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THURS, DEC. 24th, 1957 THE HAILEYBURIAN_and COBALT_WEEKL Y. POST 68 0222222222252 225522220005 By Mrs. Mac. By this time next ' week, Christmas will be over except for the memories and we will be preparing for the advent of another year. I wonder what it will bring? Doom and blue ruin? Peace and Prosperity? Or just a mixture of good and bad, the same as it has been in the past? It is a good thing that we do not know what is ahead of us and if we could just learn to "take no thought for the mor- row,' we would find life a lot easier. | do not mean that we Oh, I know there are days when - every thing goes, upside down, -. Across the Kitchen Table ; backwards and _crossways, too, but at léast at the end of a day like that we can be thankful that sat it is ended and know that very seldom, do we get two of those horrible days in a row Right now [ am more con- cerned with getting some extra cookies baked, the last of the should make no preparation for Christmas gifts wrapped and my the future, but let us do so with house straightened' up. At pre- a cheerful heart, without lame- sent it is a jungle of pine enting about what may happen, boughs, cedar branches, (1'm and do let us enjoy each day as writing this Friday, the twent- it comes along. There is always ieth,) wrapping paper, a few something that can be enjoyed. your chimney with Old St. Nick will soon be sfiding down and all the magic of the Christmas season. May his stop at your home make it a very happy holiday... . TV Appliance & Sales COBALT and HAILEYBURY a pack full of gifts 8 . And...a Christmas with all the trimmings! ~ ~ tk Ces t) BILL AND THE STAFF P.-F. HARDWARE Haileybury fF HAPPY H HERLHEHLEHE ASRS SSREREHSER: Ww A Very HOMOCREST DAIRY CO-OP NEW LISKEARD, 'ONT. BRRERGRRERRUREEEREREERS ERE: OLIDAY Christmas cards, tree lights and decorations and a dozen or so < parcels belonging to ourselves and our neighbors. There is al- ways a day or two when [| think frantically that I will never be ready'for Christmas Day and then suddenly, everything falls into place, | can take time to enjoy the Christmas carols and then, what do you know? it's morning already, and Christmas is here, my family are all home and I'm the happiest woman in Canada, And so my wish for all my readers is that they may for Christmas have that wonderful feeling of happiness that being together gives and when the day is ended that there may be more memories to treasure in their hearts for the time when they may be alone. My sympathy goes to those who will be feeling very much alone at this time and to them I can only say this, thank God for the memories that wili, in time, help make life go on again. Christmas Party For Kids Members of the Haileybury Women's Institute held a Christ- mas party for the children last Thursday evening in The Legion Hall. Games and Carol singing pro- vided entertainment, with Mrs. B, Cooper at the piano, and following this Santa arrived to distribute a gift, a bag of candy an apple and an orange to each child, from a_ beautifully decor- ated Christmas tree. A lunch of sandwiches, cake and pop brought the evening to a close. CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS Many Christmas legends and customs are part of the folklore of our ancetosrs in all parts of the world. Many of them, too, are a mixture of early Christian and pagan observances which time and Christianity have given new meaning, Santa Claus, our giver of gifts, is known elsewhere' in_ the world. In Eastern and Southern Europe, it is the Wise Men who arrive bringing gifts. In Hun- gary the gifts come from the Angels. In Poland from thg stars, in Greece, St. Basil is thi gift-bearing -patron saint. Popular tradition has it that the candle we place in our win- dows on Christmas is a custom originated by early Ohristians to whom the candle represent- ed the star that guided the Wise Men to the stable at Beth- lehem. One interesting legend tells of a shoemaker who, though poor, always placed a candle in his window at night to guide weary travellers, and so inspired the villagers that soon each window contained a lighted candle. LEE ERR ae Our/sincere good wishes go out to you, ANITA'S BEAUTY SHOP HAILEYBURY Binimisiaiaiaisiaiaiaiatal ated with Christmas, many legends, the holy-- bush, natural state the at Christmas time. The Wassail bowl, ripen "How fare you?" ---- long associ- to have come to us from the straw chains from South Europe; with ancient. Saxons. Wassail was a wheat sheaves, paper and carv- called word of greeting which means' ed wood from Scandinavian its literally, "What MHails?", or countries; angels, stars, ~Czech- r : oslovakian bells and gold Ger- At Christmas time traditions man stars are all bits of Old which to- of the Old World live again, World charm that we day is Christmas punch, is said Pinatitas, doves and _ festive in our homes, prach Che House of Seagram "Men who | think of tomorrow =" te moderation toda Distillers since 1857 The Finest Gift of All It sirikes us rather odd that far more Canadians express concern over the latest development of outer-space age than they do over the rapidly increasing toll being taken in human lives through fires in the home and motor vehicle accidents on the highways. Although not minimizing the ultimate threats which the advent of newer and more powerful atomic and hydrogen bombs, intercontinental ballistic missiles and globe-circling Sputniks my bring, let us have a look at the record to ate. So far, other than perhaps disrupting the ele- ments somewhat or covering some wastelands with a coating of glaze, post war A' and H- bombs tests have caused comparatively few deaths among human beings. The score for intercontinental ballistic mis- sles is about the same. And the death toll for the Sputniks so far is one little dog. What about the other side of the picture? Last year fires cost the nation 572 lives. Cana- da's per capita annual fire loss for 1956 was the greatest in the world. The dollar was 12" per cent greater than that of 1955. Property loss amounted to $110 million. Claims paid on automobile insurance cover- age for 1956 reached the staggering total of $141,000,000 a record jump of $28,000,000 over 1955. In Ontario alone during the first nine months of this year 902 persons were fatally injured in motor vehicle accidents. But startling as these statistics are, they fail to tell the full story of pain and anguish endured by those who lost loved ones, of the painwrack- ed hours others spent in hospital, of the hard- ships inflicted on families through the death of a breadwinner. A rather poor record is it not? Even more tragic is the fact that at Yuletide --the most joyous time of the year -- quite fre- quently this needless loss of human lives in- creases. What is the major cause? Carelessness, Carelessness in mending a broken electric cord or faulty switch; failure to closely examine Christmas tree lights for defec- tive wiring; leaving basements cluttered with trash. and rubbish; matches left lying about where they may be picked up by children; to mention a few. On the highways it can be driving at exces- sive speeds when roads are hazardous, pressino on to that destination while over fatigued, tak- ing that 'one for the road" or imbibing too freely at a Yuletide party and then aiming the car for home. One of the finest Christmas gifts this nation could have would be an accident-free happy holiday. And it can have it. The onus is on us. x UU et TUR?