A little of this and that: The Drape Shape . . . The newest in underclothing is being worn by Ed Reinke who was poured in a plaster cast on Wednesday by Dr. F. C. Cowley, assisted by Dr. C. F. C. Powles. Ed’ll have to wear it six to 12 weeks before his back is in shape again.

Where To Now? . . . Elwyn Hodgins reports a somewhat bewildered motorist on Main Street looking over a road map in a car bearing a Mexican licence plate.

Prediction Of The Week . . . That IF Joe Louis gets a return bout with Charles, he (Joe) will again be world champion.

Telephone Tip . . . Always ring off after completing a long-distance call.

At Long Last . . . Bart Hannaberry spent last Christmas with his family. The previous three Christmases he had been in hospital either as result of an accident or other illness.

The Winnah . . . Young Terry Smith, son of Walter Smith, won the Money Doll at the Shawville Lions New Year’s Night dance. The door prize went to Olive Woermke, of Bristol, and the spot dances were won by Mae Armstrong and Reuben Sparling.

It’s A Small World . . . Shawville’s Murph Chamberlain, now coaching a Vancouver hockey team, stepped off the train in the Pacific Coast city to run into Shawville’s Ivan Pilkington, with the R.C.A.F. in Vancouver.

On The Mend . . . H. I. Hobbs, who had his hand badly crushed in a V-belt in his mill last week.

Two Go Through Ice At Norway Lose Car and One Shoe: The New Year almost began with a tragedy for a Bristol family when two men escaped death by inches after their car broke through the ice of the Ottawa River at Norway Bay last Sunday. The car sank in 50 feet of water after Stanley Abbott, of Bristol and his son-in-law Percy Boucher, 25, of Maniwaki, scrambled out of the sinking vehicle.

The pair were crossing the ice to Sand Point and were preceded by Mr. Abbott’s son Teston, in another car, when the car lurched and started through the ice. Other cars were prevented from attempting the crossing by Provincial Constable Linden Young of Shawville, who immediately put out road blocks.

After their car lurched, Mr. Abbott said he heard a crunching sound and the back end of the car dropped so fast he couldn’t get the door open before it was jammed by ice.

“I screamed at Percy, rolled my window down and dived through. My belly hit the top of the ice as I left the car, she was going down that fast.”

Mr. Abbott turned as soon as he was free of the vehicle and saw his son-in-law come head first through the same window from which he had escaped.

Teston Abbott, who had driven safely over the same spot moments before, saw the near-tragedy in his rear view mirror, returned, picked up both men and brought them to shelter.