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page pour the acton free press acton ontarid thursday december 22 1055 rockwood sunday school vesper services visit of santa in busy week hie monthly meeting of the un ited church mens club held wed- neday oveningaf lastweek inv the sunday school hall was well at tended george day president presided over the program and also played the piano for two christmas hymns come all ye faithful 1 and silent night hory night fol lowed toy all repeating the lords prayer koss gordon read the min utes of the last meeting gordon harris and john benham were con veners for the evening and some musical numbers were contributed by the mens quartette from acton which were well received a very interesting item on the program was talks toy two mem- ibers or the guelph detachment provincial police wihidh proved interesting further numbers by the mens quartette were contrib uted followed by refreshments and a social time srs awards sunday morning at the presbyt erian church the children of the 6undtiy school had the place in the way of church service when the younjj folks occupied the choir platform the usual form of church service way observed with mem bers taking part and mr john freeman superintendent read an old testament portion an anthem by the children was contributed following announcements and of fering mr d black conducted a presentation of awards to members of the sunday school assisted by mrs j freeman one year at tendance pins to ie hammond g freeman s kelso two year tendance pin to w freeman jun ior memory course certificates tc b freeman b hammond m bauer if keso and g gray pri mary memory course certificate to brian hannmond three gold stars to g freeman and s kelso for memory work and two gold stars to w freeman for memory work during the service wilburt free man presided at the consoleof th organ mr d black gave an earn est discourse to the congregation the church wa decorated with twigs of pine tree with artificial flowers inserted which made it very attractive two standards one on each side of the auditor ium bore five candlesticks each veaper- service sunday evening at the united church the national christmas vesper service of the cgit was observed with a good attendance district loyalties strengthen nation halitfax cp regional af fections and the distinction of local environment are threads that strengthen the weave of national ity charles bruce of toronto said in an address to the nova scotia weekly newspaper assoc iation here the speaker a nova scotian now general superintendent of the can adian press said- that people who see the ibogey of provincialism in any sign of regional loyalty have missed the fact that great nations are combinations of div erse qualities it will ibe a sad day for canada when the imprint of the rockies ind selkirks on the soul of the british columbian tho sweep of themtrhp4ainsin the m ofthc prairiedweller the salt in the blood of the nova scotian are or- ased iby some fanatical effort to label such differences a heresy toward a national ideal he said it is only juvenile nations that bow tci the god of uniformity timely hints for carving yule turkeys dhe advantage of carefully carv ing aroast turkey is that the who fowl can beserve3 withoutbones but when the traditional dfeh is be ing served on a family table theres always someone who wants to pick a drumstick or a wing 1 timely advice then is to first slice off the birds right leg you can carve it if its not already re quested by a diner by holding on to the drumstick and laying it flat on a platter start toy carving the meat off the tender second joint firstarid the rest will slice off eas ily about five per cent of dining car patrons make specific requests for drumsticks but generally he can use the trimmings from a carved drumstick for croquettes or in stuf fing for other birds the right leg attended to the breast is next on the list the carv er jihou4d4wld to steady the birds then rannijats onc- system produces fine dont fall apart you repeat familiar yule warning as holiday accident season starts just what was star bethlehem wf the star of bethlehem was a natural phenomenon and not a mir- at- t aculous apparition iwas it a planet a comet or an exploding star one early theory suggested that the star of bethlehem was venus which appears in the morning sky every 19 months and is 10 times brighter than the most brilliant star the peoples of the eastern world however have long known venus to the wisf men who knew the movements of the planets there could have 4een -nothing- -re- markable alboutthls familiar object the 16th century astronomer jo hannes kepler believed that the star of bethlehem was actually a conjunction of jupiter and saturn later calculations have shown how ever that this conjunction was not very close furthermore the bibli cal account indicates that the star was visible for several weeks sell this slices that strike the grain when slicing in th- other direction and it is harder to keep slices thin the rest of bile bird can be carved in this fashion when the wing is reached it don bo cut off and the tasty popular meat around it sliced always with the knife drawn to ward the carver iln this way the head of the table can nvoid crumbling clumsy pieces of meat and produce clean slices that look attractive on every christmas plate flight to freedom gains citizenship vancouver cpan eston ian surveyor took the oath of al legiance with 100 other new can adians as the last stop in a flight for freedom which began in the second world war alee kawaus- 49nfled to norway as the russian armies overran his country then in 1948 without visas kalbus and 347 other eston ians sailed the atlantic in an old trawler to sydney n s public clamor spurred toy newspaper stories led the government to ad mit all but two ai immigrants he worked first in montreal then moved west to kitimat bc christmas is almost here with christmas comes that festive iholi- day season and with the festive holiday season can come death shocking os it may seem it- is true every year aroundd christ mas and new years hundreds of persons are killed the majority of them in traffic accidents thisyrear officials are predicting a higm death toll on canadas high ways around the holiday season only you can prevent this to once again repeat a time- worn but true quotation if you drive ddont drink if you drink dondrive you hear this on the radio and television you read it in newspapers but you must understand and heed this saying to derive any benefit from it police all over canada have re ceived orders from head offices to really clamp down on drivers over the coming holiday season worst offenders the drinking drivers will receive maximum perialies tocal police tite warning drivers they will be on the look out for offenders canadas and united states safedriving day held recently proved that accidents can be pre vented partially at least if every one tries his best why not do your part by making every day throughout the holiday season safejdriving 0day by staying away from the wheel of a car if you have been drinking remember everyone can have an accident only you can prevent one laboratory workers ottawa cp shortage of qualified laboratory assistants is a growing problem in canada says- james glbbard director of tine health departments hygiene labor atory europe excursion ottawa cp some 60 federal employees here are banding togeth er for an airline excursion to -elul- ope next april they plan to visit paris the iriviera italy switzer land germany holland and brit we sing out our with for you merry christmas del jordan your friendly electrician want ad page where old friends meet ledgers iga wishes you whereas the conjunction of two i where he became a member of the planets last only a faw hours engineering party that laid out an attempts have been made with- 80mile transmission line now he misses pearl hamilton and gladys out success to discover whether is fettled here working for an ei- hanna had charge of the service which was very impressive all through ttymris that were sung were in keeping with the christmas spirit and reading matter referred to him who came to be the savior of the world in connection with the candlle lighting ceremony five girls took part and repeated their cgit purpose during the ser vice miss gladys hanna read a lengthy paper dealing with a white christmas baptismal ceremony sunday afternoon at st johns any of the known comets were vis- ectrical firm ible around the date of the birth of i christ a comet would have appear- ed morning after morning in the saime place this dramatic and at tractive picture may be thcoorrect explanation yet the theory that most astron omers today wouvd probably accept is that of the nova or superno va the nova or new star sudden ly exploding may increase a hun dred thousand time in brilliance within a few hours and dominate the sky even though it was too church tlev e h jones officiated small to be seen before exploding at a ibaptismal ceremony for the the much rarer supernova may infant son of mr and mrs keith hamilton mr and mrs george waller of listowel were present and had a part in the ceremony santa at concert monday evening the congregat ion of st johns church and young folks of the sunday school sat down to well laden tables pro vided toy the ladies of the con gregation in the parish hall following supper with mrs cecil meredith at the piano the young folks enjoyed tho singing of christams hymns previous to a brief program of short songs and recitations a large christmas tree occupied a prominent place in the hall all lit up with colored lights at the conclusion of the program santa claus mr langley came in with his bundle of gifts and was also assisted in distribution of num erous gifts ssiools olosethis wook for the- multiply its brilliance a thousand million times in a faw hour sup ernovas were reported in ad 16im 1572 and 1054 christmas and new year holidays a merry christmas and pros perous 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