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Clinton News-Record, 1964-12-24, Page 9YULETIDE WISHES. GINGERICH Sales and Seirvlice 57 Albert St. „ „ t MI.INTAVf. 300 Attend Festival Of Caiols ....;i7. .• . . A • ,..., / . . . e4 . Y : .. . , ., P. . Ai.i' ''''0 MERRY CHRISTMAS TO: ALL ! We thank yoU for your patronage. KINGSWELL WELDING CLINTON SHOP CLOSED Fridciy, ENceinber 25 and Saturday, Deceiribei 26 +i M5 have a fun-packed holiday! GROVES & SON "We Service What We Sell" Clinton, Ontario 482-9414 482-9746 STERLIO:TRUSTS $72 Illy it., Toronto 3$ Dunlop St., 73 Mississoga Ey Orillta Bard. • ' ItYrli 1, h, •4 '.',,.‘' ..7T'S."'N, .‘N. 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Navy • protected their: from the armadas of the French or SpaniSh. They wanted the big. pines for themselves . and it seemed every worthwhile stick of timber was reserved for the King and his Navy. They grew Back in the 1700's Englishmen prowled up and down eastern North America blazing trees. More than 300 persons attended the Festival of Carols held a week ago Saturday at Ontarib Street United Church. This photo shows the choir of Wesley-Willis United Church and Ontario Street discontented. They grumbled. They plotted. George Washington, suppos- edly cat down a cherry tree as a boy. His supporters nut down many of the King's pines when he was a man. This led to trouble - and fines. And to more discontent, grumbling and plot- ting, Modern historians and econo- mists -paint out that this requi- sitioning of all the good pine timber by the 'Crown helped spark the American Revolution much more than the fabled. Boston tea party, IT'S NO TOO LATE TO ANSWER YOUR CHRISTMAS SEAL LETTER tal HELP Fiat Food Schaal Gradnatei e arbOV geoup of 11 $tudonts, WAs gradUated last wee!( from the School of FOOd Services at RCAF station Clinton after a SIX weeks course. The pre- sentation of graduation eertificatteS was made by G/C OteeRaWay. From the left in the above photof the graduates are, front grow.AC2 R, W. Murray, C2 0, r, Staters, AC2 E, rraneisf AC1 D. S. Yake and AC2 W. 11 Sovoie. ack tow;, AC2 d. R. Otitis, AC2 W. C, Stuart, AC2 A. t, Pytni ACi 4L Depeyreo AC2 h/L It,: Sadly and AC2 C. W. PopoWith. (rWAP Photo) .(4W 'W-99014) War In the ,CoTtgol War an. 'Vietn'am!: War an the Ws- And Stilife between. various races; •and .creeds ,Other parts (4 the world. oft-tunes. an so-called •Ctivfted. gat!troaa,i .apt M fester 'war:. A5 we APProa.al ChriStrilas, the .celebnaltical of Jesus - Christ's ,birthday, .and join; again in .,the angels' song, "Pease pa?, eartb, will to Men”, do we •reee1.11Y tNthOnl tits .n1044,- ing? IVIVW PQ. )..NT VONTAltigiTg.t, Think of it gentile reader! What do we in our •own Attle niche contribute to the peace of the woxid?ltis - peoples are made pp of individuals like yea and T40.. zf we, are to en.gro*.$ed •;Ii1 our joys and sorrows. to lend a, 1:4.004-vg hand to these in other lards less fortunate than ourselves, tin the name of The :prince of ..Peace, who is going• to do lt? We feed the :birds- in, Hayfield,' Let OS learn, the joy in giving .from this simple operation, One day, recently,. Lucy Was watching: a small figck of sparrows and a cardinal in the feeding Station. They weren't eating, but crowded together locking out, apprehensively. -Then they'd fly -over to the. Cedar hedge, and hi a few minutes he back again. LOQIIVrINO THE HAWKS • It suddenly dawned on Lucy that they were terrified— especially the sparrows, When "1%0." came' • into the hou's'e -and Lucy told linn, be remarked:: 'yThere Was a pair of hawks flying over here Oils morning, And on the way. to Clinton to-day, I saw four—two large ones which at first glance looked like snowy, They may have been goshawW). and a .smaller pair which were probably Cooper's hawks . (Hawke usually ring- nate bet before. the snow came Lucy and her spouse saw four near Parkhill). Then it appears there is another predatory bird in BaY-.. •field of whidh the little loirclls• live in terror—a shrike. It swooped down on a sparrow at Hovey's feeding table. Ernie went after the shrike, and /while his aim wasnot Al., he did succeed in. frighten'in'g it so that it dropped the dead sparrow and moved off in haste. THE WEATHER REPORTER . On Sunday morning just at .daybreak, Mrs. J. B. Howard reports that the big brown owl 'hooted in the swamp. (Time • was when her dog heard theft alarming "Whool Whop! Whoo!" if she were letting him out at night, that, he'd back into the ,house again Bilt the7fox terrier now pays no attention to it). "What ..did it mean this morning?" Lucy asked. -• "Oh, it had probably been out hunting, and 'concluded its breakfast ofnroice, or a small bird," she replied. (Her late husband used to say that it meant snow when the brown owl ,hooted in the swamp. Lucy's • spouse says: "A change in the weather" and she recalls that the late Fred Baker said, "Milder weather! Rain!" when the tiny screech owls sent their raucous notes over the air waves.) • JAYS' SHUTTLE SERVICE Menopclizing the feeding station at "The Hut" are a pair of blue jays, They chase the other birds off, cram their bills full of sunflower -seeds or other food, and then fly off to return .in a few minutes for more. Thus they keep up a shuttle service until . they've depleted the supply. Mrs. Howard explains • that Bluejays store up against the proverbial "Rainy Day." They hide food in crevices, and -a favourite storage spot is in woodpecker's- holes in trees. • While Lucy and • her spouse like to see the colounful •bluelays about, they do not approve of them robbing the other bird's of food. So "Mr." puts out a 'It-teat of sun- floWer seed about 4:30-4:45 p.m. and then he whistles. And in no 'time the cardinals .aropear. WINTER, TAKES ITS TOLL , Over at Hovey's' feeding table, a purple grackle has, appeared, He 'sits a'top the loaf of bread, monarch of all lie surveys! Final, Mrs, -Carson FaWcett, .RR 1 Brucetield, Lucy learned of her effort to save a mourning dove. The bird had stayed around their orchard all Fall, After the first snowstorm With near zero temperatures, her husband found it in a snow drift behind the barn, alinosit frozen. , - He took it into the heave and it .revived.in, the, warmth. But despite Mrs. Fawcett's- care and good food, the lovely bird -died in a few days. Perhaps it had been ailing and hadn't felt up to migrating. MUSIC FOR THE BIRDS? One morning last week "Mr." turned en the rattle:: as soon as he awakened. When he went to close the windew old Mr. Cardinal was' perched in- a cherry tree close by, listening to the music aver Station OKNX. That same morning when Lucy's husband went out, to put some scraps of lamb fat in the feeder, Six black-capped chickadees greeted him in merry song. "ChickJa-dee-dee-dee! Chick-a-dee-dee-dee! Chick-a-dee- dee-dee!" they sang as they flew in and out of the feeder. One landed right at his feet to feast on a scrap he'd dropped. These are just two peacefully happy incidents in the war for survival in the bird world. BAYFrELD MYSTERY BIRD • And now to the feeding stations in Hayfield has come a bird which not even Mrs. J. E, Howard can identify. She saw it last year, too, and recalls that she couldn't find k in the bird books, It 'has been seen at their feeding stations by Mrs.., R. B. Johnston and. Mrs. J. Sturgeon. They say it resembles a female oriole. Mrs. Howard says it is the shape of a robin with the same type head and bill. She describes it as about two-thirds Size of a robin with mustard-coloured body, suf- fused with orange around the throat, Wank back and tail, black wings with, two white wing bars. The nearest she could come to it in searching the bird books, was that it might be one of the variations of a pine warbler. With, the description given, Lucy wonders, after perusal of Peterson's Field Guide to the Birds, If by any chance k; could be a female Western Tenger, They have been reported in Maine and down the test Coasts USA, occasionally. United Church, and the _stage on which the nativity scene was re-enacted. The annual Festival of Carols was directed by Miss Lois Grasby and Mrs. William Hearn. (News-Record Photo By John, Visser) Holiday Season Car Safeiy Tips The. holiday season brings tragedy to many Canadians be- cause of needless traffic deaths, according to All Canada Insur- ance Federation, • The Federation, which repre- sents most Canadian automobile insurance companies, recom- mends the following traffic safety precautions as an aid to happy holidays: - time of year, • Avoid situations which might tend to encourage driving a car after drinking. • Be as forceful as possible in persuading your guests not to drive .when their ability to do so is doubtful. • Try to plan social activity in such a manner that driv- • Watch for pedestrians; dark ing can be kept 'to an ab- clothing, piled-high parcels solute minimum. and a tendency • 'to hurry makes 'pedestrian hazards • Allow plenty. of travel time; greater at this time of year. heavy traffic, early dark- ness and uncertain road con- • Drive defensively and pre- ditions make harrying more sume that not all drivers hazardous than at any other have been as prudent as you. Thursl, Peg., 4.4 1904- Clintor, Nows'Itgcord 9 . Classified Ads Bring Results PAID ON GUARANTEED TRUST CERTIFICATES • issued in amounts from $100 upwards for 3, 4 or 5, years. • earn the above indicated' interest, payable half-yearly by cheque. • authorized investment for all Canadian Insurance Companies and trust funds. Rambling- With .Lucy Relil.101/0--SnOW • Heavy deposits of snow on ornamental shrubs such as Jap- anese YeWS, junipers and cedars can, result in severe damage if net removed. Wide, flat-topped. hedges 'may also suffer' from heavy snowfall, After heavy snowfalls the snow should be !brushed off or knocked off; any broken bran- ches !should pruned back to the point where breakage occurred,