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our wishes for a joyous
and fun-filled Christmas
for you,
EXETER
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The Council of the Village of Grand Bend has proclaimed
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26
AS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY
All Residents Are Asked To
Govern Themselves Accordingly
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Orval J. Wassmann, Reeve
John Teevins
Pete DeJong
Howard Green Councillors
Rollie Grenier
. Murray A. DesJardins, Clerk A
James Connolly Road Foreman
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May your Christmas
bring you all the joy
your loyal friendship
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May '69 be the best euer!
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By
EDNA (SLADE) DesJARDINS
Grand Bend
No thrill of my childhood
excelled that of Christmas.
The excitement that built up
in intensity as Christmas
approached was marvelous and
unforgettable, and it added
romance and wonder to life.
Preparation began early in
November in my childhood
home on a farm in Kent
3 County near Chatham,
purchased by my grandfather
Robert Slade from the crown
in 1849 and still in the Slade
family.
On a chill bright morning
my mother would announce
at the breakfast table, "It's
time the geese were penned
in.,,
That afternoon after school
my sister and I would help
our father herd the geese,
which up until this time had
had the free run of the
orchard and farm yard.
From then on it was a
daily chore for my sister and
me to see that the golden
kernels of corn, for which
Kent County has always been
noted, and fresh water were
always in front of the geese.
We would never have thought
of shirking this responsibility
for were not' these geese to
provide food for our
Christmas dinner? Also,,
through their sale they would
provide my mother with the
extra cash to pay for those
mysterious parcels that came
along each time she made a
trip to Chatham.
No supermarkets provided
cake mixes or fruits and nuts
prepared and packaged in
those days. There were raisins
to be seeded, currants to be
washed and spread in pans to
dry, peels to be thinly sliced
and the hickory and walnuts
we had gathered earlier in the
fall to be cracked and the
meat picked out.
I can't remember that we
ever trespassed on other
property for nuts but we
certainly jealously guarded our
own trees.
My mother was wise
enough to know that active
participation in activity is half
the pleasure and we were
allowed to help. Knowing that
the second taste is always
harder to resist than the first,
we never dared snitch a taste
as we worked.
Then, too, there was corn
to be popped, some to be
strung into garlands for
decorative purposes along with
the chains we made of red
and green paper, and some to
be made into those delicious
popcorn balls.
hope and good spirits are high,
we express appreciation for your continued
loyalty, and wish you the best of everything
for Christmas as always. Thank you.
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Ceneral Store and Staff
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BY REV- HUGH WILSON
Exeter
In the year 1925 the
young minister and his bride
spent their first Christmas in
the little parsonage at
ToberitiorY- Tobermory was
then, a rather isolated little
village of 222 people. Many
of these were related to one
or more of a few families.
Most of the people who
lived at the flarhour were
comparatively poor and so
were in a large degree
of a vety high class. These
teachers lay the .foundation in
the art of music and song.
Sad though, it is not very
much appreciated with so
many.
On ChrlStales eVe we tried
to get our chores done early
and maybe go for an
evergreen tree for Santa to
trim.
I remember one particular
Christmas eve When I took
part in the church program. I
had to recite facing the
audience and at the time I
still wore short Pants, I shook
like a leaf from the top to
the bottom!
On Christmas morning
there was worship service. The
sleigh bells jingling and the
church bells ringing made us
happy and with willing hearts
we sang Christmas hymns and
listened to the pastor deliver
a sermon in the German
language.
Then on the way home
hunger pangs struck.
Sometimes Christmas dinner
was a roast goose, sometimes
a roast duck.
During the holidays
relatives and friends would
visit back and forth, gathering
around the organ for a
singsong.
As we grow older we
realize more and more the
need of a Saviour to bring
peace to this weary and war
torn world. May this coming
Christmas bring lasting peace
to the hearts of men, women
and children, and bring peace
and understanding among the
nations so that those millions
of soldiers who gave their
lives and those who suffered
during this century in the
hope of a better world, may
not have died in vain.
Season's greetings.
dependent on each other,
What was the good fortune of
one family was shared with
all the neighbours.
It may have been that the
people felt that the• minister
and his wife wore all alone
there and needed help. They
were certainly poor enough to
qualify,
Never since that time have
they felt so enfolded in the
warm affections of so many
people. To think of the fowl,
the venison, a ham (the
skinniest they have ever seen,
and also the sweetest) fresh
fish and Younff lake trout,
smoked in a mixture of birch
bark and hardwood chips — is
enough to make their mouths
water after all the intervening
yeals.
In his. Christmas message,
what could the minister bring
to these people that they
hadn't already learned.
Christmas means sharing- It
means the repairing of
friendships. It means the
putting away of all ill-feeling.
It means the gathering
together of families, It means
lighting the warm fires of
hospitality.
The minister and his wife
wish that they could thank
all those good Tobennory
people. The old-timers are all
gone, of course. But they can
express their gratitude to
many others that have
brought to them new lessons
in human kindness and in
unselfish concern.
A happy Christmas to all.
And thetaffl What fun.
webad, each, one- given. so
much to pull and mother
with the .largest amount. Her
finished .product always turned
out whiter and creamier than,
anyone's, try as we would,.-
My sister and. I knew the
JOY, too, of shopping for gifts
for others,. All year we had
hoarded every .old borie we
could. find in our bush,
discarded_ rubbers and scraps.
of iron. These we sold for
cash to the "rag man",
Thls fund was augmented
from time to time by a
nickel here and a .dime. there
for the little extra chores we
were asked to do in addition
to the "regulars." If by
chance these extras were more
numerous than usual we were
grateful and asked, no
questions.
Gifts at our home were.
not of the expensive variety
found in most homes today,
but they had been chosen
with care and love and were
precious to each of us.
one memorable gift stands
out in my memory. I was ten
years old and had . done rather
Well in school (promotions.
were held in those days at.
Christmas as well as
mid-summer). I had headed
my class .and received a small
gift from . my teacher.
I found among my .gifts
that year a locket and chain.
No queen could ever have
been. prouder of the crown
jewels than I was of that
locket and chain.
I still recall my indignant
reply when I showed it to a
neighbor girl, older and much
more sophisticated than I.
To her question, "Do you
suppose that's a diamond in
the locket?" came my reply,
"Of course it's a diamond."
I have treasured it through
the years and still have it. It
has always reminded me of
my own joy as well as the
love and thoughtfulness of my
parents.
A joyful and blessed
Christmas to all.
By ED. NADIGER
Dashwood -
The recent —heill fall of
snow' recalled to mYlmind an
incident which occurred on
Christmas Day 1899.
My parents had invited in
a family for Christmas •dinner
and in the afternoon, the
adults went to visit a friend
who was ill, leaving my older
brother, the visitors' son and
myself at home. We boys
then decided to hitch the
horse in the cutter and go
for a drive. We went as far
as Sarepta then turned around
and headed for home.
As the horse was running,
his feet threw up balls of
snow which hit him causing
him to gallop and in so
doing, his feet hit the cutter
runners which made him
gallop so much harder. The
older boys together hung on
to the lines and when they
saw they could not hold him
they asked me to help too.
By the time we" got into
Dashwood the horse tired and
we managed to get him
stopped.
When we got the horse
into the barn the boys
rubbed his legs down to
remove the snow and they
warned me not to tell the
parents what had happened.
However, a farmer whose
place we had passed when
our horse was in full gallop
was coming out of his lane at
that time.
The next time he met my
fathet, .he told. him what he
had seen,. so the parents
found. out anyhow, although
not from. me.
BY PETER DIECHERT
Zurich
I was asked to write about
Christmas in the past and
found it pleasant to call to
mind those days of long ago.
During our childhood we
often spent time with my
grandparents who lived in the
same dwelling with rooms
reserved for them. They in
turn reserved a room for
Santa Claus at Christmas —
under_ lock and key.
It inspired a feeling of fear
and wonder to us
grandchildren, particularly at
Christmas. The appointed time
to open the door of this
room generally was after
returning home from the
Sunday School program at the
church on Christmas eve. '
My brothers and sisters
would follow close behind my
grandmother, upstairs to the
door of the room. Not only
did we have respect for our
grandparents, we had great
respect for that mysterious
and verboten area. We
anxiously waited for Grandma
to open the door so we
could find the Christmas
presents, something for each
one of us.
With the usual nuts and
candy there was maybe a
game or a cap or mitts or
socks knitted by her own
hand. Yes, and an orange was
much prized and appreciated.
I got a crokinole board
from my grandparents for
Christmas in the year 1903.
It is still good for a lively
game!
To attend public school we
travelled the distance of two
and a half miles on Hank's
ponies. This took much of
our time during the week and
we appreciated a holiday,
especially the Christmas
holidays.
We always had our
Christmas program at school.
I remember when the teachers
and pupils made an extra
effort to prepare a good
program of drills and song.
They had it at the township
hall with the intentions to
entertain their parents and
friends, selling tickets to raise
funds for special purposes.
Now since we employ
music teachers, programs are
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we wish you all 'a very
happy holiday.
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