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praise V I Than all the rest of the year, Anti welcome the nights that doublr delights As well for the poor as the peerl Good fortune attend each 1ne1'r;.' man's friend That doth but the best that ht` u \.a\:\AI down to Christmas Just as we did in childhood! ..- ...... ....-. ,u~...u nu... Luv wvvv uuu they can To drive the cold winter away. It lieth still on a. lime hill, By a. brook and a. strip of wild- ......\.a ll. |i*l.h sxvteul. us at little street, Tlxul. sweeps to a good green val- Icy. 1i. 1101.11 clean, with no squalor seen Nu (lurk und loathsome alley. IL liuth there in the golden air, A town 01' song and gleaming, .WiLh childhoows chatter and bugles` clutter And the make believe or dream-I TIIE PRAISE OF CHRISTMAS 1 The gleam of Childhood's pl-esence.| -Bentzto\vn Bard, `| CONDUCTED BY THE PATHFINDER Clll{.lS'1`MA :l TOWN DECEMBER Funny Money Schemes Go by The Bonnie are bright with merry QUIET CORNER cold winter away. The I 51$ _..- .. ........... .. ....... .~ uwxtnau up auu cheer `While some other fellow stars. It isn't the victory after all, But the ght that a. brother makes; The man, who driven against the wall, Still stands up erect and takes The b1o\vs of fate with his head | held high, `Is the man who will win in the by ! and by, Nor he isn't afraid to fall. It's the bumps you get and the jolts you get. And the shocks that your courage stands. The hours of sorrow and vain re- gret, The prize that escapes your hands. That test. your mettle and prove vnnr urn:-Ha - 5* Three slow lanes through daisy and 19 clover, ;Pointing the way a mind shoud go {By trail.s not wholly weathered oveI sf To nd what the heart still hopes to know. _,,_ ...._, -.- .............. \lAL .....- 4.\.n.u uuu take: Fa.te`s numerous bumps and blows. A coward can smile when there : nun!-.4 L- c...... nought. to fear, When nobhing his pr: I But it takes a man tc THE MAN WHO WINS The test of a man is the ght he makes, The grit; that he daily shows. The way he stands on his feet and O-nlrn- yuuhlbal acuuty are mine ulurt: 111 me ascenaant. Incidently a similar observation might be made in respect to the recent Quebec elections, wherein not one candidate ran openly as a Social Crediter or money reformer. And not one who espoused the doctrine but ran under the shelter of some other political label, saved his deposit. In California, Ohio and Quebec the elections are regarded as having furnished a vital test of democratic common sense and a triumph of re- presentative government at the polls. ._j_ _.... .... .- -.uunu u.ou u1U1J[JCU through The amber gold Of the breeze-swept. wold, And the sky-it was blithe and- blue. J With 21 sigh as brief as the fall of a leaf, The lime brown leaf dropped f.hr-nnah !Two for the wheel rims, gullied wide. One for the old horse up the mid- pl]: `Leaving along the mountainside A later day back-country riddle. For God is up in the heaven above And God in the world below-- In the summer light, (In the wintry night, 3 Tu H... +.`..-.-.\..4 ....2 LL- Let us remember, Loo, the sick And sad when w(.- our gifts prr,-pare. Those who, less fortunutc than we, Can ill provide the Yuletide Izm.-. So let us sing Dccr,-mbc.-r':; praise. The Chri.'st Child`; blrnhduy m'mLh an a-1. A Now where interweaving tires [Trace upon concrete mile over DP-atterns darkened as if 3: I I We watch in vain for the 5 fence stile. I --C'narles Malam 11. : LITTLE BROWN LEAF I said the lime brown leaf as i: hung ` in the air. To the little brown leaf below, `What a summer we've had To rejoice and be glad, ` But. to-day there: a. fee`**~ Small stockings hung at foot of bed A gaily decorated tree, The appetizing kitchen smell Of turkey, goose. or duck maybe. As well as these material things, December bx'mg;s u.-. Lhouz.-,hL.3 oi Canadians who rub their hands in glee at this time gloating over the rea1iza.tion that pros- perity is back with us again because of a. war in Europe, exhibit bad taste. But that isn't all. They are wrong in fact. Rncinpua vnpn nnrl :Ynfncn1nr\ nF thin rvnnnfrv . I am lonely up here on the tree 1 so `nigh. , With the leaves all o the bough. So I'll f1.1:ter down ITO xny comrades brovm, Who are re. so softly row." l Three lzmes in Lh (grass we called a. road. The ycrosscd the eld where the old barn stood. To wind and climb to the cool abode Of peace in the upper pasmre wood so glad. All do our be-:;L sorru: burden sh2.Lre_ Happiness bring in hv::;rt,s; how sad. -Fan Wright, Glliord. u._; Lu1AAuAL isaid the little brown leaf, "When work is done, ` And iris time to go to sleep. One bids good~by to the frolic and` mu. And shuts his eyes to the merry CHV1 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1939'. F peace, Goodwill Lo\vurds our fcllawxm,-n And fervent. prayers that wars may nnn 1-(I _. -.... -yu.u._y 4u,uu, In the tempest and the snow. ......., And 0 ,but the rest is deep! LOST ROAD progress bars, to stand up and Bottles, like bread, cast upon the Waters, seem to return after many clays--or years. Of tn]:-,Q nf hnttlp vrsvao-pa thnrn 1!: rm and res snake take on this uu icuuru d.1l.rU1.` umuy Ui1_)'b--U.l' ytktlb. Of tales of bottle voyages there is no end says the Christian Science Monitor, but a current one is of new interest. A few days ago Mrs. Tim- othy McE1igot, of Nutley, New Jersey, reeived a letter from her husband, chief engineer of an oil tanker. It was written more than four years ago. He was at home when it arrived. Mrs. McEligot was mystified when she read the closing phrase: I'1l tell you how I mailed it when I get home. And she was more puzzled when she observed the rlntu ud.l:C. The explanation was that her husband had deposited in in a bottle (with other letters to zm number of friends) and dropped it in the ocean off Miami Beach, Florida. After nearly ve years. the bottle was found o Turks Island in the Ba.- hamas and the letters forwarded to Poqtmasner Al- bert Goldman of New York to deliver. ?\Ynr\fnnn in fhn v-n'ln nf` u-nil nnvu-inn van-11\c on- IJCLU \JUl\.Hl1'1L1 UL LVIZW IULB |zU UCLLVCL. Neptune in the role of mail carrier recalls an- other bottle saga. In 1932, George James, of Waterford, Canada, dropped a. bottle with a note in it from a liner in the middle of the North At- lantic while on a world cruise. It drifted ashore in Nonvay and was picked up and returned to him. Three years later he tossed it into the ocean again o New York. Last year the sea- going bottle turned up, half buried in the sandy shore of Savannah Sound, Eleuthera. Bahamas. and was forwarded to Mr. James Are the Bahamas laying the basis for a. claim to being the port of missing bottles? Qxwh nncfnnmve have nanwn than nnma nirimi 1111301115 UULDLED . Such castaways have more than once aided oceanographers to trace currents. It has been demonstrated that ocean currems are not a mat- ter of chance, but of natural law. Those who re- ect upon the movements of the waters may well wish that the tides and trends of affairs in to- day's swirling world might; be as cleverly revealed and charted. zuxu x date. VT` GREETINGS . . ..._. _.. .-- Irv vvsnllv In your continued friendship and patronage. This is enough for anyone. May your way be gay; your pleasures unending; your Christmas :1 merry one; your New Year a prosper- ous one. These are our wishes for you For our- selvm All we want is ,_ n, .. -.. VVE SEND TO YOU OUR :a,au LU Defeat Vn\'u\nx- -Esta.bshed 1847- Published every Thursday at 123 Dunlop Street, Barrie, Ontario. S. R. Pitts (editor) and H. M Davies (manager), owners and publishers. A weekly newspaper devoted to the building of :1 big- ger and better Barrie and to the fostering of closer co-operation between Town and Country. Page Two ___,____-v__- pun-until: V: SIMCOE COUNTY S FOOT COMFORT SHOE Young Webster HURLBURT SHOE C0. l.\`l(?nF`. nnn\x'rv'e I:-nnrr nlluannon ........_ __ Concerning iiiheerffulne-ss This n10-ans .1 wealthy American." -Edinburgh Dispatch. The Barrie Advance Feudal Lord-I hear you misbe- haved while I was away. son." KnighL-"In vh-at manor, sir?" : u . Read the Advance Classieds. It This ()nc is 500 Years Old! uuat: uxcaouxc ucuwuen UOWD. 3.110 countryside. A successful businessmen s organization in Barrie would prove a. real boon to the entire com- munity. A cur-r-nccfnl knz~nnm~..nnv.v.- ,.........:.....~.._. 1. __, yaxauc Wu 4. n:u. u:hu:1' uuy ul urangevxue. It was an event that sponsored gc,odv,;'111 be- tween town and country, for] many from miles around came to see the Wollders of the big event, Children from the town " m1ng1ed with children from the back concessions, all with one major th0l1Sht in mind`-_t:QvCatCh 9. glimpse of Santa Claus 35 he ,~C`.istributed two thousand bags of Candy 3-1101 two thousand tickets to the local trheiltfe-. Parents, in town for the day, patron- ized Cwavngeville stores and thus got Ch1`1sI;ma.s 1}Q;)pi11g away to an early start, thereby avoid- flhg to some extent the great, last-minute rush that is a bugbear to shoppers and clerks alike. And we thought of our own Santa. Claus parade in Barrie-which wasn't. And wondered whv nu). In Orangeville it was the Rotary Club which sponsored this great goodwill event. Three is no Rotary Club in Barrie, but we do not see that such an undertaking should necessarily fall upon the shoulders of either of the two .se1.`Vlce Organi- zations active here. To our mind it is something the merchants of the town derive considerable benet from and should be sponsored directly by the merchants who depend upon the Christmas business to pay a lot of bills and tide them over a slack month or two which usually follows the festive season. rrw-mm. 1..~.;.... ..- ....._....:~.~.: -4--A------A tciyiiac Lu uULL'4U'S 8.110 CEIICS. When everyone is interested chiey in what they can put into it in enthusiasm, in initiative, in co-operation, only then, strangely enough, per- haps, will the organization prosper and auto- matically return large dividends in pride 01' ac- complishment, in the cementing more firmly of community Lies-and in (lo1L:u's and cents. It's a New VPnr'c thmmm mm lnr-n1 \....:..,.,... vJnuuLu.uo_y L-1L`::-':1Il(.l 111 U0ll.'Ll'5 8.1101 It's a. New Year's thought that local business- men might like to kick around a bit. A heading in the Orangeville Banner of De- cember 14 attracted our attention. It read like 1115: "Santa Claus Day Brought Immense Crowd L0 Town." `Do.-dun Han ....4:..I,. ...,. ,::....-..,......: A\-.\A u. . w'u.u.:L` uuct . I Cheerfulness is a friend to grace. It puts the heart in tune to` praise God.---Watson. You have not fullled every duty unless you have fullled that of` being cheerful and pleasant.-C. Buxton. You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not. make an earnest. effort, to confer that plcewure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.- L. M. Child. l/U J.U\VLl. Perusing the article we discovered that the main street was densely lined on the previous Saturday, cars being thickly crowded on all ad- joining side streets, as the big event of the your Lool; place. That over two thousand bags of candy were distributed to children taking part, llll that the parade of floats, decorated cars, etc., was larger than on previous occasions. Floats depicted such colorful spectacles as Fairy- land, "Jack and the Beanstalk," Little Red Rid- ing Hood," "The Wizard of Oz," Old Mother Hubbard," and many others. A ladies fe and drum band and a bugle band were in attendance to xnalze the parade all a parade should be. There were prizes for household pets, costumes, decor- ated bicycles, etc. All in all, the Santa Claus parade was a red letter day in Orangeville. It: was an event that snnngnrnri -1.-.mJ`v-'n'1 `no m u. uugucax bu b.uUppt:J.`b why. Tn rnnanvil1a it \-nor: JCDDIV C acaauu. There being no organized merchants group in Barrie, we thought what a loss this lack really is to the town, the countryside and the merchants themselves. so much could be done to promote the town and the goodwill that should exist in large measure between town and countryside. successful busines.snwn s nrrrsmivmnnn in uLuuu_y . A successful businessmen s organization, how- ever, is impossible to attain while a number join chiey for what they may get out of such an en- terprise in dollars and cents. Vvhpn mun-vnnn in 1'v1n|~nq-On! AL:..a.. ... -..l__L They Had a Parade -We Had None California and Ohio are of especial interest to Canadians because the fantastic economic pm- posals were similar, in effect, to the Alberta. promise of $25 per month dividends. In Cull- fornia. the Ham and Eggs proposal to pay $30 every Thursday in pensions was defeated by two to one-a. much more emphatic 1`eject.01i Linux lu:~:L year s, indicating a growing impatience against magic prosperity. Ohio voters rejected a similzu` but more modest scneme-the Bigelow plan oi` $50 per month--by a vote of three to one. These rP indinarn fhnf vnfrn-c carn hm-mu, adv pct uLuuuu--uy H. VUDC U]. b1ll'Ub' L0 0118. These results indicate that voters are becom- ing much more realistic than when Premler Aber- hart gained olce in Alberta. They are app1'ecizLt- ing that money does not grow on trees, that money spent has to be earned or raised by pro- duction of goods and services somewhere and somehow. porL1nn :~'.L and cures nothimg about consistency if by being ineomsisbent he can gain his own ends. Never- `theless it is well to make public the record, as President, Roosevelt has done. No further answer is needed to the Moloioil speech. The Rus- s'u1.ns are condemned out of their own `mouths. Their infamy is lmred be- ;fore the entire world. Let either "- Stalin or Moloto now try to justify `his attack on the United States if V` be ca.u.-Watertown, N.Y., Times. -_ --- -.-....._, .....e Stalin of course is purely an am] I I Sovlet Infamy Barod- c`:\n` .,r ,, ,,........a.. of am to lhv ]'IUlj)i1'(E in came 01' wzu`. General Smuls said: "Mr. Pirow may change his pulitim: as often as he shnnges his .~sl1irL. but A1'rI(:u. dun-; not change its honor like that." As 9. great Afrikunder, Smuts sun-ly has a. powerful command of the English lunp,u:u;c.r -SL. C:LLh:u'ine.'~; Stzzmiurtl. Asked what was meant by the exprcsaion. rs. dolorous man," a city pupil wrote: I I ~ General Smuts, Premier of South Africa, has lmexx :1 h2u'd-hitter in actual war, and he has no less 1). pretty hefty punch in politics. Re- iterring to Pirow of the former gov- ernment, who quit on his prmnlse M` :.m 1.. Mn. 1.'.... ~ {Press gpinionsi .-.............., .~..u uuuuu, nuuuy wuA uUp!:| `that it is but a beginning, that as` I time goes on the country will be tolrl I increu.si11gly of what the Government `is doing, and, what is more lmp0rt~ ant, oi` the l'(3:l.S0llS for what it is h doing. ~O1.L2l.W2l. JULll`lll1l. bsmuts Lashes Out-- -,-..-- .......... -. .. ...-..........5- ] Prime Minister King's broadcast import. to the country on the goverp-| `men's organization of war cIfor'L, given over a nzltional network last. night ,wa.s udmi1'ablc. IL was so ad-! nmirable, and useful, many will hop I that! ii in hut u hm.;n..:..... u...n. ,.,,| [ rimc Ministcr s Accounting- 1 `Dy-1`:-nn `MN ("*r\D1 1r.'.. 1,. L The Barrio Adrvance I With holl Thus they qtxurrellecl, contended and Twelve day: nrguecl so long. and E `Twas hard to determine which of In every them was wrong; The Count And c0n(:lu(lim: he'd hea.rd enough some gan of we fuss Whereat the Old Nick turned uwuy and so1il:;- ` qulzcd thus: Tin.-y've puzzled the courts with _ _ ' their villainous envil. And, I'm free to confess it. they`ve I puzzled the de'll. December! My agents were right to let, layyers Brings visio alone. lOf Christin; I I1 I had them they'd swindle me peace ' out of my throne! And childre 'I`hut. The Oh, give me the man who sings at his woi'k!-~Ca.rly1e. I Burdens become light when cheerfully borne.-Ovid. I A light heart lives 1ong.-Shakespeare. The cheerful live longest in years and a.fterw:n'ds in our regards. Cheerfulness is the offshoot of goodness.-Bovee. I The habit of looking on the best side of every event is worth more ti-=-kn a thousand pounds a year.-Johnson. To make knowledge valuable. you must have the cheerfulness of wisdom. Goodness smiles to the la.st.-Emerson. An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God; with.-Ful1er. I I the lzuvyt.-1' who rose, with u. visztgc so grave, Made out his opponcnt a. consum- nmtc kmtvu; And S;mu1 felt considerably amused To luzzu` the attorney so badly :1bu:scd. Well, Bul. "Twas the fault of his agents, his i majesty Lhought, i'I'haL none of these lawyers had ever been caught; And for his own pleasure he felt .2 desire To come to the 1,-zu'Lh and the rca-` son inquire. ' ! Mrs. Wha1'ton`s lovely .5010 Sievpi Holy Babe," followed. A chorusl from the Mission Band, including a charming solo by Baby Agnew, brought this delightful meeting to "a close. | Coliier St. United , Church W.M.S. Nearly fty ladies attended the Christmas meeting of Collier St. W.M.S. held last Friday arternoon. with Mrs. Cumming presiding. The annual election of ofcers resulted `as follows: Hon. President, Mrs. Calclwcll; Past President, Mrs. Cum- Iming; President, Mrs. Parkhouse; 1st Vice-President, Mrs. Jas. Robert- son: End Vice-Pi'esident, Mrs. Dou- 'gal1; 3rd Vice-President, Mrs. Jes; Rec. Secretary, Mrs. H. G. Robert- son; Cor. Secretary, Mrs. L. Clarke,, `Treasurer, Mrs. Parsons; Department Secretaries: Christian Stewardsliip.` |Mrs. Phillips; Supply, Miss Good- fellow; Community Friendship Mrs.` Sinclair; Mrs. W. P. Graham; `1\/lite Box, Mrs. Lay; Temperance Education, Miss King; Sociai. Mrs. Moore; Current Events, Mrs Petch; Asso. Helpers, Mrs. Armstrong: A. C.G.I.T. Groups, Mrs. Long; Missionl Band, Mrs. Mccuaig; Press. Mrs.` Thom; Pianists, Mrs. Phillips, Mrs.u N. Clarke. 3 Following the business sessioml Mrs. Allward opened the devotional] period with a Scripture re;1r.ling. af-' _ter which Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. IL. Clarke presented a beautiful dia- logue on the theme `Jesus. the Light of the World." In this we were exhorted as God's lamps to hold high that sacred light for others. Mrs.] |Cummings illustrated vcr;y fully] `from the Blue Book the wide range] of responsibilities carried on by curl missionaries both at home and ' abroad, all telling of Je.~.us, the Light of the World. I wvn__..l.-_,u., 1_,,-u , , , ._,-.~, For l Just Was All Ullll` Fhnn--9'. . Now jlksk Citigenfhipi 01' Purl. M:NlL:1)l|. Those who lmvu lllml :Lppllcul,l0n:~; incluclu two Cicrnnuns, six ()'/.cclm.~.ln- v'.Lk1un.~'.. um.-u I- ulc.~;, one Ilollzmdur, and three ciuzcns ml" the United States. AUl?l`IlHlll, nl 'l'unml.n; J:'m lcutly nxul Jun |~:m':1n, lml.h C-/.-clunsluvuklzuxs, THE DE IL AND THE LAVVYERS ..,. for (',ll,l/.c-n.-zlnlp (,`uurL :u-:.:alun:s I llurrln-, I)-(:. Hi: l`i1'Lvcn naturali- `nlmu H])|)ll('1lUUll.`i um pasta-(I at. the ..I..:~.. nl Hn- (truwn Al.t,m'msy, amd :nI'I' u[)|:ln`x1IIl..`L we-re rg-,mmn(.-udcd ..n| ..n I... r1._ heaped such abuse on the head of the llrst I. made him :1 villain of all men Hue worst. ()|'xuu.-.1-vllkr. ..-..., in his dominions none ever had been, I he felt; very anxious the reason to know ` y none had been sent to the regions below. 3 Sea Mail come to a close, counsel opposing de'il came up to the earth one day. L into the court he wcnded his way, I , as the attorney with very grave face, ; proceeding to argue the points 21 lawyer his majesty never had .- v ----._I. ` in Local Court I. Luv m-.1-nl, County ' Jlllh-',(' W. '1`. ltobb. 'l'lnm(.- n.-cmnn1L'nd-1 Ul1I'L'x|.|llXL lm-:;:;, 30, him ercely speaker had I ,December| why the very name s visions of good cheer, Christmas joys and songs 01' all manna When Christmas's tide comes in likei 9. bride, holly and ivy clad, days in the year much mirtbj good cheer ! In household is had. country guise is then to devise gambols of Christmas play the young men do best; tha' LL--. ___ nan CApC11:l.lUCL1 LU1` _`;'63.l'S. ' True war orders now on hand /Jave given an added impetus to the trend;\Va1'_1:,gyCho1ogy toohag served the purpose of getting 3/gople back imo the spending habit, which is a `good m`mg_ For pros- DI'it)/ demands that IIIOHEY be turned over often, in the same way that the st,orekeepe1`s' usccess (19- pends on the frequent, turnover of their stock. But it seems obvious that the sound policy of Planned 900170171) adoxtea by Canadian authorities brought on the In rked improvement throughout; the country. Cnmmnn emu`. um... .. !...I.:L _. .,:-:,._ L, ,.....-.. I children's laughter free as air Tis ill for L1. mind to anger in ; clined To think of small inj1u'ics now; 11' wrath be to seek, do not lend her thy check, 1 Nor let her inhabit thy brow. Cross out of thy books malevolent ` looks. Both beauty and youth's decay, - And wholly consort with mirth and with sport, To drive the cold winter away. This time 01' the year is spent in good cheer, And neighbors together do meet To sit by the fire with friendly de- I sire, ' Each other in love to greet. Old gniclgcs forgot are put in the DOE. All sorrows aside they lay; The old and the young cloth carol this song To drive the cold winter away. ....-....-.-(V... UCUAJAI aux. 5;;-u Ana. It lieth far, but; 1ove s sweet, star Eternal watch is keeping To guide us down to Christmas` Town 1 Through little paths of sleeping. I . r I may. Forge-Lbing old wrongs with carols ) and songs, ! To clrivc the I song I _ ".".`h-., into silvery shouting. It lieth calm as isles of balm I Far off from hate and vvr9v",rlc. ' Oh, let's go down to Christmas Town With 2,11 its glow and spanglel I I IAh_. it may seem a foolish dream 1 That I should see it lying I So still and sweet, its every street I With some fond vision vying`. I But yet I know that long ago They built it there who love [And many 21 day we've spent. in` I play With its blue sky above us! It. lieth near for those, my dear, Whose eyes have fairy essence To help them see, though aged they L... I I 3 1 !All nail to the days that merit ll1Ul`Pl Its streets light, And all day armies wander All to and fro, with golden glow, From chi1dhood s way back yon- cler. Each laughing face wears smiles ul grace `' And trust and all undoubting, ,And o er the throng the voice or 1 `Its hills are toys for girls and boys. I Its Vales are candy icing, [Its lanes and lake are gingercake I And bonbons most; enticing, ! [While always there a fragrant air` I Of orange bloom is blowing, I `And on the trees green memories` Of childhood days are growing. -rt 1:..u.. c.... 1...; 1-..-v ..___-..;. J.LlC_y `(LAC \V1ULJ5 Ll]. LEIUL. Business men and statesmen of this country are taking keen satisfaction in examining statistics from the Department of Trade and Commerce, which show conclusively that the main foundation for the increase in sales and a big jump in the. total of men and women employed was laid beg- fore the outbreak of war on September 1st.-'1`; other words, had war been averted, we wou 1Q. even now be enjoying better times than the {mm-mion has experienced for years. /' Tl'LlE war nrrlprc nnnv nn he-znrl K -..