Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1960, page 35

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Briefs on World Refugee Year \aurld Refugee Year developed from an idea of fur Englishmenâ€"the former four-minutemilet tgris Chataway and three friends, Colin June“ ’l :vor l’hilpott and Timothy Raison. * it it (We of the aims of World Refugee Year is m t-= outage governments to liberalize immigration 1 s and regulations. New cittzens are new assets. 1: Canada thousands of "immigrants" are buying Ly .ceries and television sets, are going to the l}. tries and eating in restaurants and sending their L ndry out. The thousands of new customers mean in -e business for all of us. * * 1* (‘t .r_- of the purposes of World Refugee Year is to Ll .r the camps of Europe and rehabilitate their I. .gce inhabitants so that they mll become self- 51 porting members of the community in which rit r. live. * * ‘k l acceptance of a refugee for immigration is not it. .tct of charity. It is actually enlightened sell- l! rest. History is full of examples of refugees I' tying refuge with priceless skills and qualities. In I such as Einstein and Sikorsky were refugees , gave their adopted countries priceless knowl- u, -: and industry. * ‘k ‘k “t this World Refugee Year we must rememher t' God gives the world, with all its tertiltty and r~ us, to all men, not to any particular nation or r We who have received the blessings of food. u .-'mth and shelter will one day be asked to render 2‘ account of our stewardship." â€" A tchbishup .5 lieefry, Wellington, NZ. * it * IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S GARDEN Adele Jordan Tart ‘ thin this garden, dreaming in the sun, X’here tall delphinium spikes reflect the sky. 1 tended treasures grow. I mark each one: We stately boxwood, ragged now, anti high, drought from a Southern home. This primrose shy l ‘ bloomed in springtime for a hundred years; .lere white petunia lures the dragonfly. T c humming-bird forgets her ancient fears, -\.ul builds her nest in peace, beside the gates high piers. l ‘5 grass-grown path, outlined with ancient shells, Leads to a trellis twinetl with passion-flower; I‘Hd every leaf to me a story tells of Patient labor, through some long-dead hour, ‘ li)‘ one who planted for a young wife's bower 151653 bordered ways, this small magnolia tree. And dreaming here alone I feel the power â€"â€" 5'l‘m8 a5 the tide that moves the surging sea â€" (1', race and blood and kinship coming down to me. i 'k * 5UMMER 1960 i’ it * MY MOTHER‘S GARDEN By Altie E. Allen Her heart is like her garden. Old-fashioned. qunint .Intl 5“ con \V'ith here 1| wealth of blossoms. And there kl still I'Cll't'tll. Sweet violets are hiding, \Ve know :15 we pass l\_\‘. And lilies. pure as .tngul thuughh. Are opening somewhere nigh. Forget-me-tmts thert' linger. To full perfection hrnttght, And then.- hlnum purple pttnsit-x In many it tender thought. There lm'e's own l’tlscs hlnssnm, As from enchanted ground, And lfl\l,\l1 perfume exquisite The whole glad )L'Jr .trnund. And in ll1:llt‘[||ic[g.lrtlt‘tl r A The garden of her heart â€"â€" Sunghirds .Irc along x singing Their songs of tin-ct .l]'l;lfl. And from it llunn fort-\t-t. (Tc-running sin .Ind strife. Sweet .Is the lWL‘dlll ml rll\\'\ hltmn, The frgtgrnnt'e t-l her life. i ‘k * "We .trc mnvintt-d (in! in Illlt tl.l_\ .nul genunttinn our grunt-st hunmn tragedy is that ml the rrlttgetn The time has now mine to art in this new ll'lillilllYL‘ and “e then-lure t'.tll .lllL'\\' lnr your |H'.l\‘(‘l'\. your intensified .tttinn and tour mntinuntg tlmrin.” “lurid (.Utnttil nl ( hnttltu. t it * \VL‘ llL'llL'VL' in lllL‘ tllgnln' HI llIL' il|\l1\ill||.ll, .tntl frCL‘llflill :tnd lll‘lll'L‘. Tilt-w ttrt' llll‘tll\ In whith nearly all of us like In lL‘L‘l that or .IH' guitlul IN our attitude and .lllth. .\ll1l \L'l \w Imu- hut-n willing to tolerate the illilhlilu_ tlu- indignity and the [Hill] latt‘lx‘ ml ll’l‘k‘tllllll |lI.|.| Inn hurt: \'\|‘L‘|’ll'l"lt('ll for m mam )L'nn in relugces." ( Itrislupltt-r («halt il\\ll)', MP. * i i- In the relugee ttlnlps ni Austria, (u-rntnnt, (.rt-utt- and lt.|l_\‘ there ill‘L‘ “till :tlusnl llLIIlIl) tut-n, “‘“l‘llt‘l’l and t'hildren, Another lnwum ll\‘L‘ nut ul l-II|1|VH in l‘urupu in unulititvm urn more .tlslmlling. Tut-my per tent. or JMIUU. .'II'L' tllllLll't'll. * i * More than IHIIJIUH .\lgt-ri.ln rt-lngt-t-x live in mud huts, tents. Lll\‘L‘\ in Tunisin .Intl Murmur. ILIH ul [ht-m, nr mum”, .trr thildrvn ll: )l‘fll'N nl .Igu .tnd under. * i‘ * Fur <li extra loud [or one year um he provided for :t rclugee. In \nrtlt‘ ttumtries lltt- hant .tlluwnntc fut refugee rations is only [H lt‘llh pt-r 1Il‘hlm .1 ll"). * 'k * in the Middle l'tlsl the lhlVll rt-ltlgt-t- ration llnttr, beam. sugar, rite, lt‘lhiilnlllullls tn Ijnn 1,.tlurjtu, it day. The aver;th (.‘ztnadinn wnsumes mort- than tuicu :ts ninth, about “I?” Ullllrlt-s. 'k i i For Slim wtattiunal training (Jln he given to :t \‘ttung refugee lltr a year. \Vith three yettrs' trum- ing he stands a hultt‘r t‘hnntt- of getting ll wtttthle lelJ. * * * 35

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