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IS YOM UFE Md HONE WORTH very year there are Tree Fires It will happen to someone Every year there are Tree Fires If will happen to someone it could be yon He first Protection against CHRISTMAS TREE FIRES Decorative too apply it yourself in a few minutes simple easy Bash order Sorry no orders Send money order Special Volume Sales St Toronto The of on your antenna and youll reception youll get Say goodbye If like no before kill TV pictures depends zed the clear Masters strain and spotty home miles closer us Install home call St vision Service one Our Readers Write Letters to the editor are always welcome bat the the writers must be known to the editor of work I believe we can Whilst basically disagreeing with Mrs Hilton I do agree and applaud her sentiments as re flected in the last two para graphs of her letter there is as always a great need tor teach ing the and its precepts to the young but for goodness sake let us use some common sense while so doing Ron Lawrence The Editor As your editorial columns have nicely put it our lives depend upon the few inches of top soil which cover a rather small por tion of the earths surface In todays turmoil which one writer describes as a rather grim mix stemming from city life materialism and the hunt for fewer workhours and more pay too few of us remember our link with what is to the farmers and their farms A feature article in one of the farm magazines points out that the soil is Gods greatest gift to man and another author re- You take my house when you do take the soil that doth su stain my house You take my life when you do take the means whereby I live Red fern Mile annual Santa parade was held in Holland last Saturday the small community of about people which has gained a reputation for having one of the best annual parades in the district Above is a typical imaginative entry in the Landing parade called Baby with a rather large adult baby suspended from a maple branch over a Model Ford During the parade the Fords motor caught fire and the Landing showed its lor amniotics one of the two community fire engines also in the parade roared to the scene and volunteers helped extinguish the blaze The T Ford continued on its route The parade is organ ized by a local committee this year consisting of Earl Atkinson Dave Smith Pop Walker who always leads the with his Collie dog ami John There were floats this year plus cowboys clowns and others Photo Nelson Ion minds us at a still loftier level that It is Gods soil not mans- The deed to our land simply gives us the right to use the soil our lifetime and to hand it on to those who come after us undiminished in its fertility From The Soil and the Soul As is so often the ease the poets have the highest word as follows in two quotes from my scrapbook We are tenants of the Almighty Entrusted with a portion of His earth To dress and keep And pass on to the next genera tion When evening comes and we must fall asleep The Editor Last week you published a let ter by Mrs or Miss Ruth Hilton in which she criticized Sunday skating I cannot agree with her sentiments on this subject and feel I must reply- As I see it Mrs Hilton is bas ing her criticisms on two words as found in the Bible rest and work Can she give us an ex act definition of the word rest do not think so Some of us rest in bed others by knitting painting talking walking or in and one different ways all equally innocent We are rest ing from our labors In Mrs Hiltons view it would seem that any activity not con nected with going to church or reading the Bible is a sin Why How do the many menial tasks get performed in the home on Sunday Who tends to the sick Or the public- services In fact whilst Mrs Hilton is condemn ing the thousands of people who must work on Sunday she is participating in their sin if such it can be called by making use of the amenities they ply Does she never switch on the light on Sunday Or use the during the day and had been put refrigerator Or make a tele- Prompt Action By Boy Saves Five Overcome By Coal Gas The prompt action of a year old boy Benny Riches in calling the doctor when ho found mem bers of his family overcome coal gas on Friday night Dee is credited with saving the lives of his parents Mr and Mrs Riches his sisters Janet nine and Susan five and a seven month old in fant Allan who was staying with the family Dr Gordon Cock answered the em ergency call and assisted in car rying the members of the fam ily outdoors before the police arrived The parents were revived by the fresh air but the two girls were taken to York County hos pital They were released the following day The family who came to Can ada two years ago moved here five weeks ago Mrs Riches said that she had been troubled with severe headaches recently and that the two smaller hadnt been well She had decid ed that they must be suffering from a mild attack of gastric flu That day Susan had been worse and so she had stayed in bed all day Janet became ill to bed also Shortly after Benny had returned home after being out for the evening his mother went upstairs in answer to a call from one of the girls As she started back down the stairs Mrs Riches collapsed Benny and his father were able to carry her down the stairs before Mr Riches collapsed by his wife Benny didnt wait for any thing else to happen He rushed to the telephone and sent an emergency to Dr Cock a call which Dr Cock answered im mediately Mr Riches said that he had been feeling ill for the past three days but that neither he nor his wife had suspected coal gas of causing the trouble He said that he had been watching television when he heard his wife fall on the stairs Every thing seemed far away and it was with great difficulty that he was able to rouse himself sufficiently so that ho could go to help her Everything was blank after that he said phone call As a child I attended regular Sunday school and church ser vices but for years failed to un derstand these they were a must imposed by my parents and had the effect of keeping me out of church when I was later able to please myself Though I now attend whenever I can On Sundays we were never al lowed recreation and in between services sat about the house list lessly longing for Monday and if we got a chance we got up to any mischief we could think of Why tempt the young one to naughtiness when a reasonable amount of controlled recreation would banish the problem and benefit them mentally and physically By all means let us take them to church or Sunday school but dont ever let us for get that a bored child is a naughty one Can we not com bine spiritual teaching with re creation on the one day of the week children and adults are I really free from school and Glorify his life of ease with one or more of handsome sport shirts Choose from an eyetaking array of smart authentic Tartans and in all colors to match his ensemble MAIN ST Clothes for well dressed Men and Boy j- T i fX fi 3 Bi r Clock Radii fe iro Percolators 1 fc 1 mm 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