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THE GAZETTE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, I960 22 jOcf 'Blue Law' Sunday Dying Out In Ontario 1 By D. M. LE DAIN WINDSOR, Out. To outsiders the Ontario Sunday still is a thing of meaningless austerity, but to a still powerful element of our population the old-time Sunday is giving way at the seams. The Game of Kings Sunday one may purchase any-ground.

and provincial action near, all Is thing from a new car to the The Sunday vote assumed an quiet on the Sunday entertain-week's groceries or a theatreinternational aspect when Detroit ment opposition front. Whether ticket. Many stores out of the newspapers noted that if "yes" the church groups will carry their downtown area advertise "Open sentiment prevailed, playhouses case to the Legislature has not Sundays" and have a large and restaurants in their city.been indicated. Certainly some of flnnlipafinm'' At this moment Innionnofa nnf tn vnta fnr nno th ii4 aE Ac in Pnorfn this clerical intervention was performances on Sun-unproductive, davs are lf Produced by rhnrh nnnncitinn Worf non-profit groups. Silver collec- late there has not been a complete blackout of Sunday theatrical performances in pntario, al though their commercial side re- mained under strict restraints.

A v-uiltci la, icuiouic oiiu uiuci ted. It may be added that they are uniformly meagre. The old Sunday movie restriction never had made a great deal of difference to Windsor, with Detroit so near. In Detroit on invnWincr nrnvincfal authorization i are being prepared by some ran r. councils, to have various restrictions eased.

Specifically i they will provide for Sunday sports, or rather the authority ito charge admissions thereto. and Sunday movies and plays. the point that movies at such events are permit- would have a falling off mi trade. Customarily hundreds cross from Windsor to Detroit on Sunday afternoons for dinner and a show. Whether any substantial number of them will do their Sunday showgoing at home after the restriction is lifted can be determined only in the test, Now that the voting is over.

Gazette Newsfeature clientele among Detroiters and suburbanites who take the seven- day merchandising week for granted. A trend seems to be setting in against it, however, so Michigan may tighten Sunday restrictions even as Ontario is loosening hers a little. There's no immediate prospect they "11 ever find a common meeting TRIMBLE formula: plus control equals no ski patrol I By Ski Patrol Would Rather Not Exist them are not resigned to what has happened, and it may be expected that they will continue to speak, against the "commercialized Sunday" whenever the opportunity offers. They are by no means a small, unimportant minority, and official Ontario certainly still has a cautious ear tuned to them. closely with air force search and rescue units, lend a hand as ad visors to the army mountain and arctic warfare training command and co-operate with local agencies.

What do they get out of It? Nothing except the satisfaction of aiding the scared or injured or perhaps saving a life. Patrol members estimate they care for about 18,500 injured skiers a year. Sixty-one awards they call them the purple stars have been awarded to patrolmen for actual, life-saving as verified by physicians. By SANKY This last one, to the traditional-1 especial detriment of those per-ists, is the real crusher. sons who by the demands of that DENVER, Colo.

(( -An unusual organization is doing its bestsafety program. on plays would bring a further com mercialism of the Sunday, to the Sunday employment would lose their natural right to the tradi tional day of rest. The United Church Board of Evangelism and Social Service in Toronto called for a "No" vote, as did various Local Coun cils of Churches and Most Rev. John C. Cody, Roman Catholic onto declined to interfere.

Jubi- lantly the theatre people pounced on this hands-off attitude and spread word of it around. When the plebiscite ballots were tallied Toronto voters had endorsed Sunday plays and movies 2-to-l, and Windsor voters 3-to-2 Let it be explained here that of intensive campaign to 0 accidents from happening in the! A lmot Dole, de-first place I Clrfed thls shouItin 1 haPPen again And it goes it with a an.d. the patrol -sense of humor I Members 8 rust-colored i parkas and carry bright yellow In ts Publication Sitzmarks oriski poes and dark blue first aid Safety the NSPS notes: belts all pajd or bv the indivi. "If despite your close (orldual. There's a stiff set of re Gardening This Week Christmas Suggestions END-GAME No.

41 F. Richter White to play and win. (from I. Chernev's "Chessboard Quiz No. S04 (SctruIUn-Horwiti): 1.

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High School Championship A general invitation is extended to high school students throughout Greater Montreal' (Protestant, Catholic and Jewish) to compete in the second annual high school individual championship which will take place during the Xmas holiday period at the N.D.G. Chess Centre, (N.D.G. Community Hall, Decarie Cote St. An-toine Play will be limited to eight rounds of Swiss System pairing with one round per day, with 1st Rd. on Dec.

26th. Registration at 1,00 p.m. and play starting at 2.00 p.m. Play will continue in following rds. at 1.00 p.m.

on Dec. 27th through Dec. 31st. There will be no play on Sunday, Jan. 1st.

The final 7th and 8th rds. on Jan. 2 and 3rd. Not more than six players frora any one high school can be admitted. School championships are now being played in some schools to determine the top six.

For those schools not holding a championship of their own, players will be admitted in the order of application, up to six. The registration fee is, $1.00, plus 50c for membership in the Chess Federation of Canada. All participants will be rated in the CFC national rating system. Contact Co-ordinator Phillip Rubin (RE. 1-6866) for further particulars.

The championship this year will be known as "The Stanley B. Wilson Memorial Mr. Wilson, who was very active throughout his long life as player and executive, left his large chess library to be divided among the various Protestant high school libraries here. He also left five excellent chess sets and these will be given as prizes in the present tourney. There will also be fifteen other prizes added.

Forty-eight students from nine high schools took part last Black 11 Pieces Mr" 4 9 a White 12 Pieces to promote itself out of existence It works mathematically. Courtesy times conditioning What they're talking about is the National Ski Patrol system, reported to be the largest volunteer winter rescue organization in the world with chapters or patrols from Fairbanks to Phoenix and Los Angeles to Maine. There are co-operating units in Canada, Chile, Bolivia, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Germany. With headquarters in Denver, the group's primary purpose is to evacuate injured skiers from the slopes to first aid and medical care centres. But perhaps even more important is the patrol's relative.

shops and catalogues offer in every price range. also available separately for those who wish to give a less expensive gift. The African violet or Episcia fan who wishes to display his pets most effectively, or in fact, any indoor gardener, will welcome the totem pole plant pyramid. This is a brass-plated tripod stand forty-one inches tall, with nine tip-proof revolving arms, and a center mesh cylinder which may be filled with sphagnum moss to provide humidity and support for such climbing plants as philo-dendron and the various ivies, planted in the six-inch pot at the base. The nine pots on the The By ROD MacPHEE you find your imagination has begunt to bog down as Christmas approaches, remember that few gifts are easier to select than those for a nmSm Win i limn i In Black 4 Pieces ft ft' White 5 Pieces year under Mr.

Rubin's direction and the number is expected to be. doubled this year. F. Furstner Leading in Open Ferdinand Furstner holds the lead in the current City Open championship with a perfect score, 4-0 pts. Close behind with are H.

Matthai, E. Schlosser, A. Shilpv, J. Therien and I. Zalys.

The U.S.A. closed championship, starting tomorrow Dec. 18th at the Empire Hotel, Broadway at 63rd New York, promises to hold unusual interest this year. Veteran grandmaster Samuel Reshevsky has shown that he' is back in his best form, while champion prodigy Bobby Fischer has experienced a slight falling off. Other selected entrants are, Benko, Bis-guier, Byrne, Kalme, Lom-bardy, Berliner, Saidy, Seid-man, Sheerwin and Weinstein.

From world team champion-s i Leipzig, (Prelimfinary Section No. 2): CARO KANX OEFENCE White: M. Tal (USSR) White Black Black! Campomaneo (Philippines) White Black 1 P-K4 2P-Q4 3 N-OB3 4P-K5 5 P-K6 6B-Q3 7N-B3 8 P-KR4 9 PxP 10 Q-K2 11 B-Q2 12 0-0-0 13 B-KN5 14 N-N5 P-QB3 P-04 N-B3 KN-Q2 PxP N-B3 P-KN3 PP-B4 N-B3 B-N2 0-B2 P-K4 B-K3 O-Nl 15 P-R5 PxP B-N5 P-K5 16 N(3)-Q4 17 P-KB3 18 PxB 19 NxH 20RxP 21 N-B5 22 NxBch 23 HxP 24 Q-N5ch 25 R-Blch NxN PxB N-K5 Q-K4 QxN NxB K-B2 K-N3 K-R3 Resigns 26 Q-Qllch 27 R-Rl Chess Life In r.S S.R. E. Zagoryansky, the Russian master, writing in an English-language publication distributed from Moscow, has this to say about chess life in the U.S.S.R.: "Among the chessplayers of the-Soviet Union, headed by the world champion, there are eleven international grandmasters, fifty mas- ters of international standing.

about 400 candidate masters, some 1,500 top-category players, over million players belonging to other categories and finally, 5 or 6 million chess fans. It should be added that some of these chess fans can play just as good a game as that of a first-gategory player. The last tournament of collective farmers in the Soviet Union drew roughly 300,000 entries, while over 700,000 contenders of all categories took part in the tournament held in honor of the well-known Russian chessplayer of the past, Tchigorin. Such is the inexhaustible fund of talent which is constantly advancing new names to the PROBLEM No. 714 P.

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Correct No. 711: A. Yuda. 29S the rupees values are produced by the line engraved process in sheets of 50 by Thomas De La Rue Co. Ltd.

All values are on unwater-marked paper. There wil be two designs as illustrated, one of a dhow for the four stamps with values in rupees and one of palm trees for the seven stamps with values in naye paise. The designs were chosen by the Rulers of the Trucial States. This series is the second of the new issues of stamps which are to be introduced in the British Postal Agencies. Those for Bahrain have been on sale since July 1.

They were described and illustrated in this column on June 18. By agreement with the local rulers the British Post Office provides postal services by means of agency offices in the following territories: Bahrain, Qatar, Trucial States and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. These agencies were originally operated by the British Indian Post Office which used overprinted Indian stamps. In 1948 when the agencies were taken over by the British Post Office, British stamps overprinted to indicate the local value and, in some cases, the name of the state, were introduced. These overprints are gradually being superseded.

They will continue to be used in Qatar and in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman for the time being. British stamps and air letter forms with a value in local currency will be withdrawn from sale at Dubai at the close of business on January 5 but they will continue This mumcpial activity is the follow-up on plebiscites held in early December civic elections. In the first round of voting six of 11 municipalities endorsed Sunday sports, and eight out of 10 approved Sunday movies and plays, with 2-to-l majorities in many instances Enabling provincial legislation for Sunday sports has been on the books since 1950, so where favorable votes have been obtained they require no further validation than a municipal council bylaw. The province, however, still must pass permis sive legislation for the Sunday movies and plays, but there are assurances it will be forthcoming, on a local option basis. Attorney General Kelso Rob erts already has intimated the province will relax old Sunday blue laws to give legitimacy to "some of the things that are going on anyway." He also has said: "I am a firm believer in having provincial laws sensible and enforceable rather than fuz zy and unentorceable.

In cities and towns where Sunday movies and plays were up for acceptance or rejection in plebiscites, the theatre people spread the attorney-gen' eral's words by advertisements, to ensure the electorate wouldn't miss that guidance. As it worked out in those municipalities, the plebiscites had points of resemblance to Puerto Rico's recent election, when the island Roman Catho lies were enjoined bv the to be valid for use there until further notice. The selection of a suitable Christmas present often raises somewhat of a problem so why not this year give stamps, a stamp catalogue or a new stamp album. For the child, who does not already collect, such a gift may very well create an interest in this hobby which can provide endless pleasure and interest throughout life. If in doubt as to the choice of a philatelic gift consult a dealer who will give you the benefit of his experience and help you choose something suitable, or ask the advice of a friend who is a collector.

Large packets of all different stamps can be purchased quite inexpensively and are ideal for the beginner. They will provide endless hours of pleasure sorting them out and placing them in an album. In the same Way a philatelic gift is suitable for an adult. For those who have retired the possession of a hobby such as stamp collecting enables people to lead much fuller and happier lives and will keep them occupied at times which might otherwise hang heavily on their hands. The great attraction of stamp collecting is that one can collect exactly as one likes, what one is interested in and what one can afford.

While on the subject why not give yourself a personal Christmas present, and one that will" make your stamp collecting more interesting and more enjoyable throughout the year, by applying for particulars of membership in Canada's national philate! society. This suggestion is of course addressed to those that are not already members. WE CARRY A COMPLETE AEOTAGE WHEEL cn I ALIGNMENT wheel unn BALANCE UU fjWi It goes toward promotion of the NbPS got its start because a skier named Frank Edson died from exposure in 1938 when there was no one to help him quirements for membership. Patrolmen in some states work Honours the man who serves it, pleases those who drink it Sold at all Quebec Liquor Commission Stores. for good friends THE BEST IN BEER ,1, "Mtjj Thu brewed procem.

tested, high scanty) attention to our efforts, you are carried feet first into the ski patrol first aid room, all is not lost. You are still eligible immediately for membership in the exclusive broken bone club of the NSPS." There is a small fee involved. arms measure four-and-a-half inches and the one at the peak three-and-a-half inches. Now is the time to think about house plants. A number of leaflets covering most of the plants generally cultivated as house plants are available without charge from the Botanical Garden, among them: Leaflet No.

10, Success With House Plants; No. 30, The Culture of Cacti in the Home; No. 46, The Culture of African Violets; No. 53, Philodendrons, Ficus, Ferns, es House Plants During Winter, and No. C8, Gloxinia and Caladiums in the House.

The leaflets may be obtained by applying at the Information Bureau, Montreal Botanical Garden, 4101 Sherbrooke Street, East, phone UN 1-3811, local 2783. Bring out the good cheer The Realm Of Stamps By MONTOR jC I UWi iZAbU I 1 -Ak's1 garden-minded friend or At this time of year a wide selection of gifts No gift is more the spirit of Christmas than a real live holly tree. Yet a good-sized specimen tree to be planted by a nurseryman is often out of the question. The answer is small potted trees to be enjoyed indoors during the holidays, and then planted in the garden, to be a lasting remembrance of the given. As such small trees could hardly be expected to berry, they have been decorated with artificial ones.

No dried herb seasoning can quite equal the fresh article and many a gardener-home-maker has a pot of chives parsley on the kitchen window sill, obviously for culinary rather than decorative purposes. But with the kitchen fast becoming the family room, the indoor herb garden Susan fills a need for a decorative indoor herb garden. A sturdy pressed wood lazy Susan holds five styreen pots. Special soil and seed for three sowings of basil, chives, marjoram, savory and chervil are included. Indoor bulb planting kits, attractively packaged, are also available.

One of the most complete of these contains paper white narcissi, Soleil d'Or Narcissi, golden calla lilies, white calla lilies, Roman hyacinths, giant hybrid amaryllis and a beautiful bowl planted with lily-of-the-valley pips. Four quarts of plant fiber and other materials and instructions for making a successful bulb garden are included. Some of these bulb items are TIRE LTD. SOUTH SHORf BRANCH 339 Tauherteu Blvd. structions for making a sue- cssful bulb garden are includ- A new series of stamps for the Trucial States will be placed on sale Jan.

7. They will replace the specially overprinted British stamps at present used at the British Postal Agency, Dubai. The new set will consist of eleven denominations from 5 naye paise to 10 rupees. An air letter form bearing a surfaced printed 30 n.p. stamp in red on paper similar in texture and color to that used for British air letter forms will also be issued.

'A-JUr-irAl TRUCIAL STATES The stamps with values in naye paise have been produced by the photogravure process by Harrison Sons Ltd. in heets of 100 subjects, while I 2 WINTER ARMITAGE I 1 GUARANTEE TIRES 'V $32.00 vv; 4 1 fcij ff.V VALUE 1 9.9S I MM AT $12-0S y.tTiiLiL.: 1 when they drop in! Keep the 'frig 324 WINDSOR ST. well stocked with their favourite-Dow Ale-through the festive season! is to certify that L)or Ale it by the exclusive Cool Control Thit process is continually thereby insuring uniform quality. Dr. t.

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