Vapaus, February 3, 1955

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JSEN vnsAtrs
nuorukainen esti
ulipunaa. Hänem
M n sitä ostL
nunan osan takäS
dttyrät
lälU tapahtui th;
ti.suurln panläiai'
laan kolmanneka ^
ise National Bani " f
of Mänliattan yh- i |
ankilEsi. jonka ni- %
a Ohzse Manhat-ikki
on siten maan '^i
:a Sillä on kaSki-f
L dollarin talletiik.:"
suurin p a i n o a ';
m Bankof Arne-
D miljoonan ddlla-moi
Senaattori.-
n yksi asema, voi-ppaleiksi
sen jon-!
i minua ei im-
>iä. t
lasti irvistellen: ^
vaari sitten jou-a
häkklasemaan?"
hlttivät. Leijona-lisonsa
puolesta
Inen pää painui
/astasi:
Poika. Ansaitsin
uudessani typerä
tel voima ilman
n arvoinen. Kul-varmana
pitkin
ettei m:nua voi­massakaan.
Mut-inakkaampi.
Eä*i:
voima ja järkL-v
»nut ihmisellekin, \
inkin. Ulvontani
ttiinkin. Ja sit-
1 mita on <voim.
ti? kysyi Poika
Raahasivat ml-ja
jaloista.
;assuista, oikald
än sanoin, että
J a pikkupedot
a nauroivat. Jä-a
leijona! Sehän
puhuivatkin.
paljon Afrikas-
Vfrikassa, mutta
ielä paljon. -
Qasta yhdysval-ajam.
kirjoissa
iloon, mr. Rob-ikinmaarin
ä-
Isen "insinööri-isen
sUla, että
in syntyvaisiyj-i&
syynä siiliea
iluutus on niin
Yhdysvalloissa,
ei salittanytsi-itossa
ollut sen
älkävuosla kuin
^yväisyyden ra-bby
Fine (above) has been appointi
editori of Champion; I t v s s re-^
;ly annoonced. Ben Shek, the
^noer editor; has Icft that position
become Toronto' or^nizer of f the
|ational Federation of Labor Yonth.
the age of 23, Xibby is the yoong-person
to hold that post. She
been connected 'with Clian^ion
its birth four years ajo, iiaving
a member of; the Committee
• A Democratic Youth Paper whicii
fiblished it; For tllrec years,-she
Ited the popular children's page,
ior Cliamp, and for the past year,
I been assistant editor of the papeh
will now help to,lead the paper's
lual national financial drive for
7,500. '
CAMKA lAVMiLEE
Oomposer Of O Canada Commemorated
Film of fnferest
[Q Äfhlefes
: The current mavie " T h e Bob: M a ^
ias Story" should prove.; very i n -
restmg for those who are track and
aeld enthusiasts. You will remember
ithias as the young man who be-l
e the first athlete i n history to
fin the Decathalon twice in OlympLc
ompetitions. There are some veiy
ae n^enes of this gsreat American
icäc and field. star m action. To
je this f i lm on the merits of the
ting is a: little ooit of our line, but
must say that vfe were pleasantly
to f ind Bob (Mathias' per-
|ormance -was not bad, considering^
nd most certainly much better than
ome of the hams we have witnessed
HoUyvvood.
Some of the highlighta of the f i lm
the interesting shots of the 1948
ad the 1952 Olympics. which are
bbed In. Besides seeing Bob Ma,-
ias' i-emarkable aooomplishments
•the two Olympics, there are some
B Y D. S. DANIELS
^ Calixa. Lavallee, composer of O C a -
nadl:i, one of Caiiada'ä mcst dJstin-g;
uished 19th century tnusidans and
oomposers; was bäatedly honored last
month when a commemorathre plaque
was placed on !hls totjibstone i n Cote
des l^eiefes Cemetery in MontreaL
Id.yaUee was bpm i n December 1842
and died i n February. 1891 at the
early age of 49.
The ceremony vraq n o t govemment
sponsored the least that could be
expected for a jman who wrote the
music thathas beenpartof Canadian
'life for over a century. a n d i s flesh of
our living heritage. Instead, the ho^
: nor was organized by Come-Cherrier
section.of the S t . Jean Baptiste Socie­ty
of Montreal.
I t Is not unusual that private c i t i -
zens and not gOEvemment should pay
honor to the memory of Calixa Laval-lee..
I t « a s that way i n hls llfetime
too'.
remain Ftench): addressed to French'S>
Canadians mlgrating to .the States.
His 'Rock,: and' the H i l l a and Spring
PlOTvers sang of hls. land. And of
coiuse there was O Canada.
A BLACKSM]TH'S SON
Calixa Lavallee was a:\all rounded
onan. His life aa.well als his creations
i n the musioal field are part of our
Canadian tradition. B u t like so many
other;inspiring Canadians from our
living past, he has been overlooked
iby the Ottawa H i l l historians.
. J n his lif etime, howerver, he was i m -
possible to overlooik. Born the son of
a blacksmith (an amateur musician
and teacher of music) he -gave his-firoV
public recital at the age of 13.
was referred to as Canada's national
composer when he was 31 (17 years
before he ccmposed O Canada), and
durmg the same period was director
of the New York Opera, predecessor
cf the Met. In addition he was oAe
of the most prolific wrlters on the
American continent, specially of cho-r
a l works m a n y of them unequalled
to this.day.
.. Par.moreii^ortanfc than the quan-
•tity-was the content and .the quality.
The latter was indicated by the public
renown and the popular reception to
performanceq of his music In' Europe
and on the American continent. T h e
content can. be gUmpsed by noting
Gome of the titles of his compositions;
There was the Hymn for Peace, y h l ch
he dedicated "to a l i nations.'^ Another
was oalled W a r Fervcr. (He also wrote
the patriotlc Restons Francais (Let us
very fine ficenes of other w€ll known
Olympio champlons i n action^- In-cludlng
some from the Sovlet Union.
Another stndent of Otto Gold — the ^^Kon-^^'^^^^J^^^,**
Minto aab. who coached Canada'» B « ^ » » Ann Scott » '^^
years aso - bnist Into the skaifiaff Hmelljht 1^ "^^"^.^1^^^
»enior iadles' UUe by the narrw«t «f "»f»»»» V^J^^^^U^x
Johnslon. SCTenteeir-ycar^dCarole Jane Tf*'^''^^:^;^^^,^^}^^^^
bnt .pends the skatin^ « e . » » ta Ottow», jftit on »
champIonahlpaL Chatle» Sncllini; ©f Toronio eMt^mtd Ihe meng UUe
for the «econa jrear Ia » r9w.
FOUGHT SLAVEBY
; 3^ ; felt strongly about peace
fcr he knew of war intimately. H e was
one of the 60.000 Canadians who en-roUed
into the U . S. Northern. Armiesi
to fight slavery. He joined up after
touring the south and «eeing slavei^
at wark.
: Althtjugh a member of the Amerl-:
can military forces and living - for
some time i n the United States he
was conscioufr of his Canadian- h e r i -
tage. It was m 1880,. after nearly
300.000 French Canadians had left;
Canada for the U. S. in search of
jobs and the i-umored better • life, he
wrote Restons GRrancais.
: His democratic leanmgs were a l -
ways evident. Nct only did he fight
agamst slavery and write of peace'
but he was aware of the nced for or-ganization
as well; Hls brother Char­les,
also a muqlci^n, fcunded the M u -
sicians Union of Montreal and was
its first president. ILavallee 'himself
was the president of the Music Tea-chers
Association (of the United
States) and 'wa5.its dclegate at an
international conference of music
teachcrs i n England.
CLOSE TO T H E PEOPLE
K i s closeness to the people v/as vivid
ly expressed. i n 1875 whori the musi-cians
and ordmary citizens of Mjpnt-real
sponsored a benefit concert to
providt; him with the financial aid
needed to continuo studymg i n Franr;
ce. (He had left for France a few
years after the civil war and was in
financial difficulties.) The concert
Tvas performed at tfie city hali of
Montreal. Fifty musicians took. part.
He was proudly proclaimed at this
time as • *Canada'3 national compor
ser.'' The ccncertgoera and musicians
sent h im an mspinng message —- "far
f r cm our country but for itö glory,
gallant frlend, sing foirever and to
insure your victory, vre-: pledge, you
constant suppoii."
I n those days as' today the people
showed greater patriotism and un-derstanding
of the greatness of C a -
nada's sons than the stuffed owl5 who
have SO of ten held govemment. posts:
Lavallee later repaid his fellow c i ­tizens
by glving a free coilcert upon
his retum. In addition he started
campaigning for a govemment spon­sored
Ooaservatory of Music. He even
organized a concert to a rulmg go-vemor
and another one for a visiting
princea? i n an effort to win over of-ficialdom.
But their hearts were
toneless.
He had tried earlicr too. In 1864,
'together -vvith two musicana, Jehin-
Prune, violinist, and Rosita del -Vcc-cio.
Singer he 'cstablished a music
studio c n Beaver H a l l H i l l , whlch for
a Short time was an eoibryonic Cana­dian
Conservatory of Music. Lavallee
lo6ked'forward specially to the train-ing
of our youth for he saw a great
talent i n young Canadians. But with-out
govemment support the vi^orthy
projectwas Short lived. . • •
He tried to w l n over public support
to hL'« effcrts for a echool öf Cana­dian
music whpn together with an­other
musician he wrote ah open let-ter
pledging himself to work fox C a ­nadian
culture, Hc livcd up to hls
oath. Three years later he wrotc the
Restons Francais and in. the same
year he set music to the poem by
JudgeRouthier O Canada,
THE PEOPLE'S ANTIIEM
StiU he was ignorcd by govem-ments,
When hLs attempts to establish
a Canadian Con.>crvatory failcd he
Jeft for the States vvhere he taught
muo-c at Boston. Hc died i n 1891
still concious that hc had unfintehed
business i n Montreal. To the shame
of our country hls body was aUowcd
to be buried i n thSs foreign land/ It
was nat tiU 1931 that a private group
of citizens'were succctsful in having_
his remains brought to. Montreal.
Today ali-that is dedicated to hi3
memofy is a strect i n Montreal nam-cd
after him and a plaque on a stontf
hiddcn from public. It Is necessary to
ma':£c Canadians awarc of t h l ; great
figure from the past, as v?ell as to
unearth his music and have i t played
for Canadian audiences. Most fitting
to his memory woukl toe to v/in the
fight to have Ottawa officially declare
O Canada as our national antbem —
conflrming what the people have a l -
rcady declded i n their orwn wi«Iom-
Sudbury Entering
Two PIciys In
Draffla Festival
at waa rSccently. announccd -by .1*e
National Executive of the FmniSh O r -
ganization of Canada'thafr: an addl?
tional trophy has beea added to-thc
numerous awards which are presented
at the Annual Drama •Festh'al. 'This
award win be given fcr the best
festival play submittcd by a Finnish-.
Canadian-playvright.. However plays
submitted must meet the requirements
of the adjudicators and the play must
be performed at the festival.
The main trophy for the best pre-fonted
'play is the John Salo trophy
which is awarded annually to. the
winning group. l u addition indivi-dual
tiophys are given to each o f the
performers i n the winning play. H ic
actor and actress who in ths opinion
cf the adjudicators put on the most
convincmg peffformance i n any of the
festival plays also recelve "Oscars".
I n other respects the rules of the
festtval are baslcaJly the same wlth
the emphasin; placed on attracting
new forcas to our stages. ?: ^ ~
: I n Sudbury both the Local brapch
of the Finnish Organization and the
Alerts have already chosen directors
for the two plays they will be entering
and within a Week or two actual re-hearsals
should be undenvay. As the
festival will be held over the Easter
weokcnd, there is no time to lose in
getting started.
Can Penficton Win
The Hockey Crown
i t looks like some people are a little,
w6rried about our chances i n the
World Hockey Tournament.. After
ali the buildup about how good P e n -
ticton V's are, we, qow have a sug­gestion
to strenthcn them. And what
a proporiil! Montreal, Detroit and
Toronto of the National Hockey Lea-gue
should each send two players with
the Canadian entry. Coach 'Dick I r ­vin,
of the Montreal Canadlenscame
out with this Idea last weeäc
The six players whom he feels arq
"gentlemanly. enough" to play hockey
i n the European style are In my opi­nion
among the top ten hockeylsts In
Canada. It. would: be interesting to
see 'how Weil a team composed of
Lumley, Hai:vey, Kelly, Smith/ Be-liveau
and Howe,. would make out
against the top teams of Europe.,
Unfortunately, such a pian is not
posr«"ble for the worId meet.
: However, why not send this. a l l -
star group to tour a l i the hockcy-play-ing
countries of Europe after the
Dusseldorf competltions • are over?
And maybe bring back the Sovlet
team to play exhibitions across C a n a ­da?
it's worth more than a thought.
Helsinki. ^ Suomen T l 7 L : n mtis-taruuspainit
suoritettiin viikon valH-teossa.
Ja ainakin viidessä sorjassa
selviytyi voittajiksi liudct miehet/ Osa
vUme vuoden' mestareista jäi koko­naan
pois palkinnpilta. I^as'icaassa
sarjassa: Gröndahl .selvisi m
tasaväkisessä kilvassa. Jossa voitot
menivät N ristun, . '
Seurojen väliset palkinnot yoittl
Suolahden Urho.
E r i sarjojen voittajat:
Sarja 52 kg K . Tolvanen, TViinion-koskcn
TUhtl, sarja 62 kg U . Musto­nen,
Iisalmen Työv. Urh., sarja 67
kg V . Hakkarainen Suolalhdcn,Urho,
sarja 73 kg Eino' Ikola Vaa. T. öarja
87 kg I. Vocklln suolahden Urho,
raskassarja K . Gröndahl (Rc K.
As a result- of their performance in the Canadian Fignrc-Skatlnf
Association champlonships recentiy conclnded Jn Toronto, Frances Dafoe
and Norris Bowdcn, both of Toronto, willrepresent Canada at the World
cliampionships schednlcd for Vienna, February l&^18.Last year they
won the worId päirs^^champlonships and this season had little tronble
in wlnning their. fourthsnccessive Canadian senior pairs title.
Sunshine
A p p r o v a
Town Wms
I of Canadians
Teacher: "Wbat ia your fathcr's
name?"
, Little G i r i : "Daddy," '
Teacher;: "Ycs, l know Imt what
dces your mother call him?" »
U t t l e G i r l : "Sbe doeent caU him
anything she lites him.
rr
Law Sfudents Yote
No Conscription
Toronto, >— A bill to Impoac con­scription
on. the youUi of Canada was
voted down toy the students of Os-gcode
H a l l l i a w School at their a n ­nual
Mook Parliament held on Jan.
18 at the Leglslative Assembly in
Toronto. The 90 students who par-ticipated
wcrc with their rcspectlve
party grouplngs, that' Is. 39- wlth the
Toncs, 30 wlth the Libcrals, 12 with
the 0(3P and four wlth the Union
Nationale; or else as "Independents"
of whom. there wfire 14. ThebUl pro-poscd
by the govemment wao de-feated
by a vote of 46-43. with the
Libarals, OCP, and a section of the
Itidepcndente, and Union Nationale,
.voting against.
The Prime Ministcr, H , S, Polak, a
second year student jand other Tory
speakers tried to maintain tliat "a
systcm itf^univereal military traln-ing^'
would produce focttcr citlssens,,
provide for the "defcnce of Canada
and . ; . enable Canada to carry out
bcr ccmmitments as a wbrld povcr^.
-that Js NATO, the European army,
etc.
The flrst O C F speaker, C Webb,
another. riK>ond>year student .was
quick to. polnt out that speaking
through his persona! experlenoe,
army life l i a d "nothlng to offer youth
but frustration'', that tlic conscripted
years would l)e wasted yeans for C a n -
ada's youth. A second C C P «peaker
aseerted that. enabling more young
people to attendimivenity. wa< the
way to "good dtizemhlp".
Stephen Lcacock; i n hls Canadian
dassic. Sunshine Sketches of a Little
Town, created a clever and humo-rou.'<
satire of small town Ontario life,
Special attention is given to the hypor
oritical politlcal antlcs of the Libe-ral
and Tory politiclans. The Cana­dian
play Wright Mavor Moore has t a -
ken the hlghlighls form this work
and created a ibright and tuneful mu-sical-
comcdy hit called Sunshine
Town, T h i s new Production was g i -
/ven a two-week run In Toronto's Ro­yal
Alexandra Theatre. It now moves
to London,- Montreal and other Caur
adlan cities.
Sunshine Town opens wlth the ar-rival
to Mairiposa (said to be OriUia),
of John Henry Bagshaw, the sittlng
Liberal M P . played by (Robert Chris­tie,
immedlately sounds off like a ty-pical
politlcal vrfndbag, with plenty of
promises and flattery and the: citir
zens soon discover that a federal clec-tlon
lias becneaUed.
The main humor and Interest of the
Production centres around the local
election campaign that ensues; The
Tory. candidate LsJoäh Smith, the
saloon keeper, played to perfectlon
by Paul Kligman. Smith In his
acccptance sjpesch declares: "There
are* only two planks in my platform.
God'Save the K i n g and Total Prohi-bition."
Smith is elected, and the
drinkfi really flow. Durlng the cam­paign,
whcn some of the local citizens
ask the Tory cOndldate »ome impor-tant
questlon of pollcy, Josh Smith
would rcply: "Thats a son-of-a-giin
of a problem." He wouid thcn go into
a song routine flllcd with the politlcal
doubletalk we have come: to cxpect
and recelve from most Libcral and
Tory politician?. The romantic inte­rest
i n the show Ls providcd by Joe
Runner,-who plays the part of Peter
Pupkln, Mariposa'3 new bank clerk,
who has f alien i n lovc v/ith Zcna Pep-perleigh,
the judge's daughtcr, Alex
MciKec as the judge turm in a s k l l l -
ful perforraance.
The, entire book, lyrlcs and music
for the show werc wrlttcn by Mavor
•MoofC- The songs are catchy and
tuneful, in the main. The dancc se-qucnces,
stagcd by Alan and Blanche
Lund were well executcd, fllling the
stage wl th tn uch color, rythm and
movcement, Ali. m a l i , Sunshine Town
can be dcscribcd an cnjoyablc Pro­fessional
Canadian effort on a Cana­dian
thcmc.
The main wcakncsfi 11 es in the o r l -
gmal work, for whlch the lalc Ste­phen
Lsacock Is rcponslblc, Lcacock
had -the talent to lay barc the sur-'
1 acc of pctty, superstitlous, and back-ward
mlddle-class cmall-town life,
However hc failcd to get to the roots
of some of the problems he uncovcred
NeverthelesB the work of Leacock'B re­mains'
a cla^jslc of Canadian humor
and satire. and Sunshine Town is
gcncrally falthful to the book. (J,B.)
(Stephen Leacock's book lias
also been translated into Finnbh
and published by the V^aus Pub­lishing
Co.:Ltd; Some coplesare
stni available at a very reoson-able
prIce, only 50c. The iltle of:
the Finnish version is ••Aurinkoi­sia
piirteitä pienestä kauppalas­ta".
The translation Is by IVlliam
Eklund.)
Pronipt Delivery On
FCASF Ski Suits
Sudbury. — Most of the FCASF
skiets in the Sudbuiy Dlstrict
plus a large number of 'bcneh
athletes are now decked oot In
their new ski suita and Unto
: Penttinen of the FCASF ski com-:
r mitteeannounced-that Sudbury
tailor Len Kunnas has caught up
on most of the back orders.
; T h e s e suits are available.to ali
FCASI^ skiers at a very Mason-
: able price and the 8kl committee
has expressed hope that oli
FCASF skiers wUI be attlred in
one of thcse solts at the cliam-plonshlp
cross-country meet,
wliich Is beinar sponsored' by
Speed on February 12 ~ 13. Rush
your orders and don*lforffet to
enolose the necessary mcasurcr
ments.if you live out of town.v
, Two Sisters had llved together for
many yeara. Then' whcn one .wa8) 98
and the other 06, the eldcr died.The
doctor who undertook the task of
breaking the news to the survlvor
fcared that the shock mlght have sc-rlous
rasults.
fiut the Old lady bofc up wonder-fully.
"Ah, well," she said "nov 1
Buppose I Bhall be able to havo tca
the way I llkc i t ,"
N A T U R A L L Y
The vlUage football team had
played badly ali season; aa It vas a
great surprisc to one of their suppor-r
tcrs when he Icamcd that each player
Paavo Nurmi Wäs
The Start Of It
t i *
Torstaina, helmikuun 3 p. — Thtiriiday, Feb, 3,1959 . ' . S^^'5f
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murtomaahiihdossa
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St. Sauver, Que. Claude Richcr^ 11
Ottawasta siirtyi viime sunnuntaina' ;|
portaan j^hemmäiksl saadakseeii pai»'
knn Canadasta talvioIymplalaisiin^läfSi^^
hetcttibvään joukkueeseen. Hän yomi'}!,
'tääUä Redbirds S k l 'Clu|>in inurto-'.;'^
maahiihdon 51 'minuutissa Ja S^ae- \'
kunnissa, ollen 4 min. j a 43 sek, eilel-' ->' 1
lä toiseksi sijolttuneeata Viking Ctu^r \l
bln Theo Allcnbachi&ta. Mike l o k e n "-^^
sijoittui kolnäanneksi aiaUa' IM.t^^
Toinen ottawalalnen. Don VTclcbl
.voitti Junior-sarjan kilpailun' toisiin
nähden hyivällä ajalla. 28i!&. Toiseksi
»Ijoittui Lower Canada Collegen edus-taija
Doug Campbell j a kolmtuinekst^
Claude Pjrevost. Heidän aikansa o l i - ' . [
vat 33,33'Ja 34,50. ' ' / '
Soniorsarjan B-loukan kilpailun
voitti äskettäin .Saksasta ^apunut .|
CharlesSrkai, Joka edusti V i k i n g OlUir
bln värejä. Hänen aikana cU IMSIS
Toiseksi sijoittui J im Hugessen, 1,01^>
Scnicraarjan C-Iuokan JcilpaUussa
suoriutui voittajaksi Viking <?lubln>"
Marcel Kretz, jonka ajaksi merkit- |
tiln 1X11.58. Toiseksi ja kolmannek-,,
si rajoittuivat Y<ves Castonguay Ja,
Jan MacDonnell M c C i l U n yUopistos^; ^^^^^^^
Heidän aikansa olivat lv0S.04 Ja 107.56,' %
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i t
had bccn ''presented with a pocket« ,,
iightor. ' ,
"Why werc they given posketlight-crs?"
hc asked a friend.
"WeH" was the rcply, "they lost ÖU
their matches."
• R. A , Scott of the Union Nationale
very poignantly rcmlnded.thc House
that "atomlc and hydrogcn bomtos
made obsolete the taika of armics".
A liberal speaker carrlcd the argu-ment
further by polnting out that we
have/'to leam to get along with the
Ruislan»",
A ttumi>er of speakers pointed out
that in any case the majorlty of
Canadians and especially' Uie people
of Ftench Canada are opposed to any
fonn of conscription i n time of peace.
Ever slnce 1924 when a follow by
the name of Paavo Nurmi ran a mlle
in 4:104 In Stockholm, the sports
World has been talklng about the
chanoes of a man nmning the dls-tancc
i n four mlnutcs or less,
The four minute milc wa8 brought
closer by record breakcrs from ali over
the World during the followlng years,
.When Glen Cunningham of the U n i ­ted
States In 11934 ran the milc in
4:06.7, the .sport» page» of the U . S.
paporft wcre flUed with little elsc than
thi.-> great fcat, Ever slnce then
%vhcn i t appeared that an American
Tunncr was ncar, the four minute
mark, the U . S . wrlters Incrcascd their
pitch fcr World-recognlzed honor for.
the man flrat break the so-called
*',sound baiTicr."-
Thcn on Rlay 6,1954, Roaer Bannls--
tcr, a njcdlcal student at Oxford,
England - bfokc through the barrlcr
Tunnlnj? the mile In the amazlng
time of 3,59.4, The rcsponse ali over
the v,'orld was tcrlrflc; But just 40
days af tcr, an Australian by the name
t.f John Landy cut the marti down to
3.58. Then the Mlle of the Century
v/aa run at the British Empire Oamcs
a race v/hlca wan watchcd wifh In-tcnsc
Interest throughout the world.
But now it is leamed that ali the
buildup for the last 20 years by the
U, 6. wa5 really nothlng but a big
overplay, «The Associated Press com-plllng
the results of a poll of 122 U . S,
sporl«writer6 and sportcastcrs, camc
up with the statement that the great-
€J»i 1954 male athlete i n the world was
Willie iMays a United States baseball
player.
Now I don't want to go on. record
saylng that Mjiy» lsn't good. As far
as a ball player goes, ho wa5 the best
In tliatsport last year, But ho.wa«
eertalnly not the tops In the sport,'»
World in 1954. Roger Bannister and
John Landy camc up with a feat that
ha:rbccn the goal of ali mlle runncrs
since the sport bcgan. AVUlle Mays
dld not cvcn dupllcatc the rcoords set
by prcvlous grcats such as Babe Ruth,
Hornsby. or Ty Cobb, ju«t to mcntion
a ffw, AU Mays d l d was to w l n the
National Jjaagae batting champlon-
»hlp wlth a ,345 avcragc while playing
wlth the New York Giants. Comparc,
t h k wlth what Dr.i Roger Bannister
dld or John Landy and: draw your
own conclusion,
Porhapn if the prc«cnt U, S; top m i -
jcr, Wcs Santee had been the flrst to
run the four minute mlle, Willie Mays
mlgbt not.have bccn top man on the
poU.
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Sydämelliset onnittelumme
j> Sinulle
Anita Horrid
jiyntymäpäiväsi johdosta.
i i i i l l
iMllja j a Lauri Aho
Liisa ja Carolyn
Mr. ja mrs, Knuuttila \
S i i r i j a Matti Ilkka ' ^
Mr. ja mm. Hostikka
Helen j a Eino Tarvainen
Impi j a J im Turner
Esther j a Voitto Leskinen
Viola, Dcbra Ja Leo Sievilnen
K e r t t u j a Eino Laakso
Irma j a Dale
Sigrid Lahti
M r . j a mrs. Hämäläinen
Ida Reini
Helmi j a Eino Välkki
Nancy, Laura j a Väind Jämsä
Allan Ilibury
Aino j a John Lahti
Toronto, Ontario
TViis one about an officlal of T CA
comcs to us from Billie Kent, direc­tor
of the Bermuda Development
Board who has just rctiuncd
from a crcsfj-country 'Journcy and v i -
sit to Californla,
Aa the U . S. plane «he wa8 taking
to San Francisco left Seattle the
other day, Mrs. Kent found hereelf
«catcd beside Uic Canadian Trans-
Canada man,
They werc maklng ligbt chlt-chat
v/hen a voice ZQomcd over the loud
speaker, directlng the attention of
passcngers to the beauUes of-State of
Washlngtcn countryside over wbich
they wcre escending,
"On the north," it.said, "you wm
obscrve the beautiful pcak of Mount
Baker, beyond whlch lies the prlml-tivc
country of Canada,'
T h e Canadiana were silent until a
hostetut came along to ditpuss the
dinner menu.
Mrs. K e n f s seat mate shook hls
bcad as delectables were listed,
"Any blubber aboärd"? he asked
brlghtly. The hostess looked puzzled.
. "I'm cne of them Canadian prlml-tives,"
he explalned. "Ncver toucb a
thing but blubber."
Täten surun murtamana ilmoitamme, että
Susanna p. Mäensivu (Haikala)
O.S. Nyman
päätti päivänpä Louixe Totvnsblplssa, IVhitefishissa, bnt., Joulakuun'
30 pnii 1954.
Vainaja jätU Jälkeensä rakastetun aviomiehensä Maiti Mäen»|.
vun (Ifakala) Obassa, Ont., poikansa Veme'n perheineen Alarfcstays-.;
9», Ont. Ja tyttärensä (Linda) mrs, I^aacllärsilän miehensä kanssa
Whlt«fIshlssa. Ont; sekä tyttären tyttären (Enni), mr». Ifenry Roihan •
Whltcfishi8sa. Ont.
Hän oU syntynyt Laihialla MIetylänkylässä elokuun 10 p. 1884,
meni siellä avioliittoon Matti Mäenslvun kanssa Ja siirtyi miehensä 1
kanssa Kauliajoelle, myöhemmin v. 1912 tali miehensä iaokse tänne Vi
Canadaan, asettuen asumaan AVaters TownshlpIin farmille; Josta v.*'
1034 siirtyi Whltefl8hiin, asuen siellä kuolemaansa saakka.
. Paljon Jcärsit, paljon kestit,
^caskas oli elämä,
katkerampi oli kuolema.
Kiitos äiti, kun kcsit ja jaksoit
kasvattaa meidän aikuisiksi.
.JJnda Ja Isaac.
Miksi mummu Jätit
meidät näin varhain,
ktm ei teidän hiuksetkaan
olleet vielä harmaat.
Enni Ja Henry. .
Laskekaa hiljaa Ja vakavasti
multaan,
»lllä siellä arkussa x)n -mumma
kulta,
Greatjcrand son Richard.
Nyt sammunut; on mummon : > -
silmät,
viime untaan nukkuu hän
tuonen tuvalla.
Nuku rauhassa m'jmmo kulta, < //
el myrskyt häiritse sun viime ' '
imta. ',
Verne M Sirkka
Sylvi» Ja Bfarleen ,
KIITOS ' [
Lausumme kauniit kiitokset teille, jotka otitte osaa äitini kiiole- ;
man johdosta kohdanneeseen suruumme. Kiitos seppeleistä' j a ,
kaikesta avun annosta. Myös kantajille, - , >^'•",]'•
ROIHAT JA HARSUAT
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