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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-04-06, Page 7will liMN> HKIS CAN BE DANGEROUS Much property damage is caused every year in early spring by grass fires that gefr out of control reports I. C. Marritt, district forester. The grass is tinder dry and will burn quickly if a lighted match is accident ly dropped after lighting a pipe or cigarette. Many landowners started a fire to burn old grass or have a bon fire to get rid of rubbish. It may get out of control and run in the dry grass, causing damage to fences, buildings, plantations and woodlots. Forest plantations have been ruined by spring grass fires that have burn ed over the area and practically all the trees have been killed, There is usually a heavy mat of several years and a very hot fire results. The fire hazard in hardwood bushes is low after the leaves come out. ah though fires will burn in hardwood during dry spells in the summer and fall after the leaves fall. Ip spring, until the leaves come opt, is the sea son of high hazard in hardwpod bush es. A fire will run doing extensive damage killing seedlings, saplings, and scarring the big trees, There is a mistaken idea that grass benefits from being burned off in the spring, This is a fallacy as Often the fire burns down into the roots, result ing in a poorer stand of grass or hay than was on the unburned area, The smoker should not throw mat ches and cigarette butts out of car windows, they should be placed in ash trays. A match or cigarette butt should be dropped and ground into the earth by the heel of the shoe. It is advisable to plan in advance if the grass on a vacant lot or field is being burned off. Burn the grass when several people are around with shovels or water to keep it under control. The tractor or team with a plow could be ready to plow a furrow as one or two furrows will stop a grass fire. All municipalities should take extra precautions throughout the spring season and ensure that no fire is left unguarded. In addition to burning off plantations, damaging natural woods, and injuring grass, the fire may spread to buildings and fences. Advertising is like going to church —the more you do it, the more good it does you*. Tke Wlhgham Advance-Times, Wednesday, April Mb, 1955 Sut/fU- Wipi’ Seven Turnbe rry Public Schools Take Part in Music Festival The eighth annual Turnberry Town ship music festival was held in Blue vale Community Hail, on April 1st. Mr, J. H. Kinkead, I, P. S., presiding. Mr. R. C. Ireland, R.M.T., is the music supervisor for the area, The adjudi cator was Mr. Garfield Bender, dir ector of Musi<? in Kitchener Public Schools. The very interesting program was concluded by the rendition of the “Twenty-Third Psalm” by the pupils of all the seven schools competing. Mr. Kinkead expressed appreciation for the work of the children, the sup ervisor and the teachers. Mr. Hugh Mundell, chairman of Turnberry Township Area School Board, spoke on behalf of the Board, and presented the shield to Miss Isabel Spier, teacher for> Bluevale School, for securing the highest number of points. Wingham Lower Town School came second. The adjudicator presented i Without the protection of fire, auto mobile and casualty insurance your community would be a very different place. Fire-gutted' buildings seldom would be replaced. Families would be thrown into a lifetime of debt by the costs of automobile accidents and other liabilities arising from mishaps and errors. Few people would risk their money on investments. Industries would go bankrupt. Jobs would be lost. Today in Canada, the insurance busi ness provides protection against nearly every conceivable risk. Fire insurance alone safeguards property valued at $32 billion. And claims totalling more than $200,000,000. are paid each year to offset the costs of a variety of mishaps —from people slipping on stairs to tornados. In this way, the insurance business makes a substantial contribu tion towards Canada's continued secu rity and prosperity. Get your pigs away to a good start by feeding HOWSON’S PIG STARTER with added growth factor and all the antibiotics required to make strong, healthy pigs. This is made in our own mill giving you a tpp quality feed at minimum cost. OUTDOORS t Ruth Ann Henderson with n trophy indicating the greatest talent display* ed. The winners will broadcast over CKNX on April 9th and 23rd. Winners will compete in May at the Goderich. Musjc Festival. - Prize Winners Prize winners were: Girls’ solo, open, Ruth Ann Henderson, Jacque line Kerr; boys’ solo, open, Al Ett inger, Morris St, Marie; girls’ solo, 14 years and under: Doris Wall, Ruth Ann Henderson; boys’ solo, 14 years and under: Douglas Hardie, Winston Gibbons; girls’ solo, 11 years and un der: Julia Cruikshank, Susan Sellers; boys’ solo, 11 years and under: Bill Jef fray, Al Rettinger; girls’ solo, 7 years and under: Jill Thornton, Judy Bitton; boys’ solo, 7 years and under: Don McKay, Tommy Stacey; duets, boys and girls, 14 and under: Phyllis Elliott and Jacqueline Kerr; Betty Zinn and Dorjs Wall; girls’ solo, 9 years ahd under: Gail Henderson, Thelma St. Marie; boys’ solo, 9 years and 'under: Tommy Powell, Hugh Mundell; double trio, enrolment 25 or more: Bluevale School, S.S. 4, Lower Town, S.S. 11, Holmes’ School, S.S. 6; double trio, enrolment 25 and under: Glenannan school, S.S. 3; unison chorus, enrolment under 25; Glen annan, S.S. 3, Powell’s, S.S. 9, Kirton’s, S.S. 2; unison chorus, enrolment 25 or more: Bluevale, S.S. 4, Holmes’ S.S. 6, Lower Town S.S. 11; two-part chorus, enrolment over 25: Bluevale,* S.S. 4, Lower Town S.S. 11, Holmes’ S.S. 6. 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Bradette said, “The European* Countries gave the world great artists, great sculptors, great philosphers, great musicians, but Canada gave the world one of its greatest Naturalists." The Honourable Paul Martin, Can adian Minister of Health and Welfare said ‘Jack Miner by placing his alumi num bands on the geese legs wrote Canada across the skies.’ With thousands of similar tributes from Kings, Queens, Presidents and Men in every walk of life finding their way to the family of the late Jack Miner and with the Book of Knowledge. carrying a biography within its pages of the late Jack Min er along side of such men as Edison, Ford, Lindbergh, Churchill, it was only natural that the Canadian House of Commons and Senate would be at his death, make plans to honor this great Canadian* Three suggestions were advanced. One was to establish a large park in the North West Territories and name it in his honor. The second was to build a large observation tower for the public to view the birds at the Jack Miner Sanctuary while the third was to create a National Wild Life Week to always fall on the birthday of the late Naturalist which was April 10th. This latter suggestion met with the approval of the family of the late Jack Miner because first of all they said it would not cost any one of the Gov ernment one cent and April 10th was such an appropriate time because it was the spring of the year when the birds were returning to Canada to nest and raise their young. It was the time of the year when everyone was conscious of our wild life and natural resources in general. One sunny afternoon, April 18th, 1947, to be exact, a thunderous ova tion rolled through Parliament Hill as inside the House of Commons and the Canadian Senate the dignified mem bers roundly applauded the approval of legislation which established Nat ional Wild Life Week as Jack Miner’s Memorial. 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