf Opposition is a Roman Cathelic. Our Prime Minister was born in a Methodist parsan- âge and aise the grandson of a Methodist preacher. We can rest assured that although tht Church dees net visibly lead, ber in- fluence is streag in the poiicy making of our nation. Behind the many organiza- tiens fer the beip and uplift of mankind many ef which do net show a visible iink wîth tht Church stand goed men and women, usually members ef a Church. Mr. Berton dots net find the Church meeting the needs cf the day. Here he is right. We put on our own comfart ahead eof feeding tht hungry cf the world, car- ing for tht world sick, dis- couraged, the prisoner or the stranger wîthin our gaies. There is a Sioux indian prayer which is "Great Spirit help me neyer te judge another tintil 1 have walked in his moccasins for twe weeks". I would like in challenge MVr. Bertons ta put an the inaccasins. Ir he cannet honestly arcept the creed of bis favorite church ]et hlm jein up with one he cao ar- cept. A man-made creed eof any church was neyer in- tended ta be a stumbling block fer those wha wisb ta break through te Christ the leader cf the Church. Tht Cburch needs men like Mr. Berton on the inside. I warn hlm however it will net be easy. History shows tus Martin Luther was bitterly disap- pointed because bis church 49 YEARS AGO (FCb. 24, 191f;) Lady Hughes, Lindsay, was guest af ber maîher, Mrs. H. W. Burk, Quten St., ever tht weekend. Troaper Alex Christie and Trooper Stanley Dunet Kingston Battery. spent Sunday aI home. Miss Margaret Rouseil, London, was guest et' Miss Mary Cryderman and other fritods over the weekend. Lieut. Elton Hughes of tht 93rd Batt., Peterborough. spent tht weekend with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rd. Hughes. Mrs. J. H. Williams and Mrs. J. J1. Croskem, Oshawa, spent Tuesday with Mrs. A. Penningten and other rela- tives here. Mr. W. B. Couch attended tht. annîtal meeting in Taronte et tht Canada Land- ed and National Investment Cempany Ltd. Mr. Jas. Girven, Petr- horough, announces thteten- gagement et' bis second daughîer, Jean Annette, te Alex Eliiot, Bowmunville. tht murriage ta take place quietly in Marcb. Mr. Geo. M. Bal, Torento, son-in-law of Mi. W. F. Allen, J.P., bas enlisted and genie te the Front witb a Guielph regiment. Ht camp down te bld goodbve tu bis Bowmanville t'riends lat week. Mrs. Bull accompanied hlm here. Prof. C. C. Laugber and members et tht Methodiat Choir and others wenîta Newcastle on Tuesday even- iog and preseoted tht pro- gram given bere a few weeks aga. Congratulations te Mr. Gea. W. McGill, Terante, formerly efthIis town, on passing bis exams in Sciene of Educatian and History et' Educution in tht course for degret of Dector of Peda- gagy. Alsa te Mr. D. D. Macdonald, Ise formerly of tbis Iown, on passing tht exam bin istory et Educa- tien in tht same course. Rev. Gipsy Smith la con- ducting evangelistic services ln tht Methodist Church, Trenton. Mr. Henry Puity, Acadia Valley, Altu., bas been visit- ing bis brother, Mr. Pbhip Puley. Mrs. Hugb Cameron and family visited ber husband, Pte. Cameron, nt Belleville. Mr. Ernest Freeman, et Tarante, was ut home over the weekend. Mr. Gardon Manning. nt Toronto, spent Sunday ut home. Capt. R. .1. Gill. Adjt. of the 134th Batt., Brckville, wua in town Tuesday. was flot meeting the needs of the people. He tried te influence bis fellow priests. When he couldn't make a dent on them he had ta go outside and Protestantism was born. Years bter Pretestantismn in Englancl became ricb and powerful in her own strength and ceased te carry out ber mission te thet utIle people. One of her ordained clergy- men, John Wesley, together witb bis brother Charles, tried witbin tht framework cf the Church te guide her back ta tht right track. They oniy got ridicule and abuse. They were forced te go eut- side and the Methodist Church came ino being. I have just finished read- ing the early beginnings et the Salvation Army. As sooni as tht Methodist Church won a secure place in the sua she tee began te crave fer the image of responsibility rather than the scars ef service and began te negleet those wbo needed ber. Wm. Booth and his wife Catharine found their loyabty te the outeasts stronger than te their Cburch so together with their familY, fnunded the Saivation Army. I pray this religiaus body will al- ways remain humble and de- pendent enly on God se they will flot loetotuch with tht fergotten people. 0f tht tarîx' part eor this cen- tury Rev. Salem Bland said that perhaps Dr. Workman had suffered the mest in bis dedicated search for Truth and proclaiming it when be found il. The grand nid minister of the United Churcb wbo sut'- fered with the suffering in the hhungryý thirties and founded the C.C.F. te trx' ta alleviate t h a t sufferiog huimblv resignied froni his mioistry se did not embar- rass bis church. Today, Rev. Martin Luth- er~ King is doing bis utmnst ta bring in a bettezr deal fer his people but is baVing trouble te convince even. his own denominatian. These people ai-( but a few chîîrcb leaders who) have given their aIl within thiir own churcb group be-i cause thex' were concernied with just the thing Mr. Ber- ton is cencerned about. The robe cf the liberal thinker la alway' s hard but v'ery re- warding. 1 believe Mr. Berton basq bee>n havinjg a crisis in bis awn life wbile wrîting this book. To help hlm in this crisis I will tell bim a sertft my ewn life, locked in MY Seul foi, 35 years. One evening whiie studiv- ing MY lesson for a rural Bible class I bad been teacb. ing seme yvears, a well knewn verse leaped out at me and cballeniged me for an answer. If 1 could net find an acceptable answer I weuid have te resign t'rom mY class fer I couldn't hon- estly teach what I did net believe. I went te two dit'- ferent roloisters. Neither cf them realized bow important it was te me for botb ef tbem oly scratcbed the sur- face. A t'ew weeks later while digging in material for another lesson I stumbied upen an answer te my question. clear and concise. 1 went te my class happy ihat I again ceuild honestlv talk te them. Tbev were hiever aware et' the terrible testing et' faith 1 bad been threugh. Trhe answers you have te dig for are the most rewarding. W'e are utone of us satis-; tied that the Cburcb is de- ing ail she cao de. We hiave te keep remembering she is net a museum fer saints but a hespitai fer sick seuls, se very buman and fullet' errer. We can rest assured bow- ever that although sbe mnoves slowlv. tee ,Iewl\,, she is surclY evelving inte somepthing ber Leader Jesus Christ intcnds lier te he. Yours sincerelY. Vrancovere. B.C.. Fcb. 6, 1965 Dear Sir I expect , ou are gettiîig bots ot' conimients on the Pussing Sceîie and being in tht ntwspaper businerss yeu have access te ail sides la whatever is currtntly bcbng pîaced beferr the rtadrrs. Personally. 1 bave always taken great intret itu loc.a[ and world affairs frem earl ' boyhood days. ts alwaysl amaztd me the number e! people w h e apparent Iv neyer seem te hether their bead about these matters, yet, tlhese etten are tht first ta criticize these wbe do take part in what ia btîng doe? l'ni glad insefar as l'm conctrned thut I bave neyer aliowed myseift' t becomr indîfferent te what is going on. Il gives interest and to- tertuiriment net merely te myseif but te the many others 1 meet ta have friend. ]y interceurse on current mattera. Beth hed v and mind deteriorute if allowed le be unustdi and otten un- realized by people who once were considered sart. in- telligent folks. Our weather lias been quile nice fer seme lime, Grass; lovely pussy wiilows eut for seme lime and flow- ers shoving up in mnaoy places; crocuses esptciully.' Every kinri regard. Ralph R. .Tocley, t 8c ?Jungm Last Thursday, we attended the funeral of Mrs. Leonard Whiteley, of Shanty Bay. Nine of aur famiiy and a neighbour attended because Mrs. Whiteiey \vas somebody special in the affections of the Yaungman family. She was the f irst person in Canada ta extend a welcome ta this writer, and ta provide him with a coinfortable bed in a warm room, good food, and clean ciothes. That was sixty years aga. Her kindly, gener- aus hospitaiity has neyer been forgot- ten, is stili appreciated. When aur chiidren were small they would ask me ta tell them about wben I was a littie boy. Froin my boyhood stories they developed an image of a kindly, generaus, intelligent person who had known nothing but bard work, littie relaxation, and littie financial reward. The kids wouid vaw, quite solemnly, that if they ever met her, they would thank her for looking after their Dad when he was a stranger in this land. They kept their word! When my wife and I visited Mr. and Mrs. Whiteiev, we would urge thern to \'isit us, but because of grawing in- firmitirs, Mr. Whiteley did not care to drive that long distance. Af ter his death, we persuaded Mrs. Whiteley ta pay us a visit. The Youngman aggregation put on a family picnic, with Lizzie as guest of honour; it was their collective way of saying "Pleased to meet you, thanks for being kind ta Dad when he was a littie shaver." Lizzie was omerwhelmed! She had always given much, but re- ceived so little in the way of favours that she cnuldn't understand why any- one, especially a group af fun-laving young people, could be bathered putting on a picnic for a persan of her age. Because she Iived alone, and had no family, our group went aut cf their wa 'v to bring sorne sunshine inta her lonei 'v life hy visiting her, and having ber x'isit them for nice long periods during her wîdowhood. There's no doubt that, during the past few years, she often thought that the bread of kindnes-, she had cast on the waters sixtv vears ago, had been returned an hundàred fold. Although nearly eighty-eight years t£ Sugar By B111 Smiley Frorn Everywhere Tbey Corne 've had a preview of what I'm going ta feel like when my. daughter is married. I've just been through twc piano r-ecitals. Not by Glenn-Gould, or Van Cliburn. or Artur Rubinstein. No. By Hugh Smile. Marrying off yaur daughter must be just like il. A heady brew cf tino- tion and exhaustion, buis and bouquets, that leaves you feeling like a caterpillar that bas been run over, but net quit. killed, by a tracter. In short, you wind up absolutely flat, but rather proud that yau're net The first recital was nt the Con. ,servatory, la the city. We picked »the date six wveeks before. And, boy, can wve pick 'cmn. It was 18 below zero. And tht hunidity and wind gave it a dis- comfort index of 47 below. The Old Girl was sick. Physicaliy, rnentally, spiritually. I was sick sympa- theticallv. We figured 35 relatives, tried and true, and fîve friends ta wham 1 owed money, weuld turn up. BIcss the human race, and ail dear Iriends. We had 150 bodies in the place, straggling in, on such a night, from aIl ovet' the country. Somne made a round trip of 500 miles ta hear tht kid play. It was a curtous combînation cf characters iin the audience. Basic were the relatives who live in the city, and their frirnds. The 'y made uIp thetIwa score %ve had expected. But then they started to trickle in: old coliege friends; old figbter pilots; oid wetkly editors: my son's former public school principal; the chap who bas the rnortgage on my house; the fel- iow %v'ho bandits my column; the ortho- dontist whn straightens my daughter's tetth; a girl 1 hadn't seexi since we went skinny-dipping at a beach party 20 years ugo. And they ail, hies. theni, broight their wvives, and, or husbands, eildren and friends. LasI but not Ieast came my sisters. c-Jietters to NEIýN, C 'RRIC(LtM rew" and "une T'>oejte, Ontarie. where newspap *lanuarv 20. 1965 dered for quoi Dcar Kditor: written la thei I bave fo]tewed with in- riculun, Books terest vour letters about the dence their hi1 New Curriculumn and the ai plateau wbic problemns that it is causing. b believe that1 It la quite noliceable that sel tftcsselve nione et' these curriculum merits and sho, letters have answered these fied on their charges by proving them wliti questio taise. sthould axxswei Io visiting tht Bowmnan- fromn the mat ville area, Kingstonî area quetioned ratlh and Napante area il la quite charucter saa evident that thte "Dictator- proach which ii ship Principle" bus been Taking a pet t'ellowed with prople eitber thought ln the being 'prcssured' jnoetak- Christian Educa ing tht books or slandered wecan see thal and rcmnoved tram their ches have been eburches. This ,Hit-Back" init very goodt precedureaFa used bv Unit- teniaIs and are Prd Cburcb leaders lan Ibeir Teucher Traini November lst Observer, withntil tht use w*iere ethr- Chriiti;>n- art New Currir"'îury slandered ox called ar- rnany good Lim One drove for six heurs, ln 20-beloý' weather, with ber daugbter te make 14' Tht other camne the saine distance by train, with two kids. Neither k the other was coming. Neither bad nthe great artist since he was picîlg-u>~ and-kissing size. It was heart-warming, ta say the least. And 1 was a very proud father and husband, when it was over. A proud father because my son showed a pois. and polish I wish I'd bad at that age, and a campetence I've neyer bad at any age. A proud busband, because my wif e had crawled out cf what she claimed was ber death-bed, te get there, and looked better than anybody, des- pite the facts that she's lived witb me for 18 years, and coached the kid for ten. Next day at noon, we hiked for home, 90 miles, and went througb the wheie tbing again that night. A recital in the home town. It was net 20 below, for a change. It was 30 beiow. But J90 people lef t their televisian sets, "Àfd shivered through tht knifing night te hear my young virtuose, as be doesn't like to be called. What impressed me mast about the whole weekend was the kindness cf people. My sister- in-law wanted te bold a reception for the whole mob, in the cîty. Our neighbor iresisted on malçing t he sandwiches for tht basb at home. Even my wife got carried away and told me, during one lapse, that 1 was a good husband and father, which sheok me up a bit. The only thing that's bothering me is tht kid's attitude. One cf my mis- guided friends sent him a bettie cf champagne. A dear lady sent hum ten bucks. And perhaps worst cf ail, he got a clutcb cf fan mail. After the weekend, we had a heavy fali cf snow. 1 told hum te get eut and shovel tht driveway. 1 handed him a shovel. T-e banded it right back and asked, "How many fan letters did you get this week. Pops?" 1 shoveiled. le éxhitor educatced" and ials available pers are slan- and positiveli fting whetlk Word o! God,1 eir Ne Cur-piy il te men'! dae.s net evi- and leamning. igb educatian- I belleve tu ic tbey take. o! God and th books sbould would apeak es on their naying: "Study ould be justi- self appraved meits, and worknan that oned t he y te be asham ;r posltiveby viding thbe wo Lenils being II Timethy 2: îer thon the ta prove the xdering &p- ]ives, prize tit is ao evident. and Preachob il >sitîve lne o ad lv n iematter of ad tvs m ed ,ainIthink it in faith and imany chur- cis and unbi iand are un det in fNew teaching ma- literature and ,* conducting May God he ning Classes mnove away frc et afnv such and insoiratien m. Th"re are Yours resi wwing matit. M which honcur ly teacb Vthe seeking te ap- s beart, lives uaLt tevoie@ he' U* ~Spirit 1unte'God, a ýneedeth net ad, rig'htly di. ord et trutli." 15. We need Bible in auj' in aur heartav froni our live we can ozIV desiTe tet I fot in Crt. beitf. so Cvi. VCurriculum books. elP us nat tn orm the source n! of r tat. gr10ctftlbly. FONi CRAIG. "The Quality of Man" In the Dîmj and lygDistant Past From the Statesman Files arn s Co/umn I cf age, her phenomenal memory'astoin- ished many people as she recounâ. events of the past, with clarity, in ar,ï interesting manner, e.g., how, after he mnother's death, she, at the age of fin a kept house for her Dad, andc[6zmi brothl ers, until the latter lef t home. ôw sheý, d"raised" Charley Geake, who lie be- came a ichool principal, and who, as a boy was a quiet, gentie, obedient lad, and wbat a different type Ed Young- man was, with bis penchant for "sass- ing", getting inte mischief, and general aggressiveness. How she met, and mar- ried Leonard Whiteley, of their seven years home-steading in Montana, dur- ing which time she neyer lef t the ranch; of their return te Shanty Bay to eperate the ancestral Caldwell farm; subsequent selling out, and moving to the Parry Sound district, then their re- turn te Oro Station and the purchase of what was te be their last home ta- gether. Our family neyer tired cf the stories cf the many interesting experi. ences spanning a lang life, and consider- able travel cf this lady who, for alt ber travelling, neyer became sophisti- cated, but remained throughout ber life, a bard working slave, witb a simple philosophy cf bonesty that was reflect- ed in ber speezh, and every action. With ber, things were black, or white, neyer gray. Many cf her fine qualities could well be emulated by others te gond advantage. In deference te this lady I'd like te tbink that it was frein ber that 1 developed the habit cf calling a spade, a spade; a dread cf being in debt; a desire te live a useful life, and te appre- ciate courtesy in any form. Altheugh there are scads cf her relatives in the general vicinity cf Bar- rie, many of those attending ber fun- eral came frein consîderable distances. Hier only child was stillborn! Althoughi she was thus deprived of a family c'f ber own, she was happy te be "adopted" by the large Youngman aggregation. Our affection for ber was evident by so many cf us driving that long distance ta say aur last sad goadbye, on February llth. end