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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmnanville, April 8, 1964 EDITORIAL COMMENT The Need Is Urgent Canada is one of the leading na- tions in the totality of its effort against cancer. This disease ranks second as a cause of death in our nation. Perhaps no where in the world is our effort in the fight against this disease being dup- licated. This year there will he an estimat- ed 45,000 new cases of cancer in Can- ada. Last year, 24.500 Canadians died of cancer, 365 of whom were under ten years of age. The Canadian Cancer Society vol- unteers are keenly aware of these sober statistics. They lead the world in their consciousness of the necessity for regu- lar health check-ups. This is the only method that will permit early diagno- sis and save lîves. This Society is an arniy of men and xvomen working to- gether as volunteers under a common banner. Founded in 1938, as a lay organiza- tion with the blessing of the Canadian IVjedical Association, it helps to edu- cate the public regarding the nature of the disease. It dlaims today the full support of the Canadian people in its broad, three-pronged programme of education. xvelfare, and the support of cancer research. The fact that the Cancer Society has con sistently met its rising campaign objective for 15 years is evidence of the concern felt by the people of Can- ada in this disease and the faith they have in the Society to fight it. Supported directly by funds froin the Cancer Society are 200 scientists and technicians at work on 117 separ- ate projects in 21 laboratories and uni- versities across the country. This April, $2,000,000 must be rais- ed in Ontario to support the rapidly growving needs of this research, plus the broad education and welfare service programmes without which there would be ncedless death and suffering. The need for this money is as real and as urgent as any need on earth today. A MacDuffOttawa Report The Pension Plan OTTAWA - It would be the irony of ironies if a Liberal Governiment that has promoted, if it did not invent, the phrase "co-operafîve federalism" should founder on the rocks of Federal-Prov- incial relations. It may be only a remote possîbility. The Pearson Governmcnt at the mo- ment has no appearance of foundering on anything. With oniy a minority in the House of Commons if looks as healthy as a barefoot boy with a long life expectancy. It has wound up the pre-Easfer lap of the session with a tolerabie budget under ifs boit, approved by the House, and in much botter shape polit ically than during tbose dat-k 60 days of de- cision wben everything seemed to go wrong. Affer a une-day debate it fias suc- ceeded in getfîng ifs Canada Pension plan approved ini principle by a unani- mous House of Communs and a 51- page bill infroduced wbicb eventually Wvill be passed by the same House. But lasf week thaf bill was the centre ùfa batf le-royal wif b at leasf two prov- tnces, Quebec and Ontario, a baffle that inigbt conceivably end witb a Supreme Court decision tossing the wbole thing out the window and leaving the Lib- erals in an unenviable position. Tbis again is not probable. The eventual result of last week's confer- ence at Quebec City is more likely ta be acceptance of a "fait accompli" by Onfario and tbe recognition of Quebec as the only "non-parficipating prov- ince"' witb ifs own pension plan. But the Federal Governmenf, affer successive refreats on the pension plan to meet the objections of both tho big provinces bas finally dug in ifs beels. The bill provides thaf no province can opt ouf as Quebec has given notice of doing unless if bas a pension plan whicb in the opinion uf the Federal Cabinet provides comparable benefits. This is perbaps the reddost rag ever waved in tlie bull ring of a Fedoral- Provincial conferonce. Frorn xvhaf 0f- tawa knows so far uf the Quebec pen- sion plan if is planning to approve if as comparable. But Quebec will be al- loxved fo romain aloof only by virtue of an Otftawa decision and nof bv ifs own riibt. Ibis ruffles al the sensitive feelings of Canacla's most sensitive Province. For Ontario the legisiafion is al- mosf a challenge Io test the consititti- tional validify ut the Federal pension plan, somnething Premier Robarts tîp to noxv lias said ho would nof do. If is his onlv alternative fo futll accoptance ut tle gisiation. Bill C-75 robs hum of any bar 'gain- in,- \vapon. Since the so-called Ontario plano meî-el '- provides for porfabilit 'v of private pension sehemes and compels employers fo provide a privafe plan for empînvees if obviousl 'v doesnont cive conIprallebenefits to Ottaxva's social insurance plan. If the Ontario Govern- ment continuies to support prýivate pen-1 sion plans it does nof qtîalify, Tbis, uf couîrse, is fthe intention of Ottawa which must have Ontario in fthe Federal plan.i Prix-aie pension plans, the larcestî number uft whicl- prox-ide for contribu-1 tions b.% employees of f ive per cent orî more of earning and relate pensions atc retirement to the number of contribu- tions made, will mean accruai of much larger pensions by young workers thari the Federal scheme. Older workers, joining a pension plan so close to retire- ment cannot hope for anyfhing as gen- eron s. To fake the simplest possible ex- ample a worker aged 55 in January next year and refiring af 65 will make a to- tal contribution uver the 10 years of $450 if hie is earning $4,500 a year or more. His employer will make an equal contribution on his behaîf. His mini- mum confributory pension wvhen hie re- tires in 1975 will be $75 a month. Un- der a private scheme, assuming pay- ment of five per cent ut earnings hie would contribute $2,250 for a pension of less than haîf that amount. Since if is a social insurance plan aimed at giving a minimum pension ta the smaller wage earner the legisla- tion fixes maximum pensionable earn- ings which, under the revised plan, bas been set for the next f ive years at $4,- 500. After that if wili be adjuisted year- ly through a Canada Pension Plan earnings index designed to determine average salaries and wages. A pension- er's average montbly pensionable earn- ings below this maximum will be ad- justed in relation to the maximum and averagied over a period of contribution, From this average hie can exelude one year in 10 to cover low earning years but the man wbo does nof contribute to the plan in any uther years will get a smaller pension than une wbo makes the maximum possible number of con- tributions. Quer man aged 55 on January next who retires 10 years later will have tbree choices: 1. He can wait for anoth- er five years before applying for his old age security wbicb will then be $75 a month, or a total of $150 a month. Meanwbile hie will be draxving his con- tributorv' pension of slightly more than $75 a montb, provided hie is not earn- ing more than $900 i addition. Above the $900 earning liraif his contributory pension drops by stages until if is eliminated at earnings of $2,100. This retirement test xvas added to the plan wben the maximum pen- sion became payable at 65. Originally the maximum contributory pension, like the old a go security flat rate pension did flot become payable until age 70. 2. Hoe can accept a flat rate old age scrt*ypaymcnt of $51 at 65 wbich wihh1sconfribufory pension gives bîm $126 a month. 3. H-e cao continue working and con- tributing f0 the plan unti] bie is 70. Hie will thon gef a total pension of $150 cicar of anv conditions. There is no longer any limit to his outside earn- igs. Canada will bave the tbird-bighest standard of living ini the world this year. accol-clind Iyto a new economnie sfudy. The onl 'v people in the world wbo will live botter than Canadians icn 1964 are the Americanis and thie Swedes. On the fa- sis of estimafed Gross National Product figures on a per capifa basis, the aver- age U.S. individual's income in 1964 will lie $3,200; the average Swede's, $2,286; and flie aver-age Canadian's, $2,188. Cal- culations are ini U.S. dollars. ~be ~U4--------te--- Durham Count ys Great Family Journal Established 110 years ago in 1854 Also încorporating The Bowmanville News The Newcastle Itidependent The Orono News &al Autborised cm Second Clois Mail by the rcst Office Dept., Ottawa. and for payment of postage i Ca" Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHINO COMPANY LIMITED PO. Box 190 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario JOHN M. JAMES GEO. W. GRAHAM GEO. P. MORRIS EDITOR-PUBLISHEE ADvTG. MANAGEIt BUSINESS Mca. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $4.00 a Yecrr, strictly in advance $5.50 a Year in the United States Althouqh *very proccution will b. tokren Io avoid error fTe Canadian Statesman accepta advertim. 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A QUARTER-CENTURY 0F EAST-WEST AIR SERVICE Passengers disembarking from a 131-passenger Trans-Canada Air Lines' Douglas DC-8 Montreal aftcr a six-hour flight from Vancouver provide striking contrast with passengi a 10-passenger Lockheed 14H2 at Montreal in 1939 after a 16-hour flight frono the W On April 1, TCA celebrated 25 years of cross-Canada air service between Vancouver and cet e rs c7oc744e -&/it or Dear Editor : May I on behaîf of the hockey mothers, extend our thanks to you for putting the write-ups of our meet- ings in the Statesman. In grafeful appreciation, 1 remnain, your sincerely, Betty Forsey, Secretary, Hockey Mothers. 471 Somerset St. West, Ottawa, Ont., Apr. 1/64 The~ Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Ont. Dear Sirs: Enclosed is forwarded money order for eight dol- lars ($8.00) f0 cover renew- ai of the Statesman to Dr. J. B. Tucker, Prince Albert, Sask., and also renewal of rny own subscription which cornes up shortly. Thank vou for the picasure of following developrnents both in Orono and Bow- manville. Yours trulv, M. B3. Tucker. 253 Spadina Road, Toronto 4, Ontario. March 31, 1964 Dear Mr. James: I would like to express aur gratitude for your vital assistance in rnaking, our Mothers Marches so success- fui in the Bowrnanville area. The coverage we received In "The Canadian States- man" was most generous and extrernely helpful. On behiaif of our board, aur patients and our local 25 YEARS AGO (April 13, 1939) Miss Marlon Wagar, on the staff of B.H.S., attended the O.EA. convention in Toron- to. Mrs. J. G. Adams is visit- sog her daughiter, Mrs. Sey- boIt, Norwich, Coîin. Miss Betty Em nie t t, Messrs. K. P. Soanes. fi. Longworfh and S. Casbourn attended Brahrn's Requiem presented at Timothy Eatorî Memorial Church lost week. Rev. and MIrs. C. C. Wash- ington and Miss Anna, Sanît Ste. Marie, Ontario, visiteti relatives in Bowrnanville. Oshawa and Toronto this week. Mrs. B. M. Warnica refurned with fbern ho Toronto for a few days. Captain and M.rs. C. W. E. Meath, Ottaw-a, x'isited town friends at Easter. Mr. Ralph Ainsîle of the High School staff is visiting bis mother in St. Marys. Mr. A. M. Thompson, prin- cipal of the Public School, is visiting his brothe- in Chi- cago, Ill. Tom and Mark Humby, Harnilton, are spending Eas- ter holidays with their cous- in, Bill Roenigk. Misses Ma rga ret and Marlon Allin, Miss Amber Morton and Miss Edith Truil visited New York dur- ing the Easter holîdays. Miss Grace Mitchell is visiting friends in Carleton Place. .%,r.arnd Mns. George Davitige visited in Tononto on Fnidav. Miss Mýanion New, Hamil- ton, was gnesh of ber cous- in, Miss Marn'-vJuir. Mr. O. J. Henderson, B.A., Mrs. Henderson and son Peter, Toronto, were visitors witb Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hendenson. Miss Joan Bell, Toronto, visited ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M Bell, Easter weekend. Mrs. J. Hyde and son Flarny, Toronto, were Easfer visitors \wîtb ber mother, Mrs, J. A. M.cClellan. Miss Thora Davison and M4iss Jean Greive, Alma Col- lege, St. Thomnas, are visit- ing Rev. and.Mrs. S. Davison. Mr. Bnd Hay. Toronto, spent the Easter weekend ah his parents' cottage, New- castle-on-the-Lake. compaign volunteers - thank you again for yonr coopera- tion. Sincerely, Don R. Prior, President. CONVENTION REPORT Dear Editor: Representing Darlington Township, I have attended the Annual Convention of the Ontario School Trustees' and Ratepayers' Association which took place at the King Edward Hotel on the 30- 3lst of Mai-ch, and 1sf of April. Professor C. Wayne Hall, Associate Director of of IVcCîll University, dcliv- ered an interesting address af the opening session, his subi ect being -What is Tcachitng'."' -'Teaching, lie stated, has a wicle xariet.- of connota- tions even for the trained educator. Teaching is not professional if it is haphaz- ard. The Teachers' skill lies in the ability to control the entire learning process ef- fectively and knoxv how to arouse the enthusiasrn and the motivation thaf facilitate learning. Good teaching does nof content itself with high marks in the classroom per- formance but must always be fully aware of the fact that the only justification for the classroorn lies in what ultinnately happens outside. Evrery forrn of fine learning affects behaviour. 49 YEARS AGO (April 15, 1915> Mr. Archie Lockwood ne- cently visited bis home ah Oshawa. Mr. R. G. Dickinson spent Easter ah Mr. Muhhon's, Dundnnald. Mr. Victor W. Legge, Toronto, spent the weekend at home. Miss Hilda Langrnaîd, So- lina, spent Snnday with Miss Rota Colo. Mn. and Mrs. Bain J. Porrin of the Royal Thîeatre spent Sunday with relatives in Whtbv Miss Bossie W. Sparling, Fisbenville, spont the Easter hohidays at home. Miss Muniel Dickie, Osha- wa, was a recent gucsf of Mrs. A. E. McCready. Messrs. Claude Ives andi John Gilbert wee vitb friends in WXVitby, Snnday. Miss Mary Muttoti, Co- bourg, spent Sunday with bier sister, Mrs. G. T. Charl- ton. Mn. Alex McLaren, Chi- cago, visited bis cousins, the Miïsses Galbraith. Qucen Sf., noce ntly. Mr. and Mrs, Chas. O. Shaw of Huntsville, bave been visiting themn daUghter, Mrs. Robt. Gili, Centre St. Mrs. E. Switzen, Muske- gon, Mîeh., lias been visiting Mrs. W. Cryderman and Mrs. T. Hîfggirnbntham. Mr. Geo. Glover lias re- tnrned from spending the winter in Columbus, Ohio. Mis. W. B. Short spent the weekend in Toronto. Mrs. T. G. Willmott bias ne- hnrned home after spending the xinter with bier daugb- fer, Mrs. Chas. Warder, Ro- chester, N.Y. Mn. Ed. Wcatberilf sold a fine three-year-old backney stallion to Tubb Bros., of Crooked Creek, Clarke, for $400. Mrs. J. G. Dndley and Miss 'May Dudley, Coiborne, are visiting bier son, Mr. J. C. Dudley. Miss Adella Dancaster, Toronto, s~pent the Easter1 holidays witb bier sister. Mrs. Elgin Wimghh. Mrs. Geo. Jackson, Port Perry. bas been visiting ber parents, Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Tonkin, Ontario Street. Mn. Lewis Irwin recently visiheti bis home ah Lifflîes Britain. Genuine feachiný volve the leariieri m7hich produces a hirn. The teacher i. with the respons setting the attmc which learning be sirable and of pron mnateriaIs which possible. Teaching ,qC* _ i 6djoungman 's Co/lumn When people see my wife, and me todd ling along the street, doing a spot S of shopping, or staggering into the res- ....... taurant for a snack, they probably won- der what we do for excitement back here on the Ridge. Don't worry, folks, you'd be sur- Sprised at the dodging around we in- dulge in when health, weather and roads co-operate. Maybe we are easily ~ip- satisfîed, but we think we have as much sxtand, a our articulrae.sHure'sil shor, t eue of ila we. etvte's.a On Easter Sunday, several of the î~ family came to see us, and made our lives more pleasant with lovely Easter ~j Mies. 1 forgot that, the following day Swas Easter monday, and a holiday, and ' blowed if I didn't work at running a compass uine through a pine plantation. The next day, my noon hour was cut short because 1 had to take Butch to the hair-dresser for a top-knot frizz, and that afternoon was used up receiv- ing instructions fromn the "brass" about the upcoming Spring tree - planting program. Wednesday, I scouted for pos- sible tree planting help; one of our daughters phoned, to say that, her mother-in-law had suddenly died, and jetlnerin une of our sons phoned to say that hîs esleing wife had been unexpectedly hospitaliz- esCast. ed for an operation. les otas. Thursday, started off with a staff Monteal. meeting, at which Departmental "brass" brain-washed us on certain clerical pro- cedures. That evening, my supervisor, and 1 lugged along some coloured slides, to aid our lecture on Reforesta- ig niustin tion, requested by the Courtice Couples in activity Club; while we were thus engaged, our change in wîves were having a gab-fest at Bert's s charged house. One of the high-lights at the sibilitv of club meeting was a teen-age girl sex- sphere in tet, from the Seventh Day Adventist cornes de- Church, Oshawa, under the able direc- viding the make it tion of Miss Gail Perry, who had just only di- won top honours, at the Peterborough rei io ar*iii, biut ithe learn- ing rnust be done by each child for himself. Good teachiîg rnust not onily solicit his co-operation bot do so in such a way that he assumes his respon- sibility. A ipupil rnay be led into lcarning but is seldorn push- ed into more than mernori- zation. Let us rernemnber, he stat- ed, that teacliers do not f teach; instcad, t hev lead ïu pils 10 learn. As Kahlil Gib- ran, the Lebanese poet, had w-rit ten: No moan can reveal te, you aught but what xvhich already lies hall' asleep in the dawning of your know- ledge. If the teacher is wise, he does not bld yoo to enter the house of his wisdomn but rather leads voo to the threshold of vont- own mmnd. These quotations I con- sidcredi the high lighits of the professor's oddress. The finalists of the on- tarin Public Speaking Con- test delivercd thecir speeches in thrce scparate grnups, fiftecn in each group, one of which \VOs the elemen- tary prepared speeches, the other the secnndarv pre- pared speeches and the im- promptu speeches with a 2(0 min. warm up affer they were given the topie they wcre to speak on. If %vas a treat to listen hto those Youngsters d e 1 i v e r their speeches with sucb case, skill and confidence and so well prepared on such difficuit topics. The judges hoad a (ilficuit time dleciding on the winners as thev aIl did an excellent job of àt. Mr. W Ross Strike, Q.C., chairman of the Hydro-Elec- tric Power Commission of Ontario presented the prîzes f0 the winners. Mr. Strike miade the note- wnrthy comment that along with n'ducatinn it is cqually important to dcvelop charac- fer and integrît -v. We had a guided tour of Rycrson Technical Instifute, where Dr. lIoxvard I. Kerr, Principal, \Velcnrnci(d the dole- gates and Mr. Alberindo, the Registrar explained facilities and (nurses. Rosolutions frorn varions boards in Ontario have been thoronghly diseussed and votcd upon; some were arn- endcd sorne concured wifh and others rejecced. Being kcenl 'v interestedI in education consiclcred atfending the C o v en tion well worth Mai-y T. Bodai. OBJTUABY MRS. NOR31AN IV. GRIFFIN The death of Mrs. Norman W. Grifliii of Courtice. occur- red ah the Oshawa General Hosroita 1, Sot urday, Marcb 28, 1964, afler o serious illness of fwo weeks. The forme-r Fila Beatnice White, she %vaos hem in Court- ice, Mardi 1 ..t, 1883, a dangb- tor of the bite Mn. and Mrs. William H. \Vhite. She mar- ried Norman W Griffin in Oshawva, Feb 18, 1906, and livcd in the Cnurtice-Oshawa area aIl hber I:fe, exci-pt for 34 ycars la Vegreville, Alfa. A member of Courtice Unit- ed Church, Mrs. Griffîn was also a member of the United Chut-ch Wnmen. Besides lion busband, she is survived bv a brother, John William Whihe of Edmonton, Alta. Mrs. Griffin was pre- deceascd by' two sisters, Mrs. Florence Pr'eston and Mrs. Mil- lie Clements, and Iwo brotb- ens. Fred and Howard White. The memnoilial service was held ;n the Armstrong Fun- eral Chapel, Oshawva, Tuesday, Marcb 31 ah 2 p.rn. Rcv. J. P. Romrneil, minister o! Courfice Uinited Cbureh. eonducted the service. Intoýirment was in Oshawa Union Cemetery. Music Festival, in Opera. Miss Perry is director of music for lier church. Friday, was a routine day in the forest, but in late afternoon, Butch and 1 jogged across country ta Richmond Hill, and got stuck in the deep, slippery snow west of McCrea's Church. Your scribe's shovelling was a big help, but the reai brain-wave came fromn her ladyship changing fromn the front to the rear seat, where her extra weight ove$l the rear drive wheei worked wonders. Later, that evening, we attended the Susie-George G raham twenty-fifth wed- ding Anniversary in the Legion Hall, Bowmanviile, where we enjoyed meet- ing many acquaintances, congratulating the happily married couple, and find- ing it hard to believe that the well. preserved Susie had been buffeted about on the sea of matrimony for twenty-five years. Normally, Saturday is my day off, but a customer chose that day as just right for his activities. After accommo- dating this gent, we galloped ont to Bowmanville to do some shoppine, then shaved, at least, I did, put on our glad rags, and galloped right back to Bow- manville to join with other guests at a tasty dinner in the Legion Hall, in honour of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kil- patrick who were celebrating their sixtieth wedding anniversary. 0f the eighty guests present, only six were flot connected with the large Kilpatrick family. It was pleasant to note how spry the newly-weds of April, 1904 are keep- ing. While Mrs. Kilpatrick was busily engaged in raising a family of two g irls, and four boys, her husband was fighting his country's wars. 1 first met Art forty-nine years ago, when we were both helping to take a boat load of horses to Great Britain, to be used as Army "remounts", during the first World War. Here's hoping that, Art and- his missus will continue to enjoy life. s plice By Bill Smiley I'm going to punch right on the nose the next person, be it man, woman, child or niee old lady whose bones are as brittie as soda crackers, who asks me, "Did you have a nice Easter holi- day?" Some school teachers have a nice Easter holiday, and good luck to them. But English teachers are flot among them. English teachers have the same sort of holiday a bus driver would have if he were given a week off and told he was to drive a bus from Halifax to Van- couver in the next seven days. When the holidays began, 1 had examination papers to mark which rep- resented a total of about 480 student writing hours. (They could have pro- duced the works of Shakespeare in the same time.) This, i turn, means that 1 have about 100 bours of marking time. No complaints. It's part of the job. But things were a littie more compli- cated this year. The women of the house came down with 'flu, just as the "holi- days" began. The resuit was that, instead of sit- ting quietly in my study, and having countless cups of tea and coffee, in- numerable beers and sandwiches brought me, to keep me going, I found myseif trotting up and down stairs about six hours of each day, bearing up tempting littie things on trays, bear- ing down dirty dishes. While my pil- lars of papers sat and gathered dust. Resuits of turning the old man loose with the grub for a few days was interesting. My wife has almost decid- ed to become a permanent invalid. My1 kids realize that their father has anoth- J~Corner for £Poets The Old Lady was feeling horrible. with the flu, but there didn't seem much wrong witb ber appetite. She gained about eight pounds. 0f course, she's not used to my lunches. Instead of the soup-and-sandwich routine she's accustomed to, tbey consisfed of some- thing like this: glass of sherry; grilled sausage witb butter - fried mushroom$ and cheese omelette; tossed saZd; blue- berry pie and ice cream; coffee; bran.Lv; cherr-centred chocolates. T'e kids were a bit sbaken by some of my casseroles. Perbaps the most suc- cessful was the lasagna. Basis, a can of lasagna - egg noodles in tomatu and meat sauce. Simmer in oven for ten minutes. Add layer of mushrooms, layer of strong cheese, layer uf thin- sliced salami, layer uf union rings, layer of mild cheese. Bake in oven. Sprinkle with paprika, parsley, chives, cinna- mon, nufmeg, wild oafs, or anything else that will sprink]e. Serve with hot crusty rolîs, and stand back. The reason there are no great wo- men chefs? They've no imagination. My wife hacks up some lettuce, tomato and celery, and cails it a salad. If she's feel- ing particularly exotic, she might throw in some sliced green pepper. My salads, besides these basics, contained great chunks of cheese, ail colors; whole green onions, peeled grapes, sbredded lemon, raw carrots, quartered diii pickle, jelly heans left behind by the Easter bunny. The whole doused in a dressing made of four raw eggs mixed with tarta, sauce, ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, and vinegar. I have only two fhings to say about' the grand culinary adventure: (a) the food budget is shot for the next six weeks; (b) where can 1 buy a good, CARTOONISTS' CAPERS r wafcb the papers day by day Tbey make me laugh and keep me gay To sec the anties and the capers 1 see them aIl, in daîly papers. Macpherson's cartoons are a scream Tbey'ce such only he could dream The big shofs' faces he can blister As he depiefs the sham and twister. Old Khruscbov's backside, gets a kick When Chou en Li, sure pulls the trick To finish off, this lively bout, We sec De Gaulle, with outsized snout. De Gaulle the leader, out in France Puts bis bout to Johnston's pants That's whaf keeps me young tuday When our leaders acf this way. 1 fbank the Lord, than I can laugh See the jokes, and fun and chaff The lite today can be darned rough But f un is grand when tbings are tough. When men can laugh, if keeps them sane If helps fu ease the load and strain Su blessings on the men of mirth Tbat's why God put them on the earth. AIl fun and laughter "oils the gear.'I Brings to humans joy and cheer. If frightens up both day and night And helps to make our burdens light. To have the power to make folks smile, Must always be a thing worfh while That's why I fry each passing dq To try and drive somne gloom away. I'm sure in Heaven tbere'll be folks Telling yarns and making jokes A place where peuple have nu hate Tbis I hope, will be my fate. Written by "Longbuat", Pen Name of Ralph R. Tooley, 500 Dunsmuir Street Vancouver, B.C. THE BEATLES The iafesf importftram England Is neither textiles or tea 4 But sumetbing fac mure interesting To either you or me. The latest fad from England A group that suunds real coul The greatest thing since Elvis Four young men from Liverpuol. Their hair is slightly shaggy It hangs down over their ears I just hope tbey stay as pupular Throughout the nexf few years. Su here's f0 the group frum Engiand Known as "TH1E BEATLES" to all The group who caused this furor- George, John, Ringo and Paul. By Susan Etcher. .- Sugar and Distant Past From the Statesman Files offl, and