Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 27, 1953, p. 2

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the gkow3etown herald wednesday evenlhg hay 27th 1953 scouinews a meeting of dads met on tues day may 19th and laid prelimin ary plans for the auction sale it is planned to make a town canvass for articles of furniture dishes tools and clothing on june 3rd and to hold the sale 6n june 12th leaping wolf cub pack visited the beaver dam last wednesday ev ening a group of scouts desirous of obtaining their queen scout badge by coronation day are working harl on their fireman s and first aid badges boys scouts and cubs will be participating in the coronation day parade on tuesday uniforms please get your instructions from your leaders camping days will soon be here be prepared rmnmcdn milliere television sales service 9th line mape ave phone 230 or 435r planning a trip be sure to consider this while you re away the luggage clothing sports equipment and other belongings you take with you may be lost sto len or destroyed when travelling you need a personal effects policy ask us about this broad wherever yougo protection elmir c thompson insurance service ourvjueen is crowned tetetti- qfrjjsfr frt rar hmji l ti a i en i ip g nxvlr- jit of the province of opjatjo n olvinopidfinjbllfclimation t 1 rivii j p bmr cl ittniinn lie takes four years to create june bugs a m baxter ghs science teacher the common may or june beetle sometimes called the june bus which is mahoganybrown in color and at times is a general nuisance by flying against lighted windows or against oar windshields during warm evenings of may or june does not as a toronto paper claims hatch and become a nuisance during a sud den warm spell a single generation requires parts of our calendar years to mature first year during the months of may or june the adult females lay their pearly white eggs several inches bekw the surface of pasture lands lawns gardens and nearly all cul tivated soils each egg is about one tenth of an inrh in length and is encased in e ball of earth most of these eggs hatch in from two to three weeks the newly hatched egg is called a larvae g the larvae ae the white grubs with reddish brown heads end swollen abdomens that gardeners often see while turning soil each larvae has three pair of seldom used legs on the thorax but as a rule they rest on their backs in heir burrows and feed on the roots that enter this chambe qf theirs at times they do a great deal of dam age actually killing the grass from large patches of lawn by autumn these grubs have grown to a half inch or so in length and they then burrow down deep below the frost line where they winter second year in the spring they gradually work their way upward to within a few inches of the s irface again they are very destructive by the end of the summer they are about an inch in length again they burrow below the frost line for the winter months third year in spring they once again come to the surface and feed until early summer arrives then they burrow ddwn 6 to 8 inches below the sur face create an oval cell by packing the soil around themselves and change to a soft white inactive pupa this stage lasts for about a month then they become an adult but remain underground again for the winter fourth year when the soil warms up in the spring the adults emerge to fly clumsily around to locate trees which lose the leaves each fall such as maple oak willow etc where they feed upon the new leaves during the night returning to the fields just before daybreak adults are relatively short lived be sure to take the famuvjut to georgetown park next tuesday evening to see the special corona tion garden party with fireworks mens club improve anglican church grounds extensive cleaiiup work has been done around the st georges church property by the men s club of the church the men have held two beea and intend as part of their job to paint the clubhouse at the rear of the church sunday moraine number hjf men attended the monthly early communion aergtce which fol lowed by breaklml thejnakfssts have been suspended until the tau but the club intends to still the early service in a fourth sunday m ch

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