The Seaforth News, 1940-12-19, Page 3THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19,.1940
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
MADE IN
CANADA
McRILLOP
Did you ever see a many lay his
gloved hand on a chopping block and
apparently lop off his thumb. Prob-
ably not. According to a story re-
lated to Mr. Gordon McGavin of Mn
Xillop this was a favorite joke of a
workman in a northern lumber camp
when strangers were present, The
man had lost a thumb in an accident
some years previous. Cordon recent -
ly lost a thumb when he grasped an
ice cold revolving shaft in his
gloved right hand, the wet glove
freezing to the shaft. The injured
hand ts healing nicely now, but it
takes time and practice to oversome
the handicap of a missing thumb,
especially on the right hand. The
above story was told to Mr. McGavin
by a man on hie train who noticed
his bandaged hand.
RJdi1!
motoring'
ALL YEAR
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PLAYGROUND
YES, out in Vancouver and Victoria
GOLF is played all year 'round!
Warm sea -breezes and the protection
of the mighty Coastal mountains
maintain a moderate temperature in
which all outdoor sports take on an
invigorating newness.
Plan now to visit Canada's EVER-
GREEN Playground—for rest or play,
the ideal place for a thoroughly
enjoyable winter vacation! Special
Winter rates at hotels. The new Hotel
Vancouver's spacious rooms and de-
lightful accommodations will add to
the pleasure of your stay in Vancouver.
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Spirit of Christmas
Can't Be Beaten
There's mitthing to equal Christmas
for the feeling that it, inspires in
everyone . . that "its good to the
alive" sensation coupled with a deep
feeling for the wellsheing of fellow
num that comes espeviallyatiChri•it-
7:,
1en who love solitude—and their
number increases, since in solittule
and tine quiet personal yhilosophy that
atitemls ninon it, the best escape from
modern harassments is Nutind--sud-
denly discover that solitude is no:bear-
able lo them. The meanest make pre-
sents like the rest, and take pride even
in a strange excess. Those who are at
enmity seek each other ifor reconcile-
ment, acid old friends wanni towards
each other iti the riche4t glow of amity
iand confidence.
This season, as Sur long past, we
shall 'have quoted to us in recitation
and otherwise the classic example of
the thettevoleist effect of Cristms on
the miserable Scrooge: hut shall we
not have some het ter story to tell, in-
dicating the iny,tery and power, than
this rather ihald and eiententtl tale?
The world may be riven: that; al-
lowing for motors, airplanes, the radio
and other things his ,Christmas, with
the customary sadden acee,“ of the
tirit of friendship and ibenevolenee,
scarcely differ from any ,sther.
Ideas and system, of life are eliang-
ing eintipletely, the old order totters,
institution collapse; 1)1)1 it ean ihe
said of whir; vie may call the ,practice
of 1 hristina,. a. (51 wh,oltitely nothi114
el,e, that it will remain Christina.,
k Intlever happens, immutable and
permanent, because we hawe been
horn and bred to1. because it prov-
ide, a relaxation from the strain 0
life to he obtained in no other way.
11, after all other insititations had
'men ig were decreed by
mad !governments that 'Christmas also
11111.4 disappear, another Chrisitmas
would ins t tt tly the established, like
the other, just the ,411110. So far ae
anything tinder heaven rtin make a
guarantee general happiness for
one short spell among the 'prevailing
.4loot11, Christmas make,. it.
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FIFTY TONS OF
CHRISTMAS PUDDING
Have Arrived from England in Can.
ada, U.S.A. and the Dominions
t'anatia has received a goodly
share of the 50 tons of Christmas
puddings whirl] have now been safe-
ly delivered to the Dominions and
S. A. in atm& time for this year's
10)11111 08.
They have been going out 8111141
midsummer for they will keep for
year If necessary and improv( -1 in
the keeping.
Otto New York buyer has had ted
thousand dollars' worth, Ile bought
them not only for Christmas but for
Thanksgiving Day.
Americans with English associa-
tions began ten years ago buying
plum puddings from England and
now it is the fashion in the States.
One London baker alone has dis-
patched 5 tons of them in basins of
special design.
Want and For Sale Ads., 1 week 25c
First Yuletide Here
Observed in 1604
It IMF, way hank in 1604 when Can-
ada had its first 'Christmas.
JUSit picture tile scene . envie
eollection of huts, a palisade and a
land in white.
A grotto of French adventurers,
seeking what escape they ronld front
the biting void, were inside those huts.
They were winter exiles in a New
A.Vorld, and ithinigs had 11111 'been very
haPPY for them. Lack of pro, isions
and privation had wrought havoc in
their ranks. Disease had attacked 11)an
after man, More than a few had not
recovered,
Hut there was one man in those
huts on that Christmas Day who
would not admit defeat.
Samuel de Champlain was a leader
of the party. lit was he who organized
Canada's first tChristmas festivities.
Despite the shadow that lay inter his
comrades, a big Christmas dinner was
held, A Cull description of the event
has been left for as lily the tpen of a
rompagnon de voyage,
-It yea, dark when we assemibilerl
fur dinner in idle .great common hall,
but the roaring fire in the centre, ad-
ded to the many lights especially pre.
pared for the orca:ion awl hung •from
the walls and roof, made all bright
and ensv. Thr m.sting 111
igreist pla tors, vt,J., 1.110104111 %% ill,
all honor, our import. of Ihe kitehen
litiadinr the way with the ehiiiitest eta,
which be sat down at the head of cite
main table,
"And the land 5 rich and fair and
1111 pet the home of thousands of
our 'OeoPle• \\*0 haw 011111,1 a new
France that Will 1111, day outsitrip 1)11
France in :night, wealth awl great -
the scrim was, it could not
dispel the misery tthielt tugged aft the
heart ,trings. Murmur:, attacking the
plan to form a colony in Canada. Qom]
made themselves: heard. "Nfen openly
deplored the ,chente. It t%a..., then that
Champlain rose to his feet. As the
chronicler rletwrilie,, as the only
time that I have ever seen the Sieur
mad. 1E5 eye: flashed and his volee
•!remble,1 with tui,,ion, a, lie exclaim.
tol, 'Enough! It is spirits .3imrs
that make faihre. The climate of this
land is rigorous', hut it give.: health
and " '
T:uie has recorded mam
in 111 hisior.t .if Canada -ince that
iirst Christmas dinner was held 111 St.
Croix. \eadia, the land of Etangclior•
AUBURN
Charles Scott, mail c,ntrier for l2„.
12. Nit, 2 stulinfrit, experienced s rry
tv, roads on his trip Friday. -\ tram
11111 sleigh .5as necessary 1,1 c, 111 101
the mail, and lie 11111 arrive holm.
until itt p.m. on Friday evening.
The n111.1 weather here ha, caused
the roads in thi. disgriet to be in ;t
‘ery bad ccoulition,
The animal "at home" of the St.
\ngust \Voitien's institute was
held on Friday night in the parish hall.
l'n wre.sive euchre was enjoyed.
Prize. were won by Alrs. Nilson e-
AMter, and Gordon 1,oran. 1)ancing
w'as then enjoyed with local talent.
The Young itiul
held a combined meeting- in Knox
l'itited church on Friday evening.,
Helen '1:11:11 was in charge. 'NI:try
Arthur led in prayer. June Marsh
;Nlitnr,t, presided at ithe piano. Ruth
read the Scripture.
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PAGE THREE
Many Traditions in
History of Mistletoe
You'd never .know it, ront the 151101
mistletoe Conte, 4111111 glie ,8111 Saxon
mistIstan—"the different twig."
1iil 1511))the mention of 1111' imc.,
fanird of Chri.tinits derorati ins
throught 11, minid 511 rid leigendi
The legend has it that Balder, a
Scandinavian hero, was killed thy an
arrow from a inisgletor Inc. 1 [is death
angered the 511115, Who 11111111ed1alei
decreed that droll) that time on ini.ile
toe should be a mere parasite and
should cause no more trouble. The
berries- according .10 Norse inythol-
ogy were the tears of the igoddess
Friggu, :lied at the death of her son.
11511111' the Beautiful.
It i. from this legend Gra,: the cust-
om of kissing- beneath the mi.tletoe
Prang; the .kiss i, supposed to be a
token of Ipealle and an assurance dm,
the mistletoe is still unable to C1111se
F.,OrroW Or misfortune but 011 the con-
trary go foster 10Ve. Another tradition,
whilt perliaps seems more closely re-
lated to the real meaning of Christ-
ina., says that the cross was made 13.1
mktiotoo, had been until ,that
time a noble tree. Because of tht•
cruel 115e to which it was put, the
olive -foliaged growth Atts vombmincd
•to 1111 as a ,prrras•ite tot other..
MAKE THIS CHRISTMAS
FREE FROM FIRE
051- 111briti,r death and des-
truction to num,. iJr:H.,11 1m1J1‘...
. 1 11 'pally '11111501
homes 15 Christimis, death inni 1-
1110,11
niav )114111 n,
.114.. Ccie'irat ion ,,,f '11r1,1 -
11r0 f11.1iVc i"
t1. 150 ,cr.r! orld. 11 Cliri:t nr,
tinw 1111111erp11. fire 'yir:,r,!, are intr.
daced into home-, store. and iittithe
daves that do 'riot iinlinarily exist.
h:Ver‘ year in (.11111o1:11, women and
little children lo,,e 'heir or are
scarred 1,w life from fire, -tartiyit-
Chri,tnia-• rivearati,m,.. tree., ligit,Mm,
Thi, is the ',yarning ibe
1)7)11 Fire arsim:',
deettratirin
charehe, and plidie
parlicidar care in their choice .51 Ile,'
oration,. (NI.% (1l(.1.1i]., Made of
and :tshe:uts 5110.110 :n•
Parl,ing matcri,d and 11111,1.11
!naa (nor, 1.,19111y
rlit gime in I .110•11,1 net-to:on,
1.,,,s1 of 11 111..r, frcgmmt
11 or, ca -e. nwrchan:, .JrJrJrd
4)11'11,1111;4 es,17
Jhtring thi- ,caJton
croAd, are larger than 115.41.
The 1. trce j.t•Je1i demaii-
particalar attenti,m. It rot In
placed near 1,113 sours he,,it, sncli
at, radiators, fire plates stifles :t1i
taionl4 againt,1 Silill
115 11' ,111,111,1 be .1, .:,1aVVII that
staking or ,falling. it riO 11,11 ;dock a
11.torUay or eXil ;(11(1 11,115 proven,: the
C,Cape anyone. l.ight, for the tree
should be 01113 of the approved elect
ric t3m, and in no 11,5' '41111111 candjes
be Used or smoking' permitted near
any Christmas itree, fter a tree is
bn.itight into the 1101110 it hottrly be-
come, drier 511,1 therefore more easil:
ignited.
The correct Choice of toy, ono
nteatt 11111e11 to •ehe littie titles 111 the
homes. Those gruttle of celluloid 111•13-
l), ignited without (touting in actual
vontact with iflaitne 111111 when ignited
they Intro with such rapidity that a
child's clothing is nearly always set
afire bofOre they can (11,1110,11.1 of them.
.\ et:Mental ignition of flaiiiiirthle
costumet has been tlic cause I vi" 1(1o13
Christina. itragedies: in fact Santa
77/RAC id 720 Cr&h.
tO&C,CC JUST LIKE
MADE IN C4144"
Clans himself must the vi
not tii i'mrn his whiskers.
WINDBREAKS MEAN TREES
11 (15,11 11,s ex•„wrirneed the ,;•onis
.1 4itid1o.tial.: on a windy
iiiiner's day. It is crio1121, to say flue;
Ochertoi are,t, tre 1y nrich warner
111511 111,1 one.1, Stich
r 1)!,) 111 the 1410 11.1,11111
(0)111 11 w a miet,,ity, state: E. T.
Coring, Dominion Experimental stat-
ion, kaple.ka-ilia. (int.
11)15 can i11,111,415 15
onljt practical mclhoJI j,
i115 treet. ,1 11a,1 1.of trees planted
or from 51111 the peer tiling
1'1‘,11,5 10551. 14
maintain in tin•ir he a n:l11 11 4111,11
0111 ,i' -1 in comfort.
Trr10 11f1s' 11 their valoe for
ptirm..te. Evergreen-. are the hest.
1111i3 present the preatt,t resistamm
7,' 111e 1,11•••••agt, of air 111,1 thus stop it
most rffecgi,ely. 1!,: mlittiol.'lv 1111,5
arc ...los% groing and tali-, ...min. -:,.tJatt.
to mmlirie
Doeighittit• trve, omb a: poplars
groA quid:3 hut ‘.Ifer resistance
tett ximl. 'Pte.\ will 111i0e sati•-
fae.tory if planted in a thread enough
Perhap. the be, -1 windbreak can
he made nip of a mixture of trees such
as .1.rnee and Tutplars. 133. alternating
the trees in the rims and staggering
the rows. effective protection can he
built tip in a comparatively short time.
quirk growing short lived poplar::
give early .nrotection. When they
reach maturity and 'begin to dir, the
slower 'growing evergreen, are ready
to take their pltiee. No imatter what
the conditions are, some tree can
11,11ally he found to suit them.
Patient Parent---"Whut on earth is
the matter now?"
Young Hopelful. twho has been
bathing with his bigger brother—
"Willie dropped the towel in the
watm. and he's dried me wetter than
I was before.'
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SEAFORTH
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Wishing All Our Customers
and Friends
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
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