The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-11-30, Page 3NITINAT DIVISION of Crown Zellerbach
Canada Limited, on Vancouver Island,
home of some of Canada's tallest trees,
was visited recently by left, Mrs. Jack Mc-
Donald of Brussels, Mrs. Jack Hodgins of
Wingham, Mr. Hodgins and Mr. McDon-
ald. Mr, Hodgins is president of Hodgins-
McDonald (Wingham) Ltd. and Mr. Mc-
Donald is president of J. M. McDonald
Lumber Ltd, of Brussels. They toured the
logging operations following the annual
meeting in Vancouver of Allont Ltd.
Santa has a host of helpers Seven-year-old socialites have a way
of leaving more than a gift at a party:
ever been stuck with a tutti-frutti-
topped tablecloth?
These are the times a Cascade 40 can
really win you over. It provides all the
hot water you need to suds up a
strawberry-specked party dress, its
chocolate-cheeked owner, and the
pile of party paraphernalia you'll be
left with.
A Cascade 40 electric water heater
may not make the party . . . but it
could save the day, For more inform-
ation, ask your Hydro.
your hydro
When the p rty's over
a Cascade 40
electric water heater
can have its finest hour
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win hatrt Advance•Tinigh Thursday, Nov. X), 1967 page Here's an odd traffic item,
from Ontario Safety League
files, Stopped and Interviewed
in Illinois upon complaints from
neighbours that he was driving
at night without lights, an 85*
year -old man had a few stir!,
prises for the police. He hadn't
had a driver's license for 10
years, and hadn't purchased
license plates for his 1914 Ford
for 19 years, Out he was able,to
produce a ;ate driving certifi*
care issued four years ago by an
insurance company, . ,
Even though Santa is some-
times pictured as travelling by
rocket or by jet plane, his fav-
orite mode of transportation
still seems to be the famous
reindeer-drawn sleigh. The
only wonder is that he can re-
main as jolly as he'traditional-
ly is, when he has to cover the
World in one night, delivering
gifts by the billions.
Perhaps the explanation may
be found in the number of help-
ers he has, and also in the fact
that Christmas Eve is not his
only day for delivering gifts.
St. Nicholas, a real bishop,
was the first "Sante. Many
legends grew up around his
name, and many centuries af-
ter his death on December 6,
about 342 A.D., he was honor-
ed as a friend to the young.
December 6 became "Child-
ren's Day," and St. Nicholas,
travelling by horse, brought
gifts to reward children for
good behavior.
Although Santa has to a
large extent replaced St, Nich-
olas, in some European count-
ries children still await the
arrival of the bishop on the
night of December 5, and set
out shoes filled with hay and
carrots for his horse.
In Scandinavian and some
other countries, Santa gets an
assist from St. Lucy, who is
responsible for the distribution
of gifts on her day, December
13.
Christmas comes after Christ-
mas to many homes in France
and French Canada, where the
old tradition of giving gifts to
children on New Year's day is
observed. There's a resemb-
lance to Christmas in the plac-
ing of gifts beside the fireplace,
often in stockings.
Even then, the Santa season
isn't finished. Many Spanish
children expect the Three
Kings to bring them gifts on
Epiphany, January 6. They,
too, set out shoes filled with
straw and grain for the horses
the kings ride,
Whatever the gift-giving
Heads of the bigwigs are to-
gether these days, planning
another successful season at
the Shakespearean Theatre in
Stratford. The 1968 Festival
will open June 10th, and it
seems to me it just closed. How
quickly time flies! The plays
next year sound promising. On
opening night, celebrities,
politicians, entertainers, hip-
pies, and you-name-it, will
be tramping each other's toes
to get a seat to see Shakes-
peare's "Romeo and Juliette".
Last presented in the early 60's,
it had Julie Harris and Bruno
Gerussi in the title roles.
The other plays to be seen
next season will be only one
other of Shakespeare's works,
" A Midsummer Night's Dream",
and two other plays by other
playwrights — "Tartuffe" by
the French playwright Moliere,
and Peter Raby's adaptation of
"The Three Musketeers". The
directors will be Jean Gaston,
the French-Canadian director
who has had so many successes
at Stratford; and John Hirsch,
of the Manitoba Theatre Centre
in Winnipeg. The season will
last eighteen weeks. The only
star named so far is one of our
top Canadian actors, William
Hutt, who has been selected to
play the title role in the Mol-
iere play. He will also be
date, Santa has a host of help-
ers to lighten his load. In ad-
dition to St. Lucy, Scandina-
vian countries have the Tom-
tar, little gray-bearded men
who are said to hide gifts for
boys and girls on Christmas
Eve. The Christ Child or
Kristkind brings the gifts in
many countries.
In Italy the traditional gift-
giver is Befana, sometimes de-
scribed as a benevolent fairy
and sometimes as a witch.
Legend says that she misdirect-
ed the Magi or that she refused
sheltei to the holy family.
Now she goes around the world,
in repentance, seeking the
7is
Show Biz
By Vonni Lee
directing "Waiting For Godot"
at the downtown Avon Theatre.
You will probably remember
the television version of that
Beckett play, seen a few sea-
sons ago, with Barry Morse and
Budd Knapp in the leading
roles.
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Al Hamel is a charming host
of "In Person", the after-
hockey variety series seen ev-
ery Saturday night on CBC tel-
evision, The talent is not al-
ways the greatest, but it usual-
ly provides an easy half-hour
of relaxation for end-of-the-
week viewing, Up-and-coming
shows that may interest you,
are the appearances of Margar-
et Whiting and Canada's Tom-
my Common, on December
16th.
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Those of you who watched
the highlights from the Cana-
dian Armed Forces Tattoo in
September, will be interested
to know it will be returning in
a repeat broadcast on December
2nd at 11 a.m. The original
showing drew an audience of
3,100,000 viewers, one of the
largest ever recorded for any
CBC program. Yours truly had
the opportunity of seeing por-
tions of the real thing last sum-
mer in our nation's capital;
the TV show will be well worth
your time if you can spare it.
And of course, the 2nd is
also Grey Cup Day, for all you
parade-watchers and football
fans. On Monday, the 4th, old
friend Jack Paar will be back in
a television special " A Funny
Thing Happened Everywhere".
And when he's around, usual-
ly does!
RING THE BELLS
In Switzerland, bell ringing
is a Christmas tradition and
each community prides itself
on the harmony of its bells,
The church bells of Zurich have
rung in harmony for hundreds
of years, each Christmas call-
ing the faithful to church ser-
ram
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