HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-12-05, Page 16Wites IntrocluctionTo Her late
husband's "Lets Keep ChristmasU
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ib04 toaaLet° Keep) C!s istmas," a
-1 OOlk .writteh by her late husband,
'tier Niarshall, who was also
author Of "A Man Called Peter"
aud "God Laves You.")
Soon after Peter Marshall came
110 the U u. 't States, he had an
experience which he never forgot.
What man can forget the moments
when life is lifted above the ordin-
iy and the splendor of God shines
into human hearts?
11# happened on Christmas Eve.
New-found friends had opened
their hearts and their home to the
immigrant boy from Scotland. Joy-
ously, Peter had helped decorate
a' fragrant spruce tree. Then he
had sat on a kitchen stool and
carefully cut out cookies, decorat-
ang them with cherries and nuts.
Later there had been a family
sig around the piano --"Silent
Night, Holy Night," "God Rest Ye,
IliKerry Gentlemen," "The Holly and
the ivy," and "0 Little Town of
Bethlehem." As they sang, into.
the little house there came the
unmistakable feeling of a Presence.
Everyone felt it. It was something
rano : than just the spirit of Christ-
allas, that spirit of expectancy
which warms the heart and melts
fnto nothingness the arid practic
ability of other days. It was as if
Christ Himself had entered that
home and quietly joined the family
circle.
Finally Peter said, "I must go ...
I've a long drive ahead." The
look on his face clearly revealed
his reluctance to leave.
"If you must go," his host said,
"I have just one request to make
of you. Would you have a little
prayer with us before you leave?"
So, as the family stood around
the open fire, the voice with the
pleasant Scottish burr had crown-
ed a perfect evening with a prayer
of gratitude that the Christ child
had come into the world.
Later, as Peter drove steadily
through the clear moonljght night
toward Birmingham, his thoughts
were with his friends in the little
white house. Friendship was there
--and love; joy and oneness and
good will ---and God. For that fam-
ily the angels' prophecy bad come
true. For them, there was indeed
"on earth peace, good will toward
men."
And for other families too, who
lived along the white ribbon of
a road, the prophecy had become
fact. Frosty stars seemed to lean
close over the rooftops of little
homes. Lights streamed from the
windows. Gay Christmas lights
twinkled on lawns. Once, as Peter
{ drove along, he heard children
carolling. From an open doorway
came snatches of laughter. These
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people, too, were caught up in the
all-perva,,,'ng spirit of Christmas.
Suddenly, Peter was filled with
a great wistfulness. It brought
tears to his oyes. Even then, in
other parts of the world, there was
anything but music and..laughter-
only strikes and bread lines,
hunger marches, rebellion, and
bloodshed.
The thought in Peter's mind be-
came a prayer on his lips ... "Oh
God, why can't more people, all
of us, open our hearts to the won-
derful spirit abroad in the world
tonight -not just on Christmas, but
on every day? What a happy place
this old earth could be if -oh,
God, if only we would keep Christ-
mas the whole year through."
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MAKE •FFER TiSHIPPER
Meeting on November 22, Town
Council decided to offer Omar
Brooks the use of the holding pens
at the local stockyards on Thurs-
day and Friday of each week.
Earlier, Mr. Brooks requested use
of the stockyards on Mondays as
he said he expected to be shipping
hogs to Montreal on that day of the
week. Currently, Milton Kilpatrick,
another drover, uses the yards on
Mondays, Council" was informed.
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Mrs. Jos. Freeman, Bruce street,
has returned from Windsor where
she visited her daughter, Mrs.
Gordon Watson, ' Mr. Watson and
family.
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Good going and returning same Saturday only.
EXCURSION FARES FROM
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Brampton .95 Hanover 4.60 Sarnia 6.85
Brussels 4.60 Harristgn 4.00 Southampton 6.25
Chesley 5.05 Ingersoll 3.95 Stratford 3.65
Clinton 5.05 Kincardine 6.20 Sfrathroy 5.50
Elora 2.60 Kitchener 2.60 Walkerton 4.85
Fergus 2.60 Listowel 3.80 Watford 6.05
Georgetown 1.30 Mitchell 4.20 Wingham - 5.05
Goderich 5.30 Owen Sound 5.05 Wyoming 6.50
Paisley 5.50
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Your Mantlepiece
Making your _own Christmas dec-
ofations can be half the fun of
getting ready for Christmas. You
can make these twin Christmas
trees to give a new dimension to
your.. mantelpiece. Use the right-
side-up tree to decorate the mantel
where gifts 'are placed, and hang
the upside-down tree from the
mantel to hold smaller gifts.
A. half -yard of green felt is
enough for both trees. Make a
brown paper pattern for the tree
by drawing a right-angled triangle
14 inches high and seven inches
across the bottom. On the side
opposite the right angle cut points
to resemble branches. This gives
you a pattern: for half a tree -which
when used to cut out on a fold of
felt will give you a tree with both
sides exactly the same. Cut out
four trees from the pattern, each
on a fold of felt.
Next decorate each section of
the tree you plan to use for the
front with sequins, sparlartnittons,
or sequinned braid or tran. Pin
the decorated felt to the plain- felt
so that all points match exactly.
Then stitch together about a of
an inch from the edge On the sew-
ing -machine. You can make the
finish at each point neat, by rais-
ing4the presser foot on the machine
tor -pivot around the _ point. ' Make
a small felt loop and attach- it to
the tree you wish to hang. Stand
the other 'tree on the mantel by
gtufiing lightly with tissue paper,
or set it over a tall glass or bottle.
"A LITTLE CHILD SHALL
LEAD THEM"
By Lewis Milligan
Coming down town this morning
on the bus I sat beside a young
mother and her little child, -a girl
of about three years who chattered i
to the delightedly about the pros-
pect of a visit to Santa Claus at
one of the big stores in the city.
Most of what she said or was try-
ing to -say was incoherent, for she
spoke so fast in her eagerness to
give expression to the wonder of
the occasion.
Wonder is the first reaction of
the infant mind to the new world
in which it finds itself. It is the
dawn of consciousness and individ-
uality. PIato claimed that all ac-
quired knowledge was a form of
memory, reminiscence of a pre-
existence,' and Wordsworth ex-
pressed the same idea in the lines:
"Not in entire forgetfulness...
But trailing clouds of glory do
we come
From God, who is our home."
and he added, "Heaven lies about
us in our infancy!".,.
To those very learned psycholo,
gists, who would disillusion the
child mind of the reality of Santa
Claus and his fairy train, that
little child on the bus had been
cruelly deceived by its parents.
They would inform it that Christ-
mas Day is just another 25th day
of December, that all the display
of mechanical toys in shop win-
dows and the general decorative
household preparations for the
Festive Season are so much fan-
tastic makebelieve.
But what would be more cruel
than to rob that child of the de-
light at finding itself actually in
fairyland? You don't have to make
a child believe in fairies. Christ-
mas merely confirms its natal as-
sumption that we are all fairies.
That Little girl took- it for granted
that I was as much interested in
Santa Claus as she was. She was
unaware that my mind was full
of what I had -just been reading
in the newspaper. About crimes
and fatalities, local, national and
international politics, the latest
scientific developments of atomic
energy, war -headed guided missiles
and rockets that can defy the law
of gravitation and climb to the
moon.
As I listened to that child tell-
ing me about the °fanciful world
hr which she lived, it occurred to
me that it was not as fantastic as
the real world in which I was liv-
ing. I nestled closer to the little
one in the hope that l: might catch
some of the infection of the Christ-
mas spirit that can transform this
real world ----if only for a brief
season into the fairyland of Santa
clans,
Miskion Circle
Holds Successfui
Christmas Fair
A successful C istmas fair was
held at MacKay Hall tinder aus-
pices of Youabg Women's Mission
Circle of the aptist Church.
Decorating was with pine trees,
candles and edible Christmas dec-
orations. The table centres and
decorations were featured as sale
articles as well as forming a color-
ful setting for the event.
Guests were received by Mrs.
Clifford Hugill, president, and Mrs.
S. H. Findlay. The main tea table
was decorated in red and white
with white tapers and mums. The
table centre was a formal Christ
mas arrangement.
Tea was poured by Mrs. George
Johnston and .. Mrs. Earl Raithby.
The tea tables were enclosed by
a white picket fence, festive with
Christmas greenery. Mrs. Archie
Johnston and Mrs. Alf. Hutchinson
were in charge of the tea tables.
Other tables and the ladies in
charge were as follows: bake table,
Mrs. George Griffiths; candy table,
Mrs. Fred eevers; knitting, Mrs.
William '•" arlow, and sewing, Mrs.
George Robertson.
Mrs. Stan Whiteman was general
convener, assisted by the other
members of the Circle.
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Bayfield Store Is
Damaged By Fire
BAYFIELD, Nov. 26. -The Bay-
field Fire Brigade were again call-
ed to a fire on Monday evening
at Maynard Corrie's grocery on
GVlain street. Jack Cheros, of Mit-
chell, had been operating the store
for the past five months and closed
about 10.30 p.m. The fire was dis-
covered about 11.30 p.m. when
smoke was noticed at the rear
of the building. The kitchen was
heavily damaged and the walls,
groceries and other equipment in
the store was smoke damaged.
Mrs. Emmerson Heard and Mrs.
Sydney Castle spent the week -end
at Detroit . -
Mr. and Mrs. R. Mathews, Lon-
don, spent the week -end at the
"Albion Hotel."
Miss Helen McLeod, London,
THURSDAY, ; IB 5tln, 1057
spent the week -end at her hone.
Muss Elizabeth 'Weston returned
home last Monday after being a
patient in Victoria Hospital, Lon-
don, for the past eight weeks. She
is staying with leer sister, hirs.
Robert lair.
Miss Margaret Howard, London,
was at her home over the week-
end.
G.D�CJ. NOTES
The executive for this year's
Curling Club have been chosen as
follows: president, Dave Spring;
secretary, Marlene O'Reilly; treas-
urer, Gerald Walter; reporter, John
Hazlitt. Curling for those inter-
ested is held on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays from 4 to 5 p.m. This
time has been set aside for the
Curling Club. Anyone who wishes
to join is welcome.
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Sales and excise taxes remitted
to the federal government on new
car production in the first nine
months of this year totalled
$138,601,099, an average of $450
tax payment on each of 'the 307,298
vehicles produced in the period.
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