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TIMMIXS, ONTARIO Members Canadizn Weekly ~ewspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebec Newspaper Association; Class "A" Weekly Group TWO PHONESâ€"26 and 2020 Published Every Monday and Thursday by: GEQO,. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: There is always someone to discover that Christmas is dead. It has been that way in this sad old world for 1900 odd years. And odd, indeed, some of the years have been. In the days of the Herods there were wiseacres who saw the death of Christmas. Yet Christmas lived on. Later pagan customs began to cluster round Christmas and the pessimists thought surely this would kill Christmas. Huns and vandals and other barbarâ€" ians sought to kill Christmas, but died themselves. In more modern times many feared that Christâ€" mas was so commercialized that it would die of itself. It is worth remembering that commercialâ€" ism can not kill Christmas. Instead, Christmas will bend commercialism to its own ends, just as it has forced the old pagan customs to carry on the good work of the Christmas spirit. it. That should be comfort to those who fear the wars of the gangster nations will kill Christmas. Never‘in the grim history of the world has manâ€" kind had greater need for Christmas than at the present time. Canadaâ€"$3.00 Per Year Perhaps, the reason Christmas survives all forces, is because the world has such dire need of Until the last few days it seemed to some that Christmas this year had lost something of the force and power of other years. This week, howâ€" ever, it has regained its full oldâ€"time influence and effect. There is the same eagerness for goodwill, for cheerfulness, for generosity, for helping others. There is the same good humour,' Even the shopping crowds the same kindliness. show that Christmas is different to other seasons. Merchants and clerks are cheerful, courteous, helpful, kindly, under the most trying service and for long hours on end. Customers, too, have a patience not always displayed at other times of the year. Eager shoppers toâ€"day show a decided, contrast to a group of buyers crowded into stores at other seasons of the year. Among British peoples there is a sort of tradiâ€". tion that men and women should not wear their hearts upon their sleeves. Christmas is one time of year when this tradition goes by the board,â€" when it is nat enansidered immndest for a man to ‘has the right to call upon other lawâ€"abiding citizens for help if other crimes are attempted while he is busy at his work. Apparently, the same rule does not apply in international affairs. It would be too reasonable, too sensible to expect anything like that. At the same time it must be irritating even to international policemen to hear a bystander cry out that aâ€"vicious criminal is harmless. That is ‘what happened the other day in regard to the Red menace. The Chicago Daily News sang a regular carol about the impotence and harmlessâ€" ness of the Soviet gangsters. The Windy City newspaper scorns the statesmen who once feared ‘a Red menace. "But toâ€"day," says The Chicago News, "we know there is no Red menace. There ‘is only the same old inefficient rabble of Russians, dumb, driven, tyrannized over by new masters. :Ten good French or German divisions, in all Troâ€" ‘bability, could go through the whole Red army like a snow plough through slush." Until the last few days it seemed to some that Christmas this year had lost something of the force and power of other years. This week, howâ€" ever, it has regained its full oldâ€"time influence and effect. There is the same eagerness for goodwill, for cheerfulness, for generosity, for helping others. There is the same good humour, the same kindliness. Even the shopping crowds Among British peoples there is a sort of tradiâ€" tion that men and women should not wear their hearts upon their sleeves. Christmas is one time of year when this tradition goes by the board,â€" when it is not considered immodest for a man to kiss his own wife even before the children. Christmas is a hameâ€"a family festivalâ€"and this year it should have special significance for the peoples of the British Empire, because the King and Queen so completely fill the British ideal of home and family traditions. The evil conditions in the world will not kill Christmas. Soviet Russia years ago declared war on Christmas. In lesser measure Germany tried to maim and mar Christmas. These evil forces will perish, but Christmas will remain. Instead of an evil world bringing death to Christmas, it may be necessary to observe Christmas more than once a year to bring the sad earth to its senses. Christmas has become essentially a special children‘s festival and so is particularly a season for all, because it typifies hope, faith, friendship and goodwill. Christmas triumphs because it is of the spirit.i the soul of manâ€"greater than material force or| power. 1 It is not too much to say that Christmas will help win the war. It will revive faith and courage and strength, and because of its goodwill, its friendship, its cheer, it will add to the strength that will be arrayed against the forces of brutality and greed and bestiality. There is a scene very frequently depicted on Christmas cardsâ€"deep snow, the branches of the trees covered with frost and ice. Sometimes the scene is relieved by a gaily lighted home froim which comes the glow of warmth and cosy comâ€" fort. Perhaps, sturdy horses drawing a sleigh on which sit warmly clad people are added to the picture. This year such scenes have a particular signtâ€"| nations of t] ficance. Glancing at the picture, the pessimist brilliant in sees winter, drifting snow, ice, bitter cold. It is} warnings, al a harsh world, a forbidding world, a cruel world, is a menace with its cold and its discomfort and its hardship.| ,â€" .he optimist, with more reasoned thought, takes in all the picture, and sees that all is not stern and cruel. He sees the cosy home with its warmth and comfort. He sees the joy of the outdoors, the charms of nature. For him there is exhiliration in the crisp air. There is beauty in the wonderful patterns traced in delicate lines by the frost on the trees. The green of the firs and the white of the snow, with the tones of the sun turning brown to gold and even using black to make graâ€" cious ccolour blends, makes a picture to joy the heart of the artist. Through the snow scene to the seeing eye shines the warm light of the home. To many the picture on the Christmas card may typify the world at large toâ€"day. To some who take in but part of the view, it is a forbidding picture. Yet by day the sun still shines and by night the stars still gleam. The sheer brutality of the gangster nations make a forbidding prosâ€" Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Dec. 21st, 1939 She Advancee Christmas Section CHRISTMAS WISHES ty P P AL LC â€"AL L L E:t lt t «stt United Statesâ€"$3.50 Per Year make a forbidding prosâ€"| The British, French and Polish have never h The late Martin Ringrose, of Pembroke, was i1’amous in his day for the remark that "none are |so blind as those who will not hear." With all that ihas been seen and heard in recent times of the Soviet gangsters, it surely is not too much to say | that the newspaper that can neither see nor hear nor feel a Red menace must be dumb, indeed. \__The sad truth is that there is a Red menaceâ€" there has been a Red menace these many years. }To Finland toâ€"day it is a real, a living, a fearsome ‘menace. It is a menace to all Europe, to all civilâ€" [ization. It is a menace, too, to all the civilized inations of the world. Stupid, it may be, but surely brilliant in comparison to those who despite all ! warnings, all proofs, refuse to recognize that there |_ Owing to the manager and staff all having â€"enâ€" !listed, the factory at Aberdgen for the manufacâ€" 1 ture of jokes at the expense of the Scottish has been closed down. As a consequence only old ‘Scottish jokes will be available for the duration | of the war. pect, it is true. But that is only part of the picâ€" ture. The scene is relieved by the glory of selfâ€" sacrifice. Against the beastsâ€"th»> Bear and the Wolf â€" set the nobility and the courage of the nations that still hold fast to Christmas and the Christmas spirit. The picture is not all shade and darkness. There is light and glory and beauty, too. There will be the general wish toâ€"day that this will be a merry Christmas for allâ€"despite all the troubles crowding on the old world, despite all the evils of the day. Indeed, for very reason of these troubles and these grievous evils, there is the more need for this season of goodwill and generosity and faith and hope and cheer. Add to the simple and sincere wish, "a merry Christmas," the fervent hope that love of home and children, belief and trust, generosity and goodwill, and the comfort of friendship and the support of affection will give to each and all the courage to look upon the scene and see chiefly the beauty and the nobility and high ideals in the hearts of most men and women. France and Britain are fighting, of course, for the defeat of national gangsterism in general, but also particularly for the restoration of Czechoâ€" slovakia and Poland. At the same time Britain and France are doin.g all they can to assist Finâ€" land in that brave country‘s effort to defend itself against the Red menace. It does seem reasonable to suggest that if there are any other powerful nations in the world toâ€"day they owe it to humanâ€" ity and freedom to give help in some form or anâ€" other to assure the safety of Finland. A police officer attempting to arrest a vicious murderer If The Chicago News really believes that ten or twelve British or French divisions could plough down the whole Russian army, then no doubt the Chicago newspaper will be convinced that one United States division could settle the whole busiâ€" ness. If this is so, why not advocate the sending of that one division and save the Finnish people from all their present unpleasantness? It is true that Finland has faced the aggressor with a courage that has won the admiration of the world. It is true that Finland has held back the foe with a success that has seemed almost miraculous. But Finland knows to her sorrow and dear cost that there is a Red menace. Finland knows that unless help arrives, a few hundred thousand soldiers, no matter how brave or skilful, can not continue indefinitely to defend themâ€" selves from waves of millions. Thousands upon thousands of Russians have met death or capture. One of the epics of the latest war is the story. of the killing of 700 Russians by a Finnish patrol of nine men with machine guns. Stated baldly, there is doubt whether it is physically possible for the few Finnish soldiers to kill off the Russian rabble as rapidly as the Soviet can drive forward more cannon fodder. In Austria last week a number were sent to internment camps for having radios in their possession, while some others were shot. Canada the only punishment for having a radio is a fine of $3 a yearâ€"and the programmes. Britain still rules the seas, but the Germans haven‘t learned even to see the rules. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER wl t P P AP PP P L P P P P L L â€"AAL L â€"AL DL AC LAAA â€"AL PP PP PP PA PPA :P L #* P P P PP AIC LA â€"AC L LCAAA L â€"ALC LCA L L â€"AL P â€"AP C â€"AL PP PA L O lt â€"as N"NWW New Type of Signal Board Being Installed on T. N. 0. Englehart, Dec. 21.â€"(Special to The Advance)â€"To be used when revised traffic rules become effective with the new year, a new type of signal board is being installed along the main line of the T. N. O. Railway and its branches, at the various stations where cperators are on duty. Where the changeover from the older system has already been made, the boards are in partial use, it is stated. The rules will provide for a speeding up of freight traffic, it is indicated. The new signals have three colours. IThe new signals have three colours,. the familiar red and green being inâ€" creased by the use of amber, and the shades are somewhat similar to those found in street traffic lights in the larger communities. The two former colours will continue to mean their timeâ€"honoured â€"signs, while when the amber light is "on", it will mean that trains passing through are to receive orders without stopping at the station. on the "fly", as railwaymen phrase it. The board is operated from insideâ€" the station office with levers and the "go" sign is indicated by the emaphore arms being vertical, instead of the old method of being lowered from the horizontal, which will remain the position for "stop." All stations, except terminals, are being so equipped, and the cost of cach individual board is stated to be about $100, plus the cost of installation. The new signals have three the familiar red and green b creased by the use of amber, shades are somewhat similar found in street traffic lights larger communities. The tw Sudbury Man Sees Albino Mink in North Bay Area Aimber Added to Familiar Red and Green Signals. Sudbury, Der. 20.â€"What he believes was an albino mink â€"was seen this week by Romeo Leroux, Sudbury district agricultural represantative, during a motor trip in the North Bay area. Such an animal is considered a great rarity, a wellâ€"known Sudbury fur merchant stating that in 32 years he had seen only one, and it had some brown markâ€" ings on the head and shoulders. "It was an exceptionally large mink," Mr. Leroux declared toaay. "It was practicallyâ€"all white. It ran across the road right in front of my car." The Ottawa Journal ~recently suggested that had the late Sir Charles Lindsay, the blind philanâ€" trophist, who left a fourâ€"million dollar estate to various educational and charitable institutions, been a resident of Ontario, hnalf the estate would have been grabbed for taxation by the province. Premier Hepburn resented this suggestion very any doubt as to the Allies finally winning the present war. Neutral nations have held a similar opinion. Now the old paperhanger makes it unanâ€" imous. The order to sink the Graf Spee outside the harbour of Montevideo is proof positive that Hitler realizes that Germany cannot win. The Graf Spee had the alternative of submitting to internment. In that case Germany would have had the ship at the close of the war were Germany to win. The only excuse for the destruction of the Graf Spee was to prevent it becoming a prize for Britain. Although with a range of gunfire that left the British ships complctely outclassed, the buperior courage and seaniamhlp of the British boats prevented the Graf Spee from attempting to fight or elude the veesels that waited for it to leave the harbour. It was a confession of fear that a fight was avoided, It was a confession that Hitler knows who will win the war that the Graf Spee wWas. scuttled | Life, a United States, [flcturn magazine, claims that Premier MacKenzie Klng told it all about Canada‘s part in the present war. That is much more than Canadian magazines or newspapers have been told. But such is Life! "Glasses are an unusual giftâ€" â€" â€" "She knew my eyes bothâ€" ered me so she arranged with Mr. Curtis to have them examined and glasses made. Now I can read and sew with perfect comfort." but my daughter was very thoughtful in giving them to me for Christmas. 14 Pine St. N EXYES EXAMINED TERMS ARRANGED AT Phone 835 | To the Editor of |The Advance, Timmins. | Dear Sir:â€"The children‘s one cry, | right now, is: "How soon will Christâ€" imas come?" I faintly remember the ,first, Christmas that I understood. I ;was less than five years old, because | we moved from that house when I was \ five. Someone gave me a gingerbread _man and I kept it to look at for a long time before I ate it. When T did at last eat it, it was the sweetest thing I ever ! tasted. When I was older I kept my eyes open for a gingerbread man, but they seem to have stopped making them, for it was years before I saw anâ€" other. When at last I did get one, it didn‘t taste the same. Recalls Several Christmas Days of the Years Gone By Gingerbread Men, Christâ€" mas Dinner at the Old Brewery Mission in Montâ€" real. When I grew older I was surprised to learn that people visited relatives and went to the theatre on Thristmas Day. We never left the house on Christmas Day and I thought everyone else did the same. Another Christmas I remember was when some one gave me a banjo and I plunked and plunked until I began to learn something. After a week someâ€" body asked mss what I could play. I told them I could play the first verse of : "While shepherds watched." I played it for them and they said it was good. I was pleased to hear some praise, for I had worked hard trying to learn how to play that verse, but as I told them I couldn‘t seem to manage the second verse. I remember the first Christmas tree that T ever saw. I had a bag of marâ€" bles from it and was I pleased! mAll the marbles that I had ever had were dirty and chipped, but these were shiny and in a little green bag. Two Christmases stand out above all others. Christmas of 1912 I was in Montreal and I managed to push in to the fourth sitting of the bums‘ dinner in the Old Brewery Mission. Jim Turâ€" nerâ€"the man who was running itâ€" said, "Well boys, this year I can come B Veryp MNerry Cbristmas ....... “ AN D A Nyp . 4 Mew Dear J K . â€"a MILK â€" CREAM â€" BUTTER Timmins, Dec. 20th, 1939 A merry Christmas to everybodyâ€"with very few exceptions in this country, â€"is now being made as far as possible from domâ€" estic products such as aluminum and paper. Germany has recalled all its nickel coinage to use for war purposes. Paper money is being subâ€" stituted for the coins. There is a humorous touch (unconscious enough to have passed the German censor) in the press despatch frdm Berlin to the effect that Germany‘s moneyâ€"like her airplanes muchâ€"so much, indeed, that according to The Journal, he published halfâ€"page advertisements in certain newspapers to refute The Journal‘s comment. The feature of the case that should specially interest the public of this province is:â€" "Who is paying for these halfâ€"page advertiseâ€" ments?" If it is Premier Hepburn out of his own private purse he would be better employed using his money for Red Cross or other patriotic purâ€" poses. Most of the newspapers seem all too ready to publish anything that the premier of Ontario may say, and no charge, thank you! On the other hand, if the province of Ontario is to pay for such advertisements, it must be admitted that Mr. Hepburn has considerable nerve to suggest that municipalities need superyision by the province to prevent unnecessary and foolish expenditures., In the meantime, a merry Christmas to Hon. Mr. Hepburn, and to The Ottawa Journal. As for the newspapers they will have their merry Christmas when they are paid for those halfâ€"page adverâ€" tisements. It Is With Pleasure At This Season Of The Year That We Wish You One and All before you as a man meeting men. Last year turkeys were rather high and I felt 1 couldn‘t afford them, so I gave you boys pork and beef. All the year I haven‘t been able to look you boys in the face and this year I said you should have turkey if they were up in the top storey. "Now before I let you eat I have a message. I have received a cablegram asking me to send Philip Leadbeater home. This is the last address he gave, so if any of you boys know Philip Leadbeater tell him to beat it round here and we will get him his passage home." "I know some of you boys have been in here four times already but as long as there is a bite left you are welcome. The second Christmas was in France in 1916 when instead of the sergeants bawling orders at the men, the men sat down to a chicken dinner with beer and cigarettes and a concert to follow, while the sergeants waited on them. Christmas is sure a time to remember Timmins 2075 IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA 1O the Christmas greetings and good wishes of the Presiâ€" dent, General Manager and Staf of Imperial Bank of Canada at Head Office, Toronto, the manager andse staff of this branch add their personal greetings to all friends of the bank in this locality, and extend to them personally the good old wish: "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." 224 H. C. SCARTH, Manager Timmins Branch Thursday, December 21st, 1939 and it seems to me that any Christmas which doesn‘t bring some memory which will live with a man all through his life is not only a Christmas wasted but a whole yvear wasted. Well I wish you and all your staff and all your readers A Real Happy Jolly Christmas and Happy New Year. I reâ€" main Kapuskasing has collected over $7,000 in cash for the Red Cross, apart from monthly pledges. Last week the total taken in from subscriptions was $6,921.50, while proceeds from a conâ€" cert by the Kapuskasing band and some other revenue previous to the starting of the drive amounted to $472.92. Kapuskasing Contributes Over $7,000 to Red Cross It was agreed that succeeding m#*etâ€" ings should be held on Wednesday eveâ€" nings instead of Thursday as formerly, The January meeting will be held At the home of Miss Jean Wright, 201‘% Birch street south, Timmins, Ontario, on Wednesday 10th, at 9 p.m. AILVEr A discussion on moâ€" tion duly seconded it was agreed hat a committee consisting of Mrs. C. Wilâ€" kins, Miss Mary Mcintosh, Mr. Bender and Herbert C. Treneer, should ascerâ€" tain the feasibility of giving a teachers‘ recital early in the new year for the purpose of raising funds to pay the exâ€" penses of a delegate to the annual music teachers‘ convention which will be hneld in the spring. The matter will be finally decided at the January meetâ€" On a motion duly seconded a vote of thanks was tendered to the cOnveners of the various subcommittees who worked on the various sections of the music festival syllabus which is now in the hands of the printer. Mrs. Gamble rendered a piano solo during the meetâ€" ing entitled Valse Brilliante in E Flat by F. Chopin which was well received, May Hold Music Teachers‘ Recital Here in January On a motion duly thanks was tenderec of the various s worked on the varic be finally decided at ing. e Next Meeting of Music Te chers on January 10th. Mead Offica: Toronto South Porcupine 301 Yours most sincerely, A. J. Doling