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Animals and birds in abund ance thrive during winter weather at Springwatcr Park at hlidhurst five miles north of Barrie Caught in winter poses in the accompanying photos are top row to sly 11 Lynn emerging from an afternoon nap many types of colorful ducks who swim happily in water that doesnt freeze because of their maizemcnls native birds who watch JAr Superin tendent Cyril Jnc ad justs hanging bird eeahrg and visitor from Algonquin Park reddishcoated brush PARADISE IN WINTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHER Springwater Park Animals by BRIAN BAKER Contrary to what most citiz ens thlnk Springwatcr Park at Midhurst remains open to vistt ors everyday from em to pm right through the winter Moreover there is no admission fee from October 1st to May 24th its funny thing ays Cyril Jackson park superintend ent how most people have the idea that we put all the anim als into barn and shut them up for the winter Actually most of the 150 birds and animals here re either native or have come from such countries as Formosa and Mnnchuria where climates are similar to our own so they are quite at home left in their regular enclosures through the winter of course everything is provided with adequate shelter retreats explains Mr Jackson It is plain to see that these creatures dont mind the winter in the least for all but few sleepy ones are quite as active as they are in summer it is rather startling to find wide variety of beautiful ducks geese and swans conten tedly swimming in the stillopen pools of water It is even more surprising to see the exotic and vividly colored land fowl like you would expect to find only in the tropics flying to and from per ch and walking through the snow in most un concerned manner ANIMALS ACTIVE Most of the animals are just as active The brush wolf cam mences his furtive pacing when anyone approaches The marten elambersup the side of his enclosure to attract attention The lynx exhibits the immense length of his postlike arms by stretching them one at time and then walks deliberately away like an overgrown alley cat The five deer gambol around their enclosure and then innocently return to survey gt the intruder The old great horned owl seems the most unsociable cit izcn of the Park frequently showing her displeasure to the intruder by emitting four re sonant boots and snapping her beak Now is the very best time for camera fans to obtain some good photos of both theanim als and the birds which at this time can be coaxed to as sume more natural poses says Jackson The coats of the animals in prime condition he points out And the plumage of the birds is at its best rich bright and tidy The snow really shows up the birds col ors Theres real opportunity for anyone who wants to take color photographs Without the hinderance of summer or d5 you should be able to take the time to get yourself some pret ty good pictures For the natureminded boy or girl there is much better chance to study at close range the habits and characteristics of our Canadian wildlife If any animal or bird seems inatten five talk quietly to it or give little mousesqueak youll be surprised at the attention you receive then Never shout or throw stones MANY BIRDS The Park harbours many of our typical native Winter birds including evening grosbeaks blue jays and occasionally nada 18y woodpeckers chicks dees and those quaint little up sidedown birds the red breast ed aud white breasted nuthot ches And the very trees that help make the Park what it is should not he overlooked With out the leaves to hide them the attractive interesting and often curious trunk and branch ing systems characteristic of each particular specie Show up in detail certain number of each specie of tree growing in the Park are conveniently named Look for the dogwood near the duck enclosure it is is cur ious little tree that looks like cross between willow and choke cherry According to Mr Jackson the birds and anians are not ter ribly difficult to look alter in the winter However Show must be shov elled away from under the hanging selffeeders in the bird enclosures These feeders must also be refilled regularly and checked to see that they are not clogged We would hate to think of any birds being unable ROOKE Fonner Barrie Men Promoted Two former Barrie men both of whom attended school hero received major appointments within their companies accord éing to an announcement yester av William Cheesman has been appointed president and general manager of international Tele phone and Telegraph Corpora tion of Canada Ill The second appoinntment an nounced was by the Canada Life Assurance Company Tc ronto Frank Hookc has been ap pointed associate underwriting executive for that company nan Coin Club Meets Wednesday The Huronia Numismatics As sociation will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday in the Loyal True Blue Ball on High Street Barrie at pm Along with the regular floor auction conducted at meetings there will be table auction for interested parties Speaker this month will be Carl Graham of Woodvitle who will talk on foreign papercur rency it is understood he will exhibit comprehensive dis play covering large number oof countries Sin the lastmeeting the associ on said farewell to vicepresident Ernie Ormon and his wife Margaret club secre tary Lieutenant Ormon has been posted to the West but will still be in touch from time to time Floor auctions are becoming larger cach month with 87 pieces offered tomombers at the December meeting Merrick an honorary life mem who announced that wolf At far right below two native wild turkeys dem onstrate their peculiar walk ing gait The wise old owl flares out at the world from hispercli in the photo near top and roughlegged hawk near bottom poses for the cameraman Mr Jackson says the winter is the best time to photograph aornals in the Park pén wait Visitors to get food for even mu while says Mr Jackson COLD FEET gt Pointing to low spacious box es filled with fine wood shav ings he explained sometimes the birds get leold feet and come back in and stand in these to warm their feet just like we would stand over re gister if our feet got cold Wheat oats and corn are the chief foods preferred by the birds Some animals require ra meat while others such as the racoons the bears and the por cupines like nothing better than kibbled dog food Only the groundbog really bi bemates The big bear fat as mud has een sleeping just ld days And the little bear paddles around for little while each day and then retires into his big box and amusingly clos es tha entrance behind him with large pile of shavings The worst enemies of the birdsare mink and weasels which may enter an enclosure and kill dozen or more birds in single night Traps have to be continuously set to catch these pests One night some fellow broke into one of the duck enclosures to steal the ducks But the ducks foiled the attempt theft by swimming up into low culvert relates Mr Jackson While the refreshment booth is closed for the winter visitors can come and cook at the fire places where there is ready supply of wood or they can bring their own stoves and en joy day out that is really different At the end of this month the Scarboro Boy Scouts are bring ing their tents to camp out in the Park for three days Large groups intending to via LOCAL AND GENERAL DINNER GUESTS Dinner guests at the Kiwanis Club of Barrie meeting this week at Community House in cluded Gary Maw secretary of Barrie Central Collegiate Key Club Don Thompson General Motors member of Oshawa Westrnount Kiwanis Club Jeff Davies architect Barrie NEW MEMBER At the weekly luncheon meet ing of the Kiwanis Club of Kem penfelt Bay at Community House new member was in troduced by President Graydon Kohl in the person of Harry Wilson advertising manager of The Barrie Examiner HONORARY MEMBER Board of directors of Barrie Country Club Limited at the monthly meeting elected Roy her Mr Merrick Barrie grocer is former director of the golf club and is credited with much of the development of the course ATLANTIC CROSSING The Canadian freighter Fort Chambly built at Collingwood Shipyards and commissioned last year made the earliest ar rival on record at the port of Quebec City on New Years Day coming from Europe The vessel is owned by Canada Steamship Lines and is char tered to Canadian Pacific Two more Atlantic trips are schedul edfor this winter PENETANG lNClDENl Magistrate Kenneth Cam eron of Barrie presiding at Penetang court last week sent two young men to county jail forvl days and levied heavy fine ecauseof incidents in restaurants prior to Christina and New Years The magisJ tratein giving sentence termed it ridiculous situationwhen disturbances of this nature could break out policemauwas assaulted when trying to break up fight in one occasion SNOWBALLS HURT Soowhalls can hurt and do material damage At Penetang last week three schoolboys roli ed snow to such an extent the hall got so large it went outof control down hill and did ex tensive damage to car in Barrie citizen was ahovelling his walk when he got caught him crossfire of snowball fight between notsoyoung boys snowball well cored with ice caught himin the face cous iug painful abrasions PLAYOFFIN Bannm Harrie Curling Club will be the site of the group playoffs next Wednesday in theannual GovernorGenfrals Trophy oom petition of the Ontario Curling Association George Kennedy is the official umpire Barries two rinks in the event are skipv ped by Art Powell and Gordon Needham DINE CITY COUNCIL Barrie anis Club at the annual Night Monday at Community House will have as dinner guests Barrie city council and municipal officials Mayor Lester Cooke will be the speaker his topio being New Horizons GETS CLASP T0 CD Major OBrecht CD ad ministrative officer at the Can adian Forces Medical Service Training Centre Camp Borden was presented with the claspsto his Canadian Forces Decoration by Brigadier Purves DSO CD Camp Commander at recent ceremony Major OBrecht is resident of Bar rie active in community aflt fairs Lancet Condemns Cigaret Smoking LONDON ReuterslIf people in Britain didnt smoke cigar ets the incidencerof bronchial cancer would be only about an eighth of its present level the authoritative medical journal The Lancet says Cancer of the bronchus now causes over third of all can cer deaths in males in this oountryit says Taking both sexes together it is now the com monest fatal can and its lead is increasing The magazine adds We know how to stop the epi emic as surely as we know how to stop cholera in London If we did not smoke cigarettes the in nidence of bionchial cancer would be only about an eighth its present level Yet we co tinue to smoke cigarets Why BAYCITY UPHOLSTERING ANTIQUE AND MODERN Beautiful Samples Free Estimates FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY PIIONE PA 37433 BARBIE Upholsierlngls Our BusinessNot Just Sideline 65 Bradford St it the Park next summer should make reservations now by cal ling Parkway 87393 This al lows Mr Jackson and his staff time to reserve certain areas for the diosen day so that the group can be together And the stall is able to give better ser vice and prevent confusion that would otherwise be caused by members not being able to lo cafe their group To handle 112000 visitors like we had last your calls for lot of planning Sometimm we have 600 visitors belonging to one group And if they hav ent made reservation before hand it makes it tough on us points out Mr Jackson But meanwhile with summer so far away dressup and bb ing some lunch to cook for visit to the Park You will find its wonderful change from the monotony of restricted wint er living He Just Wont Quit Working lit 84 MONTREAL CP When George Beart was 85 his emlt ployers pointed to their retire ment rule and offered him pension Not yet he said At 70 they suggested his in sistence on working was upset ting tbe system In few years he said At 77 the company ordered him to make way for younger man Mr Heart retired for in few months then found himself another bookkeepers job Today at 84 he continues to work an eighthour day five days week Asked about re tirement he shrugs his shoul ders and says Not yet His employer agrees As far as his work is con cerned you would never believe hes in his 805 says Rutherford of Rutherford Agen cies in suburban St Laurent Bearts recipe for healthy li has helped him maintain the constitution of soyear old No cigarets no alcohol few friends and musicians love of mus His hearing isrsaid tube as sharp as bats and he wears only lowpowered glasses when workin He has touch of arthritis but manages to take bus to work every morning He was born in StokeNewiog ton England and came to Can ada in 1914 He went overseas the following year with the Ca nadian Expeditionary Force and returned to Canada to stay in 1919 Veterans Guard ingtthe Second World War and served for yearand halfuntil someone discovered his real age Mr Beart was for many years an organist in Montreal churches but gave it up nine years ago to leave his 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