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Christmas Concert Last Wednesday afternoon and eveing; thepup two performances of a well-rehearsed and direct photo shows the Morning Kindergarten rhythm ba putting everything into it. Part of the costumed Grade 1 and Robert Anderson was. the clown in an entertaining Toyland Skit. Below is Robbie Bunker who caused all kinds of Trouble in Toyland. Volume 121 15c Per Copy BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1975 36 Pages Number 52 Christmas Story Told by Grade 5 and 6 Pupils fls of Lord Elgin Public School in Bowrnanviile staged ,ed Christmas concert, before packed audiences. This ~ nd in action, the young fellow with the cymbals really Grades 5 and 6 presented an impressive Christmas Story. Peter Boorsma. The narrators included Paula Mantle Lori Hogg, Robin Fairey and Donna Gertascheck were Amanda Abbott, Chris Wilson, Steven Vandenberg, Doug angels. Nancy Canrinus was Mary, Paul Gaina was Joseph. Rowe, Todd Beers and Greta Osinga. The shepherds were Drew Kearney, Stephen Martin, and d 2 group m "A Present for Santa" ALMOST HERE - The big day is almost here and we hope all our readers will be able to enjoy it to the full. You have to feel ver ysorry for those who have been hit by illnesses, dea ths or other tragedies at this time of year, but all too often the greatest sadnesses come during the Christmas festive season. DISSAPPOINTING - On Sunday, nearly 100 Senior citizens enjoyed the annual color tour sponsored by the Kinsmen Club and the lunch afterwards courtesy of the Kinettes. The Editor recorded the happy event on his camera as well as the Music Festival at Trinity United where Ross Metcalf was holding forth as the conductor. Later, in the darkroom, he found that the film was blank. Apparently, he hadn't loaded it properly. Sorry! APOLOGIES - More apologies are in order for the students at Maple Grove East and Lockhart's Public School who staged Christmas concerts on Thursday night when other commitments made it impossible to give them photo coverage. Next year, we'll try to compensate. COMPLAINTS - It appears we aren't the COMLAITS Itapear weare't heTheentre ornngkindergarte,.n class with their, rhythm band instruments. only ones to be receiving complaints. We've received several phone calls about some local merchants being closed all day Monday, less than two weeks before Christmas. One lady drove in from a considerable distance to learn that the stores where she wanted to shop were closed. She said she headed right for Oshawa in disgust. Another complained that she tried to shop shortly after five o'clock on Saturday, but most of the stores in town were closed tight, although in the Chamber of Commerce advt. re ~ store hours said they would close at six. As some stores are closing Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Saturday this week, advertisements appear in this edition saying who will be open and who will be closed. The Statesman office ' 4 will be closed on Saturday, as usual. EARLY NEXT WEEK TOO - We hope you will receive this edition before Christmas. It will be mailed out Tuesday afternoon and delivered b courier the sam±e day locally, as well as being Gae ,3 n ietdb r.Sao tpe rvddtecoa ubr o rul nTyad available in the stores. The same schedule applies for next week. The paper strike has left us ', extremely short of newsprint, so that edition will'sY probably be smaller than usual in order to conserve the paper we have in stock. A shipment was due a week ago, but the latest advice is that it will be a couple of weeks late. , WHITE CHRISTMAS - Youngsters who are on holidays from school certainly should be happy with all that accumulation of white snow, especially if they don't have to shovel it. That was a cold weekend with this winter's first touch of below zero temperatures. From all reports this area was much luckier than Toronto where everything was bogged down, including many flights for those heading to distant spots for the holidays. No doubt we'll make up for it later. The skiers and snowmo- bilers certainly had a good time, although it was quite cold for them. Mrs. Robinson's afternoon kindergarten class sang "Nuttin' for Chrs s.