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lutlricious sight of those long-artn ' . W SITE FOR '''
of the boys beneath the surface, as the 1E, N . • .
'1,1,1144 00;,. knob C011itt be •
can elu,c 4! the sand. and gravel but- ARMY WORKOUT tom. It n as a great game especially
Those 'bicycle days. were ,teat dill auttrnuou tsluu the light was • Ti e substantial ,consideration of
What a fad it was o\s.n a wht,c1 tilt' boys lu cre kiccits- $10,000 worth of prime mink pelts
-and what au holiOUr too. .111,'re. Were a little kite „.;ttting. home iur an d, t h e lives of the animals wearing
the eNvIMI.I.,;
it of
(1th% thrill. was responsbile or recent de-
while even with the aid ot strtint; eye- vision to change the site of the dis-
teeth, and nimble ringers to untie, ,the trict, Reserve Army field manoeuvres
knots in the arms ut their shirts, Ins slated fur the Lakeside-Harrington
mean practice was called "clawin Iurea, m a y 26, 27,
heel.'" I dull'L know the or Lg ill aj; the Originally a site close to Harring- term, HAM was selected and arrangements The swimming pool WAS also pop-;to use it were well advanced when it Mar in the evening-with boys kit a
larger growth, and Si' it happened Mat I •
Jilts Long, the first and only navigator and Olin, No matter what subject
vi t h e peaceful :Maitland ia a modern came up, he knew it all and his. spilt-
vessel, turned his worthy gait in and- ion was the final and correct view.
stream at at distant view of tlwse His last observation was usually pre-
naked sat ages paying. its lie did so, all faced with ,the words "If I had nly,
elaborate tribute to his personal mod- ‘tvi.e1)."'resatildot'
t was
asot rrtylrlisfotP.Q11tlil: w
th
ifae!
That kind are always with us. They
form a great problem for those who
support theta, whether they are a pri-
vate or public charge. They are ever
a psychological enigma, Nevertlielest3,
each, at whatever age, no doubt, has
hidden potentialities and at least is
capable, if willing to apply himself, to
cause his stock to rise on the fluctu-
ating market of human values.
t1s Tennyson put it: It becomes no.
man to nurse despair but in the teeth
of clenched antagonisms to follow up
the worthiest till he die,"
ed of friendly elm :saplings tot wvro est y.. 1 think the tare was totem cents
tit' two fur a quarter. That was .ttutt,;11
because after it was over it was the
tliiug to du to treat your sweetheart
to a dish of ice cream in Jimmy Xle-
Kelvie's smart restaurant, That was
the first restaurant where 1 saw mot al
Ile seen in close proximity' to tin; courage a t its best, when 1 heard a
ing smoke front the crackling hranen- Ilady ask one of the agile waitresses
ms. We chose sides as in basehail .4101 i.for ” A dish of ice cream, and two
dove in the water for a white door- spoons, please." Small profits, quick
mob, Bubbles could frequemly be 'returns.
sears rising front the laughing mouths But to get back to the bicycles.
Sonic oi thou were heavy as lead.
Beatty Bros. had about twelve for
lore, so much an hour. The faster you
Won, the farther you went, the sooner
you got back and Lite less you spent.
One night there was a great six-
mile race on. The start was made at
the Kent Block corner, All and sun-
dry were in it. A baker's helper to
Ali. Nichol, \\ eber by name, was held
on his wheel by a friend and shook
like a leaf ill the wind from nervous-
ness. Art Irwin played a good juke
On the cr,.,wd that waited for the
speedsters to Coale sifting in the grav-
el. Ile, on his old step-ladder variety,
went tar as Scott St., got off and
waited fur some time, then mounted
again, rude down Scutt St., to wliere
the old putter) was and came rushing
in tt. hAVI1 fur all he. was worth. He
laughed so 11111Cil himself and made
sm:11 atuazim4 time that few wert de-
ik•eiled man3 minutes, 1% nu w'e•n,
not il, ))u: John Rhtllie
did hot cuter.
„At the c,ruler of Scott ic-
IIa, you tidier And ) „lurra.\,
;11W:10;111th ,7•11ji3. 'That Vra:, intother
yule (14q. %VALVE:, Atii4
WaS :;,11 /4:11,g anvil
shaped bil•J(.2 like a ,.:ar,v t
.Mac est, red hut nit al;,00t
tit. tit citzon seed, leapt.d ir/711
tile an" out on to tilt r.!..e.1 it litre
welt Liaa‘•;..1a,.:;. One
duck, a nialnial, beautifully 'narked,
inuekiv „seized taw red 'm.o. metal
whicti noun as swallewed ca,,te
throu.41i its neck. Whether it got bet-
ter and lived or worse and died 1
do not know. That was one ca.,e where
iL was not wise to strike when the
iron is hot.
A blacksmith's shop, and few there
are now, is a place I always liked to
ireq uem, How interestin g to watch
the glistening face of the _sulk). !al-
hotietted Against till 3
high rising from the big breathilt.s
bellows. Waiting horses were tied t'L)
the bi g rings in the side of tile op-
posite wall, The man of leisure was
there, a mail of enforced idleness sit-
ting cross-legged on the nail-keg whit
ins right fore-aria supported at 1:lice
Old Times
By Peter S. Fisher
.;.mere maligs of wheels on PCOpil.
tongues [Way there art, makes
PI: Cars. The Sterns, the Gendson, the
:1,cd Bird, the Cleveland and a host
MOre. Jim Long's was the chief bicycle
4nair emPorium as 1 reinetnber b1.101
things. lie did a thriving business in
F.4.44 ultra quiet fashion and mrpri-ied
Are entire town by building a passen-
ger vessel to ply up and down the
Maitland frum the famous fot it-
ZPiridge to that elongated Island at the
;rear of Elliott's prairie. Tin water
was deep enough to go up still tinther
but The Island so called \vas an un-
„rensored swimming sation and ia uskt.
'They willows) and a good So!,,L v icar-
ipig, in the centre of c'T
ceiraers and ashes of yesterdav's fire.
The fire was lighted before we Meat
in to the bowl-shaped entrance to the
river and our scanty clothing o,:tild
G. Alan Williams
Optometrist
In former office of
Dr. R. C. Redmond
Patrick St., Wingham
P L of e33613.1 Ey a
Examinations
Phone 770
Evenings by appointment,
Rubber - Marboleum
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Repair Work
Built-in Cupboards
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Bennett & Caspzere
'Phone 447 Wingham
W4$ discovered t hat sheltered is the
lee of QM of the knolls on the pro-
posed battle area there was, a .valuable
mink farm.
()WIWI'S were t•Itti to, ro,operate
With the military but pointed out twat
the noise of diving ,Iireraft iiuntlarhtt
'close support and ground strafing
have a tendency to :tend the mink
into a frenzy, In that Col-.144in th ey
have been known to destroy. one an-
other Or damage thelltseireS by the
violence of their actions.
After hearing the facts 1364., \v,
A. Bean and headquarters officers
ioar Second Infantry
OfExercils3eri8k.17trde' tielal31t s\..ii,11111-ii(sl'
another site More OM '.two miles to,
the north and west, at a iale distance
.frosito" the the ipurionpkoshr
proposed
ain attle
of Harring-
ton now becomes the battle of Trout
Creek. The change in tuatonis will
make but minor differences to the
planned story of the battle which will
feature a withdrawal under pressure
and a counter-attack by infantry sup-
port by /Milks,
The .connter-attack force wilt he
commanded by 1„ieut,-Col. N. lr
Wilkins of the Oxfur.l Rifles, Wood-
stock, It will utilise the services to
various attached arms including !auks
from the First Hussars of Lomloa.
Col. Wilkins is a life-long resident
of Woodstock and has been a mem-
ber of the Oxford Rifles for nearly
20 years although still in his .thirties.
Ile was signal officer al e? rep-
'flient Prior to the Second Worls1 War.
When the Oxford. Rifles .contributed a
company to the mobilized. Regi-
molt of St. Thomas in 1910 he went
ent active service, ,vith that unit
where lie With signal .officer fur a
time,
Later, while overseas, the unit was
converted into tt. tank transporter bat
t•alum and. Col. Willms became a.
squadron commander and SQ0101 for
A time in the Italian campait.m, return-
ing Canadian troops to take part
in the cleanup drive in Ilci„tioan and
hronee-
Other units taking part include the
twei other infantry regimeitts of the
brigade,. the Perth Regiment of Strat-
ford and the 'Highland Light Infantry
of Galt, and many ancillary groups of
engineers, artillery army service and
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provost corps, medical troops and.
M44Y nicire front the :Kitchener
garrison,. Guelph, „Listowel, London
and surrounding points. Planes and
fliers from 420 ,Squadrons
will add air Support,
The exercise will begin rat the
afternoon of May 26. Troops will bi-
vouac in the open overnight, drawing
rations and other supplies in tier, nor-
mal manner of field living.
Hain battle will be fought ea the
following day with the units disperb-
lug to their home stations late Sun-
day afternoon.
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