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Times -Advocate, December 18, 1985
Getting ready for Christmas should include one essential ingredient
Getting ready for Christmas takes what it was that happened 2000 years
many forms. We dash from store to ago. We need to know whether
store trying to find just the right gifts Christen• s is just another holiday, or
for the people on our list. We hurried- if it is aoly Day when we join the
ly scratch addresses on envelopes and s'hepherd's walk or the journey of the
dump our Christmas cards in the Magi.
mail, just before the deadline, with a One way to help get ready for
It Seems to me...
huge sigh of relief. We string up
lights, we hang wreaths on our doors.
we cook, we bake. we party. just so
we can be ready for Christmas
Yet, no matter how many cards we
send, or how many beautiful gifts we
buy, or how many decorations we put
up, or how many puddings or cakes
we bake, or how many parties we at-
tend we may find ourselves only worn
out in the end, and not ready for
Christmas at all. Because we cannot
be truly ready for Christmas until
we've stopped long enough to ponder
by Gwyn Whilsmith
Christmas is to attend a Christmas
Pageant where we see the old, old
story unfolded, once more, amid the
singing of carols and Bible readings.
Last Sunday, Art's and my spirits
were immediately lifted at the
beautiful cantata at the new
Pentecostal Church in Exeter where,
for about two hours, we were im-
mersed in the Christmas story. When
we left, we felt much closer to being
ready for Christmas.
As I sat in the congregation I began
to wonder just how many Christmas
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STRINGS ATTACHED — Ccaig Zimmer has trouble keeping the strings
the right length for magician Steve Webb,at Saturday's Dashwood
Businessmen's Association Christmas party. T -A photo
Processing is studied
A major study of the Ontario food
processing industry is under way.
The study is being co-ordinated by
the Ministry of Agriculture and Food
and funded jointly with the Ministry
of Industry, Trade and Technology,
the Ministry of Energy and -the On-
tario Centre for Farm Machinery and
Food Processing Technology in
Chatham. The study will be con-
ducted by an independent consulting
- group.
"The Ministry of Agriculture -and
Food is concerned about the com-
petitive
pressures on the processed
foods industry in Ontario,' ,
Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell
told delegates attending the Ontario
Food Processors Association annual
rneetin here.
••Vcie cannot be complacent about
the developments in other countries,"
he said. "We must be leaders in the
development and application of new
food processing technologies to maid -
tarn and enhance our competitive
position in the markets we serve."
The study will be conducted in two
phases. The first Will provide a
baseline profile of all sectors of the
Ontario food processing industry. The .
second phase, the major part of the
study, will provide an in-depth
analysis of the marketing,
technological and energy-related
issues of the major food processing
sectors. The major input for this
phase will come from the senior
management in food processing
companies.
DIFFICULT RINGS Matthew Hartman had difficulty removing the
rings for magician Steve Webb at Saturday's Christmas party in
Dashwood sponsored by the Businessmen's Association.T-A photo
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turn aside from the routine of day-to-day business And greet our
fine patron: and neighbors with hearty wishes for a merry, old-
fashioned Yule. stay %our holiday he filled with the happy sounds
of laughter as you rejoice in the company of family and friends.
sincere thanks for your loyal trust and support.
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pageahts I had taken part in over the
years that stretch behind me. Too
many, I'm sure, to remember them
all, but still, each one Carried the
special message of Christmas. Long
before the days of special lighting and
sound effects and designer costumes,
those simple little pageants spoke
realms as a sweet-faced little Mary,
wrapped in a sheet and carrying a
doll, knelt beside a makeshift manger
while a small, sober Joseph, in his
father's bathrobe, looked on. The
young shepherds scampered,
barefoot, down the aisle, towels tied
on their heads with bits of cord, to
view the baby Jesus with deep awe.
And no kings were ever more regal or
adoring than the pint-sized magi who
advanced sedately, bearing gifts in
shoe boxes covered with gold paper,
while their trains of old brocade cur-
tains flowed behind them. The bright-
eyed chorus of angels in cheese cloth
dresses and tinsel halos that always
seeiecl askew, sang so clearly and so
sweetly that many an eye overflowed.
Whether the Christmas story is told
with finesse and polish, or with great
simplicity it is still the same: God
.sent His Son to the world in the form
of a helpless baby. This is God's love
gift to us who live in a loveless world,
and it has to be received or rejected.
The shepherds received it when
they believed what the angels told
them and hurried to see the baby in
the manger. The wisemen received it
as they set out to follow the star that
brought them, at last, to Bethlehem
where they paid homage to the Child.
We often speak about the coming of
Christ as being unnoticed, yet, na-
tionally, it upset Kidg Herod so much
he ordered the execution of little
children. Internationally' the Kings
from -distant lands brought their
treasured gifts to the Babe. Even in
outer space the sky was afUtme with
constellations. Christmas was the
greatest thing that had ever happen-
ed. And it still is. But we need to be
ready for it, and to prepare ourselves
to receive it.
If you haven't had the chance to see
a Christmas pageant at yolk church,
MR. AND MRS. RANDALL POLLOCK
Judith Mickle and Randy Pollock exchang-
ed marriage vows on October 12, 1985,
at St. Luke's -in -the -Garden Chapel, Lon-
don, with Rev. Martha Munson officiating.
Judith is the daughter of Bill and Fran
Mickle, Exeter, and Randy is the son of
Azelle Aldis, London and the late Grant
Pollock, Parkhill. Joanne Pollock and John
Mickle were witnesses. Dave O'Brien
ushered the guests and David Elston
played the wedding music. Mr. and Mrs.
Pollock are residing in London.
Photo by Doerr
wishes you a
Very Merry Christmas
.take down your Bible and read the
beautiful stories about Christ's birth
in Matthew and Luke. Better still read
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