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She Oshawa Zimes 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1967 Tidings Of Great Joy, Good Will Toward Men Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this 'shall be a sign unto you3 Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from @aesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every ane into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (because Glory to God in the highest, and he was:of the house and lineage of on earth peace, good will toward David.) men. | To be taxed with Mary his espous- And it came to pass, as the angels ed wife, being great with child. were gone away from them into ' And so it was, that while they heaven, the shepherds said to one were there, the days were accom- another, Let us now go even unto plished that she should be delivered. Bethlehem, and see this thing which And she brought forth her first- is come to pass, which the Lord hath born son, and wrapped him in swad- made known unto us. dfing clothes, and laid him in a And they came with haste, and raanger; because there was noroom found Mary and Joseph, and the for them in the inn. babe lying in a manger. »And there were in the same And when they had seen it, they epuntry shepherds abiding in the made known abroad the saying field, keeping watch over their flock which was told them concerning hy night. this child. t And, lo, the angel of the Lord And all they that heard it won- came upon them, and the glory of dered at those things which were the Lord shone round about them: told them by the shepherds. and they were sore afraid. But Mary kept all these things, t And the angel said unto them, and pondered them in her heart. -- St. Luke II: 1-19 i before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasur- es, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord ap- peareth to Joseph in a dream, say- ing, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child and destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have | called my son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the. children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired. of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, say- ing, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be com- forted because they are not. But when Herod was dead, be- hold, an angel of the Lord ap- peareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel... and dwelt in a city called Nazareth. -- St. Matthew II ' Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehein of Judea in the days of erod the king, behold there came wise men from the east to Jerusa- lém, i Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. ; When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and ail Jerusalem with him. + And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. * And they said unto him, In Beth- léhem of Judaea: for thus it is writ- ten by the prophet, : And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had privily cAlled the wise men,. inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent them to and said, Go and : 3ethlehem, rch diligently wx the young child; and when ye have found. him, bring me word again, that I may come and wore ship him also. When they had heard the king, departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went | The Gstyaron Times 86 King & thev | Fe ot C.J. SUBSCRIPTION RATES The Oshawa Times combining The 0: OTTAWA REPORT OTTAWA -- Canada's snows- many nationalitics represented mity. Ra MERRY CHRISTMAS, FROM THE This Christmas photograph by Malak, so rich in the sig- nificance of the season, carries with it warm wishes to you and your families for health and happiness from everyone in- volved in the publication of your hometown daily. Sincere greet- ings are extended by the pub- lisher of The Oshawa Times, T. L. Wilson, the general manager, E. C. Prince and all staff mem- bers: including: Cc. J. McConechy, R. D. Mal- colmson, D.-J. Klein, 0. A. Fon- taine, J. A. Daniel, E. 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Se ee ee ee eee a ee ee eee ee ee ee ee eee Treks By Hearne Debunk Northwest Passage Myth YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO Miss Florence Swartz and Warren Forrester have been voted the most outstanding girl and boy at O.C.V.I. for this year. 40 YEARS AGO Norman Hall, foreman of the assembly room, Chassis plant was presented with a chester- field chair'by fellow employees on retiring from General : Mot- ors, BIBLE "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away." 2 Tim- othy 3:5 Perhaps the reason the church is not reaching the world is because they have seen too much show and too little spirit, a lot of pomp and very little power. '"'Jesus said, the works that I do shall ye do also and greater things that these shall ye do becuase I go unto my Father." By BOB BOWMAN From the time of John Cabot's voyage to Canada in 1497 the greatest explorers in- cluding Cartier, Champlain and LaSalle searched for a water route across the continent. It was not until 1771 that a meek, scholary employee of the Hud- son's Bay Company, an Indian guide and his eight wives, proved that such a route did not exist, In 1768 two Indians arrived at the H.BC post at Fort Churchill carrying samples of copper, and a rude sketch, drawn with char- coal on a deer's skin, of a map of the country to the northward of Churchill. The copper came from the mouth of the Copper mine River, where it flows into the Arctic, and 24 year old Sam- ucl Hearne was asked to investi- gate. The only instruments he had for navigating were a com- pass, an old sea quadrant, and a bottle of mercury. By Patrick Nicholson ther, we encourage the 'Long Christmas' Celebrated In Canada ries ago to New Amsterdam-- cape and Canadians' adoration of children would make this the land of Christmas--even if we did not have the legitimate claim that Santa Claus' home at the North Pole is at least partly in Canada. So it is appropriate that nowhere in the world is Christmas celebrated more en- thusiastically nor for so long as in our national capital To the people.of many lands, Christmas lasts just one day. 3ut our heterogeneous cultural background makes it the pro- longed highlight of the year in many communities, and here in our capital Christmas: parties are spread over a full month. Ottawa's "Long Christmas" stems from the customs of the here, and this brings as much joy to our children--bless them ~--as it does to our retail mer- chants. The reason for the long spread of Ottawa's Christmas is that, not only are there con- siderable Italian and Chinese communities here, on top of evenly balanced French and British sections, but there are also little pockets of 61 other na- tionalities centred around the foreign embassies located here, OUR 'AAFGHAN" CULTURE To immigrants, Canada is a home of many rooms where each may lead his own life in his own way, We do not strive to be a melting pot, fusing all immigrants into a drab unifore -migrants to national patchwork quilt made colorful by the many ethnic groups. These immigrants and their children add their own tra- ditions to the Canadian kaleido- scope. A happy manifestation of this is our "Long Christmas." Most of the diplomatic coter- jes, large or small, celebrate Christmas as and when they would at home, and the foreign embassies often add Canadians as wel] as their own recent im- their Christmas hospitality list, to show us 'how we celebrate at home." The Dutch start off the festivi- ties on Dec. 6, when Saint Nich- olas visits their homes. He crossed the Atlantic with the first Dutch settlers many centu- fn which is now called New York --and there Santa Nikalaus gradually changed his name to Santa Claus. On Dec. 13, Ottawa's Swedes celebrate their feats of Saint Lucia, highlighted by a pretty girl dressed in white, wearing a crown. of six burning candles and sining the folksong named after the Saint she represents Ottawa's Chinatown Cele- brates Christmas in its own way, essentially religious, on a day which varies according to the Chinese calendar. Santa comes to the strects of the Chop Sueys after the church service, and no dancing nor any form of wassail bowl is permitted on this holy day. His first trip began in 1769 but after 200 miles the Indians robbed him, and deserted, so he had to find his own way back to Churchill. He tried again in 1770 and had to give up after 500 miles when his quadrant was broken. Finally, he made another ef- fort later in the year, this time accompanied by a remarkable Indian guide, Matonabbe, and his eight husky wives who car- ried the heavy loads and did the work around the camps. KILLED ESKIMOS It took them six months to get to the mouth of Coppermine River, but there was no copper mine. However, Hearne had been joined by 200 Indians and they massacred a large party of Eskimos who were camped there, an incident which Hearne described with horror in his diary. On the return journey, they reached Great Slave Lake on Dec. 23, 1771, and spent Christ- mas there. Hearne was the first European to see it: 300 miles long and 70 miles wide. There were great herds of caribou. It was probably more than 100 years before another white man Readers Write CHRISTMAS GREETING Mr. Editor: " As the Christmas season ap- proaches, The Student Research Bureau begs the indulgence of your newspaper to joyfully an- nounce: "Our God is. not dead, How about yours?" In fraternal love and charity we honor His name and wish you and your readers a blessed Christmas and peace to men of goodwill. Yours sincerely, W. SHEREMETA Director, Student Research Bureau, Box 68, ; Port Coquitlam, B.C. saw Great Slave Lake. J. B. Tyrrell arrived there in 1893 and estimated that there were 300,000 caribou in one herd he saw. Hearne's trip was not profitas ble, but he proved that there was no northwest passage across Canada. It had taken nearly 300 years. ¥ un (it TO a MULL Lasting The gospel opens with a cradle mysteriously filled, and ends with a cross mys- teriously occupied and a grave mysteriously emptied. --Dr. G. P. Gilmour, The Memoirs Called Gospels. The eminent Canadian theo- logian quoted above calls these the three mysteries of the Christian faith. They are what present a stumbling block to people who, wishing to demy- thologize that faith, deplore the supranatural aspects of Christ- mas. It is difficult, however, not to feel the power of the supranatural at Christmas time. This is so whether we approach it as children sing- ing of Jesus in a manger, born for them, or as sophisti- cated grownups wearied with overdone sentiment and too evi- dent commercialism. In our wisdom we know the story of the Babe is wreathed around not only with myths of purely Christian origin but by others as old as man's religi- ous thinking. The New Testa- ment makes little enough of the birth. It is more interested in Christ's mission and mes- Sage. This is as it should be. The trappings of Christmas could disappear and Christ's mean- ing would remain undiminished. And yet Christmas has its message too, a message of ex- treme significance in this day when men's consciences are stirred as never before by the sufferings of millions of God's human creatures, under the scourges of hunger and disease, of war, and of racial bigotry. Whether one believes Christ was veritably God become human in man, or merely the most perfect man that ever lived, it can easily be agreed that his message was one of love. This is implicit in the Christian tradition which has the angels singing of peace and goodwill at his birth. In the little history we have of Christ's career, a short three years, we know that love was his central theme. Love ye one another. . . . Love thy neigh- bor as thyself. No matter what its critics may say, The Chris- tian faith in this regard made a vast difference to men's lives in ancient times. It brought into the world some- thing the other religions had foreshadowed only dimly, and the greatest of its gifts were mercy and love, sere msi cnn Christmas Holds Message Christians have not always achieved Christ's ideal even among themselves. The 2,000- year history of the faith is shot through with error, with perse- cution, with blood. But this has meant only that it is not Christ but Christians who are imper- fect. It has been said that two ways of life contend in the world today. One is the way of force, the other of law. Those who say it often point the fin- ger at Soviet Russia and at other Communist-ruled un- Christian countries as choosing the way of force, while the good men of Western, Christian countries devote themselves to the way of the law. Always doubtful, this stance crumbles when we contemplate Rhodesia and South Africa, Christian countries so-called, where white men oppress oth- ers not white. Force is still the final arbiter in the world, Nations maintain their positions by naked force. And it has proved difficult to apply Christ's standard to na- tions, even Christian nations, let alone atheistic ones. How, then, do men of good- will apply this message of mercy of love? First they must try to banish fear and hate from their own hearts -- and not merely fear and hate of someone in our environment, but of all men, even those we have been taught to call our enemies. Canadians should call upon their leaders to push tirelessly in every way for negotiations in Vietnam, for the cause of brotherhood and sanity. in all international affairs, in rela- tions between all races, all creeds. For ourselves, let us strive to substitute in all our affairs, do- mestic and foreign, the force of law for the law of force. These ideas seem a far cry from the gay carouse of modern Christmas. These pagan customs, adopted by the early church in purified form, are none-the-less fitting sym- bols of the Christmas spirit of peace and eternal life. But neither ancient custom nor modern accretion should be al- lowed to obscure the message lying beneath -- of the Incar- nation of the World as the Saviour destined to save men from his own worst instincts, (Vancouver Sun) TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 23, 1967 ..... Wake Island, a_ United States Navy airfield in the Pacific Ocean, surrendered 26 years ago today--in 1941 --after a gallant defence by a garrison of 377 marines and a few civilian workers. U.S. troops sank five Japa- nese warships and a subma- rine during first landing at- tempts' and underwent 15 days of heavy bombing, fighting back with four air- craft, which were all shot down. The commander or- dered a surrender after six hours of combat with 1,100 Japanese invaders. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--the summit of Col del Rosso and Monte di Val Bel- la, on the Asiago Plateau, was stormed by Austrians; HMS Stephen Furness was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Channel with 101 lost; Germans. made slight gains on the 700-yard front in Ypres-Staden railway area. unit Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- , day--in 1942--RAF attacked Japanese installations at Ratheduang on the Mayu River, Burm? United States tro: s arrived in French West Africa; a Ca- nadian squadron of Welling- ton bombers made a days light sweep over northwest- ern Germany. Dec. 24, 1967 ..... First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--Mannheim, Germany was attacked by a British air squadron; Austrian forces were thrown back by Italians with heavy losses after crossing the River Piave at Piave Vecchia; a German raid on Epehy, Cambrai front, was re- pulsed, Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--RAF fighters attacked a Japanese air- drome at Magwe, Burma for the second successive day. | WHITBY / AJAX ? Mr. and Mrs. George Siers-|h ma and their daughter Michel,}1 Los Angeles, Calif., during thelJ Christmas holidays will be vis-)|( iting his mother, Mrs. S. Siers-/C ma, his sisters and families,|a Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hoogkamp,|p 806 King St., Mr. and Mrs. Bob/F Hiutma, 404 Athol St., Mr. and'g Mrs. Saco Eekam, 307 Chest-|t nut St. E,, and his brother ands family, Mr. and Mrs. Harmen }j Siersma, 1106 Green 'St., all ofjh Whitby. ceoty Whitby Whittlers TOPS Club members held its Christmas|, dinner party at the Spruce| Villa Hotel. Social games were} led by Lenetta MacKinly and a sing song was led by Bevj. Pettes. "'Queen" for the month'* is Karen Bradley. Mrs. Mary| Simpson, Ajax, was the win-| ner of the afghan and Colleen Barry, Oshawa, won the Christ- mas cake. Other winners were: Jean Allan; Oshawa, L. Baker,! Pickering and Mrs, Allan Gar- land, Don Mills. s \ s d \ d . Mr. and Mrs Thomas Kelly, Brechin, will be Christmas din ner guests at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr I' and Mrs. Thomas Kelly, Jr., 223 Rosedale Dr. li f Cc More than 60 children ofS members of the Oshawa Flying|® Club attended a Christmas @ party at the airport lounge. Alp film was shown and Santa ar- rived by helicopter to distribute gifts. Lunch was served. n Mrs, William Roach, 314 Col- borne St. E., is a patient at the Oshawa General Hospital. 29s Mrs. Ross Vernon and Mrs W. H. Kennedy are spending the Christmas holidays in Eto- bicoke visiting Mr. and Mrs Paul Barber. _-- William Kent, Ottawa, {fs spending the Christmas _holi- a days at the home of his. brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs ' Ernest Kent, 840 Dundas St. E Ajax St. Paul United Church's Women's Martha's group held)s its Christmas meeting at the'b Ontario Farme Drive For Me: TORONTO (CP) -- The Ontar-,a fo Farmers Union will be step- : ping up its membership drive |, during 1968 in an attempt t0\a double its strength and increase |e the power of its lobby, the un-/5 jon's president said Friday. \P Walter Miller of Tara said in|¢ an interview the aim of the union is to negotiate contracts | 1 for its members with users of farm products. "T think many consumer !n- terests would like to see farm- ers set the markup to the shelf $ and possibly to the consumer. ii Mr. Miller said the OFU will/S attempt to improve relation-| ships with various farm product) v marketing boards in Ontario.|b He said the union could operate|o in areas beyond the power of}r the marketing boards - Mr. Miller said there was no chance of the National Farmers Union joining the Canadian Fed- eration of Agriculture, "This) croup 1s where our enemies are." VIEWS DIFFER The two groups view the prob- lem of low farm incomes differ- ently, he said. 'We have de- fined the problem as a direct conflict of interest between the agricultural and industrial sec- tors." Charles Munro of Embro, president of the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture, was asked J, FAITH BAPT 419 Brock REV, DeLOSS M. 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