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cmth acton free pret wednesday decfcmber 20 1967 sober christmas a previously hopeless alco holic who had trimphantly chaaged the course of his life through the salvation armys harbour light rehabilitation program for alcoholics spent last christmas in complete sob riety for the first time in 20 years the holy season had real meaning for this man as be was once again able to look to the years ahead with hope rather than despair fob the birds you dont need an elaborate feeder to share christmas with the birds you can trim an outdoor tree and decorate it with such things as pine cones dipped in suet popcorn bits of apple and grated carrot ev en pie crust blue jays wood peckers nut hatches chica- decs warblers and brown creepers are meat eaters ordinals juncos sparrows and finches like vegetable seeds for christmas let un adore him a did the kings and thus find our faith renewed with joy and kne you can relax when youre covered by christmas party committee for the golden they were entertained by the georgetown age dob mrs r l davidson mrs j tfar- barbershoppers and joyce carpenter and her grave and mrs c winn talk over the previous singing and dancing group with jack carpen- partys success at the last meeting of the club fer as em cee last thursday staff photo trees santas flowers and gook easily made with cotton thread nobody settles claims faster and more fairly dennys insurance agency bill and harold 17 mill st w 8530150 acton we join tlithf carolrrx in wixliing ynu a ery merry chrintitian and the happiest of holidays to thin we add a special thank you to all our loyal customer for their faithful patronage lakeview discount centre by imaginative using spools of mercerized cotton thread you can add a special touch to your christmas gifts holiday trees jolly santas flowers and even gook can be created with thread pompoms and fringe combined with scraps of felt and ribbon once your imagination gets started you may find yourself decorating packages long after santa has gone attach the designs to packages with doublefaced tape and they can be saved for another holiday season thread pompoms are used for the flower topiary tree and gook designs to make pom poms take a spool of thread and slash across it with a single- a joyous christmas lo till our friends wt end sincere wishes for yuletidp 0y mr and mrs 9 ml c k browne we bring good tidings and glad greetings to you and our kin with wishes for happy holidays and a merry christmas 1w main n ssmto edged razor remove the thread from the spool in one bundle and tie it in the center with matching thread then fluff a single pompom will make a thread flower loop a pipe cleaner under the center tie of the pompom and wind florist tape around the pipe cleaner start at the top and catch in the thread tie continue twisting tape around the pipe cleaner and catch in velvet leaves on either side for a topiary tree you will need three small spools of red cotton mercerized thread two pompoms can be made from each spool by tying the bundle on each side of the center and cutting be tween the ties sew the six small pompoms to a fourinch red felt circle inter spersing with holly berries use green velvet ribbon for a stem and cut a flower pot shape from red felt the gook a mischievous looking character which will de light children is created from a large spool of white cotton thread make one large pompom and press on either side of the cen tre to flatten cut eyesandboots from black felt sew white but tons to eyes and tack onto gook snip a single ball from a piece of red ball fringe and sew on for a nose attach boots frowned on little is recorded in the hist ories of christmas in colonial times this is because the his tory is more often concerned with wars and politics the col onists in virginia maryland and georgia brought over the english customs whereas in new york new jersey pennsylvania and delaware the customs came from holland sweden and ger many the quake rs near phil adelphia did not observe holidays and in new england the whole idea of christmas was frowned upon merry xmas the use of xmas for christ mas originated in the early christian church in greek x is the first letter of christs name it often was used u a holy symbol the acton the gravity of the rfti of confirmation administered at st albans church on sunday was interrupted by a little lev ity afterwards in the parish hell parishioners presented bishop w e bsgnall with a gift wrapped attractively in christmas paper unwrapped the package contained a bar of soap with a convenient hanging cord which his lord ship promptly hung around his neck the soap was in a case suitable for cuff links or small ecclesiastical insignia staff photo this is the season when its good to give and great to live the organ lou wishes everyone merry christmas and a happy new year lous used cars main st rockwood 8564235 the organ has been used in church worship and christmas song since 4 so ao spain was first to use the organ in christ ian worship today organs are popular for the home as well as the church and carol singing parties are favorite holiday ent ertainment both amateur and professional musicians enjoy the versatility of the modern organ which can sound the shepherds pipe or the angels trumpet with perfect fidelity santa claus good r fiction changes to in december every year par ents are faced with the problem of what to do or what to say about santa claus some of oureduca- tors say that the santa theory is all wrong and some of todays modern parents seemtoagree is the saint nick idea good or bad for children no child av erage or brilliant ever suffered from the grand illusion child ren know there is a santa claus and they accept the fact that he gradually changes from the santa of fiction to the santa of reality santa is good for small child ren for children have imagina tive minds the fact they might see a santa on every corner mat ters little in their eyes santa is a symbol a mystery and in his wondrous magic is apt to ap pear anywhere it is not the end of the world when the time comes that some older child shatters the illusion by telling all this is the per fect opportunity for the parent food fellowship hit height at yule for food and fellowship thank god says the simplest of all graces and of these two blessings there has never been any lack at christmas time a vast dinner of roast turkey with all its trimmings plum pudding and mince pies appear every year on countless tables through out the world turkey though now traditional is a comparative newcomer un known in europe before about 1542 and appearing then only as one among a variety of festival dishes goose- beef for christmas pies were the early favorites in ordinary families while in great houses there were swans venison peacocks and the boars head boars head was eaten during the scandinavian yule in honor of the sunboar at the great med ieval christmas banquets the head was garlanded with rose mary and bay and an orange or an apple was thrust between the teeth christmas puddings as we know them today date only from about 1670 and began as a stiff ened form of plum porridge this was made of meat broth raisins fruit juices wine and spices thickened by bread crumbs greetings and good wishes for ghrfsimas johnsons excavating 8531699 acton to explain a spirit presents the reason mas time day on jesus hope and being who and use lost the dally of articles astray value to go astray yearly come to missing that friends and young hood seeks knew a husband by chance to its network country able to ation that reunions your army to fill the the ilys and coming