‘" clin line n-ne. ol See eee + consullanis report that _ overcome before this. gas Christmas cartoon showed a little hut bathed ina halo of light. The mother bent over her child in a manger. Shepherds ap- proached from the fields, wise men from the deserts, and the night sky was filled with anges. . And the father came rushing out, shouting, ‘{[t's a girl.” It's almost unimaginable, In this age of enlightened theology, a number of broad-minded ‘Christians have managed to convince themselves that God might indeed be female as well as male. Or perhapsneilher, or perhaps both. But to cancejve of the Christ, the Messiah, as a woman? How ridiculous! After all, you say, if Christ had been a woman, there would probably have been no great preaching journeys through Palestine, no going out in the boats with the fishermen, no driving the money- changers out of the temple.. There would probably have been no irial, and no crucifixion; The great world-changing ministry of Jesus might have been restricted to a -single small town, an Next year must bea year of decision for the natural gas industry - in Canada if we'are to avold the energy shortages now being ex- perienced in the United States. ..- oa oy Contrary to some predictions, there wilinot be anacute shorlage of gas this winter in eastern Canada, It is true same utilities have asked thelr Industrial customers to cut back their natural gas. demand during the coming year, but all of these large users'are signed on interrupiable contracts and have access ta alternative: fuel sources. | : uo . Theolilities say there willbea sufficient supply of gas lo existing’ - costomers for the coming winter, and TransCanada’ Pipe-Lines, which supplies these uilitles, states most emphatically il expects to meet all of its contracts during line 1974-75 winter season. =.= - + All reports point to the fact that 1975 appears to be the year of the beginning of increasingly short supplies in many parts of Canada -. the situation has already arisen. in British Columbia - and in order’ .o avold this, immediate industry and governmental action must be . taken to bring our future supply-demand relationship inte balance, These are several ways we can accomplish this, One would be to ~ encourage exploration by eliminating the uncertainty thal currently exists in he producing sector because of a lack of firm policies on long-term pricing, royalty rates, land regulation. and taxation, ; eo, . A second, and equally important step, would be to expedite frontier gas development. © Industry surveys into supply and requirements indicate that if our use of natural gas continues to grow at its present rate, with lilile or no new gas being found to augment our existing Supply, we wiil have an unsatisfied demand of some 600 ‘billion cuble feet by 1979. Industry and independent ~~ the frontiex-areas held a huge ultimate natural gas.potential.’ Our erergy-picture will be, determined by.” + how quickly“arcangenients can’be made tobring this gas to market.’ ‘Thisis no easy task, nowever, for there are many obstacles te be. ) will become available, The, issue of native claims ‘will have to be: settled. Expedited ‘regulatory’ proceedings must be established, financing will have to be sought, and it must-be clearly authenticated that environmental damage from pipeline construction can be held to an acceptable minimum. it takes time to build a pipeline, particularly through regions as There's a thin line between life and death. It is” called ices? 8 0 ae Every .winter people. drown because they crash through ice surfaces on ponds, lakes and rivers. Tiny. tots‘yenture onto the first fragile glaze; adults take .. cars and ‘snowmobiles far from shore;. teenagers become.impatient to start the skating season. The -Red Cross Water Safety Service has some timely tips for winter ice safety. Talk them over with your family at supper tonight. It’s a discussion that could save a.life. -.. - 8 Jee should be at least four inches thick for skating . and eight inches thick for snowmobiling. --Weather: conditions with, alternate freezing ‘and’ thawing weakens ice structure. the Ice and it becomes “rotten”. .-Sun shining through ice onto sandis reflected back up, weakening the underside. an --If someone breaks through, stay back from the hole, Lie down Tat and.use a pole, tree branch, hockey stick, rope, or windbreakers tied together to _ - A Christmas _ Natural Gas forecast nner BY W.H. DALTON. «| Lo . MANAGING DIRECTOR CANADIAN, GAS ASSOCIATION ‘very little plé left to slice. _. to proceed without delay.” a “extend your ri Air bubbles form in -- heresy 2 association’ with other women, perhaps’ a. children. Jesus a women?’ Hah! Heresy!-” an . _ Uf the thought of a female Christhorrifies you, maybe the heresy is yours. Certainly, the Biblesays that Jesus was male. The heresy may be that because of Hebrew social standards God had no choice bul to send a male Messiah. That makes God'subject to human customs. It denies the limitless power of Gods 82. 0.00 Surely the real message of Christmas is not what did happen, but what can happen. What could be more absurd than one child, one unsophisticated carpenter's son in a troublesome little backwater. of the Roman Empire setting out to change the world, even challenging death on a cross. ‘If anything impossible, that should-be, Eveh for God, Bul that’s what happened, ‘ generalion ‘or ‘two of _ Christmas says to'all of us, then and now! “with God, even the impassible is possible.” : . eas for 1975 ae inhospitable.as Canada’s North, and an early decision is essential if we are to avoid the predicted shortfall from the existing supply areas, We are curreally using more gas than we are producing and will continue to do so until our reserves are depleted unless we bolster our supplies with frontier gas. . aan “A third way to Keep our supply-demand relationship In balance would be by pricing gas in certain end use categories so as to en:° . courage the use of alternative fuels, are -Over the past decade domestic gas demand has increased by an . . average annual rate of over 10 percent, almost double the annual growth in total energy demand. ‘This growth rate reflecied low gas . prices and the advantages of gas asa fuel. As gas prices increase: to levels comparable with alternative fuels, this growth rate will -. moderate. - We must also emphasize the importance of energy conservation * to the consumer and |’ encourage the continuing izeareh and development progranis carried on by the industry through the Canadian Gas Research Institute which bring direct benefit to the | . customer through the development of new and better gas burning equipment. : . - . : . ‘Although we are facing a possiblenatural gas shortfallin the next 3 or 4 years, the cutling off of our exports would only provide temporary respite. We.must live up to our legal contracts, for ailure to honour existing ges exports would damage our credibility. _ as a trading partner and would, most probably, Impede the’ financial assistance necessary to bring our frontier gas to market. - Increasing federal and provincial Involvement in the energy field could be a good thing for the natural gas industry if their deliterations are directed at assisting frontier development or cushioning the blow of the increasing costs of energy.” But every day that Ollawa and the provinces keep ‘the industry-in’a state of | uncertainty by haggling over their ‘éespective slices. of the: ple,’ brings the country. one day nearer £6 the polnit'when there mi: eer ae ae ‘Hopefully early in 1975 governmient and industry will deliberate the feasibility. of building a pipeline to bring frontler gasta market. If we are to avoid any real energy shorlages, it will be essential that all levels of govenrment provide the framework of natlonal policies which will permit the development of these new energy:resources ,- momentum of the kicking will help‘inch his. body out of the hole and onto the ice surface. You can:pull him ‘ tosafety. Be sure he stays flat on the ice to distribute his weight. Get him warm as quickly as possible. ~ Report the accident to the police in order to prevent the same thing happening to, other. people.” "7 Stay as flat as you. can while you frozen water surfaces in your nei you know the ice is strong ‘enough, know where they - are all-the time. Ice is a tremendous. attraction, especially to young children. "Red Cross hopes you. enjoy the: winter ‘sporting . season and reminds you to. play safe." .: _- Hark!.the Herald angels sing, _!Glory-to the new born King" “IL came upon the midnight clear, .., That glorious song of old, . - from angels bending near the earth ; ‘To touch thelr harps of gold - 1 “Peace on earth, goodwill omen, . -.” -* Bom hea’vns all gracious ‘King!"* + | Phe,world in solemn stillness lay “To hear the angels sing... : Silent night! hely night!” all Is calm, all ia bright... f b em a ee SOT Sa : To ‘the Christmas carol -The'stars in the: bright sky’ Looked .down where He lay’ “>The litte’ Lord ‘Jesus! ” “7 Asleep on'the hay _ SaJoy_to'the World! the Lord is-come “ys Letlearth receive her King; >“ “Let every heart ‘prepara Him‘room, - ‘and heaven aid nature sing: : ach to help him. Tell him to reach out: ‘his arms as far over the ice surface as-he.can‘and to - ‘kick hard with his feet to get ‘his body horizontal.” The © . | I£youare alone when you break through follow the . same procedure, d edge toward stronget ice and don’t stand up until you. : - are sure it can bear your weight. ©. ~ ! ' Be sure your children understand the hazards of - ghbourhood.* Until, n appeal © to. parents. -. By BILL SMILEY. a JN THE so-called good old "days, a great many who are now middle-aged men . “were in the newspaper busi- should be considered - ness. That is, they had a ' paper route and made a bit of spending money, even in “, the depression years." ._ ~.) “Twas closely associated with a paper route myself, although I. didn't exactly have one. My kid brother +2, did. L.-was. sort of his. business manager. or-finan- ieial adviser, |; s * Every Saturday night, collections, L.would inveigle © him into.the bathroom, lock “hear, and give him’ some “"\ sound business advice. I'd. remind him. that’ he lwas too fond of candy and pop. and other. tooth-ratting. confections, that he had no _ Willpower, and that. he'd only. ** squander his hard-earned dy ibe: - . fifty cents if he didn’t invest “Sat least part of it- every “o week, 7° . He’ didn't’ know. ‘much about investments and _, wanted to pul some of his _ money into a: plggy \bank. ° ‘I'd tell: him, severely - that '. that was no way to make his money grow.” He ° should ‘give it.to me“and watch the. — interest pile up. He'd bawl a bit, but then © he'd come around after a bit - - of arm-twisting, and see the peint. The point was that I was stronger than he was. I'd always let him keep part,of it, maybe twenty _eents, I'd take the other _ le tters to | ae Industry ~ As‘you ‘are nd-doubt aware, . colleague, the Honourable R.A. . ‘the forest -induslry in British: _. Columbia‘-has. been, seriotsiy ° “affected by. the, general falling off of lumber markels which are -Ohnormally’ supplied by it. Your Williams, Minister of Lands, ‘Forests and Water Resources, fas. ‘brought,. forth numerous measures in the. recent past. designed to provide’ immediate relief for. the . already | sorely ailing industry, =~ pet One ofthe basic arguments ~-used. by Mr.’ Williams in the Legislative Assembly during + the recently completed sitting “of ‘the legislature was the need for.some form -of immediate assistance fa:the independent operators. This was. the _ premise iipon which Bill 171 was predicated and ullimately ssed. a To quote Mr. Williams on two separate occasions with respect , to Bill171; “The bill is intended ‘lo see all benefits flow directly. to the sawmills,. We felt we “gould: nat sit idly by. while ‘the -sawmills suffered, : *~ economies of the forest industry had ta be put together.” This. The two slalemenl, as we understand it, -pefers to-the need-for, the. in- dependent,’ non-inlegraled - section of the forest industry to” - able to take advantage of a ‘ bouyant * pulp : market | during. “atter-he'd made his weekly. he: door so “nobody could _ age, when even the kids “this -peris - marker" "is “mediate thirty cents and invest. it. invested it in the Saturday. “night movie, a bottle ‘of pop- anda checulate bar. ‘It was.a” " wise “investment‘and, pald - “' good dividends.’ The many. . movies I-.thus enjoyed’ enriched my;.experience of - the -human ‘condition, en- ‘Jarged:'my vocabulary, -and added to my. - personal pleasure in life. “2 Te toak him about two years tocatch on, two of the ~ best years of my life. There . was, of course, a confronta- tion. HesworeT had canned ‘him out of: atleast sixty dollars. 1 seoffed at this and ‘told him it was.only about fourteen. But’ the little | -devil had been keeping his * books. . - Last time [ saw him, in Germany. last .spring,: he informed me that with com: ound interest, I now owed him’ $44,000 and if 1 didn't _ tome up with it, he'd be ihterested in taking it out of my-hide. I am still ‘an.inch taller than he, “but. he -out-weighs | me by" forty pounds. , . . So’ we compromised: 1 - tald him thal if he paid all “my expenses on my. trip, I'd’ dig up the money somehow. -He did. And thank good- ness I haven't ‘seen. him . since. . : co, _All this has been brought to mind by a recent develop-. | ment inthe delivery of daily newspapers. It is just . another sign of our affluent have sa much money: they don’t have to work... ‘For years, I've taken two "daily newspapers, morning and evening. They, take opposite political stands, _ at whet! tha’ ‘lumber: aie: depressed.: Mr.": Williams’ second quote, as” referred «to above, appears to cover a much broader © governmental philosophy and. -the. policies which flow fram il: “This isa. ' government that says what, it means ‘and means what it. says.’ This statement would indicate that it is general” governmenl. policy ta im- plement measures which would: - “bring into being, and sustain, relief to the non-integrated segment of the provincial timber resources industry. Bul the relief which Mr: Williams sought to bring to the independent operators with Bill: 171, among other ; measures implemented, such ‘as . the reduclion of stumpage charges, is not being brought to ‘bear on- * the issue due to the problems, Inherent in the strike against the B.C. Railway by its shop- crait employees. - ot - It is this association's con- tenlion..that to create im- relief . measures through forestry legislation and. then premil those hard fought ‘victories to he thwarted by .a- rotracted callective bargaining dispute is -tan-. famount-.to. a marked ine . consistency. in. government policy. . Intervention by .one department in the forest in- dustry, sida lotal disregard for the implications to that. same industry, .of. the collective bargaining process in (he B.C. Railway dispute, by another department, are matters .of grave concern. * ‘ mo _ © Machinery to deal with the’ _ severely - ‘Colin Fraser, «= 7 Executive Representative ‘and beth are so warped that it-I. take a stand in the’. “middle of their polarized points of view, I am right in the temperate zone, which I prefer. 7 . At any rate, it seems that these titans of the press | cannol, simply can not, secure young catrier girls or boys to peddle their papers. The morning paper has simply given’ up. No deli- very.. The evening paper has hired independent agents “operating their own vehicles.” This means guys © who drive. around: in. their awn cars and hurl the paper out the car window in the general. direction of your - house. . ; In the: good old days of about six weeks ago, I fell a little tingle of warmth when the door-bell rang. “Ah, the « paper boy,” I would remark - wittily. And it was. The boy, or sometimes girl, was faithful and loyal, even in. . the foulest weather. : knew the country was going to hell in a hearse, but 1 feli that “this was- one -hummock of“: “decency. and virtue in a morass of miseries. ; Now I feel a very strong. . tingle, not of warmth, but of rage, at ‘paper-delivery time. It is my custom. when I arrive home after a hard ‘day on the assembly line at ‘the pupil-factory, to take off - ~ iny jacket and my shoes, and - ‘take on a cold beer before "proceeding to- peruse my paper... - This entire routine has heen spoiled, not to say _ desecrated, by. the new delivery method. J still go through the first parts of the ‘procedure, but the beer kind of. dispute, ,and “economic, ahd :social, stress whieh’ have flowed from. it, which not confronts the B.C.R, ‘and its shoperaft employees, is provided for by Section, 222 af the Labour Code of British Columbia Act without recourse to.a legislated settlement. .We request that you give serious consideration te (he formation of ‘the Industrial “Inguiry’ Commission provided for therein with a concommilant immediate return to operation by. the. B,C.R.. pending a reasonable seltlement resulting - ina colleclive agreement. . We are aware that decisions made. in. haste have: im- . plications which are not always ‘- gbvious when viewed in the long run, bul an Industrial Inquiry “Commission would provide time for a complele:examinalion of all aspects af. the :dispnte con- fronting B.C.R. and its striking - employees, At the same time . that this examinalion is being - carried on, “the business of running'a railway could also be ‘carried on to the benefit of all concerned, ot ‘Yours most faithfully, _ Dear God - Dear God: an _ + when I go. out to look for my... paper, Sy a -”- To add_insull to injury, 1s * 2.” “> can't read... = tastes flat as [ stew around _ waiting for. the paper.::1 arrives any time belween four and seven’ That meins °°; . I have put back on my shoes’ and gone out’ in my. shirt-: > . steevesin the winter wind to... _ search around inthe snow :.’ for my paper as many as” four times, oy. This is not conducive: te lowering # - man's. blood .. ; pressure.‘ At least they put’ the thing in a plastic. bagi’. But this is covered in three... - minutes when it's snowing, which it always seems to be.” receive a letter from. the: circulation ‘department . of. the big, fat,: rich," lousy:. . - newspaper telling me. that. - the price is golng:uip-.and “ that “We feel. this is as.- ‘reasonable price to. pay for-*.~ dependable delivery to your: ..” driveway six days'a week."--. Well, let, me just say. to. “the circulation manager that I don't. want. the .paper-. °° delivered to my. diiveway, ~ bul ta my house. My cat And let me add ‘that: the “ a service is ot dependable, in +: its present condition. And". let-me further ‘add: thai if: you can't do. better ‘than: :- that, 1 will, shortly tell you". what you can do- with your: ~ newspaper: Sideways. . . _ This is a direct appeal to.-; call parents. Please cut off..:% - your children's allowances, 50 that at least some of them. -. will be available to peddle ~ -papers in the old way, This.” is a. cry from ‘the - heart... Civilization is sinking.’ Must’... ~. this last vestige of normalcy - go down with The Argyte Syndicate Ltd. : - + SMe yee tare Swe him pot to hit, Mommy, lik he, ways, does, Jt hurt inside of me when Mommy crys after, .. Daddy's been drinking, ..Make my Daddy-like the ather.dad- .- dies sa he won’t-hit me when he drinks. You know God-I still, love Daddy when he dripks butt: 007: don’t want to kiss him ‘cause he - smells funny, “Kind of like. that bird that died under-the. steps...” last spring... Do you think:.that when Mommy takes me away ~ tomorrow that we'll come back- - sometime.’ She told Daddy'she would come back “when he, - “THE. LUNG -CRIPPLERS ‘Emphysema. Asthma Tuberculosis , __ Shonic Bronchitis Air Poltution, This year 1 won't make any. a _ resolutions. 1-just want lo ask ° you a favour If I may? Please shaw. my Daddy that it isn't , right to drink like he does. Tell{, _ PUBLISHER weekly published Gu | fumber .1203,. Postage. - f postage guaranteed, EDITOR by Sterling Publications ‘Ltd. Published avary Wednesday at katum. st... _ _ Terrace, B.C. A member of Variffed circulation.’ _ Authorized as second class mail. Ragistration paid in ‘cash, return 2) NOVERTISING Is it the TRUTH? > While shepherds watched their flocks « ee ; ADVER | ere by tights the ground, ‘6-1 GORDON W. HAMILTON , PAT O'DONAGHY . BOYD. MAUCH MGR. 1. Is It PAIR foal’ The one an 8 gyReULATION® KAREN LANGLEY . . . ncerned? ‘and glory shone around... a : a nchhrmmtairta ; ce Away ina manager, || © We wish you a merry Chrisimis ’. DONNA DONALD... *: uN (| 3. Will it build Goop: ~ No crib for'a bed, We wish you «merry Christmas... Poa BURMOIB WILL and BETTER —= “The little Lord Jesu 1 -and.a‘Hoppy new year.” Cee sa 8 yp - NOTE OF COPYRIGHT... Wo. OP FRIENDSHIPS? O50 laid down His aweet head bs Solna Jenson “The Hecatd retains full, compléte and sole.copyright-In any advertise roduted andar. 4 tt Gatti \ ; ‘ . by. Jo-Anne Johnson , _” gditorial or photographic content published Inthe Herald. Reproduction: |s hot permitted : y Willitbe . ; ' en! ‘i without {he written permission of he Publisher.” PART nr eee .. BENEFICIAL. os . steealeteiesoneet tetas Sosa =e . : to all concerned? . rn eer ee ee er St nee