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Page 8 ~— THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. : f Thursday, November 4, 1954,
: ARMY SEARCH YIELDS FOUR BODIES IN FLOOD AREA - _ RESIDENTS OF FLOODED MARSH BEGIN WORK OF RECLAMATION
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centres brece Canadian sien i csi CES seen i
z : Fe d With flood waters on Holland Marsh still hold belongings and equipment after the worst
pac the Nhe engaged in the search for bodies of victims of the recent Southern Ontario covering many rooms of what houses remain, flood and storm in Soulhern Ontario ‘histone,
flood, put the remains of Angus Small on a litter to be transported out oi the Humber Valley. near : reclamation Work has started and residents are This tractor and tiucie are big ea sop ety,
Toronto. Over 80U troops and hundreds ot civilians worked tor two days in the wreckage of the going about the grim task of salvaging house. siranded for te dave atone eee
valley, searching for bodies and clearing away debris. Four bodies were found. : ° z
TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM SOLVED
WALLS AIMS AT B.£. BOXING CROWN P :

es _PLOWS THROUGH MUD TO VICTORY

2 | —Centras rrese Canadian
Best of 28 competitors in the Ontario mayors’ plowing match
at Breslau is Mayor William E. Cowley of Tilbury. Conditions in
the fields were enough to cause half the competitors to give up
in disgust as mud stalled tractors and marooned the Plowers. The
Challenge trophy displayed by Mayor Cowley will be contested for =
again next year, ‘ on ASE TEI
—Centrat res,
While Promoter Frank Tunney, at left, looks on. Canadian
heavyweight boxing champion Earl’ Walls, formerly of Windsor,
Ont., and now of Toronto, signs u Nov. 9:fight with James J.
Parker, the Barrie Bomber, now: ing in Patterson, NJ. Wal's
will meet Parker in a 10-rounder at Maple Leaf Gardens in ‘io-
ronto next month. If he successfully defends his hea’ eight
title, his managers hope to match him next against British Empire
champion, Don Cockell.

Conadian

ray a ae mo —Central Press Canadian
MONTREAL STILL TO BE “LIVELY — Unpopular hitchhiker is Spot, a dog on a farm in the Darling
Po : district‘of South Africa. Spot, like any human, spent some time
pondering the problem of transportation. Finally he jumped on
the pig's back. The pig bucked. Spot tried again. This kept up
for several days. Finally the pig gave up and now Spot can be
seen riding the pig like a jockey all around the farm property.
Spot hasn't yet figured out how to induce his mount to go in the

: right direction.

TER MIS

HUN

HOLSTEIN IS WORLD CHAMPION MILK cow.

Followers of Montreal's newly
elected mayor, Jean Drapeau,
hoist him high on their shoulders
for a victory parade around his
campaign headquarters following
confirmation election results. A
crime-busting lawyer, Drapeau’s
election was almost assured
when, \a few weeks ago, courts
fined and criticized city police
department officials for cor®ap-
tion. He says that as a reform
mayor, Montreal will still be a
lively city, but lively within the

central Prese Canadian
Calm in the face of her new-found fame, Snowball, poses with
her owner Gordon Smith. of Milverton, Ont. after becoming the
new world champion milk cow In the past year, the 18-year-old

law. Principal supporter of —Central Press Canadien as i j

ifi ase Holstein produced 226.355 pounds of milk, of which 9.199 pounds

Drapeau was Pacifique Plante, Port Arthur Police Chief Tom Connor had better hunting in pas Dadar Shak eclipses by over 19.000 pounds the previous

right,, former police director, the home of Gar Stead than Mr. Stead had on a duck-hunting trip. record set in the 1930's by another Canadian cow, Springback

whose collection of evidence of This bobeat invaded the Stead cellar and was wrecking everything Snow Countess. Termed a “natural leader” by Mr Smith, Snowball

tes ‘ . wreckable when police shot it. When Stead returned, he admitted eats plenty of rich Perth county grass, plus a high-proiein diet
corruption in Montreal's police his four ducks couldn’t compare as hunting trophies to the bobeat. of linseed meal.

torce led to the court dec