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WHOECHURCH
Mr. and Mrs. Don Caesar,
Christine, Patsy, Randy and
Vicki were Sunday guest p with
M. and Clarenee CoHinson
and family of Teeswater and on
Monday all were guests Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Paisar, Down-
tiOn.
Christmas guiistat with: and
UM ErneSt Snowden were Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Rob411090, -Steve,
Larry, Mr. and Mrs.. Lorne
Humphrey and Carolyn of Nair,
Dave Rosman of London, Sr. and
Mrs, George Webster and Carol,
Mr, land Mrs. Terry Rutledge Of
Clint, Mr* and Mrs. Leonard
Robinson, 'Wingbaro, 'Linda
Snowden,, liOndon, and other girl.
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On Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. Car-
man Whytock and Jackie visited
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•and iiirendY of Wingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan, 1414v4
Janet and Rimholey -and
and Mrs. •Orland Irwin and ,
13r were Tuesday evening gUel"
with Mr. and Mrs, y,nAti
Al
of Ashfield.
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OPEN FRI.
NITES
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yuletide meetlis
BELGRO cluistrnas
meeting of the W menso Institute
was held in the colMntmit$r centre
Tuesday of last Week. Seventeen
members and seven visitore.Were
present,
The opening exercises and
business were, conducted by the
president, Mrs. Norman Coolies.
Following the reading of the min-
utes and tl)e financial statement,
correspondence was read, Thank
you notes were from Mr *s Cecil
Coultes and family, Mrs. Hazel
Purdon and Mrs. Hazel Procter.
A bank account will be started
by the Institite for Miss Jennifer.
Ruth Procter, infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Procter.
Mrs. WUiiam Coultes, convener
of the meeting, introduced as
guest speaker Mrs. James Ward
of Wingham. Mrs. Ward spoke on
"Thoughts of Christmas," giving
her audience an inspiring season-
al message. -She was thanked and
presented with a gift.
The Coultes sisters,Janice, Jo-
anne, Karen, Andrea and Alison,
sang two Christmas numbers
with Mrs. George Johnston ac-
companying.
Mrs. Coultes conducted a
Christmas quiz and some well-
known carols were sung by
everyone,
Lunch was served by the com-
mittee in charge, Mrs. Glenn
Coultes, Mrs. Carl Procter and
Mrs. Jack Taylor.
Bluevale
Miss Sandra Thompson is In a
• London hospital for therapy.
Mrs. Lillian Elliott and Miss
Edith Garniss spent Christmas
with their brothers, Frank and
Harry Garniss.
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HAVING HEARD THE STORY of the first Christmas tree read by their teacher, some of
the Grade 3 pupils at Wingham Public School clustered around their class tree for this
photo. Left to right are: Tim Stainton, Karen Holmes, Greg Laidlaw, Lisa Cbok, Dianna
Wolsey, Elizabeth Burgess and Sandra Morrison. (Staff Photo) • i
• Mrs. Geo. Nickel heads 7
Belmor. e. missionary•
sot.
BELMORE—Members of the
Presbyterian Missionary Society
gathered for their December
meeting. Mrs. Ralph Dickson?
vice president, was in charge.
She opened the meeting with a
Christmas poem, the theme of
°• which stressed the thought "Do
• we get from .Christmas what we
want or what we really need?"
TheAnswer was in. verses from
3 the,carol;MThe Ram that Long.in
7 Darkness Pined" and a portion of
scripture from Matthew was read president, Mrs. Ralph Dickson;
by Mrs. Selah Breckenridge. secretary, Mrs. Elmer Jeffray;
Mrs. Elmer Jeffray, secretary treasurer, mission,, Mrs. Ken
-read the minutes of the Novem- Dickson; treasurer, expense,
her meeting: The roll call was Mrs. John Dickson.
answered by many interesting • Committee secretaries: litera-
thoughts and customs of Cirist- ture and library, Mrs. Carl
mas. "Silent Night" was sung as Nickel; supply, Mrs. Gordon
a favorite darol. Weir; Glad. Tidings, Mrs. Bruce
The special feature read, by Darling; friendship and service,
Mrs. Don MacAdam was an ar- Mrs. Selah Breckenridge;'organ-.
ticle entitled, "The Art of Giv- ist, Mrs. Alvin Mundell; press re-
ing". Mrs. MacAdam also read:a porter, Mrs. Harvey Ballagh.
nausea -share
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scenes ,01 Christmas post,
Christmas poem. Mrs. Ralph Christmas time inevitably
readings appropriate to the mases past and New Year's Eves made Oh prunes, only more so.
• Dickson gave several inspira- dredges up the ghosts of Christ-
tionalseason. The meeting closed with of long ago, complete with menu
the carol "As with Gladness Men and beverage list.
of Old" and prayer by Mrs. Dick- Casual, mention of receiving
son.• two ••tins of smoked octopus for
Gifts were wrapped to be dis- Christmas as gourmet canape or
tributed for Christmas. • snack material started the
Officers for 1973 were elected 'memory
Club at Lee's down
as- follows: president, Mrs...Geolane, and a compendium
Nickel; first., fric&presideatoMssal °P"kilsenimiliO`meliffitt
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George Conlan; second vice horrors ensued. Y-6
One member mused .on draw-
• ing the rations for the regiment in
England in 1941 in a 16. hundred-
weight truck which had been used
for hauling coal the previous day.
• Arriving at theration depot, he
was somewhat disconcerted to
have, the regimental bread
shovelled raw into the truck on
top of the coal dust with a huge
shovel:
Gritty Bread •
• While piling the slightly gritty
bread in the truck, the driver
heard .a chopping noise and
shouted to know what it was.
"Beef liver", replied the stores
man. He was chopping with • an
axe at something that resembled
half a ton of congealed plastic. It
was whale liver, at that time a
staple for the troops. It was •
tossed in on top of the bread and
the regiment ate once more.
Veterans of War I may re-
member with mixed feelings the
horse steaks in London on "48's",
for which they laid out two and
six or three bob.
Veterans will recall regimental
and squadron dinners at christ-
mas when the officers Waited on
the men in the old service tradi-
tion.
Phony Menus
Be it remembered there were
elegant menus compiled and
issued to the troops which men-
tioned celery soup, pate de foie
gras, relishes, pheasant under
glass, partridge breasts, patates
plouffe, etc., etc., while their
plates displayed a lump of
,mashed spuds and a square of
cheese.
There seemed • no shortage of
wine, however, and the C.O. did
as fine a step dance as anyone
had ever seen, to hoedown music
ripped off an old violin by a
talented Newfie fiddler. The fact
that the margarine on the table
cut like a candle butt on a cold
day, being made out of whale oil,
had nothing to do with it, or that
the fried sausages broke like
burnt toast, they were so stuffed
with bread crumbs. The spirit of
the occasion was the thing, and
there was lots of that.
There were the brussels
sprouts of blessed.memory which
some ex -servicemen are just now
getting around to contemplating
again. There was the green liver
from Australia by ship on which
the refrigeration failed some-
where around the equator and
which was served regardless,
there being nothing else resetn-
bling protein.,
At Christmas there were the
"shortbread" cookies that could
be bought for a penny in the
NAFFI canteen. They were made
without white flour, sugar or but-
ter, which is like an apple pie
Petdatte0
—Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Miller Church on Saturday were Mr.
and Larry of London spent and Mrs. Alan Hafermehl, Bren-
Christmas with her mother, Mrs. da and Bonnie Sue, Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Taylor, Victoria Street. Dan Tiffin and Joyce, Mr. and
—Christmas guests at the home Mrs. Roger Bieman, ,Mr. and
of Mr. and Mrs. George Scott Mrs. Lee Grove, Mr. and Mrs.
were their son, Richard Scott, Frank Olheiser, Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Scott .and son of London. Earl Heywood, Mrs. Bill Eadie
—Mr. and Mrs. Ray Laidlaw and Miss Jeannette Riley.
and boys were Yuletide guests of —Rev. and Mrs. J. Rea Grant
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom and Billy of Listowel were holi-
Todd of St. Helens. • • day visitors at the home of Mr.
—Wingham and area guests and Mrs. William A. Tiffin.
attending the Hafermehl-Blake —Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bronson
wedding in the Kincardine United and family of Elmira, Mr. and
Mrs. John Clark and sons of
Hamilton were holiday guests of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Row-
land Ballagh, Catherine Street.
—Holiday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Gerrie were Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Gerrie and family of
Stratford; Mr. and Mrs. Murray
Gerrie and family of town; Mr.
and Mrs. Trevor Moores and
family of Georgetown and Miss
Penny Gerrie of Toronto.
—Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elliott
of Whitechurch visited with Mrs.
Gordon Elliott on Sunday.
• —Frank Ortlieb of Kenora
McIntosh UCW
The Christmas meeting of Mc-
Intosh United Church Women
was held in the Church basement
December 14th. The president,
Mrs. Olive Dustow, opened the
meeting with "A Prayer for
Christmas". Mrs. Leslie Hark-
ness, led the devotions and the
hymn "It Came Upon The Mid-
night Clear" was sung. Rev. Lake
read the scripture. Mrs. Hark-
ness4 gave the meditations and
devotions closed with prayer.
Mrs. Mac Inglis was in charge
of the study and' a film of the
Christinas story was presented.
Mrs. Inglis was assisted by Rev.
Lake. For the feature of the
meeting, Mrs. Everett Dustow
led in the singing of Christmas
carols. The roll call Was the ex-
change of gifts between secret
pals.
Mrs. Elmer Haskins read
several thank you notes. Mrs.
Harvey Wright gave a reading
"Who Is Santa Claus?".
Year-end reports were heard
from all committees.
Mrs. Olive Dustow then intro-
duced the new president, Mrs.
Robert Harkness, who thanked
Mrs. Dustow for her two years of
faithful service and hard work as
president. Mrs. Harkness closed
the meeting with prayer and
!until was served by Mrs. Ivan
Mawhinney and Mrs. Jim Busby.
spent the Christmas holidays
with his daughter, Mrs. Norman
Deyell, Mr. Deyell, Terry and
.Brian.
—Mr, and Mrs. Warren Weber
and family of Stratford, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Cuillerier and fam-
ily of Ailsa Craig and Miss Ruth
Gibbons of London spent Christ-
mas with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Gibbons of Alice Street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Don Campbell
and family of London visited
Tuesday with Mrs. Gordon El-
liott, Edward Street.
WHITECHURCH
Christmas Day guests at the ,
Clipperton home were Mr. and
Mrs. Neil Faw and family and
Robert Mulliss of, Thamesford,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tiffin and
Russel Ritchie.
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• Laughter and Tears
There was the pale blond young.
pilot officer who played selec-
tions .from "Intermezzo" on his
violin and played it beaUtifully
for the troops' Christmas concert
and was blasted out of the sky
over France Boxing Day at 9 a.m.
There were the boys,from the MT
section dolled upas diorus girI.
•who had .the-,audienp„tepgall
hysterical. •
There were the CBC -Radio
types who wandered into camp
and made tape recordings of the
• men and_ their spoken greetings
for broadcast to the folks at
home. Remember? The voice •
came out of he radio just as
though he was in the armchair in
the corner, and it said shyly and
hesitantly:
"Hello Mom, hello Dad, hello
Irene, and Jimmy and Sheila. All
my love to you and the kids, and a -
Merry Christmas."
It was Cpl. Bill McMurdo from
Glace Bay, N.S., or Andy Ander-
son from Foam Lake, Sask., and
they all sounded pretty much' the
same and said the same old
things, like "all my love" and
• "Merry Christmas", but the
words had a special meaning
then, not so touching now.
Across The Water
There were the parcels from
home, with what started out to be
fresh eggs packed in a can of
sugar. There were mickeys of
Canadian rye stuffed into loaves
of bread, chocolate bars and car-
tons of cigarettes. There were
knitted mitts and Balaclava caps
and long grey woolen scarves,
knitted with loving care. Some
were worn by the intended re-
cipient. Others wound up. on
scrawny little Dutch or French
children. the better the day, the
better the deed.
There was a New Year's Day in
France when the Luftwaffe came
blasting out of the sky and Cana-
dians dived into the slush and
started a less than happy new
year.
The older citizens might even
hark back to the "Dirty Thirties"
• when wages of 18 cents an hour
were in vogue. Christmas lived
on in those days of the four -cent
loaf of bread and the seven -dollar
ton of coal. ,Them were the days
that was.
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