DECEMBER 23, 1941
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’ NEWSY NA TURE NOTES
By Stuart i‘. Thompson ooonoooooowavoooooon
The Bright Harvest of Dull December
with the falling of the leaves. Nature is revealed to us in anot..er of her many phases. Now comes to light a harvest which through the lung sunny dais c!‘ stimlnzr has been developing and 811141 the g...- geous lneiioiv days of autumn 11.8K- uriilg. And E0141)". upon the sombre background 0A grey twigs ‘and branches, we illid tile niaily klats of wild fruits hurigmg upon trees and bushes, gleaming in their var- icus colors like suliliny tiny Ant- erns. as though to llgnt up an other- Ivlse colorless forest.
Though we speak of them a: fruiis. there are few of them we would care to eat. A lew may . agreeable to the taste, but many are tart and bitter. Some are dry and tasteless. others are burning and ucrid, several are poisonous. Yet all are fruits and a part of Nature's harvest. the latcst or‘ the year.
What are some of these fruits and where do we find them? There are many to be found in the little noses and crannies of the outdoors in dull December.
High overhead in the leafless branches we find the cherries still clinging to the twigs. No longer the full Juicy fruit we knew formerly li11 are now dried and slirivelied. and with a mere tinge of former red color. The hackberry still retains its fruit, looking much like the cherry. Then there is the well-known bass- wood. a valuable lumber tree, but with the most inslgiiiiicent fruit hanging as a multitude o! tiny knobs everywhere amid the twigs. ‘IQ-rough termed fruit these are but tough dry little nutlets.
In the fields and roadsides a host of fruits are left in view on the many bushes. The well-known thorny hawthorn now appears as a mass of red berries, wrinkled y.» deep red in color. The mountain ash is fairly blooming with its host of scarlet fruit hanging in ample bunches. The climbing bittersweet is trailing along the fences and other bushes. displaying its vivid orange berries, and close to the
round on the prickly bushes which gore the beautiful pink wild rose of summer. scores of vermllion rose "hips" as the is called. lend color to the drab roadside.
In the swampy thickets there are many of December's fruits in view. Almost eve where the nightshade has twined ts 1on8 IITBIWIIBS. mak- ing the thicket all'the more im-
c. draped copiously with bunches of berries of brisht car- mine hue. Here. too. is the carbrier also twining and with berries a deep blue color. as thou h to be differ- ent. But the real g ory of the leaf- less swamp ay is the dainty Can- adian holy. No winter fruit in our woods is so rich. so vivid a scarlet. nor retains its hue so Pennanenty when brought indoors as a decor- ation. Canadian holly is indeed a well-named and worthy substitute for the traditional time-honored
be found. ‘Trailing here and there. often forming dense mats. BYOWB the
artrid e-berry. It is a delicate Iuittle p ant with airs of evergreen leaves whose brig t BTW" 0365 I sharp and pleasing contrast with its scarlet berries. And the same may be said of the well-known winter-
een. Together these two compari- Izorns nestle, vieing with each other in the brightness of their leaves and frui
ts. Have you noticed how many of our winter harvest of fruits still rsisting brightly-colored? ost of them are red. some I310 most vivid hues of that color. Na- ture intends that thev SIIOIIId t not bv our eyes- Many of our winter birds seek this harvest daily food. The forail- ing partridge of the thicket lhfl woods. the "wandering Rroflbelkfl and finches and roblns still linger- ing with us. are all leaners of Na- ture's December fru ts. The Whisky Jack
One day as I was walking alonz the residential street of a western
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“mt 391171911 of a house. a large IOIIB-talied grey bird. Its appearance Was so suduen and unexpected that for a moment I was surprzssu and puzzled. Then the next minute the truth dawned on me. It was a ‘Whisky Jack" which had wander- ed into town. I know the bird well ti.‘ ii‘; liiiwi‘ 12%.‘ it‘?! °"""°“"’ Pilgéllc sttreet. way on a
e rue name of the Whisk IIBCIK Canada jay He is one o)‘, iliat great family whose members are so weliknown throughout til.-
o. country: the crows, ravens. magpies
and Jflys. There is nothing very striking about his plumage. Unlike his ‘cousin. the blue jay>in his vivid coa.. the Canada lay ls dull grc iii 6010f. his most conspicuous marl‘; being a round white spot on his forehead looking like a skull ca . cocked on his head at a rakis angle. His plumage is loose and flu fy giving liim the appearance of an enarged chickadee as he flits about the forest. His true homo is the deep evergreen forests of the North, so that it was little ivonder that I was surprised to find he had come to town. It is not too much to say that. of all our forest birds. the Canada Jay is most widely and best known to those whose occupations or re- creations take them into the depths of the northern woods. Lumbermen. surveyors, trappers and hunters all know him, and many are the yarns we hear of this bird of the bilsh with his droll pranks about the camp. Few birds have so little same of fear. and he seems to delight in pilfering whatever lie can snatch awav to eat_ even from before the very eyes oi’ the camp-cook. Such art cles as soap are sometimes tak- en and there are even stories of the thieving rascals snatching bacon from the frying pan. But whence this odd name - “Whisky Jack"! It comes to us from the people who knew the bird first. and who called him in the Indian ‘tongue "Wis-Ka-Tjon". Undoubted- II ~- ‘ , which the Indian was fami g.v.il nrnnes. Some of these white man never learned. some he has forgotten. but so apt was the name given to this saucy brigand of the white man's camp. and so h- milian were both the words. "whis- iw" " ck" to the men who both toil and play in the forest. that it is little wonder the Canada Jay is best known by his nick-name. ut by whatever name he is known. one cannot watch him any length of time without seeing in all his actions the family traits of the 1a comin to light. He is restless. ac ivo an bold takin much for granted and welI able take care of himself. and with all his faults we see in him that ever-redeeming quality-a sense of humor. The jays. of all birds. really appear to eniioy a joke and the devi -may-care ife they live. and for this we can for- give them much mischie , One thing the Canada jay has learned. and that is Woodcraft. When we consider rigors of the
THE CHARLU'I"I'E'I‘UWN GUARDIAN
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BOWLING
HOLY NA_ME BOWLING c. n. n. LEAGUE
Bridge and Builders-
J. Maltin 252 228 l3’! H. l-Icnitcsslay 149 230 163 G. Jeffery 200 I56 I79 C. Small 200 200 150 Low Score 156 109 Total-Jim. Strikers:- J. Strain ‘.123 ‘A’? ‘I’ J. S. Nelson 150 223 I22 S. Duncan 236 171 B. McGary '18 116 109 C. McLean 151 223 303 TotaL-ZQGQ.
High single C. McLean 303. High three C. McLean 671 Bridge 8a Bufd-ers 1 l-2 pis. Strikers 3 1-2 pts.
C. N. C. S.:— J. Pezike 162 I16 200 C. Wood 189 213 132 G. McPherson 1'72 1'13 145 1X Doyle I84 22G 204 R. Bradley 231 234 192 Total-2875 “HIDE- C Doyle 172 I'll 197 J. Hermll I34 22o 18R C. Craswcll I53 124 135 C. McDonald ‘.339 157 I71 A. Martin 151 132 155 Total—-2565
High single C. McDonald 239.
High three R, Bradley 657. c. ‘N. c. s. 441-2 ptS. Relics 1.2 point.
HITLER MAY
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was not in cclnplclc ccnitnaiid of the Russian campaign-oi" (n, least so the Nazis would have their DI-‘°' pie believe. ‘
Hitler in the past undoubtedly has forced his military leaders ln- to greater gambles than their judgment dicizncd and. until Rus- sia, these were n-innlng g-lmblcs. Nclw he has ioiinti a scapegoat for the losses on that turn of the wheel; or perhaps Brnuchilsch re- belled at some new, “intuitive" venture.
The prssibilities include:
1. A swift attack lo close the Mediterranean, salvage Axis “lin- ies on the run 1:1 Iilbya and ofiset the retreat in Russia. This may be a slash through srpain and Portugal to knock out Gibraltar or a great land and air lump from Greece and Italy into North Africa.
2. A drive through Turkey to get at the British lifeline in the Mid- dle East and to close the Red Sea-Iranian supply route to Rus- sia arid British Middle East forces.
3. A dash to Dakar, French West Africa. to anticipate anv Allied ac- ticn against that strategic strong- point dominating tiic Scum At-
land in which he lives and thrives. 1;, 11,1
how scanty food must be at times. and conseguently how alert his foes must be. oung Jays are hatched while (yet the snow lies deep on the groun and still they are fed and brought safely tn maturity. we must admire the birds as victors in the struggle to survive. We can under- stand too, how his natural resource- fulness has been shar ened into what seems to be inte igence to bring the Whisky Jack. eager and expectant. from afar, at the sound of the hunter's rifle shot.
A POLITE REQUEST
Weary father, appearing in r- lour doorway at midnight: ‘My dear sir. I have no objection to our coming hero and Qtting up liai the night with my daughter. or to vcur standing on me 110075599 for three hours saying "Gotdnlght" But. in consideration for the rest 0f the household who wish so go to sleep will ou kinoly take your elbow off tihc_ ll-irush?"
Ivory Mun Want: "II Now Economy
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n c. 4. A combination of all tlie fore- going in one vast wager.
5. k1 attempt to invade Britain.
6. Sitting the winter out on s'me line wliidn can be established to check the Ru==iiln counter-offen- sive. arid waiting mcaivtvhile for a. new possibility to develop.
And. finally. there is the slim chance that Germany actual‘y is nearer the end of her tether than anyone surmises.
)) U.S. ADMIRAL KILLED
A victim of Japan's liii-and-run surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was Bear-Admiral lsizao Campbell Kidd. He is believed to have been aboard one of the U.S. warships when the Jap raiden struck. Rear-Admiral Kidd nu fir; secretary rind aide nn the staff of the commander-ln-ciiicf oi‘ the Pacific fleet, Admiral Husband Kimmel.
SERVED 0N PRINCE 0F WALII
SnlL-Llent. Stuart ‘Padllon. who was scrvln on the Prince of Wales when last cal-d from, but no word has been received regarding hlm since the great British battleship was sunk Sub-Lied. Paddon i| l University of Western Ontario mduate, former football, basket-
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Sneider paces Vics to 5-2 Win over Sydney
SYDNEY. NS. Dec. 22-—ICP)— sparked by Bill Sneiders four-goal Oliilbllrsf. North Sydney Victories tonight defeated Sydney Million- aires 5-2 to consolidate their sec- ond-place pcsiticn iii the Cape Breton Hockey League.
srieider ran wild in the second and third periods. getting one goal in the second and three more in the last period. Two of the centre-
man's last-period tallies were un- isted
ass . All North Sydney's goals came in the last t-iro periods after they had sPCtied Milicnaircs one in the Lrst session.
Johnny Gasman. former National Hockey League forward. turned our with vies for the first time but was used only sparingly.
Combines swamp Montreal 11-4
KINGSTON. Ont. Dec. 22-(0?) -Kingston Combines o! the On- tario Hockey Association swamp- ed Montreal Royals of the Quebec senior Hockey League 11-4 in an game here tcn ght. Kingston is fifth-place team in
six-club Senior “A" Series of the OJ-IA
ston ran wild against
After an even first period, King- the Rcyals with six goals in the second per- loci while Montreal got two and Ccmbilies tiettrzi three tvit-h-out a reply in llic third, Each club scor-
ed twice in the first pericd.
OUT OUR WAY
Picard wins Rio Grande Open
HARLINGEN. TeX., Doc. 22- lAPl-Heiiry Ricard of Oklalicnla City won the $3,000 Rio Grande Valley Open gollf tournament wday with a 266 total for ‘I2 holes.
Picard had 66-69 today to put with his l3l for the first two days of play.
In second place with 268 was E J. tDutcliI Harrison of Little Rack, Ark. Jlmm Demaret of Detroit finished thrd with 269.
Picard beat off a great rally in the final nine holes by Harrison who finished the first two rounds five behind Picard and on the final rounds fircd 64-68-132.
Fred Corcoran of the Profession- al Golfers Association sazd Picards score was the lowest tor 1941, but the record low was set by Craig Wocd In 1940 with a 264 in the MgIYOIXIIIIRn Open at Blccmflelel. N. .
Remember When
(By Tlic Canadian Press)
Jack Dempsey announced six years ago today that he WOIIId con- duct a "white hope" tournament amoni; Canadian and United states boxers to halt Ihe victorious march of Jce Louis. Eimiration bout; in both coiintrie- f-iilcd to Iincarth ll first-rate fighter
There are about H00 varieties of mistletoe! One type of Spanish mistletoe_has red berries. and an. other with blue. This iJI-"illt EFOIVs most and not. as is i on the oak.
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Connie Mack Has makings of Pitching staff
By Ted Meier Associated Press Staff Writer
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 22—(AP)
—~COl"ll‘iiC Mack. IHFQIMIIYS nicst be- i.
loved character. \\'.ll be 79 years
young wnicrroiv. As spzy and en- thusiastic as ever he figures he has accumulated the ‘makings’ cf a great pitching staff for his Ath- letics as a birthday present for himsrlf.
Sealed in his tower office at Shibi- Park. his 050s glairzcl as he picked up a team roster.
"Yes." he said. “It's taken lung-
er than I thought, but now I feel I have the makings of a great pitching staff. Ycu know it was our la of pitching that kept us srusozi." . s ran down the 115i of players. "Lets see. There's Cali- guiri. C-a-l-l-g-u-i-r-i." he spell- ed BIOIVIY. "Christopher. Fowler. Harris. lifarchiidon and Wolff."
Thus (lid the tall. tliin. gracious olrl gentleman who (ICVCIOIICG sllCh I.-\\'ll‘I0l‘S as RIIIX‘ Wacl._l. Herb Pcnnock, Lefty Grove and Chief Bender. put the stccnp of approv- al on Fred Culicuiri of West Hic- kory. Pa.. Russell Christopher of Pi. Richmond. Califi. Dick Fowler of Toronto. Luman Harris of Birm- xnglirlln. Pliil hirrcliilcicn of Peri-
filiiifiiiisllenc. Ont. anti Russell Wolff of Williamsport. Pa. "They've got it." he explained.
"Then. too. don't forget Jack Knott. Herman Berse and Bill Beckman. TIiQv Should help a great deal." The lean leader of n10 Alhlciics. 0 stilrt his 58th I'l"ill' i‘l base- isn‘t clalnilig a pennant. how- " 'hinu< ("n liacpcn lg the present emergency al-
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ilioilgli lie feels the war will aid baseball. rather man hamper it.
"We can't go around with sad faces." he asserted. “We must be ciieerfui- SDOTIs do a great deal to keep up morale. During the last Wilt‘ the 1918 season was curtailed. but later we thought it was a mustake."
Cats and Dogs
Divide the players into two teams and line them up at the opposite end of the room At the other end stands an umpire and in front of him are two toy cats that are ne- CBSSB-YY. and falling these pictures d0 Just as well. At the word “Go" the first players run up to the 9mg. rnais and while they run the um- pire calls out “Cat? "Dog," or "ca: and D_og," ivliichever he chooses. The first player to hand up the correct animal secures one point for__liis_ side. The w_inning_ieam is
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the one which has the most points at the end of the game when all have had turns.
lcc~Cream Man
One player is chosen to be Look- Out Man while the others run or move about the room in any way they like.
suddenly the Look-Out Man calls: "Here's the ice-cream man!"
lmmczllaiey L‘\'(‘l'_\'(iil(' shouts: "Where?" The Look-Ont Mali then cries out: "He's by lil(‘—"li'l6llIi0Ii- lng one of the pieces of furniture in the room.
Everyone at once dashes to touch it. The last to do so being out of P1"? Efime. The players begin mov- ing about until llic Look-Out Mun calls again.
The winners are those left in un-
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