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Candles light way for Christ Child Although it had been said there was no candle to light the manger in the stable at Bethlehem still from early times people have placed tapers in windows to light the way for the Christ Child and welcome Him In many countries anyone coming to the door at Christmastime some believed that Christ Himself would appear at house with a candle concealing his Identity to learn the extent of their kindness Inspiration Candles have inspired men throughout Ihe ages linking their bright glow with the beauty of faith Research by Hallmark s Invited to enter For candle expert John Sin Jem reveals that candles were generally used at Christmastime as far back as the 11th Century Until the Century they were made from tallow or beeswax The latter was preferred as an emblem of Mary purity for wax is the product of virgin bees Many persons believed that bees came from heaven and it was not unusual for religious Institutions to keep swarms of them Accord ing to an early writer the wax represented Christ s body the wick His soul and the flnmc His divine nature The religious symbol Urn of the candie grew through the centuries after early Christiana huddled in the damp chill used lighted candles as source of comfort Candles guide The IrlBh place lighted candles in their windows on Christmas Eve as a guide and an invitation to all who like Mary and Joseph may be seeking shelter who does it WIGO TV APPLIANCES MAYTAG a GIBSON WOODS PANASONIC ELECTPDHOME CRAIG ANTENNAE SPECIALISTS CO Diploic 3376 Man St No Georgetown ACCURATE CAMERA REPAIR Froo Estimator all makes Equipment Prompt and mindly erv S3 Products Qutmn St N Call Richard VINCES TILE CARPENTRY Ropara Complain Washrooms Professionally do no to last The gilt for all seasons IS E Acton Monday All Day For B53 OH TOM THOMPSON roprncior Main St 5 A clan 3460 CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE J HOUSTON From A CHIMNEYSWEEP II FUEL CHIN SWEEPS Clean latest Hour Sorv a Call tabled A BRUCE PURCELL Specialising In Spraying 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go SOFT WATER THE WAY IT SHOULD BE FREE INSTALLATION LOWEST MONTHLY COMPLETE LINE Tinatmcnl Equ Homes SELF SERVICE Salt SEASONS BEST RICHS SERVICE CENTRE LTD No Hwv East of Acton blending all the right ingredients that this hoi and serving them up for your Christmas pleasure Thanks Acton Restaurant and Tavern 8532990 Sciroccos and Convertibles Rabbits Gas Diesel WE ARE DEALING Presenting the newest Volkswagen Styled for the family Engineered for the 80s BAZ MOTORS GEORGETOWN Toronto OPEH SATURDAYS FOR elebrating this hallowed holiday we send everlasting prayers for a blissful Christmas The Dave Whiting Family The Acton Free P10S3 Tuesday Dec B7 Treasure Chest wealth of gifts Stuck for Christmas Ideas The newly opened Treasure Cltest on Mill Streel could be the on Ewer to your problems The Treasure Chest officially opened last Saturday Is a gift and craft shop selling every thing from wicker to wall plaques ft a little bit of everything say a owner and manager She sells table mats matching napkins wind chimes hand carved polish boxes some of them musical candles exquisite Canadian made jewelry of copper and brass stuffed Christmas decorations such as the stuffed candy cane wreath pine shelves and mirrors paper boxes Italian porcelain wicker baskets the list goes Ms and her partner bought the Mill Street home where the Is located in October moving to Brampton She has also resided In Montreal after moving from her native England The Treasure Chest is her first venture in the hectic world of business but she says Its great I enjoy talking to different people she buys I like Acton very much I prefer to live in a small town more than a city day It is more relax id arranges some of the cm I la and gifts In her newlyopened shop The Treasure Chest on Mill St Ms moved to Acton from Brampton In October and opened The Treasure Chest tail Saturday Bill made the discovery of an autographed quill which his relations had a hand In making on a bed display at the Museum where members of the lies tog Historical Society held their annual Yule parly BUI for be a rem settled In The Atlas of 1877 shows the Somen Hie at Lot Concession Just north of They later moved to the Dublin Society party at museum Members of the Esquesing Historical Society and their guests held their annual Christmas party in an appropriate setting last Wednesday night the Museum It was a social evening wilh a brief talk on past and present rural and urban by museum curator the only concession to business Members fraternized around the punch table and the cosy fireplace in the museum main room and looked at exhibits of the early days in BUI Somervillc made an interesting dis very an autographed quill which was made in 1899 and contained the names of his uncles and aunts from the Dublin area just west of Acton Christmas enrols were sung with Bruce Harding the piano Mrs in reduced by George Henderson told the gathering there was a tremendous difference between urban and rural in the days of She illustrated her talk with artifacts a porcelain doll graceful skate which attached to a boot and an account of her own upbringing in the country She said the urban children had stockings provided for them to hang by the fireplace for St Nick while the country kids had to use his own stocking she said because there was no money for such frivolity Mrs noted it was amazing how soon citrus fruits were used AVERY CHRISTMAS Each year it iucansv still more And our gratitude behind it Is wanner than before is MANAGEMENT AND STAFF BANK OF MONTREAL of Christmas fill the air with Santo children and Hope they all part of your holiday Acton Home Furnishings for stocking stuffers As early as you go back there was an orange in the heel and a Brazil nut in the toe One of the exhibits at the museum which the board is especially proud of is a saddle used by a woman who escaped from the United States during the American revolution settling In The description with the saddle points out the escaping party was guided by a band of Mohawk Indians Perhaps members of the historical Society who travelled to the museum by bus didn realize their bus driver who brought them through the snow storm was also a full blooded Mohawk Clarence Hill long resident of this area and from the Reserve Clarence Is in demand to drive chartered buses He also drives a school bus route near Milton in the mornings Tinsel legend According to an old legend a poor peasant woman with many child decorated a Christ mas tree with such humble trimmings as she was able to gather mostly berries and nuts and such odds and ends as she had managed to save up during the year She labored far into the night trying to make her tree as beautiful as she could While she was asleep spiders came and crawled from branch to branch trailing their lacy webs behind them To reward the woman for her devotion The Christ Child blessed the tree and all the spider webs were turned into gleaming silver 1 I COUNTRY 1 MART 1 I LTD J 8533901 1