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A CHRISTMAS STORY
Christmas Is!
(By Louis Willert)
Christmas is music. The clear
call of church bells and the clear
young voices of children singing,
"Silent Night".
Christmas is a brilliance of
lights -flickering lights of trees,
quivering lights of candles, warm-
ing lights of hearth -fires, embrac-
ing lights of houses spilling over
with family and friends. Christ-
mas is the happy night in the year
of grown-ups once again child -like
and the starlight in the eyes of
the children.
Christmas is a Welcome—the
garland on the door, the welcome
song on 'the threshold. It's the
welcome wreath around our
hearts.
Christmas is Laughter—a special
kind. We've all heard it, the sea-
son's laughter. It reaches out,
comforts, and encompasses us. And
Christmas is a smile, a quick
smile to the store Santa Claus,
to the bus driver, to the shoeshine
boy. It is an extra smile to our
family. Christmas is a communion
of spirit.
Christmas is a hundred different
fragrances all rolled into one. The
pine boughs and the baking bread
and the burning wood and the
plum pudding. That's just the be-
ginning. There's a smell of just
waxed floors, and newly polished
furniture, the fragrance of dozens
and dozens of cookies. Did you
ever see so many different kinds
of cookies? Christmas is the help
of clumsy little hands, decorating,
then storing cookies in gaily -col-
oured tin boxes.
Christmas is Giving the ever -
so -many packages—to us and from
us—and the excitement of the mail
truck stopping at the front door.
There are brown paper covered
boxes and decorated tiny ones and
giant ones and round :ones .and
square ones, tinseled and glittering
and gold -covered, or just plain
w h i to tissue -wrapped presents.
And we sit in the middle of a
mountain of holly paper and red
ribbon and gum stickers and "DO
NOT OPEN UNTIL . . "
Christmas is the importance of
Mail—not only the packages but
the hundreds of cards—the cards
purchased from the child next
door—the lists of names and add-
resses—Christmas is the .weighted
down mailman—the stringing of
cards received in a bright red rib-
bon, or pinning them to the tree
or perching them on the mantel.
Christmas is .a wreath of remem-
brance carried by a four -cent
stamp.
Christmas is the Tree—a green
tree, a pink tree, or a white tree
or even a pale lavender one. A
just -cut pine from a timber acre
or a glittering fir from the florist
in town, a minature baby tree or
one that brushes the ceiling.
Christmas is Love—the message
carried all through the centuries
from the first Christmas gift of a
tiny Babe. Christmas is the birth-
day renewed and celebrated all ov-
er the world. Christmas is an ex-
pression of love for The Child born
that day and the love for His way.
Christmas is "Peace on Earth,
Good Will Towards Men . . . "
ZURICH Citizens NET'S
Two In Hospital
From Accident At
Crediton Road
(By our Hansen Correspondent)
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Turner,
Hamilton, (the former Jean Lav-
ender, Hensall) were involved in
NEW YEAR'S
EVE
DANCE
AT THE
OLD FORGE
BAYF!ELD
(Now Under New Management)
DANCING 10 to ???
MODERN and OLD TIME
MUSIC BY
Grant Edighoffer
And His
MELODIE MASTERS
With Vocals by Jo Ann
ADMISSION: $1.00
Hats and Horns Supplied
49-50-b
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, x95&
a two car crash on Highway 4 at
the Crediton road last Friday
night, when they were on their
way to Hensall to spend the week-
end with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lav-
ender, Mrs. Turner's parents.
Apparently a car driven by
Flight Cadet Douglas Poisson,
RCAF Station, Centralia, was pro-
ceeding north on the highway
when he stopped to pick up a
hitch-hicker, and the car driven
by Mr. Turner crashed into the
rear of the airman's car.
Mr. Turner was treated at
South Huron Hospital for facial
lacerations and later released, wh-
ile Mrs. Turner was admitted to
the hospital with severe facial lac-
erations and a fractured collar
bone.
Damages were estimated at
$550. by Ontario Provincial Police
Constable Harry Reid, of the Ex-
eter detachment, who investigated
the accident.
General Coach Has
Christmas Party
For All Employees
(By our Mensal' Correspondent)
General Coach Works of Canada,
treated their employees and staff
to a turkey banquet in the Gode-
rich Pavillion last Friday night.
Special guests were officials of the
General Coach plant in Marlette,
Michigan.
All the ladies were presented
with corsages and cups and sauc-
ers. Mr. Atkins, president, and Mr.
Ramsay, vice-president, from Mar-
lette, were both presented with
gifts on behalf of the staff by Ro-
bert Norris and Don Hesse.
Dancing was enjoyed following
the banquet.
200 New Books at
Zurich Library
The Bookmobile called recently •
leaving 200 new books. There is
now a selection to suit every per-
sonal preference.
A membership card to the lib-
rary will make an ideal Christmas
gift for any member of the family.
DANCING
• EVERY
• FRIDAY
• NIGHT
In The
Community Centre,
ZURICH
10.00 -- 1.30
MUSIC BY
Desjardine Orchestra
Modern, Rock 'N Roll,
Square Dancing
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Sponsored by
Zurich Lions Club
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