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Port Perry Star, 19 Dec 1979, p. 50

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TPO REY SACHA SESAME AIL SEAL IRE HERRON IPE STI SOE ROREL BR ALY ROS a SA RS ADE FRO CRO I ae eR ST A i Se Db NE rn TES SR 14 - Port Perry Star Christmas Edition - Wednesday, Dec. 19, 1979 y : - hh Children's Stories Soak HISTORY TELLS WHAT CHRISTMAS A POOR FAMILY TYAN MEANS TO ME_ Once upon a time there was RATS THE ROMANCE Christmas means joy to a poor family. They lived on SIRE every girl and boy, and the other side of town and ¢ TE OF CLOCKS familys to, but what Christ- never received any presents $38) mas means to me is more 0 Oh es Jun bu AE ) ) ) ) than a dream come true! always hope : Said 0 We re teaming up with Santa to bring Man's quest to tell time is And Christmas means gifts, Was on that side of town and AE Oo ; a story rich in legend and and h rys of saw the children in their Ney ° you a host of happy holiday dreams romance. ad toys. and happy ery house and it was a rickety SFA Q 62000 Op COME ti Co And Christmas means that ©ld place and the children Ef COREE ue... ; : tie Hh o) ¥ L Sa pradivan gods io) Jesus was born on that very Were just sitting around on LECH and our thanks. Gey y day! the: floor doing nothing an AYN could serve as a mirror to But what Christmas means the mother was ironing a few te PN 2 civilization. to me is more than a dream clothes. Eph dg and aes q . come true. my rien e Cl 1p in Spon From the sundial. . .to and buy some toys, furniture Ea) the hourglass. . .to the Heather Spang | appliance for the family. ¢) lis ! grandfather clock, man has Grades, Room On Christmas eve my frien- aT had ; iron wn Cartwright Central P.5. "Li 7 snuck in and left the Bie with clocks. And, through- presents. We even had a ERIN out the centuries, time and CHRISTMAS Christmas tree! "H clocks have played an im- One day there was snow The next morning me and DRY portant role in the culture falling from the sky. My the gang went over to the PERE i father said Do you know that house and saw that the kids Sy and history.of the world. . t LON . there is someone coming were having a good time Ze _ The romance of clocks is Tonight? Yes. Iknow Santa with their toys and the AS highlighted in various types Claus is coming. How did mother was extremely proud at ; of literature. youknow? Because he gives with the furniture and ap- dap me gifts and toys. He makes pliances and we thought they hs Ww AMP Wold spe Bu il everything that I like. He were having a good time. We AIL to every school child, - Novas a Sn hehe ee. i ; } t ...~ GRANDFATHER CLOCKS are in says Merry Christmas. The ted anything and they lived YIRA Doug Robinson - Bruce McCreight comes to a sudden, realistic great demand today, reflecting end. happily everafter. ' ON end at the stroke of mid- current nostalgia for yesteryear. Steven Short Danny Rankin oa night. Cinderella's magical Stately timepieces are available at Grade 3. Age 9 Epsom P.S. A e is finished with Many larger Sears retail stores. 5, AB Grad EN romance is finis wit R.H. Cornish P.S. rade 5 i iy the chiming of the clock. Wy French ruler, then strike the - : : % Shakespeare, once hour -- & shaken by despair at the . 0 % BS flight of time, wrote in one All went well with the ¢ o "Yel nf 4 sonnet: grand timepiece until one . - 4 oy . day at a public showing. At - i When do I count the clock that time, King Louis top- J 3 fy that tolls the time pled from the throne and B E And see the brave day Sink fell at the feet of William gic " £4 nto hideous ght. I11. The maker of the clock Cl v « 9) The pragmatic, Amer- awaited his fate in the Bas- To) pia) ican statesman Benjamin tille. Di fisy Franklin was somewhat : ns more blunt in his assess. The heritage of the state- ment of time. Said Frank- ly grandfather clock was = \ lin "Remember the Grid carried across the ocean by ATI CN is m vs early American colonists. mm hy 15 money. Today, the demand for the Ji tng ct Y 4 Throughout history, roy- clocks has reached new Te a alty expressed its person- heights, according to Sears, h Nowioes ality with clocks. Roebuck and Co., which lg: I George III of England offers grandfather and Xf had a clock so small it grandmother clocks in All ) ili, could be worn as a ring. many of its large retail fil al Hitt v The vain, French SOF hl ichi i i "py! WL pf The working pans and i u Jishing you bright holidays ™n, for rocks wat winch Wore melodious chimes built into Qs Christmas lights up the world. grand. His majesty's Scars timekeepers come It's a pleasure to serve you. treasured clock showed the from the Black Forest of king himself, enthroned. "vest Germany, an area re- u Likenesses of the German Pnowned for centuries for the Van Camp Contracting ] states' electors and the Skill of its clock-makers. prince of Italy were The American-made cabi- fashioned in such a way nets of the clocks are that they first bowed to the fashioned from the finest of king, then chimed the quar- ~~ W00ds- ter hours with their canes. Their graceful lines and And, the likeness of poignant chimes seem to AA England's William III, evoke memories of a less- whom King Louis detested, hurried, more romantic would bow before the time, the company says. Sr KA * A # £3 x x NAAN 2 rte ¥ EV NEV VON FAV AF 3 A v always. \ Thanks. Hoping your holiday is wreathed in joy and cheer! Thanks for the bright bloom of your friendship! ANALDA | Landscaping & Nurseries BA RA SIA BRS LIM TIE rr py To ae

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