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Wednesday, December 23, 1970

Changing Christmas

New opportunities and changing habits have brought
us a long way from the traditional religious observances
_ and hearty family fun which characterized the Christ-
-mas of not:so long ago.
_ We still have an abundance of seasonal good fare: in
- liquid form we may still command a surplus of Yuletide
good cheer, but where now is the simple charm of the
Christmas festivities we enjoyed in bygone years? .

Perhaps the spirit of Christmas has been lost in the
scramble:
receiving of presents more elaborate and. costly, the
competition to outshine one’s neighbours by installing

lights on a grander scale, and the tendency to spend

more and more cash on the lavish entertainment of
friends and acquaintances.
Goodwill? Yes; it is all around. But what a pity. so
much of it is strictly seasonal!

“And there is another area of concern:’ What of. the
_ tender child, caught up in a whirl of commercialized

. frerizy? Is it to be wondered that the youngster teday is
“more- familiar with: Santa Claus” ‘Sleigh than with
Bethlehem’s manger?
7 - Sunday schools are depleted, while scriptural learning
is deprecated in many of our public. schools.. How many
mothers have the urge to read the nativity story to their |
children, one wonders.’So much beauty. and wisdom is | _
__ contained in the few descriptive sentences it. is sad that

| any child should be deprived. me |
Ina cynical, fear-ridden age such. as is ours today it is
ss good to. dwell. upon. the compelling — story. at this
Christmas | holiday; to read of the: shepherds and. the,

overlong commercial «

the giving and

Golden Wedding anniversary was ‘celebrated earlier. this
month by. Mr. and Mrs. Alex C. Ramsey, Mt. Newton. Cross
‘Road, formerly of Cardale, Manitoba. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey.
have as house guests two of their eight children, Mrs. Sheila-.

-- Postak and Mrs. Isla Garner, both residents of Prince Rupert:

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING -

Oh, the sights that you see
When you walk in.the doors, .
The coloured lights are ‘lashing! a
Oh, the sights and.the sounds *'. °°
_And:the smells galore, |

The ‘little children are dashing: .

Oh; the scents that you're smelling, ae
Oh, the: joy: ‘that is swelling, Bo! ee
And the sounds that you’re hearing . ee ass
Make you: glad Christmas is nedring.:
“Patricia Spratt

of Grade. vat

| us Editor, ‘The ‘Review, Sir: es

“Your December 9 editorial s said

_ ‘that it: was imperative people be
heard, So, on reNection. you have

decided this to be good. poliey?
In my rec ent letter to the editor
the significant half was Sel out:
in’ expiation: perhaps | you will
allow me to complete what I had

Mh to Bayi
We, have’ armed: forces for:

protection, For this wo somehow

are find, somewhere, a billion and a
half dollars yearly. Supposing we.

‘do not get protection, the monvy.

“is wasted, This is my contention:
ds there any thought. of stopping.
this waste” Hence one ) ight, to

‘ask questions.

In the hydrogen: bomb. age,’ jn
an “which al) thought of defence: is
contrary to obvious truth, there Is
no need for our armed forces, Js:

- Prime Minister Trudeau pleased.
~ or-satlefied with the way wo run)
“o-gur country? Unquestionably he

hag perception, | :
-Thave no ideal design for the
; ‘future “or do 1? Certainly, in my

“FUNE

SIDNEY
Wig SIDNEY, 18.0,

\

RAL CHAPEL OF ROSES”.
RG. (GREG

 TBSIDENT MANAGLEK
AVE. AY FOURTH SY,

we A dignliied bervice in your venimanity,

Bands Funeral Chapel at Cabwnod WR yg
fends Funeral Uhepet of Viclarias BOE) WOE TT

yes hd the |
Water. Board: befor ey bee |

referend m. ther

atements atthe public meet ing.

“The foll ing precis” of the
“Hitesetit problems: of the “Water .
Board may:serve to explain why
water in large volume cannot be
supplied on demand during the |:
critical: summer: period, The |
Board, however, has always been
willing to ‘consider and suggest:
-ways of meeting requirements
when approached;

The prime responsibility of the.
“Water” Board is to — supply
domestic water to the limit of its:
powers to the District comprising |’
all of Sidney and a small part of |
North Saanich, Until three years:
ago we supplied: fram shallow. |
wells, of which we now have nine, |
anid a spring.: Demand,, due to
urban development and the in-
cerease in per-capita use by such’
damestio: appliances © as
“automatic washers, dishwashers,”
“qarburators, hathroony showers,

ele. and also. the, inerease in |:
uwns and) gardens: ereated av
eritical situation, Only a) for-

tunate, but expensive, discovery:
of water at depths of 300 to 500 ft,

‘enabled us to: supply, the ever
Increasing 1 demand. -
~ In tod ronsumption, rOone, to i

deep ater. ‘Hopefully it mi

to come, ‘Alternatively. ty could’
‘fail. At present we have 3: deep
wells ° delivering: good potable
“water.” But we, do ‘know. .

ue

“brackish and: unfit. to drink’.

80, 000 | gallons, in ‘two: “wooden:

‘summer usage we have. had great.

‘this small ‘reserve by overnight

‘severe. crestrictions.”
‘possibility of a major five | is ever
"Present. Our engineers recom:
mend. storé age reservoir of
800, (MM) allons,

several miles of wood stave main
water Hines which are becoming
aged and must soon be replaced,
v'The rapid development of
houses. and) apartments bas
‘placed’a great strain on onr staff

cmaing and: “CONNECTIONS,
“almost the: whole (istrict,
Sinee our conly, woUree |
revenue: is: water rates, and a
small property
purposes, It is ov ident that weare

problems: in fianeing |
requirements for.

many. “more af which we
aware, Q00 inits alone rnean
‘eight million Rallons year at
additional water,

the West Const cities: tram: tos
Angeles to. Vietoria darn. wall
aware that the major
waste dein the showers Te ts

splashed: about ine these AriHy.

a) LO N SDA L I

a hifse ot

aL aan.

theo pando isa onlay.
problem, since modern pools are
only filled once in the season. At
Lhe pO dee taip, ii ' Ua praia ba
Wy oquipsttenm, oo Mirsoo o Sealy
oathoated shower needs at 6,ea0
willons pet day. Una in UU, ul
yooltogin pd tonite tan aiend ip
hawt AG houses. This at
erties) OOS LI en periid

The oresteiehons aa water

sufficient. for our needs for years |)

areas,|
“Where such water has hecome :

Our ‘total storage: ¢ apacity. is:

tanks now, 58. years ‘old: During:
“the | critical | periods “of “heavy.

difficulty. in: maintaining even.

» filling. This is the reason for such.
The} 4
“outdoor

‘A further. problem: consists of

and: our. finances,’ sine v: it has
“entailed: increasing, the sl20 of
Oven:

of.
lax tore capital.

faced: with real oand inimediate:
the
hype ving
“water supply. And, as y OUP FEPOLE
indicates, the Counell in joyfully:
considering: 200 residential unite |
“insane proposal alone, ‘plus: the.
are:

“Now, with regan ta the pool.
Having been in pools in most of
Walley
amiaaing how casually wilte Yr Vhs
There bs the difference Lorwert.

ph live ride rad prety “he twhes fer

1 Filling

ar

representatives, on: “Counci iy.
their apparent lack of knowledge
regarding * the» most important.”
essential ins any: community,
namely: water) coutd be leading
‘us down the garden path
“Mat & Sidnev has:suffered: from

he shortage,’ particularly during: |

ethe: summer months. when. an
. pool. would be vin
operation, has ‘heen common
knowledge for some years, This
fact has heen driven home
particularly. to: every) gardener
who has. watched® his) lawn
gradually turn brown. ‘To dig a
well by no means: guarantees a
“supply of water, There must be a

In: view of the foregoing one
begins to wonder if. any
forethought hag’ gane into. the
vranting of: permits for” ine
gtallations, and particularly the
NOW subdivisions whieh have
“yureatly Increased the. de sity of
population: we

-Retore those were granted WAS
Coueil: sutistied that they. would
che serviced svi an adequate
water: supply | and

THE JACK SCOTT COLUMN

-time for the delight of children,

-on by drivers, who are in a con-
their way of recognizing the birth

Se At is.

. might be the happiest time of, the

source and thatcmust ‘be found. -

DOWAKO

That Lutheran pastor who let
his bile spill over, quite un-
derstandably. suggesting the
church ignore the mockery. of
Christmas: and leave it ‘to the
“sreedy. selfish orgy of com-
mercialism" has picked. the
wrong target. it seems to me. if

he's talking about non-church-
goers.
Certainly the zeal of mer-

chandising has contributed to the
confusion that's made Santa
Claus seem more like Jack The
Ripper. But the hard-sell alone
isn't directly responsible for the
fact that Christmas has come to
seem a time of noisv desperation
or-an ordeal that must be grimly
endured.

I'll tell you what the trouble is,

if you didn't already know.. The
trouble is booze.
There's nothing wrong © with

Christmas that couldn't be cured
by moderating the. spirit that
comes froma 26-ounce jug and
‘replacing it with the spirit. of
goodwill.

What: has happened to. this
celebration as an expression of a
religious faith I leave to those
more qualified to know.

But I do.know that what once
seemed a. mighty: fine family
party has now become,. for a
great many people, a_ nasty,
dangerous and disgusting bore,
that it has come to mean.a sick
release of the maladjustments of
‘an impaired society and that the
only. possible excuse for: it from
the . non-church-goer’s.. view, a:

has all but: disappeared in’ the
alcoholic fumes:

The line-ups are already for-
-ming at the grog shops. The air is
filled with dire warnings that our.
lives are: endangered from now

dition of criminal intoxication as

_of Christ:
all: rather ‘frantically
speeding toward. an. unavoidable:
chead-on collision, when, instead, it

“years.

admire. in: hese. ‘parts,

Silver Threads,
Dec. 24 and 25 - Closed... :
Monday, Tuesday © and ‘Wed-

-and the usual

people - “of. Sidney, : we ‘extend
“sincere Christmas greetings. ‘and

‘Sanscha Hall, Beacon Ave.
Sidney. Senior Citizens of. the
district, and’ visitors, welcome:

“be'a delegation of authority not. in
‘the interest of the taxpayer.

1. helieve that we should be
“advised as’ what. protection - is

of Sidney,
ion M, Medlen

sol all this : seems str angely 0 out :
ale of character. fora man who can:
"be just as. big. a fool about liquor
as the next; put: it down to the}
: experience of the, editor 1. most |
a‘man'|
who, last year, had the unique |>

| nesday , Dec. 28, 29 and 30: Centre
will -be “open, for drop ins, cards:

» Tovall: ‘Senior. Citizens and’ the

“best wishes for a prosperous: 1971.
All -programs. take place’ cat

cheing provided for the re esidents:

The

adventure of seeing. Christmas
through a child's eyes.

For reasons having nothing to
do with drinking. my dear friend
was: ordered by his doctor to
abstain completely last year. So.
unfortified. he went through the
Christmas season: viewing it, you
might say, almost as an outsider.

That .he says now, is really
the lonely role of the non-
imbibing adult or of achild now
that Christmas is little more
than the Olympic Games of
social drinking. second only to
Grey Cup Day.:

Even allowing for that degree
of hypocrisy which inflicts the
drinking man. .iwhen he’s. ab-
staining. he quickly began to see

how loony these pagan rites have
become through the emphasis on

grain spirits. “It's as if the
festive week is an automatic

licence for excessive drinking, an
open season for..a massive on-
slaugnt' on the bottle.” as he
puts it.

To be caught up and. swept
along in that hysteria, induced by

~ CAMPBELL
Funeral service was held in
Brentwood . United Church on

Campbell, who died in Rest
Haven Hospital.on December 16.
aged 84 years. The Rev. John M.

- Wood officiated.

Mrs. Campbell was born at’

past 25 years. She leaves her

1275 Verdier Ave.; sons, Donald,
Ste:. Marie; .Ont.;
children and.a sister, Miss Jessie
Littlejohn of Perth, Scotland.

Funeral Chapel of Roses; Sidney.
: “TIDMUS,

A veteran of the First World 7
, Rene Tidmus died at his’

War

residence, 11330 Chalet. Road,

A native of Owen Sande 0

followed.
: ~ COUPLAND ae

Veyaness” Road,:.Mrs.
Coupland died “in Victoria: on
‘December 16 aged 80 years. *
- She leaves, her daughter r, Mrs,

Saanich; her son,
“Coupland of Bellevue, Wash,, one

‘sons.

December: 18° in. the
Mortuary Ltd. Memorial Chapel

10341. All Bay Road,

+

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factlitios? Yo leave: such mattert:
ato (he developer would appear to

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“amanscathers

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en emnre nie:

to our frie nds

From Far and Near For the Holiday
And a Word of Advice for Travellers

lo Europe in 1971 —

is predieted for Murope in FT, so carly boakings For hotels, tours
cakdbear-hires are essential, We have re ceived Tange Supplies: af all major teu copy
Caius base htath ath asht bas pa as, AGT a8 big fda Vata wena a 4A ey pin
(‘all for broy hures. and Huse rvallons,

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Newton Junior Secondary

© Chimes, the Revi
Wood officiating,

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a Roman Catholic Churches
| CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE

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‘Dec. 26 « Mid night. Mass, ee a:

School eS

Kei ating Cre 88 Road

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Masses Dec. 05

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“Assumption Chureh, West Saanich Hoa 8 on, ant
St, 1 Waabeth’ 8, Sidney O30 ame aie

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Season

yee

ituaries

Friday. for Mrs. Maggie: Nelson |

Perth in Scotland, and has been a _
resident of Brentwood Bay for the »

husband, Alick at the ‘residence, . »
Brentwood, and Nelson of: Sault :

three’ grand--

Arrangements were by Sands” :

North Saanich, on December ww
at: the. age of 83" ‘years. He is”
survived by his. wife, Doris, atl

‘Mr. Tidmus was a member » 4s
of. Assiniboine Lodge No.114) AF |"
& AM, and ‘also’ a member. of |
* Winnipeg Lodge. of» Perfection: *
“The Rey. Robert: Sanson: Ofe.
ficiated at a service in Sands *
- Funeral Chapel of Roses, Sidney,
‘on December 17, and cremation o

“Born in Nottingham, England, 7
anda Central Saanich resident.

for the past: eight years at. 7194.
Ann e.

ALS, (Roma) Mattinson, Central” ;
“Maurice:

granddaughter and four. grant: ie

Private. ser vice’ was held on :
‘Sands:

John M,.

ee SEO STRPETIN'S »

frong Spirits

varying degrees of intoxication,
blinds the very nicest people to
the ugly realities of it. Again, his
conclusion: ‘It is only the sober
spectator, very often the innocent
child, who is aware that drinking
has become the substitute for
everything that Christmas ought
to be.”

Most of the eritics of the
Christmas celebration as we now
practice it seemed to ignore this
fact. They're alarmed at the loss
of spiritual values and meanings
and the increase of the
materialistic, commercialized
orgy of merchandising. They say.
in the Lutheran pastor's words,
that we've come.to “wallow in
lavishness.”

True. though. this may. be, it

seems to me we could fill the

vacuum religiously and ‘live
comfortably with the. admitted
super-salesmanship if we got

back to thinking of Christmas as .

a festival celebrating the ideals
that are commen to -every
religion and particularly as they
apply to children.

Simply buying them off with
gifts as a way of shutting them up
while we entertain ourselves with
the revelry that comes from a
bottle, establishing in their minds
that this is some kind of alcoholic
Mardi Gras for temporarily
irresponsible adults, moves us all
furtheraway from the real joy and
satisfaction that we all crave.

Our trouble, in short, is not
traceable, as the pastor believes,
to the. department stores. - It

begins in the liquor stores.

THE PARISH OF
NORTH SAANICH
ANGLICAN. CHURCH
OF CANADA. -

Rev. Robert Sansom.
Ph, 656-4870

Christmas Eve Dec. 24th
9.00 a.m. Holy. Communion
11.30p.m. Midnight Com-
munion : 8
Christmas Day
“8.00a.m. Holy.Communion
11.15 a.m. Choral Communion
Sunday December 27th
8.00a.m. . Holy Communion
11.15 aim. Morning Prayer, &
Carols e.
“HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Patricia Bay >
-... CHRISTMAS EVE.
10.00 p.m... Christmas Com:
munion-
. CHRISTMAS DAY
10.00 a.m. Choral Communion
“. ‘Sunday. December .27 ©. -
“10.00 a.m. Carols and Holy
“Baptism. - :
A HAPPY. AND’ BLESSED
CHRISTMAS | TO YOU. ALL:

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11:00 p.m,

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Sunday, Dec. 27,9: 00 a.m. .

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