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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1937-12-23, Page 4PAGE 4 THE CLINTON NEWS-ItECORIF ''IIIURS., DEC. 23, 1937. 411 You'll Enjoy Your Last Minute Christmas.• Shoppin At This Store STOCKS ARE LARGE` AND WELL ASSORTED. WE WISH YOU AI,L A MERRY 'CIHRISTMAS AND ti HAPPY NEW YEAR. YAG A. T. COOPER. q PG : PHONES.:36w Main Floor, 36j Second Floor • erivorimaivolvmmicivaiwoftvw. °l'Sl. I Christrnas Goods Are Now on Display P Y THERE IS. SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL ASSORTMENT.. . AND OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST. WE WILL BE PLEASED TO SHOW YOU. W. S.B. HOIMES PHM. H. z at-ez t CLINTON, ONT �� �PyH�ONE 51 � � +�' 1' WW2 -WO c7►�Jc�SJc�Jc7►�.Jc�liJc�.tiJc-ati'JcA�Jc tt o, • Christmas. Gifts: For Men. FORSYTH SHIRTS—In all shades and patterns, stylish, comfort-- able, omfort=able, durable, unshrinkable and color -fast. AN EXCELLENT GIFT. FORSYTH PYJAMAS—Father, Son, husband or Brother would surely be delighted. A. wide variety of patterns, cosy, comfortable and, of course, unshrinkable. DRESSING GOWNS, SOCKS, GLOVES, TIES, SWEATERS, SCARVES AND HOUSE COATS. DAVIS & HERMAN CLEANING PRESSING AND REPAIRING Ess clatenststsenzt terrx?Lme ztascicieee rem e.tvinwsiexteitivvtt[KicVe+tte4f+ebSee Clinton Lumber Company COMPLETE LINE OF CEDAR, PINE, HEMLOCK AND SPRUCE LUMBER, SASH AND DOORS. SHINGLES—(CEDAR AND ASPHALT). ,.,... BUILDERS HARDWARE OF ALL KINDS. WOOD (Soft Slabs at $1.50 to $L75. lI Bush Wood at $2.75 to $3.50. 1Hard Slabs at $2.25 to $2.75. QUOTATIONS ON ALL CONTRACT WORK. Bert. Huller, •Mgr. Phone: Offlde 319w—House 319j. Clinton, Ontario. 1 1 . pi e:Yt-2r9t9r9rpat•StrDtm78 civtaiiinsairr n rafaasen;ai aessisr�nrr rruarson Jar alas COURSES FOR GIRLS START IN JANUARY IN RURAL CENTRES 'Young women to receive. training :under Dominion -Provincial project - Courses also scheduled for February and March, "Miss. Bess McDermand :announces. Over 100 rural young women in six .=Ontario counties will receive four week's training next month under the Dominion -Provincial training project, :Miss Bess McDermand, Superinten- dent of the Women's Institute Branch, 'Ont. Dept. of Agriculture, stated to- 4day.' Courses are scheduled for sev- ren counties in. February and fourteen in March, Miss MeDermand said. Wo- men's organizations all over Ontario rare Most enthusiastic about the, cour- ses and are lending hearty support she declared. Thecourses are plan- ned so that thegirls will be able to ,earn' their own living in a rural en- :vironment, Four courses are available. They are catering for tourists; marketing of" home baked foods; simple dress- making and remodelling and rug making. Dressmaking projects are now under way at Warworth and; +Nyebr•idge and are proving most suc-. .cessfdl, officials state. Canrses in January are scheduled !'for Newton Robinson in South Sim coe; Owen Sound, Grey County; Kin burn, Carleton county; Winchester, Dundas county. At all these places students will be taught how to cater for tourists. At Lansdowns and Har-_ Liston, the girls will take up simple dressmaking and remodelling. During February, courses are plan- ned for counties of Bruce, Glengarry, Kenora, Manitoulin, Peterboro, Pres- cott and. Kent. March courses will be held in Hu- ron, Welland, Northumberland, Vic- toria, Renfrew, Lanark, York, Went- worth, Kenora, Rainy River, Middle- sex, Hastings, Durham, Lennox and Addington. The course on catering for tourists will include preparation of breakfast; refreshments and box lunches, table setting and serving; fundamentals of hospitality and etiquette; , require- ments and care of the guest bed, room; booth displays and simple ad- vertising. The course in marketing' of home baked foods will include instruction and practice in making rolls,, pies, cakes, cookies, etc.; practice in judg- ing baked products; organization of a home marketand problems in selling. Girls taking up the dressmaking course will be taught how to make women's and children's dresses and given information on dress designs and textiles.' i.1,, Hints On Buying And Pre- paring the Christmas Turkey. •Thb most, auspicious day of the FM year -Christmas ns almost here. F such a festal 'occasion the principal item on the menu is poultry, usually turkey..The turkey is the king of birds in the poultry world, A Cana- dian turkey, when stuffed with sage and onion' dressing, roasted to a rich brown provies'as noble and engaging a decoration on the dining table at Christmas time as could be desired or imagined. There has been in recent years a t improvement Brea in Canada in the methods of marketing;; poultry. Far- mers, in community•groups, in order, to get the best prices, now not only better finish and dress but properly grade and attractively pack their birds, six or• eight to a box, accord- ing to quality and weight, The house- wife would he well advised when go- ing to •bu • Christmas the C zistmas turlteY or other poultry to ask for a bird that has been graded according to 'Gov- ernment overnment standards and which has been. tagged according1to grade. There are three principal grades, A, B, and C. Grade "A,", indicated by .a. .red tag, denotes the highest quality of bird, well fatted and well fleshed, clean plucked; free from deformities, bruises and discoloration, scol anon, hih1 g Y at- tractive in appearance, with the breast, back, hips, and pin bones well covered with fat, Grade "B", indi- catedb a .blue 'tag, is a reasonably g', well fleshed bird, but is not so at- tractiv e in appearance or finish as Grade "A". Grade "C", marked with a yellow tag, is a lower grade bird. The grade, identified by the tee, is the indicator of quality. Grading takes the guesswork out of buying. A buyer has only to ask for the grade to be certain of getting the quality of bird desired. Where poultry is of- fered for sale on governinent•grades the grading must conform to the stan- dards required by the Dominion De- partment of Agriculture for dressed poultry. The grading is done by quali- fied employees of producers' organ- izations, wholesalers ' or distributors of dressed poultry, and is Subject to Government inspection. After the graded bird has been bought, the next important considera- tion is its preparation for the festal meal. Roasting is practically the on- ly way in which turkey is served in the usual household and it is far the best. The preparation of roast tur- key does, not differ materially from the method for the preparation of roast chicken. When the turkey is drawn and cleaned, rub salt and pep- per on the inside. of the cavity, then stuff with dressing, and here is a re- commended recipe for sage and on- ion dressing, one that Charles Dickens favouredn and still is popular as ever in England: - 2 cups soft bread crumbs 2 cracker cu s p crumbs Half cup melted butter leas cups "scalded milk 2 eggs slightly beaten 3 onions (medium), finely chopped 2 teaspoons powdered sage or poul- tryseasoning,• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire Sauce 1 teaspoon a e con s It 1 1 teaspoon pepper Eighth teaspoon celery salt Melt the butter in the hot milk, add the egg slightly beaten, pour over the bread crumbs. Add the onions and other seasonings. Mix lightly with fork. Then fill the cavity with this dressing and also the cavity un- der the skin of the neck, where the crop was, removed, When complet- ed sew up the openin being sure to draw 'the skin over th' neck and tie it. Truss the turkey by forcing the tip of each wing back of the first wing joint triangular shape and tie both ends of the legs' to the tail, When thus made ready, place the tur- key in the roasting pan so that the back rests on the pan and the legs are on top. Dredge with flour, sprinkle salt and pepper, and place.. in a' hot oven. When the surface of the bird is well browned reduce the heat and baste every 15 minutes un- til the turkey is cooked. This will. usually require about 3 hours, de- pending, of course, on the size of the bird. For basting, melt 4 tablespoons of butter or bacon fat in a half cup of boiling water. Pour this into the roasting pan. Add water when this evaporates so as to keep a sufficient. amount for basting. Turn the bird sev-- oral times during the roasting, so that the sides and back, as well as the breast, will be browned. When it can be easily pierced with a fork, re move it from the roasting pan, cut the strings and pull them out, and when garnished, is ready to serve. To make gravy, pour off some of the fat from the roasting pan, if it is considered there is an excessive a- mount, sprinkle the fat that remains with dry flour, one tablespoon to each cup of liquid that is to be used, which may be milk, ,cream or water, or any mixture of the three. Stir the flour into the hot fat. Heat the liq- uid and add this hot liquid to the fat and flour in the roasting pan. Stir rapidly so that no lumps will form. and if necessary, season with, more' salt and pepper to suit the taste. Very often the giblets, that is the liver, heart and gizzard are used in making gravy. In England,giblet gravy seems to belong to Christmas a:, surely as. Santa Claus. ' They make it by thickening the fat in the bottom of the roasting pan with a flour. and water paste,. the proportion being, one tablespoon of flour to three of fat. HAYFIELD JOHN C. REID The death tooklac suddenly p e ud my on Thursday, December 16th, at his home in Dashwood of John C. Reid, eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Reid, prominent pioneers of the Bayfield Road, Stanley Township. The late Mr. Reid was born in Stan- ley Township, on November 5th, 1867, and lived in this neighbourhood until about eighteen years ago when he sold his farm and moved to Dash- wood to take over a general store.. While in this district he was quite widely known, being a cattle buyer. He also conducted a bean business and grist Mill ill Dashwood. He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church and after moving to Dash- wood he because affiliated with the Evangelical` Church. He was:. a keen, business man and in politics a`stamich Tory. In September 1907 he was married to Miss Edna Holtz of Blake who; with two children, Laura May, (Mrs, Gordon Elliott„ Thedfor•d, and Phyllis at home, survive. He is also'. survived by one brother, Robert, on the homestead in Stanley Township, and five sisters, Rachel (Mrs: Web- ster) Lucknow, Elizabeth, Toronto, Sadie (Mrs.. E. Merner) Stanley town ship, and Margaret and Lucinda in Bayfield. His eldest sister, Jane; predeceased him exactly four weeks ag o. Although he had been in ill - health ffr same time, having under- gone a`'serious operation about eight years ago from which he never fully recovered, he was able to attend to his business and hie sudden death . came as a great shock to his family. He will be greatly missed not only by his own family but by a large cit. Ile of friends. The funeral, which was private, took place from his late home in Dashwood' on Saturday after noon. The service was conducted by Rev. Ronne', pastor of the Evangeli- cal Church, and Mr. Harry Hoffman sang • "The City Four Square." In- terment was 'made in Exeter Cense- ter•Y• Mrs. H. Thomas of Grand Bend is visiting Miss Cecil McLeod until af- ter Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Smith of Inger- soll spent the week -end with the let- ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Higgins. Mrs. Higgins, who had been visiting with them in Ingersoll re- turned home. re- ,. turned Mrs. Wm. Ferguson spent the week -end with her daughter, Miss Margaret Ferguson, in Windsor. Mrs, • Percy Dyment of Detroit spent a few days last week with her mother, Mrs. J. W. Tippet. Mrs. W. F. Metcalf left on Wed- nesday to spend Christmas with her daughter, Miss. Jessie Metcalf, in Detroit. The Public School Concert given in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening was a creditable performance and displayed to advantage the efforts of the teachers, music supervisor and the pupils themselves. In many cases a great deal` ofhumor was added by their disarming unconscious- ness of their position on the stage before an audience. Rev. W. G. Bug- ler acted as chairman and after a few words of welcome, the curtain was opened and Billie Elliott recited a verse of welcome followed by a school.ho e Welcome Song by t The next number was Stunts by the boys, a small and very agile clown, Billie Elliott, adding to the excellent gymnastic performance. Gloria Westlake and Jean Sturgeon gave recitations. Five children of the Jun- ior room, Irvin Pease, Arnold Ma- kins, Wilfred Castle, Annabel Leitch and Evelyn. Osmond, presented the play, "Christmas Surprises." Enid Dyer and Glenn Brandon: recited short poems. Five girls from the Junior Room, Aileen Castle, Marion Atkin- son, Beverley York, Annabel Leitch and Jacqueline Parker, daintily dres- sed in rainbow colors sang `The Quint Song". June Brandon and Vera Pease gave the amusing dialogue "Mrs. Pennington's Call" Next Eli" - lowed three carols by the School,'El- sie Leitch; Vera Pease, Dawna Thorns and Pat Atkinson delighted the audi- ence with the dance, "The Sailor's Hornpipe," Garfield Westlake was then called to the platform and Mr. John Howard presented him with the prize, a five dollar bill, which he had offered last January to the pupil in the Junior Room for the best atter dance and conduct during the year. Garfield had a perfect record. ' He never missed a day•at school. After explaining to the audience his motive for offering the prize, Mr. Howard said that he would repeat the prize for the Junior Room next year if the Board of Trustees would give a simil- ar prize for the Senior Room. Be fore the program was brought to a close, Mr. Bugler announced that the Board of Trustees had decided to Ac- cept. Mr. Howard's offer. Wilfred Castle gave a recitation and the play "Deaf as a Post" was presented by Opal Dyer, Lloyd .Pease, Marilyn Maxwell. While they were preparing for the Operetta, "Santa's White Whiskers", Doris McEwen "gave pi- anoforte selections., The Operetta Was something which had not been attempted in the school before and under the direotioir of the Music Sup - The paste is blended with the fat and the cooked -giblets, which are cut in fine bits. When the mixture 'begins to brown, stir in one cup of whole milk for each twotablespoons of flour. Simmer it gently and it will cook up thick and smooth. Season it with salt and •pepper„ and Dickens loved' a cup, of 'currant, sjellyadded. ervisor, Jr. Harold Scotclinier, much vocal talent ryas exhibited. The syn., opsis of the play which follows was read first by Juen Brandon; It is Christmas Eve in Toytewn, and San- ta Claus is getting ready to go to earth with his pack of toys. But Mary's little lamb upset a table with a lighted candle, the sparks burn oft Santa's wonderful white whiskers, so those of his own household do not recognize him, and call the Toytown Soldiers to put him; in jail. Without i to he does not dare to go his wh sl xs o s a e to earth, for no one would believe him Santa, and he would be taken for a thief if he tried to enter houses. As punishment Santa forbids Mary to go to the Christmas Party, and orders. her pet lamb made into lamb stew on suggests Christmas. The Jester that the Wigmaker make Santa false white whiskers, : and Santa sends the Fair- ies , and Brownies to search Toytown for white hair, offering-, as reward three wishes to the person who finds enough to make a beard. There is no white hair in Toytown, and Santa is just about to issue a proclamation that there will be no Christmas, when Mary and the Wigmaker rush in with, wonderful white whiskers made from the lamb's wool. So Santa can go to earth, Mary gets the three wishes, and goes to the Christmas party with the Jester and Wigmaker, while the lamb is forgiven and has special • Christmas gifts from Santa. The cast of characters were as follows:. Lord High Chamberlain, Bernard Bugler; Dame Goody, Elsie Leitch; Court Jester, Helen' Sturgeon; Mary, , Dawna Thorns; Santa Claus, Jim Dewar; Toytown Soldiers under the captaincy of Mack McLeod, Bill John- ston, Lloyd Pease, John . Pearson, Keith Brandon, Stewart Atkinson; six Brownies,, Garfield Westlake, Irvin Pease, Wilfred Castle, George Bell, Arnold Makin% Glen Brandon: six Fairies, Phyllis Lindsay, Audrey Sturgeon, Beverley" York, Jacqueline Parker, Evelyn Osmond, Annabel Leitch; Dolls, Marion Atkinson, Ail- een Castle, Annabel Leitch, Beverley York, Jacqueline Parker, Audrey Sturgeon. Wigmaker, Eugene Castle; Twelfth Night Bakers, Chef, Marion Castle, Beryl Castle, Doris Osmond, Doris McEwen. The pupils, music supervisor and teachers wish to thank each person who so gladly loaned supplies for the concert. To those who' assisted in preparing the costumes, .thanks is also given heartily. May the readers of the Bayfield column have a Very Happy Christ- mas. LONDESBORO The following list is the slate of officers for 1938 of the Y.P.U. of Londesboro United Church — Presi- dent, Grant, Snell; Vice -President, Beth Shobbrook; Secretary, Elva Snell;; Treasurer,,Belle Nott; Pianists, Mrs. J. Scott, Mrs. J. Armstrong, Eil- een Knox Beth Shobbrook and Dor- othy othy Griffiths; Missionary Commit- tee, Pearl Griffith, Eileen Knox; Christian Endeavor Committee, Lorne Hunking, Eddie Hunking; Citizenship Committee, Marion Stewart, Lloyd Carter; Lit. and Rec. Committee, Thelma Scott, Beth Gooier; Social Committee, Mr. Gardiner, Henry. Hun - king, Mary Houston and Elda Wat- son; Fruit and Flower Committee, Beth Shobbrook and Eileen Knox. VARNA Mr. and Mrs. Jas. M. Reid and family of Clinton spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd 'Keys and family. Ti UCKERSMITH A fine Christmas program was giv- en at S. S. No. 0 on Tuesday.ovening, with Mr. Russel Coleman occupying the chair. The program consisted of choruses, carols, dialogues, recitations drills, piano solo and duet, and a con- tralto solo "A Journey to Christmas Land" which was exceptionally well given. The history of the school sec- tion ivas given by. Miss Ildna Ja:riie- son and proved of Brest interest to the adult audience. Much credit is due to Miss Jamieson and Miss Greene music supervisor, for their untiring efforts in preparing anenjoyable program. ` At the conclusion Santa arrived in his usual jovial mariner and assisted by the children, unload- ed the splendid Christmas tree. JOY IN .MUSIC STUDY High school music teachers, through their ability to educate their pupils to good music, were seen by Mr. B. K. Sandwell, at the convention of the Ontario Music Teachers' Association recently, as one of the most impor- tanteducational factors in. the Pro- vince today. "The community is ex- posed xposed to vulgar, .demoralizing, over- emotional music, just as, the previous generation was exposed to bad read- ing matter, and only by education in good music can bad music be ousted," he said. Prof. J. D. Ketchum of the University of Toronto, said that a more pleasurable study of . music should be fostered, because many mu- sic pupils, after years of teaching, never wish to touch a piano key- board again. Thusthe position' of a musical supervisor in schools today is not an easy one, for a lot depends on the way he presents • thissubject to lois pupils. A. foundation of good music is necessary for a musical edu- cation; and 'only 'good music has a place in the educational system.—Lis- towel Banner. a• Dickens Christmas Meal Makes All, Mouths Water A Christmas :family ,:pasty. We know nothing in nature more delight- Cul.t r w ore Charles s Dickens to whom the very name of Christmas was a magic itself. He was saturated with the e Yule ' spirit; Yuletide noir; Chrrstinas was his hobby—Christmas and food, When he puts the two together, as he did in some two dozen stories, he makes the blood glow and the eyes s iislen. And how the mouth waters ,when Dickens eters talks.abo dinner. Once. He loved to plunge a "carving knife" inthe breast of a goose and see the "long expected gush of stuffing issue forth." He loved to ladle- froma steaming tureen the "clear, }ich broth in which there are gleaming grains of barley and thin rings of onion and a hint of spice" or tobear in "a gigantic pudding with a sprig of holly in the ton." He was aseag- er as a housewife or, as Santa Claus himself, to provide his characters with the comfort of food and drink, which his kindly 'wisdom knew to be necessary with the children of men. ADVERTISED FROM THE START Fifty years ago, Henry Charles Lytton established The Hub, men's clothing store, on State Street in, Chi- cago. Today, after a half -century of continuous business through. good g years and bad, the firm of Henry C. Lytton and Sons has grown to four large establishment's. s, Back of the golden anniversary sales activity is a story of Henry Lytton, now 91, oldest living merchant on State Street and active head of the firm, and a life-long believer in constant newspaper, advertising. Out of $12,000 he had saved to start his Chicago store, he spent $3,500 in newspaper advertising before he open- ed the. doors. Re has continued to use newspaper advertising liberally ever since. • He has always been a be- liever ' in frank copy even going so far as to tell the public in his ads that there was doubt about truth of a manufacturer's guarantees. In fact advertising has been Mr. Lytton's pet subject. In an interview several years ago when he returned to active manage- ment anagement of his business Mr. Lytton said: "I tell my advertising boys that I know more about advertising than they do. They're young fellows and they just laugh quietly and say noth- ing, not wanting to offend the boss perhaps. They don't know that I planned and wrote all my own ad- vertisements for 25 years" —St. Thomas Times -Journal. No. 8 McKillop School Grounds Sold Mr. Peter Ecltart has purchased the old No. 8 school grounds which ad- joins his farm, which was donated by the Canada Company in 1864 on which "vas erected the log school house in the virgin forest, and' where all the pioneer boys and girls reeeiv- ed their education. The first teacher was Pat Sullivan; the second was Charles Spotter, rfollowed by Pat , Cantelon; then David Kennie, John a lap who ar aret M Rossand Miss M Ros. g Y closed the old school when they new school was built where it now stands, one 1haif mile north of the old site, and was opened by the latter teach- er. The old site was owned by the late Phillip Enright and to close the estate had to be sold. THE SNOW BLOCKADE Every once in a while something turns up, that makes mankind, with all his boasted ingenuity, his cock sureness and his boastfulness, fold up and take a seat. And a back seat at that. And that something is generally the weather roan. He turned up in this district last week. And turned up hi a most unusual maturer, as well as for an altogether uncalled for man- ner too. We had almost forgotten that he could do it. But he can. Ands do it just as thoroughly as he ever did in pioneer, or any other days. We wouldn't mind the weather man. so much, we are rather accustomed to him. It was what he brought with him this. time. It was snow. Snow the like of which the oldest inhabitant has not remembered at this bine of year. It covered the houses and barns, the fields, the roads and the highways. it did more than that. It .stopped, the traffic dead. Much of it on the side of the road. And it pretty near- ly stopped business too. The autonsopiles, the busses and trucks were helpless in. it, and the county and provincial snowplows were just about as helpless. The railroad were the only things that, ran, Good old railroads! What could we do without them in a pinch? Not Much. We had almost forgotten that. But we know it now. The highways and some • of the roads were open again by the > fust of the week, but the snow is still here. More of it than we like to think about. Just 'a few puffs el the weather- man's breath and we would be buried again, And more hopelessly than before. Ease up a bit, old man. You licked us and we don't mind admitting that you can do it again any time you want to. But please remember this is Christmas. There is so much to do, and so little time to do it in. -Sea - forth Expositor. COMMUNICATIONS Clinton, Ont., Dec, 21, 1937. The Editor, Clinton News -Record, Dear Sir: -In regard to editorial in last week's ,issue re municipal af. Lairs'. There was one thing men-' tioned n ed which drew my attention, that was the public not taking any inter- est in the council meetings. What is there to take any interest in? Everything is fixed up at a so- called, board meeting previous to the open meeting, , and the council me et- ing is merely a routine which is ne- cessary to be legal. One hears noth- ing except (mowed and 'seconded that such and such is to be done.—Car- vied). one; Car- ried). What interest, does the public get out of that? One gets no reasons or anything' else. I have been around a bit and this is the only municipality that such is the case . Of course there are a cer- tain few who want torun everything, and by doing, things tills wayno one Y g . gets wise. When' this is changed you will then see more interest taken„ —A Fair-minded Citizen. "Speers, Sask., Nov. 24, 1937. ;&1r. C. Hoare, Clinton, Ontario. • Dear Sir: We found your name and address in a sack of apples, so. we thought it was no more than right to drop you a few lines. Conditions in this country air not, very good. It was almost a com- plete crop failure this year, feed fors stock is very scarce, and we threshed. only fifty bushels of wheat and no. oats. There are nine persons in our family, so we were very thankful for what we got out of the carload that, was shipped from Clinton. We hope that you and all those who donated to. that car will get returnsfor it some day. It was a great help. If it is not too much trouble to you will you, please write and if there is anything you would like to know 1' will try to answer. Will close for this time thanking you very much for the sack of apples. Yours truly, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Bora. Speers, Sask. P.S.-The car reached here Novem- ber 511s and mostly everything was good. There was very little spoiled. "The Bishop's Room, Bishop • Cron- yn Hall, London, Canada, Dee. 2, 1937 To the Church People of the Dio- cese of Huron. CHRISTMAS PASTORAL My Dear Brethren:—A11• of us, I think, are looking forward to the coming Christmas Festival with unu- sual anticipation and solemnity.' If ever there was a time when the Christmas Message and the Christ- i ow. Spirit were needed,it s n mos That Message is the glad tidings of the Incarnation of the redemptive Love of God. A world suffering from the rebirth of monstrous forms of paganism in whose train follow war, death, pestilence and, famine, needs that Message as never before. The spirit of Christmas is the spi- eit of goodwill and love which is sore- ly needed among ourselves. We trace the blackened course of war in Ethi- opia and. China, we see the s hadowof it over Europe and Asia; we are a- ghast at the horror of it. But we forget that the dreadful thing is in our own hearts, In whomsoever self rules, with its inevitable brood of hatred, cruelty, greed and violence, there is the Spirit of War. The horrors of China are but the external projection of the evil it the heart of the whole of mankind. This evil spirit can be driven out only by the 'Spirit of the Love of God brought into the world by Jesus His San, and perpetuated by the spirit of Jesus in the hearts of Christian. be- lievers. Search your own spirits, be- loved brethren, for all evil is bred in the heart of man. Taste and see a- gain the power of the Lord; experi- ence anew its magic in Jesus to cleanse the evil heart, to enlighten the blinded mind, to strengthen the perverse and weakened will. Do not turn Christmas Day into mere Home -Holiday, however sweet and beautiful its accompaniments may be, Make it Christ's Feast Day indeed, Feed 'upon him who is this Bread of Divine love in the Holy Sac- rament of Christ's Body and Blood; express your love to your Clergy in your Christmas gifts—they move a- mong,yon as the representative of the Love Divine; amid a thousand 'diffi- culties they strive to bring •you to the wonder of that Iove. They spend and are spent in your service; ▪ express your appreciation by your Christmas gifts to them: ' May the Spirit of Divine Love rest' upon you all, and may He give you a Christmas which shall be more than happy, even blessed. Sincerely yours, Charlet Huron." MACKAYS HOLD SWAY IN MUNICIPAL POSTS The aptitude of Scots taking con- trol of the business life of England has a counterpart in Kincardine dis- trict where they have much to do with directing the municipalities. Four members of the elan MacKay are . municipal clerks. In Kincardine town John R. MacKay is clerk,' while in Tiverton it is George D. MacKay. Bruce township has John George Mac- Kay and Huron Township Donald MacKay, making almost a case of "The MacKay's have it."