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Pf RTER'S' WLL,, Dee. Obi
Marchi service•' was cancelled, .,on,
Snada/ due , oto rthe stormy`,
weather« Next, Sunday there Will
be a combined serive at 1:45,;
• Miss Mary Snell, Ha>iilton,,ais
Chlistmas Messages-
fBhutan,.�correspondentur
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Visting her
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Oneof the manychains oDavid Macdonald, aged 85, one arMrans.dDeMs%ApxXvan.�Vsa3eore,
.
othy" eQx; Kirkland Lake,,"are
spending the holidays with 'Mr;
'nd Mrs. Bill. Cox andaily, .
yMr, and Mrs. Thomas �ower-
by and' Grant visited Mr: acid
Mrs. Ernest. Bogie, Celboriie
Township, on ,Christmas Day.
Mr. and Mrs, • Allen Betties
spent Christmas in Toronto with
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Settles.
Christmas visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Harris included
Mrs. John Harris, Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Feagan, Mr. and Mrs.
Dewar Talbot and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin, Bruce,
John and. Janet were 'Christmas
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin.
Wise.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Torrance
and"family spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. ;Jim 13e11, Exeter,
,hristmas, consists in the Ines-
,.ages it bears. The ogler you
ecome and the more varied
he Welton have led, the •niore
riends and acquaintances, there
w,il be whom Christmas will
lavanize into sending , wine
-ort
.of message. Some will ,be
bort, laconic, even banal, on
he other .hand some will recall
phrase, a well remembered
ey word which will conjure to
ring a nostalgic 'smile. For a
ew short minutes the scene, the
cuxnstances, the principa i
haracters will all,, once again,
ake up their positions in tune
nd space and re-enact their
'tile piece before your astun-
shed eyes. Though less per-
onal, the Christmas tour by
adio, with messages from all
arts of the Commonwealth,
PHOTO FRY HADDEN STUDIO oncluding with the Message
VANSTONE VANC•E rom Her Majjesty The Queen,
Her accessories were matching
and she carried an arrangement
of bronze mums. Bridesmaids
were Betty -Lou and ,Shirley'
Vance, sisters of the .bride who
wore identically styled dresses
in peacock blue and they car-
'led white mums.
Groomsman was Edward Van -
stone, R.R. 4, Goderich, brother
of the groom, and John Rodges,
R.R. 4, Goderich, and Carl Vas -
sella, Goderich, ushered. Follow=
ing the reception held at the
Club Grill. Goderich, the young
,couple Left on a wedding trip to
Buffalo, N. Y., and points south.
The bride chose a grey two-piece
double knit suit with black ac-
cessories. They will reside in
Goderich Baptist Church was
the scene of the wedding of
Helen Elizabeth Vance, daughter
of Mr: and Mrs. W. Vance of
Coderich, to James A. Vanstone,
son of Mr. and'Mrs. Clifford Van-
stone of U.R, 44, Goderich on
Saturday, December 22nd at
two -thirty o'cl, 9 The officiat-
ing minister was Re.v E. Von
Reitz.
Given in marriage by her
'father, the bride wore a floor -
length bouffant gown .of mirror
inist over satin. The fitted bod-
ice featured a V neckline and
three -quarter -length sleeves A
juliet cap held her .elbow -length
veil of silk illusion and she car-
rie11da d fro s
wk.^.vx� r . ..�...t.,v r,,,n,k.
marl ' a's"se ta'"of�"Goaericli wear- previauSTy iiieict fit iier'u'nonort'-by hat Dorcas Bay wild flower
ing a street -length gown of gold t W. • A. Sheaffer Pen Com- , rea has been finally purchased.
Corn -
peau de sole with fitted bodice,, y employees and the ladies o Malcolm Kirk and the Fed -
?ration of Ontario Naturalists
• o grateful thanks, A very
,uitable Christmas present for
osterity. .
*,
The postmark is Kalimpong
n north east India, very close
o the scene of the Chinese.'in-
asion of November last. Kalim-
ong is on one of -the main wool
rade routes from Tibet and is
edged between the independ-
nt protectorates of Sikkim and
erves much the same idea: It
is Intimate cdntact of- ' years
• one by which gives a peculiar
terest to the Christmas. mes-
age. So let ns dip -into the
g and see what might be of
eneral interest at this time.
From very close to home,
rom Owen Sound and the Bruce
omes the news that two golden
agles were seen, while one was
ctually shot at Priceville. On
he subject of our old friend
he bald eagle at Point Douglas
here is no information and It
ooks as though one more 'nest -
ng place of this depleted
pecies had been vacated. How -
ver, one satisfactory achieve-
ent, 'for which the members
1 Society coif
asca e o e roseS. �rvuca ll il.
-�C=1;.�.,', • tom'.
s lues a
smart
it
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'v t
le p
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bateau neckline and full skirt. of the Goderich Baptist Church,
with
Art Elliott
Written on. •Christmas Eve,
this column concerns itself with
thoughts of some of The men
Who will be spending Christmas
-in the "great outdoors" for a
vari6ty of reasons, and some of
them by choice.
Your correspondent, having
come. so recently from Northern
Ontario and Quebec, it is natural
'that thoughts should turn with
the compass needle and direct
themselves to the lands of the
spruce and jackpine, where the
moose and the snowshoe rabbits
play.
The mind's , eye can see the
motley passengers of bush, air-
' craft landing on frozen .lakes' at
bases. in Northern ° Ontario and
Quebec, as exploration crews,
construction ~-'workers, camp
-clerks, .pulp cutters and trappers
make their annual Christmas
Pilgrimage to "home", whatever
that may mean to them.
Looking like the rag, tag and
bobtail of the world, these men
will tumble out of the ski -equip-
ped planes and stomp into the
nearby .village or town, pack -
sack laden and looking just a
little like Old St. Nick himself,
:except thatsome of the beards
will be jet black, and some fiery
red.
Set 'em Up!
The nearest taverns will re-
so'und-to the exuberance of these
rough men 'as they while away
an hour or so before their bus,
train or taxi is to carry them to
.their final destination. .4,T h e
single. ones will be louder and
more demanding, "setting them
up" indiscriminately,, as though
they had the riches of the world
at their disposal. The family men
will -
sit back a bit, smile toler-
antly and try to reckon how far
that Christmas• pay will go to-
ward making Noel a happy af-
fair. for "les petites chez nous."
Most of them will make i
home. Others, having no real
home, will make some hotel their
stamping ground until collected
for their sober return to the
bush and the old rqutine of
snow, cold and hard work.
However, back in the ca fps
dotted through the northland,
white smoke still curls up from
the. chimneys, mostly rusting
stove pipes; protruding from
cabins and tents, and it is •here,
in these isolated, drifted -in
campsites, that Christmas be-
comes a poignant event. For it
is here that the ghosts of Christ-
mases past rise as they can no-
where else. Now, on Christmas
Eve, in the unaccustomed quiet
broken only by tie hissing of the
gasoline lamp and the intermit-
tent crackling from the jack -
pine logs in the oil drum, stove,
memories fill the dark corners
with •a procession of yjvid pic-
tures, arising unsummoned from
bygone years.
In Contact ,
With a flick of a switch, the
ever-present battery radio, now
taking a place of honor on a
rough table or hanging from a
nail over a bunk ,will be furnish
ing a background of carols, ma-
jestic anthemns and children's
songs from ' the ends of the
earth.
Christmas seems to be trying
to burst its way into camp
through the tiny transistors.
Everywhere :on the dial, in a
dozen languages, the wordsof
cheer and good will resound
and rebound hollowly from' the
log walls.
Another flick of the ' switch
and silence will descend and
spread for hundreds of miles
through the crisp sub -zero night,
over mountainous rocks, snow -
laden spruce and tamarack for-
ests, broken only by the mown-
in of the incessant wind and
g
t the occasional wail of the timber
If you are a member of • Wateerloo
Cattle 'Breeding Association:you are
entitled 'to a voice in choosing the ,.
directors who'will guide as 1963 opera-
tions end to a full report of its 1962 year's
business,
of the best knOW11 characters
in Tibet and :the north "east,
frontier. , Macdonald ;is hale'
.,epcha, was British Trade Agent
in Tibet for 30; years .and- by
saving the- life of the lath' Dalai
Lama from the Chinese lloarles
in 1909 became• his life-long
friend and confidant. From his
home lVlacdonald looks over a
short 60 miles to the towering.
peak of Kinchenjunga, with a
wisp of cloud on its 28,000 foot
summit. He writes: "Depon
(general) Surkhang came to see
me,this morning. I told him I
was praying that God will re•
store peace in Tibet. He wrote
on a piece of paper: God will
punish. the Chinese." "Tashi
deleg," he concludes, "May you
enjoy long life, prosperity and
happiness!" Kalimpong... Sikkim
and mountain sides from 12,000
feet down clothed in rhododen-
dron trees of every hue, each
slope with its own particular
.shade of flower.
The stamp. shows .the flower
and tree called Baobab. It hails
from Natal whence Erskine of
the Guides . Cavalry retired to
grow oranges after a life of
soldiering on the North West
Frontier of India. For some
years he lived in a mud fort at
Miranshah in Wazir country and
there commanded the Tochi
Scouts, an irregular corps re-
cruited from Pathans who took
the first shock when the Fron-
tier blazed with . a Jehad (re-
ligious war) and often when it
just blazed. One day a Wazir
brought in, two small Himalayan
bears which he presented and
elves, a pagan, eerie sound
hat knows nothing of Christ -
as.
Peace on Earth
The lamplight fades. The
lack . night moves in to sur
ound the bunk and ,the' sleeping
ag and its occupait. An occa
ional red flicker from the mut-
ering and hissi g stove stabs
he dark to flit al lessly across
he tented ceiling.
A gentle snore tells us that
he nostalgic memories have
aded into limbo and peace has
ome at last. It's Christmas in
he bush. -
kine sends ah ad. which. ,gp-'
peered in the Lahore Civil 'and
Military Gazette (Kipling's old
paper) for the 17th November,
1923. It reads: Douglas and
Mary want a good home.' Very
affectionate and great pets.
Douglas. Black Waziri stallion
bear. 4 hands. Aged 7 months.
Mary. Black. Waziri She bear.
4 hands. Aged 7 months. Were
to have been taken home by
H.H. the Prince of Wales but
unfortunately missed the boat. -
Owners unable to keep as pro-
ceeding on Field Service. For
further particulars apply • to
Mess S•ecy. The Tochi Scouts,
Miranshah. N.W.F.P. "
Yes, I remember Douglas and
Mary very well. Perhaps I re-
member Zer Khan even better.
Erskine gave -him to me as ivy`
h; -i j • +o..nth ived-moi °or'der•,ly - ie,-•wo e— Ip i_
Distinguished Service —Medal
and the Belgian Medaille Mili-
taire, 1 was curious. Quite cas-
ually Erskine explained that in
an engagement he became de-
tached from his platoon. When
they found him he still knelt
unconcernedly at the top Of,• a
steep defile,' while below him
were the bandies of 20 of the
enemy for whom he had ac-
counted. Zer,Khan went to his
Nirvana some years ago, but
let us greet him over the years
with his .q ,n Pathan salute:
May you never be tired.
were rests of Mr. and Mfrs,
• Jim .Sin ,ktullot Township.,
Mr, :,and Mrs" Hold dantxe
and'family spent Christmas, with
Mr. and Mrs. Don Diehl, Godo
rich, and J3oxjng DAY- with, Mr.
• and' Mrs,' Anima ,Jantze : McKillop
Township' . *,
Mr. and,s., 'Ernest BrAWn
and Ruth Anne, - C tani '
and : Mrs. Stewart Schoenhais
and family,N Saskatoon; Mr , and
Mrs, `` Charles • Wilson and *Oily
were Christmas visitors of Mr,
and Mrs: Ray`" Cox. and .fancily. ,.
Mr.°,and Mrs, Jack Stirling and
Mark, ,,Toronte, were . Weekend
visitors .of Mrs. James Stirling.
''' Mr, and Mrs, Bill Cox and
family spent Tuesday with. Mr.
and Mrs, Bert'.inlay.
' Annual,`` Meeting
and 14o1cifg DRY �v!ith' Mrs. Reid:;
Torrance �d Ztiss,; ,jean lvisa'n,
Xinn n.
Faxing Day visitors with
and Mrs. Ernest Townshend in
eluded ` Mr. and, a Mrs, W. A.
Townshend and Blaine: Mr.
Mand
Mrs, J'. "tt Simmons and David;.
�
Mr►: i nd; Mrs Bill, Platellford,
Ernest and Joe, Atwood;11r, aid
Mrs, J3111 Morrison#. ,Bobby,, Bar-
bara, and Jim, London.
Misses norllis : an: Shirley
McCowan, were with their par
eats; Mr.. and Mr's, John Mc-
Cowan, oyer the holiday. •
Mr. and Mrs, George Mathers
and David visitjd Mr. and Mrs,
Fred Avey and fancily, London,
on Christmas. •
Christmas visitors with • Mr.
and Mrs. John. Torrance were
Mr. and Mrs, ' E. G. Williams,
G"oderich. / .
Mr. arid Mrs. John Watson;
Mr. and Mrs;. Bill Mcllwain, Don,
ald and Joyce; Mr, and `Mrs. Earl
Cox and Maxine spent 'Christ-
mas with Mrs. Will Cox.
Mr. and Mrs. Argyle Lockhart
and daughters spent Christmas
with Mrs. Ed Miller, Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Betties
and family celebrated Christmas
on Monday with Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Betties, and . on . Tuesday
fare still nv'aa1loble waaiting. ti
to ; grace your table
SHORTS ,,ti,.R�`EA
'A • Large Stock of Candy
PARTY COOKIES
1I vi r CAKE.
John McCowan waa chairman
when the ratepayers. of S.S. 5,
Goderieh, held, their manna
looting in the schoolhouse on
Wednesda y afternoon. Retir-
ing trustee, Thomas °Sowerby,
who had served, on the board for
ibe years, gave a resume of
they year's business, Argyle.
Lockhart was appointed to a
three-year terns,::' and William
Cox. to a one 'ear term, The
latter ' replaces William : Town-
shend who resigned 'after eight
years of service. Thomas Sower:
by was appointed auditor for
1963.
Mr, and Mrs,• P, l igelow. and
family of fort H9pe were Christ-
mas guests with Dr. and Mrs,
R. W, Hughes and Mrs. G. Atkey,
Wellington street,
`LEGION DRAW
The names of 57 members,
of Branch 109, Royal Canadian
Legion, were drawn n =We -
tion with the branch's, annual
Christmas draw. 'In charge of
the draw was Verne Smith,; as-
sisted by Tommy Rumford and
Sandy Welland; 'A total of some
1150 tickets ` on the draw was
sold. Prizes included turkeys,
geese, hams, etc.
the officers ' compound of the
fort. When not eating apricots,
drinking ginger beer of climb-
ing the pepper trees in the com-
pound, Douglas and Mary amus-
ed themselves with trials of
strength with the local dogs.
.Their sole outing was_.._.an oc-
casion when they were entered
in a gymkhana race and com-
peted over a . hundred yard
course with camels, bails (oxen),
sheep, goats and other pets. it
was about this time. that it be-
came apparent that they did not
know their own strength. Ers-
TUESDAY, JANUARY 8th .
at 8 p -m.
PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9th
at 8 p.m.
._ ,- „. '.
Guest Preacher: Rev: Michael M. Griffin
Stratford, Ontario
EVERYONE INVITED FREEWILL OFFERING
-•------GODER.IGH' MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
Sunday after Christmas, December 30th
8:30 a.m. Holy Communion.
10:00' a,m. Sunday School and Bible Class
11:00 a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon
(Junior Congregation and Nursery)
7:0i1 p.m. Evensong and Sermon
REV. CANON KENNETH E. TAYLOR, M.A., D.D.
•
"•Nin':-GeoraW3 ttegoiti-t'!ilifi if fid' 'Ct i lifiii
THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
10 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL.
7211.40 a.m. %orning •Worship
(Nursery and Junior Congregation)
SATURDAY, • DECEMBER 29
2:30 p.m.,
Commissioner W. W. Booth Will Officiate.
London Citadel Band Will Be In Attendance.
The REV. W. J. ten HOOPEN, B,A., B.D,
MR. L. H,, DOTTERER,
Organist and Choir Director
Knox'. Presbyterian Church
THE REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL,Z B.A., Minister
Miss Marion Moore, -Deaconess
Mr. Herman de Jong, Director of Praise
Sunday, December 30
10:00 .a.m., Sunday School
10:10 a.m. Minister's Bible Class (Church
11:00 a.m. Service of Divine Worship
Sermon: "Year's End" •
Nursery and Junior- Congregation.
-- Worship The Lord In The Beauty Of Holiness ---
Ener to^ Worship . Depart to Serve
OBITUARY
THOMAS JOSEPH CHISHOI.2.1.
A Iifelong resident of Col-
borne Township, Thomas Joseph
hisholm, 64, died suddenly at
lis farm home on Tuesday. Ile
was a , son..• of the date John and
ary Carney Chisholm.
Surviving are his wife, the
ormer Catherine Agnes Keane;
wo sons, Waiter J., Sault ate.
arie; Harry L., Colborne Town -
hip; five daughters, Mrs. Fergus
Kathleen) Melady, Belle River
rs. Lorne (Lillian) Rooney,
Hamilton; Mrs. Edwin (Maxine)
erchert, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs.
Thomas (Madeline) Koviak, Dun-
, M. Jack (Catherine)
� Engel, Detroit; two brothers,
Jack, Dungannon; Benjamin P..,
oderich; two sisters, Mrs. Wil -
red Smith, Colborne Township,
Mrs. .etlbert McGee; Ashfield
ownship, and 24 grandchildren.
Requiem high mass will be
ung ' on Friday morning at St.
I' eter's Roman Catholic Church.,
i nterment will be in Colborne
oman Catholic cemetery.,. The
Lodge'funeral home is in charge
f arrangements,
Starting 196 on the
right note, we think with
Bleep gratitude of our many
friends, and we cordially
wish you all a year full of
opportunity and achieve-
ment, bright with happiness
and health.
11:00 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship `'�'�•
"Redeeming the Time"
1:30 p.m. Benmiller, Church and Sunday School
3:00 p.m. Union, Church after Sunday School
REV, CECIL A. DUKELOW, Minister.
MRS. J. SNIDER, Organist.
RR CfGRE� January 2nd, 1963, 11 ayn.
own Hall
„ .. Paaisiey 7`
HL%RON- - January ..5th, 1963, 11
f.
<, a.rr.
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Dept, f° ►grl'culture Board Room, Clinton
WATERIOO,WEl4l G`txON4SElxTK
ny . as nuar v 9th, '1963, '10:15'
• Gymnasluit, .Seagram' Stadium, 114titloo
Vtsltor'#a I etcomo ,
where
Better'
Bulla,
Bears,.
Bucks
are used.
As we 'seek the formula
for future happiness,, let us.,
also °direct out efforts toward the
seater goal of world • ace: May
the New ear• b4ng „y tl every' „
ojportun:ty for fulfilhne t.
As we approach the end of another, year, we also approach the
end of our eighteenth year. of business hare. in Goderich. This
past year has been one'ofaeur',.mostsuccessful. and We ask you to
accept our ':rincer gratitude: for making it so: r;
1i1!!e .have'. trulyj .ernoye; the ,friendly *isolationswith all. Ou,r,
youall a,
via wish has
u ; rs neighbours nd'ft�le" >i. Ma I
c stouts r. ,, ae >rMd �' o happy
and' rewarding -NEW YEAR1i
.Lurch prevlded a at• all meetings..
GODER.ACH BAPTIST CHURCH
Montreal Street Near The Square
10:00 a.m. Sunday School for °all ages.
NEW YEAR'S SERVICES
• 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.
REV. E. VON KEITZ, B.A., Minister.
FREE WTI -10131ST CHUB, H
Corner Victoria snci Park Streets
teV. R. G..PI LFREY, B.A., B.D,, Pastor. Phone JA 4.9306
9:50 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL
11:00 a.m. "The New Year* With 'God"
7:00 par, "The Good Samaritan"
WED., .7:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study.
Bethel ,Pentecosta.l Tab►ernacle
Coiner of Eirtiit and Waterloo Sts:. •
ROBERT' `CLARK, 'Patter
10 a,m, Sunday chool Classes for all ages.
m
11:00 a,. Morning Worship >
7:30 p�.m. Evangelistic Srvice
Jan. 8 L Week of Prayer eService, Rev. Micheal M. Griffin,
guest speaker. .:
Fri, p.m. p.m Young .People's Service
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THE �L'VATIC�IV RSA .
,(Capt.• A. Bailey)
SUN. 10 a.m; SUNDAY $0100t.- • ,.
11:00 ae.in. Caleitel and Mrs..Nelson of London will con•
7`.00` p.m. ductthe sierrrlce's.
'11./ES‘ 8 P.M., PRAYER' MOOING,
WED..' 8 p m. rFlottAE L!AGUE
ALL ARE WELCOME