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Mal i Sr ee Rida th wat A HAPPY NEW YEAR ligan' 5 Beauty Shop T Be ana as Dag i] Wishing All MERRY CHRISTMAS "and a \s oh i PT FOAL: SIA FUNG TH Ty See "May the rac Bring its And Surroi "Po tast- tl A MR. a Ble 3 psy set VI, [ 4 ind i 4 piés. There swere apples to peel and T | AN chop by the dozeny, raising and cur- ay or S Restaurant { rants to wash, and meat to mince, >i 2 i aN? Ya NEP, Np: roa. %oiden z a 2 Se i he RE WPA a or Hh Hant Christmas Season Latest in Creasing qui Beauties, rich and 'rae, aid al Beare Motors nd your home with Peace and Joy 3 A . fis -- § @Christmag at" Grandma's LARA When, it was finally decided that we Avould go to Grandma's for Christ- mother: got busy with her mince ie Wholevear through. -- id MRS. F. FUNNEL and STAFF | mas, and 1 had to turn in and help at any a = " gn g es work my ten-year-old fingers could do. WS \ at < Ew LIAL I RT p ely TN h J ili. d eine naliai INTE WNL When the pies were finally baked and set out in the shed to freeze, mother turned out a big batch of cookies, de- corated with raising. Then the warm clothing was hunted out and mended The toe of the sock where needed, nd - J | Fd PL "A. L. McDERMOTT Tl Furnitt . SINS h 1 mother was making for my- brother , was finished and the socks carefully. y Q Lai wrapped in brown paper. a i, There were a few more brown paper 'Iparcels to be <tucked into the clean oat straw in the box on the big bob sleigh. Father brought out the team and we all climbed into the sleigh, pulléd-the heavy buffalo robes around wrapped the, wool "clouds" over forchedds and noses, waved a final good-bye to the neighbour who would feed and water the stock while we were away and the heiivy team pulled \ {out of the yard, the dog came running sometimes ahead, sometimes us, ire Dealer Funeral Service ESAT SRNR Z ASU Sloan figh k; hg 0; 3 -- 4 SHE a ee Hima's Beauty Salon lagging Chay a es FAT x A -- NEE By: today "s standard-it"was a long hard trip, but as nothing else was ex- pected it was endured with patience band fortitude. We spent the night at an innAn Omemee and in the .morn- ing" with fresh horses we continued on to Brighton. It was near dark when we arrived --and-many "others of the fanny The men folk immediately looked after the animals and did up the even- ing chores, the women got busy with {menl preparation and of course there was plenty to talk about while these | tasks were being done, and probably lots of joking and teasing to ease the WE WISH ONE AND ALL A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS . | anda a HAPPY NEW YEAR ISIN ptm _{strain. of the work. A. Phone 223 % Port Perry Christmas evening the Hviilre n de i a "HW [hung up. their stockings in front of oe Cr WER I ATNG gs, cial. YA NET AIL FINTRAC RE RFT Tale Maik | EL] : [the sophisticated: creature little girls were already at Grandma's, | {pull taffy 5 } the fireplace 1 and in the morning eag- erly sought out the raisins, candy sticks, nuts and apples which Santa left, Sometimes as a very special treat we had an orange. That Christ- mas Uncle Manly worked in Prenton so Santa brought us each an orange. Besides the stockings each found one gift. from his or her parents. I re- membeir that Christmas mother made me an embroidered white collar to wear my dark dress. Some of the cousins got new stockings (hand knit) or shoes and one got a doll (not on have now-a-days; but a rag doll with a wax head and lovingly dressed by the child's mama), most of the gifts, however were new clothing and very properly appreciated by the young- sters. the 'unclés took work in the city. we would find an occasional manually operited mechanical toy or store doll itt Christmas time. ~ - We children spe nt a good bit of the day in the house, part of the time un- der foot and -partly-in- 'the big store room. When the chores were done up some of the younger uncles would join in the play, and this was always a wonderful treat to us for mostly adults were too' busy to play. "There were other gies, too, parlour games we called them, but these were after the big C hristmas dinner had béen dis- posed of. When that dinner was served we younger folk had to wait until the adults were finished because there was not enough room at the table for all of us. An indulgent mother or aunt would give us some little snack to eat out of hand and so "stay" us until-we [were able to ent the meal. Roast goose was the usual Christmas dish with head cheese and some other meat. There were, of course, mother's miince pies and cookies and steamed or boiled pudding. - There were nuts, our own butternuts and hazel nuts, and raisins and home-made candy, peually On the Christmas tree there were candy canes with their-bright red and white, and home-made decorations. These were - made of bright bits of wool and tea lead, pop corn garlands, 1 Go S- Greetings Con Br - 'WE LIKE TO THINK OF QUR CUSTOMERS AS FRIENDS. THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO EXPRESS OUR FRIENDSHIP THAN BY THE OLD, OLD WISH THAT GROWS ~ DEARER THROUGH THE AGES: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Lake Sengog Lumber ~~ & Coal Co. Ltd. PHONE 240W PORT PERRY | song. |and Way. _|company. ingenuity could contrive, When the meal was finished and everyone com- placent with a well filled stomach, came the time for the parlour games, sometimes two of the older folk would play checkers or chess but the games we children liked best were the guess- ing games and at Christmas grandma permitted carpet ball under the super- vision of the adults who also enjoyed the game. Of course, we had a sing- This we enjoyed very. much. It would start when the little children were being put to bed and continue until we older children had been tuck- ed in and perhaps asleep. But we could not indulge in these 'gay days very long, it was soon time to make the return trip home and well we knew that it might be several years before father would consent to the long journey again so we stored the memory of those happy times for future énjoyment. ° S------ EL -- -- LAKE SCUGOG LUMBER & COAL CO. LTD. The lumber mill was started early in the history of Port Perry by Paxton It changed hands a few times in those early days until it was sold to Mr. James Carnegie who oper- ated it for many years. Mr. Carnegie brought most of his-timber to the mill by rafts towed by his steam tug. Up- on the death of James Carnegie others of the. family operated' the mill until it became the Farmers' Union Milling zens of thé district. In a short time it was sold again to Mr. S. N. Griffen, For a time Mr. Griffen also sold fuel, but this part of the business he sold in 1936 and formed his present limited SEN doors, dealers in builders' supplies and paints. Mr, Griffen is also a build- ing contractor 'and has recently been > very busy. in this field. .| four A-few years later as more of | and-any-other iece some one's | BFF Y Company operated by a group of citi-| 3 The Lake Scugog Lumber and Coal | Company Ltd, are makers of sash and |. CARNEGIE HARDWARE In 1919 David the business and ware "store in 1906. Carnegie (ook "over managed it for four years until he was joined by his. brother, A. J. Carnegie. ¥: 4 The store was of two stofeys until it was burned out in 1936, after which "the 'building extending' to In 1948, My. David Carnegie and his sons tvok over Mr. A. J. Car- negie's Jnterest in the business. - 14 line of hardware, also stoves, furnaces, Sherwin-Williams paints, toys; = to- vice, W. E. MacGREGOR & SON W. KE. MacGregor started in the butcher business for Mr. Ralph Fitch- ett in 1918 when he returned from the first World War. The following year he bought out Mr. I itchett. He con- tinued to do business in the sanie store until 1948 when he moved the street to a new store built on the lot next to "the Bank of Commerce. This 18 a medern and very-attractive- building with a nice display window. . Jack MacGregor, who served in World War 11 became a partner in the business in 1948, MacGregor' do 'their own hutcher- ing, thus ensuring. fresh meat at all times, they also specialize in a wide variety of cooked meats. STANLEY BRUTON Phm. B. The Braion, Denpstore was original- ly 'established. by Mr. S. E. Allison about 1866. + After Mr. "Allison came T. C. Nichols, then another Mr. C. Allison, nephew of Mr. S. E. Alli- son. He in turn sold to Mr. E. B. Flint of whom Mr. Orval Byer bought the 'business. During this time the store was situated just east of the Post Office. Mr. P. G. Morrison came to Port and continued in the present location until death called hin in 1942, Mrs. Morrison carried on until Mr. Bruton took over, the business in May, 1946. Mr. W. U. Carnegie opened the hard. | it was. renovated and aebuilt to a, one | "| §torey : north farther. 9 Carnegie hardwyre carry a Coniifiete - gether with plumbing and heating ser- | ACross | ey Perry from Aurora. about 1916 and| Season's' "Greetings . TO OUR MANY CUSTOMERS ; : AND FRIENDS Irwin LT * GARAGE SERVICE STATION TRF SSA AAs ETRE 3 i J i ; sm ey It is our pleasure to wish one and all a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. TI. W. Di INSURANCE FEELERS LSS RIESE R IIIS SIIIIIISNILAITLLLIILALL T Woy £3 AND Gi ? _. BEST WISHES FOR A MERRY _ CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND , PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. | Jeff's Lunch Season's Greetings A. CECIL HEAYN "General Insurance Phone 174-4 Port Perry - Co EES ES ESSE ELS SSSA HAPPY NEW YEAR a wl --r Zon -" r= Mackean Radio 5 Mr. Stanley: Bruton served his ap-. prenticeship with the late J. J. Gil- fillan of Orono. He graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1939. He gained his present skill and experience with Tamblyn's, Ruther- fords' and Hooper's stores in Toronto, scription department and given the 'in- ance, - Myr. Bruton -has.-modérnized his _pre-|. terior of the store up-to-date appear- Te gy! Compliments of the Season EE. 1 Fa MACHINE SHOP Ee AVE AS PALS CITT SSS SELES IRIS SIERRAS IIASA AREAS SS MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A- _ { Stan. Causley. All The are ¢ Ris it, h 2 reality of Christmas Day, and what "you and wish you a delightful- AGI AFUNA, CC ------------ BEARE MOTORS | RR ) I sd World Stops For. Christmas Time And as we stop in the midst of the season of Good Cheer, our hearts grow tender as we arried back in thoughts of the. means. In sincerity, we greet 'Holiday Season, = 2 a) Zor ASTI oN a Br Wag » i ~ -, ,