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Matthew 2: New English Version)Jesus was born at Bethlehem

in Judaea during the reign ofHerod. After his birth astrologersfrom the east arrived in Jerusa-lem, asking, 'Where is the childwho is born to be king of theJews?We observed the rising ofhis star, and we have come topay him homage.' King Herodwas greatly perturbed when heheard this; and so v/as the wholeof Jerusalem. He called a meet-ing of the chief priests and law-yers of the Jewish people, andput before them the question:'Where is it that the Messiah isto be born?1 'At Bethlehem inJudaea , they replied; and theyreferred him to the prophecywhich reads: !Bethlehem in theland of Judah, you are far fromleast in the eyes of the rulers ofJudah; for out of you shall comea leader to be the shepherd of mypeople Israel.'

Herod next called the astrol-ogers to meet him in private, andascertained from them the timewhsn the star had appeared. Hethen sent them on to Bethlehem,and said, 'Go and make a care-ful inquiry for the child. Whenyou have found him, report to me,so that I may go myself and payhim homage.'

They set out at the king's bid-ding; and the star which theyhad seen at its rising went aheadof them until it stopped abovethe place where the child lay.

the sight of the star they v/ereoverjoyed. Entering the house,they saw the child with Maryhis mother, and bowed to theground in homage to him; thenthey opened their treasures and /offered him gifts: gold, frankin-cense, and myrrh. And beingwarned in a dream not to goback to Herod, they returnedhome another way.

,HE COMING OF CHRIST fVvatthew 2: King James Version)Now when Jesus was born in

Bethlehem of Judaea in the daysof Herod the king, behold, therecame wise men from the east toJerusalem, Saying, Where is hethat is born King of the Jews?for we have seen his star in theeast, and are come to worshiphim. When Herod the king hadheard these things, he was trou-bled, andall Jerusalem with him.And when he had gathered ailthe chief priests and scribes ofthe people together, he demand-ed of them where Christ should beborn. And they said unto him,in Bethlehem of Judaea: for thusit is written by the prophet,And thou Bethlehem, En theland of Juda are not the leastamong the princes of Juda: forout of thee shall come a Gov-ernor, that shall rule my peopleIsrael. Then Herod, when he hadprivily called the wise men,enquired of them diligentlywhat time the star appeared.And he sent them to Bethlehemand said, Go and search dili-gently for the young child; andwhen ye have found him, bringme word ago in, that I may comeand worship him also. Whenthey had heard the king, theydeparted; and, lo, the star,which they saw in the east,went before them, till it cameand stood over where the youngchild was. When they saw thestar, they rejoiced with exceed-ing great joy. And when theywere come into the house, theysaw the young child with Maryhis mother, and fell down, andworshipped him: and when theyhad opened their treasures, theypresented unto him gifts; gold,and frankincense, and myrrh.And being warned of God In adream that they should not re-turn to Herod, they departedinto their own country anotherway.

There hoover a, "Some Old Christmas",>ig your Christmases year after year;

For each one is freshWith the things that you dream,And the folks whom you hold most dear.

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To the child there are gifts from Santa,And the thrill of a doll or horn;Then youth takes the day,In its wonderful way,When the joy of the "giver" is born.

And the sharing of your own ChristmasWith the one who's your dearest prize,With perchance a tree,And a stocking, smallJo bring smiles into baby eyes.

Then the Christmas that comes to the old folkIn an easier, quieter tone;

. ,,,So blessed with the love,For the ones who they see

",'. Caving Christmases such as they've known... .

No/thSfre's never a, "Same Old Christmas",There ifxilways a Christmas NEW.Ma jhe Christmas that's yours,In tms wpnderfuI year, beA W6ncl«rful Christmas for you.

On the n e x t two p a g e s you w i l l o b s e r v e 24 you th fu l t ypes e n j o y i n g the t h i n g stha t the y o u n g e n j o y do ing - s u c h as a v i s i t to S a n t a and hav ing t h e i r p i c t u r e s taken.H o w e v e r , i f you e x a m i n e c l o s e l y you w i l l d i s c o v e r that these p i c t u r e s a re o f menand w o m e n now grow.n. A l l , bu t one, are l i v i ng o f f the I s l and and a l l , bu t two , areof abou t the s a m e g e n e r a t i o n - 18 to abou t 30. Take a g u e s s and c h e c k w i t h the an-

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j eavement over the loss of my dear husband . The manyfloral tributes were beautiful & appreciated. Thanks tothe Honorary Pallbeareres, Mr. E. Brenton & Mr. D.Maxwell, the Pallbearers, Mr. Goodman & specialthanks to Rev. S.J. Leech whose words were so com-forting. Mrs. R.W. Hewitt

Sincere thanks to all the good people who were sokind & helpful to our family during the loss of ourdear father, Mr. R.W. Hewitt. -Mr. FrederickHewitt, Mrs. T. Watmough, Mrs. G. Sorensen,Mrs. C. Lees, Mrs. E. Wilson.

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CHRISTMAS MAGIC by Bea HamiltonIt was Christmas Eve, 1897U The snow came

down on the abandoned iog house, the forest anda!! over the land. The children, the first eight ofthe twelve to be, (1 hadn't come along in thosedays) stood with their noses flattened on the win-dow panes of the new chicken house that was nowtheir home. The snug, warm and crowded chickenhouse (this was before the chickens came, of course)"was a better place than the old iog house, situat-ed at the very edge of the forest, to await thebuilding of the main house,,

The eight children crovvcfe.dcsnQKmidvJiKvw;r*d--ows were gazing out anxiously, wondering if theywere going to have a Christmas tree to decorate,,Our mother, ever resourceful and cheerful, hadpromised there would be a tree»

It was late afternoon before father came in witha very small tree. It had to be small for the chick-en house was tiny-made for chickens and nota family of ten! A place, in a corner was foundferthe little tree and soon it was decorated by manyhelping hands. Decorations were few and many ofthem were home made, but it was the first tree inFulford for my family and it was the most beauti-ful and wonderful tree in the world.

My family had travelled from Liverpool onboard the old ship "Sardinia", and after a s!owjourney across the ocean, they arrived in Victoriain 1891, where they settled in Oak Bay for sixyears before they moved to Fulford„ That was in1897, and this was an exciting and historical yearfor my people. It was also a historical year for theBritish Empire for that was the year of .the lateQueen VictcriScj's Jubilee, 18970 So while theQueen was creating world wide history, my fami-ly quietly created their own little historical corn-er at Fulford Harbour,, They called the corner"Dromore", after our Grandfather's estate in Nor-thern Ireland,, Grandfather was Archdeacon Ham-ilton of Londonderry, Ireland. Ah, those old-fashioned Christmasesl Year after year, nothingchanged - there was the thrilling, never-endingcharm and magic of the Christmas season.

We were taught that the Christmas represent-ed the Christ's Birthday, and that added mysteryto an already glamourous time. And we believedin Santa Claus (Father Christmas we called him).1 am grateful to myfamlly for letting us little onesbelieve in Santa Claus0 That thrilling ceremonyof hanging up,our stockings, alone made Christ-mas a "magical11 time for us all. For those, thehappiest days of our lives, I thank God and ourparents for the mi id deception that brought suchjoy.

Somehow or other, in apcepting the mysticalcoming of a jolly old fellow, who pranced overthe roof tops with his then eight tiny reindeer(Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer hadn't joinedSanta's retinue in those days!) and who came

and nice red apples Somehow we connected oldSanta with the wondrous workings of God and whowere we to question such a lovely and profitable -and wholly delightful stunt? We youngsters tookSanta to our innocent young hearts with joy andconfidence-, It was a sad day when we discover-ed what made Santa tick - something went outof Christmas, never to return.

And what gifts we made in those early days!Everything from pin cushions to penwipers - can-dy and bread - we even made beads by usingsome kind of paste, salt and coloring, lovelyto look at - until they got damp and then theywere awful. Our lorjgsuffering grown ups, oldersisters and brothers gleaned an odd assortment ofgifts over the years!

How horrified our Fire Marsha! would be ifhe had seen our lighted Christmas tree - littlecandles in their shell like guards, iit all overthe tree, sputtering and winking land while thegrown ups stood guard, we feasted our awe-Struckeyes on the shining tree, and nary a fire did wehave I Father took care of that*

Ah! the dinner at night „ Can we ever forgetthe plum pudding coming In on a large platter,the brandy blazing, the curling blue flames likehungry tongues, covering the pudding and siz-zling, the sprig of holly stuck on top? In thedim light of oil lamps and candles, this was, tous, the finale to a glorious day - and the mostspectacular thing that had ever happened, !

All that made Christmas very worth while.And on Boxing Day, we small children startedcounting the days to the next Christmas! Lovely,care-free days of childhood! No wonder the po-ets moan about lost childhood days!

The beautiful story of the Christ Child re-mains, and Christmas will always be a magicaland happy tim^e for us all at home . „ . .and Ihope it will be for all of you in your homes . ,Merry Christmas to you and, as Tiny Tim said,"God biess us every one,"

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nual meeting and election of officers on Thurs-day, December 13th in St, George's Hall, Mrs,Me, Bennet, Secretary-Treasurer of VictoriaBranch 5 and member of the Provincial Board wasin charge of the election.

The following sicte was called: President,Mr, Fred Goddard; First Vice-president, Mr,Pete Midd!em<s; Second Vice-president, Mrs.Harold Sewell; Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs, ElsieThacker* Mrs. B, Kreb to act as tea convener • &Mrs. K Sewell to act as officer of audit. It wasregrettable Mr. John Milling was unable to at-tend due to a sudden illness.. The final detailsfor tfre "Annual. Dinner." this ^ear to be held In

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I met Ja.<d o u^y or so avter Christmas walk-ing up the wharf heading for the store* Jake liveson Squawfree Island, one of the very tiniest of theOuter Island group, and probably the only reasondvSalt Spring Islander can talk to Jake withoutgetting into an argument about ferry service, isbecause Jake is the only living soul on Squaw-free Island and he gave up figuring on gettingferry service around 1929 when a Conservativecandidate rowed over there to get Jake's vote,and was staking oul a wharf site before he foundout Jake wasn't on the voters' list.

"Well, Jake," I said, just to make convers-ation, "was Santa Claus good to you?" And assoon as I said it I was sorry, because Jake hasbeon batching so long he's forgotten about theold boy in the red suit who creates all the excite-ment at Christmas.

Jake put his empty packsack down carefullyon the wharf, and looked up and down the gang-way, and behind me, as if tio3make]sair!B;ith6'boastvwas clear. I wondered if he was listed and want-ed me to fetch him a crock, but it seemed he justwanted to be sure we were alone.

"I don't know about this Santa Claus fellow,"Jake whispered, "but I've got into the damndestjackpot you ever saw".

"Now, Jake," I said, "if you've spilt yourhome brew barrel again, it's just a simple matterof putting a new floor in the roothouse, and per-sonally, if I were you, I wouldn't make it so darnstrong anymore."

But it was more than that."Just sit on the rail here a bit," Jake asked,

"while I tryto getthisthing organized in my ownhead. You know, around this time of the year,the Kelly boys from Galiano usually drop over &spend an evening with me, and last week I wasbusy getting everything ready. I had several ofthose bottles off the high shelf that Fred says hasto be kept up there on account')they'll explodenear a cigarette, and I had a big slab of thatcheese that Ben keeps until a goat backs awayfrom her, a big sack of onions and a real refinedbarrel of Old Squawfree Special Homebrew. Ieven fixed the we 11-top that Joe Kelly fell thr-ough last year so's to save all that time lookingfor him, and I put another brace on the back ofthe cabin because that's the wall Lon Kelly usu-ally tries to run through."

"Well, it was getting pretty late at night,, ormaybe it was morning - I did a little testing tosee if that barrel was at its peak, and I just aboutgive up hope that the Kelly boys were coming atall, when I heard them on the path. They did alot of jingling and stamping out there, then Joecame stomping in the door. You know how bigJoe is, anyway, and he had stuffed himself intoa big red suit with white trimmings, and hung a

big false white beard on himself to try and foolme, and he darned near filled my whole shackoHe ho-ho-hoed around in there till he near burstthe wolls, but I'd know Joe anywhere, and hedidn't fool me a bit-

"You get out of that union suit and fetch yourdrinking mug over here," i told him, "and I'llgive you something to ho-ho about"„

"Well, this didn't faze Joe at alL He cameover and shock his finger a! me and sgidf "Myboy,, it's been many, many years since I calledon you, so you probably don't remember the timefifty years ago I forgot to fetch that jack knifefor you but I've finally found you and now IVegot to make it up"o

"Joe has a sharp ear, and I'm not too sur-prised he picked up that jack knife stuff duringour parHes but he didn't let down a bits

"Try some of thisncheese, Joe i f" I asked,"Ben says this time the goat died,"

"But Joe wasn't having any*"You just tell me what you need most in the

world, Jake f" he says, waggling that big falsebeard, "and I'll see you get it, because IVe letyou down once on a promise, and it's got to beset righ*0"

"Now,, Joe f" I said to him,, "you know darnwe!! IVe got everything I want. I've got thesweetest spring water in the Islands, the roofdon't leak anymore si nee I tarred it, and i movedthe privy up only thirty feet from the door, so1 don't need anything at alL I suppose the onlything I could use is a good cook, because some-times I get awful tired of my own cooking„"

While Jake and I were talking the MotorPrincess had arrived, and in the bustle and con-fusion, a chap from Port Washington leaned onmy chest and rasped: "If they call it the 'Queenof Salt Spring^ we're gonna sink it!"

Jake was gone by the time i dug out fromunder the Port Washington chap who had ninenew schedules he was working on, so I didn't getto hear the rest of Jake's story, or why he was ina jackpot.

But a little later I was passing the LadiesWear section in the store, and there was Jakewith a whole raft of parcels.

"I suppose she'll need one of those housecoatthings, too," he was grumbling„

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SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICEA Christmas service from 10:30 to 11:15 a0m<,

will be held in Ganges United Church. This is afamily service and the whole family is invited,,Small children are encouraged to bring with themone of their precious and newly acquired Christ-mas presentso The minister likes to see thesepresents and the whole congregation enjoys thechildren„ There will be plenty of carols & stories,,

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Nature is like on open bock/

For us to en ••> arid look;A sunny stream, a placid Sake,the silvery fish, that strutting drake.This to rne is nature sweet,!n every detail so complete.

That pine upon a craggy rock,Thpse rustling leaves that seem to talk;The birds in the eariy morning sing,To announce a breakfast that they bring;And in the evening as the dusk is falling,I hear the sound of the swallows calling.Then there are those evergreens so stately,That stand so tall, and needed so greatly;The place where we often loved to swim, iVVi!! never be lost, never to dim;And best of all that magnificent mountain,That breaks the sky like a giant fountain.

A walk in the woods will surely reveal,How this poem is so very real;That buck beside the ancient maple tree,The doe and fawn so near, but hard to see;The quail scattering across the path.With their topknots to make you laugh;The eagle so high in the air,Searches for a careless hare;The robins that are building their nests,The humming bird which stops to rest;These are all in that open book,But people seldom stop to look.

For in this book only the good is told,Cause the good is what every memory will hold;And like a book the pages turn back,When we are older and spirit we lack;So stop to look and you'll surely see,The book of nature, that all might see.

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Friday, Dec. 21" - Sunday School Program, Full.Gospel Chapel, 7:00 p<,m.Saturday, Dec. 22 - Lion's Carol Sing, Cenotaph,

•52:50 p»r,ic; Santa Claus arrives by plane, 3 p0ryu^hrbtr/ios Pageant, Sr0 Mary's Sunday School^%00 p.m.; Roller Skating, Fulford Hall, 0:00 -10:30 p.m.,Sunday, Dec, 23 - Bellingham Christmas Shipbrings Santa, Ganges Dock, 9:30 a,m,; Trap

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....... N O T I C E S . , e o » 0 oTo Dog Owners: All dogs must ha licensed

under ths Sheep Protection Act* Any person(s)harboring ah unlicensed dog is liable to prosecu-tion under the said act. Dog licenses for the year1 962 expire as of 12 midnight Dec, 31, 1962,

licenses may be obtained from the Provinc-ial Assessors Office, Ganges, B.C. 9 a.m. to 5pan. Monday through Friday,, Weekends, RCMPOffice, Ganges, BX, This notice applies to allp?.r.,0!i',.> owning dogs within the Province of B.C.Licenses will go on sale on Jan,, 2, 1963 - maleand spayed female - $1 .00; female - $20QOg All

over the age of four (4) months must be lic-ensed. !t has been a misconception In the pastthat dogs not allowed off the property did not re,-quire a license. ALL DOGSMUST BE LICENSED.Any person requiring information please contactyour local office of the RCMP or the ProvincialAssessor „

To Business Establishments: Trade Licensesfor the year 1963 are on sale at the ProvincialAssessors Office, Ganges, B.C,, 9-5 p.m. Mon-day through Ifriday; weekends through the RCMPOffice, Ganges, 1962 trade licenses expire asof midnight, Dec. 31st, 1963. Trade licenses can

purchased for a full year or for a six monthperiod,. On sale Jan, 2, 1963 at offices men-tioned „

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Dr\. W.J., McAlister has established two

scholarships of $250 each for University entrancefor students of .the Gulf Islands High School af

Most of t f -3 orocery stores, etc, v.III be closedor, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Dayond the Wednesday follov/ing Nev/Years,Post Office will be open a couple of hours onBoxinc Day to receive anddlspatch mail. ! here

will be no ruro! delivery."•" -'' *' * * r' * '•'' '* '

Boy! We ore going to take a week off<, 1 hisissue -.-/ill be the last one of this year, The nextissue will be on January 3rd,, (Awfully close toNew Year's Day, but we will make 5t s ) '

Suntc; Claus is visiting Ganges on Saturday at3:00 pura,, und so the Saturday afternoon ROLLERSKATING at Fulford Hall has'been cancelled.

Roller skating will be held in the evening at

the reular time.

Carol sincing will be held in Mahon Hall to-night, (Thursday) at 8:00p,-rn,, with the HighSchool Choir sroup lending the way. No admis-

sion carge .

In case anyone has forgotten, Santa's first arrival is by pldne (weather permitting) on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. at the Cenotaph,Second arrival is by the Christmas ship and scheduled at 9:30 a.nu, Sunday,

No one, but no one, should miss out on thecarol singing being sponsored by the Lions Cluband being held at 2:30 p.m. at or near She Cen-otaph on Saturday, A feature of the day will bethe arrival of Santc Ciaus to sprecd joy among theyounger set (ten years or younger,)

- -• .:..- . ,;.. ,f.. 4, A, 4, £. .jj, $, , y, + 4 £. ,£. y..^.y.y,.^.». $ .;

The Waqon Wheels Square Dance Glob willhold a Christmas party on Saturday, December 22in Mahon Hal! commencing at 9:00 psm.

Mra end Mrs, j.D, Reid and Robin are in

charge of the program.Gifts will be exchanged, and ex-members of

the Club c:re cordially invited to attend,' ' " * ' "• ' ' ' ' ' " ^

School childfen will be out for holidays onFriday, December 21st and return to school onThursday, January 3rd, Be sure to drive carefully,

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MERRY CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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S H E L L S E R V I C E

ALEX McMANUS and STAFF

GULF ISLANDS CLEANERS

A . K . W I L S O Nand

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CHRISTMAS & THE NEW YEARHOLD

MUCH HAPPINESS FOR YOU

HJLF ISLANDS FLORISTS

S A L T S P R I N G I S L A N DC R E D I T UNION

ERNIE BOOTH

PLUMBING & HEATING

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CLOSED CHRISTMAS, BOXING DAY& NEW YEARS DAY

•Archie MeCowan & Staff

T h u r s d a y , D e c e m b e r 2 0 , 1962 D R I F T W O O D Voi . 3 No . 40

M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S - by Bea H a m i l t o n"Colored lights and holly wreaths, ivy green

and sola! leaves - a little bit of color here, alittle bit of tinsel there, Christmas time in Ful-ford, with happiness and cheer,"

The festive season is here again and we reallydid start the Christmas week with a musical note,(and a few lines of not so good rhyme) but wemade up for that by having a glorious carol ser-vice in St. Mary's Church on Wednesday eve-ning. The Rev.S.J. Leech had spent a few eve-nings poyndinga little music into the choir, andthere was too little time to practice carol sing-ing. But the lovely carol service brought a feel-ing of joy and gladness to all who were present.Especially lovely were the two solos sung by Mrs.Leedhi. "A Cradle Song of the Blessed Virgin1',and 11Sleep, Holy Babe". Mrs» Leech's beauti^ful voice was a joy to hear and the real meaningof Christmas and the Christ's birthday was felt byall.

And on Saturday, the children of Sf» Mary'sSunday School, will put on their wonderfulChristmas Pageant, "The Christmas Candles". Thewelcome will be given by Sharon McManus andthe good-bye by Linda Slingsby. ' It is hopedthat many will be there to hear the children,, OnSunday, there will be the regular service withHoly Communion, and on Christmas Day, at11:30, there will be a Holy Communion Serviceat St. Mary's Church.

Pat Lee wil! be home for Christmas and alsoMr« and Mrs. Roy Lee and son Gordon;f fromDawson Creek Mr. & Mrs. W0 Douglas of Sookewere over last week end, visiting the Lees0 MissFrances Lee,,who is in Melbourne, Australia, isbasking in warmth of 110 degrees, so the Leefamily say. And she loves it. Miss Lee went o-crossthe ocean on board the Canberra !ast montK,

Mr. & Mrs,, B. Ruddick of Haneyf B.C. andMr. & Mrs. j. Lawson of Courtney, with theirson Harold, will be spending Christmas wifhparents, Mr. & Mrs, Art Smith0 Susanne andCraig Ruddick, who spent many weeks in thesummer with their grandparents will be here a I so,It will be a happy family reunion.

Miss Helen Ruckle and G. Henry Ruckle,will be spending Christmas with theRuckie fam-ily at Beaver Point.

The Card Social at the Beaver Point Hoi! onSaturday night, gave the cribbage high score toJohn Klassen, and Andy Stevens was low man-.In 500, Bill Shaw won first and Captc Drummondhit the low spot* They all had a good time anda good supper which was served by Mrs. Le

Reynolds.Roller Skating is really a going thing in the

Fulford HalL The young people love it and Sat-urday nights, everything rolls along nicely,

thanks to the Lions and all helpers who sponsorthis lively recreation,,

The Auction and Rummage Sale in the FulfordHall on Deco 12th netred over $400, which willgo toward the paying off trhe debt ori the newfloor in the halL Bob Akerman, who mastermind-ed the auction, deserves full credit for his succ-essful efforts. Mrs,, M= Gyves convened the teaand coffee and doughnuts which were served al!afternoon o Others doing an excellent job in var-ious parts were Mr, J. Stewart r Mrs. A. House,Mrs. A0D. Dane, Mrs,, R. Akerman, Mrs. R.Patterson, Miss Salliss and others.

Mr,, & Mrs. Ao Soderquist of Duncan, andDonnie and Norma wii! be spending the holidayswith Mrs. J0 Fraser and Mrs. _L Mollet. JohnCampbell is spending a few weeks at the Fraserhome,, Mr. & Mrs. Keith Palmer of Victoria ,were weekend guests of Mn, & Mrs. Go Ruckle,And that 'sit for FuSford- Merry Christmas everyone <

C.W.L . M E E T I N GAn executive meeting of the C.W^Lo was

held at the home of the president, Mrs. Bob Mar-cotte on Friday, December 7-

Due to Hie extremely wet weather the churchhall was not completed in time to hold the pro-posed Christmas parties so we were forced topostpone same in lieu of one at Easter and togive the children who attend catechism a Christ-mas treat.

Then it was moved and carried that the C.W0L. sell "Joe's Notebook", the very populartext of recipes and household hints, sponsoredby radio station CJVL They will be obtainableat the Trading Coo from Mrs. Pa^chett and alsofrom other C0W0L<, members „

Arrangements were made for the church ,cleans rsg and decorating for Christmas „

Lunch was served by Mrs0 Marcotte.•••. ' " • •

The first Turkey shoot of the season got off toa winging start with the Reynolds clan walkingoff with five of the ten first prizes, Gavin andDon won tv/o matches while Jack won another.

The only other double winner was JohnnyBennett. Other winners were'. Mac Mouat, LouisLorentsen and the Junior winner was Brian Rogers,,

This next Sunday, shooters will have a choiceof rifle or trap shooting. The rifle shooting, asusual will be held at the Scott Rd. range, begin-ning at 12 noon. The trap shooting will be at thenew trap-shooting set-up at "Mobrae" subdivis-ion.(Goi ng toward Vesuvius,, turn left at first roadpast Tripp Rd. and go up the hill). The trap shoot-ing will begin at 11 a 0 m« Spectators are invitedto v/atch (no admission c ha rge)0 Coffee, doughnutsand hot dogs wil! be served. Guns are availablefor those without their own shooting irons,

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A HAPPY CHRISTMAS

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o bright, merry Christmas, full of the good things

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A T T H E C H U R C H E S

'.nnual presentation of 'School progrc;

ecember 22, 1962:ANGLICAN: St. Mary's - Sunday School Pageant - 7:00 p.m.

SUNDAY, December 23, 1962:ANGLIC AN: St. Mark's - Carol Service, 7:30 p.m.; St. George's - Carof Service,3:00 p.m.; St. Mary's - Matins and Holy Communion, 11:00 a.m.; St. Nicholas - HoiyCommunion, 9:00 a.m.

~.Di Ganges, 11:00 a.m.; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Burgoyne Bay, 2:30 p.m.AN CATHOLIC: C / of Grace, Holy Mass, 10:45 a.m.

'SCIENCE: Mahon HaH, 11:00 a.m.iAPEL: Sunday School, 10:30 a.m.; Evening service, 7:30 p.m. -

Special music and Inspiring Christmas message. .JEHOVAH WITNESSES: Mahon Hall, 2:00 p.m.

CHRISTMAS EVE, December 24," 1962:

_N: St. George's, Holy Communion (Choral), 11:30 p.m.ROMAN CATHOLIC; Our Lady of Grace, Midnight Mass

CHRISTMAS DAY, December 25, 1962:

ANGLICAN: St. Mark's - Holy Communion (Choral), 10:00 a.m.; St. George's, HolyZommunion, 8:00 a.m.; St. Mary's, Holy Communion, 11:30 a.m.UNITED; Ganges, 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Special Family Christmas Service

ATHOLIC: Our Lady of Grace, Holy Mass, 10:45 a.m.

SUNDAY, December 30, 1962:ANGLICAN: St. Mark's - Evensong, 3:00 p.m.; SundaySchool, 9:45 a.m.; St. George's, Evensong, 7:30 p.m., St.Mary's, Children's Service or Matins, '11:00 a.m.UNITED: Ganges, 11:00 a.m.; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.

ROMAN CATHOLIC: Our Lady of Grace, Holy Mass, 10:45a.m.CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: Mahon Hail, 11:00 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL CHAPEL Sunday School, 10:30 a.m.; EveningService, 7:30 p.m.

JEHOVAH WITNESSES: Mahon Hall, 2:00 p.m.

MONDAY, December 31, 1962:ANGLICAN: St. Mark's - New Year's Eve Service,

11:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, January 1, 1963::ATHOLIC: Our Lady of Grace, Holy Mass,

10:45 a.m.'

N O T I C EHEAR YEI HEAR YE! Examine carefully. If the

lasi three numbers in that mysterious code on yourDRIFTWOOD ADDRESS LABEL is 3-41, your sub-scription will be up after this.issue. We, beingkind of lazy, wili not be sending out formal not-ices of expiration through the mail. This is thenotice. (If for some reason, such as an addresschange during the past year, your DRIFTWOODdoes not have a label, the code number will bemissing. Phone us, if in doubt. The majority ofsubscribers, living on Salt Spring Island, begantheir subscriptions with the first issue of 1962). Toavoid missing all the exciting nev/s renew that sub-scription to DRIFTWOOD! At the DRIFTWOODof-fice in . or at the FULFORD POST OFFICEin Fulford.

The "children" pictured: (1) John and SylviaCrofton eating snow, (2) little Penny Trelfordbeating a new Christmas drum, (3) the three Brownchildren, Josette, Marilynne and Lyle, (4) thesailor girl is Nonie Shove, (5) Mark Crofton is un-happy because Patrick gets to hold Sharron at herchristening, (6) Lynne Young, (7)Mhora and Dun-can Hepburn, (8) the Devine twins, Kay and Clare(9) of another generation, Ruth Goodrich (Heine-

key) and her sister Iris, and (10) Wendy Morris.Of the six children sitting on Santa's knee, it

is Allan Trelford at the top, Bob Morris at leftcenter and Marshall and Shane Heinekey at rightcenter. The two pretty girls at the bottom are Su-san and Jennifer Graham.