Thursday, February 12, 1953

THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE. B.C.

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proximately twenty acres. There are

dwelling in it.

I spent four years of my youth in
the South of Lincolnshire as an ap-
prentice, and very happy years they
were. The village in which I worked
was typical of may such dotted
throughout what is known as the
Fen District. It consisted of one
main street and several ‘back-lanes.’
It embraced a church, three chapels
and four pubs all of which were well
attended. It also had three general
stores, a Smithy, glazier, chimney-
sweep, stone-mason, cobbler, and all
the other workshops and-tradesmen
vital to the needs of the surrounding
district. A doctor and two registered
mid-wives ministered to. the sick and
I must not overlook the veterinarian.

In addition to an excellent school
it boasted a fine community hall in
which all manner of indoor games
could be indulged in and a dance
each Friday night during the win-
ter months. The membership fee was
tuppence a week. The dance was
extra thrippence, which went to the
lady pianist. One night each week
would be spent at some neighboring
village in inter-village competitions.
Another evening we would be doing
the entertaining which left three
nights for practicing.

BELOW SEA LEVEL

Lying below sea level this vast
area is land that has been reclaimed
by an intricate system of dykes
which drain into one main dyke
known as The Holland. It is almost
half as wide as the Fraser hereabouts
and drains, all of S.E. Lincolnshire
and East Norfolk. A series of lochs
serve the dual purpose of emptying
the drainage water into the sea at
low tide and holding back the sea
water during high tide.

My four years were spent within
a mile of the master dyke. It is a
thickly populated area as most of
the farms are small holdings of ap-

qpme larger farms,

ivatea even so long ago. Dairying

free enterprise
countries
move fastest

In wartime, government intrudes into
business and industry because it must
cut down on consumer goods and

build weapons.

But in peacetime, it has been found,
the return of a great degree of free-
dom to trade and industry is vital
to welfare. Otherwise, living stand-
ards remain low. An ‘equal shar-

ing” of poverty is not attractive.

Today, economic progress of the
countries now recovering from World
War II can be measured by the
amount of freedom they have given
business and industry to carry on
commercial adventure in the hope

of making a profit.

Dynamic free enterprise, based on
confidence, is still the most powerful
force for progress and better living
standards the world has ever found,

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and poultry were valuable adjuncts
but the country generally resembled
a huge garden, in fact that is just
what it was. No fences or hedge-
rows interrupted the view as all the
fields were sub-divided by the diain-
age dykes. One could behold fields
of blooms stretching as far as the
eye could see, These were shipped
daily in season, to Covent Garden,
London. Fields of celery, peas and
similar crops interspersed this gal-
axy of color, all of which were in
great demand at the London market.
GRAIN GROWN

Some grains were grown but only
to conform to a selected crop rota-
tion. The grain was mostly harvested
with a cradle and threshed with a
flail. It was then taken to one of the
local windmills for crushing. Mus-
tard was also raised commercially.
The world's only known mustar
market was held at a small town
named Wisbech.

The people lived very simply and
were very devout; mostly noncon-
formists (Methodists) Wesleyan,
Primitive and Baptist in that order
of predominance. Their places of
worship were called chapels, only
the Church of England had churches.
Two ordained ministers at a central
town would travel over the Circuit.

Columnist Writes on Recollections
of England’s Lowlands, the Area
Affected By Recent Heavy Floods

“By A. J. DRINKELL
As much of that part of England now devastated by floods
is well known to me it occurs to me the readers of The Tribune
might like to know something about the locality and thé people

the pulpits assigned to them by the
Quarterly Meeting. Usually they con-
ducted morning and evening service
and addressed the afternoon Sunday
School. As a Prayer Meeting almost
always followed the evening service |
the old boys had put in a strenuous
day by the time they had walked
home afterwards.

The rainfall was heavy from early
November to late February. A large
basement under the store had to be
pumped out twice daily during the
rainy season. Sometimes it would
freeze suificiently hard to permit
skating on the dykes, At such times
it was possible to step out of the
store and skate for miles on end in
any direction.

During my last year there I went
around amongst these people deliy-
ering their orders and booking their
requirements for the following week,
Each day in a different direction. 1
would leave in the morning with a
van full of merchandise and return
at night laden with butter and eggs
but litle money. We bought eggs at
thirteen to the dozen. The one egg
represented our gross profit. We paid
one cent per pound under market
for butter and that, too, was our
sole profit on that commodity. Most
of it was turned in to the wholesalers
to apply on our purchases or sold to
the confectioners in the towns. Many
evenings would be spent cycling to
some remote farm house with a bot-
tle of medicine for man or beast. It
is a wonderful country to cycle in.
Cycling clubs abound everywhere.

I was expected to attend birthday
parties, wedding celebrations and so
forth. They were events, At Christ-
mas one was obliged to sample the
wine and Xmas cake at each port of
call and no greater insult could be
offered than to refuse the mince pie
which replaced the cake at New Year
(for a happy month, said the dear
dies). The months were happy
ough but the holiday week was one
ug gastronomical nightmare. It
was a good thing the wine was doled
out sparingly. There was only one
me, but scores of homes. Whether at |
work, play or worship everything
was done with zestful fervour.

UP TO LONDON

My next five years were spent in
London with a firm who preferred
to recruit their staff from rural
trained clerks, consequently I spent
many week-ends in the farming com-
munities surrounding the Thames.
They were much the same warm-
hearted people but practised a dif-
ferent type of farming. They were
busy supplying London with milk.

Knowing how deeply attached
these people become to their little
farms and local organizations one
cannot fail to realize the magnitude
of the disaster that has overtaken
them. From experience one knows
those who survive will buckle to and
by their system of exchanging labor
will restore order out of the present
chaos, Also, no matter what hard-
ships they may have to endure until
the flood waters subside, these de-
vout people will not be unmindful
of their fellow sufferers in Holland
and elsewhere.

DEDICATION SERVICE,

A baby dedication will be held

On other Sundays the pulpits were
occupied by members of the various}
congregations known as local preach-|
ers. Some of them walked many, |
many miles each Sunday to occupy;

at Calvary Tabernacle, home of Rev.
and Mrs. G. Rosner on Friday, Feb-
ruary 13. The principal will be Allen
Walter, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Dootoff of Williams Lake.

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First Baby Born
At Horsefly Lake

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wray
February 6th a daughter. This baby
has the distinction of being the first
to be born at Horsefly Lake.

MISS MARGARET DUNLOP, at-
tending the King Edward High
School in Vancouver, ranked first in
her class in the Christmas exams.
Congratulations Marg, Horsefly is
proud of you.

LAST WEEK wood slivers were a
menace at the H. J. Gardner & Sons
sawmill, Horsefly Lake. Alf Gardner
had a long sliver go through the four
fingers of his left hand pinning them
together. Les Blain performed the
first aid. The same day W. M Blain
had a sliver run through his chin.
No serious after effects from the ac-
cidents .have been reported.

THE P-TA met February 6th at
the school. To encourage the chil-
dren to entice their parents to the
meetings, a classroom prize will be
given the room with parents attend-
ing most frequently. The association
will be having a card and game party
soon, to raise funds for school needs.

THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE; held
their monthly meeting at the home
of Mrs. B. Lowry. The members
brought the stuffed toys they had
made to send to the Crippled Chil-
dren's Hospitals. All were displayed
and admired the two favorites being
a brown woolly dog made by Mrs. W.
J. Walker, and a large “Alice
Wonderland” doll made by Mrs. L.
Walters. During the next few months
the members will be busy making
bazaar articles.

MR.-and MRS, ALF GARDNER
left February 5th on their holidays.
J. M.-Williams went with them as
far as Vancouver. The trip should be
extra smooth and comfortable as
Gardners bought a new car just be-
fore leaving.

MR. A. OTSON returned
from Manitoba on the third.

MRS. A. NICOL Sr. was visiting

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her daughter, Mrs K. Dunlop, for
several days while Mr. Dunlop in-
stalled cupboards in her home.

MR. and MRS. V. C. VAUGHAN
have returned from Langley Prairie
and are very glad to get away from
the rain at the coast.

HOWARD LOWRY is at Rat Lake
cutting rails for Glen Walters.

WORD has been received that
Mrs. James Zimmerman, Winfield,
is quite ill. Mrs. Zimmerman is a
former long time resident of Horse-
fly who moved to the Okanagan three
years ago.

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involved in the incident could pos-
sibly be worth the remaining

$63,000.

The claim for “humiliation” is
particularly puzzling. Since when
has surviving a shipwreck been hu-
miliating? People have heen brag-
ging about such experiences since the
days of Sinbad the Sailor. The com-
pany might well have a counter
claim for providing the plaintiff
with a life-long topic of conversa~
tion!

Even though they are usually
pared down in the end, extravagant _
claims of this sort tend to bring
laws and courts into disrepute. Law=
yers should impose a “self-denying
ordinance” on themselves and their
clients and limit their initial de-
mands to something on speaking
terms with reality.

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