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SPECIALTIES`„,;:./
TO THIRD STORE-VA:STRom-kb-limn LOCATION
ON WEST STREET.„
17187 US IN OUR NEW LOCATION—THE FORMER
WESTERN TIRE. STORE.
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isreetingto alt
ror every..
one, we wish a t.,pri,stmas
Season glowing with good
cheer,enduring friendships
and cherished memories.
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Floyd iL Jodge
/it/"r/) BROPHEYS
NFRAL HOME
PHONE 121) • GODERICH
Rest wishes of the season
end our 'sincere thanks to
all or friends'nd patrons.
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' (WIT1t, BILL SMILEY)
On Christmas Eve, when the last
gift has been wrapped, and the
last stocking filled to the top, when
the turkey is stuffed and ready
for the oven, and the lights glow
warmly in the green of the Christ-
mas tree, sit, down for a minute,
you lucky people, and think about
Christmas.
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You're probably exhausted and
irritable, after the scramble of the
last few days,' when there simply
didn't appear to be enough 'hours
in the day to do all, the things
that had to be done to prepare for
the celebration of Christmas. •
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Somebody else, almost 2,000
years ago, was exhausted, too. At
the end of an arduous journey, a
man was frantically seeking shelter,
on a black and bitter winter night,,
in a miserable little town in the
middle east, for himself and his
wife, who was about to give birth
to a baby.
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Before you turn gut the lights
in your warm home and 'go up to
your warm bed, try 'to imagine
what it was like: the ,harrasse
husband; the white-faced wife,
• their unutterable weariness and
growing ,dismay; and the rude solu-
iairtfar Or -Tv -idea
beautiful story that never grows
old.
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And when you come down on
Christmas morning and , find the
kids happily smashing their toys,
pause for , a moment, you lucky
people; .and give 'thanks, that you,
ai e L. el ebratIng Christmas in y.our
qwn. home, with thoge who belong
to you, ,in the midst of peace,
plenty and love.
Give alb uIli, tr hoyieveoteetirop,
to the derelicts oLf,rhis blessed 4,0.
The lone alcohol i who we4P,Sen*
mental but real tears, is they line
Op shakily f� their Christmas
dinner at the Mission or the'Salva-
tion Army. Tlie iptie,:iiist souls,
by 'their theuiands, in the mental
stitutions. All 't4e poor devils s,
of both sexes„,hch or. poort. good
or evil, who Are alone and lonely
on this day: s 4
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7 I've spent:gcnne bad Christmaes
myself. There was one of drear ;
bleakness at an air force station
ii North Wales; A fog as heavy
'a8 grease hung everywhere. It was ;
bitter cold. There was nowhere •
to go, nothing to do,- Ind gather Q
• .
in the mess and huddle about the
tinY fire. Most of,. the types .re-
of ghastly gaiety soonaftr 1'4/44
Mailed- A POOR iVit*IfeWljer 'V*0,
child, and rnyseif Ait111Y. WIth'
shadow On ‘y_.:Innik about to be
separated for assured RV,
was three MOOS, she sensed was
six, I expected to be nine, and
turned out to be a year..
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Then There.,;w1s Ihttosnrili,"-Wn*
was a kid, •during tht 4,09F.Af,
My Ma. had lest his busiisss
Thinys were grim. 1 was 12 or IA
,
and n•Whet* v44114, OM" I 'Vth.
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that there'd be something Specie'
for Christmas. AnYVAIY,when I
opened my single, nicely -Wrapped
,Christmas present, and said how
a new ,suit of long underwear was
lust what 1 wanted, my mother
'stArted, to cry. 1guess it was the
'look On my face. • ,
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But I've sever been alone, with-
• out friends or family,. without love,
on, Christmas Day, so I don't regret
the few forlorn Christmases 'I've
had. They serve only to highlight
the good ones, and there have been
many of them. I' remember , sing-
ing carols, five of us around the
piano, with the smell of roasting
turkey creeping in -from. the kit-
chen, and my Dad booming away
like .'ii'
the 0
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:CLINTON HOUSING UNIT
Construction is expected to start
this Winter.en a i2 -unit fall -recov-
ery, 1ow-rental housing project for
L(3InitenExa4340e01W444hemnit-..,.
has not -yet been determined.
When HurricaneI
aze struck
suddenly at the Toronto area three
Years .ago it "produced one of the
worst flood disasters in Canada of
recent times, The splendid part
played by Rangers, Scouts,Guides
• and Brownies was emphasized.
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Ian Church . held. its December
meeting on December 16th. The
devotional PeriOd. was in charge, Of
Mrs. Robert Bisset and Ms Gracey.
AXlehristpaas.mesesve4rom4les,04;
Scott, Presbyterial ,president, was
read by 'Mrs. A. Taylor.
The president, Mrs. G. Schaefer,
presided for the 'business session,
and 'One reports of the year's work
were given by the various secrea
taries. There were 26 letters writ-
ten -to sick and bereaved members,
500 hospital calls and over 2t)0
. _ home calls made on the sick and
Total of the federal government's shut-ins. There. were 65'calte made.
loans to and investments in Crown on the Home Helpers; 19 parcels
corporations stood at $2,549.8 mil- of used Qhristfnas cards were„ sent
lion at March 31, 1958. • to India, Formosa, and British
to 0.4:4.,..;$.7441‘4440. ,. .
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The of $648 was forwarded Y '
Mrs:
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met, and two 'fitStle*;4te15*00.1464::,,--'
given to cotor. roentbers',.,,,,cta • --;.
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to .the. . lter.44txegourer, .an - .0,..
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.report of the nominating earning- .eronvoi*,.r, Mrs. _gni' Straugha
tee ,v,thith was adopted. . The. of- 'ailtont,.:Mrs.T. W. Treetirsoei.
Dunlop; past president, •br,ealdent„',;;,:10,.:2•_A„
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viee-Preside_tit,'. Mrs. ,..., . #01,104.
treasurer i': Ars. G. Stokes;'14,609rd,
ing secretary, Mrs.' R. E. WilSon;,
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Season's greetings and our thanks' to
01 our friends wh9se patronage we value so
highly! We're all aglow with warm wishes' for
• holiday full oj !eve, joy and good cheer!' ”
• Good times, good cheer,
good fellowship . all these
toys we wish.for you this
holiday season.
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sorted:. to the bar, Thlid grew in- '-- Our best
creasingly ,, 'melancholy and ...Senti- wishes to'you
--nreatal7 as they dreamed -aloud of•
other Christmase-.•crisp-aak
for a holidaysea.
in Canada;'. hot, sunlit ones in ' son that is an open
a
Australia; or cosy fireplaces, hot
toddy and plum duff' on the be-
door to all good things,
flighted isle itself.
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There was another, in a German
prison camp, when, after the lights
went out; we lit a homemade lamp
and lay in our bunks, looking at
the tiny flame and talking quietly,
achingly, of Chrjstmas in Ottawa
• -stid-CatiberrEi, .in Capetovin and
Aberdeen, in Dublin and Warsaw.
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And still another, a. Christmas
• .le're hoping tivu
all our good friends Whom
we have had the pleasure
to serve for so long wil;
mas ever.
BEST WISHES
r':f•*•,?
To !di our loyal friends
and patrons we send
this Holiday greeting
with the wish that you
enjoy all the delights
of this festive season.
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e hope the magic o this glorious season extends
throughout the year -for you and yours...britiging
with it . theblessing of happiness, the joy -of.
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