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ft thiovoroitown hkitald wednesday december 25th 1907 pack 4 rt v qjbiweaannnaaasnaamnnnps annual new years party saturday dec 29 to the modern aires v hats noisemakers etc vocals by willis mcnellly rose room georgetown arena v hats noisemakers etc vocals by willis mcnellly rose room georgetown arena ami ma it r ai 1 1 i wmmmw may the holiday season be happy f and bright for you ernies radio mill street rintimitotiiiiajniiiianaiiisisiiaiiiiiisisi tr 72701 y s mm stmas toall f9owio good cheer i twins woodworking limehouse triangle 72162 daymond home furnishings 107 quebec street e guelph ttw slacra tfconlts mtd mucfc fcofmcrj gkdw00d hardware 162 quettff street s tr 73561 1- if people tried to go at the same dip during the rest of the year as they do in the few weeks before christmas the world would soon be populated by a race of wild- eyed twitching maniacs even mental constitutions tuned to an era of guided missiles in the hands of misguided mortals couldnt stand up to that perpetual motion pace much longer r why i dont know but work and social activities double than triple at this him of year ust when you need a little extra time to do that early shopping laying away early mailing and turkeyordering the advertise- tnents keep hollering at you to look after at least around our house they do it used to be bad enough but the kids are growing up and turn ing into the social butterflies that all children seem to become nowa days as soon as they emerge fom the bib and pablum stage i ill give you a small rundown and youll understand why in not even too sure what my family looks like any more take sat urday hugh had to be at the rink for hockey before i was out of bed when i got home at noon my wife had been making candy for a bazaar or something and it hadnt turned out so she and the kids wro earing it the santa claus parade was at 100 so we just had time to run for it after 1d done the dishes and theyd all got dressed as soon as the parade was over m wife had to go to a tea so i fixed kim up with a boyfriend for a couple of hours playing at his house before they went to the late matinee for the town kids then i had to drive hugh and five other bojs to their dancing lesson three miles they had to be pick ed up in an hour and dropped at the show my wife came in then to get some money for shoppn and pick out her christmas cards then it was time to get the kids and get home in an entire after noon i had put in approximate eight minutes at my desk dur mg our busiest season by nine pm after gorging on j the delicious dinner i had whipped up the socialites were all tired out and retired to bed i settled down with a good book for a lit tle peace i was just starting to get the hypertension slowed down to a mild thudding in the ears when there was such a crash that i thought the yanks had fin ally got their satellite away and it had dropped through my roof investigation revealed that the en tire bathroom ceiling had fallen in about thirty square yards of plaster i didn t think i had rem mtwr ed some of thos wonderful colt cusswords m dad used to use when he was down cellar and thought my mother couldn hear him but i did i almost added murder to blasphemy when m wife called sleepily after id been cleaning up mortar plastor and dus ior half an hour wha n the world are you fi idling around in the bathroom for don 1 you ev er know enough to come to bed sunday morning early kim who is very religious and says the grace at all meals started trying to get everyone up so she wouldd not miss sunday school it was about 7 am but she cant tell the time too well and she swore it was 930 i swore too she star ted to bawl you dont even want me to be a christian and kept it up the pitch rising steadily un til sleep was impossible that afternoon while putting on storm windows i dropped one on my foot which served me right for doing it on sunday hut i managed to limp around well en ough to get the dinner and do the dishes while the culture vul turcs in the family were doing their music lessons about ten p m i sat down to write my column and was found there head on the typewriter sound asleep and nothing written at 4 a m by the old lady who blasted me for not getting enough rest monday was much the same the cosmopolitan crowd in the fa mily arriving home after dark from their music lesson sitting down to the dinner id prepared and waving fondly to mo- their cheeks stuffed with venison steak as i dashed off to meet apolo gizing because i hadnt time to help with the dishes i know of at least ten assor tell christmas concerts christmas parties bazaars and teas in the neat week i or so the mortgage on tine hoinelseomlng 4oe the taast atttrt pfbj tut morning my wife announced she was going to do the spring cleaning so the house would be lovely for christ mas tomorrow morning they are go ing to get up and find a note from their shortorder cook stal ing that he has taken a room at the hotel and will return to the bosom of his family on christmas eve mrs mcgibbon hostess rebekahs past grands nineteen members of verdun rebekah lodge past noble grands club enjoyed their annual christ mas party last thursday evening at the mcgibbon hotel miss gladys mcgibbon and her staff served a delicious turkey din ner in the hotel dining room the guets then went to mrs jack mc- gibbons apartment where they played court whist mrs jack presswood mrs harold cleave and mrs gordon king were the winners tea and christmas cake were served after the cards mrs s c mackenzie of ancasler and mrs ed wheeler of harffitonx two outoftown memberswere abe to attend many entertai mrs david hastings mrs david hastings wis hon oured with several showers and presentations before her marriage on sa turda december 7th in st georges anglican church those who entertained for her wire mrs william henderson of mill street at a miscellaneous shower mr and mrs waltoi biehn queen st for he herald staff kitchen shower and prcscn tation of electric mixer mrs kath leen moddison cheltenham a pan try shower miss leona conn mill st a kitchen shower mrs egmont pries victoria crescent a miscel laneous shower mrs bill chaplin college street a miscellaneous shower mrs fred hastings tor onto a miscellaneous shower members of the bank of com merce staff presented her with a white clothes hamper silvers retain lead in industrial bowling silvers led by harv chappel with 737 retained the leadership of the industrial bowling league by dividing points with the up and coming davidsons who were helped along by sid williams 675 and john haines 684 one point behind are firemen qtfho also had a split in points win ning 4 points to legion no 2 three points for firemen jimmy valantine was top with 731 while bill korzack 667 was high for his team in the third spot are andersons who came out on the short end of a 52 split ray robson 736 was high for anderson and buster hae 815 was a good help for legion 1 davidsons are fourth followed by kentners kay legions no 2 provincial ltg on no 1 lex on no 3 barflies and dutchmen kentners by dumping provin cials and dutchmen was the on ly team winning seven points high triple for the week went to buster hale with 815 bill ja mes 800 and guy rodgcrs 795 were other good scores in the singles frank connely had a 338 john haines 306 and bill jcmes 300 in the high average race we find two teams with seven men n the first ten silvers with hav chappel who leads with 237 nip shipway 229 george webster 227 and frank anderson 218 and an dcrsons who have three men in bill anderson 234 ray robson 219 and george storey 218 rounding out the top ten are ace bailey 221 hank chaplin 220 terry bludd 217 in the highs for season to date iou brandford has a 368 for top in singles and reg rall 864 stl is the high triple this week s turkcj week each team is rolling for a turkej so look out for some good bowling as this will be the last time writing until bowling starts aain in january we would like to wiih the bojs rolling in the leusjue their families and our readers seasons greetings and hope 195 will be all that anyone ever hop es it to be s frfoyoua crwwfll 1 aft day the oy and love that glorified the might of his birth shine in yoar heart this christinas day and all the days to tome t h van sickler barrister solicitor 19 mam street south another early herald next week on tuesday afternoon please sub mit advertising and news copy as early as possible before pulbica- tion 5mcer good coishes to yen frot m tf vs bed wishes far l rtttathetrss patnti a grant nting and decorating r r 3 georgetown tr 73781