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ANNOUNCEMENT
Having sold ;s;',y blAsihess to my son, . C. Cutt,
effective De'ce:+Auer 26, 1947, A wish at this time to express
�j((�,�WW,; ,imc.,pre_.a77((��j��,�'ecia4tio to the people of Goderich and dis-
trict�°. ....,.Jw.al r
trict for their loyal support in the past 27 years during which
it has been my pleasure to serve them.
May I .ask that the same rine patronage be contin-
ued for my successor, Keith, C. Cutt.
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Thanking fou
r tipprr�
BY ESTIH'.R MacM4TH ,•R(), S
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Soule boy, walking onside the village start the kind, of home his mother had
station was singing in that sweet., ' made for him when he Was young.
eie\ eu y cal -uul soprano. and the two Ile loved to dream about wheat it would
people a taudiait; Inside . listened, -not, be like :. maybe thele e big
hold housekon\\that
laiiiili“, ueci;luse iL Wag a sung alley saille old farm,
lu\ eu. 1. \ el y one loved it, too, but It soon as Darryl 0a\v it whether she
was sonit•t111Lg 5peclai to .1111.1, because would \\'a11t tlhtt or not, hitt sollleho\v
tilt ills i. t• Lue had eler guile any- lw felt as if she would belong alert!.
lmate l- c i _lie her intis bis, kitchen:
• where ll,geLae r it • llai tmt: 6 t ,(uria'• cream on lo raspberries Ili
tnioyhig the Christmas he had
dreamed about for ten metres, and elle
'mild be with Mm.
"Come, sweet," he said, taking her
hand, "It's ten"' to seven now. Drew
said he'd be here by seven. Look,
the red cottage has a laiup lit now l►'
She leaned against the window and
he stood behind her, -his chic on the
little bluff hat she wore, his arms
around her so' that he could hold her
hands in hik
There * was a home-Illade wreath in
the cottage window. It was made of
cedar and it had a red ribbon and two
pule cones painted silver-) lieyond the
wreath was a table with alt. the mile} -
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lioliliay 11,1, at the lllecttle. in town. alt 1'11 dishes; drawing l,rut\tll, clusiJ'1'en urllttllcl it, stringing pupturn and
1 "L 111 tlleal1111,g ul a tv11111' (�
Just. dist. sue olio 1 hued to �nut�, twirls her gtty senile when he returned
1\\ lit le ills Liveluj,s gllslell, ilnd child- Irian his work at night. He'd ,have
ren 1lstett to rind 'aelloul ileal ltA,,ule ; maybe be
h flo
that they LA, ULU 1101 nee .11111 ,111. snort, The country wag the Place meant fur
but the buttes auatled In the air like the
large families 11f grand youngsters,
echoes is int' 11llte bells 1Kolt the swig; i where 1'e they could have dogs and Cat.
"\1 hell 1 11 an al kLd, nails 1Cwlallld i and tete rabbits, ride • horses, and
1'rrut, ('llrl•t.l,al•e• were always drive cat-tle, - and iso all the wonderful
t\ hitt>. remembered kind of th•i igs that he
'.Like this hue': asked the girl, look -
had done when he was a buy. • The
iug just him, out the vwiuduw, Ler
d b cause it tour couldn't be over Etter enough to
done when it was over. Mill, he didn't
regret having to go. He wanted to go.
The farm, and. his mother, and Darryl, -
and all their beautiful dreams were
worth a fight.
But he hoped there would be a job
for everyone, and no depression, after
peace was made. The other depressioIl
hard been) hard. He hadn't minded it
so much, because he was only a young-
ster. but he rather realized now that
the others, Philip and Drew and
Marilyn, had -.chaffed under all those
hardships. He had been born to it,
but they hadn't. They could remember
better dines, and that was tough.
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Philip. and Drew and Marilyn3 (I�
might not even recognize thecal now. "Anyhow, she's been,' living these
l'hitip Trent, manager of the huge last two months with Ferne and use-----
Treut and Lake. Construction Company, I guess you knew that—but she wanted
would be thirty -live instead of twenty- to go and open the farmhouse for
tine as he had been when he had left. Christmas. Well, you know Mother
Drew, tw(i years. older, was a lawyer couldn't -go into that old prace alone
now. Marilyn was ulalrried to her bro- with 'all the fires . to make, and the
titer's partner, a clever fellow called cleaning alp to do, and Ferne and
Simmons. Ginty, they would be very Marilyn and Leona couldn't be ex -
grown -up now, every one of them. pected to trec'k away out there through
His mother would be sixty-five. the sooty• to do- it ; 50.We jilst put our I
Darryl - know- all about itoluud'x- ful*t on the whole bnslness."
mot -her, and how she had 'married a
vyidower wvho already' had ,Philip and
Drew and Marilyn, and' who had been
killed in a threshing-mite'lfiue accident
a year later.
They had been mighty good to his
mother, -„too, he had said. They had
also been good to -him when he arrived;
he was thirteen years younger than
Philip.
Darryl knew that he had been sent
to Winnipeg when he was twelve. His
rich aunt had- promised to give him'
his schooling if he came and lived
wvith ,bier, so, his mutter had sent hint,
for there wasn't any chance for Ilius
at house on the furl' in depl'ession
time. -
When war' broke alit he was tea(.Ii-
iug a public school. Larry 1 loved to
imagine him at school; be was. so.
like a kid IliniSelf. He would tell her
about the ball_ games and swimming
trips he hard had with his boys; then
laugh with sudden elnbarrassmlellt- be-
cause he had 50011(10(1 too interested. The
kids had been crazy over hila. When
he joined the army they gave hits 0
ing sometbillt; so very lunch that the.l louutatiu pea. luta had t, write With
i world (,l 1wa's l((1'g„ttell. 11 \\;21511 t d
ltt'ir+taolt crystal
J. Calvin Cutt
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A HINT FOR_ THE GIRLS
Mist dipped ' in silver powder,
makes al beaut'iflil "fr(isty" hair decor-
ation ! - You won't have to stand under
Look your prettiest to greet the New the- 10istictoe�--you'll be under it, just
Year! Pin , tlowers in your hair. in (•ase!
L Gt E tatet EZI. tZ1ge ?1GtOthat to �
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FROM
G. F.' WHA EY, Foot Specialist
Sole Goderich
OF GODERIOR
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' pies from the great oven; meeting hills mending old paper' bells. In the far
corner 'stood their tree. -Not knowing
it, Darryl squeezed the hand - which
held hers. He bent and kissed he*•, and
then they` heard the gentle but puwer-
fulorear_ of {1111 auto as it drew lip
in front' of the station.
Drew Trent was a little on the stout
side, a little'cunceited, a little too self -
sure.: but he was really grand to them -
both. His car was grand, too. He
tucked the rich robes about Darryl's
knees with genuine 'desire that she
be comfortable. He talked- volubly as
he cjt•eve, through the village and out
into the country. The roads were bee -
coming heavy as the snowy a;ontinued
to fall. Sometimes the track was' -
baiely discernible.
"These rural roads will be blocked by
tomorrow,” observed Drew. "It's lucky -
that we persuaded mother to keep
Christmas in town."
"In town?" said Roland. Darryl
could -feel his muscles -tense.
"1 , itesa* maybe you didn't know,"
Drew -told him. "It was really a fool
idea anyhow, but you know how
Mother is about Christmas at that
old farm."
Roland nodded. Yes, he knew . . . .
'1'v near sleigh arils its the" a i t\'.
1Nau taut 111, ,lager was gutta so tar' al principal in lawn.., '1'hej• would Make
a ((11111(1'3' lioitie out of the (11(1 lalrut.
bl;uw\ a eyes lit tVLUI CeuuiS (' shit him. There was so much to • be
was 2111 so beautiful, t1ud she t\'us
happy'. • ,
Lie glanced down at her, his face
thin and, boyish under the soldier's,
cap. " 1 less like . this hue," he said.
"Like ties one is going to be: Exactly : '
The hills and dales of the countryside
didn't need any inure flukes to make
Winn white, for even uuw they lay and
slept folded -iii- the, cool softness of,
the sno\, tvllicll had come; but still it-
1,ept tai jailing. ,
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Ltuland said, "The world looks like
a crysutl sphere which Mother had
when 1 was a kid. 'There was it little
church in it, and a little green tree,
and a lady to a red jacket was going
to the church. The church had a ren
roof, tau. \N lieu you shook the sphere,
there \t as stuff that tell and looked like
situ\\', It • ryas pretty.'.
"It would be," said Darryl, her
voice warm. '•11 would be s)ulethimg
like over there across the track, 0111y
that is 0 house instead of 11 church.
Batt t tette is a green tree, and one of
those little• boys has a red coat . . .1"
• "Gee," breathed Roland, and his
breath cause- a little faster. "Gee,
Darryl, 1 bet . tilat',s their Christina'
tree they're ,br'itlgiug, .1 bet they've
been to the woods to get it. 1 bet
they're so happy that—Well, 1 bet they
just area"
The window in -the station was very
high and narrow, but she bent down
a little, and he stood very tall behind'
her, and then lie could see out above
• her head, 'They . watched the two
youngsters un the other side of the
railway tracks as they .dragged the
tree dost' to the cottage which was
their Fume. '1'laetl .11iey ,ran it , plrol�-
ably to herald its coming, for 0 woman
o and M slilaijl -girls appeared with thein
in 0 minute, and you could tell that
they were all discussing the merits of
4 j the tree and ,admiring it. Then the,.
4 woman brought a brown and the buys
y ; swept the tree, and the whole bunch
ul thea gut together and .pulled it in -
district
district agent for DACK SHOES p Darryl dill 111,E >ieeil to souk up at
°
the mla�ln ,l,cllind her to know that his
grey -blue eyes were suddenly- shining,
-°11'',,e�,,b a7L"`"-1—"-"�'-`- t`r�"3 `DQr�Jlt rntraJir�lin 1,15 lips halt -parted 111 that Unconscious
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AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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)11 i'�hi'lstnias Eve, the
v:(,',.1(1 draw:, (•it)se' to that
id( ;1l which has been the
dream of man for countless
ages: the belief thNt hien
and nations might live to-
gether in harmony, and that .
for all time there might be
peace on earth,
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JLOYD M. LODGE , DIRECTOR
13-1V1011 t REAL ST. PHONE 12.0
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Ilse iib lrj)side down, and sometimes
its: \vas loving, but she didn't 11111 . •{ it. flooded, but ,lie wouldn't' use :Illy'
1 ,,11,‘
u \werl u't jealous \t hen a 111211 twos other. Ile was that kind of fellow, this
ren►clnhe ring and
3eurnil)g arae and ltu10n(1 •'Treat whom she was going to
j session for a thing like 1110 kind of I lrl�llry 1111(1 keep 011 loving fore\er.
('hi•ist111ats he had had when 11e twos \\'hem Christmas carne." he said "it
t was always white. \\'e didn't h:tv) to,
dream about it.; it always wits. Our
house wits :twat'— Ulit i11 the t'ountt'y.
asst ally wars., The litttt' house, snug In \t inter it looked like at - ('hristulas
} lets 1111 ' 11 �uu,w bilis. was lying wary I , ;►rd. '''That is 0 hackneyed compari-
Mill. I son," he said. and latugbted i)1- apology,
sell rue about what you did alt hulut' 1 can't des( riga it any other way. 1t
said. :she
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a Christmas." 1)urryl l
w:tuted him' to talk. he liked \w'hell ••\\'e alwways had a goose :tad two
he told her sti,ries. for Chert his eyes chickens, :old Mum made all the things
were far :sway so that he didn't know
,�t,11 read abut in aid-fushi*wed stories:
; that she was watching. him ail(' living -1)111111 puddings that yell'• boiled, and
eery tiling about trim : his lung, lean doughnuts, and cookies, and mince pies,'
Ludy in the khaki uuif(irm : his hands
and a fruit cake with ",)ferry ('hrist-
twlllll'll he airways • clasped about one
coos' on it in red and green candied
knee as he talked ; the clean lines of pineapple. She tried to make Christ-
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'� his chin and jaw and nose; the ' stray mics the -kind you read about, the kind
I bit of brawls lulir which was always 011 31111 wanted to reuimutwr, \Vtr alwval3 s
his fi,rehl a(la instead of. under his cast snug Christmas carols - -*Good' Bing
'where he tried so hard to make it \\•euc•elislus,' and 'Silent Night.' and :111
. stay. those and Mum played the organ.
Ile bud t 01(1 h(r 11 101 about himself \\'e }tail oranges and candies and mils
during the" laser three ,mouths niut°i' and a tree all decorated.
they had ►. t1: the xerwice ealttteem 'ill ••\\•e didn't have many presents.
Winnipeg one September ewtuialg• i'lllr Dace there was hardly any looney at
! had gune after her n, lv,ot "was out, anti
all --the grain bald m, market—and
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he had been there. :x:111 somehow they Alun) httt' there \v:t, only one fifteen-
i had started h, talk. It seemed at
cent present. -for 4'a(11 of us and 1
strange, 'otlil, rful i,:u([ of dream that ( hrist111as I':\e sne read us the story ,
that Sept ember night hard led tooth}s of •'l'he Little Match Girl.' and it
lolls; (111) down .to Ontario, because hf' 111a(It' us feel lucky for \\ 11.., ,' had."
wanted his mother to nee Darryl Itaue lie st„p1)yihi atl(i •-�lul(ieuty, j,1�ked his
1 before' he married her, and he wanted i- it bag ,,1,4•11. 1' t rt t I •,t:.1, 11, ,i, tw,i,nder-
1 in sultry her before he was sent ower ing. Ile took out 11 paper parcel and -
seals t(,, the wear, and he knew that held it as he w('iit (1n talking.
that (113 salter be •conlivar \art soon "Alain always got the sash,. present
now. In a 1(113, he ww:ant, tl it to calsis' every year. It was purple bedroom 1
soon, 'I'heu, -;til the sooner he would sl}11►,^ts. I'lliliit and Drew and Jlarilyll
!be back, and they would be ready to
atltways took turns buying them. They
I had \\ay s , f mlakiug-bites of motley. fur
they were o1,1"r,than I. These slippers ,
Bost forty nine cents at rite villatg e
store. 'i'haal'•- \\11y she needed al new,
pair 01..0- year. 1 ghees .the sults were
just 141.1111.1'„,a101 1 sae si(les 1 , \ ('t. o'1'hey
\were 1h*' 4;rautle•.t tli}r1,_ ,o 111111 store,
I thought. 1” bit' aI\ 1nl 0*'eat)ls.. Ii'
11.101' (•,111111, tali*' tut 111111 10L01.12.,° ()Id?,
1)1311411. slipp(•rs: 1 neter i,a11 any hiOl1'y.' _..
The 71st 1'bristihos 1 11112 bonne 1.
(.0111 1 tw„ot1 for a9 neighbor till 1 had
earned a fifty -retlt piece. I remember
it hard at bole punched it, i1, which made '
rt more prtat'ious. \\'ns 1 111'01111 ass I
]geld it up 0nd Iola the "liters tliai1 this
time it was Idly turn. I ,.•uuld hardly
\wait to Milton my coat before 1 set
out for the store. It was 1►lizza.rding, j
I remember, 1111(1 1 couldn't see where '
®o nT's i, was going. I tripped on 0 stump
in the orchard and lost tut half -dollar. 1
Kidney Pills . • 1 p;uesw I bawled. 1 was twelve, but
Pills I couldn't help it. I know I 'miffed ?
in that :snowy in the dark for two'
Help Back Ailments holt s. Then I Went into the house.-
Iiis voice stopped•; and Darryl 1uolte(i
ftne?•.a•>he may be caused by dist- at hit farce and.' saw it drawn with
)rderi of the Itidneya. '('onsequentiy, the remembrance of his childish ngotiy. .
if you coffer from baektehe, IThan'n She wanted suddenly to put her artri:� ;
l' idne, • fills may be helpful to you. 'about. the little boy* than he had leech
I'ieotin5, ..f their stimulating action and comfort hiss, hut -there site knew I
►rl the 11 ('ac'y3 aria tiri'11lry passages, • at 1111tp hi her throat. that . iI !
1,•(•'1' 'a' P. Orley Pills at tli•rt i1 the she 110111(1 c1',3' if she 1n01('dl.
'iiliiinatinn of \(:a,ctt'ea from the lt�)ly. "Look, Darr;. 1•" It.ola1i(1 EattI1 He ;
�, €tafe, d'opentl:2''l0:at)(1 (ttti,-•?: acting, hard opened his paper parcel. On hit. 1
t 9 knees. were two -lipid r a startle of cheap 11)
1)t(an'tt Kidney Pills can be used purple 'velvet. i
h 1,(t?r young and -old. Fi ael1tI(41 e .,.blit, soler:; are paper, too :" he told
.,'Y' ,tell ata minor urinary and lilac - list' :tt3 if ltilai(➢. "I bound thesis at u i
(1t cilli ti's may be qua. lily rdliov'd lire$tihle. "They w1'ere' •--aind he grin-
bi t lit' lime -proven 1 •c'€ltrrt[lsit. Sold , tyt4---"tiftg'•iive cents "11' gypped
at (til drugotor*'.l, • Inc." ilio latuhhetl, too. 'l'•lie story was ,
a1tt 'li'. P.4lib�ilrla co.. ,i.. rarniti() on;t ' done. Its, al .few minutes he would -°be
I>arrj•1 had a momentary impulse
to take her hand and slap those blat-
ant, heartless words back 'into Drew
Trent's fat, smug face.'-`
"So," he continued, "you llam t as
well've come on to town' on the train,
and 1 wouldn't have needed to drive.
otit. through all this snow. However,
we're nearly home now. The cruvvtl"s ,
all at my house. -We're tltrowiug at,
big party tonight. 'Theo vw'il'l just
need, to get up in tmei for dinner - at
six tomorrow. \\ell have tills(' to
sleep it off 1" and he laughed:"
Drew Trent's _ house was" _huge, and
it ryas lighted from end to end. A
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.111(•1' a while 5110 said "Let's sit
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