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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1954
89 -YEAR-OLD LIBRARIAN SERVES VARNA DISTRICT
Custodian of more than 4,000 books, Mrs. Elizabeth Beatty, Lib rarian of Varna Library, has no
thought of giving up her work despite her 89 years. The library, located in Mrs. Beatty's home, was
organized in 1921. It receives grants from the township, county and province, and is served every
three months by the Huron mobile library. Members of the board are: Rev. T. J. Pitt, Fred Mc-
Clymont, Eldred Mustard, Elmer Webster, Fred Watson, John Smith, George Rei,d, Mrs. Sherlock
Keyes and Mrs. H. Elliott. (Photo by Cantelon)
Seaforth Churches Plan
Holy Week Services
Holy Week community services,
.as arranged by the Seaforth Min-
isterial Association, are as follows:
Tueeday, April 13 — Northsidie
United Church; preacher, Rev. W.
E. Milroy.
Wednesday, April 14 — Egmond-
wille United Church; preacher, Rev.
D. Glean Campbell.
Thursday, April 15—First Pres-
teeterian Church; preacher, Rev. J.
'H. James.
Good Friday, April 16-9L Thom-
as' Anglican Church; preacher,
Rev. J. W. Stinson.
Service4 will begin at 8 p.m., and
all are cordially invited to join in
this preparation for the great Eas-
ter Festival.
• Seaforth Lady Chosen
Ds. Deputy President
Of Huron Lodges
Pride of Ehnen Lodge, Exeter.
as :hostess for the semi-annual
sleeting of Huron District, No. 23,
comprising Rebekah lodges from
Clinton, Goderich, Sea -
forth and Exeter. Twenty-eight
rast noble geands were .present
wille..no. representation from Brus-
sels lodge.
Mts. Kay Cann, Exeter, district
deputy president, presided, and
Miss Mary Gardiner. dietriet-secre-
tary, gave a distrirt report. Splen-
did reports, denoting much activ-
ity and progress, were given by the
representatives of the various lodg-
es and Mrs. Cann gave a detailed
summary of her years work.
During the business session a
communication was read, Stating
that Mrs. Anne Henderson, past
amble. grand of EFeiweiss Rebekah
Lodge No. 117, Seaforth, would be
the newdistrict deputy president,
commencing her duties in June.
Plans were made to hold the
point annual past grande' picnic of
the lodges of Huron and Perth, at
Lions Park, Seaforth, .on July 7, if
that date is -suitable to Perth lodg-
es.
Following the business gession,
1Vtrs.' W. G. Cochrane, of Exeter,
showed pictures taken of the Coro-
nation and of several places of in-
terest in Scotland and England.
She also described the trip in a
-anost inteiestin'g manner.
Junior Farmers, Institute
Plan for Coming Activities
Earl MeSpatiden, President of
Seaforth Junior Farmers, presided
over the meeting heldin the audi-
torium of the Seaforth District
High School on Thursday. A mem-
bership drive planned at an execu-
tive meeting, brought out many
McKillop Awards
Bridge Contracts
Meeting in Carnegie Library ou
Monday, McKillop Colleen awarded
contracts for two bridges and two
drains.
An indication that .construction
work is more competitive than
during recent years is the fact that
there were three tenders for each
of the'drainerndnine and ten
tenders. respectively, for the bridg-
es. Iu each case, the successful
tender was below the estimated
cost.
The Keys drain award went to
Wnwn BaldwinsWinTwo,SeriesContinu
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'd 1 K Dublin •
Resident Passes
new members The roll call, "What
occupation I would choose if not
farming," was answered by 54
boys. This proved very interesting,
with "carpenter" being the most
common answer. The minutes of
the last meeting were read and
adopted.
All of the representatives on the
various committees or the Seaforth
Agricultural Society were appoint-
ed for another year. A committee
made up of Jim Chapman, Mac
Bolton and Doug Keys, was ap-
i-ointed to look after placing tables
and chairs in the auditorium for
the Homemaking Clubs' Achieve-
ment Day on April 21. A mdtion
was passed to have membership
cards obtained.
The topic, "Quebec, Vermont and
New York." was dealt with by Bob
Cmbert, farm editor from . CKNX,
Wingham. He gave a very excel-
lent account of his recent trip
through Quebec, Vermont and New
York,. He stated that travelling
with an open mind and the idea of
learning something on every trip is
Reined Nicholson, of Monktoti at very important, especially to young
$438 00 while John Siemon. Me- p€:ople looking to the future. The
Killer), was successful in tendering
on the McQuad drain at $1,183.
Mowbray Construction, Wing -
hunt. was awarded the contract for
the Holmes bridge at $5,192, and
Looby & Looby, Dublin, the McGav-
One of Dublin's oldest residents,
Mrs. Barbara Holland, died at her
home Thursday, April 1, after an
illness of 10 days. She had lived in
Dublin fo'r 31 years. She marked
her 90th birthday on March 17.
Mrs. Holland wits active and
alert until her final 'illness and
took an interest in community ae-
tivities.
She was injured seriously when
she was 86 by a fall downstairs,
but made a complete reeov,ery.
Mrs. Holland was the former
Barbara Eckert, daughter of the
late, John Eckert and Cunagunda
Arnold. and was born in Strat-
ford. Her husband, George K.
Holland. died 22 'years ago. They
had operated a general store at
Beechwood for 30 years, Since his
death Mrs. Holland made her home
with her daughter and son -in -raw,
Mr. and Mrs. John Flynn, in Dub-
lin.
She was one of a family of nine,
of which two survive, a brother,
Fred Eckert, of Dublin. and a sis-
ter, Mrs. John Murray, McKillop
Township.
• Mrs. Holland is survived by eight
of ten children: J. J. Holland, St.
Columban; Mrs. James F. Carlin,
Beechwood; Mrs. John' Flynn.
George and Gerald, all of Dublin;
Leo and Thomas, both of Windsor,
and Mother Stephanie, of the Ursu-
line Order, Windsor, and 35 grand-
children. Two daughters prede-
ceased her, Mrs. Nora Dorsey, of
Duluth, Minn., in 1937, and Sister
Paula (Elizabeth)., of St. Joseph's
Order, Peterborough, in 1941.
Mrs. Holland was a member of
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic
Church. Dublin.
The body rested at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Flynn until Monday,
when a large number of friends
and relatives from Dublin and the
surrounding district attended the
funeral at St. Patrick's Church.
Solemn Requim High Mass was
sung at 10 o'clock by Rev. Dr. 3.
B. Ffoulkes, He was assisted by
Rev. E. P. Weber as deacon, knd
Rev. J. McCowall, as sub -deacon.
Mrs. William Lane presided at the
organ. The pallbearers were Ed-
ward. losetih. Conrad, William and
Gerald Holland and Leo Cfflin. The
flowed bearers were James P. Kraus-
kopf. Stephen Holland, Frank
O'Connor and Leslie Gasper. Bur-
ial was made in St. Columban cem-
etery.
Among those attending the fun-
eral were Miss Barbara Holland.
Calgary. Alta.; Mr. and Mrs. John
Frappler and Edward Holland, To-
ronto; Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Hol-
land, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Holland
and Billy. Windsor; Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen Holland, Mr. and Mrs.
Conrad Holland and Mary Holland,
London; Cam Scott and Clare Finn,
London. and Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Gaper, Windsor
Doug Riley Benefit
Is Splendid Success
meeting was then adjouriled:
The Junior Institute met with the
Junior Farmers for the joint meet-
ing. which was presided, -over by
Earl -McSpadden. The meeting was
opened by singing the Junior Far -
in bridge at $3,498. In the case of niers' SOTIg', The minutes of the
ce,ment and steel. Indt. meeting were read and adopt -
bridges, the township supplies the
The following, committees were
appointed to look after the supper
which was held Tuesday: decora-
tions, Betty Campbell, Joan Somer-
ville, Marilyn Bolger: coffee, Iso-
bel Speir: waiters, Lloyd Cooper,
Stuart Wilson. Ken Campbell, Bob
Broadfoot, Doug Keys; in charge
of tables, Joyce Glanville, Betty
Canipbell, Mary Whyte, Doris Stev-
e
Mission Band To Take
Sunday Evening Service
The regular meeting' of the Eg-
mondville Mission Band was held
in the basement of the church on
Sunday. April, 4, with a good at-
tendance. The meeting was open-
ed by 'Dorothy Jackson with the
call to order and the theme song.
Scripture Proverbs 13, verses 1 to
5, were read by Shirley Storey.
Miss Mae Smith told the children,
an Easter story." A number of the
choruses for the next meeting were
practised. The meeting closed by
repeating the Mission Band Pur-
pose in unison.
The special Thankoffering ser-
vice will be held next Sunday
night, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. The
children are taking complete
charge of the meeting and are
having Miss 'Clare McGowan, who
was in China for a number of
years and who is now working
with the Children's Aid Society as
guest speaker. It Is hoped a good
number of parents and friends will
be able to come out and enjoy this
meeting with the Minion Band.
The benefit dance for Douglas
Riley. injured hockey player of the
Londesboro team, Friday night, was
a huge success. There was also a
draw for a television set, which was
won by Bliss Edna McDonald, nurse
oat the Clinton Public Hospital.
Over $1,000 was realized from the
sale of tickets.
Douglas is reported progressing
favorably In St. Joseph's Hospital,
London, following his eye injury
received in a game in the Wing -
ham arena.
C. of C. Names Fair
Standing Commtttees
McKillop Friends Fete
Mr., Mrs. E. Dorrance
A large number of friends of Mr.
said Mrs. Ed. Dorrance, well known
residents of McKillop, gathered at.
S.S. No. 2, -Mc(Killop, to spend a
social evening with them in honor
of their recent marriage. Euchre
was played during the early part
of the evening, with the winners as
follows: ladies, high, Mrs. Sam Mc -
Claire; lone hands, Mrs. R. E. Mc-
Millan; consolation, Mrs. Robert
Dalton; men, high, John H. Storey;
lone hands, Arthur Anderson; con-
solation, F. Hunt.
After lunch was served, Walter
Scat read an address and John
Thompson, Stewart Dolmage and,
Walter McClure presented Mr. and
ivirs. Dorrance with a set of dishes
and a number of other gifts.
Hard at. work planning for the
coming year, the recently -elected
executive of the Chamber of Com
merce, under the presidency of M.
Ross Savauge, has appointed stand-
ing committees for the year. These
ens.
A donation of $10 was voted to
the Canadia-n Oiincer Association
A committee. made up of Jima
Chapman. Jim McGregor, Doris
Johnston and Mary Dennis, was
appointed to look after the lunch
for the county formal, to beheld
in Clinton en April 22.
Harold Baker, 'Sssociate agricul-
tural representative, showed an in-
teresting film, "Farmers For the
Future." This was followed by
games, lunch and dancing.
McKillop Busy Beavers
Have Final Meeting
The eighth meeting of the Mc-
Killop Busy Beavers was held at
the home of Sandra Doig on Satur-
day with a good attendance of club
girls and their mothers. It being
the last meeting of the club, the
girls entertained their mothers.
To open the meeting, "Jingle
Bells" was sung by all. The club
girls repeated the 4-H Club Pledge
in unison. The roll call was an-
swered each. girl handing in her
completed slip. The minutes of the
last meeting were , read by Joy
Santa. The business followed, with
Mrs. J. Keys showing the girls the
completed wooden book -covers.
It was decided that the club
would have a practise of the skit
which is to be put on at the
Achievement Day in Seaforth Dis-
trict High School on Apr11.21. The
practise is to be held at Jean
Scott's home on April 17. The
guessing of baby pictures followed
and was enjoyed by all. Mrs. R.
Doig read a. poem entitled. "Tomor-
row May Be Too Late."
A contest was conducted by Mrs.
.Tames Keys, with Katherine M'oy-
Ian as the winner. The meeting
closed with "God Save the Queen,"
and a pot -luck supper followed. A
hearty vote of thanks was moved
by Dorothy Keys to Mrs. Doig and
Sandra. Sandra replied gracious-
ly. On behalf of the .mothers, Mrs.
Aaron Jantzi thanked the club
girls for the afternoon. A social
afternoon was enjoyed by all.
SUdCUMBS
Mrs. Barbara 'Holland, who
passed away at her home in
Dublin, Thursday, April 1.
Car Hits Kippen Store;
Varna Driver Injured
Mr. John Williams, 21, of R.R. 1,
Varna, was taken to South Huron
Hospital. Exeter, early Sunday
morning after his car skidded into
Emmerson Kyle's store at Kippen.
He suffered face cuts and a pos•
sible broken shoulder, Mr. Wil-
liams was going north when his
car went onto the shoulder of the
road and skidded sideways. The
car, valued at $300, was a total
wreck. Provincal Constable Cecil
Gibbons, of Exeter, investigated'.
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• 0 Coming from behind with tbTee ,
games against them, Seaforth Rata,
defeatedwins, inasuapteerrlob odistpwlosay.otrigfahaehtleeg
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become positive contenders for, the
best -of -seven series. The sixth
game is in Seaforth Thursday
night, with the final game in Wia-
terloo Saturday night.
F. of A. Resolution Has
Varied Reception in Huron
A resolution forwarded by the'
Huron County, Federation of Agri-
culture requesting the various mun-
icipalities in the county to remove
the months of May and September
from Daylight Saving Time in an
effort to eliminate some of the
hardships on farmers. has had a
varied reception.
The Town of Clinton at its regu-
lar ntonthly council meeting, did
not comply with the request, rather
i1 passed a motion, following suit
o( the Town of Goderich, to adopt
Daylight Saving Time, at 2 am.,
April 25, and to revert to Eastern
Standard Time at 2 a.m., Septem-
.
ber 26.
Hullett Township, meeting at
Londesboro, filed the county fed -
ration's resolution, while Stanley
Township, meeting at Varna. en-
dorsed the resolution,
Seaforth Council took tie action
it .its March meeting, deciding to
wait until neighboring towns had
acted. The ,matter will come up
again at the April meeting Monday
evening.
Officials of Ontario
Hospital Auxiliary
• To Speak Here
Mrs. W. C. Vaughan, St. Cathar-
ines, vice-president of the Ontario
Hospital Auxiliaries, will be the
gust speaker at a meeting of the
See)forth Hospital Auxiliary being
held in the nurses' residence Tues-
day evening, April 13.
The president of the Ontario As-
sociation, Mrs. H. G. Horning, of
Woodetock, will also be present.
and in addition guests are expect-
ed front auxiliaries in this district.
Hibbert Couple Celebrate
Twenty-fifth Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Angus Kennedy. of
Hibbert, celebrated twenty-five
years of married lite on Saturday,
April 3. Mrs. Kennedy was the
former Anna McGrath. and they
were married in Si. Columban on
April 3. 1929, by the late Rev. J.
Dantzer.
They have a family of two
daughters and two sons. Mrs. W. J.
Kenahan, St. Augustine; Lewis, of aR
Toronto. nd GordonGordon• and at
home.
The immediate family were
guests for dinner at six o'clock at
the Hillcrest Tea Rooms.
During the evening' friends and
neighbors gathered. with Lou Row-
land reading a congratulatory ad-
dress, and Albert Cronin making
the presentation of a.tri-light lamp.
smoker and silver teapot.
Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy thanked
their friends briefly, and all wish-
ed the couple many more years of
happiness.
are:
Fall Fair Committee'— Keith
Sharp, Ted Southgate, .Gordon
Wright, -John C. Crich, Eric Mil-
ner. Don Woods.
Industrial Committee — Nelson.
Canino. James A. Stewart, Frank
Sills, Jr.
'Civic Improvement Committee—
Gordon Wright, B. F. Christie, TackStevene. Stevens.
Town Planning and Zoning Com-
mittee—A. Y. IVIcLeetn, L. P.
Pluinsteel, John Longeiaff.
Membership Committee — R, S.
Box. R. R: MeKindsey, E. C. Bos-
well. Harold Whyte.
Merchants' 'Committee—W. At-
thur Wright, J. A. Weatcott, Rose
Hamilton.
"Seaforth Days" Committee—El-
mer 'Larone, James A. Stewart.
Fire Brigade Answers
Two Calls Monday
S. Stothers, Lucknow,
Speaks to Jr.Farmers,
Institute a t Banquet
Foymer Huron County agricultur-
al representative, Steve Stothers, of
LucknoW, 'addtressed a large gath-
ering of Junior Institute and Jun-
ior Farmer mernUers at the annual
banquet Tuesday evening at the
Seaforth District High School.
During his term in Huron Mr.
Stothers organized five junior farm
groups, the first two being at Exe-
ter and Fordevich in 1920-21. By
1914 he said. all counties in On -
trio had agricultural offices and
reeresentatives, except Huron, Wel-
lington. Perth and oneeastern
county.
Junior farm organizations must
have leadership, enthusiasm and a
well-balanced prograna, he said.
Introduced by Ruth Keyes, Sea -
forth' Junior Institute president, he
was thanked by Helen Johnston.
Huron County Junior Institute
president.
The club's project. concession
signs for Tuckersmith Township.
planned and the public is invited. Gregor announced. luno, committee.
Oldest Resident of
Henan 96 YearsOld
Mrs. Andrew Buchanan, the for-
mer Elizabeth Carlile, oldest resi-
dent of Hensall, and well-known
Hensall pioneer, will celebrate her
96th, birthday Thursday. She will
Send the day quietly at her home
with • her daughter, Jennie, who
takes care of her.
Mrs. Buchanan, in spite of her
advanced years, enjoys compara-
tively good health and takes an
interest in current events. Up un-
til recent years she enjoyed knit
ting, crocheting and gardening, and
Mill be glad when the warm weather
comes so she can sit on her ver-
andah to enjoy the sunshine.
A native of the second concession
of Hay Township, Mrs. Buchanan
attributes her long life to plenty of
hard work and taking each day in
its stride. A resident of Hensall
for the past 25 yeers, she came.
here after residing with her hus-
band, following their marriage, on
a farm in Tuckersmith. She likes
to remininsce over the early days
arid recalls how she walked to Bon-
thron's store at Rogerville, a :lite
tance of 31/2 miles one way, with
eggs and butter. and would return
home laden with groceries.
Mrs. Buchanan recalls there were
no binders then; the farmers would
follow the reaper and bind the
sheaves, stook them, put grain on
the barn floor and flail it out. She
attended church at Rogerville with
her parents,• who came to Canada
from. Ireland, when the late Rev.
John Logie was the minister at
that time. She has two eons. one . the Waterloo backwall and slipped
num.'Ler three past Reinhart. Fol- •
lowing this the locals were able to
pump home two more counters be-
fore the game ended in a puleup
beside the Seaforth cage.
First Period -1, Seaforth, Sten-
lund (Mcllwain), 18:45.
Penalties—Barton, Wright, Chou-
itiard, Jesson.
Second Period -2, Seaforth, J. -
Muir (Chouinard), 15:10.
Penalties—Aitchison. Falby, Sten-
lund (major, minor)„ Wright (ma-
jor, 1) -minute misconduct).
Third Period -3, Waterloo. Ford
(Thiel), :56; 4, Seaforth, Stone,
13:01; 5, Seaforth, Chouinard
Muir). 14:55; 0. Seaforth, R. Muir,
18,:50.
Break Jinx in Seaforth
Saturday night's 5-1 comeback
for the Seaforth Balelwins, eaUght)
the Waterloo SIAM& pompletely by
surprise.. The do-or-die efforts of ,
the locals had the visitors holding
high doubts if it was .the same
team they had swamped. 124 only
one week before. Over 1500 fans
saw the fast action tilt, which was
classed as the best game played in
Seaforth this season.
Seaforth started the ball rolling
late in the first period, when Ken
Stenlund teamed up with Jack Mc-
Ilwain to fire the first past Doug
Reinhart in the Siskin nets. At
the time of the Seaforth tally,"the
Waterloo squad was launching a
power play on the short hand, as
they hoped to take, full advantage
of Don Jesson's penalty for inter-
ference. •
Bedlam broke out in the early
minutes of the second period when
Stenlund and Wright started let-
ting off steam, which cost each of
them a five-minute' rest in the
cooler for fighting. Wright's strong
protest cost him an additional 10-
minute miseonduct. While both ,
clubs were battling it out, five to '
side, Seaforth launched a drive on
the Siskin net that resulted in
Jack Muir's goal from the back of
the Waterloo fort, putting Seaforth
out in front 2-0.
Although Waterloo started an
early power drive on the Seaforth
goal in the early minutes of the.
final frame. the Baldwin defence •
weathered the storm, while superb
goaltending of Rpn Salter yielded
only once. Don Stone put the
game on ice for the Baldwins at
the 13:01 mark of the period when.
he stickhandled his way through
daughter, 11 grandchildren and 15
great-grandchildren.
Bride -Elect Honored By
Choir of First Church
Following regular/choir practice
on Wednesday evening in F:rst.
Presbyterian Church, Miss P. Pat-
terson was honored by the choir
when they presented her with a
lace tablecloth. in appreciation of
her long service in that organiza-
tion. Stanley J. Smith spoke a
few words of appreciation and Miss
H. Murray made the presentation.
An interesting programis nearing completion, Jim Mc-
is being Refreshments were served by the
"Keeper of the Trees" by Local
Writer to Run as Expo sitorSerial
Seaforth firemen were busy on
Monday and Tuesday when they'
answered three &Bs. 'two of a
minor nature, and the third, a
false alarm.
An overheated stovepipe at the
residence of Lorne Dale, James St.,
led to the first alarm Monday
morning. No serious damage was
done.
At 11:45 p.m. the brigade was
called to the home of Don Wallace,
George St., where damage could
have been extensive. A faulty oil
stove set fire to an upholstered
chair, burning the floor around' It
and filling the iaouse with dense
smoke. The family, who were all
in bed, had difficulty making their
escape. Mr. Wallace managed to
toss the burning chair outside be-
fore the firemen waived
Fire Brigade Plans
Local Talent 'Show
The Seaforth Fire brigade
will sponsor a local talent show
for two performance g on May
6 and 7, it was announced this
week.
"The Gay Nineties," as the
show Is called, is directed by
the Empire Producing Com-
pany.
Commencing with this issue,
The Expos'tor is publishing the
first instalment of an original
novel by a Seaforth writer, M.
C. Doig. While Mrs. Doig has
contributed many short stories
and articles to various publica-
tions, this is her first full-length
feature. Titled "Keeper cif
the Trees," the story will be
read with interest by Expositor
readers. `
Part One
THE STORE
talked about things "coining green"
when there was work to be done.
-The Ohl Forest should be cut
down." be declared. rudely. "Half
the trees in it. are rotten at the
heart. Let me in there with a
couple of good power -saws and I'll
show the 010 Forest what's what."
Nets' horrified look silenced even
Sigmund for the time being. and
he stood watching as Nels raked
the ashes out of the old box stove
that heated the store from the lst
of October until the 24th of May.
-Sigmund's eyes followed his
youngest son's movement's with
disheartened pnzzlement:
"How come 1 ever had A young
one like that?" he muttered. "He's
not like Ted or Jon or Evelyn or
Karen. Andhe certainly isn't like
me or Janet. Why, he doesn't ev-
en look like us!"
Which was true enough. Nels
differed from his brothers and sis-
ters in so many ways that Janet
sometimes wondered it' he could be
a changeling. He did not look like
the rest. being very dark !mired
end dark skinned. He did not act
;ike the rest, being a lone wolf and
as secretive as a pack rat. His
mind seemed to function on a plane
set apart not only from the rest of
his family and schoolmates, but
from the world. He was consider-
ed slow at school, and he hated
figures. He could day dreeam for
hours on end without giviag any-
one the slightest inkling as to
what he was dreaming about.
Of all the tens of thousands Of
books in the world Nels loved only
two. KIM AND SWISS FAMILY
ROBINSON. and he had read both
of them times without number.
Some day he hoped to have a house
in a tree. •
"He'd have to like those two
oldies," Jon declared, .scornfully.
"Something that nobody else reads.
Something without a car in it. let
alone an airplane! He wouldn't
thinkN of reading a book on hockey,
or aidylanes, or even Buffalo Bill.
I'll bet he has no use for Buffalo
Bill because he wns good at killing
buffalo."
Nels knew the Old Forest from
end to end. and could have made
his way unerringly to the middle
of it on the darkest night.
Underneath his' surly exterior
beat a kind and gentle heart, and
he hated animal traPs with -all his
heart and soul.
Dave Menzies was the hunter and
trapper of Brig End Mills, mho kept
the fox ,population within .bounds,
to the great satisfaction of the
Nels Kelson was mad at the
world. He was mad deer through.
And when Nels felt like that he
had air unholy knack of putting a
blight on everyone in the vicinity.
His father, Sigmund Kelson; his
mother. Janet; his brothers and
sisters; even the customers in the
store telt. after one look at Nels'
dark end stormy face. that the
world WAS a bleak place with no
worthwhile goal in sight and very
little fun along the way.
He was the only boy in Brig End,
Mills who had to work on Satur-
day. He would bet that he was
the only boy in Canada who had to
work on Saturday. By gosh! he
was ready to het that he was the
only boy in the whole danged
world who had to work on Satur-
day! And all because they had a
general store that made enough
work for fou' families. Why didn't
his father ask Jon or Karen to
sweep out the store? They liked
the store. They liked. the people
who came to the store. Whereas
he, Nels, hated them and it like—
like fractions! •
And why? demanded Sigmund
aggrievedly, of Janet. All he had
asked the boy to do was sweep
the store and carry out the ashes
and help around .a bit. It was Sat-
urday, wasn't it? And what was a
thirteen -year-old boy good' for if it
wasn't' to do chores around the
place on Saturday? Heaven knows
he ate enough. He should be glad
to do something in return for his
clothes and keep. And what had.
he saidi when Sigmund suggested a
little labor?
"But, Dad, 1 was going over to
the Old Forest teday! It's spring.
Toraorrow's Aril fool. . Every-
thing,"—longingly—"will be just.
coming green in the Old Forest to-
day."
Sigmund Kelson was a hot -bead-
ed man with vety little patience;
least of all with dreamers who
Penalties—Smola 3.
.Tuesday's Game
The big surprise of the week was
when the Seaforth. Baldwins ran
over the Wate.,rloo Siskins 5-1 in
Waterloo last 'Tuesday night.
Once again it was a standout
goal -tending effort by• Ron Salter
conelean,ty poultrymen. He rode a that licpt the Baldwins in the game
rice Nein:: oath spring trapping 'until his noes stirred to activity.
and shrmting muskrats, and he al -I Waterloo k-att: . the only goal of
acs -Ine:let of skunk. He lived ; the first period, Doug Faiby get -
e ramshackle cottage on
the Inie.ks ot' the Little Beaver
river, and betWeen him and Nels
Kelso!: existed ti deadly feud. al-
beit ,ntirely unktiOwn to the un-
suspecting :Menzies.
Wit' -neer Nels came across one
of Menzie's traps, and he had an
eye haw k for such thir:s
he would set it off with an impieh
grin of seitiefaction, He. often fol-
lowed the Menzies trap ,line. and
i 111 timiboli ,a1 inspiration wodld
pull hair from his own dark head
and set it between the jaw,s of each
sprung trap, Hours later he would
listen with a completely straight
face when Menzies- stamped into
the store, cursing his luck and the
traps that manufacturers put out
11°::1\li
ald:y7Kelson, if you'll tbelieve it.
there had been something in. every
dadhlamed trap and it got away."
One memorable day Janet saw
into Nels' shy and shining soul. She
was never to lorget it. It VCRs on
a. twenty-fnurth of May, and Nels
was helping Ted dig fishworms in
the- flower -bed under the kitchen
Nlvvianrddo.w. An airplane droned over-
head and the two boys gazed sky -
"Gosh!" said Ted, longingly.
"That's w hat Urn going to do if it
takes me the rest of my- lifel 11
like to be a forest ranger away up
in the North country, flying a plane
and lookine for fires and every-
thing."
"That's a rood thing to be." said
Nets, approvingly. "But me—I'm
going to work in the places that
grow the little trees first, and 11
set out hundreds and, hundreds. and
thousands, and thousands, andmil-
lions and millions of little trees.
The M holt, world will be green with
the trees I'll plant." declared Nets,
jetting himself go. "And I'll go
right. ,tround the world and see
how people- grow trees in other
countries. Did you know that
Sweden where .Dad tomes from
they haven't had a bad forest fire
in nearly a hundred years? Why
can't we be like that here? You
know what It's like in Canada_
Tensof thousands of acres burned
over every year. Oh yes, and I'll
learn what Makes the leaves shriv- ping, 11:50Stdee
).
ll
el some years, and I'find out
what makes some trees grow up Reinhardt 6 12 26L38
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ling this one.
Realizing the threat of elimina-
tion. the Baldwins. oared back in-
to the seci•nd period with a hard
drive that collapsed the Siskin de-
fence twice, Don Stone and Andy
ledierts banged home passes from
eheeta Chouinard to give the Bald -
Mils a 2-1 lead at the end of 40
minutes of play.
Play turned wide open in the last
period with both clubs skating at
top speed in an effort to capture
the all-important victory. It was
Don Reinhart who' suffered from
the wide open. drive as the local
Baldwins tested him with 20 shots,
three of which he missed. Don
Stone notcheddhis second of the
night before Rick Elliott and Mery
Shantz polished off the scoring to
repeat Saturday night's score.
Waterloo rested. 14 minutes of
the game in the sin -bin, while Sea -
forth put in time for five minor
offences.
WATERLOO SISKINs — Goal,
Reinhardt; detence, Faliby, Daub;
centre, Heideman: eines, Eatough„
Oberie; subs, Dares. Ford, mole,
Youngberg. Gravett. Wherrnsby,
Thiel. Wright. Eallman.
SEA F'011 TH BALDWIN'S —Goal,
Salter; defence, Aitcheson,.Elliott;
centre, Mcilwain; wings, Stenlund.
R. Muir; sobs. Storey, Barton, Jes-
son, Stone, E. Salter. Shantz, Chou-
inard. Roberts, J. Muir.
Referees — Jack Hogan. Larry
Lewin, Galt. •
First Perlod-1, Waterloo, Faiby
(Wright, Vilharmsby), 13:22.
Penalties—Heideman (tripping,
1:17), allman (kneeing, 6:57): El-
liott (tripping. 9:25); Dares (elbow-
ing, 15:32).
Second Period — 2. Seaforth,
Stone (Chouinard), 15:56; 3. Sea -
forth. Roberts (Chouinard), 18:18.
Penalties - Roberts (tripping,
3 : 36 ; ou n a rd .h.i gh-eticking.
18 : 32) ; Gravett (high -sticking,
13:32).
Third Period -4, Seaforth, Stone
(Shantz. Salter), 6:34; 5, Seaforth.,
Elliott (J. Muir, Roberts), 7:34; 6,-
Seaforth, Shan t z (Aitcheson), 9.45.
Penalties—Chouinard (high -stick-
ing, 7:50); Eatough (high -sticking,
7:50) Oberle (hooking, 8:42; Sten-
lund, (triprring, 101:13).d Smola (trip-
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