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THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR
Santa Claus Re -locates.
Santa Claus must be an anti-
communist! M any rate_ he has
moved his headquarters. No long-
er Ls the storied North Pole the
hub of his activities for 364 days
per year. He's moved south to a
more accessible location where he
can be visited all year round.
Runior has it that the North Pole
was too close to the iron Curtain
for comfort, so Santa Claus re-
located.
Except for Christmas Eve around
the stroke of midnight, he can
now be found at his new command
post—Santa Claus Village, at Val
David in the Laurentian Mountains
north of Montreal.
He made his arrival, with all
the fanfare he merited, recently,
nn his new Village on the slopes
of Mount Saint Nicholas where
5,000 of his subjects—the young
and the young in heart—waited
to pay homage. The jolly old
gentleman must have been in a
hurry to vacate his old premises'
too, for he made his arrival not
via the conventional flying rein-
deer but by helicopter.
Boasting several brightly colored
houses, the Village is situated in
a vast -enclosure on a pleasant
hillside on the snow-covered slopes
of the Laurentian. Free admis-
sion for kiddies is the rule of the
day as long as they are accom-
panied by adults. The entrance
fee for adults is most reasonable.
Centre of attraction, of course,
is Santa's own House, where he
welcomes children with open arms,
but there is also plenty to see in
the other houses in the Village.
Little girls' seem to have an
affinity for the Doll House, while
little boys spend many happy mo -
Except
tti
for Santa Claus himself, the photographer
was about the busiest person around at the recent
opening of Santa Claus Village at Val David in the
Laurentian Mountains north of Montreal. Filled,,
with the joyous spirit of Christmas, the enthusiastic
camerman 'recorded the following scenes showing
(1) Santa Claus arriving at his new home via a
modern helicopter rather than the proverbial rein-
deer; (2) nine-year:old Marcel Thouin, grandson and
official representative of Montreal's Mayor Cami1-
lien Houde, preset; the keys of the new Village
to Mayor Beaulieu of Val David; (3) Santa Claus and
some of his little helpers being welcomed to his
new home; (4) a llama from the slopes of the
Peruvian Andes, one of the many animals which
roam freely through the Village, attracting almost
as much attention from young visitors as Santa
Claus himself; (5) Santa Claus' own house, one of
the many attractions in the., (6) the _jolly
old gentleman himself enthralling one of his many
friends; (7) two of the bear .cubs revelling in their
specially -built pit which, when illuminated at night,
resembles a giant birthday cake; and (8) the Chapel
of Saint Nicholas which contains a Carib reminiscent
of the first Christmas.
(Canadian Pacific Railway Photographs)
BLYTH PHONE OPERATOR
HONORED FOR SERVICE
Miss Josephine Woodcock, chief
operator of the Blyth Municipal
Telephone System, was pleasantly
surprised when the commissioners
of the system summoned her to at
tend their meeting in the adjoin-
ing office Thursday evening of last
week, and presented her with 'a
pin in recognition of her 40 years
of faithful and continuous service
Commissioner George McNall
read an- address commending Miss
Woodcock on her faithfulness;' and
'; chairman John Young presented
the pin, a sterling silver miniature
of a cradle phone with a black
enamel base on which is inscribed
in gold: "Forty Years' Service."
BEGEMAN—DEGROOT
Rev. R. G. MacMillan officiated
on Sattnday afternoon in -Knox
Presbyterian Church at the mar-
riage of Bertha DeGroot, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. K. DeGroot, of
Dungannon, to Geert Begeman, of
Goderich, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.
Begeman, of Holland.
Given in marriage by her father,
1 the bride wore a powder blue su.t
with black accessories and a cor-
n , sage of white aftd rust mums.
A " She was attended by her sister,
Aly DeGroot, of Dungannon, who
j wore an orchid pink dress with
Iblack accessories and a corsage of
yellow and white mums.
Frank Reid, of Goderich. attend
I "ed the groom.
The couple will reside in Gode-
rich.
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ments in the Electric Train House
and the House of Cowboys and
Indians. Other 'buildings include
the Toy House, the Gift Shop,
where 'the adults seem to congre-
t Nicholas.
gate,
e Post Otf'ice eel of and theRestauurant.
There is also a Wishing Well,
where the custom is "for visitors
to toss in a penny to make their
wishes come true. All proceeds
from the well are used by the
Alouette Kinsmen Club of Mon-
treal to further its work aiding
underprivileged children.
Animals of all sorts- have the
"freedom of the Village." Roam-
ing around ready to be patted are
eight yoµng goats; 11 white sheep
and, of course, a black one; two
of the proverbial reindeer; fawns
reminiscent of "Bambi"; rabbits,
piglets, dogs, and last, but not
least, a big• white llama from the
slopes of the. Andes in Peru. In
addition four bear cubs frolic the
days away in a specially built pit.
The Village is designed for the
use of the children, and there they
can run to their hearts' content
along the winding lanes from
house to louse, pausing now and
then- to give a loving pat to one
of the animals. Christmas. music
fills the air with a feeling of gaiety
as the little ones wopder at the
splendour of the toys and then
scamper up for a visit with friend-
ly old Santa Claus.
At night the Village sparkles in
fairyland brilliance with thousands
of colored electric lights gleaming
on the snow and illuminating the
giant Christmas Tree in the centre
of the'Village. -The tree alone has
800 multicolored lights. " Another
radiant attraction is the den of
the little bear cubs. Under the
night lights it resembles a giant
birthday cake.
A sightseeing }'must" for every
child is Santa Claus Village. Saint
Nick's new headquarters are locat-
ed only, one mile from the C.P.R.
station 'at Val David and are easily
accessible from the main Lauren-
tian highway.
Canada's . earliest manufacturing
concerns were. breweries and
foundries; by the end of the 19th
century the production of textiles,
iron and steel, pulp and paper, and
cheese and butter were thriving
manufacturing industries. — Quick
Canadian Facts.
[THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS
A touching representation of the
French childre4 s carol is the song
beginning: "The snow lay onthe
ground, the stars shone bright,
when Christ our Lord was born."
It' is gaining favor among Ameri-
cans. Some critics, including
Deems Taylor, insist that the
French carols are the most charm-
ing of all.
The United States contributed
several of the world's finest Christ-
mas . songs. "0 Little Town of
Bethlehem" was written, as a
poem, by the brilliant young Phila
delphia pastor, Phillips Brooks,
after he visited the Palestine hills
by nght. His organist, Lewis Rei-
ner, decided to set it to music as
a special treat for the Sunday
school children.. The idea for the
melody came to Reiner only the
night before the class meeting.
He called it "a gift . from the
angels."
A Massachusetts, University pas-
tor, Edmund H. Sears, sent a poem
in 1850 to the Christian Register.
The editors printed the verses:
"It came upon the midnight clear,
that glorious song of old." A
Boston musician, Richard Storrs
Willis liked the poem so much that
TUUASDAY, MOM= ani, URI
be gave it the music that almost
everyone now knows.
In 1883, when the Civil war was
in a gloomy phase, Henry Wads-
worth Longfellow penned a bops
"of peace on earth, good will to
men." Its title words are "I Heard
the Bells on Christmas Drag."
Longfellow wrote with the deepest
of sincerity. His son had been
badly wounded. Several years
afterward a London organist, J. B.
Calkin, provided the musical set-
ting.
John H. Hopkins, Jr., an Epis-
copalian rector of Williamsport,
Pa, had an eye for dramatic effect
when he wrote and composed the
dialog of the travellers guided by
the Star: "We three kings of
Orient are; bearing gifts we tra-
verse far." The unusual pageant—
it is often staged—was received so
enthusiastically and it spread so
far and so rapidly that many hear-
ers believe it an ancient tradition-
al production: It' happens to be
95 years old this season. It cer-
tainly must; be ranked with' the
better Christmas musical produ.-
tions not only of America but of
the world.
An advertisement in the Signal -
Star brings results.
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