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The last two weeks.
Rehm, of the Si ow Goose
RV FRED CEDERI1ERG
The Christmas Star winked faintly in the flush of the evening sky
While three Toeheuse geese mired across the marsh in a staggered
line, The chill off the Gulf of Mexico rode the westerly breeze and
sent shivers through the poacher kneeling in the swamp grass which
fringed the shoreline.
Then he saw him, a white Snow Goose, his out-stretched wings
black-tipped, dropping out of the scarlet streaked, purple heavens.
The bird skimmed the open water, hesitated, his great wings beating
the air as if sensing danger, just as the poacher sighted, aimed off and
sqUeezed the trigger of his shotgun.
The blast of pellets .crumpled the big bird and he hit the water
with a splash; his white wings twitched then he lay still, ever
widening ripples marking his grave.
* *
Old Lars lay under the heavy gents, listening to the northern
winds lashing the frozen world outside his cabin. He couldn't sleep, a
vague feeling tormenting his mind, a feeling he couldn't deny and
couldn't understand. Restlessly, he turned over, shaking his
gray-bearded head, blinking in the half light.
For longer than he could remember, he had lived in this4ne room
cabin, inland from James Bay, hunting, trapping. His only friend was
a great white Snow Goose he had found as a yearling. The bird, one
wing damaged, had wandered into a snare, but fortunately had been
too bewildered and hurt to fight itself; free.
Tenderly he had nursed the injured wing, talked to his wild
patient, given his heart to this creature until Lars — a deserter from
the world of man — had discovered the rarest of God's gifts, the
common bond between God, man, His birds and animals.
"Little Lars" he had called him as he waddled through the
clearing,, his head thrust forward, filling ,the sunlit days with a
sometimes incessant gabble. "Little Lam," he would say, "be quiet.
You're going to be alright. Just wait and see!"
Little Lam WAS alright. And he stayed that summer until one
crisp morning in September the man, straightening up from splitting
wood heard the honking call of a flight of geese. Little Lam heard it
too, and the cries reached a primitive instinct, Slowly at first he
•pened his wings, testing them. Then with a wild honk, he climbed
nto the blue sky until he'faded from sight.
"You'll be back! You must be back!" cried the man, sadness
hoking his voice.
The next spring's warm rain and sunshine had announced the
ival of another summer before the Snow Goose returned with
clear notes which brought Lam running from his cabin. The big
ird plummeted to the mossy clearing floor, rocked back and forth
d strutted toward the man.
"Well, well, I knew you would come. Ah, Little Lam, it's been a
• ng, long winter but I knew you would come," said the man softly.
And so it had been; the all too short summers the man and bird
pent together, the lonely winters followed by spring's warm
mbrace which thaWed the bleak land, the waiting, then summer
:ain.
This winter promised to be a hard one. From out of gray skies,
now had spilled in endless wind-lashed clouds; frost had stabbed
ep into the ground and laced the cabin windows with icy fingers,
oubled, and knowing not why, Old Lars tossed and turned,
isting the quilts over his bony shoulders.
A knot of pain flickered in his massive chest, grew and grew until
e gasped. He lay there silent. He dozed. Suddenly, in his mind, he
eard it,F7 the shattering cough of a shotgun. He sat up, wide awake,
st necit&Mhejilght sounds, the grackle of frost in the scrub pines.
I u he, wind had, died to' a mere whisper as it played chase
rough the trees.
"Honk! Honk!" It was the plaintive cry of Little Lam splitting
e quiet night.
Old Lam could hear his heart pounding wildly in his ears, but a
ell of faith surged through his pain wracked body. Flinging back
e quilts, he strode joyfully across the cabin's earthen floor, pulled
pen the door, stepped outside to hear the whirring of great wings
ating on the crisp, cold air.
The same Christmas Star blinked in the heavens.
"Honk! Honk!"
Old Lam looked up with dazed eyes. Ghostly white against the
lue of the night, the Snow Goose wheeled in graceful spirals, his
Lear calls bouncing through the still clearing.
"Little Lars!" the man gasped, "Little Lars!"
Upward, upward soared the Snow Goose, toward the Christmas
tar.
Upward, upward in swift pursuit with a joyous sigh hastening its
ight, sped the soul of the man.
And following The Star, man and bird found eternal peace and
appiness this Wondrous Christmas Day. •
Bayfield.
$10 for
old• pioutres.
BY ERIC EARL
Reeve B4 W- Qddlelfaell
requests that anyone having
photos of past Reeves,
CM-Mc/Hors, Or Clerk Treastirers
of the village from 1965 on,
please loan them to him so that
composite pictures of past
councils can be prepared. These
would then be hung in the
council chambers.
The Reeve also requests that
the owner of a small female
terrier that has taken up
residence at hie place, please
contact him and please, please
retrieve same,
The road superintendent
John Lindsay was again
commended for his efforts in
removing snow from village
streets during and after the
recent snow fall.
Negotiations are still going.on
with' the Ontario Provincial
Police concerning policing of the
village. It is hoped that this will
take place very soon.
It has been reported that
snowmobile trails are being
prepared east of the village, in
Stanley Township for
snowinobiling and other winter
sports.
* * *
The temperature was around
30 degrees on Sunday afternoon
and as I crossed the bridge over
the Bayfield river I noticed two
cars parked at the spot on the
highway reserved for fishermen
and sure enough there were
three hardy fishermen standing
on the river bank away up the
river at the foot of Joe Brandons
Hill.
Even the thought of a
10-pound rainbow trout
couldn't entice me to stand out
in that kind of weather.
It was too cold to go down
and talk to them and they didn't
`show any signs of giving up so I
don't know who they were or if
they had any luck, but they have
my vote for the most dedicated
fishermen. .
Rainbow Trout season closes
in the Bayfield river December
30.
A dance was held at the
Community Centre on Friday
night put on by the Community
Centre ladies. The crowd was
not as large as had been hoped
for but a lot of fun was had by
those who were there.
These ladies have done and,,,
are diiing a terrific job in an
effort to get the Community
Centre out of debt and deserve a
lot of credit and all the help we
sideline sitters can give them."
The next dance will be New
Year's Eve. The tarrif isn't high
($5.00 per person) with favours
and food etc. so lets have a real
crowd for the New Year's Eve
dance at the Bayfield
Community Centre and of
course donations to the
Community Centre Board are
always welcome and tax
deductible. Cheques can be sent
to Treasurer Gordon Graham.
REEVE CIDDLEIFSON
I have been asked to
announce that there will be no
figure skating at the arena on
Monday December 28.
Christmas carols rang loud
and clear in the village on
Sunday when carol services were
held in at least two of our
churches.
Trinity Anglican Church held
a well attended carol service at
9:30 in the morning. Rev. E. J.
B. Harrison had six members of
the congregation read Christmas
messages from the New
Testament followed by an
appropriate carol.
St. AndreWs United Church
held their annual candlelight
carol service at 7:30 p.m. Rev.
Donald Beck took the service.
Organist and choir director
Mrs. William Cox assisted by
Mrs. Fred McGregor of
Brucefield on the piano, led the ,
choir and congregation in some
good carol singing. The
children's - choir sang two
numbers very well and the "A
People" did a good job singing
God Rest You Merry
Gentlemen, and Go Tell it on
the Mountain.
Coffee was served after the
service in the church basement.
Attending the christening on
Sunday at St. Andrews U.C. of
Kathy Haw, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Haw were Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Riddell of Dundalk
and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Haw of
Bayfield.
"The library committee has
no intentions of closing down
any small libraries," Chairman
Walter SheardoWn told members
of Huron County Council sitting
at the December session Friday,
"In fact, they'll have better
reading because they'll have a
change of reading material more
often," stated Sheardovvn.
The chairman was referring to
rumors that small libraries in
Varna, Cranbrook and Ethel
were to close.
"I don't know where these
stories got started," Sheardown
said, "but they are definitely not
true."
Charles Thomas, Reeve of
Grey Township, expressed his
relief and said the stories
probably began over poor
,wording in the minutes of a
previous meeting.
"Rural libraries are very
important to rural people,"
Thomas said.
Reeve Elmer Hayter
suggested there may be some
difficulty to find a new location
for the library in Varna.
Sheardown told him that in his
opinion, township councils
should assist the library board
wherever possible to find a new
location so that library service
can continue in these areas.
There was some discussion
concerning a new county policy
to retire county employees at
the age of 65 years. It was
suggested that since some
county employees work
part-time after retirement at 65,
it might be possible to retain
librarians although they had
reached their 65th birthdays
because libraries, especially
those in the smaller centres, are
open only on a part-time basis.
Warden Roy Westcott said it
was now understood that
employees who had reached the
age of .65 years would not be
engaged by the county, even on
a part-time basis. He said the
policy would be reviewed by the
She works in the kitchen.
ready-to drop,
And if I dare to •Cross
Shell suro blow her top.
But all through the year
She's a jewel, I relnenlber:,
Se I guess I can .tend
TheSe two weeks in December
executive committee if council
wished.
Reeve Ed Qddliefson of
Bayfield said he thought the
subject should be reopened. He
said that persons over 65 years
of age should have every right to
expect part-time employment if
it was available in the county,
He said retired people living on a
fixed income would simply be
"augmenting their income", a
necessary evil with the present
"inflationary trends."
Oliver Jaques, reeve of
Hensall, disagreed. Jaques said,
"When you come to the age of
retirement you should retire and
leave the opening for someone
else."
He said part-time openings
with the Huron County Library
system should be updated and
made attractive to young people.
Chairman Sheardown said
there was evidence to support
the theory that a younger
librarian seemed to inspire more
reading interest among library
users.
Mr. Sheardown outlined the
service to schools offered by
Huron County Library at an
annual cost of $1 per pupil.
Information has been sent to the
Huron County Board of
Education, the Huron-Perth
Separate School Board and the
Calvin Christian School Board.
There' were salary
adjustments approved for the •
library staff. County librarian
Miss Ethel Dewar received a
$600 adjustment to $10,600 per
annum and her assistant, Mrs.
Mary Robinson, got an increase
of $500 per annum bringing her
salary to $5,100.
Eugene Frayne, deputy-reeve
of Ashfield, praised Miss Dewar
whom he said "really took hold
of things" and Walter
Sheardown, library committee
chairman who Frayne said "did
a very capable and very
tremendous job this year,"
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Two -weelwhefore. Christmas.
ft :ptart*. every yea;
My Wire gets all edgy
And she*: the odd tear.
With presents to buy
And 4 budget thAt'S
At things of this nature
I'M no good at all.
Thanks
for your
generous consideration.
Merry Christmas!
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CHRIST
is
BORN
May the Star
that blazed
in the heavens
on the night .
of His birth
shine upon you
and yours,
bringing much
Christmas joy,
PAUL KERRIGAN', AGENT
BP 0 L cro,
MORRIS tAYLOR — NEIL JOSLING BERt ROWDEN
370 'VIOTORIA STREEt 482, 663
It's always a pleasure to take time during the
holiday season to
MARY IRVING
DOUG CRUICKSHANK
LLOYD POELMAN
KEN TREITZ
JIM PFR1MMER
DON DUENCH
PAUL LADD
DON BAXTER
TOM POELMAN
wish our friends well!
JOHN VANDERWALL
STAN KACPRZAK
RAY BLACK
JIM MANDERSON
BILL KIRKEY
PRO MCCULLOUGH
AL McGEE
KEN McGEE
RON MoGEE