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v'U fRWMUWT<M'A9' DAWunwwYLT 2t limePAE IV With the close of the duck sea- son. we've been sitting in on the Usual post-mortems around On- tario. Most of the comments We've heard from varlous sports- * men haven't been too good.... A fsity for inigetcs pea AIlcf wxchfgainigetcosupera tion! In this line we must rec- Ommend thiè new pamphlet by Frank Kortright, President of the Toronto Hunters and Anglers Association. You'Il remember Prank's magnificent earlier work, "The Ducks. Geese and Swans of Xorth Amexica"... The present item, "How the buck Hunter Can Help to Re- store the Duck Population," is be- Ing distributed free by Frank's association to other clubs and org- anizations... Frank is definitely an expert, and he's done a lot of writing along this line, but this latest effort is, to us, just about .his finest piece of conservation education. The book contains some simple lalculatjons whîch bring the prob- bLem of wildfowl conservation into an exceptionally clear light. Here's how it works: There are approximately là million ducks rrippled each year in America. Multiply this by four (the aver- age number of ducks.per clutch »which mature) and you have a figure pretty close to the number of ducks killed annually . .. It's pretty obvious that it wouldn't take long te restore the popula- tion if we ail recovered our cripples! By picking up ALL our wound- ed birds, we can go a long way toward providing more birds on the wing for the following season. Simple, isn't it? Get hold of this Sponsored by BeRwmanville Lions Club Everyoce.knows that 1h. "Klngfisher' là one of the world's most beautifui birds. Frequ.nting the streams ;rnd ponds 1* get, IUs food by plunging almost perpendicu- ladly Inteh woter end emerglng a moment later with its catch. The "Klngflsher» lb.hesub- oect of many legends. A medieval star> fells that et one trne the. "Klngfisher" was a plain gr.y bird. Ifs amazing colorng came about, accord- ing ta this stor>', When if was liberoted from Noahs Ark and fIew towards the sua. Thus, w. are told, Ils upper surface aspumed the hue of th. slcy abovo If, whll the lower plum- age was scorched te ai rich chestwt tint b>' the heat cf th. seftng orb. DAW§S or 00*1 booklet. It's worth while. We were discussing. this wild- life problem in Brantford not long ago. Went up te a meeting of the Brant County Rod and Gun Club. , Great crowd, too-with Fred Showers, Harold Gibbon and "Obie" Harris still working hard at the work of conservation.. The boys around Brantford are pretty smart in other ways too. They invite their wives te the. meetings-maybe paving the way for a few days off corne fishing time. Not se dumb, eh? At any rate. it seems te make for good relations, because the gala sat right through the wbole program *without a complaint! While we were in Brantford, we dropped around te see the boys at the Navy and Air Force Clubs. These fellows are taking a really active interest in conser- vation. It's great te see . .. Art Larion there got himself a new nickname net long age. Now they're calling him "Hercules" due te bis exhibition of strength wbile the Air Force boys battled through a terrific storm te get te the meeting. The boys show- ed a lot of interest. The Paris Rod and Gun Club held a joint meeting with the Legien boys at the Paris Legion. . . Jack Pickell of the Paris Star was in the chair, and the bugle band boys were invited along te sec the show . . . the new hall was jammed with a really enthusias- tic audience from ahl over the community. Somne of those pres- ent had taken advantage of the local open deer season with con- siderable success. In fact, some of them did better than others wbo had gene up north for the hunt. A littie while ago we noticed that the geese seemed about three weeks earlier than norm- al on their southward migration. certainly looks as though they're better weathermen than our local meteorologiats! They predicted this early winter weather a good deal better than the humans Here's a new book that'll give your boy a lot of pleasure and a heap of information tee. jt's called "Peter's Adventurea in the Out of Doors," by Muriel Miller. Published by MacMillan, cests leas than a dollar. A little book tbat's a lot of fun, and (we'll ad- mit, it) good for grown up out- dooramen too! When we were a young shaver (hew long ago was that?), we kids at scheol always got a great kick eut of "Arbor Day". This was a great time. when ahl the youngsters literally dug in and planted trees around our com- munity. Over the years, these trees have given a lot of beauty and a lot o! pleakure te' other generations in our home town. It was always plenty of f un, and it paid dividend . . . When we sec ail the new communities, sub- divisions, etc., which are spring- ing up ah oyer the province. we can't help thiinking there might be menit in reviving the aid Arbor Day. There are plenty o! new communities where a littie tree planting would do a wonderful job. Helps the landacape and gives the inhabitants a sense of pride, too. Nesilelon Sialion Calling on Mr. Noon last week were: Mr. Wesley Allun. Bow- manville; Miss May Noon and Mr. and Mrs. J. Tompkina, To- ronte. Mrs. Fred Rogers, Oshawa visîted ber mother, Mrs. James Samelis and ether friends. Mrs. R. W. Marlew Laled on several fienda in the village on Sunday afternoon. Messrs. Arthur and Percy Hul- bert spent the weekend in Peter- borough with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Freelove and family. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Symons and Joan, Bowmanville, visited Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Marlow. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Thomp- son and Mr. Wmn. Thomnpson visit- PONTYPOOL The Re-bekahs of Orono threw' a swell Christmnas Party on Dec. 12, complete with a tree, pretty lights, decorations aiqd presents. besides lots of goodieý to eat. A bumper crowd turned out. The way those ladies tucked ln the plentiful supply cf rich food didn't show much concern for their waistllnes. We like their method of distributlng the pres- ents. Everyone brings a present, te which the committee attaches a number. After the banquet the guests each draw a number out of a box and receive the present carrying the corresponding num- ber. There is nothing te indicate who brought the gift, on which a price limit ia placed. ;On Dec. 19 a group of these same Rebekahs met in the Lodge rooms te assist in packing a goodly number of Christmas hampers for those needing a littie extra help to make the holiday more seasonal and cheerful. We were just thlnking how much we would have appreciated one of those hampers about 25 years ago, when my wif e. four children and I shared one and a haîf pounds of hamburger for Christmas dinner. We were se poor, the butcher (Jim. Masters) had ta give us thc meat.on "tick," it was worth about 35 cents. We bought hamburger because each could have an equal share. By the way, these hampers are. purchased and distributed through thc medium of thc annual dance and draw sponsored by the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs cf Orono. On Dec. il a young tobacco worker of this district, Junior Perdue, sustaied ijuries ta bis bead,*a breken thumb and an arm broken in three places when bis clothig becamne entangled in a tracter power take-of f attached te a mechanical corn picker. ' Cliff Curtis is credited with saving Junior further punishment by promptly stopplng the tracter. At time cf writing, the injured mnai na Peterborough hospital. Itwlll be an anxieus Christmas for his wife and daughter. We know Uic entire community will wish him a specdy recevery. On Dec. 9th a Leskard farmer, George Pollard, found in his wq.od lot somethng belonging te the U.S.A. Weather Bureau. It was a radio and had been released ini Uic States. It had been air-borne by a balloon ta a height cf 12 miles before the balloon burst, when it drifted te earth by a amaîl parachute. As it was air- borne. it recorded and broadcast the temperature, pressure and moisture through which it passed. When we met Mr. Pollard in Oro- no he was on his way to the Post Office ta send the radio back te its owners. They had thought- fully printed on the outside. infor- miation as ta what the box con- tained, its purpose, where to re- turn it, plus the fact it could be used again. We wender if George thought of that song called "The Thlng," as heèapproached the box. During the evenlng of Dec. 14 friends and neighbours gathered i the L.O.L. Hall to wish Wil- fred Richardson and his bride a long, happy, prosperous married life, and to present them with a studio ceuch and electric lamp. On Dec. 12 1 lost my pocket watch in the bush while cutting wood. We bought that watcn nearly three years ago, i a hard- ware store, at a cost o! $2.50, in- cluding tax. So, you can see what aloss it was. True, it didn't tel the price of strawberries in Eng- land, pineapples in Iceland or' bananas in the Arctic. But it did tell the time; well, almost, We neyer knew it to lose more than 20 minutes in every 24 hours. Occaionally it would gain 15 m-inutes in twelve hpurs. When it got cold it would stop alto- gether. It had to be wound every four hours. Outside of. that, it was a darn good watch. As it is very necess"azy to have a timepiece ta let us know when ta quft work at noon and night, we take the alarm dcock along and leave it i the glove com- partment of the truck or jeep. A guy, looking for Christmas trees the other day, asked the time. When he saw us produce the alarm dcock, he scooted out of there as though he thought we were cracked. The alarm clock isn't as handy for drlvfng carpet tacks, breaking hard toffec or keeping the grandchildren quiet. But, it does tel the time. Any- way, we figure any port in a storm will do.% Shortly after you read these lines it will be Christmas. To each o! you, A Merry, Merry Christmas fromn your Pontypool correspondent. CÂDMUS (Intended. for last week) The Cadmus W. A. and W.M.S. held a crokinole and pie social at Cadmus Church last Friday night. There was a good crowd. Mr. Belfour Moore received the gentleman's prize and Harvey Johnston the lady's prize. Pro- ceeds about $12.00. -Miss Velma Graham, Toronto, Fi'fty Ontarlo Centres Visited by London Teacher "Ontario elementary wornen teachers are willing and anxieusi te participate in curriculum re- vision. They are organizing i groups to evaluate present cIe- mentary education and find ways and means of improving it." These are the findings o! Miss Gertrude Bergey, provincial research con- vener o! the Federation cf Wom- was home with her parents. Miss Joanne Young, Toron to, with her parents. Miss Faye Ferguson, Toronto, with parents. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stinson on the birth o! a daughter. Miss Daune and Beverly Black, Toronto, were home for the week- end. The W. A. and W.M.S. is te be held at the home of Mrs. Mar- wood McKee Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Vivian and Marilyn. Bowmanville; Miss Ma- rie Hanna and Mr. Ken Terry, Bowmanvîlle, with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hanna. C44tvt0t4 L0{Ofpl I> HRISTMAS is the time of friendship, whcn family ics are strengthened and rcncwed, when the seeds of new friendships arc sown and old friendships blossom anew, when the gîving of gifts is the traditional demonstration ot regard., But there is onc gift which cannot be wrapped; tinselled and ribboned; one intangible beneficence which is our heritage. This great gift, bestowed on each of us, is our right to live as wc wish, to live where we wish, to worship as wc wish. Let us give thàinks, now and hereafter for thesa inalienable rights-rights that mean wc can enjoy Christmas and ail the other pleasures of Christian Democracy, secure in the knowlcdgc that our loved ones are free from oppression and want. This Christmas, wc cxtend to thc community of which we are an integral part-a community which is in fact a larger family-our niost sincere wish that you shall enjoy the merricit of' Christmases and the most prosperous of New Years. 600DM VEAR 2i 0 en Teachers' Associations cf On- tarioi her report to the Board of Directars who met in Toronto on Dec. 11. Miss Bergey has jUst returned fromn a four months' tour of women teachers' associations, during which time she vislted more than 50 centres throughout Ontario. According to Miss Bergey. teachers desire a child-centred curriculum rather than a subject- centred one. They feel that the curriculum should develop as far as Possible a chlld who Is socially, emotionally, inteliectually, spirit- ually and physicafly mature. Miss Bergey says that lay people will be invited in certain areas to participate in curriculum revision activities. "Parents should carefully consider tic skills, atti- tudes and knowlcdge they thik [their children should learn in school. What is more, teachers would be interested i knowing their ideas." The Ontario Departmcnt of Ed- ucation has co-operated and as- sisted the Federation i this pro- ject, which aima te promote and advance the cause of Education in the provice. Plans are pres- ently being made to carry on the work started this autumn, among the elementary teachers. PAGE Fm TEE--CANAr)LAN'STATZULILW. BOWMAWVMIX;-CNTAI«t> --