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THE • LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. • 23rd, 1959,
BORN
FRANCIS - At the Winghant
General Hospital, on Tuesday,
December 8th, 1959, to Mr. and
Mrs, Harold • Francis, R.R. 1,
Lucknow, a soh. ,
FORLER—' in Kitchener -Waterloo
Hospital, on December 17th • to
•Mr, and Mrs, George Forler (nee
Shirley, .Moffat) a, son.
HACOKEI1' —., At the Wingharn
General Hospital,• on. Wednesday;•'
December 9th, ..1959, to Mr. and
.Mrs. Donald Hackett, R.R. 7,
Lucknow, a daughter.
HACKETT — At the W'ingham;.
General Hospital, on Thursday,;
December 10th, 1959, to Mr, 'and
Mrs. Eric Hackett, R.R. '.3, Luck-
now, a son.
GREETINGS FROM
HENRY FRUIT 'MARKET TAIPEI, FORMOSA
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>g 1 '3etl iere l e len1i itizitrorbig `e ghwil ` • From Hugh. -and Donalda Mac -
loliduy time
8in...and we
take pleasure
1n wishing
youand your.
• loved cies a.,
full measure of
` good cheer!
CENTRAL *GARAGE ..
CHAS: •MAON . and JACK COOK
l
Milian of Mackay Memorial Hos-
pital' in. Taipei, Formosa (Free
China)., come greetings . to "dear
friends 'overseas" •
We . publish Rev. .MacMillan's
letter .in part as follows;:
I am writing this in our apart
.ment,upstairs. overlooking Chung
Shan Road, :North,-Tapei...On
this thoroughfare • thee roar .of
traffic ".never ceases,. with the
excePtion , of about ` twohours.'"
trorn • 2 to 4 in ;;the. early .morning.
Great • American • cars in varied
Colours and. with '.nigh tails like
aeroplanes aiso ten Wheeled.
military: vehicles speed as if to.
a 'critical •. battle ,'front. •These
fill the 'double.. traffic lanes. To
• this' are added .numberless bicyc-
les, pedicabs, .pull -carts .with
their '.straining _ Coolies -and'per-
spiring load. carriers making.
their way in the side lanes, cros
sing dangerously . whenever :...a
little break appears. • Seriously
injured ones :caused: by careless ..
driving or crossing are brought
into the , hospital, almost daily:
.Here is .a motion 'pcture., of the
Mixed-up World; Orient. and Oc=`
cident, the Have Not's • and the
Have's. A world: of, noise and
.confusion,. perhaps .not so diffe-.
rent ;,from •that, of the Palestinian
town where thebabe lay sleep-
ing in.• a stable. At • Christmas
time we need" tothink on these.
things.. •. j
Looking Back (`
1959 will be: a year to be re= I
membered.: In future it will no.
doubt' be referred - :to: as "The
Year of . the Flood" Biblical lang-
uage.. On Aixgiist 7th, more than
.40. . inches of rain . fell on the
10-13,000 foot mountains' in Cen-
tral. Formosa within about nine
hours. This sent Niagaras, of
water ..carrying ;forest, trees and.
rock's •hurtling; to the plains be-
low. The devastation of .lands,
villages, roads, bridges .. and.
other. property was catastrophic:.
•A VERY
f..
MERRY CHRISTMAS
•and a
"HAPPY • NEW YEAR TO • ALL ,
O11AAR BROOKS
, t onot ager o,w'few+f o Moth# atkiw airoceo , ie foe
and
Iessings
•
Wesend toall
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our friends, our
warmes wishes
for Unlimited Holiday
joy.and bountiful Christmas blessings..
We're on the right.
track to wish . you carloads
of joy and happiness.
at CHRISTMASTIME!
BAILEY. BEAUTY SALON
Loss of life was great. Following
'GORDON FISHER • the flood. there was the earth
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Here's" a/ friendly v»ish: that you will enjoy
the happiest of 'holidays.; ..
E. H. AG NEW
treme south. Much property was,
damaged but' few lives were lost.
The summer • months also saw
many heavy typhoons, from
BILLIEE to SARAH. 'To meet re-
lief needs the churches through-
out the island and South East (.
Asia and abroad gave rapid and
much appreciated assistance.. But
the work of rehabilitation falls'.
largely on the farmers ,and the
vilagers themselves. They labour•
from daylight till dark inthe
fields 'and the streets, starting
Iife over again. • •
in the church here; and abroad
1959 will be noted' as the year
in which the missions of the
Presbyterian Churches ., of • Eng-
land and Canada, after nearly a
century working as "Missions"'
in .the island, became "The Mis-
sion Council of the Presbyterian
Church 'of F;ormosa." The off i-
cial recognition of thishistorical
developrngnt took place on a
day in February at the 6th 'Gen,
eral Assembly 'meeting in old
Tarnsui. In a simple but signifi-
cant ceremony the Moderator
r Y i of wood,
handed a little _block ffice, to
ti 1 03 01:100 1 'col lige 1pl l lot$ aepo l iia. the .Chinese SEAL of O
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the Council's ecretary. , To the hayed• lined, tsee. ��4 c ' I' tG
standing Assern 1y of ministers forget 1959.We' now enter a sear
and. Elders• he • kldressed a few and challenging. p t�•iod of h:=•
well chosen words, then led in tory..
p y For us who • Now,for tine gt�'trri;. la
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a memoral?le ra er> ale
have lived • through:. long: and I used but ever fre-za • stv
troubled years • of missionary ; ,Christmas • and %lappr.
• Life . and work this:Was ,a' day to ''i�'ear1''