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The Ashfield �WMS � Holiday �ffice
This 'is the third time I've
started .this column. The 'other
two efforts are crumpled and '
rolled into balls which resit in MY.
wastepaper basket there at, ,...any
feet.
That's, n,ot at all like rne. Most
times l can ratpe.this column oft'
without a hitch....bttt this week.
I'm having to w.ork off . my.
hostilities about'Gathe modern-day
Christmas on t -we rough drafts
becausethough I've vowed not
to permit this Christmas column
to' b'ecorne morose and sullen,
r bitterness 'about rsociety''s
rejection of Christ at this. season -
keeps creeping into it.
I want to say something
profound in , this column,
too...something ctf....which peC.pie
will be reminded as they sit
around their 'Christmas trees ,
Saturday morning, but for the
life o1 me, everything .I think. of
to say has been repeated so
many._times it is beginning to,
sound ,Itrite. I guess I'il have to
admitf Iim no -great philosopher.,
wh.Q, ..:+an. ,. spout ' ea. t.h sOlaking,
phrases whenever the spirit
moves him to do so.
Other C. h r i st mases$
Goderich, I've written about my
mother-in-law and my children's
grandmother. In the last year, or
so, a few more •Goderich people
have met this wonderful .woman
arid'—learned.' 'khat*what I - . say
about her is . not - just the
babbling of a,fool. -
I've 'been too busy this y'€ar
to keep track of Grandma's
Christmas plans...although I'.m
positive she'll, have some fine
surprises. up her sleeve -for the
whole family. "
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'tier' 'today' advising usthat
Christmas dinner for the whole
clan (puff,puff) will be served at
12 sharp on Boxing. Day,
S-trnday, at the Dashwood
Community Centre.
You know, Dashwood is a
a
story in itself tChristmas. That
town dies at 6 pm Christmas Eve
and doesn't really .awaken again
until Boxing Day has, well
' passed. In that little village,
people know how to celebrate
- Christmas....as far as my thing°
goes, of rourse...,and families
seemed to retreat into each
otheer. at, £-h-ristrnas the - -way
chocolate spreads through the
cake. • .. ; _^
Dashwood "people are, forwthe
most. emirs;. -of German descent- A
good number 9f these people are
Lutheran. others -belong to the
United. Church after the
Evangelical United . •isethern
joined with the body, 'and a _
small percentage .are Roman
Catholic. Any way you cut it,
though, these folk celebrate .
Christmas at church. ... usually on
Christmas .Eve, Christmas Day
and in the case of this year, on
Boxing Day as well. That's -just
the way it is.
And .the churches are
'' gorgeous 'for Christmas. In the
Lutheran church, for instance,
The `tree is always from floor to
ceiling....and man, that's tall.
The decorations have been
handmade by the Lutheran
Women's Missionary
League....white Christian,,
symbols decorated with gold '
sequins and beads.
W.iiit �, to
With Shirley
the entire family boasts a,,family
of their own. - Grandma's,
grandchildren range in age from
2f years to two months but the..
greatest majority of them are
between the ages of infancy and
eight nbaking .family
get-togethers noisy and full of
problems. '4^
You don't have' to be told
how ib'- works. ''racy is • just
learning to walk and every time
she stands up to take a couple of
_steps,, she gets pushed' down by
Scotts who is Having a game •of
touchy rugby with Warren. If
Jeff wakes up and cries to be fed
it touches off a chcsir of wailing
with Tammy as the soprano and • •
Mindy as alto to embellish the
squeals of Karen- and Ross .and
Kathy and Jimmy, and Sherry
and Sandy.
And, the kitchen. The. kitchen ---
's a disaster area.iWith a doyen
women all' ,working over theme
same hot stove, each with a
different idea how. the gravy
•should•, bei - seasoned. and where
the. pti:tat.Qes,G,shoUld.
you are inviting trduble.
There's always two or three
Qf the children missing. They'w
either gone outside,.without their
coats on and are 'up to ,..their.
knees in water or they are
quietly, removing the contents
from Auntie's purse down under
the coat rack".
i' rere's the. ,eh-Ud•-who insists
upon tasting everything•'•on the
table before anyone gets seated.
That'salways the child • who: is •
never . hungry when dinner -is
served!
-Then there's the' problem that
corn•es up when one youngster
opens a .Christmas gift a
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' There are White poinsettias
on the altar and.red ones scatter
'here and there. And there's the ,
Advent WreatFwith its lighted
candles proclaiming that the
long wait for the Christ ,has
And the music. Everyone°
sings with gusto- at Christmas.
All the. pews4are filled. Whole
families worship'together.
And after _church 1We-re's the
fai-nily, again, together for the
'day, all having worshipped the
„ newborn King and now ready to
enjoy some of the secular
pleasures of Christmas. '
For the last few yearg
family Christmas dinner has
been served at • the Dashwood
Cominunity Centre. it is the
way we•can cope. ,
I remeMber when we didn't
rent a hall. Everyborly• went to
Grandma's houkse in a happy'
jrnood and left 'totally exhausted
getting caught , on the 401.
between Young and Bayview at
rush hour.
.have wives and husbands
now....and this year eyeryone in
Woman
J. Keller.
heart of pure, gold, t'm surety, and
is well loved by all •v% ho know
her. She's the little lady , you
will remember, who washes and
irons piles and piles of used
clotnes every year ,tor nussions.
She packs thein and then Sends,.
them off to the various mission
fields to be worn and enjoyed by
people who may not4bave such
abundance as we do.
If you have meant to send
Miss Blanchard a little something
to help her , along with her
.mission -work, there is still time
this Christmas,
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" By the way, don't throw
away your Christmas wrappings
or your Christmas cards this •
Christmas. Take some time','
you will, to fold up the
wrappings neatly and pack them
- into a bag or a box. Deliver it to •
Ed Stiles' home and he will take
it .to ,Jim RuddQc k of Colborne
Township who will use the paper
to wrap- the Yule logs he makes
The. cards ear; be ta,keri...to tune.
Children's Aid Society ' >.
' That- group will use. the, cards
next year to decorate the dozens
and dozens of Christmas parcels
whey wrap for needy families.
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Before I close off for this
week, I want to, wish each one of
you a very, merry- and blessed
-Christmas; TCre. da.y is short -but
the season needn't be.. 1 really.
think you can carry Christmas in
your heart every day of the year
if yo,u'try.. • "
If I could give a gift to. each
of you, it would be faith for the
new • year, These are 'difficult—
times inwhich we live, Sure, you
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only to have it broken when it is and nice children and a home
accidentalty stepped upon by and a car and a snowmobile and .
unsuspecting (i ousin Rob. maybe even ' a., color TV. But
But that's the kind of family. these are only the monetary ,....
memories which stick in one's frills—which •really don't count
head as the better ones. . for much when -you get down to
Somehtw, it .is the simple little basics. It takes real and abiding
pleasures....even those things faith t,cz.„live with peace of mind .
which aren't always the most 'these days.
pleasant moment's at the And may I make a bold
time....whi.ch give the greatest suggestion. 1f you -think your
-amount of satisfaction tc$ look Christmas 'will be a little dull —
back at. not quite the way` you remember •
• * * the. Christmas of your childhood
ours
The W,omens MissionaryMrs."Ray Gibson was"a visitor
Society of Ashfieki,Presbyterian in -.the community and has The offices of the Goderich Signal -Star will be •
Colin James. , -r,closed from 5, p.m. on Thursday, December 23,
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�" •• 'until ,9' a.m. on Tuesday, December 28, for the 114
' `Christmas holidays. . . ' •
Church held their Chtistnras rented her farm to Mr. and Mrs.
meeting ono Thursday at the
home of Mrs.• Jean West. Mrs.
Ewan MacLean ?resident had
charge of the'meeting. •-
Thursday morning saw the
Lochalsh Community very much -
astir due to the • bus -transport
accident on Highway 86 in front.
' czt the Wallington 1 ster farm.
-*lordcrt iRob r driver --of he=bus'-'
with nine children ori board
made a lett turn to enter the
MacDonald side road when a
transport truck loaded with 20
tons of steel also proceeding ,
west hit the bus turning it over
in the ditch on the South side of
tours and Carriage tours will
.originate from the Museum
entrance. except for .Saturdays
and Sundays through January 2.
1972 ( plus rl'hanksgivirtg._ and,,
Christmas holiday perjods).
Walking tours will be scheduled the road, and the truck landing
daily•at 10:00. 12:00, 1:30 and vin the ditch on the North side of
3:30 p.m. the highway. Only the quick
A special adaptation of the thinking and good handling Of
charming fairy tare, Rangel and , the truck, averted a tt•'adgedy.
(3retel, is designed to appeal to Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Luther
the entire family, It will be spent the past week . in
presented in the "Museum itidgetuwn�visiting relatives.
Theater, every day -at 2:30 p.m.' Mrs. Doer, Wylds who has been
with special e v e n l n. ;: in hospital in London was slated
performances at 7 30 I9.rn. from to • be moved to - Wingham
December 26 through 31. There hospital.
will be no' ( t'orn,ances on _:. The .Annual Christmas—rtee
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Christmas 1' '. Yari'.tn as Day oi-: `and Concert was held E'ridav
New Years 1)4y. Admission is • evening, • aL., the Presbyterian'
$2.00 for adults and $1 for
(:hunch. All children took part
children 6 through 11. , and received treats from Santa.,
A rattle for!!foraggliortorAr:At :OW :40" .tig" gg :WI:.
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a rattles'
Soon it will c+
hristinas Eve.,
morning and. open.my stocking.
Empty•it then eat all the candy.'
We have to waittill everybody is
up, ~then we open all the
presents. One -Christmas my
sister ,Susan got a rattle because
she always kept rattling .her
presents. Christmas is a`' good
time of the always happy,
Diana, Freeman,
(a rad ,,6,
I-lolmesville School
...
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Christmas means presents to
me.
Clark Williams
' Grade .5
Holmesville School
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This year. as last •.‘Pear, we're, ±- why not,plan a little excursion
going to be spending Christmas to Greenfield Village in. Detroit.
children tell rice that because a Listen this!
Grandma will be serving the - "Nostalgic scents of SpicY
traditional turkey . :dinaer on baking, pungent cedar garlands. . -
Sunday, they would prefer ' bayberry candles and hickory
something -- different on logs blazing on the 'hearth are, ,
Satprday. only a small part' of Christmas. '
That's causing a - bit or :past as re-created in ace historic
consternation. In the first place, homes in Greenfield Village.
no -one, pan decide what to have t'Horse-drawn carriages and
, that would be fitting' to sleighs cut through snow-drifted-
C,hristmas. Number One son's streets carrying hOliday visitors
suggestion -of fish and chips thrTugh Ackley covered bridge, •
soundS a little far fetehed for to Noah Webster's' home where ,
Christmas dining. he compiled t,he first American•
BLit it wOuldn't be the first • Dictionary, then jangle down the •
.-time that the Keller ChriStmas' block to Stephen Foster's home
,Day dinnesegerru varied far from to listen to his delightful musk'.
the norm; I gen remember one then off to the stately Town
Christnias when' my husband was Hall for hot cider aaci Chritmas
sick in bed. ,He was too ill to do cookies and a warm fire" All --
much else but drink clear te. or - along the way, homes and.shops
a bit of broth. That year,' as I may n.,,e seeri decorateein the
recall. the children and I agreed historic manner of their original
that we would hold off our
Christmas dinner until daddy ..r Horse carriage ' tours of
was feeling' better..To appease Greenfield Village are available
,the children, I told them I would daily Monday through Sunday.
prepare any*itg they wanted :(When ' adequate snow is
fordinner that day and that was ayadable, sleighs will be used in
the Christmas I served pizza — place of carriages). They will
cheese and salomi! ' . operate op a demand .basis A,
There was another Christmas , o.m., leaving frorn _the Museum
when our -eldest son. had the
..cilidea-pox— 4-1e4tas-n't —able to
Gatehouse area on Saturdays
be out of the house. of eourse,
and Sundays..
so he and I stayed at home ,
Visitors can get snackg or
together while 'the rest of the
cafeteria , style lunches in the
family went to Grandma's
charming Garden Robm of
house. That day I let my
Henry Ford Museurn from 9:00 '-
quarantined son plan the'inenu
4:00 Monday through Saturday:
and he suggested Opening a can
of chicken and serving it, with
The Village Clinton Inn will be
- corn nibletS, He ate like 'a
open for scheduled groups only
trooper .but somehow, t at
eacept, for Holiday period's. ,
Christmas dinner stuck in my
The Coffee • Shop and
throat, just a bit. Museum stand may ,be, used by
, special arrangements..
Usually at Christma:s lime, '
there are_ Some' stories abont The Museum hcaTrs through
Special' gifts arriving Which are Winter are 9:00 a.m. — 5:00 '
totally unexpected but fully p.m. daily; 9:00" a.m. .— 6:00
deserved. This year the Most p.m. Saturday arid Sunday. Last 4
heartwarming word I've received ticket sold 1 hour before closing.
concerns the •verY wonderful . Village hours through Winter
Miss Lilly Biandhard. — 9:00 a.m. — 5 p.m. Last ticket
1 have had notification ftdin sold 11/2 hours before closiTig.
Santa Claus that Miss Blanchard Adthission to the Village a
will receive • a most useful . Museum is $2,00 for adults,
A Christmas gift this Year. Without • $1.00 for children six through
divulging what the gift is, I can ., fourteen for,, each attraction.
• &Lilly Blanchard is a kind of The Village Gatehouse Will
ken& in Goderich. She's Of, a close • and all Village. walking
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"Be sure tis visit tile fresh nowt'. department. We
have a good variety of Christmas plants for your.
choice, fpaturitig such items. as Poinsettias, Chrysanthe-
mums, Ailleas, Cyclamen, Hyacinths, mixed pans and
many .others, inclUding a good seleelifn of tut
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