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. STUDENTS FROM Wingham Public School paid a visit to
Brookhaven Nursing Home Wednesday Dec. 19. The Grade
7 and 8 students sang Carols anti passed out Christmas cards
and cookies to the residents., , •
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kiting**, joys and thank you for
the pleasure and pdvileige
of serving you; Our valued triends.
Whell there are ite kid* iroUnd,..
• airistmas loses * tot of its excite.
went.!..'ktrleitst that's the way it
•
00015: around our • _4• 0* this
Wee*always had a farnily.
CI*Iatmas, .most Oftett:",,at the
fara, of the grandparentS...:ThOSof.
were great
•We.d0V0*tite.':farmi left'the
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tIthOuse,:10aded With gifts.
kids, wrapped tOMO;o0010k.#00'.-
,.fottt hysterical by the time we
-i'ente!'ed ,the'
chen;
liere we were assailed by the
eloping. scents of roasting
ey ,00dief4
tants. and Christmas parties at
the Legion Hall for the ldds, and
writing cards to old friends, and
scrambling around for gifts, and
putting up the thrice -blasted tree
and pretending there weren't
going to be a lot of presents this
Theywere good times, and I
miSe them, but 1 don't: *.know
'whet)!er 1 could stand the pace
any More, 1,was 'working. about ;
twelve hours. a dayi. and them
• seeMed to be a festivit,5ror senw
• thing. every m
There were a couple,of Christ-
mases that are funny in retros-
pect, though at :The ,time there
was marked lack of pbristian
spirit.
'Onewasthetimeweboughtthe
television set for the grand.
parents.Itvithe'in the earlydays
of TV,, and we all chipped in to
buy the. set. None of us could af-
ford one.for ourselves. There was
tremendous secrecy. It was to be
the surprise of the century. My,.
brother -an -law and I dragged the
great brute of a boxnp the lane on
a toboggan and wrestled it into
' the farmhouse:It Walfto !)0."6"-Ixell-
ed under Oe tree.'
the tree' for .anetherpack..
age it.
A, let of Wire anitthengli(..;werii:.-;':'.1-:::,'.
into the gifts, and:'sometimes
• thereYWere'tearsief pleaSure,
The: i.voen. talkeda blue
-Steak and I Caromed, 'off each
• 'other. as they charged around the al a
,
Theres nothing .ne and un- tin- ' becomes first .parent, and then
,the .,sot ed':gfeiln, grandparent, a subtle and .
kitchen' men eat aretind • 4 except that e della Change OvertakeS. this 'lin"'
centre he
the of attention; funny and . instead of with und rs
eration
divan And the children were, • people tend view with
./t sees Christmas AS'a time ettraut*
The it alarm pression 11!!.If
is hardly surprising that Young, tion, the customs, the seasonal
people and old should view the 'excitement are reminders Of the \ •
world from different perspectives, paStife is grateful and comforted '
To a youngster, Christmas is • a that , Christfnas remains *Mich as,
time of excielient and festivity, always was, and he tends to be
their eyes were bulging. of anticipation, of gifts anil grumpy caboutStbe introduction of
— new elements into the celebration
. This was sort af-tife-ribosx of FISCS.and mystery and confusion,
time Is bright' and 'shim. 'ef the holiday" He knows hew that
the holiday, „and like . every _ the pleasure of *outweighs. -
climax, it -.had\ its anti -climax: .3anneff aChhroilsidtnlaYasor:aarP:='llivreisulsfrt%-stm
great stacks of dishesto be delicious 1004, of unaccustomed wonderfeulil)ecaus: it isso new;
washed , WaS4id; distended belies; ex and delightful pageantry. to his, grandfather, it is wonderful
basted kids. In itaway, it walOt As the youngster matures and because itis so old,
pretty pagan celebration.
But by evenirtg, everythingwas - •
. cleared up, digestions would` be-
gin
operating again, and there'd
be carols and quiet talk ancl
• general feeling of Warmth' and
love and security. ••
This was • the. culmination of
several weeki ofthristinas Pag-
• deltghtful, and t.hey-loved it.
Then came ' the. great Orkpt at
thelable,With Overyone::frosit:the-
Grandad tucking into
the turkey and trimmings until
We wish you
A Joyous
Christmas Season
arida
Very Blossed
New Yosar
night before scrubbing and:wak.
Ing the kitchen floor.I had aspeitt,
threehowSprepating thet.tUrkey,'''
We were going to Sho)villetil that,
WO ;could entertain itt stYle; •
Alt was in readiness'., The old
s'fiattleaxetoldniete take the Writ:
out of the oyen.„1:440,..8k1Aded.on
thewax, on; turkey , •
and all went flying through the
Wall-to-wall grease. Turkey
baited'infhioAmvaS;-.•4 woo*
.110-10SS,Meirtorabl-'Motrients in
a happy marriage.
And tremember,(1riStmases a
long',One ago, in the Depression,
whiM',a'ehild'aone:andenlypree,
Oflongunder.
Depression.
Of;recent years, our kids have
46me 'straggling in from nniver,
sometimes with a:friend, for,
And we've! had nunde_:.''',
a04.guou'l90a, and fun.
•
Lst year we were alone. If
rememb rreOt!Z we Aned en
frozen, meat pies. 'Lhad bonght
the usualtwo treek )(get the little
ne up. The - big 'spruce was
leaned in a corner, and 1 threw it
out on Boxing PAY. '
1'llitiettr, be alone
But :wos are to . he dif4 -
won't be home it
off in deepest 'Quebec. But he's
already had his present. Daugh-
ter Kimwon't be home, use IC
don't particularly want my
grandchild born on a bus.
So. We're thinkingot closing up
thelo* t d ' to the city.
in an going,
"wife Can `supervise the layette. I,
write'cheques. Well stay in a
hotel, where somebody 'else had
to grapple with the tree:
And, if things turn our just
right,
right, we might get the finest
Christmas present we've ever re-
ceived. A bouncing baby. grand-
child.
,
"`oice sod be W44111'0
know you and to serve you is
our sincere pleasure. Our
grateful -thanks to you 'all
In *Popularity
Not many Christmases ago most
women dreamed giff of fur—
maybe a stole to drape across the
shoulders, perhaps a long Coat to . •
wrap up in.
Vor years, furs have been sym-
., bols of status, elegance. and opii
lance. Kings and queen, prince
and PrincesseS, movie stars and
the affluent have proudly adorned -
themselveswith exotic animal
skins.
Today the fate .of the fur is
questioned. Among the ecology
minded, tor has 'lost it appeal.
Publicity about endangered spe.
cies and thelnethods used to kilt'
some animals haveled many to
. question the value of fur as a'
gar) eitIstrio surpriSe that national
fur sales are declining. rake furs,
too, have taken their toll of the
real fur market, ror inst a frac-
Aloft of what reat fur May cost, a
woman Nut purchase An authentic .
l�oklng•Vid stylish fake fur.
tije're -delighted to have this opportunity
to send the season's hest wishes
to you. Have a Merry. Christmas.
scent of Christmas greens'. ..tliknearraesi
, 4
of dear ones make the holidays bright..
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This is an appealing, story that
focuses on Man' S old friend, tne
candle.. Back' in the Middle Ages,
any light, no matter how fragile,
was, moth .0 -WO,. and a candle,
though perhaps common to ug,
was a possesSion otgreat;vaiue. '
A, shoemaker 'lived in a cottage
on the edge of village near the
dikrik wood t Although a poor
man, he placed his WWI° in the,,
window each night to guide tra.
velers, Despite wars. hard311108
and illness, by some miracle,
some My6terintl$ graee, his light
never wavered.
This inspired the .0110m% and
during the Christmas season Most.
of them placed a candle in their
windows. The custom grew; 4tfd
Dame universsl.
• We're singing out our warmest wishes
to 'you for a Holiday richly reward.
ing in goo.d queer and happines6.
To our friends, tt hearty
holkkiy wish that you may
enjoy oil the best the seison afros.
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