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Si J Special Messages For Christmas i REV DR MULLIGAN WRITES IV I 1 Awry under Hmulm of ft number of Toronto and Toronto ft move was mads rector to by am the City Hull what knows In church circle p Crib a representation In model of the Nativity seen In Bethlehem of our Lord and Saviour For a num ber of the plan was not approved One clear fact how ever emerged and that la the large and increasing number of men and women who believe that it high time Christ was restored to Christmas They feel and not justi fication that His place is being taken and in some places has been taken by Santa or that He has become a glorified Santa and that as a result the Christmas season ever as sociated with His Person and His Work has been grossly com mercialized rora J SINCLAIR Editor HALL AURORA TELEPHONE FIVE MONDAY THE TWENTYSECOND DAY OF DECEMBER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYTWO To restore our Lord and Saviour to Christmas is the ever- present task and of all Christians It is a continual reminder of the will and purpose of God in Him and that through Him there should be peace on earth and goodwill among men an ideal and purpose as yet un realized- Nevertheless we do know notwithstanding the pres ent confusions among the nations JR DRUG STOKE wish and sincere hope thit wry day of the holiday season tilled with and yours and that our pleasant confidence in each other may continue through year and the threats to peace that the peoples of the earth do not want war In its modem forms war Is frightful and horrible in its lightning devastations of cities and slaughter of their inhabi tants as in Englands Coventry and in Japan Hiroshima No longer do trained and arm ed men contend on land on sea or in the air for victory in these same struggles of men women and little children inno cent noncombatants perish so that the worlds common human ity is crying out these things should not be and they shall not be The message of the first Christmas is beginning to receive a recognition it has never received before In this movement for the res toration of Christ to Christmas however there is need for a clearer and more definite under standing of His Person and Page Col Hi ST AURORA WrfcffiC f7 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE iron Mayor Wife ftoK- Season Mrs Rose again joins with vie in wishing all citizens of truly Merry Christmas Aurora r Dr Crawford Rose MD MAYOR OF AURORA w IV- Jibe magnificent promise of the Christmas story has inspired the and prayers of men through the centuries Wherever mankind kept to the spirit of brotherly love there the meaning the symbolic beauty of Christmas remained our fervent hope that this Christmas will bring us still closer to the fulfillment of the promise of Peace and Good Will all la spirit we wish a Merry Christmas to alL I EDITORIALS Friday Saturday December 252427 nil I CHRISTMAS MESSAGE Christmas to the majority of people of the civil ized world is a time of goodwill It is an occasion for family gatherings and for reunions of old friends It is a time for the revival of memories Thus we have our Christmas cards gifts and other tokens of affectionate regard In a deeper and wider application it repre sents a pause in the conflicts and of kind f We take this occasion Meeting this newspaper who top numerous widely sep arated for us theii but wtt loyalty we der dppfttn is fact that they to- support usvahd v everincreasing u we pan hold oh to old friends and continue to make new we have the best of Christmas represents a the iif faira world when sentiment takes the place harsher emotions Yet there is nb pause life various ire the ills By a sudden stroke wil fortune lifes happiness be severed and broken There is no pause in such happen ings We are fragile creatures forever at the insensible circumstances Thus we would especially- include in message the most kindly thoughts for a harassed and unhappy souls who because of events oyer thera is no human control are sad and downcast WKereyei- they are the lonely and the dEsJtoefMr Sjoprtct them at this time Ghristrnas brings its as it brings its happiness and for all who prayer is that in their tribulation they ayfintt the touch of divine With such thoughts in mind readers and friends the best of good wishes for y Teadrinking is not as popular on this continent as it is in Europe and especially in the British Isles In England the drinking of tea was so much a part of the social life of its people inspired the writing of much literature and at least one song Everything Stops for Tea The severe rationing of tea in the British over a period of many years may have diminished the national palate for the estimable beverage It should not be forgotten that the English were voracious coffee drinkers e they became tea- drinkers We have seen it stated that there were no less than coffeeshops the noddle and latter century In coffeeshops business and gossip were equally transacted in the im mediate period that preceded the publication of news papers In the century teadrinking became the fashion among those who could afford the then expensive luxury Dr Samuel Johnson and his celebrated confreres were avid teadrinkers There is ho better stimulant for good conversation in ail the world than a dish of tea declared the famous philosopher and lexicographer From these tea parties of the Johnsonian era has come some of the worlds greatest Wisdom Good tea parties are by no means obsolete in this noisy radioridden jukebox televisionflicker era We had the pleasure invitation to such a party in Aurora a few days ago and- found much relaxation for mind and body in a gracious atmosphere which reminded us of what William called the feast of reason and the flow of soul In place of gossip there were reminiscence and good and especially tea of a quality which Milton called a healing brew The very brevity of a good tea party ensures its own long evity in the panorama of c CHRISfrS What will do at us The question brought us with something of a jolt for we had not thought of any plans There was something we had mind but we did not tell him about it We had bought a ropritit considerably viated of some dialogues we knew long in the days when we time for reading than has been ours for these many years one whose business it Is to ever get- far away from their tvotk especially writer whose Job it is to report Sb are beings there will Hews butagreat deal of such news is not for printing There Is work enough without the latter During the written some quarter of a milliontwipg Pages If we say it that of writing Whether it turns out good bad or we honesty that we toko What Wo write We despise slipshod writing- We like to find the word for the right place and that is looks For three and a half years we have had no vacation We confess to feeling tired We could do with a rest Some of it at least hope to get for a days at Thus wo look forward to a quiet Christmas as noiseless as motionless and as serene as possible Serenity That surely must comb at the end of the jour ney but the wise will bo gathering as much of it as possible along the way I More than 2000 years ago much wisdom was gath ered in a city named Athens In that city lived one named Plato We hope to feast again on his dialogues during our Christmas vacation Granger Parker FRIDAY DECEMBER 26th Special ALL CARTOON Show SHOW STARTS AT December DOORS OPEN AT AND MUSICAL SET J YATES I DREAM OF I UOHf HAM S SJ BILL SHIRLEY MURIEL LAWRENCE caw ALLEN WlfillflW AtAN a mcucnoi 1 -S- WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31st w and Thursday Dec Jan mm LUCILLE J SMJALt DAVID BUTLER Thursday a Friday and Saturday January 23 THE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF WISH THEIR MANY PATRONS A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND GOOD FORTUNE IN THE NEW YEAR T f i Jm A I JJitYj