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4The Canadian Statesmnan, Bawmanvllle, June 17, 1964 -. EDITORIAL COMMENT Automation at its Best By an Old Retread Any of "yez" who missed open bhouse, at the Reclaim Division of the Goodyear plant, in Bawmanville, on *J une l3th had better read this, if you zwaUt to have some knawledge of why tin Goodyear people are so proud of their newest addition. Apart from the extra employees that will be needed to service it, this is the only plant, in C~anada, using this particular method of reclaiming rubber from oId tires. This scribbler isn't going to bore yp with terse technical details for, atI *east, one excellent reason - he dbn't know from nothing when it cornes te Icnowledge about rubber factories, bùt it wouid be impossible to hear the sPIendid dissertation on the new plant, by ~Doug Cooke, without some of the savvy rubbîng off on this volunteer listener. -It cost a staggering one million, six htiridred thousand bucks to assemble, and when a layman gazes at the costly, intricate machinery, plus the fine build- ing, he can easily believe it. The entire reclaim process is auto- mnation at its best because, excepting the unloading of the aid tires at the front door, and handling of the finished slieets of "reciaim", very few humans do manual labour. .Why does this company reclaîm old rubber? Why don't they use ail "new" rubber? The answer is simple; it is less costly to "reclaim" than to import nat- ural rubber. The addition of the re- claim ta "new" rubber makes for a bet- ter tire, just as scrap steel, added ta inew stuff makes an excellent product, perhaps too, the price of an entirely1 new, natural rubber tire might cost more than most motorists could afford. 1The scrap tires are unloaded from 1 the transporting truck, onto conveyors,i which dump them into a "cracker"1 which extracts the heavy wire bead, the balance of the tire is ground upy into mincemeat, which is blown throughf pipes ta a screen which lets certain sized stuff thraugh, after which, even- tualiy, the rubber is separated fromn other non-essentiai materials; this lat- ter stuff is pressed into bales about six feet, by five feet, by four feet, and weighing about fîve hundred pounds, is carted away. A bale is made every sixty ta ninety minutes. The aId "bead" wires are thrown away because, sa far, the company has found no use for them. You may not know it, but some tires are rejected by a magnetic detec- tor because, instead of being lined with the usual assortment of rayon, cotton, any nylon fabric, they are actually lined with minute steel wires. At anc stage, the rubber is heated; at anather it is cooled, and yet another, it is devulcan.- ized. It is alsa mixed with ail (about ten per cent) ta help pracess it, because it daesn't handle easily if dry. One of these batches of twenty six hundred pounds of ail, plus rubber, could, if 'needed, be mixed in fifteen minutes. 0f course, there is also the pigment mix- ing process - colour, yon duffer. By the look of the immense num ber of electrical cables, this ignorant hay seed deduces that, this ane plant would use as much electricity, in a week, as a burg the size of Orono. It's a safe bet that, when the lamp black permeates the atmosphere, THAT section of the plant won't be as spot- less as it was, iast Saturday, when pienty of interested folks visited the latest Goodyear brainchild. We were pleased ta hear Don Mas- ters' intelligent discourse on same of the final phases of this amazing process- ing plant whîch wiil make goad use of otherwise unwanted scrap. And, last, but flot least, my sincere thanks ta the management for their weli planned "open house", inciuding the ever popular coffee, and sinkers. Incidentaily, this plant does NOT make new tires, merely reclaims rubber frorn ald ones. Ed Youngman Love Canada Edîtor's Note: We are indebted ta the Rev. K. J. Frampton, rector af St. Joh.n's Church f or bringing ta aur attention the foiiowing moving editorial fromn the Orillia Packet & Times. I love Canada. Macleans Magazine assures me that no Canadian loves his cauntry, and a thousand critics infoim me that there is no such thing as a Canadian, fia sep- ïarate and distinct Canadian îdentity. I arn anc. Politicians and pundits assure me that there is fia Canadian filag, no Cana- dian national anthem, but I arn content wlth aur flag, a sort of red ensign with the Canadian coat af arms in the f ly, and I arn always rnaved when a good band plays "the Qucen," but I could learn ta stand up for "O Canada," too. I love Canada. There are people like Rene Lev- esque and Marcel Chaput who alter- nately assail me for appressîng my French Canadian brothers and threat- en me with a promise ta pull Quebec out of confederation, but I have been shimaeswith Johnny Bernatchez and drank with the Van Doos and kissed Ghisla!ne Gagnon and voted for St. LaUrent and saiuted George Vanier and cheered Jean Beliveau, and I know they're Canadians, too. We bath learn each other's language, and though their Erng1ish and my French might be a bit shaky in spots, we're flane the worse for that. I lave Canada. The Americans think I'm a Limey and the English think I'rn a 'Yank, but I feel wise and superiar in the States and young and vigarous in England, and I wouldn't trade my country for bath of them. Oh, I know the Arnericans have more money and the British have mare poise but I like ta think that Can- adians combine the best features af bath their ways of lîfe. 1 love Canada. Our poiitics are duil and aur sports bushîcague, but you can't beat the beer or the air. Oh, there are Nathan Cohen and the Argos and Gardon Sinclair and Real Caouctte but you have ta take the rough with the smooth, same as any- where else. Tarontonians think Canada lies south of Muskoka between the Hum- ber and the Bluffs, but I have crossed the Yukon and trod the ionely beaches of the Queen Charlottes, feit the Chi- nook's warm breath across the prairie snows, boiled labster above the Fundy tideline and pickcd blueberries an the bare hilîs above St. John's. It is a mag- nificent country, the most richly varied in climate and scene in ail the worid, home of a vigorous and warm-hearted people, a country ta be proud of. I arn a Canadian. Are there any mare lîke me? Those Paper Tissues _,Yaper, a mainstay of Canada's econ- cmy, has thausands of uses. One of it's -often-overlooked uses is to help motor- îsts. A box of absorbent tissue in the car is handy in many kinds of minar emergency, according to the Ontario Safety League. , A wad of tissue is better than mast rags for cleaning bugs, dust, mud and grime from headlights and windshields. After driving in the rain or slush for a short time headlights are aften dimmed to the point of inefficiency. Oily water splashed on the windshield by a passing car can be smeared around bythe windshield wipers to make visi- bility stili worse. Tissue or paper towel wil cean the lights and windows with alrnost no water needed. Too often neglected is a layer of diri which collects on the inside of the windows, says the National Safety Council. Tissue it off. 'd Some cars have sparkplugs maunt- ein wells on top of the engine. hIa heavy rainstorm xvhen the car is park- ed, partîcularly if there is a lot of wind, the welis f ili with watcr. Now the sparkplugs are wet, and you can't get started until they're dry. Use tissue ta dry the plugs and soak up the watcr in the weils. An Ontario Safety League officiai was once staiied on the open highway in a haif-blizzard, because driven snow particles were wetting the plugs and leads. He finally overcame the diffi- cuity by sprcading an open newspapcr over the tops af the plugs, which kept the engine running until he could reach shelter. A small pad ai tissue cao soak up maisture which has lcakcd into or con- densed inside a distributor. This is sometimes a probiem flot oni after a rainstorm, but on a cicar day With very high hurniditv. Paper is useful ta motorists in rnanv ather ways. Make a note ai it. We at the Statesman recommend carry- ing aid copies ai your newspaper in the car. Nothîng is handier for garbage wrapping etc. ~be %~rn~:an ~t4te~nmu Durham County's Great Family journal s Establzshed 110 years aqo in 1854 Alsa lncamporating The Bowmanville News The Newccatle Independent# % The Orono Newsu L e £uthorimed as Second Clos, Mail by th. Pont Office Dept., Ottawa, and fer payrnent ai postage ln1 Produced every Wednesaey by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED P.C. Box 190 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanv'ille, Ontario JOHN M. JAMES GEO. W. GRAHAM GEO. P. MOR EDITOR-PUBISHEADv'rG. MANAGER BusiNEss MG: SUBSCRIPTION RATES $4.00 a Year, strictly in advanc. $5.50 a Year in the United States cash RRIS M. Althauqh every prec:uti wl IIbO tckellto avold errez flze Canadlan Stalttm= accepta advertio. tr n its columne on the. tnde:slanding thart it wiU flot b. flcble fer <2fY errer in azy advertisernent pu Uished bheunder unieus a proof af such advertisement is Tequested in wTitiflq hy the advertiser and roturned ta The. Canaidien Stataman business offic duly sign.d by the. advertiser and wth .uch armeior correction pleînly neted ie wTitinq thoreori,oeddin that case.il eny errer se noted in not corre t.d by the. Canadien Statesmean its liabiity thah nnet exc..d such a portion et the entire cost of such advertinement as the. &Poco occupied by the. nted errer bears to the. whole space occupied -b7sutxh advortiemnt. À locomotive similar ta the one depicted here wilI be seen at a railway display which bas been planned by Canadian National ta mark the lifting of tracks from the centre af Belle- ville. To be held dune 22-28, it will consist of an array of steani and diesel locomotives, freight and passenger equipment and a number of special excursions pulled by a steam locomotive. One af the specials will operate June 27 ta Peterbarough and another the follawing day ta Cobourg Beach. The display will tic in witb the lifting af tracks which bave been in place for nearly a century froni anc of the City's main streets. Other attrac- tions wilI include baorse racing, military and name dance bands, motor cycle racing, a live radio show featuring well known personalities and a Hootenanny. £,eters coYo &fe &iitor June 12, 1964 Dear Sir: During the ycars 1,939-4,9 there was a shell-filiing plant on the land now accu- pied by industriai Ajax. There were many thousands af men and women cmploy- cd there aver that period of time fron many surround- ing communities as weil as those who lived in the war- time housing or the resi- dences for both men and wamen. In the iast iew years, a Re-union Association has been formed for the purpase ai having a yearly picnic. usually held in the early summer, to re-acquaint in- tcrested people and talk over aid times. Wc are sure there are many from your arca who were warkers at Ajax, be thcy D.I.L., Coled, C.C. af C. or others who had somne con- nection with the original Ajax. With thîs in mind we hope you wil publish this in your newspaper and thus enable those concerned from aur district ta corne to Cedar Park at Ajax on June 28/64 at 1:30 p.m. for an enjoyable ime spcaking with aid friends or taking part irn same af the activities plan- ned for ai members of the family. Beverages and ice crearn In the Dim and giDistant Past Fromn the Statesman Files 25 YEARS AGO Alian Richards, 3-year-old curly beaded son ai Mr. and Mrs. Gea. Richards, Harsey Street, us carrying bis lcft arrn in splints and a sliag as a resuit ai fallîng off bis play wagon and breaking bis arm. Mrs. Archie Tait bas been visiting relatives in Toronto. Miss Ruby Hahbs and Miss Christine Crombie visited at Mr. Nick Knapp's, Peter- borough. Mr. and Mrs, S, Hodgsaa and family, Nestlctoa, vusut- cd Mr. and Mrs. Gea. W. G rahbam. Mr. Ian Bcll, who has been atteadiag the Uni- versity oi Michigan at Ana Arbour, is bolidayiag with bis mother, Mrs. J. Clark Bell. Mr. Jack Estaugb, Toronto, foraîerly on the staff af the Ontario Training Scbooh for Boys, was in tawa Wedacs.. day, visiting witb friends. He will spend the summer montbs at Camp Abmek in Algonquin Park. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Stev- ens and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Elliott are rcpresenting Bow- manvihle Rotary Club wbile attending the 30tb annual convention af Rotary Inter- national being bcld this weck in Cleveland, Chia. Mrs. Ed. Livingstone, West Orange, N.J., is spcnd- ing tbe summer at ber cott- age an Centre St. Her daugbter, Mrs. A. Pearce, matared ber aver ast week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray J. Dili- ing vîsited fricnds in Cald- water. Dr. and Mrs. Fred Cryder- man, Detroit, Mich., are guests ai Mr. and Mrs. Lawry Cryderman while visîting their nurneraus rela- tives in these parts. Prof. F. L. Ferguson, of Guelph College, visited at bis unche's, Mn. W. C. Ferguson. Francis Sutton, Mus. Bac., bas received word that he has successfully camplcted the work for the L.R.S.M. (Licentiate Royal Schools of Music) diploma iin organ from London, Enghand. Onono: Miss Ruth Logan, nurse-in-tnaining at Bow- manville Hospital, is an two weeks holuday. She expects to spend the last weck ini Belleville. famul1y is asked ta bring thcir own picnic lunch for supper about 4:00 o'ciock. Yours very truly, Mrs. G. Day, Brougham, ont. Sunderland, Ont., June 9th, 1964 Dear Mr. James: Ail replies, but one, ta my letter supporting the Red Ensign, were favourable, cantrary ta Mr. Honey's esti- mate. One other, that blind- ]Y suggested that the Legion is devoid ai brains, good works and fine people, I shal ignore. I hope that we shall neyer jain the unhappy group ai nations plagued by bi - - ism. It could happen here, and the fostcring ai a multi- lingual or uni-cultural na- tion, does not, in my think- ing, lie in the aim or meth- ods ai the Royal Commission. 1 hope that I'm quite wrong. I arn writng about the "dstinctive" flag, which pre- sumably ail Liberal M.P.'s will vote for. Water, for years beyond Canadian bis- tory, has been depicted by wavy lunes, rather than straight ones. The triple leaf (or leaves) despite heraldic acceptance, and varicd usage, is flot that of the Red, Silver or Sugar Maple. These have an op- 49 YEARS AGO (June 24, 1915) Rcv. and Mrs. R. W. Hinds recently visited ber sister, Miss E. Spilsburg, Coîborne. Miss Louise Osborne, Eh- enezer, is visiting ber cousin, Miss Ernestise Tonkin, Ed- wardsburg, Mich. Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Drum and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Quick and son William motared ta Cobourg, Wednesday. Dr. and Mrs. Nanann Alhin, Edmonton, Alta., are visiting bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samnuel Allun, Centre St., and other rela- tives bere. Mrs. T. Vanstone and daughtc'r Giadys and son Chariey have returned ironi Akron, Chia, aiter having a pheasant holiday with ber daughter, Mrs. B. A. Sisier. Mr. F. N. Stevens, whiie craaking his son's spraying engine, the crank slipped and struck hirn an the lower jaw and broke it. Miss Verna Jewchl is visif- Ing ber unche, Mr. W. C. Allin, Glencoe. Mr. James Bcith o! Uni- versity ai Buffalo, is holi- daying at home. Mr. Lau Tapson is taking a military training course at Kingston. Mr. W. M. Ives bas return- ed irom a trip ta Moose Jaw and ather western points. Miss Brita Hligginbotham, Ontario Ladies' Coliege, Whitby, is home for vaca- tion. Sgt. C. 'W. E. Meath and Corp. Alex Beith, 39th Batt., Belleville, were home aver Sunuday. Mr. Day Warnica leit on Tuesday for Josephine, Alta., ta spend a couple ai months with bis grandiather and uncle on their ranch there. Miss Charlotte Phelps, San Jase, Cal., is visiting ber cousin, Miss Helen Mitchell, and other relatives. Miss Greta Morris and Mr. Chaude Ives are delegates fromn Bowmanville Epworth League ta Summer School at Belleville. Mr. D. N. Duffy, Tweed, bas been appointed local manager ai Seymour Power Co., Mr. Lea J. Barry hav- ing secured a position in Kingston. ing ta nature-study books of my teaching days, and as described and pictured in one book naw used in Toron- to schools, this type ai leat is of the Box Eider, aiso by sanie called the Manitoba Maple, Sot Maple, etc. If we are to have a maple leaf, let ut be of uncontro- versial type. I ami sarry if we are ta place in the "bad"~ category. along with Dominion, Royal, ail traditional and religiaus1 symbols. Perhaps My Con cern is unncccssary, for we are not a flag-flying folk, and wiIl not bother ta buy thc distinctive one, and pre- tend ta honour it, or, some- what hypocritically, stand ta sing, "'wc stand on guard" for Thee". You rs, Fred J. Reed. OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER My ear Mr.tatPrime it toitr We feeirtadtowethe it t yo, ir, anletdeta thetCae raians peple tavdeai the raesan wby wc hdave crcu tated n prcsnted a pe- tii ring thalloedtoahi Ca- ais ei ih oevtexer- cic heir rigbt travote an dothi la ebas wecn dthsobctos b aswrig the stajeis broug agais si t a plebiscite wouis saide theatiop.ebicit Canadai divide h nation. r Ce auîad isa dved naton. tWe anth raeverposwirl tarte ogreatesoss uible myeare and ntioalliy byin celyad neivocaîîyl doing the ajrity's wihh. I, cantwsay, irthenar anyu, jilust wat s the cmajrit' ciize nhbycitizcnt itc Citizen by iten.anEqab Conaduan ugie an ea vnoedgcao unite dinot knowledgncpe hat teinde- cratcprincipei er ain spcctd, abnd vry aadian thwaul b oudcta accepti Ite majoi es ion. il hraereIcn e-itomigbt havnelbee nawhtioa have caunledon ihata unit carlirn ith Bthat her liom in moue ad. t w he lion is laosaedandit wihl retakeathest alebiscite ta restre is ahninFar fran iiding tht' naietion, a e iscuteoudoraise theafiof issuedisute ai the beat a eofnic dispt a nt tmhe ca pairyopodirecsint opth clar aira irecht and ptp- ular ch ice.Wo ,beve th chito, it woul by dci initio, be puhar. Aoneot offhae(atiular ancubt pof th dra wig hord>mt poetho a t il lot be tht act a nary niera It is said that aur repre- sentatives were elected ta, decide the fiag. There was more than onc plank ia the Liberal platrorni, and many who voted for your party's flag resolution, Sir, did not dreani that a "distinctive flag" must exclude ail syni- bols ai aur henitage. Surely Most Canadians rejected a flag change when the major- ity rejected the party that proposcd it. Thc reference un the platform ta a "dis- tinctive" ilag was rnislead- iag. A fiag "distinctive" froni what? The adjective is irrelevant ta the debate. It is the rigbt slogan for the wrang battle-a battle won yeans ago wben Canadians righthy dcmanded a fhag dis- tinct froni tbe Great Union flag ai Britain. The result- ing "distinctive" flag was, af course, the Canadian Red Ensign, whicb was so de- scribed in the Order in Council ai 1945. The En- sign, bearing the shield of Canada, cannet be confused with any other flag on earth. We are disturbed by the cranked-up campaign ta excbange this distinctive flag, rich in meaning, for ane created out ai wbohe cloth wbich many mions ai us tbink distinctly undis- tinguished. Surehy a government min- cerely concerned for nation- al unity would bonour and perpetuate the graphic syni- It's a curious fact that, no matter how many acquaintances a person has, a fresh one is always welcome. My latest acquisition happened on a recent Satur- day while my wife was trundling a grocery cart, trying to match the pre- pared list of life's necessities with the meagre weekly allowance that I grudg- ingly give her. I was engaged in my favourite sport of holding down num- ber two chair in the A&P "bleachers" when Johnny Seto came by and intro- duced me to his brand new bride, fresh off the plane fromn Hong Kong, and en- gaged in her very first shopping spree, in Canada. She is a petite person, much like Mrs. Joe Seto in build, with the same type of poise that seems to be the prerogative of Oriental females. We wish the very best for the latest addition to the local Chinese colony as she tackles the tough job of adjust- ing to married life as well as the cus- toms, money, and language of a strange country. Anyone who has the courage to corne, by airplane, alone, from Hong Kong to Tokyo, to Vancouver, ta Tor- onto, is made of the kind of stuff that Canada needs, and welcomes. Congratu- lations! Here's hoping the newly-weds enjoy a long, happy, and prosperous married life. On that same day, we received, by mail, a picture post card from Johnny Kessier, and his mother, who were in New York to visit relatives, and no doubt, enjoy the World's Fair. It was nice of them to remember us two old stump dodgers back on the Ridge while they were taking in the big city. Johnny is only seventeen, but is a bit of a "nut" when it cornes to arc-welding. We hear a lot about high school "drop-outs", and how they are going osav odah besides being bums dead beats, and just plain labourers. Ain't it awful? Well! Johnny Kessier is a high school drop-out, by hîs own wish. Naturally, his parents wauld have schooiing and picnty of talent. Sugar preferred hirn finishing high schoal, and attending same good callege, where, because of his keen interest in metal welding, he rnîght have becarne a grad- uate in metalurgy, which in turn, might have made his later life as a welder, more balanced. But Jahnny balked at extended attendance at a "knowledge box"; was anxious ta get cracking on welding prajects of his own choasing, sa that's what he is doing, and very gaad too. Bend yaur ear while I mention one example of his skill; remember, this kid is only seventeen - he made him- self a matorcycle - that's "wat", by using a bicycle frame, an ardinary front bike wheel, a rubber tired wheelbar- raw wheel in the rear, anc horizontal and anc vertical bicycle chain, plus an aid McCuilough chain saw engine, weided under the crossbar. Presto! Off he goes, at ten miles per hour. He has rnany other examples of a steady hand, and lively imagination that prove his natural talent for this type of work. Now, the question before the house is, wouid pralonged schooling have stifled or enhanced this young gentle- man's ability, especialiy as he found school frustrating, confining, and bar- ing? Please don't get the idea that I'm knocking farmal education - I'm ahl for it, as long as the student has the necessary I.Q. ta assimilate academic knowiedge, and has an inborn desire to absorb plenty of it. But iet's face it, everyone is flot coliege material; such are better out of the halls of higher learning, and leaving the desk room for others. This scribbler has heard, read, and known several persans who, with far less formai education than Johnny Kes- sler, made a very ù-ig impact on the life of the worid. Gaod schoaling, and naturai talent is an unbeatable cambin- ation. If given a chaice, I prefer some saiecd ByBilS i ce third-rate tripe, mostly in the form of articles in women's magazines. Thus, he feli prcy ta such ciap-trap as "fam- ily tagethcrness," and "being a pal" ta his children, and "talking thinga out" wîth his wîfe. Then, under the builying o! hii wife and the relentiess heckling of hiu) chiidren, he forsook principles f or pas. sessions, and happiiy happed aboard the treadmili of proving that he could bring home as rnuch bacon as the poor, ha- rassed, coranary-bound character next door. Slaving like a pit pany, and at. tacked for it by his farnily, he was stili expected ta help with the dishes, rnow the lawn, entertain at parties arranged by his wife, and drive 300 miles on the week end ta visit relatives. Thus, the carnfortable paunch which was a measure af Father's suc- cess became Dad's pot-belly, a sign that he wasn't doing his 5BX Thus, Father's aminous look and cufi on the ear be- came Daddy's whine that he wauld cut off the ailowance. Thus Father's majestic carving ai the farnily roast be- came Dad's inept spoaning aut o! the meat bails smothered in canned rnush- room soup. Not a Pretty picture? Right. What are you going to do about it, Jack? WilI you join mie in trying to convert dith- ering Daddy into fearless Father? Shall we grow bcards, get rid of the blubber, pound the kids once a week, and tell the aid lady we're gaing fishing when we damnweil feel like it? What's that? You agree, and you'Il jain the mavement on Monday, but right now you have ta heip Mom do the shopping? AIl right. Don't say you Probably the biggest piece of pure Poppycock on aur calendar is the Sun- day in June designated as Father's Day. Lt is aimost as siliy as celebrating the birthday of Queen Victoria (on the nearest Monda y), or adapting that pret- ty, but uninspîring thing, the maple leaf, as aur flag symbol. That's because, like queens' birth- days and f lags, fathers are anachron- isrns, things that belong ta the dear, dead past of empires and gallantry and farnily saiidarity. The empire has disappeared, the fiag has become samething ta quibble about, and fathers have turned into cartoon characters. We have become increasîngiy a mother-darninated society. But in try- ing ta prove that Mom daesn't have dlay feet, we have casually accepted the theory that father has a dough hcad. The word "father" is neyer used any more, as a terni of address. The only place it crops up in in sociological and psychlogical ternis, such as 'father image" or "father figure." It's been a wild swing af the pen- dulum, and it is a sad and bitter thing, this degeneration frorn Father ta Dad- dy, but I can't help painting out that we have brought it upon ourselves, chaps. The Trajans opened the. gates and dragged in that big, wooden horse. The Arab let the camel stick his nase into the tent, ta kcep warrn. Father achiev- cd the same end by relinquishing the pursc-strings ta that brave, littlc wa- man with a hcart af gold and a will af iron-Momn. Next, he began ta isten ta a lot af Britisn-Ioundung peoples. The present goveroment, appar- ently unable to reconcile the legitimate dlaims ai each, is ducking the problem by erasing the memory af bath. Three-quarters of the U.S. flag is devoted ta reminding Americans that they began as 13 British colonies. Un- like Dahomey, Gabon, Malil and the Malagasy Republic, Canada was not born yester- day. We neither need nar want a brand-new flag. Should you doubt this, Sir, we urge You ta put it ta the test. Only a plebiscîte will relieve the building bitter- ncss af a victimized ma- jority. Canadians knaw that a Parliament, pnecariously bal- anced. shauld not decide thus Issue. Tbey know that Mem- bers arceflot bcing asked ta vote for a fiag, but arainit an election. They knaw that a plebiscite will dlean the air and unite ail who honor the democratic pnocess. They know that this issue, unlike most others, requires na arcane knowledge and na deep study. It is an issue an which every Canadian bas an opinion, and sbould bave a vote. Yours respectfulhy, Sherwood J. Becket Sugden, Ch airm a n Emergency Cammittee ta Save the Canadian Red Ensign. 6 Adelaide St, E., Toroato, merc't aked Your (l /7eelecl I The holiday scason is over, But the spirit ai giving, should not bc gone. I'm sure you'll find some extra trne, Ta help the Red Cross ta carry an. The sewing, or knitting, that yau can do, Wiil bring a minle ta some one's face. It rnay flot be veny far from here, Or it may be in some remate place. In tirnes ai sorrow, and trouble, It is the little things that caunt. You may make a srnall garment, But ta the receiver it is a large arnount. Vour help is aiways nccded, Urge yaur graup, or club ta band. You'Ii be surprised how gaod you'll fled, To give some one else a helping hand. Sincere thanks ta alI the Volunteers, That have he]ped out in the past. May God biess you with heaith and strength, To make your service ta Red Cross last. -By Edythe Ruridie, Chairman, Women's Work Com., Bowrnanviile and District Branch R~ed Cross Society, isd yoangmans ýýT7e/ angmaWs Colamn Colamn bols of both French and and