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SENTINEL
JQCELYN SHRIER Publisher
SHARON J, DIETZ • Editor
ANTHONY N. JOHNSTONE , Advertising and
general Manager
PAT LIVINGSTON - Office Manager
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A babe is born
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus
that all the world should be enrollech This was the first
enrollment when Quirinins was governor. of Syria. And
all went to be enrolled each to hiS own city.
And Joseph also went up front Galilee, from the city of
Nazareth, to Judea to •the city of David, which is, called
Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of
David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was
with child.
And while they were there, the time came for her to be
delivered. And she gave birth to her first-born son and
.rapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a
nanger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
And in that region there were shepherds main the
Field,' keeping watch over their flock by night. And an
angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the, glory of the
Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear.
And the angel said to them, "Be not afraid; for behold,
I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all
the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David
a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign
for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths
'and lying, in a manger."
And suddenly there was with the angel 'a multitude of
the heavenly host praising God and saying,
• 'Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace „among men
with whom he is pleased!"
When the angels went away from them into heaven,
the shepherds said to_one_another, "Let us go over to
Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which
the Lord has made known to us."
And they went with haste, and found Mary and Joseph
and the babe lying in a manger. And when they, saw it
they made known the saying which had been told them
concerning this child; and all who heard it wondered at
what the shepherds told them. But Mary kept all these
things, pondering them in her heart.
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising
God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told
them.
Defends Ackert
To the Editor:
"ARE THERE TWO LLOYD ACKERTS?"
w Sorry that I am so late in replying to the letter from
"An Interested Citizen". I do not subscribe to your paper
and so it was only recently at a friend's home I was able
to read this letter. In, all likelihood your readers have
forgotten about this letter from "An Interested Citizen"
which might be a blessing especially around this time of
year when Christmas ideals have more meaning.
there must be two Lloyd Ackerts because the one I
know doesn't fit the description given by our' fetter
writer. The Lloyd Ackert I know is dedicated,
knowledgeable, unselfish of his time, and an asset to any
group. The Lloyd Ackert that I know 'has done extensive
work with young people for many years. It is because of
menrof this calibre, that I have faith in mankind and feel
that society will survive.
If you could send me the address of the ether Lloyd
Ackert described in the letter, I will be. grateful. I would
like' to send a sympathy card because it looks like he is
gone straight to hell.
The letter writer mentioned, that all she or he has
learned was not to pull a hat over some one elses eyes.
Could it be that our "An Interested Citizen" has had the
hat over her/his eyes throughout her/his life. The
problem with our society is that there is too many people
who hide behind their hats, they don't face reality, they
destroy, they do not create,
After a character assassination such as performed by
"An Interested Citizen" how can he/she talk about the
Ten Commandments. Certainly, if I was a neighbour of
this letter writer I certainly wouldn't be breaking the
Turn to page HO
Tom Chilton and Dawn Marie Wilson took their
Joseph and Mary roles very seriously in St. Joseph's
Separate School Christmas concert this week at
The Reverend Dunean MacLeod had, immigrated to
Nova Scotia to take over the duties of minister of St.
James Presbyterian Church at Halifax. It was well
established, and the stone building stood on a spacious
let, complete with driving shed, water and sanitary
facilities.
To the basement of this church, MacLeod brought
some 25 countrymen. Immigrants like himself, they
needed a temporary place to lodge until they could find
more permanent accommodation. The minister did not
seek prior approval' from the elders of the church to turn
the basement into a refuge, In his opinion, what was
charitable and just, required no such confirmation.
As soon as he had assembled them, he set about
organizing the details to provide whatever comfort was
possible.
"We shall-need bread and cheese," MacLeod said. "I
fear, the freshness of meat might be questionable
because of the 'heat. Good clean water we have at the
pump, but we must get milk. The wee bairns need 'milk
most of all, He took out his purse and gave a single
golden coin to one of the men. "Go and see what you can
find whilst I attend to the sleeping accommodation."
Except for the floor, there appeared to be nowhere for
the people to sleep. It was whilst the minister was
pondering on this problem, that the grey bearded face of
Chippy Chisholm poked around the door and enquired.
"Is this the place where I 'find the people from the
Mavis?" He soon saw that he was indeed amongst old,
friends and he entered the basement carrying a few
belongings including the tools of his trade.
"Can ye find room for an old sailmaker?" he asked
MacLeod. "I'm no going back to Scotland with the ship,"
The minister told the Sailmaker about the difficulty in
the sleeping arrangements. Chippy took a look around
the dingy basement and in particular he noticed the
arrangements and spacing of the rafters.
"Hammocks," he said. "That's what is needed.
Hammocks would hang nicely in here!" He dropped his
belongings to the floor and said to MacLeod. "I'll away
to see what I can find. Dinna worry, Sir, I thnink I. know
where I can get what we are needin'."
When the man who had been sent out to purchase food
returned with the results of his mission, the children
crowded around him. They had eaten nothing since
smiles of anticipation to the young faces. There was also
some fresh churned butter, cheese and a pitcher of milk.
The women busied themselves around the rough table.
preparing the humble meal. Duncan MacLeod said a
prayer of thanks before they began to eat.
chippy Chisholm was as good as his word, He
reaiumeared amongst them, puffing and weating from
pushing a borrowed wheel barrow through 'the streets.
He called out to the men in the, church basement.
"All hands outside to carry in ye beds, ye'll be rocked
to sleep this night. rve got the hammocks I promised
ye!"
Chippy had made the voyage to Halifax several times
and was acquainted with all the places • which did
business in ships' s9pplies. He also knew the keeper of
Her Majesty's Naval Stores and it was from him that be
obtained some worn hammocks returned from the frigate
"HMS Gallant". No doubt it took a little silver across the
palm oto relieve the storekeeper of his unserviceable
hammocks, but Chippy was an expert in procurement.
Now came the long task of scrubbing the hammocks to
remove the soil of long service. The women did this chore
in the open air of the churchyard, and then spread the
rectangles of canvas on the ground to dry in the hot sun.
One by one, the men brought the hammocks back to
serviceability. Chippy repaired tears and patched any
which were worn thin. He showed his helpers how to
replace eyelets and to splice new hanging ropes.
It was evening before the first were ready for service
and these were lashed to the rafters, so that the children
could go to sleep. It was a novelty to the bairns and it was
a long time before their parents heard the last request to;
"Swing me again, jest a wee bit mare before I gae to
sleep."
The immigrants had no bedclothes, bdt on that warm
July night there was no need for covers. They were
perhaps more comfortable than most of the inhabitants of
Halifax who suffered the oppressive heat in the upstairs
rooms of their houses.
" In their unusual surrounding, but comforted by the
presence of the countryment who shared their fortune,
they rested with folded clothes for pillows. Lulled by the
motion of their beds and the monotonous chorus of the
crickets outside, they spent their fir2t night intermittent
sleep in Canada-. •
Kingsbridge. "The Kindergarten to Grade 4 classes
put on the nativity play. !Photo 13 Joanne Buchanan]
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