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The. Surprise
by Leanne Stam, Grade 8,
LDCS.
Ah! Sunday morning is finally
here! Christmas! Presents! Igotta
go and see all of the presents! I got
out of bed, or I tried to get out of
bed, but•I couldn't move.
I opened my, eyes. 1 looked all
around me. I wasn't in.my house. I
wasn't even, in my bed.
I looked down at the ground. I
Couldn't see my legs! What's wrong
with me? I thought. Why am 1
standing outside 'of someplace on
Christmas morning? And why can't
1 move? 1 tried to move my arms,
but they shook more than moved. I
looked at them.; They were green
and leafy. What am I? 1 thought. I
looked around. me. I was standing
beside some evergreen trees. That's
it! I thought. I am a tree. A tree?! I
burst out laughing. Even though I
was a tree, I was still happy
because it was Christmas morning.
Hee Haw! Hee Haw! I heard a
mule. I looked over by the little
barn and saw a manfeeding the
mule. He was dressed in weird
clothing. He wore a long baggy pair
of pants and a weird shirt! He
looked like one 'of those men from
the Bible. He nad brown hair and
looked tired.
Just then three .men, three well
dressed men, came out of the barn.
"What a beautiful baby!", the one
said.
"He's the most special' I've ever
seen!", the second one said.
"He's the son of God!", the third
one said. "We'd better go home a
different way, as the angel
instructed us", and 'so they left.
The Son of God! That could only
be Jesus! That must mean I'm in
Bethlehem. The man who fed the
mule was'Joseph, and those three
men were the three wisemen!
Wow!, I thought.
I looked on the ground at the
freshly fallen snow. My eyes
widened in surprise! I could sec my
feet. I had a staff in my hand. I was
a shepherd boy! I could go see the.
baby.
I slowly walked forward and into
the stable. The ground was covered
with straw and in the pens were
different kinds of animals. I fol-
lowed their gazes to a light in the
center of the room.
I gazed in wonder! there, in the
middle of , the stable lay a baby,
wrapped in swaddling clothes and
lying ,in a manger. Beside the
manager stood Mary and Joseph. It
was a beautiful sight, one. I never
forgot. That day I learned the true
meaning of Christmas. .
Christmas in England
by Josh L.uchies, Grade 8,
I.n England the custom of burning
the ,Yule log was adapted front the
Scandinavian practice' of making
huge bonfires. The idea of 'using
evergreens at Christmas time also
came from pre -Christian beliefs.
Many customs arc taken from
pagan festivals and religions, for
example Druids ascribed magical
properties to mistletoe, and the
evergreen holly was worshiped as a
promise of the sun's return, and
some say that Christ's crown was
made of holly.
Legend tells that the berries were
once white, but when the crown
was pressed upon Jesus' brow the
drops of blood turned the berries
bright red.
The Christmas wreath is thought
to have.originated from this legend.
It is beliaved that Martin Luther
began, thc custom of having a
Chrisunas tree. He thought they
looked nice, so he took one home
and decorated it with candles. The
reason for establishing the 25 of
Decemb - for Christmas is usually
hrld to ,correspond to pagan fes,
tivals that took place around the
time of the wini.er solstice.
St. Francis introduced the first
creche. ; Nativity Scene. Ile also
led th. first real Chrisunas carol,
which was singing songs of praise
to the Christ Child. The image of
Santa Claus as a bearded, fat, jolly,
'old man is derived from St.
Nicholas, a fourth century bishop
from Asia Minor.
The idea of gift -giving is as-
sociated with this, saint spread from
Asia Minor, to Europe, and to the
United States by Dutch settlers.
Celebrate the
birth of Jesus.
We celebrate Christmas because
at that time. of year God sent His
only son down to earth. Jesus was
His nameand He was born in Beth
(chem, He was on earth because He
was going to die on a cross.
• He first lived' an awesome life,
saving people; raising the dead, and
laking leprosy away from --people.
God loved the world He had made
so much that .He sent His one and
only son,.Jesus Christ.
When Jesus was born it wasn't
anything fancy. He was born in a
manger, in a stable.
We celebrate Christmas, not for
the presents, and pretty lights, but
because it is the time of year Jesus
Christ was born.
Lisa Mulder
Grade.7, LDCS.
'The Sentinel Memoirs
Collect carload of milkweed pods
70 years ago
Dec. 25, 1924
New dentist in town Dr. R.L. Treleaven who
has been practicing dentistry at London for
some time has come to Lucknow- and on
Monday next will open an office over Mr. Decker's
store.
Dr, Treleaven's home is in Ripley and he is related
to the Treleaven family in town, so he does not come
as a stranger.
50 years ago
Dec. 14, 1944
Carload of pods sent from Bruce - A car of
milkweed pods was shipped from Walkerton
on Dec. 5 to a processing plant in Michigan.
This represented 4,000 bags, the amount collected by
the school children of Bruce county. This netted the
school children some $800.
With each bag containing about 800 pods, the Bruce
collection amounts to some 3,000,000 pods. The pods
collected in thiscounty alone will make 2,000 jackets,.
or "Mac Wests" as they are known to the sailors and
airmen.
Il requires about two bags, of pods, or one and half
pounds of floss to Make one jacket.
Use of milkweed floss became a necessity when the
Japaneseanese overran Java, , where kapok, formerly used in
life preservers, came from, and milkweed has not
proved superior to kapok.
. 25 years ago
Dec. 24, 1969
New reeve = Orville Elliott of Lucknow will be
the new reeve of Kinloss Township. He will
take over his duties the first of the year.
Town buys new aerial ladder - Lucknow Village
council decided on the purchase of an aerial ladder at
their meeting last week. The tender of Canadian Ohio
Brass of Niagara Falls, in the amount of $4150, was
accepted for the ladder, rear step bumper, revolving
amber warning light and spotlight on the cab roof.
Tenders are presently bung considered for the truck
on which the ladder will be mounted.
The purchase will come out of local hydro funds.
Two dentists receive award - Dr. James E. Little
of Lucknow and Dr. George Howson of Wingham
were presented with honorary memberships in the
Wingham and District Dental Society.
Dr. Little recently retired after 34 years in the
dental practice in Lucknow. Dr. Howson is retiring
this month after serving 40 years in Wingham.
Chrs4rnas4ime is here.
Jesus' b:rIh .s near.
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Grierson changed the history of film
by James Marsh
John Gricrson was.only in Canada
for a few years but what he ac-
complished . in that short time,
changed the history of film not only
here, but around the world. It was a
remarkable coming together .of a
powerful personality, a new •idca
and a turbulent time.
The new idca came to Gricrson
after he saw the film Nanook of the
North by American filmmmakcr
Robert Flaherty in 1926., The filen
showed the daily struggle for sur-
vival of an Inuk hunter, Nanook.
When he wrote a review of the
film, Gricrson invented the term
"documentary" to describe it. In a
"documentary,",a filmmmakcr
revealed the dramin thc everyday
lives of ordinary people. These
films could be more powerful than
),
Hollywood movies. Gricrson
returned to England and made his
own documentary film, Drifters,
which portrayed the harsh life and
dangerous work of herring fisher-
men in the North Sea.
John Gricrson was born in Scot-
land in 1898. His ancestors were
lighthouse keepers. He grew up in
a family that prized curiosity and
delighted in argument and Gricrson
became a brilliant student.
In 1938 the Canadian prime
minister, Mackenzie King invited
Grierson to Canada. King was
concerned that American
magazines, radio and movies were
flooding Canada. He knew that
Canada would soon be at war.
Grierson persuaded King that
documentary film would help
Canadians understand the war --
and themselves, In 1939 King
created the National Film Board of
Canada (NFB) and appointed Grier-
son --its head. In that same year
Canada entered the war against
Germany.
Grierson created -the NFB from
almost nothing. He brought talented
filmmakers such as the Englishman
Norman McLaren to Canada. In
. film series such as Canada Carries
On and The World in' Action he
used documentary film to reach an
audience of millions in Canadian
•see Grierson's, page 5