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1. Joyous Noise

By Tlioi-nton W. Burgess

Tic I ii d"cl:s lighted in R tree

H. -r tlr one in which Log-Cock with dr:nim'ng.

ll ).iu'l' filled with Joy. confess

it. seek in some wily to express it. Old Mother Nature.

--txiiiic on!" .-xclaimed Mrs. Biwiitty the Wood Duck.

”t'iimt- wlicre" asked Beauty.

"tiiine with me to find out who th.it is summing and singing." rc- pitctl Mrs. Beauty.

"All right my dear. i will. lint doiiit czill that noise siiiging,' re- plicil Beauty.

The too pretty ducks took to l - wings and left the pond of Paihiy the Beaver. Paddy and Mrs. lniilciy watched them disappear nicr ti” tree-tops. ”Sometlmes." slilfl Paddy, "I wish i could fly."

”l)on't be silly," said Mrs. Pad- til

lt was early spring and all tliiougli the Green Forest tiicre it as an awakening of all those who li:ui slept through the winter. and this included many plants and trees. The first flowers of the year iii-re beginning to bloom even be- l.n-i- the trees were fully leaved out tlvcr ” i trees on stvift wings, thing just high enough to clear the tops, sped Beauty and Mrs. lirillliy. As they flew they were llxlfillng for the drumming of a ttniitlpecker. They wantef. to lllifl the drummer. The sound grew hnidei-. So did the voice they had in-zird. It meant that they were getting ntarer to the drummer, nlio also was trying to sing. Pre- xcnily they saw him. Sure enough. ll was Log-cock the big Woodpeck- PF

The two Ducks lighted in I tree nvar the one in which Log-cock HHS drumming. Most of the Duck folk are ground lovers. but the ll'oo(i Ducks are tree lovers. They ; 9 quite at home in trees. They

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good to hear. for it was a Joyful noise. Log-cock fies. out and did unny little circles in the air. Then again they faced each other and bowed and bobbed and ched bills and didn' care who saw or hear them. There was joy in the very air. And there was joy in their hearts. That is why what lheypivere doing really was not at all silly.

Engineers Name New Officers

MONTREAL (CF) Vernon Archibald McKillop of London. Onl., took office as president of the Ensmeerinz Institute of Can- 3d3 Friday. succeeding Dr. R. E. Haertz of Montreal. New vice-presidents are H. R. Sills of Peterborough, onr, G, M. Dick of Sherbrooke. Que. and H. W. L. Donne of Halifax.

West dealer. Both sides vulnerable. ' 5 1 5 2

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West North East south

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Opening lead-three of clubs.

Lloyd's of London specializes in insuring tgainst all types of risks which its clients are unwilling to face, and for which a suitable pnmium is paid by the customer to guard against loss in case the feared event takes place. The bridge player is his own actuary,

c 'lms the , "i'iIy oi" gain

CONTRACT BRIDGE

By B. JAY BECKER (TOD record holder in Mastei-s' individual Championship Play)

.or I heart. either of which gave

in which case a heart to the king would make the hand. All three contingenries depended upon the location of the adverse cards. a condition o er which declarer had no control. There was however a fourth possibility. mos; prom- ising of all, which deciarer had in reserve. if the diamonds did not break.

South took the three high dia- monds in dummy. and when the suit did not break, put into opera- tion plan numbe four. He was ready to vilect on a sure thing -wlthoiit expense-regardless of who had what. He was no longer concerned with the question of where the spade queen and heart ace were situated. First declarer cashed the ace of clubs, and then led in spade to the see. The jack of clubs put West on lead with the king. and when he L ” the fifth club South discarded I heart. West had to lead a spade

deelarer hi; ninth trick. All ele- ments of risk were extinguished

Polio Virus Spills Aboard Plane

WASHINGTON (AP W Passen- ucrs who flew from Baltimore to Pittsburgh in a Capital Airlines plane Thursday night were urged to take anti-polio shots Friday ”pur.ely as a precautionary meas- ure.

Live polio virus spilled in the plane when a cargo handler in Washington drolllled a crate of containers bound for Johns Hop- kins Hospital ln Baltimore. The plane. I DC-1. flew from Wasliing- ton to Baltimore without passen- gers.

The leaky coiitaiiier was discov- ered when the virus shipment was removed at Baltimore airport. Flight and cargo pci'soiinel re- ceived anti-polio shots and 22 pos- sengers were taken aboard for the night to Pittsburgh before airline personnel realized the seriousness of the incident.

FINE ME ASU IIEMENT

The National Physical Labora- tory ncar London. England, can measure items to closer than one-

hy South's line of play.

millionth of an inch.

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3.47. M.'NNtE tT'5 JUST A PLAMN DANCE AT THE SCHOOL...

I'M TRED OF THAT OLD Ki-UE SUIT

against possibility of loss, weigh- ing the rclative chances of the two, willing to pay a small prem- ium to assure a large gain. He

could s.e the big W----' '

his black coat with white trim- niings. He was on the trunk of I tall dead tree with I few limbs remaining. Log-cock wore his red rap. covering the tvliole top of his head. as if it were a sort of crown. It was raised in a crest. When a runbeam touched it. it was bril- lianl. That red-capped head was flying back and forth. back and forth. back and forth, as with that stiittl bill of his be pounded on a certain part of the tree. The way that head flew back and forth al- most. made the heads of the two iiHiL'lieI'5 ache.

Then from around the hack of that tree appeared another head. it also wore a red cap and that has lifted in a crest. But it wasn't tllIlil' as big in cap as tig-cock was

ii-caring. It didn't come down quite so far.

”'l'li(-r is Mrs. Log-cock." said nfH'illlig'.

in a moment Mrs. Log-cock mint around in ftili sight. then be- gan ulzst Beauty called a silly sreiic. bill it wasn't really silly at all. l.og-cock began to show off and Mrs. og-cock joined him in funny antics. They bobbed and bowed to each other. Their voices were loud in what they probably

most listeners would call just. a noise. However. it was a noise

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