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C20 Merry Chnstm si Wednesday Dec 1979 Need winter color install bird feeder JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM About this time Caesar Augustus the Roman Emperor decreed hit a census should be taken throughout the nation s was taken when r was governor of Syria Everyone was requtred to return to h ancestral home Tor this registration And because Joseph was a member of the royal line he had to go to Bethlehem in King David ancient home journeying there from the Galilean village of He took with him Mary his who was obviously pregnant by this time And while they were there the time came for her baby to be born and she gave b rth to her Tint child a son SI wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the village inn Luke I from The Living Bible of Many home gardens look drab during he winter months A bird feeder in he yard near a Safe holiday parties are no accident saya the Hamilton Automobile Club With the focus turned away from liquor and toward tempting meals and lively activities are Tar ten likely to drive home with their tenses impaired by alcohol The motoring federation Utilities that Increase even more during and New Year a when alcohol consumption also HOLIDAY PREPARATIONS Trim your liquor list along with your tree you re having a holiday party That advice comes from the Hamilton Auto mobile Club which says that hosts who liquor at their get will help reduce traffic ac cident caused by guests who are too drunk to drive home safely Money saved on alcohol can be used for a variety of tempting food that wDl help mitigate alcohol effects Seasons Greetings from your ACTON FREE PRESS CARRIERS Stem Watzeck Nicky Fryers Jim McVeigh RhysGU CaralyiwiB Hears Carol Michael Tommy Scott JohnCavkmc TedMoyso Ted Lindsay Chris Rosaoouist Barbara Melon RiekDodds Tracey Dunbar RickKroes Kevin Lobsinger Andrea Carolyn Vandenakker Darran Ednuidsun Donnie McDonald convenient window can add a touch of brightness as welt as being interest and educational During the early months birds feed on the weed seeds In fields and back gardens Bui as the snow piles up these sources of food are buried A feeder will attract many different birds such as blue jays ch cardinals junk and possibly some you haven t A mixture of feeds helps the birds through winter Suet raisins any of the cereal grains corn or sunflower seeds are bound to attract a wide variety of birds There arc also several mixtures of wild bird seeds available If sou plan to set the feeder on a steel or v pole make sure the feeder Is about feet ft the groi Squirrels like t feeds and will take ver your feeder Sleel poles are excellent to prevent this nee hey cannot get a Strip If you use a wooden pole fasten a sheet metal cone around the pole about feet up so they cannot further Besides he interesting winter jour feeder will tract sparrows Don I discourage them because they be around next spring eating insects and garden pests when begin to grow again the