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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-12-16, Page 5• 4 h v An old English carol that sometimes suffers from a com- ma out of place is "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen." The meaning is not "God rest you, merry gentlemen", but "God keep you merry, gentlemen." G. A. WILLIAMS, O.D. Optometrist 9 PATRICK STREET W, WINGHAM Phone 357-1282 DEDICATE GIDEON BIBLES AS A CONTINUING MEMORIA l May be donated through your local funeral director LAI. IN INV LL Ld1VVL . • HOSPITALS, PRISONS Christmas Customs in Homelands Described The December meeting of the B&PW Club took the form of a Christmas party in St. Paurs parish room. The tables were gay with festive decorations and the members and guests enjoy- . ed a delicious turkey dinner served by the ladies of the church. Mrs. Daisy Connell, presi- dent, conducted a brief business meeting, then turned the meet- ing over to Mrs. Robert Ahara and her group for the entertain- ment, Mrs. Ahara introduced three ladies now residing in Wingham, who gave first hand descriptions of the way in which Christmas is celebrated in their homelands in Europe. Mrs. Guenter Heim told of Christmas in Sweden where the Queen of Lights is crowned on December 13th to bring a touch of brightness to the short days in that northern country. The .let awe gest` XeieAs 1 r nancec4 THOMAS A. JARDIN District Manager Ph. 357.3661 WINGHAM We can save you TAX dollars. SYNDICATE LIMITED season of Advent is marked by four white Advent candles, and she showed an Advent calendar prepared especially for her children, Christmas Eve is the feast day with a wonderful ar- ray of meats and fish, and ear- ly Christmas morning all attend church. Mrs. John Schipper describ- ed customs in Holland where the presents are distributed on Dec. 5th, St. Nicholas' Day. Christmas Day is a religious holiday with services in all the churches, after which the fam- ily remains at home. There are no Christmas cards or special dinners. The second Christmas Day, Dec. 26th, is the day for children's concerts and for visit- ing relatives and friends. Customs in Germany were described by Mrs. Richard Weh- meyer, Homes are decorated with spruce wreaths, and four red Advent candles are lit dur- ing the month. St. Nicholas' Day is observed on Dec. 5th, and Dec. 25th is reserved for religious services in allchurch- es, early in the morning. The favourite fowl is the goose. All stressed the deeply religious significance of the coming of the Christ child. A solo, "0 Holy Night" was sung by Mrs. Marion Kopas, with Mrs. Carl Douglas at the piano. A number of familiar carols were sung. Miss Yvonne McPherson thanked the guests for their con- tribution to the program. Mrs. O. Whitfield conducted a num- ber of contests and gifts were exchanged. \\,, SLIPS Gowns & P.J.'s Size 32 to 48 Small to Oversize $2.99 - $9000 $2.99 - $9.00 NYLONS 81/2 to 11 69c - $1.50 SLIMS Size 8 to 42 $7.98-$19.95 HANDBAGS - SCARVES - GLOVES OPEN NIGHTS DEC. 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 until 10:00 p.m. CLOSING DECEMBER, 24th at 8:30 p.m, MILLER'S LADIES' WEAR Mrs. Herb Busby Decorates Cake At WI Meeting BELMORE--The December meeting of the Women's. Insti- tute was held last week in the hall with a good attendance. Theme of the meeting was Christmas and the convener was Mrs. Fred Doubledee. Mrs. Mabel Goldrich read a story by Rev. Peter Marshall, based on "The Real Meaning of Christmas". Each member pre- sent then made a donation to be used to buy Christmas gifts for the institute's two adopted children at Orillia, Laura Ann Rupert and Graham Sternack. Special guest at the meet- ing was Mrs. Herb Busby of Bel - more. She gave a demonstra- tion on icing cakes for different occasions. In her display she used Christmas cakes, wedding cakes, and cakes iced to repre- sent a hat, a doll, and other items. She also iced four cup- cakes and gave them to the four children present. Mrs. Busby was thanked by Mrs. Doubledee. Old Publication Shows 1898 Styles The front page of Standard Fashions, July 1898 shows some of the patterns available at Alex Strachan's general store in Brus- sels at that time. The fashion sheet was brought to us by Mrs. Roy Sanderson of Wroxeter. The monthly publication was eight pages, about 11 x 16 inch- es in size, and contained pat- terns for ladies' and girls' shirts, jackets, capes, waists, aprons, nightgowns, fichus, sacques, and boys' dresses, shirt waists and negligee shirts. As you can see by the pat- terns here, making almost any garment would be quite a chore. There must have been a few tears shed at times when sleeves were being made and set into the dresses or suits. Yards and yards of lace, fan- cy braid, gimp and ribbon were used for trim. One apron for ladies called for 4-7/8 yardsof material with 64 yards of em- broidery edging. Here are the material requirements for a dressing sacque: 3-1/8 yards 36 -inch material, 5/8 yard all- over lace 27 inches wide for yoke, 7-3/8 yards insertion, 8-3/4 yards wide lace edging to trirn sleeve and bottom of gar- ment, 10* yards of narrow lace edging to trim bretelle and col- lar, 3 yards satin ribbon totrim. After careful selection of suitable material (dresses were usually made of silk, organdy, cashmere, lawn, serge, tweed, cheviot or velvet), and the task of making the garment there would still be the problem of washing or cleaning and press- ing. 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Another tells of St, Boniface when he was a missionary in Germany in the 8th century, Trying to discourage a pagan regard for the oak, he led a group of peo- ple into a forest and gestured at a fir tree, He said it point- ed to the Christ Child, and commanded them to take fir trees into their homes as a sign of their worship. Another story credits med- ieval German drama with the origin of trimming and lighting a Christmas tree. In their plays, the Germans used deck- ed -out fir trees as the "tree of Paradise", representing the Garden of Eden. When author- ities frowned on public displays of this sort, the tree was used in the home; a custom grad- ually evolved of decorating it at Christmas time with cookies, fruit and, eventually, candles. The custom was introduced in England in 1841 by Prince Al- bert, Queen Victoria's German husband. German immigrants brought it to America, and the first U. S. Christmas tree is dat- ed 1832, in Cambridge. Evening Unit Holds Meeting FORDWICH--The Christmas meeting of the U.C.W. eve- ning unit was held in the church basement. The meeting open- ed by the singing of Christmas carols. Mrs. Lorne Siefert and Mrs. I-larold Pollock read Christ- mas hristmas stories and Mrs. Leslie Loughran gave a Christmas po- em. Mrs. Elmer Miller led in prayer. Business was discussed and Mrs. Jim Timperly was appoint- ed ppointed secretary for the corning year. A social half hour was enjoyed and lunch was served by Mrs. John Craig and Mrs. Elmer Harding. Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, Dec. 16, 19.65 ,- Page 5 features from The World of Women CAPT. FERRIS SPEAKER Compares Work and Aims Of Two Organizations The December meeting of Wingham Women's Institute was held Thursday with a good at- tendance, The roll call was an- swered by a gift I would like for Christmas. After completing the busi- ness the meeting was turned ov- er to the program conveners, Mrs. G. Day, Mrs. G. Gannett and Mrs. J. Halliday. The mot- to, "Strife and sorrow cannot dwell where Christmas joy should be" was given by Mrs. Day. Several carols were sung with Mrs. N. Keating at the pi- ano and Miss A. Williamson gave a reading. Capt. A. Ferris of the Sal- vation Army was the guest speaker, giving a very inspiring address, "Love Thy Neighbor He said that almost at the same time, in different countries, William Booth, a former Metho- dist minister saw the need in London, England to start the Salvation Army and Adelaide Hoodless of Stoney Creek, Ont. formed the Women's Institute. The aim of both organizations has been to raise the standards of living. Capt. Ferris also brought greetings to the Insti- tute from lion. J. Nicholson, minister of immigration for promoting responsible democ- racy. In closing he wished the Institute a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. The hostesses, Mrs. J. Finni- gan, Miss M. Simpson and Mrs. J. McGee served a delicious lunch. The hostesses for Janu- ary are Mrs. Haselgrove, Mrs. Ernest, Mrs. Congram and Mrs. Pattison. PPSO\AL \OTES --Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hodg- kinson, Marc and Michael visit- ed on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Musgrove at Walkerton. While there the boys attended the Legion Christmas party. —Mr. and Mrs. James Hel- esic and Marijo of St. Catharines, visited over the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Town. —Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ald- worth, Mr. and Mrs. John Born- holn and Mrs. L. Aldworth of Kitchener visited with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Beirnes on Sunday. --Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Ag- ar returned last Tuesday from two weeks' holiday to Brandon and Killarney, Man. While there they attended the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Agar of Killarney. —Dr. and Mrs. B. N. Cor- rin, Mr. and Mrs. R. Campbell, John and Anne, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrid Congram, Mary Haugh and Faye Procter attended the Christmas Chorale presented by the students of London College of Bible and Missions on Sun- day. —Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Field- ing, accompanied by Miss B. McDonald of St. Marys, attend- ed the funeral of John H. Sum - bier in New Liskeard on Satur- day. The late Mr. Sumbler was former reeve of Dymond Township and mayor of New Liskeard. "And on Earth" . . • "Glory to God in the high- est, and on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased." This is how the latest ver- sion of the Bible translates Luke 2:14—a change from the familiar "and on earth peace, good will to men." VOL. XVI, --No 1, 4343 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE STANDARD FASHION CO. PRICES OF STANDARD PATTERNS 5 N0.4343 —LADIES' ONE PIECE LEO O. MUTTON SLEEVE, The pattern b, 004 In 4 04001, from 10 to 10 inches arm measure. Thu medium sin re. entree 194 yds. 22,14 yds. 32, 1I of material 44 t:1 fru in. whir, with Ito y01, of i 30 -in. lin1,, '1'1110 0111010 may he 'mule of silk, rash• nems, serge be ,,, 011'. chambray, lawn, rhe. and it nifty be tile. boll with lore. rub. n, braid. gimp ur embroidery. Price, 10 cents. 4343 JULY, 189S. 1-'St9s:4T9I) 1184 ALEX. ST.RACHAN QRU8P LS, ONT. GENERAL MERCHANT .ons 002 STANDARD PATTERNS a full .took ,Iwoye on bend Via .b.11 be happy 40 give you aua of three embus. Shasta hoe e.eh month, S yo. 2111 1da417 enl1 lo. o 25 CENTS. - 4352 PRtog, 1)011 CENT. Nn 4822—LADIF4' DRESS SLEEVE The I nttero ie rutin 4 sires, from 10 to 10 in. arm measure The medium site 000101res 244 yds. 22,1 114 yds. 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