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rtJESDAY, OCTOBER 17,1944Wonderful Waterton4- + + + *f* + + 4* + •!• + +Oldtitner Believe* Lake Monit«r ii Large Sturgeon —New* Note* of Southwest PlaygroundOftom Our Own Cormpondtnt)WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK.—Back In 1908 * democrat party driving into the park noticed % large grey apparition basking m a pool in the bend ol the nver near the present Waterton Ranger station, And so begins a new theory on the Waterton Ogopogo which may knock the formerly extended idea of Its being a giant eel or ling into a cocked hat. It might also persuade Ait” Baalim to get a bJgger hook and heavier line, and buy a bigger boat IUpon the arrival of the Democrat party at the scene, so the story is told, the creature, which was about six feet long and whose weight was estimated at 300 pounds, left the pool with the speed of greased lightning and. leaving a wake like that 0£ a boat, disappered into the river.Several times since then, our old-timer friend claims to have seen this “hokus pokus” as he terms It, and he is convinced that the monster of the deep is nont other than a great sturgeon. So iar as can be ascertained, sturgeon have never been caught in these lakes, but they have been landed near Lethbridge, weighing as much as 60 pounds. If the “hokus pokus*’ so definitely seen by the party In the Donna Kay early in July has any relationship to the oft-seen sturgeon in the years gone by, then his weight at the present would so far outstrip the big Mackinaw trout that has been successfully nibbling and yet evading Ait Baalim's hook these past two years, that a mathematician would be required to give a good think as to nis possibilities on the end of a hook and line. And, by the way, what Is good sturgeon bait? VISITOR TO PASSOrd-Coder Donald Morris of St Hyacinthe, Quebec, spent several days with old fnends in the park last week, before proceeding to the coast where he will visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Morris Bud was on the ill-fated Corvette Regina.Mr. and Mrs. Steve Harwood and son, Marvin, left Monday to spend a month's vacation with Mrs. Hai-wood’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E Cftthcart, at Fort Frances, Ont.Mrs. W. A. Fraaer of Lethbridge and Mrs. G. W. Shadforth of Toronto, have returned to Lethbridge after spending the past 10 days at the home of their sister and brother-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. Vic Harrison.Mrs. l»yn Crooks and daughter, Karen, of Cardston, are guests atthe W. B. Foster cottage lor a fewweeks.Mrs. Frank Goble and two small sons have gone to Winnipeg, where LAC. Frank Goble is stationed, and will spend the winter there.Mr. and Mrs. George Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. H. J» McKenzie spent the pa^t week in Calgary.Mrs. Harry Reeves apd 6on, Barney, left on Tuesday to spend a month at Sandpoint, Idaho.Ernest Haug of Mount Royal college, Calgary, spent the holiday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Haug.Mrs, Tom Reckner is visiting her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Deiance Strate.Mrs. H, Seargent of Lethbridge spent the holloay with her daughter, Mis. N. Kloppenborg.Friends are pleased to see Ted Udell home again, following an operation m the Galt hospital, Lethbridge. .Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Harwood were recent visitors at the home of Mi and Mrs. F. Darby, Spring Coulee.W. J. Baker of Central Cabins left recently to spend tne winter at Victoria.Mrs. Gerald Udal left last week to Join her husband at Penticton, B.C., where they will spend the winter.Sgt. Fred Udell of Wainwrlght spent Thanksgiving with his family here.Thanksgiving service was held at All Saints’ Anglican church the first Sunday in the month, Ven Archdeacon Middleton conducting The chuich was beautifully decorated for the occasion.Alfred Baker and Calvin Goble recently spent a short vacation In Banff.Word has been received by his sister. Mrs Lyn Crooks, that Cpl Edwin Cummings of Waterton Park, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant while on active sevnce in France.Friends regret the illness of Ted Christiansen, who has been oidered to take prolonged rest following a iccent Illness of pneumoniaMrs. Nellie Goble is a Lethbiidge visitor, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Eiic Henderson.Dr. and Mrs. Dobry and familj. of Cardston, weie park visitors over the weekend.Miss Sykes of Vancouver, editor of the Traveller's Guide, was a recent guest at Kilmorey Lodge.Friends are glad to learn that Dorothy Holroid is progressing favorably in the hospital at Edmonton, following a recent attack of infantile paralysis. Miss Hohoyd♦♦♦*♦❖lt;•❖**♦❖❖♦*hftntnVaalawpclSiatltioonbePo£oVcnst:t;PnyVt:cpviivbbhnhCa
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Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge, Alberta, CA
Tue, Oct 17, 1944
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