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Down she came stand at the end of Fitton Street in Midland, has now been reduced to little more than a stump and some sawdust, to the dismay of some local residents. After having survived about 150 years in the same spot, it seems rather a shame to have to cut it down, but for the sake of progress it had to go. The tree that used to Bookworm No literary masterpiece by Shirley Whittington The recent death of Lord Thomson of Fleet will undoubtedly stimulate interest in his only autobiographical work -- After I Was Sixty -- published by Nelson, one of Thomson's several publishing houses After I Was Sixty is described as '"'a chapter of autobiography," and deals with his awesome business history in Britain, which began in 1954 He says that year was a bleak time in his life. His partnership with Jack Kent Cooke had dissolved, his wife had died, and he had lost a bid for a PC seat in the riding of York Centre. He purchased _ the Edinburgh Scotsman, and solace in the continuing growth of his Canadian empire, and in his villa in the Braid Hills district, which he filled with an- tiques. A lightly publicized fact about the newspaper baron is -his passion for antique rings. "Don't ask me why...they are beautiful and of course they have appreciated enormously in value."' Thomson merged two evening newspapers in Scotland, and makes this interesting comment on a two-newspaper town. <a We70) Talay ag! newspapers, each struggling to make ends meet...are not per- forming...as one healthy and prosperous' one could." He adds, "When a immediately earned a reputation, even among the Scots, as a tight-fisted manager. He _ wasn't made to feel welcome in Scotland, even though it was his ancestral home pang but he took single newspaper takes over in that situation, it does not necessarily charge double for ad- vertising, but it can at least safely raise its rate to cover...costs."' Romina television Call Contact 526-9333 Hours 9 a.m, to6 p.m. Monday to Friday (Except Holidays) We are not quite sure if we are having Summer or is it Spring or Fall. The weather has not been too kind to our vacationers but one has to be grateful for the people who are in hospitals or rest homes, along with those that have to work during the summer months We almost feel as though the pickling season should begin any day now and of the great urge to put on a nice beef stew because of the cool weather. There is cer- tainly no way that we are able to dictate to the weather man When we really think about not being able to direct all things that influence our lives it is gratifying knowing that even the best man or woman in the world is left out of some decisions that affect our destiny. Our summer has been exciting with an unusual number of activities planned and executed by our various Service Clubs and Chambers of Commerce. The carnival like atmosphere has given everyone an opportunity to participate. It is a great time to meet old friends and neighbours. Contact Centre is busy taking information about coming events for the Fall; If you are planning a happening let us know and we will list it in our files so that when people callin we will be able to have precise information for them. There are times when even we miss seeing an announcement in the local papers, and consequently it does not get listed with us. Our volunteers have been just great. They have responded to our call for drivers and runners for Meals-on-Wheels. If you would like to help your call would mean a great deal to us. Just a reminder to young Mothers that will be needing day care service for their children. We have several fine Centres, just give us a call at 526-9333 and we will give you full details. 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They all refused to support his TV venture; and he takes great glee in listing their names as doubters who turned down an _ op- portunity to make big money. This was in fact, when he made his now famous remark about television ownership being "a license to print money"' He admits that it may have been injudicious "but it was certainly right, and weren't certain people sorry now they'd refused to join me!"' The Sunday Times was the next triumph. Shaking his head over the British indifference to ad- vertising, he successfully introduced the yellow pages "T still can't get over the antipathy to the art and skill of salesmanship, in Britain, he says "Napoleon used to call the British a nation of shop-keepers, but that must have altered a long time ago." Control of publishing, of periodicals and of books, followed. Near the end of his life, Thomson's em pire stretched to include North Sea oil exploration, and a travel agency After I Was Sixty also proudly chronicles to the meetings Thomson had with contemporary political leaders. He discussed wheat farming with Krushchev, met Indira Gandi ("'Beautiful...cold, pr- eoccupied...") Golda Meir and Chou En Lail He reports a remarkably tasteless exchange with President Nasser ftom whom he tried to buy an English language Egyptian newspaper. "You'll have to pay me for it," said Nasser. "You're not an Arab," said Thomson. "You're a Jew" He reports that the remark "tickled Nasser greatly." The Thomson empire now passes to his son Kenneth. In After I Was Sixty, there is evidence that Roy Thomson planned things carefully. "The business is now all tied up in trusts for future Thomsons, so that death duties will not tear it apart. 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