The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-12-24, Page 152
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Gifts piled high "neath a glittering tree . . , the
happy sounds of children . it's Christmas, and
the time for joyous celebration with loved ones.
Hearty wishes for a truly happy Christmas.
1# appreciation of your patronage...
Best wishes to customers and friends
for a holiday filled with the happy
sounds of laughter. Merry Christmas.
LARMER ELECTRIC
PLUMBING & HEATING
GREENWAY, ONTARIO
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skating the old year out and
the new year in.
Across the road from the
post office, Mr . and Mrs. E.
A. Follick ran a bake shop
and restaurant in what is now
the pool room and social
centre. If ever there were
ardent, temperance advocates
with Christian principles, Mr
and Mrs. Follick were that
couple.
We had lived beside the
Follicks for years and to the
Southcott's it was a second
home and the memories we
treasure most today are the
Christmas morning snacks we
used to get at the bakery
while they were in business
and the Christmas breakfasts
enjoyed in their home up
until the passing of Mrs.
Follick.
A wood-burning stove
provided heat for the bake
shop and on Christmas
morning Mr. Follick would
have a glowing tire of coals
In front of which he made
the golden brown toast upon
which he lavished the butter
and with jam and coffee we
had a wonderful time.
When the Follicks retired
from business the Christmas
morning breakfast was
continued in the home and as
our family grew they were all
included. After breakfast there
was usually a worship period
followed by a singsong. It
started the day off on a very
happy note.
But times have changed
and only memory lingers.
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NURSING HOME RESIDENTS GET GIFTS Resident p9tients at
the Exeter Nursing Home were among the many senior citizens in
the area that received welcome visits from service clubs in town last
week. Above, Mrs. Louise Tinney, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, Miss
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Olive Hern and Miss Hettie Sweet are accepting Kinsmen .Club
baskets of fruit from personal service chairman Clifford Quance and
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By MRS. H. POWE
Exeter
I was born in Kintore and
as we children grew old
enough we attended the
Methodist church and Sunday
School there.
The highlight of the year
was the Christmas concert
held in the town hall and it
was always well filled for the
occasion.
We were all so excited
preparing our parts for the
program and when the
eventful night arrived, we
admired the beautiful tree
with its bright decorations
and listened for Santa Claus
in his red and white outfit,
his jingling bells arkd his
cheery "ho, ho, ho"!
Each child got a gift from
the tree. It did not have to
be costly to be appreciated
and that is the biggest
difference I see as I look
back over the years. No one
had a great deal of money to
spend in those far-off days
whereas today, Christmas is a
costly celebration.
One general store across
the street from my home was
loaded with gifts of all kinds.
I took a strong fancy for a
doll with dark hair, and I
talked about how I'd like
that doll. It was plump like a
little baby.
Every day I visited the
store to see if it was still
there. But one day it was
gone. I hoped, and hoped it
would come to me.
At last Christmas Day
arrived, and sure enough the
doll became mine. I was
overjoyed and for years I
sewed her clothes and made
her bonnets and hats.
The custom was to hang
up our stockings on Christmas
Eve for Santa to fill with
nuts, candies and an orange.
If we woke in the night we
felt for our stockings to see
if Santa had come yet.
Of course we were not
very old before we knew all
about Santa. But we enjoyed
the make-believe just the
same.
One 24th of December, I
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May your day be
bright with
the joys of
Christmas.
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Exeter 236-1877
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declared 1 was going to wake
when Santa came and sure
enough, I did. Santa had my
small sister on one arm and
she took a sticky candy out
of her mouth and reaching• it
toward me said, "Here Ernie!"
Santa hushed her and I
kept my eyes shut tight and
pretended I was asleep until
they were out of the room,
then I felt for the filled
stocking.
We had a hearty laugh on
Christmas Day but I'll never
know how I woke up at the
correct time of his visit.
One thing does not seem
quite right about Christmas
now. It is the birth of Jesus
we celebrate, yet we give gifts
to each other but not much
to Him.
The world would be a
better place than it is today
if He were the recipient of
our gifts of love and money
on Christmas Day and every
da The greatest gift we can
give Him is ourselves,
continually renewed as we
try, with His help, to live the
life He asks of us. '
By J. M. SOUTHCOTT
Exeter
I wonder how many
remember the old days when
the Exeter Times and the
Exeter Advocate were
delivered from house to house
by carrier boys.
It was at the turn of the
century as a carrier boy for
The Exeter Times that I first
got an insight into a
newspaper office and it was
as a carrier boy that I
received my first big money.
Tipping the paper boy at
Christmas, I think is a custom
as old as the newspaper.
Rain or shine, hot weather
or cold, my brother Herb and
I covered the town every
Thursday morning on our
paper route, he on one side
of Main Street and I on the
other. One dear old lady
quite often had a cookie or
an apple for me. I have
forgotten her name but I can
recall her face. That was one
stop where we made sure to
see that she received her
paper and that it did not get
wet with the rain or blown
away by the wind.
The week before Christmas
we carried around a small
calendar printed with
"Compliments of your Carrier
Boy". I have a reminder of
those early days in the form
of a book mark printed in
my name as a carrier boy,
dated 1903. That was my
second year as the "printer's
devil" and I decided to save
the price of the calendars by
printing my own Christmas
gift. One year I recall that I
collected about $25 in
Christmas donations, which
was a small fortune, just half
the amount I made the first
year of my apprenticeship.
There have been many
changes since those early days
but one thing that has not
changed is the practice of
remembering the paper boy at
Christmas time.
,,Those were, the days when
the only means of travel was
by train , and the London,
Huron and Bruce, the butter
and egg special, did a thriving
business. There were four
trains a day then, one going
north and the other going
south in the morning and the
same at night. The depot was
the place to meet your
friends, particularly Christmas
eve or Christmas morning.
On Christmas morning the
favorite pastime was meeting
old friends at the post office.
The post office was situated
in the south part of what is
now Lindenfield's store. Mail
was sorted Christmas morning
and there was the usual
anticipation of what the mail
would bring. The young
people home for Christmas
found it a convenient meeting
place. In one corner of the
waiting room was a candy
counter operated by the
Gould sisters.
Th en, as now, there was
the usual speculation as to
whether there would be snow
and particularly ice for
skating on Christmas and New
Years as ttus was the favorite
pastime on those days. A
band was usually present for
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We're taking a
tip from Santa and
extending our very
warmest wishes for a
merry Yuletide to our
many good friends
and customers.
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We wish you a Christmas near your loved
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H ere's to you, valued friends and
customers . , good wishes by the sleigh full, plus hearty
thanks for your patronage throughout the year. May you
all enjoy a Holiday rich in love, warm with friendship and
abounding in good health, good cheer and good fellowship.
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