Paisley Tweedsmuir Scrapbook Volume 3, page 13

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Fairy . _ Working under the leadership of conservation officer, Je'fiy Hawtis, Police Chief Fred Mason and Constable Victor Har® Mr. Putnam has already purd':ase'th@veral pairsyof. géese 'and ducks, Species include Aftican, Chineséand Canada geese, Wlong with a pair of swans trom Stratford, and many ducks, e & + droiiy T ho * s s 8 by arpmtcn CantBhon Faue Free Press Northern -Bii?eau e aya n SQ\'fi"hAMPTON, June 16 ---- A real f'mmu?l?;msp;;i:i;: sing show outhampton' where --members o 'Juni gitfervatio: ::,dsfilig:mé'\'ub. lntéz:e!ted»?ltize@. town. pnhce and. a ~conservation ~officer, &re pooling . their resources ito transform. Fairy Lake, xoR -- C \_\ 'The 'several--acre expanse of water presently filleds with wWeeds, snapping turtles and fish=in the centre of this resort town--is <gradually taking on a new look with (its-- recently. vonStructed--dam, wishing' well and dozens of game birds. WA former Waterlop man, Earl \Butnam, 'and members : of 'the conservation club_have.undertaken to beautify this. mu-- nicipally--owned lake which for years was, considered 'an cye-- 'Bote.-- Approral was given by the town to proceed with the clean--up. job. -- Secr % FREQUENT: VISITOR TO THE aTos caene EOm A~dinner meeting at 4 the guests--were the dis and a number of past r club. «Pictured above and club officers. Left thews of Welland nas When -- Paisley Rotary twentieth anniversary last hundred Rotarians and thei Rayil An o 7 Welland, past T2OCZ _ ROEAPY (Olub cmarked its tiversary last week, with dwo tians and thei ladies attending ting at the Palsley Inn, among e the district Eovernor of Rotary: of past presidents of the Paisley above --are some of the. guests ts. Left to right; Harvey Mat--« and, Past president Dr. D: D. ake Beauty Centre unitz Proj_e_ct LAKE TO REED GEESE AND DUCKS JS CONSTABLE VICTOR HARVEY PEERENSGimmaip enc 5.. Campbell, past president and chairman for the evening's_ program; Lindsay Thombum & the --Port Elgin Rotary Club, (guest Saran.." Don--Watson, président of the Pais]ey Rotary 'Club; Judge Harold Lang of Stmifocy, sofety Governor of Internationg] District No, 883, any ir: J. . "Joe" Grove of Ottawa, first presi-- dent of the Paisley Cltb when iEiwas atesi-- in 1938; C E S vey, the 22 boys rausoug in age from.10. years to d8, spend much--of their spare time cleaning up around: the ;ake,,':rflp' ping turtles and --pouring cement. © captige. t y s diCes .. e ONE se es e ts c c The drive to--clean up. the lakg»started ébnutvtwo',' months ago, with the building of a small dam on the east side and the thinning: out--of 'trees, The dam constructeduis to act as a--run oft for the lake and control the water. level. EM Town employees,» citizens: and . businessmen have, tributed to the effort cither in time or mater!al.f!f)\e which is fed by both springs and surface run--off, has lowered more than thros feek _ \-- £4 A Aloating island will be created in thc'vcéfitpe 'n'_fitl,é and benches will be provided. ds A 'A1--inch wishing=well, with canopy, is now ufidex' Eun- struction on the west side at the rear of the county museum, N 2aC o es 5 o e en ene aae ie oi s S e o0 i en en where citizens and lourlsts may wish and contribute to the project. Som m ' Twenty bird houses have also been constructed, with many to be placed eround the Jake and lothers, with slots. will find their way to store counters for voluntary contributions, . > PS683. 12 e Pe Do suily --=Advocite Dhoto YO. 633, and linst presi-- Yas formed cons lake, 'been lake The funeral was held Wednes-- day afternoon,--with service at the Church of the Ascension (Angli-- can), conducted by ithe rector, Rev. Robert A. Carson. Burial [fook 'place in Stark Vale Ceme-- tery,> with . the Paisley. Legion conducting their commital sery-- lce at the gravesiia Heart Seizure Fatal To Alex E. Blue Sr. Veteran Of First War A. native of Paisley, a veléran of the First world War and one of . the emost widely known. Citi-- zens of the village, Alexander Ev.:l- ward Blue, Sr., died Monday in Walkerton Hospital: Ice at the graveside, Pallbearers (were den,.. Arthur Dud Mclaggan, Donalda Neilson--Stark and « Gill. returned to Paisley in September 1919, bringing (with him his bride, "the former Alice Tillian Pratt of Ashford, Middlesex, Eng-- Jand. (Upon his return to civilian life he was employed as a tin-- smith withithe Queen Street south hardware under the ownerships of Clarence and Stirling Fraser, L. O. Charlesworth and Ross: Mc-- Arthur..He had remained active member of the Anglican Church, He also was a member and active in. the work of the Pa'isley branch of the Canadian Legion. Alex Blue was vember 23, 1886, late . Alex. Blue Reed Blue: After attending school here, he worked in the village until the outbreak of war. He enlisted in 1914 and went overseas with the 18th Battalion in April, 1915. He saw some of the bitterest fight-- ing of the early part of the con-- flict, suffering. a severe chest wound. He returned to the front lines, however, in April 1917. He Surviving, besides his wite, are a son, Alex Jr., of Paisley, and two daughters: (Isabel) Mrs. Ivan Doupe of Kincardine, and (Jessic) Mrs. Howard Peter of Wiarton. A daughtgr, Lillian, predeceased him,> s m Suffering a severe heart attack late Friday night, Mr. Blue was taken to Bruce County Hospital early Saturday morning, where he was placed in an oxygen tent, His deathcame Mondsy mawrims in this work until last Fall, when ill health, the result of a heart ailment, forced his retirement. His deaflx'pglae Monday morning. / Interested in civic affairs, Alex Blue served gight years on the village school boar_d.",He was a member of the Anglican Church, He'alsorwasinumemban sb 22 Thurs;iay, June 5, 1958 «. Donald MacKinnon, Stark and Clarence Mc-- fil;dd.le: Donald born here No-- a son (of the and Elizabeth «Keith 'Wee--

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