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11lIililllllgl i.inuop By Bill ` S rrm, l I ey' 9lgllillHiil]Ulllllulr;'
SomethingTratherfrightening is
happening ,.to the steady, reliable,
Canadian. citizen. I don't know.
what's behind it, but it's • both
unnatural: and, 'unnerving, He is,
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AIWAYS:LOOK'TO IEICIRIAL [01 THE FEST
beginning to enjoy" the wintery
Or, at least, he pretends: he. is.
For generations, Canadians ap-
proached The winter 'sensibly.
When 'the first snows came,, they
put ;on. their long underwear, a
gloomy .look, and a 'long:suffer:ing
air; and stayed as • close to the
►'ii e . as possible for the next six
months., . Winter vas , something
to be lived through and • there
was nononsense about 'enjoying
it. :'•
But. this ,dour and honest out-•
look ,has been corn.pletely'• 'shat-
tered .within ,•the 'last few years.
Every week end, thousands. of
pople head out of the. cities with
their skis and. a couple of :crocks.
Motor clubs hold` races through
the blizzards, over the icy roads.
Guilin;, rinks are'.crammed. Peo
pie are. spending wee=ends• -'at•
their cottages, , tramping through
huge 'drifts to''get' in• to them:'.
' Toe; other'.day a ,,friend told me
he •had taken his family. 'out .:for
ii 'Midwin'ter picnic, . on a .Sunday.
The, temperature was about. 8:
above. He• dug a hole' iii the snow,
'built, :a fire; and • heated some
,stew ':The'kids :loved it," he,said..
':No.' ants;• no :flies, and almost 'no
, fingers• on the: :smallest boy,'' by
,'tire time they got him .home;
•But `,it's riot. only . the` young.
�vl 'ca are' e:yelling in the 'elements
iliese days..,Everyane is infected.
Staff" inembers at'our school''have
crgaiiized a hoc:l:ey team You
,Herod hear theni. sitting around
br egging. T:hey 'niay :• be short
of wind on, :the ice .but' they're
• not when they don't . have , the
skates ren. .Most'•of them'haven't
p1'wa:yee' hockey. fpr •moi.e than' 20
:years, But they:are' as .'rabid as
the local pee=wees.
MON•UMENT'S.
For sound counsel and a fair' price on..a; moriumert
correctly designed from quality Material,
rely on
SKELTON MEMORIALS
Pat O'Hagan, Prop
Established. Over Sixty Years='`
Walkerton Phone 638-w.
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Ontario
THE ALASKA BRQWN `BEAR is the biggest meat -eating'.
• animal in .the world, often attaining a height of ten,feet when
he rears up on his hind. legs, Like all bears, the
`brownie' hibernates in winter: Soon after they. first
now,finds a cave' or a deep shelter under an,ove-
s.falls, he e �sspring..
•'hanging ledge of rock. There he curls up and sleeps until
The bear 'retires' for several months every year,
. sustained'by the fat.stored in his.�body, When
y:,
• being's retire, however, the don't receive the son e,
Human bei
helpfrom Nature: The turn- instead` to life •
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n ”can Make a man's retirement years more'
They
insurance. Nothing ca .
financially secure than a portfolio of Sun Life policies
tailored to his req'uirerents. Let roe tell you how. •,
,y .. J:.. Kinahan'
:R,R. L[1C Nn1�
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SUN 11E ASS'IJRANCt COMPANY QF> CANADA t'; f y,
GU RQSS CORNERS
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Several from the community .
attended .the 9chain saw school
Monday. evening sponsored by ■
Ron ' Stanley, Kinloss. Messrs..
James Wilson, Jaynes Hodgins & • '
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Reg Brown were among the door
Prize winners • •
Mrs. frank. 13.r9,wn spent Mon
day evening. withi: Mrs. Orval
Wilson,
: Mrs. Toni 'Stewart visited.
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'Monday evening •with, Mrs. Ron. r
Stanley, Kinloss.•no.
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A ,number from this: ar ea .at= ■
tended .the John: Deere' Day in, •:Teesater the.
Friday sponsored•' •'■`
by 'JQe- Cassidy. •
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The severe cold spell this
week, accompanied by high east,'
winds Thursday night - found , ■;
many farmers with frozen water '
pipes and: frozen water ;bowls, o.
Friday morning. 'This caused a :
busy. day. for the men folk • on I..
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'Elderly gentlemen who should
lie sitting at home with pipe and
slippers, enjoying • the peaceful
twilight •of their years may ;be.
found on igny `curling rink; dash-
ing up and down as though the.
devil :himself was . after ' them, &
sweeping as trough ,angina pec-
toris was a tropical fruit. • --
Matronly Ladies, who should be
• at home ..knitting Bootees for
their grandchildren, may be seen
hurtling" down some "near -Aper• ,
pendicular s],opes, bowling over
'everything in . their , paths, froth.
fellow -skiers .to small trees..
Winter carnivals are .spreading
across 'the. land •with the speed Of •
bubonic ;plague.. ,At these, a; .few :
good-looking young • ladies' a're'
1•named 'Queen of the Carnival, ..&
are :never ;quite the same again,.,
While 'thousands of young . ladies//
who..;know.they ' are,. equally "good=
looking are not named Queen '&
I are ;never • quite the 'same •. again.'
Where is it all going. to ;end?
When ,are 'we Canadians, going ' to 1
stop ,running around with frozen:
r gt ins;' pretendink, we just. '.love'
.our big,white, beautiful b Winter? •
How soon 'will' this hysterical
nonsense collapse; :• and•let us „re- •
vert :.to our ,'old, happy misery?
I, for; one, can't .stand much.
'More, :of `ilii$ jolly, healthy love=
affair that• we are trying !to carry.
r on witl•'that frosty old :termagen't,'
' Madame • , de .Winter, .: Who .'has
been. • planting her icy feet, in.;
I.the small of .our warm"beks•for.
lo .these many years.
Oh, it's easy enough to.' •be
l trapped into this false :delight. in
'winter. *Each of • us• has within
1•him the' tattered-' remnants 'of •a.
sirian child ' who 'once wallowed. , •
in Snow 'with. the grunting plea
.sure of a: small pig • rolling • in :•
wets Mud, 'And. it's• this buried
•memory of the':joys of winter'
that gets us .in .trouble: ;
•. The other day,.' for instance,'.
was out :with my son,' who was
learning to sky, rather ::gingerly
I, was .egging hist on/to:. try: the
steep slope. `.`•Let's see you',do it, 1,
Big Shot, if it's so -easy,'° he sug-
gested. There was.,;,no way out.,
I put on.:the• skis, swallowed 'once
.losed. ,my eyes, and pushed off,.:.
'overcoat flying • out behind
econds later; without Once•
h tvin ` a my' eyes, I fouled
liav;elf at the bottom, still on my,
feet. •,/
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SUPERTEST GARAGE .- PHONE 248,
Wingham 1.5 Kincardine 530
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qui••■aa.iEl! ■:e■■• ® a'■■ ail aifu-■e■Olt" ni■
,the farms• and ';r doubt• gave ex:-• :are• ( spending sometime in . Klin-
tra 'worm 'f'or the;: business' places•' cardine. a"t. the lion -ie , of Mr. ,and
who 'cater to .thawing. pipes 'and Mrs. '`Arthur Campbell
welding. • • '
Mr.:. and'..Mrs. Giant: Wall `an•c'
'family; Walkerton .were .Sunday
Visitors • with Mr: 'and . Mrs. Mor:.,.
ley Wall: and famiiy.
Mrs. Frank..'Brown; and , •Re.g
spent .Sunday '.evening With, Mr,.
:and • Mrs. .:Harvey • Nich'Qlaon• and:,
Hugh; Bervie
' Mr:.Mac . McPherson and 'fam-
•8th con., • and . Mr. ,was,.. ,Hal -
derby• were•'Surday` 'visitors with
Mr. ,acrd 1Vl.a T;dp.-1 art.
On Saturday;, tie' 4‘-11. clii'l�s'
gathered in. . xcincaruune ,': •,r •
Achievenien.t Day. The girlsmo-
delled.'•their dilesses. Miss' :Betty'
Fells•trees up to 3 feet.in. di-
J'ean• Hodgins 'received. proven ia:l
honour•$.. Miss 1 1'a<rie v oyer; .• ameter..Cuts 18 trees in 18
county: ours';... Aliases Bev=e,rley,'
Wall.. and , Mariori Green. •certifi
Cates'., Each gi.r'1,' recei 'ed a :
spoon. The ,girls presented their
leaders, .Mrs. Pe;riy,•'Hoc4ins
Mrs. Alex Whytock • each • with •a: `
lovely ,cup and saucer•: The. lead �,NALD.
. '•And,this: is how. we . are Snag-
:t'd Tmt aedia'te1'.v, I was ready to i .•
l u.y •sl :is,` take }e ions, . and star t
Owing; "s•cl uss" .or `lush
whatever it is skier .cry as; they,
skihi the slope.s, I was • saved,
seconds Only 18f"'pou.nds.'
Famous Honelite quality.'.'
Have:a FREE DEMONSTRAii0M•
Vess bar and chain
TANLEY
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appreciate -the fine co -opera `.; Kinloss . Ontario.
tion shown +by tli:e girls
Phone Berv.e ' 2441
Mrs. Jas Haldenby .aid g r1s.:.
Only by niy :iron will, which :al -
:,ways comes_ to my rescue' when'
I •'dee:de I'll:.,. learn to play the
tiba, or -write a novel, "dr take
,up ..But • some people,
wile ticin't have the same 'firm
•ec ti of • ' of their fancies,• : are
caught 'up. in the .artificial ex-
citeme`ot of winter, and go
charging about in the' snow, ,ut-
ta•i•ing sjirill little cries• of sin-fil-
1 ip.tod
in uhated pleasure
• I have always• maintained that
Canada in midwinter. is. fit only
fc••i', jackrabbits, alcoholics tr�ci
'children under' twelve.' And tlic
"$o6ner we get back to'..oi.ir
:old fired with Winter,• and forget'
this game Of footsie we're • trying
to play with her, ther, Soono'
vvWc+'ll. `'rega'in our. old, decent, :'
'14radian, midwinter surliness:
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service' between
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TORONTO NTO a TFORD• OW EN ,,SOUN
SOUTHAMPTON ' • KINCARDINE
and i`nterh ediate points ,
fast . . convenient economical
Effective' Monday February 26th'1961
Forget about traffic strains parking worries—
, consult: your local CN agent for the new; con-
venient F2ailiner schedules.•
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