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2 TËhe Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Dec. 19, 1973 Section Three Make It foi- a Party: FathI Later die, epiece on a holiday table. It * would' be very attractive * encireling a big candle. The base of the wreatb is * a large styrofoam 'ring, wbich you can buy at the * dime store, or glue together Sf rom smaller pieces of f oam p: , (often used as packing ma- tonial). Or substîtute any. 6 parous material f oam rub- e * ber, leftover plastorboard, * se etc. Cut marshmallows in haIt witb scissors, wiping seissors witb damp lotb D)oesn'ti ueMarhmalo after each mai'sbmallow is Wrerhlok odnig eut, to keep blades dlean. to cat? li nwrally s! Cut off .1/3the length of each toothpiek, and use the Make a Marsbmallow longer piece, insorting it if- Gumdrop Wreath like our ta marshmallow. Place p ta useý as a centor- marsbmallow on f oam ring and pusb tootbpiek tbrougb marshmallow and into ring Leave about 14 ineh ex- Ae posed. Now place small ~'gumdrop on the exposed Joyouse toothpiek. Use redan green gumdrops for a gala, colrful effeet. !j14tL ~ 'M Here'swishng .u HePre MEsswîshing ourk yo at Cristnastrne nd ~ .for y fpronalef. WINDOW and ~ o orptoae SDOOR PRODUCTS ~~John &Judy 17-30 Simicoe Oshawa Lorne Affin Sop 623-3871 ~S o p Bowranvile e BOWMANVILLE The signs of the season are every - where.., that mýýans it s time to wish you al a merry Christmas! '~ ~O1~JAMIESON TIRE ~ CENTRE BOWMANVILLE IBlesstngs s'2IC Li e t e W se M n o ,th ci tuelt-sflowteSa fB t '2 ik the fWi,,_ýs.e wen of heSand ' ' yours a happy Christmas season. ' The A,,stor Studio Known for Fine Photography ' They Stifl Speak >4ramaie, The Language of les us In the village of Ma'lula in Syria, where the bouses of beavy native stone are tinted blue, one would hard- ly notice the passage of time since the birth of Christ, over 2000 years ago. The people have ebanged littie, in dress and habits, and more importantly in their speech. For it is bere ln Ma'lula, as well as in two other villages, in Syria, Jeb- adeen and Bakbaa, that one can hear the Aramaie language Christ used dur- ing His life on earth. Aramale was spoken throughout anelent Pales- tine, and the lands that are now Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, southern Turkey, and forth- ern Iraq. But af ter the Arab conquest of these lands in the seventh century, Ara- maic was gradually replaeed by Arabic. In Syria, only those tbree villages, ail in the Qalamon valley not f ar from Damaseus, have pre-- served the ancient language of Christ to the present day. The populatidn numbers only a few tbousand, two- fifths of themn Greek Or- thodox, another two-fifths Greek, and the rest Moslem. Philologists of the Uni- versity of Beirut tell us that while the Aramale dialeet of these tbree villages bas been intermixed with Ara- bic, tbe villagers would have understood, and been un- derstood by, Christ and the people of His time. Naturally, the people of Ma'lula are very proud of their Aramaic language and take pains to keep it alive and fiourisbing. Many fam- ilies speak only Aramaic ta their chlldren until the youngsters are live years old and must go to sehool, wbere tbey learn Arabie, the national language. Outside Syria, Aramaie is spoken at Urmia, in Turkey ..by the Chaldean Catho- lies of Bartelle in northemn Iraq ..., and by the villagers of Malabar in southwestern India. And Aramaic is stili used i the liturgy of cer- tain churches which began in the Middle East, such as the Marionites and Syrian Ortbodox groups- Christmas Dinners in The Good Old Days' How maniy people today could manage-such a menu as this one? Here it is, rigbt out of tbe diary of a Dixie Plantation owner: "We bad for dinner o.yster soup, besides boiled mutton, bam, boned turkey, wîld ducks, partridges, 'pluni pudding, sauterne, burgun- dy, sherry, and Madeira." And wbat gourmnet cook would care to cope witb this one? It was served to hearty-eatîng, minein iithe Rockies in 1858. After oys- ters and pork, wbicb were conventional 'openers," the menu went on to, elk, ante- ]ope. buffalo "smotbered' and grizzly bear a la mode. In addition, there was Black Mountain squirrel, prairie dog, and mnountain rats followed witb swans, cranes, and quail- the whole lot aeeompanied by wînes. Snow or No, It's Always "WFFhite Christrnas" The traditional image of an outdoor Christmas scene brings to mind, for most of us, the brilliance of sun- light on snow-covered fields and his. But. this is an idea that originated in the nortbern parts of Europe and America-and of course, it doesn't really apply te the climate in many parts 0f our country. In southeru California. for instance, roses, are blooming at Christmas-in- deed, _e ail1now- tIs if. greeting cards. The white- ness of snow stands for pur- ity - its coldness suggests by eontrast the warmth and eoziness of the fireside and family group And the m,,ag- ie of ýnow fal]linig can lift aur spirits as it transfornis the world, covering ail that is dreary witb pure -white. GIFT-GIVING VARIES, In m-ost European coun- tries. familles give presents eitber on St. Niebolas' Day, December 6, or on Christ- mas Eve, or at Epiphany January 6. Only the English and Americans customarily eboose Christmas Day îtself for gift-giving. Orono Students Help Ecology by Collecting Baffle Caps Orono Public School students proudly display some of the 86 thousand bottie caps theyhav olce to help ecology. Pictured are some of the original students that started the project. Standing, from lef t to right are David Hutton, Stephen Clark, Ron Taisma. Darreli Zoschke, Gary Clapdorp, David Reid and Michele Major. To the front left are Diane, Shetier, Marie Hancock and in front Kerry Grady. Seated centre, and on top of the bottiecaps isBobby>Myles, who won the $5.00 prize for having collected the most bottle caps over the summer vacation. Bobby collected 24,850 bottle caps. When asked what was doné with the prize money Bobby answered that he.had put it in the bank but would have brought it,to school had he known that this photo was going to be taken. Goal - One Million The students aiOrno Public Sehool arc doing their bit to help ecology, and ifi in't a small bit by any means.(Iý!1' Several tons of used b ottleý caps have been collecteýd ;and stored in the library section of the school. Théir goal is one million and the students are weli on their vav. baxing already collected 86,1)00 bot île caps. The projeet was originally started two yoars ago b> Mlrs. Lunn anti ber grade five class but grew to sucb proportions that the whole school bas joined in. Everyone from kindergarten 10 grade eight participates and Orono îresi- dents have made it simpler for them by putting botieý top collection boxes at theïr hou- ses. Althougb the original ie was t0 colleet pop botietos beer botile caps-now s make, up a large paît of th(cllcto and the students are gotting a lot of belp from local oes Thbe hottle apsarp uashed andi cotunted î~yb he stuIdents." It's not an easy, job. The Sroject bas been attempted efore. but 10 the knoxîledge of sehool principal Mr. I)oug Moffatt no oneu has over succeeded iniei(ving their goal'.These ude!j((nts are xio)rkig hard t I ryingto hel] our environme t anid vhen the Durharn ou& ('rop înprvoî rnn .ssoc. XnaMeezing This year th,, Annuaýl Meet- ing of the Durhiaiim Sou & Crop Improvement, Aýssciaion will ho held on Fridiý\ , Jnuaryv4, 1974 at the CvnHaill ir Cavan. The meîgwill stant at t0: 30 a.m. wý11nitbrei stration and morning pi'o-ram., The afternoon prfogram wvill in- clutle a speaker on the topie of Land Use and Land (Ass-ess mont for Tas ,Pt.îposes Re- ports wil1 also ho ven b,,> ,%Don Gahahe , the Sou &Crop duIowte yar aùýlplansfor th]upomn ya. woutld farmers 10II mark ftis date on plan to hoý in atten dance on the 4th for ibis annualmeeting. It M4 Tie oteal u odru ýi- tem t bel 1ur won perf r o v u . RAYÎ, ELSIE, DEBBIE ' :4 and STEPHEN TUSTIN ~Neighiborhood Store '2 87 Ontario Street IO+, Heres hoing ou ave j hoida seasn filedwitholdfashone chee. Bet wshesfrom al of s a Bowmavill Trael Cntre 47KINWESTBOWMAVI1L g one million caps are collected ýr will recycle or soul them for ýr scrap metal. e They would really 'appre- p ciate any help they eould gel ýe from you. So don't throw ihose Agri News is important t hai ail producers get oui 10 a meeting of this sort to lot your county directorate know what ihoughts you have on your mind regarding areas 10 be looked ai in crop production and also to discuss current topies of interesi as tthey affect farmers. Siîowrnobilers Drive Carefully Wîth the snowfall flow on the fground inii mosi areas of the County, a releýase from M.Vr. Burke MeNeili,,Horticulitural Specialist wýith the Ontario Ministry of giulueand Food, nowý applies 10 this ar'ea. tThe firs tiowfa!,l] is t igna fo! wtr fn oai fW miobile eiuiat.Hwvr besinlo\" lesare o mobile ;andpowerf-ul, snow- mobile operators should ho careful flot to damage plants and crops. Snowmobiles can break y oung trocs and shrubs and af the same li-me small, evergreen plants, such as those tound in conservation Iareas are otten covered by Iloni> a light layer of snow , and are often damag ed hy passing machines. Operated on lawns, fields of xiinter iiheat or hay, especially whero snow cover is ligbi, snowmobiles compact the snow, leaving very littie air space hetiieen the soUW ipack and the crop and thus killing the crop or sod. Remember, if you do your own sorvicing af your imachine ai home,-filthe mciewith gas on the driveway ' , spilt gas or oul will kili vour grass in your lawn. A reminder to al snowmobilers is that you enjoy the snowmobiling, but drive carefully. Avoid sites where trees, sod and crops are iplanted and everyone will have an onjoyable winter season. Save Energy - Save Dollars In a release from Agricul- ture Canada, it is pointed oui that heating oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, propane and other petroleum products are in ishorter supply than usual, and ihis situation will probably continue into 1974 and beyond. Liko everyone else, farmers are taking a second look at their use of energy. Farmers are among the higgest and most efficient energy consum- ers in the country, as they are used to making the mosi o)f essential energy supplies to produce an equally important commodity- food. Agricul- ture Canada points out tle foilowing ideas to help farmi ors review their own plans to make the mosi of fuel supplies for the rosi of thew inior and the upeoming growing season. In your buildings, use hay bales around the foundlation's or on 'the floor of the second-' storey of your barns. Pile< sflow as high as possible around the foundation for extra insulation in cold, windy climates. Fluorescent lights take less energy than incan- descent bulbs for stea.dy lighting of heafed buildings. However, fluorescent lighis are not recommended for unheated buildings. If you have the choice between diesel and gasoline power, diesel engines use about ono-quarier less fuel per hour than gasoline models, IL is pointed oui flie besi effic- iéey is ai almosi 90) per cent maximum power, so match your iracior to the job that you are doing. During the winier, you dont need the block heater on your tractor plugged in ail nighi; iwo to ihree hours of warming befQre startine the engine are eîîuugti and an Photo by Joanne Shewchuk old bottie caps oui. Save them r instead an d contact Orono Publie Sehool at 983-5006. Lét's ail help to preserve o>ur t envirooment. autornatie timer will help in getting your heater f010 :act- ion. Ensure a quick warmup of the engine by keeping ýyour traciors and, other vehicies under shelter and by covering your radiator. The colder the engine, the higher the fuel consumption in your powered vehicles. Looking ahead to ti'he up- comîng season, ihere are a numnber of things that, you can also do that will help cut'your costs, as far as fuel oillîs are concerned. Good traction makes the most of available power: change your traetor weights aceording tô, your field operation to mnaintain good traction without excess wegtAjuitoire prssuef ingprssueswl'en on sof t fielIds and using higher pros- sure on hard surfaces. Avoid the mîastake ot unnecessarily deep tillage, set tillage equip- ment as shallow , as possible, consistent witb needs, as draugbî increqses rapidly with deptb. A' number' of problems did appear in cer- tain crops this year in the county, where tillage was t00 deep and, c'nsequ en ty', here was poor germinaton in the crops, so thre are other reasons, other than saving energy for adjusting your tillage equipn ont. When plan- ning changes on the farm, can you use electrical energy instead of fubl for things like pumps, augors, silage blow- ers, conveyors, grain dryers and healers> Farmers should also plan for reduced gasoline losses during storage by using tanks, instoad of smail bar- rels, by painting tanks or barrels white or aluminum instead of Jeavir>g themr dark, and by placing them in'ihe shade or, even opting for underground storage. These are somne of the things that can be done by farmers andin a lot of cases, are being done as ways ot cutting costs in this ever-increasing cost of food production. Scots Celebrate Hogmanay, Day 0f First-Footint What's Hogmanay? It's the Scottish name for New Year's Eve- and first foot- ing is wbat they eall the tradition that dictates Scot- tish hospitality for the New Year celebration. The first person to cross the threshold of any house on that occasion is sup- posed to do so bringing gifts to hbis or ber host- gif ts of food or coal, both tokens of warrnth and friendliness. In return, the flrst-footer re- ceivesa drink. icrlwshn o .But. thats flot all People jSncrlwihgyo used to-compete vigorously aII the jovs and bless for, the honor of being ac ,ngs of the Christmas first-footer, and ran races ýSeason. May they fol- fromn door to door. Their ouhru ail the hosts might or might not be lodayo th ya happy to-welcome the visi- asothyer tos fthe flrst-footer vwere SYLLAJflB, ANYOI\E? party drink known as egg-uf nog is a modern version of Flying Dutchman an old English drink called Liberty at 401 syilabub, which was a spiced Bowmanville :mixture of wine and milk. ,. ..... . . . M ............... The Iight, that gumded the shepherds mnay worm your heart and Iead you toa a better understanding of theM true joys of life on Earth.M From aIllofus atthe1 Bowmanville Public Utilities 'f. . ... ... Here are weishes expressly for our many friends: the happiest of holi- M Sdays and the best of everything! Thanks for your patronage. A. H. STURROCK & SONS LTD. YOUR IMPERIAL ESSO DEALER z,"Hello" to our many friends and neighbors who have done much to make the past year a memora hie one for us, we ,<-~~,4 thank you ~ mosi heartily. bîvokdale, -kingsway Itd « nurseiymen 150 ukecfNatioiL~ aldeIL -&M uppJbY of Caiada'Ltd. 15 ueStreetBowmanviiieOntario LIC 2W3 - Phone(416i623-3345-Torontoi416)366-256a member - Ontario Nursery Trades Association . Canadian Nursery Trades Association, Laridscape Ontario.-- je e e e e e e e e e .i-j-Z e .i-l--