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feel the road, every foot of it officials could trave} the highway as Shon as possible. Not nnhahm . . Bob Harris, Gull Lake, Sask., man out hunting, went after a wounded duck, found instead a skunk lurking in the rushes; the skunk shot first and Harris was the "wounded" duck. . . In Swift Current, Sask., market gardener Ray Steed discovered a shrinking pile of cabbages due to beavers storing them in a creek cache for the winter The Renfrew Fish and Game association sends out an SOS for a giant muskellunge, 3§ to 40 lbe., with a head as large as a tin lard bucket having a spoon troll fastened to its mouth and a strong line trailing. . . Verdun, Que., has a grand old lady, Mrs. Alfred Mills, who reached one hunâ€" dred years, still enjoys good health; the town mayor sent her one hunâ€" dred hhdioli . . R. W. Tuckwell of Pilot Mound, Man.. took a plane at Winnipeg at 9 am. arrived at his destination, Gulf of Mexico, at 9 p.m. same day, and that‘s getting around quickly Visitors _ welcome: From 0n| Prince George (BC) Citizen: For some reason or other people whol have never travelled the Alaska| Highway delight in knocking it | Sask. . . The Springhill (N.S.) Reâ€" cord goes to bat to rouse public inâ€" terest because the school board moved to dispense with music in the local schools duec to increased salary needed for a teacher. . . Trustees of school section No. 7 Adelaide Township in Ont, paid $400 and medical expenses to Anâ€" na Alderson, pupil. who suffered serious eye injury when a bottle in a bonfire on the grounds exploded. A look around Canada: Coâ€"operâ€" ation plus as 2,000 tons of onions produced in the Vernon, B.C., area saved from loss when the military turned over three drill halls at the camp for storage purposes. . . Ed. Hoeh‘s eyes bugged out as he spotâ€" ted an ungainly animal browsing with his herd of cows on his High River, Alta., ranch, found a cow moose fraternizing. . . At Pathlow, Sask., Maurice Froc took one shot at ducks rising from his wheat field, and a dozen dropped to the ground dead from the buckshot. . . Fruit officials desperately search for nails for the fruit pack in the Okanagan Valley, showing how the steel strike effects the whole naâ€" tion. . . Miss Rita M. Hunter has been appointed deputy sheriff forl the judicial district of Estevan in Hunting is probably the greatest sport that man indulges in. No other recreation conditions the mind and body as thoroughly. If you mix a little common sense together with a little caution, and add some congenial companions, you will find you are a different and better man when you return. This you will find to be true even if the venison you planned to bring home, is still running around in the north country. Most of these men have trod the mouldering forest floors for a good many years. There are a few that haven‘t. It is to the few that we advise caution in this great outdoor sport. Caution against shooting before you are sure what you are shooting at, caution against empty guns that are loaded, caution against mixing booze and bullets . . . gunpowder and alcohol, against going into strange territory without a guide, or at least a compass, against getting wet, and staying that way because you are "tough", against treating your guide as though he was an ignorant floorâ€"mopper or a hired waiter whose knowledge of the woods and the animals you are hunting, is of no importance. For a week or two they again revert to some extent to the primitive. They hunt for their meat and enjoy it. They do their own cooking and wash their own socks, and any responsibilities they have rest easily on their shoulders, for they have forgotten them. They go out into the woods in their scarlet coats and hats, and for w period of a week or two they forget about the towns and cities they came from, and about the work that is piling up on their desks. Let‘s hope the trend towards keeping the children off the strcets on Hallowe‘en night continues, and that more service clubs take up this problem. Some malicious damage is still being done, mostly by bigger boys who think it is sissified to go to these gatherings with younger children. It is with these older boys that the parents will have to lend a hand. If they don‘t, they just might have to bail him out of jail the morning after Hallowe‘en. This is the time of year that some men ha all the rest of the year . .. the deer hunting season Now things are different .. we hope. Many of the service organizaâ€" tions have now taken over the job of keeping the youngsters off the streets on Hallowe‘en night by providing entertainment for them at large children‘s gatherings. Nothing could be finer, for the children are kept out of mischief, the police only have half as much trouble, and the parents don‘t have to patrol the house with a shotgun. Even in our day, anything movable such as a fence, a gate or verandah steps, always ended up on the top of someone else‘s barn or garage. That was our way and the way of the preceding generations of getting into mischief legally. Of course it wasn‘t legal if you got caught at it, but we seldom did. As an example most people give Christmas, and certainly there is no denying that this "time of giving" has been greatly commercialized, so much so that some people are refusing to recognize it as other than It is a common saying that few of the old customs have been imâ€" proved upon by succeeding generations, and that some of them have suffered from being handed down. Hallowe‘en has fortunately escaped a great deal of the commercial angle and has been improving rather than deteriorating. We don‘t mean that the present day witch or hollow pumpkin is any different than they were 50 years ago. It‘s the different way the youngsters go about celebrating Hallowe‘en. PAGE TWO ho THE BEAN PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO. * Owners and Publishers Subscriptions Paeyable in Advance $1.00 per year in Canadn;, $200 par your cutsidge Comade Single copies $ cents. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottewa THE WATERLOQ CMROMIECELE the Hallowe‘en aboard a train. Funny, ruminates the Essex County Reporter, that every time we try to get berth reâ€" servations, that other ten millions are always ahoad of us Commenting on the farm nonâ€" deliverg strik;b:n tholwut (n&w ended but ma smouldering) the Grenfell Sun sees the trowble that the farmer happens to be in the poâ€" sition of management, labor and capital all rolled into one, which complicates the strike issue as far «* he is concerned. "Here in the West we have watched strikes of all kinds organized both in Eastern and West coast areas, and a great many of us have come to the conâ€" clusion that the strike holds little if any ultimate benefit for the worker and has frequently assisted in raising the cost of living. | It is claimed that 1,700,000 Canaâ€" dlam have never spent a night f The fellow who used to get 75 cents and his dinner for planting corn all day was taken a little aâ€" back when the grocer the other day offered him half a dozen roastâ€" ing ears for the same price. A good point brought out by the Forest (Ont.) Standard caime Wiees that imimanents io Cairine at imm to provide husbands for mdhn gms who lost out to overseas war rides, doesn‘t strike the Edmonâ€" ton Journal right, which opiniates that matrimon{ can hardly be reâ€" duced to the level of horse tradâ€" ing. The Dauphin (Man.) Herald tells this one: A merchant up thesdine was asked what the prospects were for wild berries tgis year. He looked mournful, "Not so good," he replied, "and I am not taki any orders. One of my best pickers got a family allowance cheque for $53 last month, and she tells me that she and her family are through picking ‘berries for all‘ time." \ _ The great lesson in school is | building of character, thinks the {Jarv;"; (()tnh'f:)nfl Recordm â€"learning to | put first to t reâ€" | sponsibility and willingly }orexo | pleasures until the more important E!;sks at hand have been completâ€" | ed. The Yorkton (Sask.) Enterprise reminds its CCF Jovernment that when they decided to remove the contentious education tax on foodâ€" stuffs in its pledge "to entirely eliminate this most irksome and onerous feature of regressive tax.‘ the tax is still being collected on medicines, holding that sick peoâ€" ple should get first consideration. From the Newmarket (Ont.) Exâ€" press: Looking over the federal reâ€" cord on housing and industrial disâ€" putes, one sees only overwhelminy evidence of a refusal to face the fatts. Can it be that our legislaâ€" tors have no understanding of the seriousness of the housing shortâ€" age? Do they not realize what strikes are costing Canada? Surely they must know that lawlessness encourages _ lawlessness. They should, but if they do, there is no indication of it in the records of the past session. see the scenery themselves, will :hey become Alaska Highway boosâ€" ers. some men have been waiting for is published at 7 Ontacio son that in the fal} they had food with which to feast and with the transfer they took over the witches, bate, owls and cats of their old ‘May Eve celebrations The cat was very sacred to the Druids who cian boys and giris who fi)flfi'an house to;;oun asl::ln( for loh:r- c‘en app are only doing what boys and girh in pther countries did three thousand years ago. Going back into the dim and raâ€" ther distant past we find the Celts making holld.lzeat the end of sumâ€" mer. They lieved that their friend, the sun, had been vanâ€" quished by his cnomies and that evil spirits would have power until the sun grew strong again. Conseâ€" quently they practiced charmes and pretended to be more m than they actually were ‘l’hc% celebrated the season with feasting and great rejoicing because for a while there woulg be plenty of food. Thes ancient Toutons transâ€" ferred their spring festival to the autumn for the same practical reaâ€" In pagan times at the festival of Pomona, the goddess of fruit, apâ€" ples played an important part and originated the custom of roasting nuts, apple ducking and the ’ivinl of apples as gifts at this festive time. And so you see, that Canaâ€" cian boys and girls who go from | The two chief characteristics of ancient Hallowe‘en were the lightâ€" |ing of bonfires and the belief that |Hallowe‘en was the only night of |the year in which ghosts, witches, ‘mps of the earth and air and evil spirits were permitted to wander on earth. On the 1st of November the Druids held their great fail festival and lighted bonfires to the god of the sun in thanksgiving for the harvest. It was a firm belief in their religi:n that on the eve of this festival, Saman, the lord of death, called together the wicked souls |that had been condemned within the past year to inhabit the bodies of animals. With regard to this ancient belief it is interesting to |now that in parts of Ireland the 31st of October still is known as the |vigil of Saman. In Scotland bonâ€" fires still a::g-.rt of Hallowe‘en ceâ€" lebrations are really a relic of the worship of Baal. Some cynics go so far as to declare that the evil spirits of ancient Druidical times still exist in the shape of thoughtless youths who overstep the mark of pure fun at Hallowe‘en and cause damage to property and sometimes injury to persons. Little thought may often be given that the festivitiee of Hallowe‘en and the farm, as the producer of the fruits of the earth, are inseparâ€" able. Certainly the apple and the ‘pumpkin are popularily associated with this cclebration but the farm is also the supply base of all the necessary essentials of the feast. Even the humble cabbage apart from its culinary use, has a pecuâ€" liar significance at this time. It is told that some maidens sally forth in the darkness of night to pick a stem in the cabbage patch in order to fortell the characteristics of theit future husbands. If the stem be short, tall or crooked so shall their future husband be. {ed mostly in countries under sway of the Druid religion, notably Briâ€" tain, plus a few indoor celebrations borrowed from the pagan Roman festival which was celebrated in honor of the goddess of fruit. though we may never know the significance back of some of the rites and ceremonies of this galaâ€" ‘night, yet truth, would have to adâ€" mit that we are just a little bit inâ€" Hluenced by the fates who supâ€" posedly control the fete. Before the Christian era the eve of the 31st of October was the occaâ€" sion of harvest and other ceremoâ€" nies in various countries When Christianity became the religion of rorthern people they kept their winter festivals but the church gave new significance to old cusâ€" toms and the autumn festival beâ€" came the carnival that preceded the feast of All Saints Day on Novemâ€" ber lst or 2nd. The festivities which gradually gathered around the Christian Hallowe‘en originat assimilated. We celebrate many enduring fesâ€" tivals but Hallowe‘en is one that combines and also carries more anâ€" cient ways or customs than perâ€" haps any other. It is true we often give them a modern dress and alâ€" live, we are often carried away by ‘the flood of new things and we marvel at the changes in the world. Actually the most marvelous and remarkable thing in human history is the changelessness of customs Oftimes we mzz) have forgotten why and yet we do things that have been done for centuries. The meâ€" mor{ofahumanislonaandlt rarely gives up what it has once In this bustling era in which we (By Chronicle Correspondent) ‘"Now we‘ll have OUR inning. I‘ll tell him the price!" MHallowe‘en 1946 LAFFâ€" A â€"DAY TuMX W ATERLOO (Ontaric) CHR O N1C LE Sunday‘s (November 3) i The Detroit Sunday Times a perfect analyst, : THE TRUTH ABOUT Numerous techniques have been devised to bring about painless childbirth, but medical science still | is looking for, and hoping to find, And what of Hallowe‘en for 1946? Apples, pumpkins and a whole raft of boys and girls ready for any sort of a party, Even during the wir years Halâ€" lowe‘en was celebrated much as usual for their were no warâ€"time restrictions governing ghosts, witches and hobgoblins, no transâ€" portation problems for these annual visitants on All Hallows Eve and on rationing of space on broomâ€" sticks. Youthful . masqueraders may be found that the attic trunk, once the source of innumerable cose tume combinations, was a little more empty for great grandmoâ€" ther‘s shaw! had possibly been conâ€" verted into a smart autumn dress by some thrift needlewomean or the salvage may have collected a lot of the delightful junk that furâ€" nished masquerade props. Tlfl" pulls were out of the question beâ€" cause of the rationing of wt Larger family groups were held beâ€" ceuse many motor cars were coolâ€" ing u'uzirL whc:e_l.l _ln many garages. . the tra:t}tional colors and forms. So today we decorate our homes and places of amusement with weird figures, black cats, jackâ€"oâ€" lanterns, brooms and bats while pale ghosts stalk the landâ€"quaint customs : that have come down through the ages only to be reâ€" vived. We know that many of these primitive ideas were brought to us from foreign countries but we like them just the sameâ€"they are part‘ of the mysteries of life. i Prying into the future is a huâ€" man tendency today, as it has been for ages, though we may be a little more reticent about crystalâ€"gazing and peculiar charms because we pride ourselves on being rational 1»beings But we commandeer the ‘last night of October for demonâ€" strations of the ancient and still }popular omens and charms. One could go on and on outlining forms | of mysticism, superstitions and eerie doings but we do know that | each one of us takes delight in airâ€" ing our pet superstition and joinâ€" ing in the witchery of Hallowe‘en. _ Nowadays, Hallowe‘en is just anâ€" other perfectly good excuse for having a nice, frivolous and unconâ€" ventional party. Youngsters someâ€" times overdo the unconventionality of the occasion but the growth of civilization has meant just as much playing to them without really. cruel or destructive pranks played on their neighbors. The best way to forestall these pranks in any loâ€" cality is to arrange to fill the evenâ€" . ing with so much fun that there, will be no idle, restless hands waiting for mischie{. One reason why we enjoy Hallowe‘en frolics is because they offer such scope for ingenuityâ€"everything from‘ the costumes at a masquerade to the menu for supper may be made just a little different while keeping to the traditional colors and forms. . | On the eve of the Feast of the Dead, superstition with many peoâ€" ple ruled the earth and sky but toâ€" day revelry takes the place of fear and provides an avenue for exciteâ€" ment and mischief in various deâ€" grees. We are told that the oldâ€" time revelries of All Hallows drove the Finns almost out of their wits and the same thing happens to peoâ€" ple of other times. _ â€" and _ chopped onion. _ Walnuts figured in the menu because once upon a time witches were believed to foregather under the walnut trees. Bread, newly baked, cele brates the new wheat of the harâ€" vest. Oat cakes were eaten in the belief that they would bring bliss to departed souls and so they were called soul mass cakes. Apples and pumpkins are obviously connected with the harvest of fruit Nuts were and still are, roasted in the fire to test a lover‘s devotion. witch. Yellow ty%ms the gold of harvest and black is in rememâ€" brance of the demons who were once thougnt to have peculiar powâ€" ers over mortals in the winter time. Bonfires were built to encourage the gods of the ancient religious :ln rt;x:ir protection of the crops and erds. Not ‘only the costumes and colors but also the games and the menu are traditional from ancient times. In Ireland they ate "Calcanâ€" non", a dish of potatoes, parsnip$ looked upon cats as human beings changed by evil magic. â€" obnoxious of all the colors to a Hallowe‘en colors are easily exâ€" plained. The red of fire is the most t one. G. B. Lal, science writes on the subject in nerican Weekly, with this PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH _ Fhey were as follows: The Brian Scholarship, John Heal, Kitchener; the L. Squire Schohrsh::g. Donald McTavish, Waterloo; e Isabel Walton Memorial prize, Jean Macâ€" kenzie, Waterloo; the Ontario Hocâ€" key Association Scholarship, Denâ€" nis Barnes, Kitchener. John H. Pannabaker, Preston High School was presented with the Dr. E. Thomson Scholarship in I ’ KITCHENER.â€"Four Twin City, students received awards at the | autumn convocation of McMaster University. The awards were for: the 1945â€"46 session and were in adâ€" dition to those presented at the graâ€"‘ duation. w history taxation gives the manufacturer little or no encouragement to proâ€" duce the staple lines consumers want and much encouragement to produce fancy alternatives or nonâ€" essentials." Awards Received At McMaster by Four Kâ€"W Students ‘2m0or is cutting a thicker and thicker slice of the production cake. ‘"‘The unholy wedlock of price control on standard goods and high "Pulling down out of the clouds .l.lduhnql-mlnmdm mics and the double of politics, the simple fact is that tomorrow‘s business will be determined by the -Nlnwy-nd willingness of families to ; "Right now the family is being gouged by . Unless there i.,gm:Mmmm. themseives and everybody else a business slump that will be as unâ€" pleasant as it will be dangerous. ""Today‘s farmers are getting very nice prices plus subsidies. __"With their spending power \ taxation crushing ‘mm-:c‘hudm. themselves _ Thousands of Canadians ab M“M“h‘-o -q.' n.'r--u"' t in > mone e toares, casce, th se boing of. the e fered," says The & * not only have less to Canada Savings Kâ€"â€""_ va yoing I \.._ciff I \â€" Araci \ \ gfor Complete Winter Driving Protection fush and refill with Bâ€"A Winter Transmission ()il â€"assuring quick getâ€"away in subâ€"zero temperatures. cording to car manufac turers‘ specifications. 2. CMAS§!Sâ€"Lubricate the chassis with Bâ€"A quality lubricants, using the Bâ€"A Chek Chart which as sures the right lubricant fush and refill crankcase with correct winter grade of Bâ€"A Peerless Motor Oil. "It‘s Alloyed" to give complete protection under extreme winter driving conditions 1. CRANKCASE â€" Drain, It was announced by C. W. Boyâ€" er, the National Env\yloyment Serâ€" vice manager, that Waterloo Counâ€" ty‘s allotment of Polish War Vetâ€" Polish Veterans _ Sailing For Kâ€"W Area in November Now is the time to look around MMthomfinm'wyubM.om-undvuvnv egainst the rigerous demands of cold weather driving. Many warâ€"weary cars have been kept operating becovse of the careful servicing and top quality Bâ€"A products ebtainabile at your neighbourhood Bâ€"A denier He knows: that Bâ€"A winterized protection, plus Bâ€"A topâ€"quality gasolenes. motor oils and greaves, will give you on extre margin of winter driving comfort and protection It payk to winterize your car at the Sign of the Big 8â€"A â€" Drain, What do you need on your farm?* Machinâ€" ery, implements, equipment â€" foundation or breeding livestockâ€"new fences, drainage â€"â€" repairs or alterations to your house or other buildings? It takes longer, nowadays, to get these things. The sooner you start, the better. 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