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songs, Merr i E kville y piness n this t our a full r you RE kville |All Your Laundry land Dry Cleaning Bursday, December 23, 1948 King Nep Had A Little Friend MAX TRELL arf and Hanid, the shad-|icare to say very much, As Kn laren with the turned-| Knarf and Hanid came closer dames) walked past the| to the brook. Under the mossy ove of pine trees and came bank, they found King Nep i the brook at the shady spot| dressed as usual in his green bere it moved slowly among| suit, sitting with his tiny legs le rocks, they heard two voices. | curled under him and touching One of the voices they recog-| the flowing brook now and then LO" ut once. It belonged to their b fend King Nep, and the yoice they never heard ferore. 1t was soft and very low | sounded as though the per- who was speaking didn't with his three-pointed cane: Be- side him sat (and this was quite surprising!) an Indian boy. dres- sed in deerskin and moccasins with a bow and a quiver of ar- on rows in his hand. THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL 3 Page & As soon as King Nep caught a trumpet duet by Bill Burke and | time to the bettering of the sight of Knarf and Hanid, he Aaron Brown. The Club has| Glee Club. waved to them merrily and bade = H O BB YN worked on this service for many| 'Well, at long last Christmas them come over. "This is my old friend Hiawatha," 'he said. Hia- watha nodded his head gravely. But Knarf and Hanid were as- tonished and delighted to meet So famous an Indian. "Did I ever tell you, King Nep sald, after Knarf and Hanid had taken their place under the bank, "that Hiawatha used to go fishing in this brook long, long before you or your father or your grandfather, or your grandfather's grandfather." Again Hiawatha nodded grave- : : Season's Greetings TO THE CITIZENS OF HALTON | WISH YOU A | Merry Christmas AND A Happy and Prosperous New Year STANLEY L. HALL, M.P.P. ly. "Tell Knarf and Hanid how = Hh] Beside King Nep sat an Indian yan un you used to go fishing here," King Nep said to Hiawatha. "Téll. them how, you shot fish With your bow and arrow." "Did Indians shoot fish with bow and arrows!" Knarf ex- claimed. * "Please tell us," urged Hanid smiling at Hiawatha. "Many times I caught fish with my bow and arrows," Hi- ARE YOU READY TO BUILD? WE ARE PREPARED TO TAKE CONTRACTS NOW! W. D. SMYLIEE | GENERAL CONTRACTOR Building -- Alterations -- Cupboards -- Roofs FOR ESTIMATES Phone after 6 p.m. - Bronte 25r6 | or write clo Palermo P.O. awatha , speaking in the same low, very soft voice that Knarf and Hanid had heard when they first came near. "I would stand here, under the bank, waiting, with my arrow in the string of my bow. Very carefully T would watch the wa- ter. When I saw a fish, I would shoot my arrow at it. And often I would hit it." "That must have been said Hanid. Hiawatha nodded. "It was fun. But it was also food. | Indians did not catch fish for fun alone. They caught fish because they were hungry." "Didn't you ever catch fish with a hook, like people do now- adays?" asked Knarf. es i I did" said Hia- fun", PHONE ZENITH 18.000 (No Toll Charge) / FOR * FREE Pick Up and Delivery OF Right-To-Your-Door Every Tuesday aud Friday eT eS TT CITY LAUNDRY DRY CLEANERS [104 MAIN ST.W. HAMILTON watha., "But it was a hook made of bone which I made myself. And sometimes, late at night, I would come here with a flam- ing knot of wood, and catch fish by spearing them. But that was long, long ago, when only the Indians lived in this great cqun- try." Just then Knarf and Hanid heard Mother calling out that it was time for dinner. "Will you let us go fishing with you someday?" Hanid asked Hiawa- tha. "And show us how fish with a bow and asked Knarf. "Of course, he will! He'll be glad to!" King Nep exclaimed. "Won't you, Hiawatha?" There was a slight rustle among the cat-tails and the leaves along the bank and when King Nep looked around Hia- watha was gone. "We're glad we met him any- way," Knarf and Hanid said. Then they bade goodbye to King Nep and hurried off to dinner. to catch arrow?" OLD BATTERIES WANTED Regardless of Condition $1.50 COLUMN By Wm. D. Christianson, Jr. BIRD CENSUS Every year on the Sunday nearest to Christmas it has be- come the custom for bird lovers to go out on a special excur- sion to ascertain how many spe- cies of birds can be Seen in their neighbourhood at, this time of the year. In this area reports are turned in to the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology in Toronto for consilidation. This work has been carried on for years under the auspices of the Brodie Club at the Museum. One of their par- ties usually started out for Oak- ville each year. Their reports are all added to give the total fig- ures for the year's census. CHRISTMAS If there are enough local bird students interested in making a survey in Oskville the writer would like to hear from them in time to arrange for a local cen- sus. If any other individuals make any observations' on this coming Sunday their reports will be published if turned in next Monday. One writer has listed over a hundred different species of birds that he has observed in this area at this time of the season. Every year new visitors appear to swell our lists. Some are mow much more common than in former years as the Great Black Back- ed Gull from the Atlantic Coast which winters with us some. In the last few years these are to be seen along the local shores in the flocks of Herring and Ring- billed Gulls. They are distin- guished by their larger size and the large patch of black over their backs. In our backyards we can see Chickadees, Nuthat- ches, Jays, Woodpeckers and Cardinals. These last were very common three winters ago in our block but this year I only hear the cardinals occasionally. Pos- "| sibly their nesting places were disturbed and they are now in a different spot. One way of attracting the birds to your doorsteps or to your window-ledges is to put out feed for them. Now that there is snow on the ground it is hard- er for them to find natural feed. Consider, the birds at Christmas and take home a little suet to put out for them. Do mot throw it on the ground but tie it to a branch or fasten it to a board which can be put where you can watch. it from a window. If you are troubled with the sparrows try hanging your feed board up- sidedown and you will be re- warded by having visits from the chickadees, nuthatches and downy woodpeckers. If you do not know what some of your vis- itors are, send a description to this column and we will try to identify them for you. HIGH SCHOOL gHIGHLIGHTS By Mike Dyer Due to the efforts of the Stu- dent's Council, hot dogs are being sold -at noon hour to those students who have to eat their lunch at the school. This is a great idea and everyone seems to be enjoying them very much. The big event of the year for the Glee Club is over now, and it came off in wonderful style. As most of you know, last Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 'Teen Town the Glee Club held their annual Christmas Carol Service. months now, and I'm sure that each member of the club feels that all of the practice was worth the success of the final appear- ance. Everyone concerned with the Glee Club should be congrat- ulated most heartily, especial ly Mr. Hugh Brearly who gave up all (and I mean ALL) of his is here and the high school is. closed up for the festive season, but bright and early in the new year we'll all be back again. 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