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Orono Weekly Times, 1 Mar 1956, p. 6

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ýrl as 050 can bnen-efit rhrf,,1 bra - it It ïs noti.U1II t L you tell the boy d add, "a.,Ik me Lybe 1 can then?" berl about it, he ks you secote dlon't care about hirm; when the or you to date use his interest s who refuse ta sdat- how yod; errect te placee across the u- A&. beeti diff erent a tory inlay 1 aISIyc tional I To ge Weý are vision b tu fn '0a ck was proclucea primrarily for juvenle entertainment but it takes an aclt to appreciate such an airtistic and authentic production.ý Well, the weather has' bcen making the news aan.Ican't imagine what Eng-1land is like in such exteremely cold weather. 1 heard one annouincer say it: is the coldest winter since 1892, That is a littie before my time but 1 heard my mother speaJK of that year quite often.Ift was 1the year when the River Stour in Suffolk froze solikifo~r siK wýeeks and my fatb.er used to sk~ate along the river ta a near- by village, ax distance o." over three miles. Hlere, at home, w have a littie of everything. One day, after a six-inel snowfall, the snow in the lane was s<sft and skiddish1. 1 got stuck at the top o)f ou~r lane because the back wheels wouldn't flo the front wheels Nwhich resulted iii the car doïng a sort oif crab- al.The next day, at the bottom of the lane, 1 waited for traffic ta- pasýs before driving on ta the .highway, That did ïit Whýen i tried i o start up aga-in the wheels spun and 1 was downi ito ice.Partrier had ta corne ta the rescue with ashes. Oh, for a car wîth Dittie! u alas, snow-tires, are what you ea,.n't get for an Engllsh car, However, I feit a littie better when I sa-w ýh-looking car trai- hi ý hzapnne re d 1la st read and quoted by so manY wbo were helped by hier wis- dom and toler'ance. Sinow -And People It's hard to appreciate ,theà aesthetic values of snow aiid winter whlen your car woolt start, or the pipes freeze. But a good snowstormi does have- beautiful consequences. Th e light, dry snow clings to the trees and shrubs to redecorate the landscape in the frigiid air. iA traveler on a country road, o ln a rural town, can sec the, arches of white formied by the, festoorndd trees bowing alongf his path. There oughtd to bc time eveu ini this hurrvied civilization, to re-lax and marvel at it. Ti me perhaps to scuff in the ,3tow where, as children, we wouild have hurriedly dragged theý -flexible flyers' 'on ou'r way Ito the hillside. There ought to be time--butý, alas, too often thére isn't. Snowý slIows us down, it impedes aur apdtransit, it imakes us im- patient to be home by th,~ firec- side. Antd so we stand dlisconý- solate, wet, chilled, w.aiting offly ta get bac~k into a- warmn home.L- TIhen, if we have an especial9Y aesthetie. turn of immd> ,vwe glance out the picture window 1anid see the fafling snow reflect- ed ln the street light's glow an& sa:"I h.ope this lears up - fore- mornlang." TroO bad. At leünt wecudSay a respectful wrdâ frnature, - F.-,rrm The ac foi-ci.Courant. 1' * *

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