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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1943-12-23, Page 7Winghani Advance-Times Published at WINGHAM ONTARIO linbscription Rate — One Year $2.00 Six months, $1.00 in advance To U. S. A., $2.59 per year Foreign rate, $3.00 per year. , Advertising rates on application. A MORE HOPEFUL CHRISTMAS This is our fifth Christmas at war .and it is a most hopeful one. Many -of our soldiers are now successfully engaged in battle in Italy. Others are fit and ready for that supreme effort that may come soon. The gal- lant lads, of the airforce are tarrying the war to the very heart of Germany. Ottr sailors have successfully carried on the difficult task of convoy and have subdued the submarine, with the hid of the airmen, a feat which was thought impossible two years ago. We are not the winners as yet, but we are past the brow of the hill and are now ready to proceed further. The outlook is definitely much better than could be hoped for two years ago, yes, a year ago, Our production and our other home front activities of many kinds have given a backing to our men and women of the services so that they can make the required effort. We have every reason couraged and we should for the blessings that are to feel en- give thanks ours. This DONALD B. BLUE . Experienced Auctioneer Licensed for Counties of HURON & BRUCE All Sales Capably Handled. R. R. 1, Kincardine Phone: Ripley 30-24. 'WELLINGTON FIRE Insurance Company Est. 1840 An all Canadian Company which has faithfully served its policy holders fpr over a century . Head Office Toronto H. C. MacLean• Insurance Agency Wingham DR. R. L. STEWART PHYSICIAN Telephone 29 DR. W. M. CONNELL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Phone 19 W. A. CRAWFORD. M.D. Physician and Surgeon Located at the office of kthe late Dr. J. P. Kennedy. Phone 150 • Wingham A H. 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By naming The Sterling Trusts Cor era Lion as ex.e.eutor, you leave the personal attention .of a senior estate officer assisted by a stag familiar with earrent legislation and the rulings of the various taxing authorities, THE STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION Sterling Tower, Toronto 32 years In Business Salaries and wages are a large element, often the largest element, in the cost of everything we buy. If the Price Ceiling breaks down, in the long run all stand to lose. We must hold the line against inflation to assure victory in war. We must hold the line to provide a solid founcla- tion on which, after the war, to build a greater and a better Canada. PRIME MINISTER OF CANAbA CoshowetiNtemberia, 1943 • WE MUST HOLD THE LINE! On the home front the battle against inflation is now the most critical of all. The winning of this battle will contribute much to winning the war. It will contribute more than all else towards the solution of post-war problems. • • • The purpose of Price Control is to prevent infla- tion. Its purpose is to protect and maintain a basic standard of living. A higher money income will not be of any ad- vantage if, because prices are going up, our money buys less and less. To win the battle against unemployment in the post-war period, we must first of all win the battle against inflation. Thursday, Dec. „23r 1, 1943 WINGITAIVI ADVANCE-TI MS PAGE SEVEN' AND TO THINK SOME PEOPLE COMPLAIN Nola. PRICES HERE/ /SNIP fl Iwo TRum s*k> MIC..Exls r 404P -Or AV4D DOZEN EQQ,9„. "s 54 1 5IMPOUTorsb .:e IZA STENC;a 400 AND OTHERS OBJECT TO RATIONING I 141; THOSE ARE BLACK MARKET AR/CES' /N okera AND SOME El/EM 81/V IN THE BLACK MARKET 1 4H, THE POOR P5OPLE 71-1/02si THERE IS PLENTY IN CANADA ' Yes, by any European standard we have enough and to spare to spare to help feed our - men overseas and the people of Britain. Enough, that is, if we all share and share alike. Anyone who tries to get more than his share is actually in- creasing the danger that we all may have to face a situation like that in Greece. JOHN LABATT LIMITED London Canada YES, / OLIESS WI* Rem- LUCKY Christmas, as we celebrate it, is more truly British than we realize. The too common notion that most of our Yule-tide customs and symbols owe their origin to foreign influence —chiefly German—should be combat- ed. To many ancient British usages, have been-added features which hap- pily add to the pleasures of the sea- son, at the same time marking pro- gress in the arts -and sciences. J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money To Loan Office — Meyer Block, Wingharn J. H. CRAWFORD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, etc. Bonds, Investments & Mortgages Wingham Ontario This must be said, of course, for those moving and preciously intimate Christmas broadcasts initiated' by His Majesty King George V in 1932. There was something exclusively British in spirit and substance. From that time, each Christmas, the King has sat before the microphone and talked to the Empire, addressing it as "one great family." Three years after it started the happy idea was elaborated. "This• Great Family" was the chosen title for an introductory programme to the Royal message. The King was intro- duced by the tender voice of a child in New Zealand inviting the vast wire- less audience gathered to "stand by for His Majesty the King Emperor." Christmas Cards We can also take all the .credit for the introduction of the Christmas Card. The city of origin was Birm- ingham. There, at the head of the school of design, was tMr. W. A. Dobson who, ninety-seven Christmasses ago, sent out a single card with a water colour painted by himself and a greeting to a friend, Just one card. But it happened to be seen by the Rev. Edward Bradley who, as "Cuthbert Bede," wrote that extremely funny book about Oxford called "The Adventure of Verdant Green," It is- now a classic. The following Christmas- Bradley borrowed the idea and produced his own card: He had many copies lithographed and sent to all his friends. One of his friends happened to be Sir Henry Cole, now known as a (amour first director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. It was he who produced the first Christmas Card for public sale. It was an elaborate and highly seasonable design; a typical English family Christmas gathering; a Sir Roger de Coverley dance; skating on the Serpeetine; a distribution of fare to the poor; and waits singing carols. Thus, in three Christ-masses, the card progressed and thereafter British and foreign publishers rushed to spread the custom. Cracker Pulling We can fairly claim the honours of the Christmas tracker. The first references to something like it, al- though not mentioned by this name, appear in the work of Roger Bacon, the Somerset monk, whose researches resulted in the invention of the magnifying glass and manufacture of fireworks. But that indisputable authority Mr. Alan St. H. Brock, in his monumental history of pyrotechnics, observes that, although the cracker has been in use for centuries in England, there appears to be no early reference to it on the continent. ilovvlierd on the continent of Eurept can there be -enjoyed at Yule-tide setit Christmas books as give tis set It he, tense seasonal delight, The aest fot such numbers began' with Charles Dickens, When "The Christmas Carol" appeared just before' Christmas is a Merrier Christmas for most of us at, home and our sincere appreciation goes out to those who are fighting our battles for us. In re- turn for their splendid services we should do all we possibly can to "Speed the Victory"• so that before another Christmas rolls around peace will be at hand or just around the corner, * THE GUIDING STAR Across the Eastern firmament A Star shone forth that night, And they who came to find their King Were guided by its light: The Stari moved on until it stood Above a village shed, And there they found The Babe they sought, Calm in His manger bed, In lowliness The Prince of Peace Unto the world was born; .In humble guise He hAled the sick And counselled the forlorn: And throughout all ensuing years, That arcl{the span of Time, The Star that guided men of old, Has guided things sublime. Rekindle, then, the lambent spark That still lies deep within! A Tyrant's power failed before To find the lowly Inn: And though. a self-made Jupiter Bestrides Alympus now, Soon men shall not before him cringe And none before him bow. Christmas still 'breahtes with „joy and . love, As on that Holy Night, When Wise Men saw His guiding Star That gleamed- so strong and bright: And wise men now still see The Star— Men of good will on earth. And children glad, expectant, learn The Story. of His birth.. Henry Atynesworth Britton 47: arkscorAtict -Christmas Eve ,ninety-seven years ago; it made -Christmas Number history, George .-Gissing in his critical study, says it was seized upon with enthus-, lam, and edition followed edition, G. L Chesterton writing of Pickeps "As Santa_ Claus" said that the nine= teenth century Christmas and Charles Dickens were really the hour -and the man, Mistletoe Magic The holly and the ivy for Christmas decoration have doubtless come down tq us from the Druids, But, although they; are known to have set a high value on mistletoe- for its magical effects, its use at Yule-tide came very much later. Indeed the custom can be Aimed as quite One of the earliest references to it occurs in the Hesperides of Robert Herrick, the seventeenth century Devonshire parson whose "wild un- baptized rhymes" delighted Ben Jon- son and his roisterous circle in town, but shocked those who thought, of him as a country clergyman. He wrote:--- "Down with the rosemary, and so; Down with the bales and mistletoe; Down with the holly, ivie, all, Wherewith ye drest .the Christmas hall." That is one of the first allusions we have to the inclusion of mistletoe in Christmas decorations. The senti- mental use appears to have developed still later. It is an antiquary of the succeeding century who notes that "kissing a fair one under the mistletoe, and wishing her a happy new year as you present her with one of the berries for luck, is the christmas custom of our times," Pretty Customs The origins of many pretty Christ- mas customs are so obscure as to have provided never-ending contro- versy, Consequently there, have been many explanations' of the custom of decorating our churches and homes witla the holly and the ivy, the rose- nary and the bays. But there is one who would make even this entirely our own. An eigh- teenth century antiquary contended that "it was in remembrance of the Oratory of Wrythen Wands or Boughs, which was the first Christian church erected in Britain," The Christmas pudding also appears to be a gool English institution—an adaptation made to suit changing taste, and possibly, digestions. Of old they had a. dish which was the equivalent. It consisted of fruits and spices boiled in the gravy of the Christmas joint. We 'can well understand that such a mixture lost its charm and, became the Christmas pudding as we know it. The spices were still used because they are held to represent the gifts of the Wise Men. (Copyright: Publishing Arrangement with N.F. Ltd.) Mint Jelly One-half cup good cider vinegar, I cup water, 31/2 cups granulated sugar, 1/2 cup commercial pectin, % to 1 tea- spoon mint extract, few drops green coloring. Put vinegar, water and sugar into a.. large saucepan. Mix and bring quick- ly to the boiling point. Add coloring and as soon as mixture boils add pec- tin, stirring constantly. Bring again to a full boil and boil hard for 80 seconds. Remove from fire, skim and add extract to taste. Pour at once into sterilized glass, cover with paraf- fin,and when cold cover with another layer of paraffin. 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