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Black Fly Provides Peculiar Amusement While other areas have four seasons, Schreiber has but two, shovellin' weather and swattin' weather. Though in winter we shovel and find satisfaction in bragging about depth of snow and intense cold, it takes a certain iron for- titude only natives can acquire to accept the necessary swat- ting and scratching when our ancient enemy the black fly ar- rives in summer. However, this annual tribula- tion is turned into a source of amusement when natives with a perverse sense of humor gather at the railway station during halts of passenger trains. Passengers depict either sheer astonishment or outright laughter, as they observe us on the platform performing inex- plicable antics, namely swatting blackflies and scratching bites. However, when the strangers descend from their safe haven and are immediately set upon by ravenous flies it is our turn to laugh. We stand with stolid expres- sions, contemplating the vis- itors anguish, seeing the weak ones flee, and honoring those who wildly scratch but remain outside. Later as the train moves, salutes are exchanged with the brave ones who for a few mo- ments joined us in battle during black fly weather. Some alarm was aroused about a local record being top- pled when a building in Port Ar- thur was reported to have been sawed in two to be transported. But since the severing was merely for convenience in mov- ing and the building was joined again when it reached its des- tination, Schreiber feels its laurels remain green. The local record concerns a hotel whose owners resolved a dispute by cutting the building exactly in two and moving one half to another 'street. And so they remain, not only separated, but on different streets. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Four- nier and Mrs, J. B. Fournier have gone to visit in Rimou- sky, Que. Mr. and Mrs. J: M. McGrath and family are holi- daying with relations in 'Egan-. ville and area. Mr, and Mrs. Bob Coffey, of Montreal, who have not been in Schreiber for 40 years, are renewing old friendships here this week. Pat Newton is acting general secretary in the YMCA while Don Hencher js in Geneva Park taking a course in manage- ment, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tuomi drove to Winnipeg to meet the latter's brother, Lyle MacCrim- mon of Prince George, B.C., and together they drove to holiday in Cornwall, Noranda, and New Liskeard. Mr. and Mrs. George Burns and family are spending their vacation in Guelph. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Gon- der, of Elmwood, Ont., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. 0. Sainsbury. Visiting with them last week were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ferguson of Oakvil!s, en route to the west coast. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Pou- lin and family of Port Arthur and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Millan and daughter Linda, en route to Charlottetown, PEI, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wood last week. A. R. Parchem leaves Thurs- day for his new position with the CPR in London. Mrs. Parchem will visit en route with relatives in Campbellville. Bill Mertland of London is guest of the Norman Mc- Cuaigs. Also visiting them are Mrs. Mark Doig of Chapleau and Mr. and' Mrs. Roger Mitts and family, en route from Trenton to a new home in the west. MARATHON TEAM HERE NEXT SUNDAY The Marathon Ball Club will send a team on Sun- day, August 9th to challenge the local ladies--the game to be played at 2.30 P.M. BIKE RIDERS SAFETY CONSCIOUS Chief of Police $.W.Timmerman is please with the increased attention to safety rules paid by young bike riders in town. This is partly due to confisca- ting bikes when riders are detected breaking these rules, and equally to the kids" wry satisfaction in noting, from the number removed from the road, that the same rule applies to all! The numb er of bikes in police hands has dwindled visibly but Mr.Timmerman feels the hazard great with so many tourist cars on local streets. He points out that one rull still frequently broken is that of riding at night without lights. In all, fifteen rules should be given constant attention, in an effort to keep bike accidents at the one case, which is now known. FOR FATHERS' ALLOWANCES SoMEONE HAs wriTTEN the St. John's, Nfld., Telegram urging that there be allowances for mothers in addition to family allowances. Why not for fathers? It may be argued that every allow- ance is made for father, but not in cash. Fathers used to take all their wages home, and would get back from mother 25 cents for a week's supply of T. & B. or Old Chum and carfare, if any. Mother ran the finance department, make no mistake about it. The only deviation from the norm might have been a sad occasion where a father bet on the wrong horses at the Fort Erie race track. And walked home. A charming example of the affinity between child- hood and the golden years. Mrs.Alex McGregor, 98 years old, enjoys the regular call of 8 year old Betty Ann Huard. Photo by Inez McCuaig