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PAGE FOUR \ THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1950 Coastal Indians Have Plan To Improve Tribal Status Vancouver (CP). -- When citizenship Minister Harris starts to revise the new Indian Act for presentation to parliament he will have proposals from British Celum- bia to consider, among others. A bill amending the present Indian Act was presented to the House of Commons last July, but after getting first reading was withdrawn for further study be- fore parliament meets again in February. - The Federal minister is hear- ing representatives of Canada's Indians, of whom 30,000 live in British Columbia, A delegation sponsored by the Provincial gov- ernment may be sent from this province, probably headed by Chief William Scow, president of the Native Brotherhood of B.C. Chief Scow presented a petition $0 the Provincial authorities that .C. Indians be fully protected and eir problems be brought to the attention of the Federal Govern- ment. Plans Permanent Committee The petition now is under con- sideration of a Provincial cabinet committee on Indian affairs. The committee plans to name a per- manent advisory committee on Indian rights and status. In this connection the Van- eouver Civil Liberties Union under direction of Prof. Hunter Lewis of the University of British Columbia has . prepared an Indian "Magna Carta." It calls for eventual full citizen- ship, with the right to vote, for Indians. "The act should be designed to bring out among the Indians the qualities of independence, initia- tive, self - respect, responsibility, self - rellance and heightened morale," says a brief prepared by the CLU for presentation to Mr. Harris, Prof. Lewis charged the Federal Government with "keeping Indians as children permanently in the first grade." Sees Better Life Ahead He invisioned an expansion of Indian life from the cramped re- serve to communities similar to those of the white man. Prof, Lewis, who is chairman of the Vancouver OLU committee on Indian citizenship, sald the natives should be restored to self- government ' and their standards of living raised to "our level." The )}ief also advocates fm- proven educational facilities and a policy of decreasing governmental regulation. & <> Girl Guides Of Port Perry Make Christmas Toys I. W. PARKINSON Correspondent Port Perry, Dec. 12--At the re- gular weekly meeting of the Port Perry Guides was held in their re- cently acquired meeting place, the local armory, With a fine attend- ance present the active organiza- tion continued their toy making training that saw several of the Guides complete their first toy. Work on their second toy project will commence next week. During the meeting it was decided that a number of the best of these hand- made toys will be contributed to the children of a nearby village-- children whose Christmas will "be saddened by the loss of one of their parents. Featuring the meeting's recrea- tion was an amusing game led by the Mistletoe Patrol, The object of this game was to carry a bean on a knife. Few were successful. Awarding of the toymaker"s badge will be the result of the enthusias- tic efforts of the Port Perry lassies who are being trained in the true spirit of Christmas -- "giving to others". Toward the end of the evening many of the old campfire songs were revived as a joyous sing-song was held. The singing of Taps concluded the meeting. Throw Out Used Christmas Wrappers Don't let Christmas wrappings accumulate: get them out in your metal-covered trash barrel or burned in your incinerator as soon as possible. Don't allow smoking near the tree, decorations or piles of wrappings. Have plenty of good big ash trays around and use them, Keep matches away from tiny if fire breaks out. Have operative fire extinguishers, buckets of water or even your garden hose connected to a faucet within reach of the tree. But remember, unless you can put a fire out immediately, call your fire department at once. Experimeats at the Indian Insti- tute of Science at Bangalore show that soy bean milk may be a substi- tute for ordinary milk. hands. Plan on what you must do' Neapolitan Broom Brigade In protest against the filthy conditions existing in their city, hundreds of Naples' University students, carry ing brooms and placards are pictured as they paraded through the city streets. the demonstration to ridicule the city government, worked in claiming that they cannot live in a dirty city, even if the city fathers believe that the "dirty" of Naples, Italy, is a colorful tourist characteristic. The students, deciding on groups and cleaned the streets themselves, ~Central Press Canadian. Tasteless, Tough Toys Make Ideal Babies' Gifts For the nursery set this Christ- mas, Santa has toys that will bring cheers from parents and plenty of happiness to all of the little ones from the gurgling six-months-old baby on up. Perhaps the most exciting fact about the new playthings for babies concerns sensible materials of which they are being made. Plastics are helping to make toys for the younger ones almost impervious to lusty bangings. They are tasteless and they are sanitary and easily clean- ed, which is very important. Soft rubber insides of many make them good "bites" for the teethers. Practically all of them are de- signed with careful concern for baby's mental capacity. For instance, there is an adjustable corduroy bootee with tin plastic dog attached so that a six-months-old child may play with the toy as he does with his toes. For an eight-months-old member of the crib set there is a plastic gym for attachment to the crib | with a ring pull that makes a plastic | clown caper. There are toys that adjust as the | child matures. One is a roller toy light enough to double as a rattle. Later it can be transformed into a push-pull toy. For the play yard contingent there are new rubber animals that hold their shape and are easily [cleaned with a damp cloth. And | there are clever music boxes. | 'To help those youngsters just | beginning to learn to walk, there are a great host of attractive toys. { : | Hunslet, Yorks, England--(CP)-- Rev. D. Graham Thomas of St. Silas Church wrote in his parish magazine that if anyone who won a soccer pool gave his church $3,000 he would be grateful for the op- portunity to do God's work. Canada's per capita foreign trade in 1949 was more than three times as large as in 1938. UR dresses in greens, browns solid shades. Sizes 12 to brown, and Grey, green wine Women's holf size and over- size dresses priced from $12.95 A complete assortment of wool end 16. red, cinnamon, Corduroy Dresses, in sizes 9 to 17. Spe- cially priced from $12.99. Special Values - coats that you will not to miss. Blach's 72 SIMCOE ST. N. A Christmas party . . . a New Year's Dance . . . and you looking simply divine in the gown of your dreams come true. And for that informal occasion . . . Black's topped with a "just right" coat. Christmas giving and Christmas getting! in Christmas giving trimmed and untrimmed want your approval. $22.95. PHONE 179 a beautiful dress from Blaek's collection is especially arranged for The largest, sparkling assort ment of Evening Gowns you have ever seen, hand picked for Priced from LADIES' Ry a EAR Embarrasing moments. San- ta, shown helping a youngster whose diaper came apart just as he was asking his wish for Christmas. Mount Zion WMS Pioneers Given Life Membership MRS. LORNE JONES Correspondent Balsam and Mount Zion, Dec. 12 --Congratulations are extended to Mrs. George Wilson, who was made a life member of the Women's age at Greenwood on Thursday, Dec. 7. She has been a member for 30 years; two others of Greenwood were also made life members: Mrs. F. Gibson and Mrs. A. Pegg. Much credit is given to these ladies for their long membership. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jordan and family entertained Mr. and Mrs, Nell Weir of Gormley on Sunday. Miss Helen Hoffman spent the week-end at Trenton with friends. Mount Zion Sunday school Christ- mas tree will be held on Friday evening, December 15. Come and pring the kiddies to see Santa. Mr. Ralph Jones is sporting a Monarch car. Mrs. W. Sadler of Highland Creek, is spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Jones. A number from here attended the Ontario County Holstein Breeders' turkey dinner at Brooklin on Fri- day evening at the Brooklin United Church Hall. The Mount Zion Sunday school met on Sunday as usual, The school was opened by singing carols. Prayer by our superintendent, Mr. read in unison. The Mission Band members sang "Fishers of Men. Miss Jean Linton of Toronto, introduced Miss Mae Gould, a student of the Bible School in Toronto, who is going to Africa to be a missionary. She spoke on mission work and one of our greatest missionaries of the Bible, Paul. She had the eyes of everyone fastened on her as she had a very inspiring message and a wonderful personality. All wish her success in the work she is about to undertake. A missionary offer- ing was taken. The church service followed at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. H. R. Monkman in charge. White gifts were brought forth by different members and placed at the altar for the Fred Victor Mission. Mrs. Elmer Wilson and Miss Myrna Jones sang a duet. Rev. H. R. Monkman introduced Mr. Royal Moulton, temperance speaker, who brought a real mes- sage. A temperance offering was taken. THE DEVIL'S KNELL In Yorkshire, England, town of Dewsberry has a sombre Christ- mas. Seven hundred years ago a boy was murdered # thrown into a nearby stream. The crime was discovered and the mur- derer, one Thomas de Soothill pre- sented a tener bell to Dewsberry church as a penance. Every Christmas Eve the bell known as the Devil's Knell is tolled as many times as the number of years that have elapsed since the birth of Christ. SUSPENDERS FAVORED popular this year with the college influence giving strong impetus to thelr renewed flavor. Which means that there is another gift item to consider for the man. Handsomely designed, the Christmas patterns also come handsomely boxed, Missionary Society at the parson- || Burnett Jamieson. The lesson was |: d his body was Suspenders for men are again | Political Ranks Thinned Ottawa, Dec, 11--(CP) -- Death removed many notable Canadian political figures during 1950. Former Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King died at 75 on July 22. The great Liberal leader, whose 21-year tenure of office set a Commonwealth record, died quietly at his summer home in nearby Kingsmere after a period of semi-invalidism. With. him died an era that stretched back over three decades of Canadian political history. The former Prime Minister had retired from the political scene before the 1949 general election. He was honored with a state funer- al in the capital and was buried beside his father and mother in gg Mount Pleasant ceme- Two of Mr. King's former Cab- inet colleagues also died during the year. Colleagues Also Die One was big, jovial Humphrey Mitchell, Labor Minister, who died 10 days after Mr. King in an Ot- tawa hospital where he had gone for a routine check-up. He had been associated with Mr, King in the Cabinet since 1941, He was buried in Ottawa after a state funeral. time speaker of the Commons who was resources minister from 1945 to 1948, died in June from a heart ailment from which he had suf- fered for several years. Before his death, he was Canadian chairman of the International Joint Commis- sion. Five senators and four members of the House of Commons, or for- mer members, died during the year, The senators were Charles Bal- lantyne, Progressive Conservative from Quebec; George Burpee Jones, Progressive Conservative from New Brunswick; J. Leger, Progressive Conservative from New Brunswick, and Edouard St. Pere, : Liberal from Quebec. The commoners were 'Gleason Hon. James Allison Glen, one- | By Many Deaths In 1950 Belzile, Liberal member for Rimou- ski and Parliamentary assistant to Finance Minister Abbott; T. L. Church, veteran Progressive Con- servative member for 'Toronto Broadview, and Maurice Haftt, Liberal member for Montreal Cartier. John R. MacNicol, the globe- trotting former Progressive Con- servative member for Toronto Davenport, who was defeated in the 1040 Federal election, died in une, Death also struck at the capital's diplomatic ranks. Laurence Stein- Ha hardt, United States ambassador to Canada, was killed March 28 when a U.S. embassy plane crashed néar Ottawa while flying Mr. Steinhardt to New York. One man prominent in Govern- ment circles far from Canada's shores. He was Alex Skelton, 44, assistant deputy minister of trade and commerce and one of the country's foremost economists, who was drowned in a yachting accident at Lagos, Nigeria. He had been on loan to a British Royal Commis- sion studying Nigeria's revenue system. SWIMMING IN THE SERPENTINE In the Serpentine -- a lake in London's Hyde Park--there will be a swimming race on Christmas morning, for what is known as the Peter Pan Trophy. (The statue of Peter Pan--"the boy who never grew up"--stands near the lake). Those competing will be members of the Serpentine Swimming Club, whose ages range from early twenties to late seventies, Wintry weather does not deter these hardy swimmers. . If the lake is frozen over, they will just break the ice and dive in. This year's event will be the Cub's 37th annual Christmas Day race. Canadians invested $338 million in housing in 1946: in 1949 they in- vested $753 million. Manchester W.A. Held Auction Of New Officers Correspondent MRS, W. F. CROZIER Manchester, Dec. 12-- The sym- pathy of neighbors and friends is extended to Mrs, Jack Stewart and family in the death of her sister, Miss May Boys, Mrs. Schnapp of Buffalo was with her brother, Earl Mitchell, for the weekend. There are still a few cases of measles in the school section, Mr, and Mrs. W. F. Crosier and Donna Woolley spent Sunday in Toronto with Mr, and Mrs. Clark rrison. The December meeting of the Women's Association was held at the home of Mrs, Lorne Thompson last Thursday afternoon. Due to stormy weather only about 12 members and six visitors were pres- ent. Mrs, Fred Lamb led in the worship service with Luke 2, 8-20. The lesson thought, "Kingship," was presented, followed by prayer. Mrs. J. E. Holtby gave a very fine report of the convention at Green- wood. A motion was carried to send $8 to Mrs. Murker; Pickering, for the essay contest. The following were appointed a nominating commit- tee for 19561: Mrs. Toombs, Mrs, A, Roach and Mrs. Bud Black, The ladies decided to accept the opportunity to serve lunch to the Holstein Club in the hall on Jan. 18 at 12 o'clock noon. Mrs, Fred Lamb very capably auctioned the articles left over from the bazaar and a nice sum of money was real- ized. During a social hour Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Lamb and Mrs, FP, Johnson served a delicious lunch. Mr. Archie Davis is in Oshawa Hospital instead of Mrs. Davis as was reported in last weék's letter. Mr, Davis is progressing favorably. Mr. Arthur Gray is in Sunny- brook Hospital and his many friends here hope he may soon be restored to health. At Snag in the Yukon Territory a temperature of 81 degrees below zero has been recorded. 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