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The Huron Expositor, 1961-11-30, Page 8THE MONVCFOS1TOR, SEAFORTH, ONT., NOV. 30, 1961 ADDRESS Sponsored by: THE HURON EXPOSITOR Seaforth, Ontaria INTER -COM SYSTEM PROVIDES ELECTRONIC BABY SITTER SERVICE "Home Interphone," a new communications service with such features as door -answer- ing, hands-free talking and el- ectronic baby-sitting, is now available here, according to W. W. Haysom, Bell Telephone manager for this territory. "Home Interphone" works en- tirely through standard tele- phones, including the Princess sets, with separately mounted loudspeakers. Built inside each telephone in the system is a micrpphone unit. Door -answer- ing, listening in on a sleeping baby, rounding up the family with the "come and get it" call can be accomplished simply by lifting the nearest telephone re- ceiver in the house. When a call for one person is answered by another, the person who took the call can "hold" by lifting 'a small but- ton. By turning another button this person can page the per- son wanted over the intercom system. The one the call is in- tended for can then answer the nearest telephone. The inter- com calls can be answered without touching the telephone. MAKE STAFFEN'S YOUR CENTRE FOR NOVELTY Christmas DECORATIONS GIFT CHINA WE HAVE A HOST OF DISTINCTIVE GIFT IDEAS! Table Centres Xmas Novelties Tree Decorations • Electric Lighting • Decorative Bulbs • Room Decorations • Yule Table Pieces Tinsel - Roping - Snow The perfect decorations to brighten up your Christmas tree with beautiful FRESH FLOWERS and POTTED PLANTS T Plumbing - Heating STAFFEN'S Plumbing -Heating Electrical Appliances — Sales and Service PHONE 49 r� r" r., SEAFORTH i,- r,.., r; .t,. r" Christmas Customs Vary • Canada the most important date on the Japanese calendar. On New Year's Eve, homes are cleaned and decorated from top to bottom. When this has been carried out, the family dresses in traditional Japanese finery and the head of the house slowly walks through the house driving out evil spirits by throw- ing dried beans into each corn- er of every room. In rural Quebec, CCristmas is part of "La Saison des: Fetes" or Festal Season. Originally, this season extended from Christmas Day to Epiphany, on January 6. Throughout the years however, "La Saison des Fetes" has gradually been lengthened until it now extends to Lent. Family preparation for "La Saison des Fetes" are normally begun well in advance, for each housewife is anxious to have the neatest house, the prettiest and freshest rugs and bedspreads, the best -set table and the most tempting dishes. In addition, each member of a household has to have at least one new outfit of clothing so that they will be decently dressed during the festivities. The lady of the house gener- ally starts to prepare for the Festive Season in the early spring. She begins her preparations by setting aside the best loaves of maple sugar from the spring sugaring and the finest maple syrup. As the year progresses, Morris Elects Stanley Hopper To Head F of A The annual meeting of the Morris Township Federation d Agriculture was held in Bel - grave last Tuesday evening in the Foresters' •Hall, with Ross Smith, the president, in charge. Gordon Greig spoke briefly, and brief reports were heard from some of the commodity groups. Carl Hemmingway, secretary- fieldman, was the guest speak- er. The election of officers re- sulted as follows: President, Stanley Hopper; vice-president, to be chosen by the directors; directors, Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Ken- neth Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Garniss, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Black, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Fear, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grasby, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Fear, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Richmond. Tenders are being called for the post of secretary -treasurer. Representatives to the coun- ty: hog producers, Albert Bac- on; poultry producers, Robert Procter, Lewis Phelan; cream producers, William Elson, Don Craig; county directors, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, Hopper. It was decided at this meet- ing to go ahead with plans and work towards having a park at the new bridge on concession 4, Morris. The winners at progressive euchre were: high, Mrs. J. M. Coultes, George Greig; conso- lation, Mrs. R. H. Coultes, Earl Anderson. The door prize was won by Mrs. J. Black. she also collects luscious jams and honey. The man of the house sets aside prime cuts of meat and fat fowl which no member of the family dare requisition un- til the appointed time on Christ- mas Day. On Christmas Eve, the entire family, decked out in au its fin- ery, sets out to join the rest of the families in the community at the local church for Christ- mas Mass. Following the service, the family and their guests head back home for a Christmas feast. In the old days, no gifts were exchanged as New Year's Day was set aside for this pur- pose; however, this custom is gradually changing. After din- ner, the group gathers around a roaring log fire and sings tradi- tional French Canadian Christ- mas hymns and carols. Ethiopia In Ethiopia, where Christian, ity was introduced nearly 1,700 years ago, the Christmas fes- tivities are centred almost ex- clusively around the church. Lalibela, "The Jerusalem of Ethiopia," is crowded with pil- grims from every part of the country during the Christmas season. On Christmas Eve, the hillsides surrounding the town, are swarming with pilgrims. Most of these pilgrims remain outdoors throughout the entire night, praying and patiently a- Va"itfa itre dawn of Christmas Day. On Christmas morning, there is a procession of priests, monks and nuns of the Coptic church. This procession proceeds to one of the hilltops where the Liturgy is celebrated on the Coptic Church's Ark of the Covenant. Following the religious cere- monies, the throngs of people on the hillside are fed with the bread and mead blessed by the priests. Japan Christmas was introduced to Japan by the early Christian missionaries, and, for a consid- erable period of time, the only people who celebrated it were converts to Christianity. Over the years however, the Christmas season has become full of meaning for the Japan- ese and today it is almost uni- versally observed. The idea of exchanging gifts. appeals strongly to the Japan- ese, and the story of the baby Jesus born in a manger is a never-ending source of fascina- tion to Japanese children. Besides the exchanging of gifts, many other Western Christmas customs have been adopted by the Japanese, For instance, in many tenses Christmas tree s, holly and mistletoe are very much in evi- dence during the Festive Season, and traditional carols are widely sung, New Year's Day however, is HOW TO BOWL FIVEPINS By Bert Garside and Jim Hoult 44644 Chief Bowling Instructors Double Diamond Advisory Council HOW TO MASTER "SPOT BOWLING" To get your ball down to the target at the end of the bowling lane most accurately and most effectively, "Spot" bowling is by far the most effective aim- ing system to use. The idea of spot bowling sounds a little strange at first— what you do is try to hit a tar- get without looking at it. But, the method works so well that many expert bowlers wouldn't think of bowling any other way. Instead of trying to hit the pins, which are ,60 feet away, you try to roll your ball over a fixed "spot" which is about 15 feet away from the foul line. Of course, being so close, this spot is much easier to hit than the pin at the end of the lane. And, if you have lined yourself up correctly, the ball will naturally continue on to its target. Get- ting yourself lined up correctly depends on the type of ball you throw. It is the key to spot bowl- ing, and we'll be devoting sev- eral columns to it. First you must understand the basic idea: The principle is much like aim- ing iming a rifle. And, in fact, all mo- dern bowling lanes, are now equipped with scientifically placed "darts", spotted in front of the foul line, which are call- ed "range finders". You use them like gun sights. The spot near the foul line where you deliver the ball is the rear sight. The dart over which you roll the ball is the front sight. The pin is the tar- get. Once you have lined up your "sights", you don't look at the pin again. You just concen- trate on rolling the ball over the spot. Two Methods of 'Spot' Bowling To change your aim, you swing your aiming line, just as you would swing a rifle. There are two ways you can do this. You can keep your same pos- ition on the lane, but aim your ball to roll over a different dart —thus switching your 'front sight'. Or, you may change pos- ition on the approach, but roll every ball over the centre dart —thus switching your ' rear sight'. Either way is equally effec- tive. But, use one or the other. Don't try to combine the two methods or you will end up com- pletely confused. It is important that you stick to one method of sighting, be- cause the way you compensate for different types of delivery, or different kinds of lane condi- tions is opposite for the two methods. If you are trying "spot bowl- ing" for the first time, experi- ment with both methods — al- ways rolling over the centre dart, but changing your posi- tion on the approach; or keep- ing the same position on the ap- proach, but aiming over differ- ent darts, Once you've discov- ered which method seems most natural for you, discard the oth- er system. When a bowler switches to "spot" bowling from some oth- er system of aiming, his scor- ing may slump slight, especially if he has not been wing a fully developed swing. Spot bowling encourages development of good control and a proper rythmie swing. As your swing improves, scores start rising rapidly. Next: TIPS ABOUT YOUR TTM- ING. Logan Council Logan Council held their mid- November meeting and amend- ed by-laws reducing the assess- ments on the Bruhin and An- derson Drains. Five members of council stated their inten- tion to attend the Perth Muni- cipal Association meeting in St. Marys on Nov. 21. Council adjourned at 3:30 and travelled to Gowanstown, attending the opening of the new Wallace Township offices and reconvening at 5:00 o'clock to complete the meeting. General accounts totalling $434.75, and road accounts amounting to $4,633.77 were or- dered paid. The meeting ad- journed to meet again Dec. 14, at 1:00 p.m. Argentina In Argentina, Christmas is celebrated quietly with religious services taking up most of the day. New Year's Day, on the other hand, is marked by large-scale celebrations and by the ex- change of gifts. On the eve of Dia de los Reyes, which falls on January 6, Argentina children place their shoes by their beds with the hope that they will be filled with toys by morning. Another custom which Argen- tine children never fail to carry out is to leave hay and water outside the door of their homes. They do this in order to ensure that the horses of the three Magi or Kings will be adequately fed as they journey toward the man- ger of the Christ Child in Jer- usalem. Insurance - Real Estate W.COKE Egmondville, Ont. P.O. Box 476: Seaforth Telephone 647 Be Warmly Contented With Texaco Stove Oil or TEXACO FURNACE FUEL OIL can Us To -day I WALDEN & BROADFOOT Phone 686 W Seaforth CO-OP INSURANCE • Auto and Truck • Farm Liability • Accident and Sickness • Fire, Residence and Contents • Fire, Commercial • Life Insurance • Retirement Income All Lines of Insurance Written W. ARTHUR WRIGHT Phone 193-J -- John St. SEAFORTH .t 4,1A A Gift Problems ORDER • • • TEM ;/1WW' E.c/. 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