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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1964-12-17, Page 9• • • • O 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • IIefls. all Packs Boxes The Senjor Women's Mission- ary ie'ty of Carmel Presby- terianChurch • held their meet- ing Monday evening with Mrs. Earl Campbell, president, pre- siding. Christmas devotions were in charge of Mrs.. Earl Campbell and Mrs. Ed. Munn. It was decided to pack the Christmas boxes for ,shut-ins and older members at Mrs. Earl Campbell's home on Thurs- day, The Ladies' Aid followed with routine business and elec- tion of 1965 officers: President, Mrs. Harvey Hyde; vice-presi- dent, Mrs. Clarence Volland; secretary, Mrs. R. A. Orr; treas- urer, Mrs. Clarence Volland; group leaders, Mrs. Frank Wright, Mrs. Percy Campbell, Mrs. Malcolm Dougall. is SEAFORTH'S MAIN STREET once more is a fairyland ofs light during the Christina season. Row after row of colored lights provide a ceiling throughout the length of the street. Individual stores have provided special lighting effects, and in front of the Town Hall 'a 30 -foot Christmas tree is ablaze of light, as can be seen from this picture ,looking n8rth, and .which was taken last year. Adding to the effect are gay figures suspended from lighted supports on each lamp post standard along the street. The Christmas dee=. oration program was sponsored jointly by the Chamber of Commerce, Public Utility Com- mis,sion and business firms. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1964 — Second Section, Pages 9 to 16 Hensall Groups Arrange Goderich Hospital Program old Knight was in charge of this project. Each patient re- ceived favors of home-made candy. A donation was made to the Salvation Army and the group will also assist a needy family at Christmas, under direction of the Children's Aid . Society at Goderich. The next regular meeting will be held 'January 13th at the home of Mrs. William Mickle, An enjoyable hour of crokinble was played and the winners were Mrs. Harold Caldwell and Mrs. Bob Baker, Jr. Mrs. Bob Caldwell won the raffle. The Christmas meeting of Hensall • Kinette Club was held at the home of Mrs. Harold Knight,Wednesday evening, with tw'guests present for the evening, Mrs. Harold Caldwell and Mrs. r Al Scholl. Twenty Kinsmen and Kinettes brought pleasure to the patients at the Ontario Hospital, Goderich, on Tuesday evening by .entertain ing them with a program which included Christmas carols, with Mrs. William Fuss pianist. Mrs. Wayne Smith, of Hensall,and her music teacher, Mr. S. Aqui- lina, of Exeter, entertained with accordion selections. Mrs. Har- 4-IIF. 44-1 ' 1 ,4.'Ik+' IY)' 1.��' I kr, .14�1;�' 1k.'I •' '. Y. . �... .• Yr . ..4 ..',4 .. ,�. •. • •. ,`, ',k .. .4 • ,4 •i4 FRESH FLOWERS and POTTED PLANTS Mak .. I i ':.1 Christmas Gifts! Table Centres Xmas Novelties Corsages Wreaths GIFT CHINA WE HAVE A HOST OF DISTINCTIVE GIFT IDEAS! • Decorative Bulbs • Room Decorations • Yule Table Pieces Tinsel -Roping -Snow For the youngsters or adult that has everything Canaries : or Budgies Wide Selection MAKE STAFFEN'S YOUR CENTRE FOR NOVELTY . <Christmas DECORATIONS and GIFTS STAFFEN'S FLOWERS Electrical Appliances -- Sales & Service Phone, 527-0800 - Seaforth r'r-'r'r.- r. h,rn�•� rr r' The kindly old -lady gazed in rapt attention as the young sail- or told of his adventures •in the war. "There we were," he said, "a mile off the enemy coast when: aperiscope rose from the water directly in front of oiir ship. Before we could sound the alarm, a hire ••_x am edo celWislfing through the water straight for usn" "Goodness : gracious!" the lit- tle old4,lady cried, "I do hope it was One of ours!" Sponsor Christmas Meeting The Christmas meeting of Hensall Women's Institute was held in the Legion Hall, Wed- nesday evening with an atten- dance of 51, with president Mrs. Beverly Beaton in the chair. IR response to the roll call, a cash donation amounting to $23.00, will be forwarded to the Sal- vation Army and the Children's Aid Society at Goderich, each to receive half. Marathon euchres will be held, commenc- ing in January. Mrs. Fred Beer presided for the program which included Christmas carols led by Mrs. Laird Mickle, with Miss Greta Lammie, accompanist vocal solos, Miss Joyce Ferguson. A demonstration - featuring Christ- mas decoration by Mrs. J. B. Jarrell, was followed by a chor- us composed of Dorothy Skea, Karen Broderick; Linda and -Bet- ty Beer and Joyce Ferguson; reading, Miss M. Ellis. :Mrs. Jack Corbett _save . c,e, tear i mar'ks. Program co iven• ers were Miss Greta Laramie and Mrs. Fred Beer; hostesses, Mrs. Garfield, Broderick and Mrs. Joe Ferguson. Christmas Variety Round the World People from many • lands, speaking as many different tongues, bring colorful varia- tions to the . celebration of "Christmas, Canada -1964!" • But through ,,,them all runs the same glorious thread of reverence and remembrahee on that greatest of all holy days, the birth of the Christ Child, Jesus the Saviour, in a manger in Bethlehem one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-four years ago. AUSTRIA, • The whole world owes a debt of gratitude to Austria, and particularly to the little Aus- trian village of Oberdorf by Salsburg, on the frozen River Salzach. It was here that an organist named Franz Gruber. a priest named Joseph More, and a hun- gry little mouse—unnamed— combined to give the whole. world a truly magnificent Ch istmas present. I't was on December 23, 1818, that a Mouse chewed a hole in, the bellows of the organ in Father More's Church of St. Nicolas. Father More and his organ- ist, Franz Gruber, were aghast. Because of the hole in the bellows, the organ wouldn't work --and Christmas, without music, was unthinkable! -Father More hastily wrote the words for a simple carol. On his spinet at home, Franz Gru- ber'picked out a simple melody. And just before Christmas Eve, he rehearsed 12 village children to sing the carol. On Christmas Eve, 1818, the surprised congregation of the Chprch of St. Nicolas saw the 12 children file up to the altar at Midnight Mass—flanked by Father More and Franz Gruber carrying, of all things, two gui- tars! To the soft accompaniment of the guitars, the children be- gan to sing. The congregation listened— spellbound. Something infinitely simple and pure of thought was born that Christmas' Eve 'in Austria, 146 years ago—a carol that will endure as long as Christianity itself. And the carol's name: "Silent Night!" DOWN UNDER! Australians spend Christmas upside-down, from the rest of the world—eating -traditionally hot Christmas dinner, then cool- ing off from the boilirfg sun on the beaches. Australia's Christmas, though it ponies in December, has the weather of the July and August vacation -time of the Northern Hemisphere! The pre -Christmas shopping rush is the same hectic, never - again experience; but further inconvenienced by temperatures that usually hover in the high 90's. About 80 per cent of Austra- lians live close to the beaches, from Cairns in the north, to Hobart in the south, and west to Perth—so it's natural that most should spend their festive holidays in beach houses, trail- ers and tents. There are no Christmas trees, of course, but many ,Austra- lians tear a branch 'or two off the gum -tree, •to serve as a stand-in. In the south, where there are chimneys, the fireplace is used, but for the most, Christmas presents are socked into a spare pillowcase and placed at the foot of the bed. Santa Claus still swelters in his red flannel suit — though he'd be much better off in Hawaiian shorts, a crew-cut beard, and riding a surf -sled pulled by 12 prancing sea -hors- es. His presents, however, are more in keeping with the cli- mate—ranging from beachwear to summer clothes, with the us- ual sprinkling of unwearable ties and socks from Aunt Ma- bel! Christmas cards still picture snow -scenes, in this land where at least three-quarters of its 10 million people hate never seen snow! Christmas morning starts out with baked ham and eggs, and then the adult males of the family—whether at home or at the beach—troop off in "cheer squads" to visit neighbors, while mother is left behind in a broiling kitchen, roasting the duck, chicken, potatoes, plum pudding, and all the trimmings, for a,Christmas noonday lunch. At the Chuireh of' our Choice M•' I „✓ 1 6, I X!' 1 '4 1 6, 1 1 4, 1 .6, 1 �µ I .1,, .l I iu 1 N+' 1 :4'L'4 i' 1 4� �,. .. Y. •CHRISTMAS BLESSLNGS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS ST. JAMES' ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Seaforth -- Ontario extends wishes' f or a - MERRY CHRISTMAS and .A. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL ! ' MIDNIGHT MASS (Thursday Midnight) CHRISTMAS DAY MASSES at 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. •".. ry .,,,. rr .. ry. y.. �Ir ,�r1 riI Al NIr6.1 . 9 {r:Hr 1 xl�x1 �1 n COMM .9' 4� 1 $611 4 i • I .1- 4•' 1 w. I .11;!+• i 11 4 I - � w NORTHSIDE UNITED CHURCH Rev. J. Cliff Britton Minister MRS. J. A. STEWART Organist MR. JAS. A. STEWART Choirmaster CHRISTMAS SERVICES 10 a.m.—Senior Church School Special Christmas Music — Sunday, Dec.20 11 A.M.—MORNING WORSHIP ANTHEM Senior. Choir: "Sing, 0 Sing, This Blessed Morn , Smith DUET — "When Christ Was Born", Carol Bell and Lynda Hoover LADIES' CHORUS—"Angels Sing Around the Stall" Fricker JR. CHOIR—Anthem: "Away in a Manger" (with descant) 1 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27th SENIOR CHOIR: Anthem— "What Perfume This, 0 Shepherds Say" JUNIOR CHOIR— "Ring the Bells of Christmas" MALE CHORUS --"We' Three Kings" CAVAN CHURCH SERVICES (Liddle) (MacNiven) REV. J. CLIFF BRITTON, B.A., Minister • Mrs. Oliver Anderson—Organist and Choir Leader 1:15 p;m.—Church School 2:30 p.m.—WORSHIP "And a Little Child Shall. Lead Them" . At Christ- mastime let us become as children, with faith pure and simple. Let our hearts open wide ,to the significant mes- sage revealed at Bethlehem and renewed once again unto us all this season. 1.6.11'1 I '1 V 1 ,v' 1 I , .,.Y 1 wr` I +h 44 14,4 1 I K+" XC I,W'I, 1, ATTEND TH.E CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE AT THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON $T. THOMAS' CHURCH Rev. H. Donaldson S.Th. Rector.. CHRISTMAS SERVICES SUNDAY: 8 a.m.—HOLY COMMUNION 11 a.m.—FAMILY CAROL SERVICE CHRISTMAS EVE: 11:30 p.m. -CAROLS and MIDNIGHT COMMUNION CHRISTMAS DAY: 10 a.m.—HOLY COMMUNION 14 A warm welcome to worship with us is extended to all 14"I,r I4r1 I.14+'I;I;w1;r-1;w11;r1;r-14~,w 9-w119.- 9. 91;4. 444`1411 ,.1�;:1 .4 • ,4 • +4. • .4 .4 ..6 • .�.. • 1/4 ,4. . Y. Y. „n .. • .4 ..4 • r., ,r -11.w11,0••" I;rl;r-11 ,4. ,4 . , ...6...6 I ;49«1144 I ;e- 14e -i1;44 ;4'4 -11;r4 144. 44;49. 1 tr Y... Y.•. •,V;..,4, ..4 ...F nr -POWeig* EGMONDVIL L E UNITED CHURCH xs REV. A. SCOTT Minister -i Mrs. Arnold Scott Organist and Choir Leader CHRISTMAS SERVICES . Sunday, DeGnt1 R.. Sunday SChac1 11 MORNING WORSHIP A Carol Service will be held in Egmond- ville Church on Christmas Eve beginning at 8:30 p.m. EVERYONE WELCOME.! '4-1�1-4911,W14 4 Ik 14YIW 14 W I W IX I -Y1,; Ir I I W Ik 1 1 "THE GLORY OF THE STAR" A Christmas Cantata First Presbyterian Church SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20th 7.30 p.m. The music and the mes- sage of the Christmas ' Season will he heard in this Beautiful Cantata, • ung by the Choir 'of First church. Seaforth. '14 14 You are invited to join us in this worshipful presentation of music for Christmastide . SUNDAY EVENING at 7:30 p.r,. } The Morning Serv- owmo ice of Worship on Christmas Sunday, will be at 11 a.m. Carols. and Christmas Can- tata, "Come, Let Us Adore Him", sung by the .Tunior Choir.. 10 a.m.: Sr. Church School 11 a.m.: Jr. Church School 3 p.m.: Carols from the Church Tower. Tr Tr FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CIiURCH EXTENDS THE WISH FOR A BLESSED CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE ! r,• r} r r- r r ' r'= r"rr ..r•, r .r: r., r.. r r r r -.r- ,