ii i i i PAGE TEN ,Bu 3, ss Biiiii E ioni ', 5,5 p 2., 5 V l' is I p Y hot) I -. ('4 e . . ;- i 2' . - By Thornton W. Burgess PETER iunnir HEARS Tlll-I , TALE -4. 3 x. - . heavy shower yesterday. He says Things niirays are or are not I0. that beiore the rain there wasn't. Jim which 'iis diiizriiit to iinrm-I 3' Toad anywhere to be seen. but --Rcddy Fox two minutes alter it began to rain ,hard. there were so many little iatestg Toads around him that he could (now not step without treading on one." "I don't believe it," said Peter. "Neither do I." chuckled Blacky. "Have you heard ino iieivs?" asked Blnrl;y the whrn he stopped nt the dmr Old Friar-patch. "What, iiviis'.'” l'vIri', his "Just. the same. there are more. long ears iumpiii: .2 i;ii::lii up as little Toads hopping about on the lhey always do when he 1: iiirinus. Green Meadows than I have ever "A lot oi tiny Toads have rained seen before at one time. It they down out or the sky." replied didn't rain down, where did they niacin-. r come tram? Anyway. that's the tale "No!" i"XCiailllP(i i'o'or, Raddy Fox tails. and he sticks to ”Yes!" retortorl Iizziricy. it. What is more, Mrs. Reddy seems "Who says sn':"' rricd llwrr. I0 bk-HEVC it." - - W--A - - Peter looked thoughtiui. He scra- tched I long ear with the toes oi i. long hind toot. He bent his head The following pint-cs of. I- husiness will be open Friday evening, May '.l.'ird and clos- ed Satiirdziy. liziy 2-llil. Sigiicd: I). R. CUISIMINUS. E. J. MacDOL'GALL. Vcmon. TEA llrruy s I'n,iu Itlr NOTICE OF POLL- SCHOOL IINIT NO.1. TO ALL PERSONS QUALIFIED. TO VOTE AT SCHOOL MEETINGS Take notice that for the purpose of electing TWO TRUSTEES for School Unit No. 1-One Trustee to each Polling Division-a poll will be held on Wednes- day, the ciovciitli (lay of June, 1952 from 12 o'clock noon to 9 RM. POLLING DIVISION NO. 1 is defined as that portion of School Unit No. 1 formerly known as the school districts of Spring Park and Parkdale. PULLIIx'G DIVISION N0. 2 is defined as that portion of School Unit No. 1 outside the former schoo districts of Spring Park and Parkdale. - Nominations of candidates for election to the Board of Trustees shall be filed with the Secretary at any time up until 4 o'clock in the afternoon of May 31, 1952. Each nomination shall he signed by at least two sponsors who are ratepayers in the Unit. The candidate must be a ratepayer resident in the DIVIS- ION and, unless such candidate is a parent ratepayer his or her nomiiizition paper must be signed by at least one parent. lli1lClltl)'Cl'. GORDON M. RICE. secretary. School Unit: No. 1 "Reddy Fox." replied Biacky. "lie ..I I says they rained down in that i Jay I do. I jlisi. said what 1 think. i Biacky. "Now just how do you propose to find out?" Blacky wanted to know. to one side and scratched the other long ear with the toes of the other long hind loot. That is what he does when he is thinking hard "I don't, believe it." repeated Peter as he stopped scratching. "Do you know what I think?" "I wouldn't know." said Blacky. He chuckled. "Don't tell me that you really ever think.” said he. worm”-9-eo-cu -oo-Q-es-34v ' 300&O0309-TOOOOO3 contract Bridge 31 Josephine Culbertson DUMMY - RIVIEBSAL A dummy-reversal plan at play produced I good result in this lol- lowing deal. Peter paid no attention to him. "I think." said he, "that they slit came trom the Smiling Pool." 3 ”And I think." said Blacky. "that. i you don't know anything about it." ”I don't." replied Peter. "I didn't l I'm going to find out this evening." "Now just how do you propose to find out?" Blacky wanted to know. - "I'm going to hunt up old Mr. Toad and ask him. I-ielll know." said Peter. "Where is Old Mr. ToiLd'i"' asked "He ought to be in Farmer Brown's garden.” replied Peter. "And you ought to keep away trom Farmer Brown's garden." raid Blacky. Then he added, "i iiy over that garden almost every day. and I haven't seen Old Mr. Toad since he leit early in the spring to go sing in the smiling Pool. When did you see him last?" Peter looked a bit startled. "Why- why-weli. I guess that is when 1; saw him last." said he. "I had forgotten all about it. Now that I think at it, I haven't. heard him continued on page 16 NOTICE A special meeting of the ratepayers of Parkdale will be held in the institute Hall on Thursday, 22 May, 1952, at 8:00 P.M.. for the purpose of electing two qualified cit- izens to the office of Com- mlssioner of Parkdale. And for the purpose of consider- ing the advisability of having six commissioners instead of three and, if so desired, the election of the additional three commissioners. Signed: Commissioners of Porkdnle. L Napoleon and Uncle Elby T9 THE p MATTER? VERNEI7 lF I. KNOVV, ELBYlNAn15oN 9esMs DEAasei'AsuiNsrMvi.eAviNe Vouiz MAii:rDlaiv:An'NorA aiti. t.I'l.. ABNER sNWts.'.'- BACK IN 1'H' MILLS AH HANDLED 0. DON'T raw: 1-u' nos, xii)!-MA-r Moviarsmzz ram nmeo van.- siainetoizivizs n-iris: TFEN- Aeens wro A F'Rl:NzY.'. - mEv'i.L TRIUUDLE vcu - To is-or.A'ri-i.'.' T. B: SKEERED OFA SEW HELDLESS lJ'l."- 5, "North dealer. Both sides vulnerable A A .1 10 9.1 10 2 9 6 4 g Q A K '1 5 I 8., KO 9 7 O . ' 4 NE :33: .- o 9 e - . QAQIO W3 -I-Q1096 .p.l 8 2 4 6 5 2 Q A R Q 4 I 9 K 1 5 2 . "'3 The bidding: North Phat South Wen! . 1.; Pass 1 V 1 O 2 9 Pass 4 9 Pass Pass Pass Three nntrump would have been easy on the North-South hands. but the actual bidding could not be criticized. Certainly. it was he- tural for North to give I heart raise on the second round instead of branching out into notrump. since he had nothing of value in diamonds. and alter this heart raise South had every reason to look (or game at that. denomination. Even at match-point duplicate it is safe to say that most experienc- ed partnerships would land at tour hearts rathe than three notrump, and. in inc. they would be wise to do so since it) tricks could not be made at notriimp against good detense. Against tour hearts, West led the spade king, and when East play- ed the eight, on dummy's see. it was pretty well established that he had started with two spades as a maximum. South considered discardink It spade on dummy's second club hon- or. then leading diamonds with an eye to ruiting out that. suit. but it was obvious that the defense would counter by loading trumps. so south chose a different. course. He cashed the top clubs. discarding I diamond. and ruited a club with the heart ace. He cashed the heart. king and led the tires to the ten. then ruiied another Cili'). With the heart. queen. Now he eriierrri dum- my vie the heart jack and discard- ed another diamond on the estab- lished titth club. South now mid nine tricks home and was assured ni the tuiiilling trick -- all he. had in dn was lead the spade Jack irom dummy. Actually. this resulted in an extra trick. because when West took his spade queen he did not want to surrender by returiiinsz I spade in dummy's ten -- instead. he laid down the diamond one on the dos- perate hope at setting the con- tract. - 1' it By Walt Kelly - I '24:!-A M i;lmn:f;5fm;xh M mmmg'3”1. Wei.i., AMO9, eoz AvvHii.E vow. HAVE 119 LIAVI THE MAILON THI oiagJuV.', - , n. W rm; GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED rm g ' l 21-9 at. Mt V IIIAVIMADIA :1 51-lEr;w,:IAr& ” it cm I 7 MIN 7 MW SPMK l IKE A W170! I DOTFY. DRIPPLE DOTTY OUR FOOD BiLL5 ARE GET- YOU'LL HAVE To cur DOWN! '&;.. 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