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WiNoRAN, ONTARIO, WRoNrso.Av, DECEMBER 28, 1903
Colorful Christmas Service
To Welcome Christmas Day
Church Services in Wingham ,
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
AMONG OUR SOUVENIRS—Open-
ing one of the many Christmas cards
received at this office, we were sur-
prised to see season's greetings from
the m•ayor and board of aldermen of
the city of Vancouver, British Col-
umbia, Not having personal acquaint-
ance with these gentlemen, We were
somewhat intrigued by the greeting
until we looked on the inside and
found the reason for this sudden
comradeship. Turns out the card is
advance notice of the British Empire
Games, to be held in Vancouver in
July and August.
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FALSE ALARM—Upstairs windows
were opened and people on the street
craned their necks looking for the
fire the ether day When a high pitch-
ed scream was heard on the upper
end of Josephine Street. It wasn't a
fire. It was Don Hopper trying to
get out of a snowbank with his new
snow tires.
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ADD PURPLE HEARTS—Casual-
ties are running high at Christmas
parties this' year, especially among
the CKNX staff, Johnny Brent suf-
fered abrasions at a party last week
when he tried a balancing act with a
trayful of glasses. His pallor next
day was attributed to loss of blood.
Another casualty was newscaster
John Strong, who wasn't able to make
his own broadcast the morning after
the CKNX staff party at Belgrave.
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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT—Busiest man
on a street of busy people is Post-
master Archie Peebles, who finds
that in spite of earnest instructions
to mail early, a lot of people insist on
mailing late. Even with additional
staff, the people in the postoffice are
having difficulty in keeping up. Re-
minds us of the newspaper headline
dated Dec. 20th—"Prince Charles
painting own Christmas Cards". Bit
late, isn't it?
Couple Celebrate •
50th Anniversary
ion. Minnie street last Wednesday fdr•
Mr,' and Mrs.' Robert Johnston, whey
celebrated their fiftieth anniversary.
Open house was,,held at ,their home
Residents of Winghani for the past
four years. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston
formerly lived in Turnberry Town-
ship, where they farmed for 46 years
before retiring. Both enjoy compar-
atively good health and take a keen
interest in everyday events. Mr. John-
ston will celebrate his 81st. birthday
this month.
Born in Turnberry Township, Mrs.
Johnston was the former Margaret
Robinson, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. John Robinson
'
and ner husband
was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William Johnston, of the 10th con-
cession.
They were married fifty' years ago
at the bride's home by the Rev. Wii
Liam Lowe. Born/ recall that the day
was stormy and the snow up to the
level of the fences.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have a son,
Elgin, on the homestead and a daugh-
ter, Alba (Mrs. Harvey Tanner) of
'Newton, and six grandchildren,.
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van Wieringen,
of Holland, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Ann Margareth, to
Peter Enne Medema, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ludolf Medema, all of R.R. 2,
Walton, Ontario. The, marriage is to
take place in St. Andrew's Presbyter-
ian Church, Clinton, Ontario, at 12.45
p.m., Sunday, January 3rd, 1954. F23*
Christmas Party
For CKNX Staff
The CKNX staff Christmas party
was held on Monday evening at For-
rester's Hall, in Belgrave. Members of
the staff played hosts to their wives,
husbands and former staff members,
Mrs, Ross McCall, Mrs. Jack Deans
and Tory Gregg,
Santa Claus made his annual visit
and distributed gifts to everyone. The
Barn Dance 'Gang provided music
for• dancing, and luncheon was serv-
ed by the Ladies' Guild of the Bel-
grave Anglican Church.
Bridge Club
There were seven tables present at
the Wingham Bridge Club for mas-
ter 'point night on Thursday. The re-
sults are as follows:
North and South.-1st, G. Williams
• end R. Hobdeli; 2nd, Miss Y. McPher-
son and J. H. Crawford; 3rd, Mrs, G.
Cameron and H. Ti. Sherbondy.
East and West--lst, Mrs. D. Ne-
smith and Mrs. F. A. Parker; 2nd,
Mrs, D. B. Porter and Mrs, G. H. Ross;
Brd, Mrs. G. MacKay and 3, A, Wil-
IPOn.
ASSESSMENT APPEAL
DENIED BY JUDGE
An appeal lodged by Alex Rintoul,
of Wingham, against the assessment
on his house in town was denied by
Judge T. M. Costello, of Goderich, in
a hearing at the Town Hall here on
Thursday. Judge Costello said that
on the evidence presented at the
hearing he had no choice but to con-
firm the present assessment on the
house.
Previously the judge had heard a
plea from Mr. Rintoul for a lower
assessment, in which the latter cited
other houses by way of comparison
from the standpoint of situation,
selling value, condition and improve-
ments. Town assessor William Haney
explained how the assessment was
figured 'and J. W. Bushfield repre-
sented the town. County assessor
Alex Alexander was also on hand for
the hearing.
Three other appeals against assess-
ments, registered by Brown Brothers,
were withdrawn shortly before the
hearing.
The hearing on Thursday marks
completion of the new equalized re-
assessment in Wingham which start-
ed in the early summer, Forty-six
appeals were lodged against original
assessment figures worked out by
town assessor William Haney in co-
operation with county assessor Alex
Alexander, A five-man court of re-
vision consisting of Mayor DeWitt
Miller, Reeve R. E. McKinney, Coun-
cillor Frank Howson, R. S. Hether-
ington and 3. W. Bushfield •was set
up to hear the appeals, completing
its work about three weeks ago.
Four appeals arose out of decisions
of the court of revision.
—George Porter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Porter, who is attending
Queen's University at Kingston, is
home for the Christmas holidays.
S. A. SPECIAL SERVICES
The Salvation Army special services
on Sunday, December 27th, at 11 a,m,
and 7 p.m. to be conducted by First
Lieutenant B, Craddock, of Cobalt,
Ontario, A warm welcome awaits
everyone. f28b
sented to the children a picturol in
gorgeous color—a complete children's
Christmas service interspersed with
favourite carols.
The morning worship service was
broadcast over CKNX. Special music
was provided by the pastor and Mr.
Bill Kirkwood who sang, "Love Di-
vine". Tenor soloist, Mr. Frank Collar,
very ably rendered the majestic
Christmas hymn, "Nazareth." The
pastor spoke on the subject, "Cross-
ing the Christ out of Christmas."
In the evening Mr. Coyle based his
sermon on the Gospel according to
St. Luke, chapter two verses 10 and 11,
pointing out the marvel of the incar-
nation, the mystery of the cross, the
majesty of the Person, the meaning
of redemption and, the mission of the
church,
A beautiful candlelight carol service
followed with the showing of a pic-
turel in color entitled, "Christmas
Joys." During the showing of this
film favourite carols, special music,
quartets, duets and solos were greatly
enjoyed by the large congregation as-
sembled.
,—Mrs. Charles Roberti; is spending
the holiday with her son, Richard and
family in Toronto.
Special music had been prepared by
the choir under the leadership of
Mr. A. D. Bennett. This included the
anthems, "Song of the Crib" written
by Arthur Warren; "0 Nightingale
Awake", by C. Dickinson; and a solo,
"How Far Is It to Bethlehem", sung
by Mrs. 3. W. Callan.
In the evening, the Sunday School
held its "White Gift Service" and
presented the beautiful pageant,
"Christmas is Christ." This was stag-
ed on a platform at the front of the
church and was introduced by the
story, "The Angel and the Shepherd's
told by Rev. D. J. MacRae.
The pageant depicted the visit of
the shepherds guided by the angel,
to the Manger of Jesus, and the
Wise Men bringing their gifts,. Ac-
companying carols were sung by the
junior choir, while the narrators
were Patsy Carmichael and Barbara
Edwards, The part of Mary was tak-
en by Helen Haines and that of Jo-
seph by Dave Cameron, The shep-
herds were Peter Carmichael, John
Merkley, Bob Brooks, Paul Bennett
and James Wild, while Gregory Bu-
chanan, Ken Crawford and Wendell
Alton took the parts of the wise men.
The angel was represented by Cath-
erine Keating, To put the idea of
Christmas giving in a present day
setting, a modern family brought
their gifts to the Christ Child. These
parts were taken by Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Vogan with their children, Ron-
aid and Kenny.
Large baskets had been placed at
the doors of the church and were
filled with white gifts by the congre-
gation. These were carried in and
presented by members of the Sunday
School,
During the morning service; three
children were christened by Rev. D.
J, MacRae. They were Julie Chris-
tene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Ross
Allen Hilbert; Carol Marie, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ile ;
OHRIST.IWAS VISITORS?
PHONE IN A PERSONAL!
If you are having visitors during
the Christmas season, or if you
are going away for Christmas,
your friends would like to see a
personai'in the paper about It.
Give us a call at the office--the
phone number is 34—and we'll
write a little item for you. No
charge, of course.
MUSICAL MYSTERY IS
FINALLY CLEARED Ur
Hanna's Wingham Towne Hailers
split a 3-3 decision with the powerful
Sarnia Junior Sailors, in a hard-
fought battle before a large crowd at
the Wingham Arena on Saturday. it
was a see-saw struggle for the two
teams, who battled into ten minutes
of overtime play without either being
able to get the advantage. Plenty of
thrills were offered the crowd when
the locals tallied in the last two min-
utes of the third period to tie up the
score, making the overtime necessary.
The Sailors opened the scoring in
the first period with a counter by Mc-
Leath on an assist from Hamilton.
Bud Lott scored for Wingham in the
second frame, assisted by Bell, tying
up the score at the end of the second.
In the third frame Laur flashed the
light for Sarnia on a pass from Dun-
ham, putting the Sailors in the lead.
JUNIORS NIP CHATI1AV
4-3 FOR FOURTH W1N
Wingham Towne r8 fought a
long uphill battl- T op their
winning streak in Chatham on Wed-
nesday, when they edged the Sher-
man Admirals 5-1 after a last-min-
ute comeback in the final period.
With only six minutes to play the
score was 4-3 in favor of the Admir-
als, when Bob McNeil tied it up and
Barry Purdon came through with the
winning goal.
Tommy Wilson turned in his usual
star performance, notching three for
the locals while McNeil and Purdon
got one apiece.
The win at Chatham marked the
fourth straight victory for the revit-
alized Towne Planers, who started
off the season with a six-game losing
streak. Wednesday's win gave them
firm hold on the third place rung
in the Junior "B" loop, placing them
ahead of the London Lou Balls and
the Sherman Admirals, who had pre-
viously formed a three-way tie for
third place.
Team standings by points in the loop
are now as follows: Seaforth, 22; Sar-
nia, 17; Wingham, 9; London, 6;
Chatham, 6.
Midnight Mass will be held at the
Sacred Heart Church on Christmas
i Eve at which the children will sing
special Christmas hymns at 11.30.
The church choir will sing special
music for the Mass of the Angels at
midnight. A mass will be sung at 7
o'clock on Christmas morning, the
Brussels congregation, celebrating
their mass at 9 o'clock.
There will he no Christmas services
at St, Andrew's Church. Instead the
minister will conduct the Church of
the Air over station CKNX on Christ-
mas Day. The program is scheduled
for 10.30 on Christmas morning.
Christmas services at the Baptist
Church were held on Sunday.
Fry tied it up at 18.10 with
from Bell, to put the score at 2-2 at
the end of the third period.
Tommy Wilson notched one in the
first half minute of overtime play,
putting the Towne Hailers 'a the lead,
but Forbes came back for one on a
pass from Cote and Guthrie, tying up
the game with four minutes to play.
A casualty of the game was Ken
Green, of Sarnia, who struck his head
on the ice after a body check in the
third period. He was carried off the
ice and taken to Wingham General
Hospital suffering a slight- concussion.
He was released Sunday after treat-
ment.
The locals missed the services of
Bob McNeil, who returned to Barrie
last week, but found a good man in
Bud Lott, who was back with the
team, Cal Bell, Tommy Wilson and
Jerry Fry also looked good on the
Wingharn line-up. Dunham, Forbes,
Laur and MeLeath were best for Sar-
nia.
SARNIA —Goal, Ryan ; defence,
Laur, Ward; centre, Moffatt; wings,
Duncan, Dunham; alternates, Hamil-
ton, Forbes, Beauchamp, MeLeath,
Haddon, Cote, Vernon, Green, Guthrie.
WINGHAM--Goal, Lessor; aefence,
Lockridge, 13e11; centre, Nash; wings,
Purdon, King; alternates, Fry, ;slate,
Gerrie, Lott, N. Stainton, Wilson, M.
Stainton; sub-goalie, R. Murray.
First Period
1.—Sarnia, MeLeath (Hamilton) 5.47
penalties Green, interference, 6.00;
Nash, charging, 6.50; Lockridge,
boarding, 12.36; Moffatt, slashing,
12,36; Nash high sticking, 13.85;
Forbes, high Sticking, 13.35,
Second Period
2—Wingham Lott (Bell) 6,43
Penalties, Laur, tripping, 7.54;
Nash roughing, 8,48; Guthrie,
roughing, 8.48; Guthrie, holding,
12.55; Bell, high sticking, 18.52.
Third Period
3—Sarnia, Later (Dunham) 3.05
4—Witigham, Fry (Bell) 18,10
Penalties, Purdon, slashing, 2.48;
Moffatt, hooking, 2.48; Nash, hook-
ing, 2.56; Beauchamp, interference
and 10 minute misconduct, 11.12;
Lott, Major, fighting, 18.42; Ward,
major, fighting, 18.42.
Overtime
5—Wingham Wilson 0.30
6—Sarnia, Forbes (Cote, Guthrie)
6.04
PenaltieS, Ward, boarding, /.27.
'PROCLAMATION
at the request of a number of Citizens I hereby
Proclaim
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1953
BOXING DAY
AS A PUBLIC CIVIC HOLIDAY
for the Town of Wingham
and I hereby call upon all good Citizens to
observe the same,'
God Save the Queen Dewitt Miller, Mayor
Christmas Marked
In Baptist Church
Christmas Sunday in Wingham Bap- 'At ,Wingham United Church tist Church was a day of much .bless- ,
ing. Beginning with an open session With lighted Christmas trees and —then will we learn the meaning of of Bible 'School, Rev. J. L. Coyle pm- garlands of evergreens across the Christmas.
front, impressive Christmas services'
were held in Wingham United Church
on Sunday.
Rev. D. J. MacRae took as his text,
"The Urgency of Christmas", based
on Luke 2:16, "And they came with
haste and found Mary, and Joseph,
and the Babe lying in a manger."
He drew attention to the fact that
everyone is in a hurry at Christmas
time and often to what purpose? The
shepherds in the Scripture can tell
us the real urgency of Christmas.
They had a purpose, they came with
haste to Bethlehem to worship the
infant Jesus. They believed what the
angels said and caine with expect-
ancy. Often the real meaning of
Christmas is obscured, but nothing
can take the place of the crib of
Bethlehem, without which there
would be no Christmas, We can find
Christ in our town, in our homes, in
our churches and in our own hearts
DRUG STORE HOURS
On Boxing Day, McKibben; epee
Nancy Grace, daughter of Mr, end 10 a.m: 12 arm Kerr's open 2 p.m.
Mrs. George Guest. 4 pan, 23b
The mystery of where the
Christmas music has been coming
from every afternoon for the past
week has finally been cleared up. And
most of the guesses as to its origin
have proved to be wrong,
Last year when Christmas music
flooded the streets of Wingham, there
were a lot of conjectures as to where
it came from. The fact that the
strains of Christmas carols bounced
off the walls of the buildings on Jo-
sephine Street added to the confusion,
making listeners think the music
came from several directions. Some
thought the music came from the
Town Hall, and even went to the
length of thanking Town Clerk Bill
"Galbraith for the town's contribution
to the Christmas cheer. Others seem-
ed to think the Wingham Business-
men were responsible.
The truth of the matter is that the
Christmas music comes from the
tower of St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, where an amplifier is hook-
ed up to a line connected with station
CKNX. In the studio tape recordings
of Christmas carols are played, the
music being relayed from there to
the tower of the church. I —Mrs, Lovell McGuire, accompanied
The music is offered to the people by her father, Mr. Lorne Reid, of Rip-
of Wingham as a service of the I ley, left Thursday for a winter holi-
church and the radio station, I day in Florida.
Special khriptm.as ' services will be
held in several of the wing4am
churches on Christnlas Eve and
Christmas Day, including special mus,
is and carol singing in the traditional
manner.
In the United Church there will be
a special carol candlelight service at
11 p.m. Christmas Eve, A Christmas
story from the Scriptures will he a
feature of the service, and special
music has been prepared by the :.hoar
for the occasion. The church will be
lighted by candles along the aisle,
and decorated with Christmas trees'
and seasonal decorations..
Christmas Eve will be celebrated
in a manner which has become tradi-
tional in the Anglican church, when
a service of carol singing and choral
communion will be held in St. Paul's
Church at 11 p.m. The choir will sing
special rnesic, and a choral commun-
ion will be held at 11.30 p.m.
Private Christmas communion will
be held at the hospital on Christmas
morning for members of St. Paul's
Church at 6.30 a.m, and there will be
a quiet communion in the church at 9
o'clock. Christmas decorations for the
church will be arranged by the Altar
Guild.
Wingharn, Sarnia Tie 3-3
In Overtime Draw Saturday