Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-08 | Page 19 | [Untitled]

STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By RY John Hix Hax Haxe e S f a e e it v I T GRACE WHITE 1 ROPE ANO it Ix 1 EN CONNECTED BY A 1 BRIt 6 lI OVER THE 5 CROIX RIVER SWAP PUBLIC UAl ITy EACH OTHERS oPERATE A AM M P COMMUNITY HE ft l R HO R tR o OF Dr P pL R lM nY BELL EU 1 I Nil Hf l BOTH WERE It flEW FIELD Of VO 1 t 1 ll V H WAYS Wh WK IN WHICH W q 9 CW CAN BE ARR lc b up I iIO loo T 91 iI 52 iW 7 4 t 2 21 I too 1752 I INTERNATIONAL TOWNS Only a stones stone's throw from each other the towns o of St St. Stephen New Brunswick Canada and Calais Maine United States are each ina in ina a country foreign to the other Yet strange as it seems these two towns work together with re remarkable remarkable re- re remarkable international harmony and cooperation Public utilities are swapped for mutual benefit The Canadian towns town's fire engine engine for example example example ex ex- ample often crosses the International bridge to answer an alarm in Calais and vice versa National holidays are celebrated equally by the Canadians and United States citizens On Dominion day half the population Copulation of Calais goes joes to St St. Stephen to celebrate On the Fourth of July t tae Canadians ns hoist loist the Stars and Stripes and cross the bridge to set off firecrackers and celebrate the United States' States independence of British rule This strange harmony dates back to the time of the War of 1812 when settlers in the neighboring towns decided to stop fighting and live together peaceably Copyright 1938 for The Telegram