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-- Koll Bach 10 Years Age The Hill - Clark - Francis Male Chorus drew unqualified praise from. Adjudicator Arthur Colling- wood at the recent. Kirkland Lake Festival of Music, and attain- ed the highest marks yet for their excellent presentation of the two numbers, "Cool Water" and "(Come to the Fair'. Arrangement was by the conductor Mr. George White, who drew Mr. Collingwood's finest commendation for his masterly leadership of the outstanding male chorus . . . Shareholders of New Liskeard Arena Limited, with scarcely a dissenting voice, ap- proved of the plan to sell the arena to the Town of New Liskeard, pro- viding the property owners of the municipality would provide the ne- cessary funds to install artificial ice in the building . . . Highway No. 65 near Hudson Consolidated School was closed for a few hours when high water washed out a small -culvert. Travellers report that all creeks and ditches are running full as the warm weather is turning the snow into water... Miss Edna Sumbler, aggressive young business woman of 'this town, was re-elected to the presi- dency of the New Liskeard Busi- messmen's Association at the spring meeting of that body ... « '"'Chuck" Wells demonstrates courage in crossing ice-strewn stream to se- cure first aid kit -- Bridge start- ed as Scout activity pressed into real service. Twelve-year-old Tom Waugh, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. _T. O. Waugh of Pine Street, was admitted to hospital suffering from a badly gashed left knee sustained while he was assisting members of the 1st New Liskeard Scout Troop in constructing a bridge near Farah's dam .. . Spring at Last, But -- For How Long? If the last week of sunshine and blue skies. hasn't convinced us_ that spring has at last arrived, the ap-| pearance of skipping ropes, mar- bles, robins and pussy willows _ would appear to clinch matters... Persons interested in the origin of the crest of the town of New Lis- keard will find this account one of the most logical. John Armstrong arrived in the settlement, which was eventually to become the Town]. . of New Liskeard, in the year 1893. * He later became the town's first "» mayor. As a farmer his faith in his adopted country was justified ', when a sample of wheat taken ~ from a test plot grown on land on which the High School is now: lo- cated, was sent to the Canadian National Exhibition, and captured first prize. The prize winning wheat sample was then sent to the Chicago World Fair and once again was adjudged first place. The pin- nacle of achievement-was reached when, at the Paris Exposition the Same year, the sample received the coveted blue ribbon of the Ex- position for its class. Thus, then, is the ground for the belief that the grain shown on the crest is GUARARTEED Ghildren's Shoes Y \ j x Sust think ! A NEW PAIR FREE a if the soles wear out ~ tn 3 months Now my children will out- grow their shoes before they can outwear them. 'These shoes are comfortable, too,' and need no breaking in.' Their weatherproof soles are. lrugged, Tesilient and skid proof. Smartly styled with all the Hewetson __ quality features. T.B.S. Store Lid. COBALT the that of wheat and was inspired by the world-wide recognition of the Armstrong Wheat. The appearance of the tree on the crest is self- explanatory in a region at that time densely populated by forest. 25 Years Ago Today the Horne Granite Club in New Liskeard is "sitting on top of the world", The stock held by the Club was disposed of at 42 and a few cents, so that now it has a clean sheet and the original amounts advanced, together with interest, coming back to the seven- teen citizens who put up the coin. This means that New Liskeard's twenty-four thousand, and then some, curling structure, is the pro- perty of the original shareholders. Our readers' are also reminded that the splendid community skat- ing rink also the result of local enterprise -- is away to the good with a clean balance sheet and a ears -- reasonable interest rate being paid its shareholders . . . Prospectors and Developers meet -- Bob Jow- sey, president, and Walter Segs- worth, secretary, addressed the audience and said it was hoped to double the present membership of one thousand before the end of the year. The Ontario Department of Mines will be asked to change the hour of throwing open claims available for staking from' mid- night to twelve o'clock noon... While there has been so much at- tention paid to the proposed land- ing fields for aeroplanes in the Temiskaming District, a site prac- tically ready for use has been over- looked. The South east half of the Government farm, which has been used several times already by planes from the Rouyn section. . Two New Liskeard rinks visited Englehart to attempt the apparent- ly hard task of lifting the Engle- hart curling trophy from the Englehart club. The visitors com- prised Art Amm, Vic Shave, Elgin Binkley, Frank Binkley, (sk.); Chas. Fritsch, Perry Armstrong, Frank Goddard and Al Stephen- son (sk.) . . . Over the week-end additional money was recovered Thursday, April 9, 1959 from the amount alleged to have been taken from the J. & J. Tay- los premises . . . A force of 20 provincial police under' command of Inspector F. B. Creasy, of Hail- eybury, has been concentrated at Kapuskasing within the last few days, anticipating trouble arising out of the demands of bush work- ers in Spruce Falls camps for new scales of wages and working con- ditions covering the spring river drive . . . The broadcasting from the Kirkland Lake station com- menced on Friday last, and to fit- tingly celebrate the occasion the promoters were the hosts to a large number of North Country residents ... Mr. J. W. 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