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season's
Dere with joy ,and
cheer .... to
'Last througout the
coming year!
'test wishes to alit,
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STORE -HATCH ERY
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,: ONTARIO
LEGENDS. .ETRE. '••
CHRIST.M�►S TREE.
Onthe market, on street -
corner hots and elsewhere around
Canadian cities, :Christmas trees.
are beginning to appear. Mostly
pine and spruce, • the evergreens
come in all sizes and all shapes
'corner --each one
destined
of somehome wi h the
spirit . of Christmas. • Talk of
"painting the. lily" --these beau-
tiful trees will ibe •decked with
lights and glittering ornairtents;
festooned with . tinsel of gold
and shimmering silver,
As 'the cradle is to Italy; the
Yule' log to England --the Christ-
mas .tree is a ;symbol . • of the
Hotly pay in Canada, Norway, `
Sweden and Germany, .In Can-,
+ada, and in the United State's
as well, 'Christmas isn't Christ-
Inas without a..tree-,preferably
an; evergeen with straight trunk
and 'fragrant branches, thick
with needles: ' /
'There `pare , several legends on
• how a tree first came ;to' be ;a
.symbol of Christmas.. IVtaybe the •
Egyptians •started • it by ' taking,
palm branches into, their homes
at Yuletide. A beautiful story
relating , to"'the first Use • of ever-
greens in the annual celebration,
i dates back to the ninthcentury.
A certain St. .Wind ent to
apreaoh' Christiania to illScand
inavian ;countries; Denmark and
North Germany -
One Christmas • eve, .:he found;
the people : gathered around a
giant oak, to which was, bound
a' human being Ifor sacrifice—an
Old Druid custom..
St. Winfried :teleas-76 the . vie -
tine and hewed .down the.. great,
tree• When it fell, all . the' ` trees
in its ,bath, • except one, were,
crushed. Standing among the
branches of
a' 'slender fthe fallen oak was
fir ,'tree. ' •
• "This .you shall • use hereafter
in 'your, :Christmas •c,erernonies'';
St.,Winfried: declaredz._ "See how
it .points to the sky! ' 'Your -shall
call` it a tree of the- Christ
or . `Christmas Tree'." And so it
has been known; down through
the centuries. Ey. 1800, the tree
had come into general use.
Another legend-'. told how, en
Christmas eve, 'the , apple tree •
produced fruit. only a few gen-
erations =ago, apples werefasten-
ed to the Christmas. tree; .Today
'We carry. 'on the custom by-hang-
ing
y"•hang-ing ornaments ,ori --the tree-som
of them :resembling fruit,
And' this . -Christmas eve,., • in'.
practically emery 'home in 'Can
ada, ; the, Christmas tree Will'
stand in all its thrilling splen-
dour -its wonder reflected in the
wide eyes of boys 'and .girls, acid
all whose hearts;are young!
Best Wishes for a
HAPPY. NEW .-YEAR
ROSS-SHIELLS
General Store, Amberley
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Gillay the infinite
blessings of the first
Christmas be yours to
cherish note,and .always.
RECORD CROWD AT -
ASHFIELD CONCERT
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LORI'�I ;REID •
'SHOE. REPAIR; • •
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MONDAX, DECEMBER • 24, 1956
HOLID.AY HOURS
AT POST OFFICE -
The stabf at" the Lucknow Post
Office is; winding up one of' the
heaviest Christmas seasons ever,
and congratulations are in order
for the way they kept onsche-
dule in :handling a terrific . vol-
unte of both •outgoing and to
corning mail, •
Post OfificeDepartment regu-
lations limits the, open hours at.
the••local Office. on December 24th
and December 31st --the day be-
fore Christmas and the day 'be-,
fere, New Years, - •
Wicket service on these two:
'days (will be !four`: lboa§l ,each
day—from 8.00 'to 10.99: a.rn. and
from > 12.30. to 2.30 Rm. The ,post
office . lobby will be •open • all
day, and Mail will be despatched
as usual. Rural mail delivery
service will also be as usual; ,
On Christrnas Day and .New
Year's Day./there will be no mail
distribution locally, and: no rural,
delivery service. The Jost Oiifice
. will be' closed both days, al-
-though. mail .will bedespatched'
,by• truck as usual. •
On Boxing Day the 'office will
be alien : from 8 to 1,0:00, a.rn. and.
from 12.30 to ;2.30 p.m..
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Held 'Christmas Party
The girls of Grade 9:B ;Of Luck -
now District• ,High iSchool.held�
a.' 'C'hristnias ; party during their,
home economics.'period on We•d
nesday.: Games and ,contests were•
playedunder the supervisionof
their lteacher, ` ,Mrs. ' Hewitt.' A
tape • recording of • each girl's
-speaking—voice-4wa-s- made, ---arid-
an' exchange made.of. Christmas
gifts:. Lunch : was served and
the , girlsserved candy to .the
Grade 9B boys, wht .were doing
shop . work:
sr," • .rX : •4 i ,rm' ( -9 I. 9 ..9 I so'.' so' .rig
There was aneccellent con-
cert and a recordcrowd, for fife
iChristmnas 'presentation. -by the
pupils of. S.S. No.: 10, 'Ashfield, .
under the direetion of their..tea..
-cher, Mrs. James Kittle.
Mr., Andrew Ritchie presided
.for the following program, --and-
gave 'the chairman's address: 'op-
ening chorus; recitations, Helen
Courtney, Brian Johnston,: Ray=
mond Hogan, pre-school child-
ren, .
• Francis, Lorene," Kathleen,:
Michael,'Marianna MacDonald,
Linda Little; Barbara "Eskritt,.
Carf n' Ritchie, Desmond .Court-
ney,, Sharon Courtney,. Wilma Es-
kritt, Leonard Wareing, Murray
Johnston, Jim • Scott, Hilda .Rit-
chie, Lorna Wareing; chorus,-• E1-
fie; • songs, senior girls, three
boys,, juniors;: seniors,..
'quartette, closing chorus; instr.i-,
mentals, Dianne Ritchie, Sharon
-+-Cour-tney; soios,l-Barbnra..-3 are-:.
in . Donald 'Rae Scott; plays,
rhythm band,, square 'dance,
•-Chtlittrias-._,-.carols duet,_...__ Hilda.
Ritchie and Jimmie • MacDonal:d;
mouth organ 'selections - by. Doug
Damm -
The auditor's statement of the
GoderiOh Lions ••C1tab as adver-
tised in Last week's :Signal -Star,
shows total revenue during the
year , amounting to $`7,67`7:92,, with
expenditures of $5,30522. ,
We sincerely wish
—that -you w ll that hip '—
all the . pleasures: of ,.
the Yuletide season.
CAMPBELL'S
SPORTS and
ALTO SUPPLY"
YEAR END BRINGS 'B][G •
•MUNICI.PAL ,EXPENDITURES
The year-end always, brings , a
wave :Of municipal spending that
but tr ps -a11,- other: pPriiicl� dLr-; `----
inrg : the,. year, 'In Deeember the'
C'o`unty' ' bevy, the township
schools levy, paymentsto, :