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Everywhere, There Is Fellowship,
With Faith, Feasting, Fun
By ANNA M.4.1%
Christmas is: A time for sharing and surprises, a time
for magic and merriment, and a time to say, "Glad greet-
ings, one and all."
Christmas is: The season of song and celebration, the
season of little children and love and laughter, and the
season of worship and rejoicing. •
Christmas is: For fellowship and feasting, for family and
friends, for home and happiness. But Christmas, too, is for
remembering the stranger within the gates, for cheering the
lonely, comforting the sorrowful, befriending the needy.
Christmas is: For everyone — for those of Christian faith
who celebrate the Day as a holy time of highest importance,
and for those of other faiths, who love and observe the Yule-
tide as a holiday dedicated to good will and good cheer.
• Best of all, Christmas is: Here l Throughout this commu-
nity, plans and preparations reach their peak. Every joyous
surprise is at the point of revelation. The tree lights go on,
the carols ring out, the gaily-wrapped gifts are delivered.
With gleeful smiles, the children welcome Santa's bounty,
while the grown-ups greet one another, and talk and laugh
and even shed a happy tear or two, rejoicing in the deep and
tender meaning of the Christmas spirit.
• If there was a bit of hustle — and even some hassle — about
the getting-ready process, all is now forgotten in the glow
and glory of Christmas. The quickened pace of modern liv-
ing seems to make it almost impossible to prepare for the
holiday without setting, at times, a somewhat hectic pace,
Be that as it may, the glad, true spirit of the season in-
spires this Christmas planning, and Christmas realities, in
all their wonder and warmth, more than make up for the
pre-holiday hurry and scurry. •
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Smiling Spirit Bethel Bribi Dedit te
Of Christmas New Church Building
The official opening and ded-
ication of Bethel Bible Church
took place on November 8th at
3 p.m. The congregation had
used the facilities of the Orange
Hall until purchasing the old
Egmondville School inSeptem -
bor.
The auditorium was filled to
capacity for the service which
began with the Doxology followed
by the singing of the hymn,
"Praise the Saviour." Rev.
Floyd Shantz, the first pastor of
Look for Quality
In Christmas Trees
the congregation, read the scrip-
ture and lead in prayer. Duets
were rendered by Mrs. Gordon
Paterson and Mrs. Gerald Siang
of Ingersoll. The act of dedic-
ation was lead by the Pastor,
Rev. D. Patterson after which
Rev. A. R. Yielding of Faith
Stole Church, Stratford, lead in
the prayer of Dedication.
Rev. A. B. Stein of Philpott
momorial Church in Hamilton
spoke on the theme, “What Makes
a Church Great," The church is
It's Traditional
The tree may be aluminum
instead of spruce or fir. San-
ta may arrive by helicopter
instead of reindeer-drawn
• sleigh. And the children's
gifts will probably reflect the
space age and the wonders
of electronics.
No matter. However mod-
ern the celebration of Christ-
mas may seem to be, its spirit
is still old-fashioned, and
• though customs may appear
in contemporary guise, they
are still the cherished tradi-
tions from the past.
These treasured customs
are the heart of Christmas,
growing dearer year by year,
as memories of "what we did'
• last Christmas" add to every
family's own special, tradi-
tional way of celebrating
Christmas.
Naming Santa
Santa Claus is a tradition
•
the past"
— a pleasant one, indeed.
h4,,Afrie to a gift-giver - oto
traditionally, he owes
St. Nicholas, a fourth cen-
tury bishop who became the
patron saint of children, was
noted for his generosity. His
Dutch name was "Sinter
• Niklass," which gradUally
changed to Santa Claus.
Even today, Santa. is also
known as "St. Nick."
Sending Greetings
"We wish you a merry
* Christmas."
Perhaps the most enduring
of holiday traditions is that
of exchanging greetings.
Christmas cards are a rela-
tively new part of a holiday
that has been celebrated for
centuries. In fact, this year
it"
marks only the 95th anniver-
sary of Christmas cards hi
America. ,
But the custom of greeting
friends and neighbors and
wishing them good cheer is
as old as the holiday season
itself.
Today brings a special kind
of "Christmas card." This
edition of this newspaper
is a community greeting card,
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•
Buying a Christmas tree can
be fun or - it can be frustrat-
ing.
Although official grades for
Christmas trees in Ontario are
laid down under the Ontario De-
partment of Agriculture and
Food's Farm Products Grades
and Sales Act, very few vendors
use them. Thus the buyer must
judge the size, shape, and qua-
lity of the tree carefully.
A tree has four faces or sides.
A top quality tree will haye
four faces free from defects;
the next grade, three faces free
from defects, and so on. If a
tree is to be set up in a corner,
two faces free from defects will
be satisfactory, and presumably
the cost of this lower grade tree
will be less.
A void a tree with a crooked
trunk; it's impossible to set up
a crooked tree properly. Large
bare spaces between branches,
As jubilant bells ring out
the good news of Christmas,
churches of this community
stand as symbols of the true
spirit of the season.
Landmarks in the history of
Christendom, these churches
are the living center of cur-
rent, activities, especially at
Christmas, when choral pro-
grams, pageants and other
special services express holi-
day joy.
Across the country, and in
other lands, soaring steeples
and ringing bells beckon wor-
shipers to "Come to Church
on Christmas."
Small wonder, then, that
churches are a favorite sub-
ject for Christmas greeting
cards. This year, the 95th an-
niversary of Christmas cards
'in the United States, is no
exception.
A look into the past shows
three well-known churches
which were favorite Christ-
mas card features. The Little
Church around the Corner
and Trinity Church, both in
New York City, and West-
minster Abbey in London are
pictured on cards dated
around 1925 and now in the
Norcross historical collection.
The oldest of these church
buildings is Westminster Ab-
bey, a national shrine and
the Mother Church of the
Commonwealth of Great
Britain.
In 1966 the Abbey cele-
brated its 900th anniversary,
and thousands of pebple from
all over the world visited the
church where both common-
ers and royalty have wor-
shipped for centuries.
and other defects will spoil the
appearance of the tree.
A tree should be bought as
late as possible to ensure its
freshness, as long as there is
a reasonable selection available.
However, earlier purchases may
be necessary to get a well-
shaped tree.
It is important to use a stand
that holds water. Water should
be kept in the stand all the
time the tree is up. To allow
for better absorption of water,
saw a half-inch off the butt of
the tree before: putting it in the
stand.
Evergreens are highly in-
flammable and burn fiercely. A
Christmas tree should not be
located near a fireplace, radia-,
tor, television set, or other
source of heat.
With a little care, ' a Christ-
mas tree will remain fresh and
fragrant throughout the Christ-
mas season.
In commemoration of the
event, Westminster under-
went a 10-year program of
cleaning and repairs that
cost $1,120,000.
It was on Christmas day
that William the Conqueror
was crowned at Westminster,
and buried there are Newton,
Darwin, Keats, - Tennyson,
Browning, and royal person-
ages such as Queen Elizabeth
I and her rival for the throne,
Mary Queen -of Scots, Rich-
ard II, Henry VII and St.
Edward, whose shrine is the
most sacred spot in the
Abbey. !
In September 1965, a tablet
was added in memory of
Winston Churchill.
CHURCHES, LONG a symbol
of the Christmas season, have
appeared in innumerable ways
on Christmas cards. Pictured
here is Westminster Abbey, sub-
ject of a card front the Norcross
Historical Collection.
in the community to perform a
task no other institution can per-
form and to accomplish it with
resources made available to no
other organization on earth.
The caliber of the church's
membership was declared to be
people who without compromise
believe these truths , embraced
this divine Son of God, and go
forth into its community to win
for His eternal Kingdom those
who through sin are estranged
from Him and are blindly rushing
to eternal doom.
Notwithstanding prosperity on
human standards, there is no
greatness to the church where
these characteristics are not in
evidence.
Mr. Stein ministered at the
other services of that day and
continued on until Wednesday fol-
lowing. The thrust of these mes-
sages was on the availability of
the power of the Holy Spirit in
the life of each believer to fulfill
the above ministry and the
limner in which each believer
can be filled with the Holy Spirit
for life and service.
Scholars Study
Source of Star
Shining in East
"There shall come forth a
Star" — Numbers 24:17.
In this Old Testament
prophecy by Balaam, was a
real star meant, or does
"Star" refer to a great per-
son?
For centuries, Biblical
scholars have considered this
question, Many believe that
the prophecy led the wise
men to watch for and follow
the "star in the east," of
which St. Matthew wrote in
his story of the Nativity.
The star itself is the source
of many theories. Perhaps
the best of all is that it was
a miraculous appearance and
as such needs no explana,
tion.
However, astronomers'
through the ages have sought
to connect the star seen by
the wise men with other re-
ported celestial objects — a
comet, perhaps, or an espe-
cially brilliant star that only
appears at long intervals.
Still another theory Sug-
gests that the star may have
been a configuration or
grouping oftrigissIsa„s1,§
the Germans arfaseinlef
hannes Keplel- theorized that
Jupiter, Saturn and Mars
might have occurred in such
a configuration at about the
time of Christ's birth.
The fact that the star and
the visit of the wise men
werel described- only by St.
Matthew has led to still an-
other question. Did only the
wise men see the star?
That they were so privi-
leged is sometimes explained
by the legend that the wise
men were astrologers whose
special interest helped them
to notice the unusual bril-
liance of the, three planets
grouped together-.
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with special greetings from
businessmen of the commu-
nity who offer their good
wishes and their apprecia-
tion to all.
Where Tree Grew
The first Christmas tree
was a palm from Egypt. Or '
it was a huge tree in a forest,
symbolic of mankind. Or it
was the Paradise Tree of
medieval miracle plays.
Though holiday legend and
lore offers many an explana-
tion for the origin of the
Christmas tree, nobody
knows for sure exactly when
and where the first decorated
tree appeared.
And who cares? It's fun to
hear the legends of the past,
with all their mystery and
magic, but the thing that
matters most is that the tra-
dition of the tree is here,
adding joy to Christmas.
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A residential street in Metro
Toronto has been paved with
broken glass, according to Heavy
Construction News. More
accurately, the street has become
a test-strip for a new type of
asphaltic concrete pavement, in
which conventional crushed stone
is replaced by crushed glass as
the pavement aggregate.
Over 100 tons of this
experimental mix, known as glas-
phalt, has bewi llaid along a 200-
yard 26 foot wide strip on a su-
burban subdivision road. It is the
first placement on a public road-
way of a pavement mix designed
to use artificial aggregate made
from waste glass bottles.. Pre-
vious applications have been on
parking lots and private rciad-
ways not subject to normal traffic
loadings.
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