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HýPP'Y NpBwYÉiw! Ih is in a fused spirit of friendlincss and grati- tue that WiLum ?aLupp salutes its readérs and advcrtisers with the old but cirer new grecting. "Happy New Year t" It is stilli the best salutation we know. Best, because happiness is the one tbing we ail sincerely crave, the one tbîing that will în-. sure a life as nearly perfect as is possible on this carth. For witl, lie heart filled with hap piness. ail of the other good things of life are ours. And so, in wishing you a "Happy New Year," we are aiso wihing you health, prosperity, peace, faith. hope, knowledge, and a realization that .lîfe is. after.ail, a great adirenture. We are gratef .1 that we have been permitted to serve this community over so many years. and during ffia* service and'throüigh -tlise yearsl ô have fornied so many friendships that are prized beyond the power of words to express and whicbi cati neyer be computed ini material mediums of exchaauge. Truc, rnany of these friends are scat - tered through reanovai 10 distant localities. while others have. dcparted neyer to.return. But always there is the meniory of pleasant association. and the bond that cau corne only fronm sbarcd ex- periences. For certain it is that lives once joined n. at a >.', nenit may meau deâth. Permson, with imùpaired sight or hearing sh0l neyer tr ust thcmselves in the driver's seat.- Fatal accidents due to these, defevîs mount into high No driver should ever put, bis. dependence, wholly upon the gateman. After all, hée >is a buman being, and ail humaü g are prone to make, mfistakes. This is flot by wÎay of making excuses for laxity on the part of gatemen, or of excusing their employers for lack of judgment, in: reý taining measi mcntally and ph ysicailly unfit to assume the responsibility of att.ending 10o gales. There are such gatemen. nowv being emploed. It is tie plain duty of the railroads to transfer themý to less 'responsible positions and put qualified: eiployee" in their places. A GooD JoB Village 'officiaIs are 10 be commended upoui the excellent job they havebeen doing in making the streets safe, under trying and. unusual weatbcr conditions* The ice storm. which came a couple of weclcs ago left heavy coats upo ilhe pave- ments. Repeated thawings and freezings have kept a goodlv portionnof it thi.re until thi av to our collection of i all wccan do is to ife's disappoin tment s. "Thé exchange ýco unter is rtight oVer there, mister." ** A pair of headlines: "FTind two million have lost jobs since September 1IV'"'TWoô million dollar gift in Buckingham will r-evealed." The latter referred to a gi ft- to Cbicagos Art institute. Ponder Ibis:- Which would do- grealest good to the greatest, niumber--to give eacb of the two million jobless one dollar, or make the ýtwo million avaitable. for investiment in art.? Tbanks, WVeather Mani. Von did a fine job'for us--on Christmae, and the dayflow .Her&s, wishing you a Happy New 1 ear!1 "How do you know what's ini that bottle?" (de- aaided, the iawyer , of -a. jury in a *orth -shore case in which his client was charged witl i te illegal sale of whiskey. "How do you lcnow it isn't perfurne?" His client was acquitted. AChicago daily, iii an effort to reduce the death toll of motor accidenits over the holidays, sai<l. among other things: "17oo little lime is allotted to transportation. and in maniy instances individuals forget that they miust drive home after the -party, termining thc public polîcies that ha, a community so0 wefl managcd and e< ducied, that it inspires itride in every ine wc have ;and schools ufilcient re- part ini de- rresultcd ini iciently con - 0f course it is one of the services figured in the tai bill, but even so less co;îscientious officiaIs might easily find a way of evading it. or of render- ing it in a careless. slip-shod manner. That they have doue the job so efficiently is appreciated by villagers. girl friend. He beat her on her head with a lead pipe; then he shot ber twice; then be drove an. automobile over ber body; then hc stoppcd and shot lier twice more for gôod measure. Now hie hasn't any girl friend. Happy New ar"reu. e thïs one, t00. Tmt PHA tOM RICVowRM. ,resu.1t.