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A.CW., meeting
at Wade home
GORRIE,,,.The Anglican
Chnrch WQrnen Met on Thurs-
day aftera004 the home of
of the last meeting 'were read
!r,ty Mrs. Earl Underwood.
A gift had beerksent to Miss
Enid Longwell of Collinton,
Alberta. the prayer partner.
Mrs, Wade led in devotions. A
Christmas reading was given by
Mrs. Olive Underwood. Poems
were read by members and sug-
gestions for next year's pro -
Rev. H, D. Jenkins told the
story of the Anglican Sisters
and gave a presentation of St.
Stephen after 'whom the church
is named. St. Stephen. one
of the seven deacons, was mar-
tyred. St. Stephen's, Day, ADe-
cembet 26th, was for remem-
bering the poor.
It was suggested that e •
evening group be invited to a
meeting.
The following officers 'were
elected: President, Ws. Olive
Underwood; program assistant,
Mrs. Wade; vice president,
Mrs. Harry King; secretary-
treaturer , Mrs. George, King;
assistant, Mrs. R. T. Bennett;
Dorcas secretary, Mrs. Gladys
Dinsmore; assistants, Mrs. Earl
Underwood and Mrs. Wade;
social service, Mrs. John Dins-
more; Family life secretary,
Mrs. Leonard Sandeison.
Thirty dollars will be sent to
the Diocesan treasurer for the
Mission work a diocese.
Christmas hyrnns were sung
and the meeting was closed
withpraye.r. Refreshments
were served by the hostess.
GORRIE
Santa distributedLover 200
bags of candy at the Gorrie
Community Hall on Friday
evening. ,
da evening in the clerk's of -
Ire
, Py e, Cecil Grainger, Ralph
tute packed 31 gifts for shut-ins
on Thursday evening:
Mrs. Victor Stockton ofClif-
ford is visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Pyke.
IS CHRISTMAS
REAL DATE,OF
• CHRIST'S BIRTH?,
Is Christmas really the date
of Christ's birth?
Scholars don't know. For
more than 300 years Christians
observed 'His birthday on vary-
ing dates. Around the middle
of,the fourth ceRtury A.D.
Bishop Liberitts and the Christ-
ians of Rome began to cele-
brate His birthday on Decem-
World l3'ook Encyclopedia
says Liberius probably adopted
this date because people al-
ready observed it as the Feast
of Saturn, celebrating the birth-
day of the sun. Christians hon-
ored Christ, instead of Saturn,
as the Light of the World.
The Christians of Egypt cel-
ebrated Christmas on January
and many members of the
gastem Orthodox Church still
observe this date.
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which became mandatory for
new hunters in 1960.
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yoi.1:4 to all ourrgreat friends and wish
them, all, the laughter, fun and good
Weer of this 1%441 holiday Season..
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,BILL BROWN, captain of the 1968 POON4e,
ball team holds the trophy he and hiS team
mates won, along with the° W.O.A.A, cham-
pionship. The ,big trophy, as well as in. •
dividual trophies for each member .of the
MOtt
team were presented to. -the boYs At a
banquet sponsored brthe town. council in
the Legiorri-lall on ‘Wednesday evening. At
left'is Charlie Lee, coach, and,Jim Ward,
ricreations director, right.—A-T Photo.
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FordwrIch Pereonal Notes
Sunday guests with Mr. and
Mrs. Tom McClement were Mr.
and Mrs., Bruce McClement and
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
McClement, Mr. and Mrs.
Fraser McClement and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Gary McClement
and two 'children and Mrt and
Mrs, Paul Schaefer, all of Lis-
towel, and Mr. and Mrs. Ron
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Nickel,
spent one day last 'week in
•
Mr. and Mis. Jim Warren
spent Christmas' With relatives
in Hanover.
Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Millar
and family visited Sunday with
Mrs, Ethel Aitcheson ih, Elora.
Miss Karen Cargwell of
Wallterton spent a few days last
week with her parents, Mr. -and
Mrs. Clarence Carswell.
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Mann
entertained members of their
The.-ChtiOmas..Ros
BY A. R. BUCKLEY
According to tradition, a '
young shepherdess, seeing the
Wise Men kneeling before the
nianger offering their precious
gifts to the infant Jesns, wept
bitterly because she had no gift
to offer. And lo, where everr
tear fell to the groturd there `1
blossomed up a white flower
with a &own of gold. Such a '1
flower had never bloomed be- ?,
fore. it Was the Christina :Rog.
There -are manylegendsi'''./1
surrounding this flower but hone
.that cando justice to the glis--)
tening loveliness of its ptrie
white blooms which appear duri-
ing 'mild spells in winter.
This- legendary plant 'is not
a rose, although its -flower with
passes of soft yellow stamens
in the centre is similar to a
single rose. It is, in fact, one
of the helleboms named Helle-
The Christmas Rose is a har-
dy. erect 'evergreen (in mild
climates) or deciduous (in se-
vere climates) perennial with
large, thick, dark -green divi-
ded leaves and large, single
white flowers, three inches in
diameter and.having soft yellow
stamens.
It is not an easy plant to
grow anywhere, even in more
temperate zones, although I
know of a garden in Massachns-
etts where it grown profusely al
a ground cover beneath and
apple tree.
The woods of Garda and Co-
mo, Italy, to quote Farrer, the
English rock garden specialist,
"even within a quarter of an
hour of Menaggio and its hOtels
and old maids, wilt yield you
half -a -dozen extra special
Christmas rOses pre-eminent in
THE MAIN LOBBY at the Winghatn & District Hospital
a colorful spot at this !season of the year.
size and precocity. "
At the Plant Research Insti-
tute, we have been attempting
to grow Christmas toses now for
six years. Last April a few
plantso, in one location 'gave the',
best display of bloom I have .
ever seen of any plant in early
spring. The same group is cur-
rently full of plump ripe flower
buds which would, with the en-
couragement of a week'S mild
weather, burst into full flower.
many., ardent flower photogg-,
phers who have not aspired at
one, time or another to photo-
graph a Christmas rose in the
In most of Canada the weath-
er at Christmas time Would be
too cold to allow the flowering ,
of these plants, bUt buds picked
from plants outside, and placed
in water w$11 open fully, and
may be inserted in the snow and
' If you have more fully bud-
ded plants than you require,
one- could be dug and potted
' during_November and grown in
a north window where it will
flower profusely in a week or
two and last throup Christmas;
then when it snows, the plant
could be set in the snow to pro-
vide an appropriate background
for a photograph. When it has
ceased to snow the blooms may
be brUshed clean and a picture
Of course the plant won't
survive this treatment but you
wilrhave a pictorial record of
the plant in such a setting.
All helleborns thrive in a
woodland environment where
the soil is rich with leaves or
peat. These are the conditions
you must strive to simulate if
you seek success.,
My own happy' and contented
plant at home is located near
the foundation of the house
where it gets late afternoon sun
in the summer.
The vigorous group,of plants
in the Plant Research•Institute
Arboretum, are growing in the
shade of a Wych elm tree plant-
ed twenty feet to the south.
The secret of growing the
Christmas Rose Is to provide ad-
equate drainage.
Dig' a hole two feet deep and
two feet wide and fill it half
full of gravel. On top of this,
place a threeainch layer of
leaves, decayed or otherwise.
Then fill the rest of the hole
with a mixture of one part light
soil, one part peattrioss and one
part decayed leaves or dried
commercial sheep manure.
Select good plants With at least
four eyes and plant thetn during
April and May, or in October.
;During the summer witcr weal
and never let them become dry.
Provided Ae plant* have
plenty Othealthy Viage there
will be' plenty Of Owers, but
remember to feed,thdrn with a
mild fettflUet, at monthly in-
trvals. from May until August.'
family to a Christmas dinner bn
Monday, December 28rd.
Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Mann and family, Mr.
and Mrs. LOrne Mann and fam-
ily, Mr. and 'Mrs. Ron Mann
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gor-
don Mann and family, and Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Connell and fam-
ily.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Johnson
visited Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Murray Kirkby in Lisiowel.
Mrs. Charles*Verschoor and
Mrs. Ruby Forester visited with
Mrs. D. S. 'MacNaughton .at
Wingham and District Hospital
One day last week, where she is
confined as the result of a fall
at her home.
len& of Miss Grace Ayles-
wor an.d Mrs. William Mc-
Cann will be sorry to learn' they
are both confined to Listowel
Memorial gospitaL Mr.
liam McCann is also confined to
hospital: .
Mr. and- Mrs. Kfith Duncan
• and Stephen of Br ainpton spent
the week -end at the home pof
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Connell.
§aturday visitors at the. same, • „
Mrs. Charles Verschoor, Mrs..
E. Hainitock and Mr. Albert •
Hall.
,,We'd like to get
down to brass t,tacks
and do two things...
thank you' for your
and 'Wish'
Merry Clniiitniasi
TAINT
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ITED
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With sincere gratitude for the warm friendships which
wo have enloyed, we extend greetings of the season to all of you,
whose good will and loyalty we count among our most cherished
POSS411111111011S• 'May the holidays find you in hearty good
I health, surrounded by devoted family and friends.
Cal Burke & Staff
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