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REPAIRS TO TRINITY CHURCH (Continued) on the whole interior. Electric wiring was examined, found to be unsatisfactory and needed replacement. The need for this work to be undertaken, and permission of the vestry was the reason for a special meeting of vestry recentlv in the Parish Hall. Rev. J. A. Kiddell was chairman. Mr. Alec Hardie gave a short talk outlining the necessity for the repairs to be done as soon as possible, and Mr. Wm. Smithers gave some suggestions on how the debt incurred should be repaid., At the close of Mr.Smithers remarks, Mr. Wm. Self, people's warden, set forth a resolution that the necessary work be done and asking vestry to increase the borrowing powers of the wardens to meet the costs of the work. The motion was seconded by Mr. George Pearson, and was passed by an overwhelming majority of those present. THE COLBORNE CHRONICLE, Thursday, December 12th, 1963 This is an ambitious program, but a necessary one if the present building is to be put in good order. There have been quite a num-ebr of contributions to the new building fund, some quite large, showing that the congregation is wholeheartedly in support of the program. COLBORNE PERSONALS We are sorry to report that Mrs. T. Armstrong is a patient in Cobourg General Hospital. We wish for her a speedy re covery and return home. Mr. John Snape is out and about once more after a session as patient in hospital. We are sorry to hear that Mrs. C. Bugg was taken suddenly ill. A recent visitor at this office was former Lakeport resident, Mr. E. P. Mazurek, now of Don Mills. "OROTHY BARKER Cook's Lucky Dollar Fox's 16 A CHRISTMAS STORE HOURS Thursday & Friday, December 19th and 20th open till 9.00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21st -- open till 6.00 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23rd -- open till 9.00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24th -- open till 6.00 p.m. Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day December 25th and 26th Hannibal, that hardy Carthaginian, had something I decided when he chose an elephant to travel the dangerous passes through the Alps some two hundred years before the advent of Christ on this earth. I wished I had an elephant too after I had conquered Mount Pilatus in Alpine rail car and stood (more thousand feet above sea level than I wanted to admit) an dozens of jackals and fleecy white clouds. The only way down was | by funicular, a small cabin car i that holds four trusting souls. j These four seaters swing crazily from two cables and have a glass bottom for a floor "the better to see the scene below", claim the Swisfc mountaineers. To me it was the devil's own way to lose j my entire innards in the rapid drop from peak top to the small village near Lucerne that huddled miles below. After I had stopped chewing I on my heart, the sensation of dipping and diving like a bird was rather pleasant. I found I ! could lac my hands from my eyes j and watch, through the floor, | pigmy cows grazing among the edelweiss and gentians in the pastures of miniature farms that ! seemed at least a million light I years away. I I had somewhat thte same sen-| sation of being up in the clouds I the night I learned that Don j Juan was playing at the Paris i Opera House. Imagine being lucky enough to hear Mozart echoing in the rafters of L'Opera Paree! I entered the foyer with my tourist French-English die-There was no visible ticket seller, tionary tucked under my arm. iso I accosted the first attendant zwith a bright query, "Billet?" and drew a blank. Using all my femine wiles I approached at least five gentlemen in formal evening garb with the same quest. All I ever received in turn was a sorrowful shake of their heads until one rather brighter individual replied, "Sold out, ce soir". When I returned to my hotel and was telling a group of tourists that I had been to the Paris Opera, one old gentleman asked "What did you see?" I plied with a sheepish grin, "Sold out, ce soir". "That's a new on me", he replied, "must be of them modern operas". He was serious, too! Pastoral and Pleasant After the pageantry of the Robber Baron Castles along the Rhine, the majesty of the Alps and the little Swiss villages with their chalets decked in flowers on every window ledge, the artistry of religious murals that adorn almost every stucco home in the Black Forest, the cathedrals, castles and statuary of Rome, Florence, Milan and Paris, leisurely trip through the pastoral scenes of the English and Scottish rural areas seemed like a never ending panorama sheep, cows and hedges. I felt as though I had swallow-a whole bottle of tranquil-;rs until I was suddenly jarred it of my reverie. I entered the old blacksmith's shop in Gretna Green, trooping along with sev-dozen other completely relaxed tourists. As a teenager I had day-dreamed about eloping to Gretna Green, although how was to get there from my Alberta prairie home across the thousands of miles to this little Scottish village never seemed to stump me or diminish the ro-ance of my plans. There must have been a gleam of this memory in my eye for the 'pastor" -- the old village smithy who had performed more than 5,000 marriages before Scottish law had made such elopements illegal -- flopped a dirty white on my head, its droopy orange blossoms dangling in my eyes and "married" me over the anvil to a top-hatted, laughing courier. Tourist bait, this mock marriage, but the ceremony and my surprise provided the group and ME with another memory for our collection. WITH PRICES JUST, OUR CODE OF ETHICS. MAKES THIS A i WE FIGHT INFLATION BILL SEMLETOH Castleton Dial 344-7321 asons Best B. 8 A. 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