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ABBOTSFORD T RIBUNE PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1952 Boy Scouts earn money for camp Members of the local Boy Scout troop are looking for any kind of odd jobs so they can earn money to finance their expenses at camp, which they plan to attend about the middle of June.
The Boy Scouts are willing to do any kind of work, such as taking care of yards and lawns, removing storm windows and installing screens, washing windows, gardening, etc.
If you need a willing worker for an hour, a day or a week, the boys may be obtained by Contacting Vic Oesterling, scoutmaster, or members of the scout committee.
Cancer Drive in progress The cancer drive will be conducted in Abbotsford this month and a committee of workers is being organized to make a house to house canvass. Coin boxes will be placed in various business establishments and a campaign ssimialr to those conducte in past years, will be carried on.
Mrs. M. C Thompson is the local lieutenant and replaces Mrs. Vern Steffen, who has resigned after serving in that capacity of four years.
Work to start on school addition soon As soon as the weather permits, the excavation will be made for the new school addition. On Monday, the tool shed was put up and barring snow or rain.
THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN COLBY THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1972 North of 64 may have extended grouse season In a motion passed 44 to 32 at their spring fish and game hearing, Oneida County sportsmen recently requested ruffed grouse (partridge) be legal game until December 31 north of Highway 64. In recent years the season in the northern zone ended about mid-November, while south of highway 64 continued an additional six weeks.
John Moulton, ruffed grouse research biologist for DNR, states that practical experience with Wisconsin grouse seasons, and research studies, show that a lengthened hunting season in the north will have no adverse effect upon ruffed grouse populations.
An examination of closed hunting season in the region provides more evidence that hunting exerts only minor influence upon grouse abundance. The most impressive example occurred during the 1940’s when Wisconsin and Minnesota closed their hunting season for three and four years, respectively, while Michigan had a continuous open season. The recovery of ruffed grouse populations in all three states was almost identical. By 1949 all three states again had an abundance of birds.
Most other states and Canadian provinces offer longer grouse hunting seasons than is presently permitted in northern Wisconsin. Moulton was able to determine season lengths in 1971-72 for 30 of the 46 states and provinces in which grouse occur.
