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©KDNESDAY, CECEMBER 23rd, 1948, ols ons o ols ons 092. ME S ME CSE N P Y N en ae. can on CA OME T P L. CA SE B4 AP. BP 0 it t e ons 90. ue es ces e ie OS OAE SL. 4: K en tan en ow n un se in on 12 44.3 ym 4N omm N N N m B ) TR e N KHNEH: Phone 32 ~ : YVHA MMAN AdJddVH V Â¥ SYÂ¥NLSIMYMHD wW. J. GRUMMETT Ansonville, Ont. Ansonville ;W )31Vi“e ENEA TN HNRONHNIO TNE In 1540 when was ragâ€" ing in Switzerland, 12 pious men of Rheinfelden formed a brotherhood to_. pray for St. Sebastien‘s aid, and to nurse th’e sick and bury the dead. PeShlfim jn med;gyal times was asc ;fled”oq efil ispiritg. in water, so 4@16 Brfimdd‘‘f t. Sebastien ited _ éacfi' Oof the town‘s seven founâ€" iams praymg ard smgmg hvymns at each‘ stop. They still continue this custom, but only on Christmas Eve. 3The historical background of, "Old L}Q as‘‘ is unvertair ‘It may be ta cthrtwbatk‘to‘ the ‘Gregorian calen. For"this ritual the ‘12 Brothers are dressed in, black, w i‘t h black silk LoD ‘hats. At evEry fountainâ€" they gather arsund the~ lantern â€" bearer and sing a medieval sorg., The march _ begins at the Froschweide fountain, where the plague is supâ€" posed ‘to have started three cenâ€" puries ago. When they‘ have passed fhe seventh, they enter the church for midnight mass, and ceremoniously place their lantern or the altar of St. Christmas) Held Twice Yearly were allowed to C the family I «smesite, tse ti : Rcdanthe, NC., woulid bee. me a metâ€" ropolis overnight Here‘s a place they celebrate tw» Christmases evety vear. Santa Clau:, his reindeer scam=â€" pering over the sands of â€" North Carol‘na‘s oaouvuter banks, makes his first stop ‘inâ€" Rodanthe during his annual world tour on the night of Cscembér 24. Hardlivy have the chilâ€" dremn. recovered fr:m their oversupâ€" nly of â€"candy andâ€" wild> duck when place their lantern Sebastien. Christmas Visit To The Seven Fountains gar or it._may have started as a celebration :¢f / the. Twelth Night â€" when the w‘se men came to Bethleâ€" hem bearing .gifts for the Christ child â€" that somehow got off sched«< ule a dayv. Elsewhere the Twelth Night is celsiorated on January 6. But those celebrations are far difâ€" ferent from Rsodanthe‘s "Old Christâ€" mas,"* â€" which> only: ‘in ~recent â€" years has been supplemented by the obâ€" servance of December 25. Santa returns in time for "Old Christmas," which for hundreds of years Rodanthears have celebrated on January 3. This time, however, Santa is accompanied by a menacâ€" ing ogre, known as "Old Buck," who takes eare of the bad children mile,fla‘l}tg administers: to the good. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, Hardware â€" Furniture gcood cheer 72 TA ILINHIHTNH* We bring to you the entire â€" Nev im ds$ a greeting full of for Christma of wis! According and â€" Jaseph lehem passed cherries. Mar of the fruit thods were soon developed that caguld blow as many ornaments in an Msur as a European glassolower could make in a morth. Thus modern efficiency may doom this nicturesque little inâ€" dustry, carried on in the mountainous towns of eastern Europe. Ornament making is a tynical "cotâ€" tage industrv‘" in the little villages Kiat cling to the mountainsides. Famâ€" ilies specialize in certain shapes and designs, patterns that may date back for hundreds of years unchanged. The father using a bunsen burner, carefully the thin glass tubing to the desired shape, with the aid of an iron mold. His son, acting as mold boy, removes the hot ornament to a coolâ€" ing table. Next the mother sxlvexs t.he inside, and finally the daughtflx ‘apâ€" fplies paint and pe1haps decorative de- signs. o F4 El‘ } o‘ Mat Those colored glass crnaments that we hang on our Christmas trees used to come from Germanyv, Czechoslovâ€" akia and Poland. A small number were made in Japan. When the war cut off these supplies, American glass manufacturers, who had never bothérâ€" ed with these products before, turned part of there facilities over to ma]{‘inv Ithe pretty gewgaws. â€" Mechanical me- thods were soon developed that cduld and des for aid from th giving C( pluck Christm ‘The I sprli the gi during G:.ving alms at Christmasg, griginated in the belief that. the Christ somctimes to the door disguised as a beggar during the Seaqon and it was fcared that he might be turned away urrecognized. There is an old legend that tells of the Christ child going from door to door on Christmas Eve in search of thoss who were kind, and deservinz. His test was to plead for aid and often he was turned away from the door. This story led to alms giving on Christmas Eve and it was rare that a beggar was refused. t WwA away legen going in bt Aims G1vingCustom . A Christmas Charity | Ornament Making A Cottage Industry ) ha ns â€" uDon ndoubtedlv _ ~so0me;~ cherri graciously . bov cotld nick the mas time. belief was blsssomed irl who ten r the New in the reach ths of bee nd Dryv Goods was hungry for spme and asked Joseph to cherries for her. ‘The bowed down so that ck â€"the fruit herself. customary among , the Slovaks to take ehrry tree and place it e latse fall so that the 12 blossoming stage at 1€ current that if the by Christmas Eve. led it would marry Kree caroli, or which it is based, 1e reason for the a branch of cherry bud for Christmas reQ@ hun Matheson, Ont. legend, Mary way to Bethâ€" loaded .with igry for spme od Joseph to for hnher. ‘‘The * 3 #. « Charlebois Hardware and Lumber â€" $ Phone 74 What better time than Christmas time . . to wish you all the good things in life! Phone 45â€" P