. - ' i 2 Prince Rupert Daily News As I See It ray Saturday, January 10, 1953 ' 7 T' 1 h Reflects and Reminisces UNDER OUR ROOF Uy JOHN STURDY Col. S. Skoffington-Smutts (Met.) said to yesterday: 'Tu'ght now I'd even swap my tra sabre for a peanut butter nandwich and a 'nla " water." J Actually the Colonel was echo- i mauled cold turkey on t). . ing my own sentiments at thiH 8nd tn remnants i,( a " seusun of the year. On the Is- j ham but no such thing ,, liind we do a lot of vlsitina i r u lht. I more n Independent daily newspaper devoted t the upbuilding of Pruacs Rupn nd Northern ond Central British Columbia. 1 em her of Canadian Press Auuit Hur.'iui of Circulations CanadtHh Dallv Newspaper Association. Published by he Prince Rupert Dally News Limited J. P. MAQOR, President H. O. PERRY. Vice-President subscription Rates: Ml B cairler-per wr-K, 2Sc: per month 1 00: per year. 10 00 jJTilsto ay mall Per month. 74c; per yar, H 00. "'Ci.vjc I Authorize) aa tort) class r-all the' Post Of.oe Department, Ottawa i Thanks for A Job Well Done w 1 -. e I I ' .1 If it ' 151 b m m i And now that we've got 1953 well launched, what's the matter with taking a bromo seltzer or a brace of aspirins In order to get back to normalcy within a reasonable time? LA'!i$immii n iii I i I i round the Chrtstmus-New j "Trust the little worn. I Year's tmlldays-lt ts an old andi y hPoiiy to the c,Z ' honored ru,tuiii and I would "S'' the smart one - i mZ " I 1 ,1 4sr I tit- st t- 74 r 7 The famous line "uuntshment fit the rrlme" from the light i waning against It excet opera The Mikado" Is fumlllur ' lhmg-lhoe cold tur- At mis moment she w nccompunled by AnasUM, Cilnel's wife, and both los to most of us. And Just now we ! key ana nam sunowicnts down with duhfi WHAT is your most vivid and happiest memory of Christmas? Is it, Old Gunner Christmas 1915, in a muddy army camp in England, where the sergeant major lined up your outfit . and gruffly said: This Is the one day in the year when every soldier can get drunk, but how you ditin't get drunk, and how the Ion-; suffering F.enchle at last fought and licked his long time tormen. ter, Scottie and how the two of are hearing it again. A Leeds i Eng l youth beat a dog so severely it had to be destroyed He was fined I'iO and prohibited from owning a dog for it) yrari. The draft board physician wux inking tUistiorus "Any physlc.il dcfccLi?" lit ii.tiuiii'd l prospective wtldier. "Yes, sir No euls." "What's rooking'" j , brightly, 'HumethlHR different , treat" At that I beam and jVr , Colonel a merry smile "Whut Is It?" I ak "A mincer) ham iUi t my wife, 'and eurri.l tu with rice " The Colonel and I are t upstairs with the typrwr. But It's no use, we'll luK slop. The tremors ore w, now that we ran t kii p li , chine from falling o( tiw e 1234587. mem uiereii!n hiv-imp Insepar It stems lo me that there should be some sort of control cn buying turkeys and hams Kor instance. In . my dream wuild, when a woman entered a butcher shop to buy a ChriU-iiiHS turkey she would be r-fiiured to xign un affidavit slut-ifi;; how many ptr.ioiu in ) lamlly. plo-i the exact ihiiiiUt nl yU'.sU she planned lo Invite her t'liiistmus dinner The butcher would then hand her a bird of proportional !. Th mine wuuld upply to the pA -i lime of hams This would eliminate a lot of wait umi u gnat nany ilck toiiiuclm. They wuy things are ow. miuit ople order turkeys tur too big (or their own needs 1 lul the UieVltubie result Is Unit Ihe missus. of the house, a few-days after Christmas, says to able pals, In life, yes, and later in death too? Or is it Old i'ooi Sl.sser, of the same year when Canadian and Saxons on the front line in France declared their own private armistice, swarmed out of the trenches, exchanged British rum lor German brandy, cigars, cigarettes, pictures, souvenirs and even sang a carol that Ger PKt.MIIK IS IIK.II PerhaW you huve not noticed thim In paitunilar, yet Hume Huixrt has scores of newspuper carriers. They perform linuiiil- WfcSTMINSTKR ABBEY is the seen of the coronation of the British kings and burial place of a host of soldiers, statesmen und writers. Its legendury history dales back to the seventh century when the first church is said to have been buut by King Sebert. Through, Uia centuries it has been enlarged until now it has an extreme length of 630 feet, W 220 feet wide and 10S feet high. The 18th century tower on the west front, shown here, are 225 feet high. Queen Elizabeth II will be rrowned In the Abbey next June. Imported Label Habit Criticized mans and our boys both knew Silent Night, noi after that so) i ant work every afternoon and j evening But here's what General I Omar biuoi.-y had to say about ! them no so long ago: "A news-j paper route might well be called I a junior rourxe in business a l-i tninistrutlun IU ups and dowm j place a high premium on stability, dependability, honesty mid initiative all the quahtl-i adults admire in their future cituens" Bradley, one of the top officers In the U8. Army, begun life as a rarrier boy ALTHOUGH winter brings anxieties about the fuel bill and discomforts at home if the house is not properly insulated or the furnace if any is not working correctly, it has its charms which most Canadians will stoutly defpnd. In appearance nature is never more beautiful than when cloaked in snow. A nip in the air quickens the blood and stirs grown-ups and youngsters to unaccustomed bursts of energy such as chucking snowballs and dashing round a skating rink with far more zest than they show in other activities. Being on the warm, moist shores of the Pacific, Prince Rupert does not know winter in the way most of Canada does, so a good sheet of skating ice becomes an extraordinary and exciting attraction. Yet if there were not a few citizens in our midst who were willing to get busy with a hose and do some flooding on their own time, we might be deprived of even this pleasure. In the last two days hundreds of thrilled children have swarmed onto the ice at the Rotary Club tennis courts. To those who'had anything to do with making their enjoyment possible, the delighted expressions of the young skaters were probably reward enough. We feel sure we are speaking for everybody, however, when we herewith record our sincere appreciation of the generous work done by these puhlic-spirited few. Welcome though some aspects of winter may be, the die-hard coastal British Columbian does not want too much of it, and there is something to be said for his views. For some instinctive reason, man and warmth are better companions than man and cold. If anyone questions this, there is no better answer than the distribution of the Canadian populace. Despite the fact that this country is larger than the U.S., and in its northern regions offers opportunities which our neighbor to the south has never possessed, Canada's population is only one-tenth as great and most of this is crowded within a HERE And NOW Hy LARRY STANWOOI) silent? OR LADY, is your happlci memory of when you were a lttle girl and after all the fun and joy with your presents, and after the turkey dinner, and Grandpop's little nap, how he 'read to all of you mat Dicken's Christmas story and how Grand-pop got so mad at himself for crying in the sad spot, ju.t because you cried first? Or is it of school In the years when every room vied with every other room to see who could draw the most beautiful colored pictures on the blackboards? A little lady seeking cure in a Calgary hospital; from one of civilization's worst diseases tuberculosis; her husband "U t s Invite a fe-.y . people in this evening. We can: MONiKAL A C.t,4 -rve them cold turkey sand-.0""0"' ar"l ln P H.t..s" allalrs said here that a e". ""-"11" rmotto.u! The husband thinks this U a cm, fine Id. , lie Is fed up to the , fjf " ,viU"' ' ,h b-teeth with turkey. Til mis som- ( haJ?"i mm C" f graver, e. ns.iiui,, it dunks," he adds, thinking this' will be a swell time to get rid nUt In Montreal and di,rw of some of that terrible slufl '""'lute of ublir All,, one of hU business asstjclates Dalhousie IniverMty, II-Jut wall until next year!! gsv ul hat tne great rsivt , him for Christinas I b Canadians to Ihe mete stale bread, while they choke ofU,"'r, """"'I at th annua !.: and sontt.r over the egg-nogs? huk 14,1(1 "''"'" " ' off " " cmcoctlon that the Master th linns lnm.s in.n lhm t"W d icuutci, I . M.in may be able to live by bread alone, but some folks has been wondering for a whole year how she rust -Washington fnt. could best express ' her gratitude to the people who! . : , , ... . R. E , , , . ! 8po'Uman, plaining saved the life of her husband a year ago ChriMtmas. ibiatu ey: -i was hit by guid- , I id muscle." So. from her hospital bed. Mrs. J They were always of such things Ella E. Curfman nennerl a. noem as Santa Claus, and of course the; dedicated to the Naas River In- ui-nger at Bethle- baby in the hem. If v.u .... lr.,n ..nd In rmr. Senior executives of firms p- ' rtucln, chem leal textaev mally gixKl health you may be their Industry was one ot I hie lo atui.d one or two, or three, of these so-called " " " ln lru " r even dlans. The poem tells, in part, of the dramatic rescue from u lonely trappers cabin on the Naas River of an engineu; of a lonely wife who had been told her husband was dead, and ol her emotional gratitude to '.he rescuers Little over a year ago. Art Curfman. a, Vancouver engineer ' "small evenings." But If you are ! "r native. Intlu.utci forced by tradition .and polite- mBke '' apt ran e It Is hard to find a ray of hope ! J 1w ,mr... l .. When prayers seem so vain, r It la hard to see the good Juhh Bungs. editor. ued lo When sorrow dulls your brain. Is6ue Instructions to contrlbu- Oh. the endles hours of wait- t0,s- '""K n- Sf,mc Wfre tog . , j .. No notis will be took of let- It'all- wlthout )OBUe s,amp ont ' And anxiety of If only I could get a message,! r . j . No matter how small !, "" a "1' less you can read It and dam t Then a voice came through the I send much onto that. ther j No swearing aloud In ou" With b wondrous tale to tell.'' paper. A oice came through the! The highest market prices ether j pade for awfut railroad sniuahc- -your husband is alive and "nd elopements with anoth-r vell!" j man's wife. SUPPOSE by some miracle or turhed-back-time you and I :ould stand outside that stable on that first Christmas eve. Suppose the word should come out "There Is nothing, to wrap the baby in." You and I would take off our own eoats,,or rush away to buy or 'Borrow other employed by a Prince Rupert wraps, or quiits for the babe and , construction firm, was in charge ness to keep going from one to another, all through the week ' between' Christmas and New-Year's, the wear and strain Is unbearable. The Colonel Is holding the typewriter while I am writing tliis. and between the two of us we are managing to turn out Malrly legible ropy Of course, of Installing a water system for the family. .wife few hundred miles of the international border. ( thi Naas River village of Greenville. The job was completed a few days before Christmas, and on The point is we would see, hear, and even feel the hfcman need-close up. We would do the same It we were tonight In some shat- Oh, the gladness of the tidings) A californian mistook a Per now and again one of us will nun ;oy u iu-a my nean. slan fllt (l)r , mnUwr ,nd ,h(l, : For the people of the north j u. That s another danger of Had once more played their j ,ivln m country where v ' j everything Is colossal These things I did dwell upon! ray As I tossed upon my bed. be seized bv a tremor and HUD-, DKNLY EVERYTHING STARTS i TO OET WRITTEN IN CAPI-' TAI.fi. 1.1KE THIS. or. If It U a I particularly violent selsure. It ! may turn out something like j !234567B'JOH876M321. j The Colonel's face Is a kind j of mottled green at this point j ' Darn It, sirrah, do you have ! to write a column about tur- key?" he just said to mc and I have to keep my eyes averted These things I did think upon f!nwprnmfinf As I turned my weary head I nJVJ VCI 1 1 1 I ICI 1 1 A voice went through the et her. , p. . A desperate call for aid. i KOSI CjlVGfl That all the dilferenee made.. ' At the height of a gal I Q. .-.-i I , Braving the pent-up fury of KUpeil LaWyer the north . ONE GREASE JOS with a purchase of 1 set of Tire Chains Offer (xhI until Jinuarv 31 IS..1. Since there is no reason we should defer to Americans in character or in scope of development, it appears that their principal advantage lies in their warmer climate. If a certain modern prophet is right, however, this will be corrected through the ages. He writes: "It appears that man is destined to perish not of cold, but by fire, and that the earth will return, as Heraclitus believed, to primadorial flame. Slowly but steadily, millenium by millenium, the tempera--ture on earth will rise until life shrivels and the oceans boil away." This is quite a drastic way of putting it, but when we get out of bed on a cold morning the, thought does not seem so appalling at that. tered city in Korea and could see a Sunday, Dec. 23, Curfman set; and hear the shivering orphans, out early with an Indian guide, half-clad, half-fed, half-crying. lor Kincolith at the river mouth,' We would rush every old quilt 25 miles distant where he in-! could lay hands en to the Uni-; tended to board a southbound j tarians and other, churches whn steamer. forward them. But true pair did not make thei ' ' hike through bitter1 j ice, snow and BUT suppose outs-ide that stable cold, and the guide left Curfman! at Bethlehem the word had in an unheated cabin at Red j come out: "Yes, it's a boy, i Bluff. 10 miles from their des- bonny baby, except that he has tination, to seek aid of a fishing j a twisted leg." : vessel for further transportation, j You or I would do everything ( Curfman waited two days : we reasonably could to see thai without food while a fury-filled! the best healers obtainable were gale whipped up the river en-; put to work making that weak prance, preventing rescue-by- j leg well and normal. boat attempts. Yet the Great Physician, Jesus j Meanwhile, word of the engin-( Himself said: eer's plight was received here) "Inasmuch as ye have done it Christmas night, but word had v.ien nopes seemea aim, because It Is really a frighten- Thes rniirnufnui nennU young barrister .nd ana ,o solicitor l llnr ... . . ' ' r r "-L. . . . in SDeciac e. forth i ru.e. no was recently appointee.: , , .. .. . . i .,.. iv ...-.... L -,.h.rt. Hamwh has Just arrived. i Minister James Sinclair Is the SUPERIOR AUTO SERVICE LIMITED JrrJ Ave. W. I'hmie t.reea !l' . "Supper's on," he announces. Well, we go downstairs, trembling a little, fearful that we are going to see a somewhat unto one of he lest of these, my , already gone to bis wife that he ! brethren, you have done It unto was missing. j me." j Finally, on the eve of Boxing; Join The Fight Day, a top-flight river boatman ! Ernest Angus, reached the cabin; son of Allstalr Frxser, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia and former vice-president In charge of traffic, Canadian National Railway . ,. Disclosure of the "appointment brings signal honor to Mr rr.i-ser. partner In inc law firm ol Ray. Kra-ser and Hogarth here. Born In Toronto. Allstalr Fra-ser moved to Montreal as a child with his parents and received his primary and hlMh ho,;! education in schools there. Hp attended McGilt Unlvershy Irom 1IH0 to 1W2 at which tim he joined the Canadian Annv. receiving his commission In 1943 MILESTONES I'rnin Ihe Hle f The Dally New General Electric Appliances The sea was very anitry And with Ood as their only aid Despite all the danger A heroic rewue was made. They heard the voice through the ether-One tiny plea Calling for aid. to save a human life ' They had set out to sea. And so my loved one Is safe Because someone dared To go to the rescue Because someone cared. "Oils Is the story of a people so timid, Yet so brave, Who would risk tfielr own life For a stranger to save. It is the code of the north So tried and so true with the exhausted, half -starved, near-frozen engineer. Mrs. Ella Curfman. the woman , 40 Yeors Ago Today who prayed for her husband's! The president of the Prince I safety. eves her sentiments lni Rupert Fish and Cold Storage j1? following penned lines, and; IT IS the usual thing at the close of one year and I the start of a new one to review the important happenings of the past 12 months. In the past few weeks, in newspapers and magazines, on the radio and in the newsreels, you have been reading, hearing or seeing the various passing parades of the year 1952. But not all things started in 1952 ended in 1952 in reality, the slate is not clean. More than 570 Co.. Sir Murlvn Evan, left Ens-!as saya. -y are oecucaiea en route to i to tne Naas River Indiana" land this week Wojhing Machines, Floor Polishers, Radios, Kettles, Ronges, Vacuum Cleoners and many others. Prince Rupert. After two years In the Royal- Canadian Artillery he returned hand nand a lW,plnBiwlth hUBachelorcfArt-sdeg.ee . in 1940. TO me and to you. I i,. lr..,n atl,.rwled tllilverllv i British Columbians realize this only too well over RUPERT RADIO AND ELECTRIC Phone 644 Box 1279 mmmmmmmmmmmmimmmmdkmmmmm A voice came through the ether From the land of midnight sun, A voice came through the ether To say my lover soon would come. Many things he had told me Of the mysteries of the north, Many days I had waited For the voice to eome forth. Then a voice came through the ether As I lay upon my bed. gO individuals who fell victim to last year's epi- v Ms jitiikw. sal gir-ui,rr BritLsh Columbia and receive his Bachelor of Laws degree Than we can understand mic of poliomyelitis, and who this year face the ltm 10 US tlireClly theri TTn iW. The city engineer today warned citizens they will be liable to a fine of $100 if they leave their water faucets open dunng the frosty weather. ' 30 Years Ago Today E. A. Woods, returning officer in tomorrow's election, expects 1100 votes to be polleu. There will be five bylaws presented to the property owners. 20 Yeors Ago Today : Mr. Fraser was articled to the A voice came through the ether And said that he was dead! Oh, the anguish! Oh, th tra! Of a wife so much alone; , firm of Davis, Hossle, Lett, Mai - i sail and McLorg in Vancouver ! and called to the bar In May j ltal. In November of the same j year he came to Princfc Rupert and set up practice with UBC classmate Pong Hogarth but the i ; two remained together only a j month before forming the firm j Eight Dead, 12 Missing From Tanker You Can Train For Big Pay Jobs. DIESEL Thomas B. Black, secretary of the Library Board, announced that over 80,000 books circulated through the library last year. Oh, the heartbreak, Oh, the fears Of the things now to atone. prospect of pain-filled and fear-ridden hour9 while they attempt to regain the use of paralyzed limbs, or meaningless hands, or in some extreme cases while they depend on a mechanical contraption, an iron lung, to keep them alive. For many of us, 1953 will be a great year, a wonderful year. Many of us will realize ambitions or become acquainted with success, many who are already successful will go on to greater things. But to others the new year will be the year in which they first learned to use crutches, or the year when they started to study a new trade because, due to polio, they were no longer physically able to continue in their .old one. That is why you are asked to support the Kinsmen 'B.C. Polio Fund, to make sure that these less fortunate individuals have a chance to pursue normal livesperhaps in a wheel chair, but pursuit of life in a wheel chair is better than none at all. Joe Jack was elected president of. the Prinee Rupert Piorfcers' Association at its annual meeting last evening. 1 0 Yeors Ago Today William Brand, well-known businessman ir the city, passed away at his home yesterday after a long illness. IS CANADA'S FASTEST GROWING INDUSTRY. Enquire obout fores poid to our large practical shops. Mail this coupon for details: To: Chicago Vocational Training Corp. Ltd., Box 590, Prince Rupert News, Prince Rupert, B.C. Kindly send me details of the above without obligation. TOKYO (CP) The Japanese Of Ray. Fraser and Hogarth, j Maritime Safety Board Friday Mr. Fraser Is not a complete f said eight crew members are stranger in Ottawa, having served dead and ' 12 missing In the as one of Defence Minister Clax- brea-up of the Swedish tanker ton's assistants, during his 1049 Avantl In a howling Pacific gale, vacation. ' ' Rescue ships plucked 31 of the A good speaker, he was u Avantl's crew from lifeboats member of the L'BC debating drifting helplessly in raging tem that ;won. the McOown Cup : teas about 240 miles northeast 1" 1050 artd with Rod Youn", of Okinawa, the safety board former CCF roembor of the House said. of Commons, won the Canadian : Japanese patrol craft radioed debating championship at Ot-the 10,034-ton tanker had tawa the same year. ! broken Into three sections, it Mr Frtjer'j brother Ian k (aid eight men were reported with the AHihilrrum Company of 1 dead when It Is believed they Canada at Montreal and aiiotlv-r were caught In the middle sec- brother, Duncan;, Is a law stud- j tlon. , (!nt at Dalhrnsie University. But many times he had told me Of the people of the north, Many times he had told me . Of the things that proved their worth; Of the land of Nlshga Indians Who for centuries have, lived there; Of the land of cheer and laughter. Of the Indian maidens fair; Of emerald rays of summer. Of the golden hue of fall; Of the ice and snow ot winter, Of the forest giants taU; Of all the mysteries of nature, Of the stories of the Naan, Of how th tide cornea In And makes their barrier fast. Four people reported a - sur NAME plus of butter in their households today and had to hand in butter coupons to cover the sur ADDRESS plus, a law put into effect when butter rationing was Instituted OCCUPATION In December.