The Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-11-25, Page 6011
farm product.
It Is the job of the Federal and Pro-
vino InOlseCters to ensure that, honey
of uniform grade and quality is of,
terect for sale throughout -Oa Province
of Ontario and throughout' Canada.
The .scheol was organ#Ocl. .1).Y 11,
Armstrong, geneY Specialist, Pepart,
merit. of Agriculture, Ottawa; P. fg,
Chief Xnspeorator of VarM
rrefl4Ptti for Ontario and Prof,
Towpnpend, provincial Agrienithrtat,.,
Installation in time for Christmas.
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November and December.
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people, History proves that the Amer-
icans have doge a lot for Saint lWciri
They have given hint a new name,
a new face and figitre, and a oew
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It* little Wonder that Saint Nick
is ,generous to the American
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Inettn4 of transPortatiOn.
The original European version of
Saint Nick pictured, him as a tall
angular fellow who rode on a bony
mare. Eoth the horse and Saint Niels
lopped as it they hadn't had a good
meal in some time.
Theearly English settlers in this
country Started giving Saint Nicholas
his "New I.,00k", The English children
adopted the legendary Christmas fig-
tire front the Dutch, but the English
children had trouble pronouncing
"Saint Nieltoloue. Somehow thp name
obanged to "Santa Ealouf" and finally
it was corrupted to "Santa Claus".
However', this was only the beginn-
ing. In 1$09, Washington Irving in his
"ISnickerboeker's Histery of New
York", wrote of the Saint as the
guardian of New York City. Irving
described Saint Nick as a jolly fellow
with a broad-trimmed hat and huge
breeches. He taught Saint Nick to
smoke a long pipe, and, in the story,
replaced his shuffling hay-borner with,
a trim wagon,
A short time later, Saint Nicholas'
transportation was aided by Clement
Moore in his famous poem, "The Visit
of Saint Nicholas," written in 1$82.
Moore, a professor of divinity in a
New York theological seminary, gave
Saint Nick a sleigh, nose like a cherry,
and a little round belly.
Today's Santa Claus is by no means
streamlined, but he is a. far cry from
the lean, ascetic, somberly dressed
fellow, who, for centuries on Christ-
mas Eve guided his mare through the
streets of Europe.
GAMES FOR ALL
MARE CHRISTMAS
FAMILY PARTY
Christmas is the tini‘e for family
get-togethers. One of the best ways
to make these gatherings memorable
for all concerned is to engage in games
which the whole family can play.
A nice one to start off with would
be a Sugar Plum Hunt. Have one
member of the family hide Christmas
candies ahead of time in various
nooks and cranies around the house.
At a given signal everyone starts the
httnt and gathers the pieces. The one
who gathers the greatest number of
candies would be given a prize.
The Christmas Puzzle is another
good one to get things going. Look
through some magazines, which are
filled with pictures of Santa Claus at
this time of the year, and cut out
enough of these to go around, paste
them on stiff cardboard and cut them
into pieces. Then put each group' of
pieces in a separate paper bag. At the
signal, everyone opens a bag and be-
gins putting the puzzle together,
The Christmas Scramble Contest is
good for a group with older children
in it. This is simply a contest to see
who can unscramble a group of words
the fastest. Just for fun, see if you
can unscramble the following, astna,
erireden, ehsgil, dynca, gosiknet, erte,
trepesn, hupne, alsore and niborb.
IF SAN WA MLSSES
REINDEER SUPPLY
WILL BE AT FAULT
If Santa Claus misses some young-
sters this year, it could be offered
plausibly that he was not able to
round up enough reindeer for his
yearly trip around the globe.
The reindeer shortage has become,
in recent years, much too acute. It
has been estimated that wolves have
destroyed 500,000 of Santa's helpers in
the last decade or so, leaving approxi-
mately 60,000.
The difficulty of keeping the ani-
mals alive in a temperate climate
makes it unlikely that any of the few
remaining will be transported from
their native regions to other lands for
the holiday season, as has been done
in the past.
American boys and girls will have
to be satisfied with stand-ins. The
few department stores featuring Santa
with ,complete outfit this year, will
be using native deer as substitute for
Dasher, Prander and company.
CEDARS Or LEBANON
ARE WELL PROTECTED
BY ntuGloN, LAW
On a shelf-like plateau, 600 feet
above the Mediterranean, the world's
oldest Christmas trees stand where
they have stood for centuries. The
eedars of Lebanon, 400 of them, are
protected by 'religion and law from
heirm at the hands of either the Mos-
lems or the Maronite Christians.
The magnificent trees "that sing of
he nativity" were Venerated as Mon-
archs among trees long before Judah
had her first king. Some of thesis have
a girth of 40 feet and a branch cir-
Cumference of 500,
In the days of the tontitterore thou-
Sands of conscripted Hebrew workers
Were sent into the LebanOns to take
to JerUsalem "cedar trees Without
number"; the result of one Of the
first building contracts, between Hir-
ai* of Phonecia and king Solomon.
Todayi hotveVer, the trees are pro-
teeted by law and the -department of
agritiatire of the goVertitnent tpoh.
bora the Planting' of seedlings, ski that
Iha glad, atilars Wilt Vow id,Orfer,
AN cauxwil BELLS.
STILL SI.111114,011 VILLAGE
.4 pair of ancient .church bells that
were brought to Frankenmuth, Mich,
from. Bavaria shortly after Vranken,
Muth was founded as an Indian inis,
sion, has beep calling the congrega,-
tion of St, Lorenz to Christmas Eve
services for more than a hundred
years.
Nintey-five per cent of the residents
of the small community 'are members
of the church, earning the village the
title of "the most 'Christian eommun-
ity in the United States."
Frankenmuth has never had a crime
of violence, and, as far as residents
can remember, no one has been jailed
over a period of 25 years. The only
visitors to the lock-up were transients
given a night'a lodging.
HONEY FROM STORES
CHECKED AT GlUELPII
Over 15Q samples of honey picked
off retail grocers shelves in various
parts of the province were subjected
to inspection and criticism when 38
Federal and Provincial Fruit,' yege•
table and Honey Inspectors attended a
grading school at the Ontario Agri-
cultural College recently.
The samples were examined to de-
termine whether or not they were
graded and marked in accordance
with Federal and Provincial Honey
Regulations.
Samples which showed defects were
closely checked and examined in order
that all Inspectors would have a uni-
form understanding of the require-
ments.
Other highlights of the school were
lectures on "Pasteurization and Pro-
cessing", "Conditions of Honey Pack-
ing in Ontario", and a tour of the
0.A.C, extracting room and processing
plant.
It is sometimes felt that honey is
given a back seat to jams, jellies mid
similar products by the consumer.
This should not be, as honey is a very
useful and extremely nutritive natural
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DOLL PRAMS
and BUGGIES
Steel, chrome trim, rubber area
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DOLL FURNITURE
TABLE & CHAIR SETS, BATHS,
CRADLES and BEDS.
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25" beautifully moulded rubber doll
Dresed i$7.95 ea.
Visit Weiwood's this week, you'll find
many hundreds of other Xmas gifts in
other departments, including a complete
range of Xmas cards both boxed and
bulk.
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Trucks, Trains,
Tractors, Mech-
, anical Toys of
all kinds
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GAMES and BOOKS for ALL AGES
MUSICAL TOYS, SLEIGHS, SKIS,
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