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the acton free press thursday december 20th 1956 scanning the scene with hartley coles the success baseball teams from the utile hamlet of campbell ville have enjoyed in the last five years has finally won them a measure of recognition in the daily press the toronto globe and mail inspired by a note from the village barber frank bill a great booster of the nassagaweya capital confer red a few choice accolades on the little places and especially camp bellville in a recent issue jim yipond sports editor of the globe devoted an entire column to the accomplishments of such little places as campbellville re term ed them the breeding grounds of athletes and thriving hives of sports activity campbellville of course has won the intermediate c baseball title for three years in succession and this year they capped the performance by capturing the coveted halton baseball cup for the first time and went on to win the ontario title in the higher class intermediate a their juvenile d team provincial title holders of last year duplicated the feat by retaining the crown this year a unique tribute to camp- bellvilles place in sports was penned by frank bill in the note lie dispatched to the toronto globe vipond says the metric content may not measure up to bill shakespeare but as a one man chamber of commerce the village barber of campbellville is in a class by himself this is his ode to camphrtlvflliy as representative of the little plac es if to campbellville you come some day you wivthink to yourself and say this is the sleepiest town ive ever seen the people here seem almost green theres just two stores and a bar- ber shop no hotel where you can stop the cpr local makes just one call however we sure feel big when it comes to baseball along with all other teams who have met the campbellville team on the diamond acton teams can only mutter- amen to that congratulations are in order to two local female five pin bowlers beryl creighton and dot earle beryl qualified in the opening round december 15 of the 2000000 bowling classic which has its finale for the eastern canada championshipsat the sportsmens show in torontonin march dot earle is tied with two other bowlers for the last qualifying spot a special rolloff dn neutral janes will decide the winner both gals have been playing hav oc with records at the local alleys and this is their big chance to show what they can do against competi tion from other centres best of luck to both of these girls on the tournament trial t traditional carols express real significance of christmas perhaps no custom better expres- es the spiritual significance of christmas than the singing of the traditional carols one encyclopeadia reveals the rather startling fact that the word carol originally meant a dance or a group of songs intermingled with dancing later the word was used to describe festive songs especially those sung at christmas in england the singing of carols was prevalent as early as the 15th century many of these ancient carols such as the cherry tree the same evening after admin titer- queen emulates gift of the magi twelfthnight or the feast of the epiphany commemorates the man ifestation of christ as the son of god it was originally kept in the east as a festival of christs bap tism and reached the west by the year 400 in many catholic countries epi phany and not christmas day is the occasion for the exchange of gifts even in protestant england the monarch on this day makes a traditional offering of gold fran kincense and myrrh the way the three wise men did before the cradle of christ in the manger at bethlehem almost 2000 years ago in fact the british sovereign is believed the only monarch to still emulate the gift of the magi the world today has no enthroned catholic king for more than 500 years british kings personally paid homage the rule first instituted in a catholic britain was broken by king george iii in j758 afflicted with remorse over the death of princess caroline on the eve of epiphany the king directed his lord high chamberlain to make the offerings on his behalf every year- since personals mr and mrs stanley coy wil- lowdale visited friends here last week mr c h harrison and mr wil liam mcdonald of toronto called on acton friends tuesday mr and mrs j b adamson have moved from town and are now making their home in gait- master dean lemon arrived home from belleville school for the deaf for his christmas vacat ion his many friends are very sorry id learn of the illness of mr george somervillc who is in hos pital- mrs ross robertsons nany friends are sorry to know she rs in cuelph general hospital and wish her a speedy recovery mr and mrs w m collier liilinnic and douglas of richmond hill visited on sunday at the home of mr and mrs fred ander son mr and mrs w j young 39 college ave gnelph will be at small austrian tyrolean village of obemdorf broke down the organ ist franz gruber found that mice had eaten into the bellows and im mediate repairs were impossible he took his problem to the young curate father josef mohr who agreed to write some verses- if gruber would compose music simple enough for unrehearsed guitar accompaniment the young priest received his in spiration for the carol as he was walking home in the frosty calm of then the gifts have been made by home to their friends wednesday j carol the carol of st stephen and others preserve unusual leg ends of early britain historians record that sacred carols were sung in the open air while jovial carols were favorites with shepherds and plowmen of rural england at christmas feasts and entertainments the christmas caroling song which is believed to have originated even before the 15th century had its beginning in the ceremony of carrying the wassail bowl the wassail bowl was carried by groups of singers during the yuletide sea son to the house of the gentry in expectation of a gift or gratuity originally the song contained the words here we come a-wassaill- ing and love and joy come to you and to your wassail too when the custom of carrying the bowl died out not until well into the 19th century in many parts of rural eng land the word awassailling was dropped and the word a caroling was substituted fortunately many of the old eng lish carols such as the boars head carol which is still sung at queens college oxford on christmas day have not been buried with many of the customs they are reputed to have accompanied collections of carols have been printed at frequent intervals the first selection being taken from the press of wynkyn de worde in 1521 a copy of jiae cantiones a swed ish collection published in 1582 came into the hands of rev j m neale in 1852 neale whose trans lations and compositions are still sung by canadian and british church congregations translated a number of these carols and provid- ed others with new words good king wenceslas originally a spring carol is the most famous example of neales translation ability the study of the carol tradition would fill many pages for several countries have contributed to the great list of christmas carols we i know and sing today i in germany the popular carol developed in parallel with the christmas chorale such as may be found in bachs christmas oratorio one of our best loved modern carols silent night holy night had its beginnings in germany the unsual circumstances surrounding its origin are worthy of repetition in the year 1818 just two days be fore christmas the organ of the lit tle church of st nicholas in the ing the last rites to a dying woman declaring to liiilf that it must have been like this that silent holy night at bethlehem he spent the rest of the night composing his imi mortal words f the next day gruber composed the music finishing iti time for the midnight mass the church members were great ly aghast when th h only the muted strumming of a guitar and the thin tired voices of the two composers instead of the rolling cadences of their church organ the quaint music of the new carol fell like a benediction on the startl ed parishioners as they listened to the beautiful words softly they began to hum at the end of the third stanza they joined triumph antly with the priest and the organ ist to sing the repeat of the words christ ip deiner geburt jesus lord at rny birth this nowfamous and lovely car ol reached the outside world through a repair man vho came froffp a nearby town zqlaterel to mend the bellows of the broken reliable taxi vtmhhmmwwmtvmvmhv 24 hours a day phone promptness is a keynote of our service were as close as the phone coffee and snacks to take out we deliver fish and chips our specialty 9 main st acton organ enchanted he carried the reanex holy trinitys church 6r- words and tune away with bfrh giv ing it to some concert singers who sang it in other parts of germany later it was used by roving choral groups being published in hmo at leipzig for a family of tyrolean singers although less traditional but equally lovely the familiar o lit tle town of bethlehem is of american origin in 1888 phillips brooks a young episcopalian clergyman wrote the words for the children in his sun day school of holy trinity church in philadelphia enthralled by the first line o little town of bethlehem lewis ganist and sunday school superin tendent promised the children that he would compose music for the little hymn as his christmas pre sent to them his inspiration for the music came to him in a dream on christmas eve hurriedly lighting a candle wrote the now famous music com pleting the harmonies at the organ early the next morning calling his song a gift from heaven he played the tune for the children that christmas mom it has become a part of the musical observance of the christmas season in many lands tma to our friends merry yulet1d acton woodcrafts 1 christmas flowers cyclamen azaleas potted mums boston ferns cut mums jlthevieua greenhouses i mmmfmw acton 2 mill s w liabiaiaiaialiliihiiaailailliafcailililiailiaiimilartbab best wishes for the holidays frank carney 6l sons rockwood ont y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y the ministerial association of acton is pleased to have this opportunity of wishing our people all tbr llraaingb of a jloifoub ulirtfltmaa we invite you to oin the millions of christians around fhe world who will celebrate the birthday of the christ child by worshipping him in the church of their choice gordon s j adams aaa bd the united church of canada andrew h mckenzie ba bd the presbyterian church in canada ray h costerus the baptist church roelof groeneboer ma b d the christian reformed church evan h jones ba lth the anglican church of canada kenneth j reid the pentecostal assembly manning electric saebeapabk catcmkccciccccfccci proxy by two of the monarchs gentlemen ushers in keeping with tradition the two nominees of queen klizabeth will this year bear into the chapel roya ox st inniis ral-ir- try queens offering in a silken has december 26 from 2 00 til 5 00 and 7 00 til 9 00 on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary family gatherings are always n highlight of christmas relatives from outof tow will bebnck to acton this coming week and ac- uog 0t fo 34 tomans will he enjoying the holi day in other centres the names of visitors and those who were awav make interesting items for the ushrs will knl nt the altar pcrsonnl column particularly and placi- the b i25 newly mint- tmlo o volr wrlu vour it ed sovereigns frankincense and down or phone to tho myrrh on a bolder dish after the frot press thcv wl bc mo6 service the sold will lie distributed utioni pensioners the frankiri cense sent to a church and the sealed with red wax and threado 1 with gold at the height of the ceremony f yr times awastin but its never too late- welcome myrrh o a hospital 3r i at el sens clothing storel lcss than two dozen days left of this year early christmas gifts the new- calendars have you visited santas toyiano in hiimtons 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