Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1947-12-25, Page 74404. 'fir .../.6,311M•"' • " .SM.. ♦ •'441.• A,. .4k,assoiar agltdri •- V,wa'""`-•. r 'zW • E"' i.wa• A e. ...�•s��•/t'. t• 4 SHORE & GINN ELECfliC. SEASON'S GREETINGS B7 West fit., h®aye 74 0r ,,•love Agnew -Surpass Store, Phone 1199. -32tf 51-2 11 IF You worry about your present or future security, Phone Carlow 2115 or write B. R. ROBINSON ' Monarch Life Assurance repre- d' sentativ'e, R. R. 1, Port Albert. fitP GOWERICH MEMORIAL SHOP NIST DESIGNS BEST OF MATERIALS Guaranteed workmanship at prices that will please you. SAVE ALL AGENTS FEES' Call at our office: or drop us a Woe "to Box 161, Goderrieh. We will be pleased to call -and help choose a suitable memorial for your family plot. R. A. SPOT-ON St. Andrew's St. The Purple Slippers (Continued from Rage 0) maid dna lereal, theme in. It was, 11 aawry1A It new, an e, tremo1y preteaat1ous place. the was frigbted, a(1;,•'a because grandeur awed her in the least, but ,because --well, because Rolatul Trent was being; hurt In a" way that had • {y TUE W11 SIGNAL -8M had cuellgails ✓ and sow*, Qs J ataai, god' 1, l'Cy "el'a be was a boy. , She was reproael! • and abt)ut sevens other c(aaarse,s. Darryl inns herself »KCause she laid let ialli<M saw Leona Oath at PltiliiaD •whop she. live withoent heti' 8Qr ten yearM, and now noticed that' neither she atom 1l.Qland• ine wads going away to the War 'and had emptied the first glass. After- taught never come back. wards, they had coif° and cigar&ttes in `•lt .wl3t-.'bear ;-Ale)$ todt?aY," she .said. the drawling -room. They all talked, "Not for myself, becal_use when you ahietly. . about* the fun of the party, grow older iota accept the changes els 13uzlie about busine :3, a little about they comer and the children are good the. war. Philip was malting, moneyto me. ]But 19 >muvW.lalat Boland tion counting On coining here for the kind whitened his thin face and sculled a all 1113 munitions plant, apparently. set, sick smile into its whiteness. Drew was glad his weak eyesight saved of Christmas we used to haavv. After all ----she took his hand* as they i him from enlisting., Sllnmuns had a'• "Ile .was' -breathed Darryl followed the maid u1D the thick -carpeted few criticism' of the Government to "I wanted to give that to him before stairs --though he Wns six -tot -two, and ' air; Marilynn thought sugar rations I he left- -a beautiful memory to carry-- asoldier, he was only a little lis were. terrific ; 'Leona haddn't time to I and I couldn't." now; a little boy cheated of his Christ- ' go -to that Red Cross -Organization that 1 "Darryl:" Hier voice was almost a Inas, and hurt beepuse of ,$t. The was pestering her; Verne had bought ery. "I don't know what to do: This saaint' little boy who had cried in the , six pairs of shoes last 'month in case is the life h' wants to 'come back. to snow because he had lost the Half- 'they were soonraltioned in Canada, too. ?after the • war!" Her • g;esture=.took dollar for the purple slippers. t '1'liu y' n they brought all the presents. in til room, and the house Qa-u the 'I'he�,palrty was gay, 1111(1 tht'"tltlhl5e 'Thehad -each bought soluet;hing for ' farm.. was full of everybody : Philip Trent,. Darryl: beautiful jew''llery, expensive "I know," said the girl. who was very fat luld had two chins, perfume; lovely 11I1gE'I'lE'. It Wats Sweet. "He loves it," said I;Ulalld'S mother.and reddish, fuzzy hair; his wife, of them, really. He's been'away a long time, but he Leona, fat, tun, but well -corseted• and At. eight. Roland's mother went up wants to come back to this kind of magnificent in gold satin; Drew's wife, to 'ler coons She had barely Said a life, and 1 don't know how to keep it r'erue, a hunt, brittle type with too- her all 'through dinner; she had for hint. It is terrible when the people' red lips, as a gold cigarette -case 011 eeatenlittle. Roland had not given, at ho'l'e (can't keep the fires buI'nitlg a chain; Marilyn Simmons, tired look- heal: the •Inlrple slippers. - • in the kind of houses our soldiers dreain ing., blonde and faded : her Ilt5bacld, IIe look Darryl's hand and they ex- of returning. to. You read of it all Preston, s'ta'rt'-e,•aa, suc•cessful-loukittig. 'c•lhsed ihealtselv('5 and left, their trots the time: homes breaking up, and arrogant ; "give or air other tuavri('d full of gifts. wives getting tired, of waiting till maples and as many young, single In the ha 11 above they stood to- their men get holm. ; and—and t hose Dennie, all making too. 11111(.11 noise, gt•ther, looking out 'the wiuduW, star- mens --than, soldiers - are tun gaud to au1(1 drinking too many cntl:tails and nig at the star -silvered draw, nut I►e, let down like that. And 'rotund, smoking tern many cigarettes. talking. Down the street in front of he . .' 1t wasn't like Christmas Eve.a1t. all. the house a huge tank -like thing was -We'll keep it burning cried It \vas horrible. . lung—lag Mang, ;ill clotted with red and Ilarryl. Her face way shilling. •'1 alt They had tt tree' 11114 11 was ()ladere(u light,. 11 was headed west,ain't 1 -here's -right here on this faro' !" '1 of aim, and silver tinsel with elet•tric ~nt hs„ the country. • "L'ut you . . . glass butterflies all`uver it. It looked '•'I'h,• Diiutgh will apes the road out, "1 will teach school. in the village, Silly. I gu s.- c•auum'lated Roland. for the And we'll -pasture the finis, and you'll Itaiaaul's_ mother sit ltd 11» utackary - sake of something. to•a4a� caul: un' rceu beams null bacon fur ()4' ;t tree. She haul 1;11 �i lti;ti•k 'UV(' "1)11t ,p;ast Yt,ttt• f;arll she a ked- (Iiuuer. stud 1'1l hue the g;ar,lela, tail'- -- dress :1011 •tltam,nd pits. • Her laatir Ilius, just to make talk. P oh, I want to do that su Ill 11111 : We Wats grey• and her fate wit: white. • "Yes." he said ('tills, could, I know we could!" She was the quietest w,tutau Datrryl Thea suddenly he seized her ttolaud had conic iu. They hadn't lead ever met. She cnuldil't think of shoulch'rs uml shoals leer.• known he was there, but he had heard. al thing 1,1 saps to her. itulaatad didn't "Darling! The 111111! We're going!" "1 used to dream about that," he seem t() know �thatt to say either., Ilis blue -grey eyes were full of shining .said. "W'hen I dreamed Inv white Tiny were iiotl) glad when she -went lights. His fatci' was excited. Christmas, I tireauucad that, tun. Haw to bed. But after she was gone, her -Now: I's'.'" sta. cried. ' 111,1' you- know?" ' bet: "1• dtleamed it, too," said Darryl.. face haunted Darryl. There had lace$ " � -pl)l1 You and I aand�ILlm ! • -We are having a w'Ulldel'ful Christ - in it a- something which was . . • yes, ('utile on! file into your duds!" desperate! And Roland slid look so 1 ' The taxilltatl was there In three mals,' said Roland. - "I wish I had 11111(.11 like her, -really: the same eyes, minutes. Laughing, Roland bundled presents for you both." the stripe lilies 117 his faces x)11, this his mother in, then held this hand for "1otl forgot this. Darryl handed him a paper parcel which she took evesherldidnit (knowl�whatwitl to 11 say : to vlthis I om Darryl's. Ihankie, I forgot it!" she said. from inside her cont, and"When he saw terrible clamor which was rising in , She rale up. the stairs into his room. it the knew it was the purple slippers. Pitch as the hours went on and the His kit lay 011 a chair. 1n it-3'es, "Mother," he said. "Mother, darling. glasses were emptied faster; this up- hent'• it . was ---a -paper-wrapped, parcel. He .was on his knees, pressing the holy celebration of 'the world's most Two" smaller parcels were there, too. parcel into her: hands. "Do .you re - holy day; this awful; awful Christmas She took ,them all, hid them under' member the last Christmas, and it got - was my turn to buy you at prt' ici1t, and P alter taatt and rain downstairs, and I -.•lust my looney, and—and here it is At six u'c•lo(.k on Iieremhc'r :!,ith i.nta the tax'.. ,.•-.. ,.. they had dinner. - The maids, served 1 The man )thought they Wert' crazy, now; Mother—the purple siipP('a's . it. The butler poured the wine. They getting Out in front of an empty old. - She took them out autl held them, house half -buried in ,now', at nine road didn't. say anything'sbut her hands gazsailistmliNMINlimmIININs o'clock Christmas night, but they didn't were• shaking as if they would never"""�" care. Roland took his mother on one 'stop.. arm and Darryl on the other, and they. "Mother:" he whispered hoarsely, 1 ��llj �[,1j'�� ; Plunged through the drifts, down the - 'It almost broke my heart—when I lune, between t he lilacs turd, spired, lust that half -dollar." straight Stu the big front dour. There 1 kit v- it, son," she said. "Mine • broke ' tau—fur you'. But the money-- 1 Cemetery Memo• rials T. PRYDE & SON (formerly, Ounniiig:tam & Pryde 1 ' Clinton, Exeter, Seaforth Write Box 150,, or°plione.41J, - Exeter and we shall be pleased to call. 1 FUNERAL SERVICE a Nu extrcharge for file use r our if tlueral Home, Tor(iu- t' Street Prompt Ambulailet-. Service was a key ° on al, high- ledge. Roland,t o .c, 'tis ti i it ribsIiiinp --I located at and ()pelted the dour. They 1 found tr ayeut- iu• The 11011se wit; deathly cold, was planting _petuatiaug �--tty` tipa in. a di b and dunk, but it didn't mutter. It un the orgaln—over thele: ' was a sued aId hualse, anyway. (Dtl•-the lie w'eut over and picked up the darkened coin. There it was, still w`1111 the little hole punched through it. "I)aryll," -he said.' "I wish I had a itkescrtt fob •you, sweet.'] • She re- membered _ the packets she had taken from his kit -bag, one addressed to her, but soinehow that wasn't the 'present site wanted' now._ - "Th .344i1d I have this?" She put her httiid on the 'glass sphere- with the red church- and the green tree and, the 'snow inside. He laid down the coin -he held, took the little globe tad put it in her hands. "In memory great kitchen was rt little sitting -town with ai b1i`x-stave its it. It -would be easy to heat this room. 'flue woodshed yvas piled with dry maple widely had Phone b3ti 'des. 355 or 7 been meant. fur ('ltristmas weelz- The hydro yas alf. but firs. Trent always had kept her contr.: til 'tions. ...She brought one and lighted it.' The soft 'yellow light caressed•�'the old, Worn furniture, the pictures on ,the walls, the photoon the little organ, the three t;'ates gathered about the stove. In a few minutes they were so but they had to move' hack tutu' chairs. They took off their wet stockings, and of. our white Christmas. he said, "Our beautiful white Christmas that nearly wasn't !'° IIe forgot- about the coin and left it lying, but Darryl saw it and wanted it. They went to the window and he pulled .back the - curtains, Outside, there wt another Christmas cartl landscape, so beautiful that it twisted Saturday from Kirkland your soul and heart together. Naked the holidays With ..her Coughs And Colds Require Attention The immediate use' of Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup relieves spasms of coughing, helps to cut phlegm and mu^us, open the air passages and soothe the irritation, Dr. Wood's Norway Pine" Syrup contains no ,harmful ingredients nor habit-forming drugs. It has been household remedy for nearly 50 years. On sale at drug counters everywhere. 'rho T. Milburn Co.. i.i»ited, Toronto. Oat. 'Iiree crops from Une sowIIlg...L=. Mrs. 'Trent fatutd woollen ones 111 a bureltlt drawer• and they warmed them and Trilled tht'lii all. Darryl• half -buried In a chair., watched Roland's mother as she moveE A11 the misery and despair. had 'gone, a far she was home again. Roland ,was really so very much like this mother_ who loved hiso. elm trees etched in white against the i Leslie Cox. ' Darryl listened as theyr talked. They darkened sky; blue shadows over ill'School Coheert. The concert on Fri - went hit, over the yeari, into all their 4 half forgotten nooks_ and recesses. the pure 'snow; a silver disc of moon day night atS,S..No• 5 was a splendid r shiningover the hill where three l �,•,___�- Mostly they talked of Christmas as little rabbits danced beneath the stars. had. been. About the douglhimbi and 1 -Silent night! Holy night: the tree and. the cheap little dtrc''kents- popular • Alt r ,fw ! tPfnrl� 1At �SY, •moi .64.„ f.Aw - �.# 1` . ; �', •IIM .� • ws •Rw�3itAr9w.�'. . ;•^Issas ♦,►•,/w►. i!"aee�tl,t •/r. C . From now on, mon.* month u 1 1 OUR WAR SAVIN ¢CERTIFICATES can be cashed! The payoff on War Savings Certificates has begun. Right now all War Savings Certificates issued in May 1940 are being redeemed• by the Canadian Government at their full face 'value. On or after December 15th, you can redeem all War Savings Certificates issued in June 1940-... and so on, month by month, for the nex(few years. If you are among the thrifty people who own War Savings Certificates, NOW is ,�;-,e. time to look them over, sort them out by months and as they fall due, endorse them and mail to Ottawa as described on the back of each Certificate. A cheque for the full face value of each Certificate will be sent to you in due course. But here -is another suggestion... ' a .Dave The Royal Bane of Canada do 'all this "office work" and sorting for you. Save yourself the bother of searching out the right pieces of paler each month, endorsing them and mailing them off to Ottawa,. SAFEKEEPING CHARGES FOR WAR SAV. INGS CERTIFICATES, INCLUDING AUTO. MATIC REDEMPTION WHEN DUE— Here's what you do: Bring all your War Savings Certificates which you gave .at home or in your safe deposit box, to your nearest Royal Bank Branch. We will put them in our vaults for safekeeping. As 'the Certificates fall due, we will cash them for you and deposit the full face value (which includes interest) in the savings account of the registered owner, automatically. If you have no account with us, we will open one for you for this purpose. The cost of this service, including safe- keeping until your Certificates mature, is low, as the following table shows. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS LABOUR-SAVING SERVICE.. IT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU AT;' ANY BRANCH OF THE s71sROYAL BANK OF CANADA ir For each a u a a a a a a a a $5 Certificate .... 15,E $10 it 200 250 a 300 550 $1.05 $25 ,$50 $100 $500 • If your Certificates are already lodged with us for safekeeping, we will arrange for thein automatic redemption, as described above, ata nominal chaige of 5¢ per Certificate, regardless of the face value. REA, /kDER -lionej, invested Certificates 1 ° War Savin SAVE. is money you for the The cash have future. m non' gives you receive Sav- ings Certificates the you a neat reave es proceeds from eft egg for the in the bank, Your War earning Sav- e WHAr YOU SAVE IS � interest, PARi WH0jt MQST 'IMPORTANTOf YOli EARN n THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA GODERI CPP H BRANCH — W, G. DULMAGE, Manager, Lake to spend mother, Mrs. EVERY DOLLAR you invest in life insurance is like a seed sown in fertile ground. But, unlike ordinary seed, your life insurance doillar yields three crops!, 1. It produces an. inintediate estate for the protection of your -family. 2. It builds up a savings fund that provides cash or credit for emergencies. 3e Grown to maturity, your life insurance savings give you the independence that makes old age the pleasant time of life. Ask your Croedn Life counsellor how you can make your savings yield three ways— protection, security, retirement. CROWN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYata NOW©l! n 201011410,ONTWR i1Mlt animas i lfao D. !�. IB1+:>TbA)11n.li1igicN F. II<. HALL, MATHGENERAL AGENTS B ,y, WtldliNSO 1, C.L.Eq Division h'Xanttger, Saa iia. Airs.Trent's Nee. in the 1at>inplhght.' Alt is (align, all is bright." was very sweet. Darryl -thought, "She'll The notes came softly from the be my mother semi," and was glad. old organ's throat, and his mother Iier own had died when she was born. was singing. "Roland." The girl's hands -were around his neck.' IIe felt the Stender chain of her locket clasped about it, and a pendant dropped inside his •tome. I4'lt it wasn't her locket. He kne4 it was the fifty -cent piece with.the hole in it. He knew she was .wanting to tell him that whenever ,he looked at ' it he was to remember, wherever .be might be, that they were waiting for hint back home -his mother and the 111, •�1� t; can get aerjnairhteci now. girl he loved—waiting and keeping safe Site was so very lovely, this mother for hint the life that he wanted to of - her - soldier -boys :she was so easy return to, because it was full of the to talk to now She told Darryl man' t things that mattered; things like an old things about Roland its he had been g1'e'�- house wrapped in country hills, and a mother , with gray hair and wrinkled hands, and a brown -eyed girl � ca,oa" n, ,,,rv,�,„'•t•"'/ worth all the' love' he could give her, G cGt t r� ? '` y , ,z t`1" rand little children who would some day dalnce through these very rooths, and go to th(' Woods for t1 tree to deck, and grittier about their organ to sing •.silent, Night, IIoly Night"—because they knew that that was what ('lhrist- 0 iiia' Mea'''t. IIe turned and -looked at the two woolen. Darryl still held the crystal d I sphere. Itis mother sat with her feet in the purple slippers. It was good, when a man held to go t0 war, to know why In' was going. a Arid it was good --se's. it was hest of all ---•for hint to know to what he was coating back! Roland leaned by • the organ. As • Ilie talked the kept twisting something in the hand which rested on top. There - -she could see what it was—round like an orange --glass, because it glim- merecl—s(>Irrething in it twirled .like snow ---a tiny' red church in it, and a green tree --and then she was sound asleep. for she was very tired. "Rolatnd wantat to look around the bairn " ihis mother said when she woke 1 11 WITH EVERY GOOD WISH FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT ' rOODERItH ONTARIO 'toy Breckenridge—Elliott Rivett • /721)i PORTER'S HILL POIRTr,R's HILI,, 1)ee. 22• A merry ('h•fisttmhs alnd a happy New Year to BB editor, staff and readers, ' llfss McDonald is `pending the holV day's at her home at Kintail. Miss Dorothy ('ox arrived hone on Rush • And Strain Hard On Nerves' Often Iteye(1-up fierveas ea -use restlessness, irrita- bfrom ility 1andeven rves nervousness. tcc+yed•up n© thenMilburn's Health a d Nor ve Pills may be of help. Milburn's Ilealth and- Nerve Pills are a well balanced Medicine for those who aro rundown and may need a generalcon- biitianar to help build up the system. Thoyestiirlulate the nervous try improve the appetite, acid digestion and thus help promote refretalliirg rest. ll act Milburn 's Bileaa►1i1a slaal Nerve �heetpa►clat m our � k th©nearest adlled store iiestrb'1'.ay' e.�eept no a�bstltact$. � 116T, Ittl1nira,Co.. >[.it+�1t ll. TortD1•to. Oct. success, The school was 'packed to did a splendid job. Mr. Wilmer Harrl- 1he door. Miss McDonald and pupils sun acted as chairman. Santa arrived- atre to he congratulated an the fide and distributed gifts from a wells prograni and good order. Mrs. Cleo. laden tree. There were candies, nuts Lindsay had charge of the music and and fruit for all the, children present. To Tell You The truth Is. To Sell. You The Truth ... . Place Your 0 PRINTING .ORDERS Before You're Nearly 'yB-ut Or Completely 'Out tit'tting pap l' sine]: altitl'0,tllc'r materials d'art i."11 into print- ing is still at itl••IIhleitl- Ssin' itefi` are tint I V/lllailll- until • `:if) to tit) II.i.ss altiet ltlat•Itig 'an order ill 'titln1,' a11,tatlt't's ..et'taill ltatltl'rs ;11-, t,tt oven obtainable. en a longer time in t Bich to fill an order we have a ranch hetler (hancl; to• get what you want .. you'll have your printing when you need it Ive ran give you a better job.. and we'll both avoid head- aches. 1,Ve alto' ctltl'l1)1tetl tn. lilt flair- 711 t,yl)l5 (if I)I'Itituig_except a.fe'y specialized kinds, When we 'have the materials we earl 1111'1' •0111 the •jcll's Cheek ytuir printi11g supplies, and if,* .!% ttint, low-, plat(.(' your—orders at one It costa ito more and yolt'll-fiild it satisfying. If you are half out LI LETERIEADS or STATEMENTS Order at (ince The SIGNALSTAR PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS G(,d�llich, int. ' Phone 71 ro • A • • , U -a a a -- t,