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HouseôlCommons Honors Chu rch ill Sir Winston Churchill bas just scaied another pinnacle - ha he-las taken bis baw as Father af- the Fluse of Cammnons. When nast public figures of fourscore years and five wouid be inlactively retired, Sir Win- stane Was in bhis parliameniary 5eat with a beamijng face wben the new Parliamnent gût down ta bbusiness for the first time, Oct. 27. prime Minister flarold MUac- millan m-ade a graciouis bow ta Sin Winston wt h e n. welcoming hlm as the new Father of the bo1use. Mr. M a c m ila n was speaking ,abouut the c ha-nges which 'the recent eltect-ion had brougbt about in the faces as-s sembled iM Parliament. Then the Primne Minister said, "Fartunateiy, one great fiýgure-, rieains - a rock that resists the- floads either ou' time or en- noblemrent - m-y Right Hlonor- aýble friend the Mmbrfor Woadfond (Sir Winston. Chuirch- ff) ii)whlias naw added another distinction ta the maýny which lie bas gained over the years." There wa7ps laughter from týhe pjacked Commnons at the Prime LMvinîster-'s remark that enno(-bl- mýent had f ailed ta remaova Sir- Winiston fromn the blouse of Comnmons. It is the customn in Bitain that Inost PrimeMistr are given earldom-s when they haýve coin- pleted their service in the bîgh- est political office. In modemn timnes there have ben E-ikal B-alciin, EFarl Lloyd George, adEarI- Attlee. Sir Winstoir is considered ta be in a classification ail bis owni on accounit of the fabulous ser- vices he bias i7endered ta is cauLntry. 0f course lie couid bavehaël nearldiom if 'Le hacf wanted one. Queen Elizabeth Il is said ta have long bean eager -ta con- fer onie of the highest tities on him. Or ha could bave had ýa dukedomn which is reported to have been offered ta hlm by King George VI after Worl4t W a r [. A dukedain is at the very top cf the aristocratic ranking and appears to beý reserved the3e elays for members of the Royal Yamniiy. Prince Philip was madie Duke of Ecinburgb and Prince Charles, the Duke of Corn-wall. But Sir Winston has remaineti, z commoner acceping oniy the Knigbthoad of the Garter wbich eloes not prec1ude hlm from -;it- tng in the House of Cormans. Why las be not becomc an tari or a duke? There a r e variaus ex,,piana- tions. One is that nothing wouid- induce him ta changýe the rich mnd hanoured namne c0f Church- H*ORN APLENTY - AÀ mon who ecin blow-ý his cwn horn, British Army bandmas;tar Briain Hicks buffs and putfs aC,ýUY on an *longatad Alpine horn. Hle wcts declored the w one t a blow eut held at the Rayi lM iitary schotof ',MusiCcoatTwick.en- MASKED MAN- Montreal Ca- nadiens gô,alie Jacq1ues Plante sports the mask he plans ta waar in future iockey gamnes. He has hc-d 1is cheekbone. twice broken by flying pucks. il except to become the Duke *- Mariborougli, w1hich. in Eng- lii history is as rich biid hon- oured a na-me as Churchill, But there already is a Duke of Mariborougi who is head of the Churchill famiiy. Sir Winstoxi asthe offspring of a younger s'on of aun cearlier Duke of Mari- If hýis father had be-en an, Glder son and heir to the duke- domn, Sir Winston most likely wouldi not have becorne Primne M/inister of Britain. And in that caethe history of Britain and even the worid conceivablr c,,(uld have been different, re- membering the Battie. of Britain) days, writes Peter Lyne in tbe Christian 'Science Monitor. It bas hecome a l egend in poli- tical circles that Sir Winston said "The Duke of Marlborougilh for me or nothing," aven though the story nvay not be accurate. There are other expianations of his refusai of ennoblemen.t. Hie loves the H-ouse of Comrnfmns and has no desire te leave it and go "utpsqta!rF," tathe Xbuse of Lords. Another story is that he ha,ý 1 grandsois -coming along whio give promise of being Churchillp of the future. And Sir Win5ton is s7aid te be anxiaus ta avoir! the;r' being harassad and thwarted in their politicai c-, reers by hereditary barriers be- c a use their granddad took aý peerage fro-om a grateful nation. These hereditary barriars irmay or may not ba removad in the near future. But Sir Wînston in the-meantime, remains Sir Win1- Why hasn't Sir Winston been Father of the House af Cern- mons before, conlsidering that haý first entered it nearly 60 yearrs ago? The- answer is that the titit of Father of the Hlouse gôes te the MP who has sat there lî,or the largest numfber of consecu- tive years. Sir Winston had a gap trom 1922 ta 192-1 after being defeated ut the poils. Toyîing With Rockets The accident rate among am-i teur racket entLhusiasts is pro- portionateiy bigher than amnong, United States matorists. Ridicis- lous? Not if you face the statis- tics braught forth by thae Ameni- can Racket Society, Tho arganizatîon-which pi:e- sentiy is caiiing for an end ta rocket experimentation byv nu- h rofessional rockateers-reveais hat 162 roc.ket-înncurred in - jurias were iinflicted ta an asti- mated 10,000 persans engaýged ln amateur rocket experiments. The saciety shouid be backed ta the Jhilt la fts plea that aair- tLeurs be restricted from experi- menting with the dangerous homtemnade packages. It points out that novice i-ocketeers are, niot o nliy inviting disaster in manu7factuning pro-peliants andL rackets, but alsýo 1byatepig ta l.aunch the veb-iceles, Parents and teachers have aà major responsibîbl'ty teO warn' youngsters of thie many dangers they "face in tino,g with ho-- made rtckets. - San Bernardinio Sui--Tele- gram. 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