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MORE VISITOR! 'the Green Forest, almost a lake. and threatened to wash away his

fho worst disaster seems to be. non" .nd dam, The more spectators rush to see. eold Mother Nature.

It seems to be always true that more ears are open to bad news than are open to good news. Noth- ing travels faster than does bad news. So it was in the Green Forest when the inciting snow on the foothills and on the Great Mountain started a flood that made Paddy the Beaver's pond, deep in

Contract Bridge 3; Josephine Culbertson

POSTMORTEMS ,3, ll , Many players object strongly to "postniortenis'---their cry is: Mr. and Mrs. Quack paid no

"Come on. letis play bridge!" Well, everyone to his taste. but there is this to be said for open

attention to what Croaker said.

From the very beginning that

wmfm 0::'vm”:s p?a:,edl, pond had had lrequcnt visitors. clgarly reveal his caliber andlmwl" the Bobcah Old Man Coy"

prnwew” Farmers land Uppug ale. and Buster Bear were among

, these. The hope of getting a ""'.'” 3" ”'”'b3 p''"' on dunilseaver dinner brought them there. um"! Croaker the Raven and King Eagle yang nuke, M, had also been visitors. Now more Iona-sooth vslm-able. were coming. Hunger brought the A06 ,three four-footed hunters, but curi- :J8s4:, osity brought most of the others. .A3 Lightioot the Deer, taking care gm, not to give Yowler a chance to leap on him from a tree. was QKUI fi 47543 one. He and Paddy were old I AK” w E VQ97' friends. When he saw Paddy and 0-7100 S 09373 Mrs. Paddy clinging to the roof Q9454 53 of their house. which was almost .130; wholly under water, he was truly 9... sorry for them. But there wasn't -Q KQ5-9 a thing he could do to help them. QAIJSOC He didn't want to no them in . any worse trouble than they were '.' '"h. '& now in, yet somehow. he had to at 5T 23”: Du. stay and watch. Sammy Jay Pen 80 lg Poss i 3 and than he and his partner ss- i. W, .1. changed views about the fact that W n m 3... 3 gym they had stopped at a partial.

, hr 1 th 1 South said. ”I bid every time it C”""d"V '””""p ”' ” ""5 f was my turn-what more could I

lnortem after the following hand: do-pa" South. getting good breaks, c.ol- V .mv , . ,g bated no fewer than it tricks, s. i m . .ll:lfM7.rY;::so::1dlh:Ia:t doubled two diamonds-that's

what! How was I is know that we had any play for a club game? You would have bid exactly as you did with seven clubs to the ace-queen-jack and nothing else." Iou protested that a vulner- able aids oouldn't afford to double non-volnsrable opponents at such a low level. and perhaps miss game.

it is plain enough that South showed his own lack of skill. not only by his actual bidding but by his conversation. It was vltala Just as North indicated-that South do something really ag- greaslvo with a hand as good as his, and surely the two-club and three-club bids did not measure

KIDNEY

Go By T1-sin a save:

HUKIIEN SCHOOL

--Report of Borilrn School for January and February:

' Principal's Dcparinient

Grade X el. Edith Mt-Ivor: 2. Betty Currie: 3. Aldona Gallant. Grade IX - 1. Elizabeth Read; 2. Everett Campbell: 3. R0 be rt sllant.

Grade VIII - 1. Freddie Leard: 2. Jackie Darrach; ii. Eldred Far- mer.

Miss Phlllppls Dept.

Grade Vll - l. Arlyn Jane lilac-i Lead: 2. Norma Cereiti: 3. Ctireelli Grant. y

Grade VI - 1. Ronald Sharpc:i 2. Eric Darrach; 3. Ralph Lcard.;

Miss Sexinn's Di-pt.

Grade V --i. Bonnie .'ilacl.can: Ness. Grade IV v- 1. Aubrey Uarraclt; l 1. Rodger Steivart: 3. John .lay.i I Miss lilciis-iina's Dept.

Grade ill - 1. Judy l)ai-rach; 2. Judy Anne hlacKr-nzie: 3. ileath-. er MacDonald.

Grade ll lat -- l. .-irtiiur Daiics; 2. Barbara Darracii; (I. B e rt h a Coyle.

Misti Hammill's llcpartmcnt

Grade ll liit -- 1. Wilma Sigsv worth; 2. John White, 3. Karn Ecr- nard.

Grade I - l. Jainos Leard; 2. Paula Cerctti; 3. Sandra Clark.

Principal. Mrs. Irene Easton.

leather tanning industries.

came. So did Blacky the Crow. Blacky is a cousin of Croaker the Raven. They dress alike, and look much alike. only Croaker is very much bigger than Elacky.

"They haven't got a chance. I've been telling them so." said. Croaker.

”They havcn"t if they listen to you," retorted Blacky. lie always disagrees with his big cousin.

”Haug on!” cried Sammy .lay. "Perhaps the worst is over."

”Don't you believe it. The worst is yet to come." This was ironi Croaker the Raven.

Mrs. Quack the Mallard Duck. and her handsome green-headed male. landed on the water with two gentle splashes. They had flown tip from the Big River. "We've come up to see how things are up here.” said Mrs. Quack.

"TM! are bad, very had: those Bavers are So" g to lose every- thing theyive got," croaked the big black cousin of Biacky the Crow. He seemed to delight in trying to make things look as bad as possible. E

Mr. and Mrs. Quack paid noi attention to what Croaker said. They turned their backs on him. and swam over near Paddy and Mrs. Paddy. "It is very bad, isn't lt" said Mrs. Quack, and Paddyi nodded. ”But don't give up hope.”3 added Mrs. Quack. "This isn't-

the worat flood that ever was. I've? n T"

seen worse. Anyway. you can at- ways build a new house and a new dam. Do you know what I think?”

"What do you tliink?” asked Paddy. He asked it withoiii inter- est, Just to make talk.

"i think the weather is going to change." said Mrs. Quack.

"What makes you think so?" asked Mrs. Paddy.

"Gentle Sister South Wind has gone away,” replied Mrs. Quack. "and it has stopped ralning."

”But the snow hasn't stopped melting," called the harsh voice oi Croaker the Raven.

Bark of the hemlock tree. rich in tannin. is used extensively by:

up to this need. Particularly since he was void of North's suit, South should have been very glad to double the two-diamond call, Going Whether (the lopponlents were or were no v 1; ; TUESDAY G though North!-ggillllh emialalelg WEDN&DAY vulnerable game. they would have MAICII ll-Iii: APRIL 10-10 ”i'f'id.3.'.';'L”' ." ”.".l”""""”"- To K 0 N T R E A L, 0 T T A W A,

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From All Stations in Mari- times. Quebec IMatapedla and East including Ga.-ipe Line) & Newfoundland.

BEVFIN DAY RIZTIRN LIMIT

Day f'oat-hen (tnly Baggage t'ht-cited No Stopovo-ra

PLAN Yt)l'll TRIP NOW

FROM THE FRYING PAN TO YOUR TABLE

.toiumv's FISH AND cmrs

Corner of King and We.ymoui.h Sts.. Opposite C. N. R-. Stmtlhn Now a Complete Restaurante-Delivery St-rvlce - For free delivery dial 9356 i Ask us to send you a delivery menu.

Ask about stlbstantial anv- tngs offered by New Family Fares to Western Canada and to Mlrl-We.-it and West- ern U. S. A.

For Full ltiforinulion Consult Nciirt-at Agent

HEREFORD

CANADIAN Provincial Department of NATIONAL March 10th at 1:30 p.m. RAILWAYS

There will be a special meeting of the Hereford Breeders Association, in the Board Room ' the

GEORGE KITSON,

BREEDERS

Agriculture on Thursday '

President.

REFRISERATIOII

2. Dianne MacI.ellan: 3. Bobby 2

IIIISIITOWN .3CIl00L

Following is the report for Jan- uary and February.

Grade IX - 1. Beryle Mac- Leod. 2. Lots Stavert. 8. Charles Brown.

Grade VIII -- 1. Bloyce Stavert. 2 Willie Paynter, 3. Mervin Sim- IIIUIIS.

Grade VII - l. Thelma Mac- Lead. 2. Gerald Brown. 3. Lewis Simmons.

Grade V - 1. Linda Mat-Leod.

2. Don Macbeod. 3. Mildred Reeves and Elric Campbell v equal 1.

Grade IV - 1. Donald Stavert. 2. Joan Simmons. 3. Wendall MacLeod and Gerald Profilt. tequali.

Grade Ill - 1. Irene Evans, 1. Shirley Evans, 3. Lots MacLeod.

Grade Ii - Harold Evans, 2. Joe Brown.

Grade I - 1. Julie Campbell,

Kathryn Campbell and Leta MacLcod tequali, 3. Blayne Mann anti William MacLeod teequali.

Teacher - Mrs. Olive J. MacLeod

NEW HAVEN W. I.

The rcgular monthly meeting of New Haven W. l. was; held at the home of Mrs. Nell McKinnon. The meeting opened with the institute Ode and repeating Creed in uni- son. Roll call was responded to by twenty-one members WIUI an article for auction sale. Minutes til last meeting were read and approved. Unfinished business then took place.

it was moved and seconded to order a Science Cabinet.

The secretary reported having sent a letter supporting the Arts and Craft Guild. School committee reported paper towels and chalk needed for school. Sick committee had no report.

New committees were appoint- ed as follows: School, Mrs. Ster- ling McLeod and Mrs. Duncan, Gass, Program. Mrs. Judson Mc- Phee and Mrs. Foster McKinnon I reelected I .

Correspondence was then read. and discussed and was as fol- lows: a report of the Health Nurse: School Inspection; a thank you note for remembering a fam- ily who lost their home by file; a letter from Miss Robin with an appeal for new or used cloth- ing in Korea: a letter from Mrs. Helen Lawson regarding C. A. C. Association. It was moved and seconded that 31.00 be sent to C. A. C. Association. It was also decided to pack a box of cloth- ing to send to Kore

Mrs. Richard McPhee. Mrs. Sterling McLeod. Mrs. Stanley Newman were appointed a com- mittee to try to secure a Music Teacher for the coming school

Strange But True By I. I. HMAIIIIII

"Impossible!" said a young- ater in the 4th grade. . if a door drags on the floor

screws to see if they are well set. if your trouble is not from loose hinges place a sheet of coarse sandpaper under the door. Open and close the door until it no longer touches the floor.

I am indebted for that "How you can do it" to a local carpenter who, if he were to put all his ideas into a small booklet. it would be worth its weight in gold.

Miss Betty DeLage of Chicago. has a shoe from almost every country in the world. Her favorite shoe is 2,000 years old.

Why all the shoes? Well, you see. that's Betty's hobby.

"Blind as a bat' is a meaning- less phrase because, contrary to popular belief, most bats see well at all times.

A sturgeon may lay 7,000,000 eggs at one time.

The poorwill ds one of the few birds known to hibernate. .

This fact was brought to light in recent years when a party fi- nanced by the National Geographic society, found some hibernating poorwills in the mountains of Cali- fornia.

In Syracuse. N.Y.. Sta n l e y Steamer and George Ducar are both used car and truck sales- men.

A Swiss firm is turning out edible post cards. The card is a thin layer of Marzipan. The in- scription is printed on a cello- phane cover.

Most of us were not surprised when it turned out that the hi h cost of coffee in" recent mom a was due to the profit motive. No doubt the same motive could be found behind the high price of many other things the inhabitants of Prince Edward Island eat. drink. wear and use.

A Kingston ' her training her class in the proper use of proverbs said. ”Cleanllness is next to what?"

term. The secretary was asked to write for remnants. It was moved and seconded all bills be paid.

Next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Richard McPhee on Thursday night instead of Wed- nesday for this month only. Roll call will be answered by your first teacher. Collection amount- ed to 1.25. The meeting then clos- ed with the Queen; after which the auction sale took place and realized a sum of 812.30. Lunch was then served by the hostess assisted by some of the mem-

bers.

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WIRING CONTRACTORS

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