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¢ 'THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Tuesday, April 12, 1955 WHITBY DOC to mecca Whitby's have become the during the past week and indi- cations are that it will continue so until the end of the smelt run. Last night, and for the past harbor appears smelt Red River Flood Of 1826 Recalled WINNIPEG CP In 1826 the Red river washed over the ern Manitoba plains in the recorded flood in the river's his tory. If such a flood were to occur today, downtown Winnipeg would be under six feet of r In 1825 the second gre created a 1,060 square Im In the 1861 Red river v eers fled from the thirc flood south atest WE test flood But the most devastating curred in 1950. It rates only fourth in size. But it tops the list when it comes to human suffering and Be erty - loss REMENDOUS COST Just what the flood never could be calculated as money spent, the 1951 accounts of Manitoba show 961,505. But there is no yardstick on hu- man suffering. And only a wild guess could be made at the eco- nomic losses. This happened five years Since then the Red has beh itself. But everyone knows well that this mudd iver s re ing over the plain can strike out again, i 5 "Authorities have estimated that the probable frequency of a flood of the 1950 magnitude is once in 36 years, that of 1826 once in every 460 years. Yet every year Manitoba keeps | its fingers crossed. Since 1948, | when the first damaging flood in recent years hit the city, greater Winnipeg and its 335,000 citizens have become flood conscious. The 1950 flood, which left the city near panic-stricken es it inundated thousands of homes forced the wholesale Canada's fourth-la turned the consciousne osis COMMTTEE SET UP The neoris is still here. For three years following the 1950 flood a three-man committee, set up with the blessing of the federal and pro- vincial governments, worked on the cure. In 1953 the committee River Basin Investigat tee--handed in its a massive effort, tak umes to record the hi and possible cures « floods. oc- cost the Red g Commit It 11 vol- causes river 18 tor f Red the prairie Ft Sed CROWDED | few nights, not even standing room is left on the dock. The en- tire surface is literally alive with smelt fishermen and their nets. The shore of the lake continuing east from the dock, around past the pump house and AS SMELTERS , around to Heydenshore Park, is | lined with men and women avith | nets. Some are fishing from the | shore, others are donning wa- | ders and stepping out into the water to lower nets to catch the little silver fish. Last night's CONGREGATE smelt run was not heavy but this did not seem to deter fish- ermen who come from as far away as Toronto. Shown above is the crowd standing on the Whitby dock. Robertson, Whitby. The Manitoba government took one look at the curative costs which ranged from an estimated $12,000,000 to $82,000,000 and shook its head. Two years have since assed and the report is still gath- ering dus Campbell, said in ure recently that noth- en done about the re- He said nothing could be de- cided upon until a cost-benefit sur- vey was undertaken and he had no idea when the province would undertake this study A cost - benefit survey means imply what the province would get for vent Ir. ( | said the question of implementing some of the pro- jects outlined in the report would be taken up with the federal go- vernment which had authorized the study and financed TO CALL M TNG | The premier said Ottawa was the only one with "that kind of| money." Mr. Campbell said he hoped to call a meeting soon with] some of the municipalities in| greater Winnipeg which had com-| plete study of the investigation report and with Chamber of Com merce One of the first steps taken by the investigating committee was the establishment of the greater Winnipeg diking board in July,| 19. The board supervised con- struction of a system of elev ated | boulevards and dikes, at a final | cost of $4,677,014, capable of hold-| ing ts a flood the size of the| 1948 disaster | But still to be acted upon are the committee's suggested cures. Two schemes were suggested as the most favorable: Construction of a 25-mile long dike to hold back the flood in a detention basin 30| miles south of Winnipeg or a 26 mile floodway skirting the eastern | outskirts of the city, or a com-| bination of both | EFFECTIVE MEASURE The committee said in its report that the Ste. Agathe basin would be the most effective means of re- | ducing the flood hazard in greater Winnipeg because 95 per cent of the effective drainage area of the Red river above Winnipeg would be controlled The basin would be formed by an earthfill dike stretching across immediately upstream BROCK WHITBY Phone 8-3618 LAST COMPLETE EVENING SHOWS AT 7 P.M. SHOW 8:20 P.M. "74s DANCING SWEETHEART M-G-M's RALPH John Mclntire and Louis (suicima) ARMSTRONG GLORY ALLEY Starring LESL MEEKER - CARON ... Kurt KASZNAR * Give ROLAND and is TRUMPET AMERICAN N bh IN PARIS i 1E wings you my ow I; will live in your heart forever! un : ere's everyone's Great Adventure of all time, as it of eternal youth and thrills! Walt Disney's ETER PAN A New Achievement in Motion Picture Entertainment COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR 1 Deanery Productions to the Never Land y | much cash to get along in Flori- from the farming community of | Ste. Agathe. Water flow would be controlled by a radial gate sys- tem. | The committee estimated the | cost of the detention basin at $12, 000,000. But, as one authority said in an interiew, the detention basin is| fraught with complications. Valu- able farm lands would be lost. Many small communities and hun- dreds of persons would be dis- placed. "There is a psychological hazard too," he said. "The people of Win- nipeg would always know that dike | was up there. If it should break, | a wall of water would rush down | on the city." COULD DIVERT WATER The committee said a diversion | of the floodwaters around Winnipeg | "would offer the most positive | means of flood protection to that| area because it would control the | whole drainage basin of the Red river around Winnipeg." Basically the floodway would be a gigantic ditch running south of the city of St. Nobert, around the eastern limits and entering the | river again to the north. Air Division In Top Trim In Europe OTTAWA (CP) A continual round of aerial combat tactics, es- cort work, high level interception and simulated ground attacks is keeping the RCAF's 1st Air Di- vision in Europe in top fighting trim, RCAF headquarters here re- counted some of the exercises car- ried out by the Canadian Sabre jet pilots, sometimes alone, some- times in conjynction with other squadrons of the North Atlantic Treaty forces in Europe. The pilots are kept at the ready and in the exercises "scramble'" to their planes just as they would in wartime. One of the exercises, headquar- ters recalled, involved more than 1,800 planes of various nationali- ties in a simulated air battle which ranged from the United Kingdom to Switzerland for some seven days. That was one of the biggest. At the other end of the scale are the station exercises where a handful of Canadians simulate attacks while other Canadians try to inter- cept them. ENORMOUS CLOCK Each of the four faces of Big Ben, the Westminster clock in Lon- don, is more than 22 feet across. Cash Backlog Urged As Retiring In Florida Still Costs Money WASHINGTON -- If you're think- ing of retiring to a home in Flori- da under the impression that liv- ing there costs next to nothing. you can take it from the Town Journal "it just isn't so. "The =«ir and the sunshine are still free, but it takes about as da these days as it does any where else," says the magazine, quoting from the experience of one who has tried it That's the word from state au- thorities who are showing concern over the immigration of 80,000 per- sons a year since 1950 -- 60 per| cent above the rate of the previ. ous decade The fact that many newcomers | are in the low income, upper-age brackets is a problem for the state and frequently for the | new arrivals. Already some 65,000 | retirees who migrated to Florida | years ago have been forced to rely | on federal or state aid. Their own budgets cannot take it. Take the case of the David de | Castros, who have been in Florida | now for 2% years, after 30 years in a small New Jersey commu- nity. Mr. de Castro retired from elec- | trical and chemical engineering at | 65, with no pension, but with So- cial Security benefits. He and his | wife had vacationed in Florida and | loved it. | 98,500 IN CASH When they left home they had | $8,500 in cash and marketable | assets, and enough clothing to | last them for a long stretch, They | spent the first six months of their | retirement, and about $1,000 in | Orlando. Then came the dawn. "We dis- covered, said Mr. de Castro, "that even with maximum Social Security benefits we weren't able | +- eke out a living without digging | into our savings. I had to get some kind of employment." Soon he discovered something else. Florida employers don't like | to hire '"'snowbirds" -- people who {| want Florida jobs for five or six months, in the winter, but fly | north when summer comes. They | demand proof that the job seekers are in Florida to stay. One kind of | proof is a voting registration card, which can't be obtained until after | a year's residence. Quicker evi. | dence is purchase of a home. | "For six months I looked in | vain for part-time or full-time | employment," Mr. de Castro said. | "Then I, got an engineering job in a cement plant. In spite of my | newly added income, it still was costing us too much to live | "In the coastal areas, where the | tourists go, you can rent an apart- | ment for $60 to $80 a month, That's too much for retired peo- ple like us. In some central towns | this might be shaded to $40 to $5, | pat there the job opportunities are | | fow." | Mr. de Castro bought al a fourroom affair with | gombination living and dining | | room, kitchen, one bedroom, and | | builtin shower. The price was| | 85,25 about the miimum in| By putting down $2,230 Castros reduced their carrying charges | Florida | the de monthly $29.30. 'We wanted a lawn," he said, "so it cost $200 for topsoil to put over the sand. We'll get part of this back, when we learn to grow vegetables the Florida way." Now Mr. de Castro is employes full time as a research engineer by a new concern at Ormond Beach engaged in work on elec- tronics, plastics, and plating. His taxes were $1825 last year, $22 this might be shaded to $40 to $50, quarter; heat, $32 a year; gas and electricity, $7.50 a month; automobil: insurance and main tenance, $20; food, $50; inci dentals, including clothing, laun- dry, telephone, and so pig ind dareadd ed,i t comes toaro und $35 and $45. By the time a few other items are added, it comes to around $150 a month, not including life insurance, "You can hardly live on in Florida," declared Mrs. Castro. "We d less, de 0 no entertaining. V' go out for dinner twice a week, which costs us $2 to $2.50 and comes out of my food budget. Occasionally, we go to a movie." Happily the de Castros are now among Florida retirees who have managed to keep on their feet. In two or three years, they may re- tire for good. Unfortunately, their good fortune has not been the ex- perience of too many other Flori- da newcomers, Mr. de Castro stated. Those forced to look for work have found that some specialized skill is zlmost a requisite. Even then, wages are lower than in the North--$1.75 to $2 an hour. Many employers hesitate to hire men over 65 because of Social Security re- strictions on their earnings. IT'S A BIG STATE Many retirees become part-time farmers, but agricultural condi- ticns vary so greatly from 'those i. ti.» North that even those with 'green thumbs' have to learn all over again. Those who have studied retire- ment living in Florida have this advice for prospective new resi- dents: See as much of Florida as you can before deciding where and how to live. 1 Florida is a big state -- 834 miles from Pensacola to Key| West. That's only 85 miles less | than the distance from Pensacols,| to Chicago. | Many have found that a house on wheels is best. modern trailer costs half the price of the lower - cost Florida home, and used trailers can be had at big reduction. Some trailer families spend six or eight months in Flori- da, then move back home for the summer months, thus keeping | their old ties until they make up their minds about living in Florida permanently, Mr. de Castro had a piece of alvice for those contemplating living in Florida: 'No one should think of retiring here without a backlog of $6,000 to $8,000, out of which he should be willing to spend $500 to $1,000 just to get settled before the regular budgeting begins. People with Jess to| can make it but it's something of | a battle." WHITBY and DISTRICT Fires And Mud Plague Brooklin Fire The grass fires which plagued local fire departments over the week-end, struck Brooklin Sunday afternoon. The first call came at 2.30 to a minor fire behind the residence of Mrs. A. I. McBrien, which was quickly quelled. Half an hour later, the fire truck was again called out, this time to a point about 1% miles south of the village, near the home of Mr. S. J. Barnes. This fire presented more of a threat, as it broke out in a wooded Brigade area, and was bigger than the previous blaze. When this fire had been put out, the Brooklin fire truck ran into more trouble, this time not from fire, but from mud. As the truck was leaving the scene of the blaze, it bogged down in soft mud, d a tow-truck was called in to fe- trieve it. A The tow-truck, however, fo stuck in the mud, and it was\ not until 6.00 p.m. that the Townshi bulldozer pulled the two vehicl clear. Initiate Three Into Rebekahs The regular meeting of the Benevolent Rebekah Lodge was held Wednesday. Three new mem- bers were initiated by Sister Lena Pellow and her degree staff. The new members were, Mrs. Jean Roper, Mr. Gordon McLean and Mr. Alonzo Campbell. The lodge was in charge of No- ble Grand Isabelle Saunders as- sisted by VG Greta Campbell, who reported on those sick, com- munications were read and com- plied with, special committees also gave their reports, One visitor, Mrs. Alcott, from Sault Ste. Marie, was welcomed by the members. After lodge closed a very nice lunch- was served by the commit- tee. WHITBY DAY-BY-DAY Mrs. W. C. Town has returned from the Oshawa General Hospi- tal, after being seriously ill for the past seven weeks. ALMOND'S HOME AND SCHOOL The regular monthly meeting of Almonds Home and School was held on March 30. The president, Mrs. Bowcott, called the meeting to order and opened with singing of "O Can- ada" and all repeated the Lord's Prayer. After all the business was taken care of the meeting was turned over to Mrs. Moww, who displayed and talked on her pottery work. Mr. Len Allen then displayed his oil paintings and talked on them, Mr. Gagnon, principal of the south school, also attended the meeting. The meeting was closed and a social hour followed. TWO GRASS FIRES Whitby fire department called out to another two fires yesterday afternoon. The first call came at 2.45, from 1215 Allan St., where a patch of grass surrounded on three sides by houses was set alight, and was in danger of spreading with the wi were grass This blaze was doused in a mat- ter of minutes, but half an hour later, the trucks wepe speeding east again, this t to Garrard Road, where another small grass fire had broken out.~Phis fire was Gladness Theme Of Mission Circle On Tuesday, April 5th, the meet- ing of the Women's Mission Circle of the Whitby Baptist Church was held in the Sunday School Hall, the president, Mrs. Wm. Hewis, was in the chair. The theme for the meeting was Gladness and the members answered the roll call with a verse of scripture on the theme. The devotional was given by Mrs. Wm. Hewis, speaking on Thoughts of Spring and Easter. Mrs. John Parker gave some interesting highlights on the Bap- tist mission work. The slate of officers was brought in by Mrs. E. A. MacMillan, chair- man of the nominating committee. Mrs. Dair gave a very interest- ing account of the Igdian werk being carried on in Ontario by one of the Canadial issionaries. After the singing a hymn, the meeting was closed with prayer. also extinguished in a few min- utes. A GOOD DEED ON EASTER A Whitby resident has reported an incident in front of All Saints' Anglican Church at noon on Easter Sunday which might well have saved the life of an unidentified Whitby boy. The lad, he told The Times-Gazette, was stranded in the middle of Dundas Street while cars, carrying residents home from churches in the town, passed on either side of him. Seeing the bewildered lad's predicament, John Allen, of Whitby, dashed out into the street and guided the boy to safety of the sidewalk. DUPLICATE BRIDGE With ten tables playing the fol lowing are the top scores for this week's game, North and South: Mrs. Frost and Mrs. MacGillivray, 91%; Mr. and Mrs. John Spratt, 90; Mrs. Wilson and Mrs, Spratt and Mrs. Free- man and Mrs. Bowman, tied with 88; Mr. and Mrs. Winter, 81%; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, 80%. East and West: Mr. and Mrs. Herb Pringle, 83; Mrs. and Miss Bovay and Mr. and Mrs. Welsh, tied with 80%; Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Booth, 79; Mrs. Macdougall and Mrs, Watts, 75%; Mrs. Keane and Mrs. Maundrell, 71%. PAPER DRIVE Boy Scouts of Whitby will be conducting another' of their reg- ular collections of' papers on Sat- urday, April Householders are reminded to tie their bundles of old papers and place them on the curb for collection by the Scouts. Hunt Tribe Living In Stone Age SYDNEY, Australia -- A four man Australian government team is hacking its way through central New Guinea to the 'hidden val- ley," haven of 3,000 primitive wig- men still living in a stone age. The first white man to stumble into the valley, dubbed Shangrila, was a 28 year old oil geologist, John Zehnder. Zehnder is going back, after eight months, to estab- lish permanent contact with the wigmen and persuade some of them to come back for a brief look at civilization. To get to the valley, the team has to cross the country of the Huri people, some 100,000 strong, who also wear wigs. In fact, the Huris have two types of wigs: One, a mushroom shape model for every day use and one styled | like a three cornered hat for cere- monial occasions. Then, they will have to scale a 12,000 foot mountain wall which has isolated Shangrila since the dawn of time. Zehnder has de- scribed the inhabitants as almost 6 feet in height, with noses paint- ed black and red and pierced with a quill. They decorate their wigs with small flowers, pieces of fur and feathers. Their only clothing is a loin cloth. Around their necks they wear mother of pearl and shell necklaces. Shangrila, says Zehnder, matches the primeval quality of its inhabitants. Streams, running white with limestone salt, cascade down from overhanging cliffs, Riv- ers disappear mysteriously into the ground while recurring earth- quakes rock the lush undergrowth. The present team is following the path traced eight months ago by the group of explorers and geologists sent out by the Austra- dan government to look over the unknown Tari - Strickland area of New Guinea. Until then, this re- glon had only been surveyed from the air. It was on this expedition that Zehnder, led by a friendly native, became the first white man to enter Shagrila. This time, the entire team hopes to penettrate the valley. Once in- side, the Australians will search for an airfield site, then build a landing strip and a patrol post. Once this is done, they will radio to their headquarters in Tari for a plane, which will be sent out to further explorations in the region. This plane also will transport a party of natives to Tari and per- haps Australia where they may learn something of the 20th cen- tury. HAMPSHIRE MODESTY ANDOVER, England (CP) --The carnival queen of this Hampshire town will be chosen from photo- graphs this year. "Hampshire girls are so shy and modest," an of- ficial explained. BLAME CHILDREN LINDSAY Children playing with matches are blamed for a $2,500 fire at the home of Jack Quibell. ROOM AND BOARD COME ON, CUT YOUR GAB SHORT AND GET TO THE POINT!...IF < YOU WERE REPORTING A FIRE, THE PLACE WOULD BE IN ASHES BEFORE YOU GOT AROUND TO MENTIONING THE ADDRESS! TOLD IT ALL YET AHM-KMF...WELL, HERE'S MY IDEA FOR A NEW FORM OF INSTANT COFFEE...IT'LL BE A PASTE CONTAINED IN A TUBE LIKE TOOTH PASTE OR SHAVING CREAM! WHAT'LL BE SO GREAT ABOUT THATZ Lad, 5, Is Knocked Down A 5-year-old Whitby boy narrow- ly escaped death on Sunday after- noon when he was knocked to the pavement by a passing car. John | Rottine, Dundas Street E., suffer- | ed only minor scratches and! bruises when he darted in front | of a car at the intersection of | Dundas and Green Streets on Sun- day at 4 p.m. ! Police report that John was | standing at the southwest curb of | the Qundas and Green intersection ith - his parents and other chil- Aren when he suddenly decided to cross the street and ran in front of a car driven by John S. Rutter, 54, of 79 Brock Street W., Oshawa. Rutter had been proceeding west on Dundas Street, about to make a turn south onto Green Street. He told police that he was in first gear at the time of the mishap and was driving about 5 m.p.h. He stopped immediately and the injured lad was rushed to the of- | fice of Dr. B. A. Hodgins, Green Street, for examination. Later he was taken to his pome by Fred Hatch, of Whithy,\ Sgt. William gated. ond investi- Remove Ice From Arena Floor The last of the ice was removed from Whitby Arena yesterday morning. The operation, which commenc- ed on Thursday of last week, meant a great deal of hard work for Ernie Vallant and Art Moore, who did most of the de-icing work. First, the ice was loosened up by opening all the arena doors, al- lowing the warm air to reach the ice surface. When the ice was con- sidered loose enough, it was brok- en up with timber spikes, loaded ROUTE OF LATEST Route of the expedition sched- uled to land at the North Pole is shown here. The expedition, led by Col. Stanwell Fletcher, will demonstrate for U.S. Air Force observers a new device for mea- POLE EXPEDITION suring thickness of ice from the air. Peggy Keenan (wife of Col. Fletcher) will be on the expedi- tion and expects to be the first white woman to camp at the site of the North Pole. Central Press Canadian into a truck, and carted outside to melt. Yesterday morning, the goal nets, ice scrapers, etc., were being hung up for the summer, and the concrete under-surface of the arena was being washed down in preparation for the summer activ. ities. The first event to take place on the summer timetable will be wrestling. This will be presented under the management of Pat Milosh, the Oshawa promoter, and the first bout will take place on Tuesday, April 19th. C.R.A. TUESDAY Recreation office open all day 9.00-5.30 p.m. Adult - Woodshop, Strength and Health Club, Shuffleboard 2.00-4.00 p.m. Children - Woodshop, Leather- craft, Games Room 4.15-5.30 p.m. Adult - Woodshop, Strength and Health Club, Barbershoppers 7.00 9.00 p.m. Leathercraft 7.30 pm. Board of Directors of C.R.A. Meeting) 8.00 p.m. WEDNESDAY Recreation office open all day 9.00-5.30 p.m. Adult - Woodshop, Strength and Health Club, Shuffleboard, 2.00 4.00 p.m. Children - Woodshop, Leather- craft, Games Room 4.15-5.30 p.m. Adult - Woodshop, Strength and Health Club, Teen Town Games 7.00-980 p.m. Oshawa Film Council 7.30 p.m. Dog Obedience Class 7.30 p.m. Arena Committee 7.30 p.m. Radio N.A. Meeting Clubhouse) 8.00 p.m. BIG TIDES Tides in Passamaquoddy bay be- tween New Brunswick and Maine range from 13 to 25 feet, Whitby Classified home, near Whitby, double garage. Large lot and garden, near school, on good road. Reasonable, Terms arranged. Phone 8-2124. 82d BREAR'S COMPLETE FLOOR SERVICE tiling, inlaid linoleum, Counter tops a specialty, Phone MO. 82060. April 18 INSULATION, BLOWING METHOD. Free Estimates. SEPTIC TANKS CLEANED THE SANITARY WAY. WALTER WARD, Whitby. Phone MO. 8-2563. May3 HOME FOUND, AT CLUB BAYVIEW SATUR- day night, small blonde dog, no identi- cation, Call Oshawa 3-2574 85a Smelt Makes Appearance When The Ice The sun is shining on both sides of the fence, and thousands of Ontario residents are preparing for the smelt run, says a Depart- ment of Lands and Forests re- lease. This is an annual event which can't be marked exactly on a cal- endar but which occurs in count- less streams shortly after the ice goes out. CAUGHT IN BUCKETS The smelt generally is thought of as a marine fish--living in the estuaries and along the shores of the ocean. But there's no doubt about the existence of fresh wa- ter smelt, millions of them. In some lakes they may be caught through holes in the ice. Usually, however, Ontario fishermen use the dipnet, and some even dip with buckets. It is nearly 220 years ago that the smelt first appeared in abund- ance in Ontario. .In 1 . W. J. K. Harkness, of Division of Fish and Wildlife, On- tario Department of Lands and Forests, wrote in a report to the department: "A new fish has appeared In recent years in Lake Huron and other Great Lakes -- smelts were introduced into Michigan to serve as food for landlocked salmon which, it was expected would thrive in lakes once smelts had been established" The sad truth was that the landlocked salmon didn't thrive--but the smelts did. "Only time will tell," Dr. Hark- ness commented in 1936, "whether the appearance of smelt in such numbers in the Great Lakes is beneficial or otherwise. In any case it is too late to do anything about it now. The time to consider such problems is before Introduc- ing a foreign species. DATES TO 1906 Apparently as long ago as 1906, the Michigan State Fish Commis- sion introduced the landlocked At- lantic salmon into certain northern Michigan lakes and the Great Lakes. The salmon came from Maine, where smelt was their chief food. When smelt were intro- duced, they stayed. The salmon didn't. The smelt were planted in Crys- tal Lake, from which they made their way into Lake Michigan. It was in 1918 that Newt Ely, of Beulah, Mich.,, took two water pails from his woodshed to fill in FOR RENT -- "THREE ROOMS AND bath. Apply 301 Byron North after 6. 85b EMPLOYMENT WANTED -- DUTCH lady desires domestic work, store work, or nursing. Write Post Office Box 185, Brooklin. 85a NOW .. HAVE YOUR OIL BURNER cleaned and serviced. Experienced in all makes, Call Ayers Service, Pickering 85¢ or RCA Vict "DQ | TELEVISIO BUTT RADIO 118 Brock St. S. Whitby MO. 8-3707 2400 R 2. AT BROOKLIN. QUANTITY OF AS- sorted fire brick. New, Phone or write Orillia, On- 85a Tudhope Specialties Ltd., tario. QUALITY NURSERY STOCK W. C. Town & Sons FRIGIDAIRE AUTHORIZED DEALER WHITBY MO, 8-3410 Garden Supplies--Power mow- er and Tractor--Open daily 8 am. - 9 a.m. (Except Sun- day) A. W. 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The six-foot width of water was filled from bank to bank with a teeming, struggling mass of fish, all heading upstream. Some were crowded above the water." ANNUAL QUEST That started the smelt run bus- iness, a business which brought thousands of dollars to resort reas. Michigan Pantcularty went e sme a wi wi * od Fly oi trimmings. The little fish recognized no bound: line and appeared along the no shore of Lake Huron in Ontario, then moved to the south, eventually through the lower lakes into the St. Lawrence River. There's hardly a stream in hun dreds of miles now which isn't vi- sited by smelt fishermen once the ice is out. The smelt isn't much of a fish for size. He's a. slender, silvery fellow with minute, loose scales, a sharply formed tail and a mouth- ful of tiny, sharp teeth. He looks something like a cisco or lake herring except for the larger mouth armed with the teeth. Max. imum size is about 14 inches and weight around eight ounces. Some ardent smelters claim, by the way, that the little fish smell like cucumbers. The flesh has a fine flavor but a hearty meal required a lot of smelt. Some of the rangers of the Department of Lands and For- ests claim that one should cook 65 fish for each hungry person. That may be an exaggeration, but it is a fact that the average diner can dispose of a dozen smelt without toc much effort. STAFFORD BROS. Monumental Works Memorials © Markers Member "of the CANADIAN ASSOCIATION of MEMORIAL CRAFTSMEN. <8 Dundas St. E., Whitby Phone MO. 8-3552 BOY SCOUT PAPER DRIVE SAT., APR. 23 You Tielt Up... We Pick It Up THIS SERVICE WILL HELP YOU AND HELP THE SCOUTS! Please Place Paper Out As Early As Possible