The Huron Expositor, 1962-11-29, Page 1010—THE HUAON EXPOS)TOR, SEAFORTH, ONT., NOV. 29, 1962
Need Care to Avoid
Christmas Fires
Fire Marshal M. S. Hurst has
issued -Avice to all Ontario
Householders about Christmas
season fire hazards. "In actual
tests, it was observed that the
average Christmas tree took on-
ly 18 seconds to burn furiously
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to charred wood," Mr• Hurst
said. "This is only one of the
additional fire hazards we bring
into our homes during the fes-
tive season." He named the
others as paper decorations, gift
wrappings, candles and t h e
greater load placed upon elec-
trical circuits through the use
of decorative lights and dis-
plays.
The fire marshal emphasized
the importance of buying a
green, fresh tree and keeping
it in a cool place until the time
came to set it up. Make a fresh,•
diagonal cut in the tree trunk
and stand jt firmly in water.
Plain water is satisfactory in
the container in which the trunk
of the tree rests but it is most
important to keep this filled
during the tree's stay in the
house.
All tree light cords should be
thoroughly inspected for frays
and short circuits before they
are put on the Christmas tree.
Look for the Canadian Stan-
dards Association 'seal of ap-
proval on the Light cords you
may purchase, which is your
assurance that they are safe
from fire and shock hazards.
The average tree bulbs uses
61,2 . watts of power while a
15 -amp fuse has a capacity of
1,650 watts which, means you
can arrive at the safe number
of bulbs to use on one circuit
if you multiply, the number of
lights by 61 because house-
hold circuits are served by 15 -
amp fuses; bearing in mind
other appliances are using the
same circuit.
Winter months in Ontario
show a marked increase of fires
due to the extensive use of
heating equipment and extra
hazards introduced by the holi.
day season. "It should be the
aim of everyone to ensure. a
happy, fire -safe Christmas," the
Fire,. Marshal said, "and this
can be done by observing a few
simple precautions."
•
Suggest Pork
Must Be Cooked
Cook pork thoroughly to de-
stroy all harmful organisms
which can cause serious illness.
Fresh pork roasts should be
cooked to the well-done stage,
that is, 185° F. on a meat
thermometer. If no thermome-
ter is used, make trial cuts
close ' to the bone. Pork that
is well done has a grayish white
color with no tinge of pink.
Fresh minced pork used in
sausages, pate de foie gras, pies,
hor d'oeuvres and so on should
always be well cooked before
eating.
Smoked and cured pork such
as hams, should be cooked to
170° F. 'on meat thermometer,
The interior should be pink,
juicy and fork "tender•
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Mice Piaying
Gave Us 'Silent
By ROBERT HANDLEY
A few Bavarian mice, romp-
ing inside it-ehurch organ in the
small town •of Oberndorf during
the early 19th century, were
indirectly responsible for the
composition of Silent Night.
It happened this way:
Franz Xaver Gruber, organist
at the small Roman Catholic
church in Oberndorf, came to
church the day before Christ-
mas in 1818. to practise his
music with the choir for Christ-
mas Mass the next day.
But no matter how hard he
pushed on the organ keys, no
notes would come out.
A thorough examination of
the ehurch organ revealed that
the instrument had been dam-
aged by mice.
A Blizzard
Gloom filled the village. It
looked as though there would
be no music for Christmas Mass.
The village was blocked in by
a blizzard, and it would be im-
possible to bring in spare parts
for the broken church organ.
The only other musical instru-
ment in town was a guitar own-
ed by an old man .Galled Her-
mann. But Hermann, everyone
knew, could only strum a, few
of the simplest chords on his
guitar, and could certainly not
play well enough to accompany
the choir tb one of the Christ-
mas hymns.
Gruber then had an idea—he
would compose a Christmas
carol with music so simple that
even Hermann could play it,
And so it was. that Gruber
wrote the music for Silent
Night. Josef Mohr, the assistant
priest, volunteered to write the
words for the tune. The entire
carol was completed within an
afternoon,
Despite the hurry in which it
was written, the carol was a big
success at the church Mass on
Christmas Day.
From Oberndorf• its popular-
ity 'spread throughout Europe
until it has become one of the
hest -loved Christmas carols in
the world today.
It was .the very simplicity, an
ingredient which you will find
in all the favorite carols of our
own generation, that made it
so popular.
This simplicity was first in-
troduced . to carols by the fol-
lowers of St. Francis of Assisi
in Italy during the early 13th
century.
St. Francis and his fellow
friars were appalled at the low -
morality of society in this era.
They' decided, to bring religion
to the people by composing
bright, homely songs teaching
great (facts of the gospel.
These carols, with their sim-
. . But Herman could only play a few notes.
plicity, religious fervor and
mirthfulness; represented a re-
freshing change from the tradi-
tional solemn church music of
the past.
Actually, prior to the 12th
century, carols on the whole
had very little to do with relig-
ious themes. Carols were usual-
ly drinking songs, not unsimilar
to the old Welsh air, Deck the
Hall, or the traditional English
Here We Come A Wassailing.
But the carols of St. Francis
emphasized the religious mean-
ing of Christmas,. and they
spread to Spain, France and
Germany.
In England, the period of
Puritanism almost destroyed the
Christmas carol. Puritans ob-
jected to them because they
were not seriously devotional
enough to suit their taste. Fur-
thermore, Puritans had an
aversion to singing and danc-'
ing of any nature, regardless
of whether or not it is done
with a religious motive.
To Canada •
But carol singing staged ,a
renaissance by the 19th ' cen-
tury, and immigrants brought
to Canada Christmas carols
from all over Europe.
From France came one of
the oldest known carols in the
world, the ever -popular The
First Noel.
From Germany came Martin
Luther's sweet and soft Away
In a Manger.
From England came the
words to Hark, The Herald An-
gels Sing, written by Charles
Wesley, whose brother John
founded Methodism.
But it is not only from
Europe that these carols came.
Many of them entered Canada
from south of our border.
For example, the verse for 0
Little Town of Bethlehem was
written by Phillips Brooks,
Bishop of Massachusetts; It
Came Upon A."Midnight Clear
came to us from Edmund Sears,
an American Unitarian minis-
ter; and. Episcopal clergyman
John Henry Hopkins wrote We
Three Kings of Orient Are in
the U.S. .'
However, regardless of who
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UCW AT BRUCEFIELD PRESENTS
INTERESTING PROGRAM
The November meeting of the
Brucefield UCW was held in,
the basement of Brucefield
United Church. Mrs. W. Broad -
foot called the meeting .to or-
der and Mrs, L. Eyre and Mrs.
G. Graham began with the de-
votional period, with Mrs. G.
Henderson at the piano.
Minutes were read by Mrs.
E. Thompson and roll call an-
swered by a comnidnt .:or say-
ing for Peace. Following the
business meeting and reading
of several invitations, it was de-
cided to have a Christmas
thankoffering program, to be
held December 4th in the eve-
ning, All members are cordial-
ly invited to attend.
A reading called "Aunt Jane
wrote them or where, Christ-
mas carols today are shared by
everyone. 0 Come, All Ye
Faithful alone has been trans-
lated into more than 120 lan-
guages—and on Christmas Day
it will likely be sung in Canada
in almost that number of
tongues.
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songs, Lunch was served by
Mrs. J. McNaughton and her
committee.
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