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This year's graduates ef Haileybury High School pose at their recent commencement exercises. Aurora Trout Angling In Temiskaming Lakes The introduction of Aurora trou = fingerlings to Seahorse Lake in th 'Temiskaming District in 1959 and 1960 has .been successful and pro- mises to 'provide good angling for a fish which is said to have twice the strength and double the fight- ing qualities of the brook trout, ac- cording to a report by Dr. H. H. MacKay, supervisor of the Fisher- ies Section of the Ontario Depart- ment of Lands and Forests. Reporting on the Aurora trout in Ontario, Dr. MacKay states: In the annals of the Carnegie -Museum, Vol XVI, 1925, Arthur W. Henn and William H. Rinkenbach described a char taken from White Pine Lake, Gamble Township, Tim- agami. Provincial Forest during fishing expeditions to the -area. White Pine Lake is*located direct- ly east of Smoothwater Lake. The authors remarked that the fish which they caught was known locally by-a variety of names, for example, rainbow trout, landlock- ed salmon and salmon trout, but none of these names, in their opin- ion, was truly applicable to the remarkably beautiful iridescent bluish or purplish coloured speci- _mens which they caught. Because of this, they chose the name Aurora 'trout as an approp- riate common name. On the basis of their studies of individual speci- 'mens, they believed that they had found a new species and named it Salvelinus timagamiensis. The Aurora trout resembles the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in a number of ways. The body proportions do not differ from those of the brook trout in any significant mianner. The white 'bor- derline on the lower fins is also characteristic of both fish. At least one specimen that Henn and Rin- -kenbach examined had two of ithe typical spots. of the brook trout. The specific nating given to the Aurora trout by Henn and Rinken- bach has not been. satisfactorily established. It may merely be a colour phase of the brook trout or a subspecies. quired. It has been suggested to me by ment of Zoology, University of - Toronto, that'a study of the accli- mation temperature requirements of Aurora trout might settle the argument as to whether it is a new species or not. These experiments would show to what extent the Aurora trout is similar to or dif- - ferent from the acclimation temp- erature of 'the brook trout. Dr. Fry has the laboratory facilities to carry out this study. Messrs. A. Elsey and N. Patrick, have continued studies off this in- teresting fish and Mr. Patrick has now confirmed that it is native to White Pine, Whirligig and Wilder- ness Lakes. These lakes are all in the same drainage system and flow into Smoothwater Lake, _ through Marina Lake, in Gamble Township. It is not improbably that specimens To determine .the exact position of the fish, system-| 'atically, taxomic studies are re- Dr. F. E. J. Fry of the Depart} District Biologists at Swastika, jot Aurora trout may ibe found in Other lakes of this drainage sys- tem or in other drainage-systems, provided. the conditions necessary for their well-being are present. District Biologist Patrick and Hatchery Assistant Graf of the Hill Lake Hatchery near Charlton have been successful in collecting and}. culturing spawn of the Aurora trout to the fingerling stage. As a result, 2,134 fingerlings 234 inches in length were planted in Seahorse Lake, Clifford Township, Temiska- ming District, in 1959, and an ad- ditional 2,000 fingerlings, 1-1/4 inches in length were planted in the same-lake in 1960. Seahorse Lake is located in Es- ker Lakes Provincial Park about 20 miles northeast of Kirkland Lake. It is known that the- intro- duction of the Aurora trout finger- lings to Seahorse lake has been successful and promises to pro- vide good angling for a fish which is said to have twice the' strength and double the fighting capacities of. the brook trout. Hilton Brown Rev. Nixon officiated at the' re- cent funeral service at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Haileybury, for Hilton W. Brown who died sudden- ly at his home Saturday, Decem- ber 24. Mr. Brown was born at Hamilton 59 years ago, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brown, Haileybury: He took up residence at Haileybury in 1903 and was employed as a con- tractor and carpenter. He was also interested in prospecting. e Mr. Brown was a member ofthe Haileybury Hunting Club -and-was an avid fisherman as well as a hunter. He married the former Mary Ann Edwardson in 1927 at Hailey- bury. He was predeceased be, a brother and a sister. Surviving are his wife, one son, Carl, Elliot Lake; one daughter, Mrs. G. Meloche (Kathleen), Fer- ris; and six grandchildren. Also surviving is one brother, George, Kirkland Lake. : Pallbearers were Bill Cavan- augh, George Herbert, Joe Phili- bert, Jr., Arthur Hurteau, Bazil Treen and Rev. W. Churchill. ladies Curling At Local Club 4 The Ladies Section of the Cobatt- Haileybury Curling Club started their first after-Christmas compe- tition on Tuesday, January 3, with sixteen evening and four afternoon rinks in the play. Playoffs for the Diamond | D. competition will be continuing this week-end as all playoffs must be completed before February al Names of winners in these games Fa be available next week. | CGIT Holds Candlelight Service The C.G.I.T. from St.. Andrew's United Church, Haileybury, con- ducted part of their annual Candle Light Service for the patients -at Misericordia Hospital recently. The patients congregated in wheel chairs to join in the carol singing 'and to obserye the candle lighting ceremony. After the service, the girls carry- ing lighted candles and singing carols filed into the rooms of many of the bedridden. The radiant ex- pressions on the faces of both car- ollers and patients depicted the reality of the Christmas message. "Peace on earth, good will to " men . The C.G.1.T. group expressed gratitude to Sister Superior and to the hospital staff for their kind co- operation in this venture. Xmas Bonus At a special meeting of the Cobalt Council held Wednesday of last week to wind up year- end affairs, it was decided to give the town gang a belated Christmas bonus in the form of a day's pay. The men, who had expected their usual Christmas turkey, were disappointed Christmas ~ Eve when it was found that the birds had been fergotten. Councillor Jack McGarry, who was defeated in the last election, issued an angry state- ment denying any and ali re- sponsibility for the missmg The Weather winds and freezing temperatures, the month of December was just a commonplace, average month as far as weather was concerned. The average daily temperature for December was 13.5. During the same month in 1959 it was 16.7 and since 1894, it was 13.6. The maximum for December, 1960, was 49, on both the 5th and 6th, in 4959 it was 36 on the fourth, and in 1941, a balmy 56.6 was re- corded. Twenty-one below zero was re- corded as the minimum for De- cember, 1960, with 23 below in 1959. In 1933, the coldest December day showed 39 below. During 1960 the maximum temp- erature was recorded on May 26 when the thermometer reached 86. The minimum was on January 9 when a bleak 31 below was noted. Week came January 3, 1961. Thursday, January 5, 1961 Miss Sally Whitby was the uatmg class at Haileybury High. The Haileyburian valedictorian for the 1960 grad- ~" ) Miss Evelyn Larabie of Ottawa and Miss Sylvia Larabie of North Bay were holiday guests at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. U- Larabie, Mileage 104. Max. Min.) Wednesday ......0.0... - 28 4 FBEPSd ay soci tee. 2 33 23 Feridavey sa weer en ae I. 30. «22 SAtULGaY te cee eee 00 =«-19 Simdays sale erie te: 10 -"2) WVIONG AV ge. oy Ale ce), fens 8 -16 PRHESCAV anc Pc aie ee 1k 46" - denotes below: zero. Mrs. Eric Greening spent Christ- mas in North Bay at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs..G. Warren. Mrs. L. Hill of Scarboro is spend- ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs. W. Fleming. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wright and Hugh spent the holiday week-end in North Bay with their son-in-law len. Mrs. Ellen Giffen spent the Christmas week-end in Sundridge at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lovsin. Mr. Albert Svekers of Virginia- town spent a week-.at his home dur- ing the holiday season. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brosko and family. of Noranda were Christ- mas visitors at the home of Mrs. Brosko's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Cunningham 'and other relatives in Cobalt. Mr.- and Mrs. W. McKinnon, Co- tbalt St., had all their family home for the holidays. To sspent Christ- 'mas 'with' their-parents were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brunette, Lee and Jackie of Hanmer; Mr. and Mrs. Allan Smith and Arnold of Powas- san; Mr.-and Mrs. Charles Ribble and Roy of Toronto, their son Glen of Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. of. Sturgeon Falls; Mr. and Mrs. 'Cliff Pirie of North Cobalt and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Evans and Laurie of New Liskeard. Over the New Year holiday their son and daugh- ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McKinnon of Elliot Lake and Miss Beverley Cloutier of Chapleau were their guests. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ramey during' the holidays includ- ed Mr.-and Mrs. Noel Ramey and Mr, and Mrs. Marcel Bouchard and children all of North Bay, Miss Mary Ramey, R.N., of Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. J.. Evelegh and children of Matheson. Mr.-and Mrs. E. J. Colgrave, John and Ruth of Kingston spent Christmas and New "Year's with Mrs. Colgrave's- parents, Mr. and (Mrs. S. Hetherington. Mr. Charles Johnston arrived home from Elliot Lake to Spend balt. Mr. and Mrs. - Lingenfelter and | children of Kirkland Lake visited Cobalt Personals and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. D. Al= Ken McKinnon, Karen and Kevin4 |} @ consolation prize was won by T. * the holidays with his family in Co- lat the home of Mrs. Lingenfelter's 4 Sri. wee parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. John- ston. Mrs. Florence Andrews of Sud-' bury and her son-in-law and daugh- ter, Mr. and Mrs. W. Lovsin and Sandra of Sundridge spent the New 4 Year week-end with Mrs. Andrew's sister, Mrs. E. Giffen. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wink visited at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. L. Culhane * at Kearns over the holiday week-. ; end. Miss Mary Wink of Gowganda is spending a few weeks vacation at; the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wink. Miss Linda Speck spent Christ. mas in Coniston with her parents, - Mr. and Mrs. S. Speck, Miss Jackie, Lemoine and Don Speck were also, guests of the Specks during the , holidays. ; 3 Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wink of, North Bay spent Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. Wink. , Holiday visitors at the home of the Roy. Switzers were Ted and Joyce Molyneux, Miss Claudette Lamothe and Norman Dignard, all of Wanipitei. Three Day Spiel of | U Mixed Curling = Twelve rinks of mixed curling, entered a three-day 'spiel during the week, before Christmas, each. playing three games with a total score to count. The rink skipped by George Harrison with Anita Taylor, Bill Taylor and Bob Gro- zelte won with the highest points and brought home the Christmas turkey. The runner up was Ben Bourget, S. Bosch, Paul Huff and: Ron Taylor capturing the second prize consisting of chickens. A second Turkey-Chicken 'Spiel was held December 27th, 28th and 23th with 21 rinks participating. This was a four group competition each game consisting of four ends. In the finals Roger. Fleming's tink, with Vera Byles, Mike Hunt and Bob Grozelle secured the tur- keys and Fred Abraham, G. Horn- castle, Ted Tomney and Anita Tay- lor winning chickens. In this 'spiel Tullock, Mary Bourget, Bill Cav- anagh and Ron Taylor. ~ Classified Ads Bring Results