PAGE M4. | Published every Wednesday al 3212 Kalum St, Terrace, B.C. A member of Varifled circulation. ELREEN TOOVEY = editorial or photographie comedt published hn de Herald, Jwiiiaul the writen pertissian of (he Publisher, . NUTEOF COPYRIGHT . |” The Peruld eetains fall, compiele and sole copyrigh in wns advertisement produc A weekly paper published by Sterling Publications Ltd. - PUBLISHER GORDON W. HAMILTON ‘ Reproduction is wot permitied edand-or® TEST: * Cthe things we think, , say or do” F.JENDSHIPS ? » “HUNGER” phans, autcasts, the helpless, the alling, the poor. . _ ‘Hunger casts a frightening shadow over twa thirds of the world’s population. It is one of the most critical problems facingmankind'y * the latter’ third of the 20th century. “In some countries’ up to half the children die before they are 6, and two thirds of the others suffer from the physical and mental disorders caused by malnutrition. In parts of Africa mothers must bear at least five children to be certain one will live ta the age of 15. | In Latin-Ameriea 300 tlmes as many children die-of measles as succumb lo the disease in this country because malnutrition leaves children vulnerable-to even minor illnesses. - Too often we tend to think of hunger as a foreign condition, a seeningly chronic affliction’ of Chinese and East Indians. Bul, unhappily, hunger is an Canadian @ondition, too. - It has been estimated that millions of Canadians ‘ean be classed as victims of poverty, poverty, existing in all likelihood on Inadequate amounts of food or improper diets. : . “The poor you will have always with followers, And so they are with us teday -some underfed, some - poorly clothed, some badly housed:. Our responsibility looms ‘ especially large when we recognize that the “Christian” nations ~ have only about 16 per cent of the world population but about 75 per cent of the wealth, Solving the hunger. prablem-. won't be easy, of . course. You and [and a few of our friends can’t do it. A single © government can'L doit. Hunger has become a camplex problem. requiring the concerted interest of governments, organizations, scholars and economists. ete atid THE BERALD, TERRACE,’ B.C. lw om te “THE: FOUR-WAY. ~ONIEL and BETTER. : {Will it be BENEFICIAL total coneerned™ - |MBET A LADY. ‘-- IN HER NIGHTIE < “” by Bill Smiley ~ " Last-.week's column,.if. you -recall, ‘hata, sriashing . "ending. I-left Your hero” asleep in a small hotel ina, small “town. in . Germany, Lahr, home of most of.the . . : Canadian Nato forces -in Europe, 8 _ Up. betimes, after 14 ” hours sleep, -and - tottered downto the dining-room, smelling for coffee. Hadn't eaten for 16 hours. - ‘ . o> And it was there, sipping Just up? Supposed to’ be” on our way.” Me:. ‘Hello, ‘clat. Yes. 5 -Wiio cares? I'm dying.’ Him: “You're getting ’a on ‘little thin on top, like-Dad.”” - 2. Me:-“VYou're. getting a. . “SS little thick in’ the middle, ‘you”, “Jesus_told his. But we ean do our little bit, Aboveall, we can unite in showing out Christian ¢oncern for ow fellowmen. , Let’s ask ourselves some questions: How can we help fellow ' Christians recognize the urgency of this problem? Do we have a _ responsibility to see that the poor and hungry in our communities 2, Spi * ike Mum.” . The contrast between Us was never clearer.. He was”. cand. span,*gold braid -- ~ gleaming, 'fresh-shaven, full” of beans, ready‘to hit the road for Ramstein, his base. - _ Twas ‘in’a rumpled flannel : shirt, sack Feet, unwashed, -- unshaven, uncombed, and ~~ ready to hithim for showing up socarly, —” ” - He's always: -like. that And I'm always like that. He comes flying out of nowhere talks a blue ‘stredk,: tells” o hundred stories? und goes dashing off to somewhere. . “Bill Smiley “ . people, plus i 2,000. Cunad:. jans on. the. periphery. A. big industry. for the town. _ There’ are about 5,000: Canadians -in the . military. - The rest are: made up of. while the Americans, at their,” “bases; deal in.U,S,-dollars.:: /. At Lahr, the Canadians: publish a: lively daily ‘news- paper, Der .Kanadier; have . their own churches;excellent _. schools; and. sports facilities > ’ galore, But ‘of course, it: - isn't home: And: the: iroops. never ‘forget that they are thete on, serious. business, ; not. on a: - European holiday... °° 7. _ ts Pteceived an impression, —~ ~- perhaps. “wrong, athat, . the. Canadian forces. “feel that. they aresomewhat forgotten, : that the-folks af home-are - rathersapathetic about the |” boys. in-- dark. green, . the: _ “violent, | obedient’ ones" ” out there on the periphery with guns, fp. ‘This is .not exactly assuaged by the heavy cuts in ‘our. armed. forces: in - 1954 to three squadrons of attack fighters in 1974. This hurts, if you. are.. in the service, But morale is high, despite the ancient Centurion tanks, and we blarney. They are all fighters, : and they have a vital role called ‘first ‘attack’. More ofthislater. - 0° yo -. But let's get. back to, - and his wife. | - WEDNESDAY. MAY |, 107% Lahr, and-get on. with this wretched ‘tip ‘of: mine. My. brother is now hustling me into his°car, The, town is . - prétty with, spring. flowets everywhere, a change from blizzards. There is a branch of. the Bank’ of Montréal. And there is Jack Thomson pepe He's. a fisst cousin..of ours, They live in Winnipeg., It could: happen only: to me, 1 fly: four thousand miles to savour the anclent hostelries,' cathedrals. and - ‘castles:of old Germany, and Social note for Western = readers: Cousin Jack .was-* in his underwear, and: his + . . cae ay wife in -her, nightie, when. .: weatrived, 5 5 " TIPS ON TRAVEL - When traveling, thy’ pleasore your trip provides often depends. mote on what yuu do befare yait go than after you pet there. To have a guod vicalion, you have to. make goed preparations! - . It's the right idea to read wp on the places you pkan.to pay at visit. - te. Yar’ fearn what you. want 10 sce. where. itis dnd: when it's gvailable, Se When . visiting a. fareiga ‘euunitryy learning even, a lew. phrases oF the - language beforchand would ben big help to _ ou! and appreciated «by the Somalis oe : A's skis fo make: your reser: vatlons © fore transportation. amusements and lodging well in _ 2 Hawaii and Europes. 2 Unless fou're going ta: with connecting bonkups to. - . eae or ong eruise, where you'll want (o change clothing frequently, cut sour apparel fist, down 1a et minimum, and then divide thi in — Half Uf you bring dripary, mix- ir f po a we ee ‘ oT ay rr ppp ‘families, .. teachers, --and ©. have cracking good, troops : Authorized as second class mail. Registration number _ EDITOR 1. Is it the ‘PRUTH? Bo ‘and ‘cognac, imam: : ete ag IB 800d, NOE I -wind up sitting atoa- “; A a er O'SONAGIY ne ee a a cg aS "comma aw ten ae ng ad , . _— - 2 Bit PAIR wall -- moving, that my crazy kid: make areal effort to get -” infantry.’ . drinking with a cousin tye > Sports, Entertainment Advertising: = - concerned? 8S brather, the Colonel, found "along: with ‘the © German: In the air, we have, ta me once before in my life.) MI Sm mgt os aon ne. at, 7.30 cam. “WS: communiti “are ; : uste a well-informe a: : ve oy , MARK HAMILTON COLIN -GOODALL’ : - re 52, exchanged our usual fond knitted wiih itrineretiagle, ; source {my brother), "The Oo a ety ont ' en ‘ . ; “ue 3 Will in build G “Sees greetings: Ue F eda: it hest pildts in Europe”,.and me BOT GARY ROWLAND 3. Will it build GOOD greelings. .. scpegs.. the- Canadians ‘do all their est p Europe , a Tries ee ; Him: “Hello, you: clot’. ‘dealings in German-marks. he © means it, with no week. |. . Le ‘a and-mateh ‘nulfits (hals can, combing far round-theelok Here are three facts of life: and death: , ; are properly cared for? Oh yes, the Gospel of the redeeming . : 4 " advance. von fi -The population of the worldis growing at amuch faster rate \han sacrifice of Jesus on the cross have ta be be preached first. “Man | come dawdling out of Europe. These have. been it ith a oi find wear. you wom'l need very much, . - is the production of food... 1” * shail not lives by bread alone.” _ somewhere, ‘sit uround |. cul approximately in toy” herein gu and on way io pet -~ Be sure your shoes ire com § i We cannot let people ga to hell with a well fed stomach as it were. * — fagiturn as a turtle, and. go from. 10,000 10°5,000, The’: 0 fortable and campletely broken “Food raserves inCanada and other countries with abundant food: are fast disappearing because of demands from the food-short countries,’ . : ; Prospects for substantial increases In food production in the areas of greatest need have not been encouraging sv far. The immensity of the problem could intimidate ws, causing a’ ‘numbness which is aware of the problem but not feeling the hurt and misery. Yet we Christians ought to approach the problem of ‘hunger with a nalurat interest, for wa have been admonished by Jesus to care for the hungry, the thirsty, the strangers, lhe naked, the sick, and the prisoners. The early Christians sel an exemplary ‘ tradition for us when they showed their concern for beggars, or- - But there Is that other. responsibility alsa and we can add the question: What.can we — for the churches, relief and welfare - agencies? It have to be done in the name af Jesus. Are we exer- cising our rights as citizens by urging cur Government to adepl farm and trade policies whic. the world’s hungry masses? When we pray, “Give us this day our in our pelition all the millions who don't havebread. Lel us recognize in human need the form of 4. ..for Iwas hungry,and you gave Me food.,,.a5 you did it to one - the least of these, you did it lo Me.” h will increase food supplies. among - daily bread,” lel us include Jesus, who said: dawdling off to nowhere. He’s a hustler; I’m a poke Perhaps ‘that’s why he’s a° colonel -and I'm more of -a ~ kernel, Anyway, combination to’ thraw to- + gether for a three-day crash course on Germany -, a hustler aid a poke. .. | must say we didn’t have » a cross word in those..three - days. Although I admit 1 . thought: he was’ going: fo have a baby: when he came. . to pick ime up for lunch with ~ the. Commander-in- Chief, -a:. four-star-igeneral, - i's a great fand forces are down from. , a brigade to a brigade-group.. The air arm has been whittled -° fram twelve, squadrons in Letterstothe Editor there. You can reserve rooms dt: Holiday [ins throughout. the Linited States and around the world: for! tree. (hraugh. their computerized © Holidex systent. mo Civic Pride Mayor in, or you itay tind yourself with broken-leeling feet. frame, the: eobblestanes af Pars of the fitts on California's cuastling os. Lower -: Little Park r ’ cand Alderman. fur vibeee ange dew The Editor.) * ive ah ase ate ¥ ond found:me-still in-bed. . (Phate waste 11080;,dunehii a cat twelve noon sharp. !And : °° you, don't. keep + generals - waiting and we have fifteen miles to drive.” We made it wilh 19 secotds to spare, And he wasn't exactly chortling when we_ started. off to-catch the plane home and after we'd driven like a bat out of hell for. ten minutes, | observed. 'Grac- ious to goodness, I've left. all my money in: your apartment; we'll have to-go back." He didn’t say a word, but there wus steam ‘coming Dear Biess. eer w This letter is in regards to your article on the Lower Little - Park. development . in... the, ’ Herald, April 24, 1974. 1 would like to correct. the: misun4 derstoad suggestion '"That it is! time that citizens of this region| pay the shat for recreation.” " Une has only la be aware of ou! arena. and swimming ‘pool! construction to realize the _ taxpayers are most-certainly | supporting recreation facilities in this community. At.no time : Megrday wibedt (unaerated veatk aworletters sent last week evoke only ‘easual interest from the. Mayor. and:Alderman. It, appears that the question of ‘suitable’ premises for the offices.of the Chamber of Commerce and 'the Museum and the litter, which abounds in many areas of our community has suffered the same fate as other Issues brought before Council. We had thought that the recent 25 percent increase ~ in their salaries would bring about more positive action. . Referring to proper prerfses, we ote frdm the picture tliat appeared-in the Herald that a loca! photographer also could not -Jocale the proper entrance. Nevertheless, we will continue toseek - .means in order to establish adequate facililies: "_. oN >) We must.commend Mr. Clift on his observation that ‘existing disposal units dre of na practical value perhaps with a little his commu ; ; ingenuity on the part of the City engineer or a leltar for help from during “the. park . plan. presen; communities which seem to have solved the problem years - ‘ago tation did I suggest anything may bring about resulls. ; fe . different: out of his ears, and | think : . ; _ oot. Wt is iy. attitude thal’-oie he lost a fuir bit of enamel...” Our hats are off to Alderman Buncombe who remembers ananti: should ‘not sit back and accept; off his molars.” - 2... litter campaign years ago, and If he looks close enough there is. . absolute, negativism of par But that was. later."Let’s development as s00n . ag’ cosl go back to Lahr, where I estimates are mentioned, The left you breathless to ‘read taxpayers al se aiven the what E e least* hat would happen next. opportunity lo study the Lower -.* prabably Still: some garbage left around which was there then anyone having visitors “~~ from “gut of town must have’ lo" apologize for Wie mess which abounds in the City core, emply Jats, - -and abandoned shacks.’ Surely there must be By-laws which can Hcar ye: Heat pe: There we are, He is hustling: *.- either. be enforced or. passed to. penalize ihe offenders. ' If the . Little Park plans and decide if : mC Oo . ; : am dawdling and poking in: « . District has io clean-up the mess, the bill should be sent to the - such a project warrants thei i . . tae SINB IFI"*” guilty parties, "+ - -° Cepeda te Se ee, Support, . 7 a Let it be known that |, GORDON E. ROWLAND Mayor of the Ms ities something of 2 je are that. it is only through public co-operation that the Thank you for allowing me tq 7 . - . ; ; . ir is something of & ~ _ situation can be materially improved, however, itis up toourlocal clarify this matter through your a, ; Candin Me with® the “government to provide the necessary tools and‘stimulus. media 2° nt District of Terrace, by the powers vested in me do hereby “conipany", ‘The town” Navne Ga vet Chan | yours Truly, ; . . ; oe . lary-Ann Boyd. | : s Fa { i | : 1 : wo declare that: WHEREAS litter pollutes our parks, recrea~ tional areas, beaches and school groundsby defacing ‘them to our sight?) ~~ AND WHEREAS litte causing physical harm to man; AND. WHEREAS thoughtlessness and ne contributory factors in. the occurr AND WHEREAS the problem of ting the individual to use other means of: disposal, containers and packaging and ‘by, disposal facilities), AND WHEREAS the District of T problems caused by litter and ta of the public; r can be dangerous to our health by gligence are the main ence and spread of litter; litter can be solved by educa- garbage cans, litterbags and bythe reduced proliferation of the supply of adequate errace is concerned with the. bring.it to the attention NOW THEREFORE, I DO HEREBY DECLARE the week of May 6 to 12,. itself has about’ 17,0007 ‘Terrace & Distriet Chamber of Commerce shea ln Me eae ee ces s 1974 as "ANTI-LITTER WEEK" in the-District of Terrace, and a urge ali citizens to co-operate in the elimination and re-. \ 7 duction of litter and Httering. oe 7 j DATED this 29th day of April, -A.D. 1974, at. the District : of Terrace, in the Province of: British Columbia. - : Ee gee ae ce : SE ol < “GOD SAVE THE QUEEN”