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th, 1g a! THURSDAY, DEC. 2bth, 1947. / THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL PAGE FIVE Toma y, : i oe 3 Glee Club Photos he san i fo og & ; For those who may wish | R= coples of the Journal's photo- | a graph of the Glee Club ap- -- pearing in this issue, we have A arranged to make coples av- NA By Damon Runyon | A Christmas is coming around ence more, and it always reminds | i fhe of what good times we have at such a season of the year back J my old home town out West. Jt also reminds me of the Chri- Stmas that Swede Sam Suden- 'berg has the big Christmas tree Mana celebration in Union Park, nd gives Christmas presents to NEAL the little boys and girls of my. 1d home town, there being many uch, both male and female. In fact, statistics prove that ere are more little boys and rs in my old | home town in those days than any other town fest of the Mississippi, propor- tionately to population. It is a matter of which all our citizens © very proud indeed, and is men- tioned to everybody who visits our i This | Swede Sam Sudenberg [Who gives the Christmas tree and Ii: 'celebration to the little boys and Firs is a big squarehead who is ® Jun out of my old town by Mar- shall Dillon a year before, because all Swede Sam does is to hang ® out around saloons, and drink beer, and whiskey, and keep him- 7 BB self drunked up at all times. 7 1 BS Naturally nobody wishes to see \ such a character around my old home town, and Marshal Dillon not only run Swede off, but gives him a good booting down the rail- road track to make Swede Sam understand he is not wanted; Well, Swede Sam goes up into the Cripple Creek district, and | the next thing anybody knows he strikes it rich. He is wandering around the hills drunk one day and falls into an old prospect hole, and what does he find in this hole | | i Swede Sam comes back to my Lold home town with plenty of dough, and naturally everybody forgets what a no-account Drop- osition he is when he is there be- ore. A no-account guy without oney, and a no-account guy with lenty of it, are two different atters in my old home town and verywhere else. Well, it is along about. Christ returns, proud of my old home town hav-| ing so many. little boys and girls, | | both male and female. | Now this does not sound like ense to a lot of people who know | Swede Sam well, and know it is Snot like him to be loving anybody "or anything, or being proud of anything, but as long as he has the dough to pay the bills for his celebration nobody can see any ng Santa Claus, y "So Swede Sam sends up into "the hills and has the biggest pine ree in the whole country cut Gown. and put up in Union Park. 'Then he goes to Denver and buys | Christmas. presents for the little F boys ard girls, though what these presents 'are nobody knows until Sth night of the doings. The tree is certainly a pretty sight standing there in Union "Park, all lighted up with electric lights, and decorated with glass balls, and one thing and another, nd at the foot of the tree are stacks of long bundles and a whole slew of bicycles) There are hund- eds of the long bundles and hund- reds of bicycles which anybody can see are girls' bicycles. The park is jammed with little boys and girls pulling and hauling band much pleasured up over the idea of receiving presents from § Santa Claus. Furthermore, all OAKVILLE TAXI (Owned and operated by. Devenish Bros) TWO PHONES-- For Your Convenience 1060 -- 1061 -- 5c er Day And Night Service 40-R eng { their parents are there, figuring maybe Santa may have something left over for them. Old Swede Sam certainly does the thing up right. He has Mec- Clelland's Silver Cornet Band there and also the choir from the First Methodist Church to do some singing, and Preacher Hath- away to say a sermon, and Dr. T. Hannibal Wilcox to make a speech, although of course, Dr. T. Hannibal Wilcox is nobody but old Doc Wilcox. Well, of course, a lot of mice things are said about Swede, and what 'a credit he is to the com- munity, which, of course, he is nothing of the kind and then out comes old Bill Hemming made up as Santa Claus, with whiskers and one thing and another, and starts to hand out the presents. Old Bill is one of Swede Sam's pals in the days when Swede Sam is hanging around' the saloons, but he makes a first rate Santa Claus. Teen Town By Bruce Squires At last I'm able to wriggle from under my Christmas presents long énough to tell you about the joy- ous night at the Teen Town For- mal. Old Vic Hall was beautifully decorated, thanks to those indus- trious souls who came down to the hall and helped a few Sundays ago. The Royal Oaks were at their best and everyone had a swell time. On the receiving line were Mayor John Hutchinson; Nancy Ogle, and Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Reid. Through the evening we had three: novelty dances. The first, a spot dance, was won by Ev Duff and Jimmie Sturrup. Mr. Reid pointed out the spot. The elimina- tion dance removed everyone from the floor but Ron McCraney and his charming companion from Toronto. Last, but not least, came the Birthday dance won by Pete MacMurray and Jane Beaumont. The gifts were wonderful. The supper, prepared by a few generous citizens, was delicious. It included sandwiches, cake and ice cream. Everyone loved it and some came back for more. There were many out-of-town- ers at the dance. They were from Port Credit, Toronto, Burlington, Saltfleet, and even as far away as Niagara Falls, N.Y. They en- joyed the dance which continued until one, when the party broke up and all went reluctantly on their way home. On Dec. 26th, the High Holiday Hop takes place at the Royal York hotel and next week I'll tell you about it. == = a "And then out comes old Bill Hemming made up as Santa Claus, and starts to hand out the prasents. SFE 2 7 It seems the bicycles go to the | heart is in the right place, any- little girls, every little girl in| Way. [town getting one, while the long | But by noon the next day one bundles go to the little boys, and | and all realize that Swede Sam icl they turn out to be .22-calibre D.CkS these presents out on pur : : pose, and they can see what a | rifles, with several boxes of cart- |r. : Jo : : terrible man he is at heart, Fur- ridges with each one. There is al- |; ] °re 18 1 | thermore, everybody in my old {oo eon comet pana snessung (EET, Sd Ney |the parents, and then the cele- Sorry Mami | bration comes to an end with ev- | Lf runs Swede off, and makes him sore at us, because by this erybody giving three cheers for time of day there is not a live Swede Sam. I i : | pigeon and very few canary birds Well, of course, there is some |left in town, and crippled cats comment on Swede Sam's choice |and dogs are running every which of presents, because some of the Way screeching and howling like little boys who get the rifles are the dickens, with bullets from only two or three years old, and these .22-calibre rifles in them. some of the girls who get the bi-| Every window light in town is cycles are not much older, but busted, and nobody is safe in the everybody figures it shows Sam's public streets, because if they do | BEF We Wish Everyone A VERY HAPPY RLF YULETIDE and PROSPEROUS a oY Fs 4, x (i44 NEW YEAR New Murray Hotel Phone 452 or 4 'Navy Street EE A ee A A A SA RA A REEERREEERREERRERRERRERERERRE ssp tps pps paps aps. To You All MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR Angus McMillan BREZRERBREREREEREEREREE ailable at 75¢ each. Please place orders with Frederick } | Crouch, Journal photographer, after the first of the year. In "most cases copies of Journal pictures. may be: secured on not get hit by stray bullets they are sure to be knocked over by little girls learning to ride bicy- cles. It is one of the most terrible situations that ever comes up| the same basis. back in my old home town out West. Dispersal Sale 65 Head Holstein Cattle Sixty-five head of Holsteins were dispersed by F. H. Ander- son, Belle River, G. A. Hamilton, Brantford, and Gaen Bros. Mal- ton, at the Hay's Sales Arena, Trafalgar, Wednesday. The And- Well, the members of the city erson and Gaen Bros. herds are council get together as soon as|Fully Accredited, and the Hamil- possible and pass an ordinance [ton herd had three clean TB. forbidding .22-calibre rifles, or | tests within 12 months, most hav- bicycles, in the city limits, but by | ing been Calfhood Vaccinated at this time the damage is so great | the recommended time. that they also add another ordin-| Highest sale was St. Clair Dolly ance forbidding public Christmas | Rag Apple, of the Anderson herd, trees, or Swede Sam Sundenberg | 591146, Grand Champion, London, within the county lines for a per- (1947. This animal brought $1,100 iod of 10 years. |and the herd itself averaged $326. But the chances are Swede Sam | There were many Ohio, New Sundenberg does not care, be- | York and Maryland buyers. Some cause nobody ever sees him any-|Of our local farmers were also where near my old hometown ag- | Present, including George King, ain. 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