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en CE COMPANY, LIMITED # ! WAAL a EDITORIAL TOPICS Isn't Christmas A Drag Rev. P. Romeril, Blackstock United Church This was the question- raised by a Radio Program the other morning. The speaker conducts a: two hour "open line" affair; and added that he got sick - of carols before. Christmas Day came. He often has much that is sensible to say, but the response he received to this question must have stunned him. People disagreed "with him. Now frankly, some of us may get a bit tired of the Christmas rush - which, of course is the consequence "of so. many. folk all at one time desiring to send to their relatives and friends either cards or presents, You will have heard is said * of course, Christmas is good for trade". Some say "Christmas would be a happier time if we abandoned the idea of giving to each other some sort of token or present. | once had a party line telephone. Hurriedly | picked it up just before Christmas -to make a call, and some other party was on the line. inadvertantly | eaves dropped. A young man was talking to a young lady. "Well my dear, have you done your shopping?.. "Well not exactly, some and some, you know". "Umph" said the man "I'm not going to be bothered. It's all right + for kids but it doesn't mean anything to me. Waste of money and all that". | quietly put the phone down and thought he was making a poor approach to romance, if he had that in mind. He felt it was s all ¢ a darn Nuisance. - Yet | wonder. ED It seems to me that ¢ one of the most pathetic things in life is the fact that most of us are so DUMB. There's so much goodwill, so much real sympathy and friend- liness towards others, that never finds any way of expression. The badness that's in us comes out all too easily. We show it almost at once in our. gloomy faces, in our bursts of anger and temper and resentful attitudes. But the goodness in us we keep too much to f ourselves. We are very shy about speaking friendly words. 'We feel awkward and embarrassed when we try to find words to say how much we care for a friend. It's often not easy for some to say "thank you" for kindnesses. So often our feelings that are good and heart warming just remain feelings, and others about us never guess what sincere good will there is stored up in our silent hearts. What a pity, isn't it? How much in life we miss and how much other people miss that they might have had from us. | know we don't wear our hearts on our sleeves for the birds to peck at, but that's no " reason to keep them under lock and key, or in the 'frig'. Few of us in Canada are emotional or gushy people, yet there is something lost to the world and to ourselves when we close down our expression of caring for people. If we keep goodness or truth or friendliness to ourselves, we may easily lose it altogether in the end. There's nothing worth having in life that we can preserve or save except by giving it away. So the Babe of Bethlehem said, and all experience goes to prove it. Look at this on a large scale. We are living in what hi looks to be a very angry spiteful and unfriendly world. Our news media tell us mostly all the Bad news. If that was all the truth then we are really in a sorry state. For the 'world is one, just as the Spirit who _made it is one; and civilization, as we call it, can't go (Continued on Page 8) iss [PORT PERRY STAR] % Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and Surrounding Areas . P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. HARRISON, Editor 2 ! Member of the Canadian Weekly 'Newspaper Association . Member of 'the Ontario Weekly Newspaper A fati ps | 2 Published every Thursday by The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd, Port Perry, Ontario. # Authorized as second class mail by.the Post Office #% Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. In Canada $3.00 per yr., Single Copy 10e¢. Subseription Rates: Elsewhere, $4.50 per year. -By Olga Hill The December meeting of the ON.O. was held at the home of Shirley Turner with 25 members and 11 visitors attending. After the read- ing and confirming of the minutes it was moved and 'seconded that we continue sponsorship of the Boy Scout Association as requested by the group committee, and Carried. Dorothy Venning agreed to audit the club's books. Nominating committee re- ported the slate of officers for 1969:-- President -- Joan Graham; Vice - president -- Donna Kyte; Secretary -- Marie Medd; Treasurer -- Sandra Hoskin; Fruit and Flower---Nancy Bryans; Scrap book -- Aileen Van Camp; Convénors--#1 Joan Paisley; #2 Josie Hamilton; #3 Marie Medd; #4 Connie Swain. Meeting was turned over to the hostess who had Singer Sewing Machine salesman-- Mr. Bob Butler of Bowman- ville, give a demonstration and talk on new methods of sewing. - Santa, Sandra Hoskin dis- tributed the presents, after which lunch of fancy sand- wiches, cookies and Christ- mas cake and coffee was ser- ved by the hostess and group spent. __ The Candace Unit of UCW met at the home of Mrs. Bill Mahaffy Tuesday morning, Dec. 17th. Nine members, 2 visitors & 2 children attend- ed. Meeting opened after cof- fee and Junch, with Lord's prayer in" unison. Mrs. Roy McLaughlin led the worship on the Christmas Story from Matt 2 : 9-12. = Twelve members of the Blackstock News and a pleasant social hour]. PORT PERRY, ONT. -- Tuesday Dec. 24, 1968 +" 3 Vestry of Church Wednesday afternoon. Leader Mrs. Wal- ter Wright opened meeting with a verse on Christmas. Mrs. Russell Mountjoy led the Worship. Roll call was answered by a number of calls on ill and shut-ins. Business at both units was: suggestions for. 1969 pro- grammes, A letter from the Camera Club of Toronoto was read, asking if U.C.W. would serve a dinner for them on Feb. 15th. Agreed. The af- ternoon unit to distribute the Good Cheer Plants to sick and shut-ins. Mrs. Walter Wright had a Japanese Christmas table centre on display which was lovely and very interesting since we have just finished a study of Japan. ~The programme at both units was "The Twelve Days of Christmas" in which several members took a part. This was interspersed with the singing of Christmas Carols. On Thursday evening we in the village were cheered by 25 or 30 Young People singing Carols in front of our homes. This is a very pleasing gesture of the young people especially on a night when weather was so miser- able, freezing rain. A hearty thank you to those partici- pating. Thurs. afternoon, Dec. 12, the Sr. ACW. held their monthly meeting with Mrs. John Hamilton, Vice - Presi- dent presiding. The Hymn "Silent Night" was sung fol- lowed by Prayer and an ar- ticle read by Mrs. Hamilton (Continued on Page 8) afternoon unit met in the HA. E Johnson OPTOMETRIST 229 MARY STREET 985-2383 | 33.0 3 3 {XX Cpa H the other correspondents are like this: one, they will be less than enthusiastic about writing news on Satur- day morning. The one public event here this week was the annual Christmas tree in the church on Friday night. Each class, except the adult, provided a number or numbers for the program and did it with con- siderable enthusiasm. We are sorry we. can't mention the names of all the perform- ers but that is just too much. Doug McMillan acted as chairman in the absence of Supt. Nicholls. The numbers were not as "Christmassy" as sometimes but were amusing. The sensation of the evening was Seagrave's first heart | transplant. Doctor Bruce and his assistants performed the delicate operation on Lance Knowles who came through in fine condition. The do- nated heart was supposed to be from a sheep so when the doctor asked the patient how he felt, the reply was 'Baa". Santa arrived from the west this time and - probably on foot. He didn't do the usual cavorting and hooting but sat in state and received | his small admirers each of whom had to be lifted to his knee. It was well done and a big hit with everyone. Several of our families SEAGRAVE NEWS will not be having an espe: cially light-hearted Christ- mas, ' At time of writing Mr, Aubrey Moon is a very sick man having suffered another seizure. Mrs. MacFarlane still lies almost helpless in the hospital. We will be thinking of these people and also of the Nicholls family who are concerned about the condition of the DeNure parents. 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