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| Christma Is Many Things

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(BY MURIEL WILSON) |

Christmas” is many “things... °
“Jy It is love ‘and warmth of friend-
fe ship; .

‘Tt-is “hustle and pustle;.

. ° It-is ‘glitter, “and bauble trim-
med» trees, toys: and mysterious

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It is. ‘stockings hung by the

; chimney with care; =... ~
It is. excited’ children and a

jolly Santa in a red suit;
‘It: is ‘fragrance of cedar and
pine, tall red candles and goodies

emerging from the oven;
“It is’ turkey “in the oven and
family around an extended din-

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| To. Greet You
at Christmas

ing room table. eS
. Christmas is memories “and
everyone has’. his. own special

“memory of .a special, unforget-.

table Christmas. You can’t get
away from it...memories are one

of the chief ingredients ofChrist-

mas.
The memory I am going to. tell.

you about has to do with a post-

poned Christmas dinner, Dinner
was late..but so. was Jimmy.

It was the year of Pearl Har-
bor...our Jimmy was in the Navy
and..it.was.his. first Christmas

-away from home and for us the.

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first break in the family circle.

“Home. for us-at. that time was

-New. Westminster. . As far.as-
we knew Jimmy’s ship was'on.a
His
Christmas.

‘malt,’ from. where they would be
Even

We tried not to feel toobadly....
thousands of families would have
empty chairs, some families
knew. their empty chair would
‘never again be occupied. Many
Canadian lads had already made
‘the supreme sacrifice.

We tried to go about the Christ-
mas preparations cheefully...we
bought the turkey, the cranber-

Ties and the sweet potatoes; we
-made: the plum. pudding and the
mince pies; we bought the Christ--

mas. crackers and fancy favors
for the table, Everything was
ready...then just a couple of days

~: before Christmas we were in-
“s-vited out. to “dinner.

“Our empty. chair: would be less:
if we .were. away.

Thinking”

Our ‘turkey was put in the

refrigerator,..we would:.cook: it.

next day... But the next day. we
were still feeling surfeited with
Christmas fare and the day after
that one of the girls had a cold...
we would wait until the follow-

ing .Sunday. for our postponed

Christmas dinner.
Sunday _morning,:

key. in the oven: just before leav-

= “ing for morning’ church. Father -
“Sand: the girls were in: the car..

waiting, as usual, for Mama.

“Just as-I. closed the’-door be-".
telephone. rang. |
Would. I go: back. and .answer’ it?”
“No, we-were late already. but the:
2 : phone’ shrilled insistently. Iwent

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board carton and gathered up»

four days
after Christmas we put the tur-_

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at when we saw, him.

set ‘the: table. -with its. snowy cloth

They: fixed the. table centre with boys: started ‘to ‘sniff

= B Ce Eleciric station.” +
|” Westminster, bus » would be: leav= os
_ ing. ‘in. 5 minutes.

; All automobile traffic has been
banned from Sidney wharf due to :

extensive. weakening ~of piling
‘parcels had’ been. —
‘ mailed to-the naval base at Esqui-

during the recent.storms.. The
‘closure will be ‘lifted only after.
repairs:have been made. Persons
on foot: may. use ‘the wharf’ at

- their own. risk, officials warn.

back ‘into the “house: and ‘lifted

the receiver off. the hook...
**Hello’’ I said. :

‘Hi, Mum,’’? said a beloved
voice,

‘‘Jimmy!’’ I shrieked. ‘Where -

are you?’’

‘We are at Steveston,, the ship
is taking on fuel and water.’’

“Are you coming home?’’ I
asked. I could hear Father lean-
ing on the horn.

“No, I don’t think so, noth--
ing .has been said about: leave.
We.-were told we. would be pr

‘ing out in about an hour.”’

. I said. S
“We'll be at Steveston ‘ine half:
an hour. Pe ‘

“Hold: everything,”

I ran out to thie ‘car. and told
the family the news. Church
We. got a card-

boxes of chocolates,'. oranges,
nuts, tins of fruit juice, cookies,

a mince pie and the Christmas

cake. A-large Christmas stock~-
ing, part of the tree decoration
went on top of:the box and we
were off. 7

I think we exceeded the speed -

limit, but-we hadn*t seen our boy
‘year.. What if the:
ship: got away before we got there?
- It, didn’t. Beside the. jetty
“was the destroyer and there:wait-
ing ‘for us ‘was. Jimmy...

we would'sée him-again..

At “home. we. went — about the
; business of: the “Christmas. din- #
ner... It had been. wonderful to:
eee “our” vlad: but - ‘why,
couldn’ t-’ the? “ship nave. stayed:
“long: enough , for the. boys to, have

“even™ a! ‘few;

“ the turkey, in. the oven;: to Jimmy

With little. enthusiasm he fel

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We had ;
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Said - goodbye not knowing . when

oh why, “:, Everyone flew.-to, the front door.

and flung ith wide.’
“bell: bottomed legs were decend-

je? oy:
hours - leave? “sing from: the ‘far - side. ‘of the bus

“was ‘glad no one: had ‘mentioned a and. the -next minute, two. sailor:

iL boys. walked: into. the’ arms: of. a”.
: “welcoming: family.

Could: Mum: :

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News. sometimes is something
a newspaper doesn’t need to look .
for. ;

On Friday evening, it happened
right outside the. front door of
The Review.

’.- Four -hundred: dollars’ worth
of damage was done when a par-_

ked car, belonging to John Bar- .

clay of 11070 Chalet. Road, was
struck by a car driven by Mrs.
Dorothy J. Thomas, of 10031
Third Street

The Barclay car was parked
on Third Street, facing south.
The Thomas car, heading in the
same direction, struck the parked
vehicle from the rear. -.

Mrs. Thomas .was .taken to

Going ““Mumming”

- “Mumming” is a Yule cus-
tom that originated in early
England. Mummers, ‘masked
and in.costume,: silently .en-
acted ritual plays about’'the
death of winter. and the old”
year.

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have some supper ready for them.

If Dad could drive them back to

‘the ship, they could have about an
hour at home.

Well! Could Mum have some
supper ready for them? It was
_as if-everyone in the house had
received a charge of electricity.
The girls re-arranged the table
-and-set two more places... The

“big red bows on.the collars of

the. two.-dogs,. then. they: glued.
their faces to the front window...

“the.. bus. stop was’ right outside
our. front door.

_Father whistled
as he sharpened the carving knife
and Mama hummed ‘‘Praise:God :
irom whom all blessings. flow.’

; Never was there such happiness! .

A squeal ‘from the girls an=.
nouced the | coming of the bus.

Yes, two

Dogs. barked.
and everyone: talked. at .once.”
Before= ‘the: ‘hugs: were ‘over: the

scale: Christmas dinner complete.
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Rest Haven Hospital, “ners she

was treated for. undisclosed in- .

juries and released. o
Sidney: R.C.M.P. have ‘the ac-

cident under investigation. -

Women’s Press
Club Luncheon

in Empress

Vancouver Island branch of the
Canadian Women’s Press Club
recently held-a luncheon at the

Coronet Room of. the Empress :

Hotel, where the members were
welcome. several
interesting guests:. EvelynCrou=
cher, of Toronto, a guest of

Muriel. Wilson; and well-known...

by all, Mildred:Osborne, of Vic-

toria; Miss Sandra Reid, who has -

recently moved to Victoria from
Vancouver, where she was with

the Vancouver Sun, and is work-. |
ing with .the department of ag-

.riculture in Victoria; and Miss
Elsie McGill, recently- appointed
a. Commissioner of the Royal.
Commission on the Status of
Women.

Miss McGill is one of seven
appointed at a meeting of the
Committee of the Privy Council,
in February,-1967, the following .
taken from the minutes of that
-meeting: | - .

These Commissioners. ‘be ap-

‘pointed under Part 1 of: the In-.
 quiries. Act. to “inquire into and
report upon
“in. Canada,”
“what steps.
“the federal °

the status of women
and: to.. recommend :
might:.be taken, ‘by:

ties with. men in all ‘aspects of.
Canadian ‘society, having reese.
--for the distribution of legislative’.

“powers. under: the constitution of

‘Lent,

government . to, en-. :
.sure.for women equal opportuni-

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vities of women and, without

‘ restricting the generality of the
‘foregoing, . to
_ report.on: “1.

inquire into .and
Laws _ and prac-
tices under federal jurisdiction
concerning the: political ‘rights

of women, and eight others, in--
‘labor laws,

cluding, federal
laws, ‘practices and policies con-
cerning employment of women,
taxes, position of women under

: Criminal law. .
Menibers besides the ‘alore-

mentioned attending were Bessie
Forbes, Nona Damaske, Geneva
Peggy Morrison, Rosalie
Heywood, Eugenie Myles, Doro-
thy Tupper, Muriel Wilson, all
of Victoria, Mary Backlund of
Galiano Island, |

Today, using greens has be-

come holiday custom, regard-.

less of religious or ‘symbolic
significance.

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Foytul voices
‘singing well-loved
carols, telling of the |
first Noel, guide’

_ us to the true spirit of »

/RUSSELL KERR FUELS.

Canada, particularly. with refer-. 9

ence’. to federal.: ‘statutes, . regu--
“lations: and: ‘policies ‘that concern:

or: affect. the ° rights” ‘and: acti-.

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with” turkey at halfsan. hours?
“The. New. —_

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