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Eas in LZ THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1930 PAGE THREE Christmas Observed One Thousand Children Will Receive Toys, Candy, Tuesday From Monster Distribution of Products of Scout Toy Shop to be Made at 2.30 Tomorrow Afternoon on Armories Property CHILDREN MUST BRING TICKETS Kiddies Will Not Receive Their Toys and Candy Un- less in Possession of Tick- ets Issued to Them--Sup- ply Does Not Equal Num- ber of Names Received Tomorrow will be day for one thousand of Oshawa's less forunate children, With the Boy Bcouts of the city as hosts, they will be gathered in front of the great Christmas tree on Richmond street on the north side of the armories property, and Santa will make at least one appearance to them this year, There is a toy and a bag of can- dy waiting for each one of the 1,000 boys and girls, The deft fingers of the Boy Scouts and the City Firemen who have generous- ly given of their time for this work, have fashioned beautiful and attractive toys out of the broken and dilapidated ones that found their way to the Bcout Toy Shop. a red letter | , OUR STOCK and YOUR STOCKING should get acquainted Maybe you've passed the age of actually hanging up your stocking Christmas eve~but mentally, at least, we all otill do jt. For monthg we've been making our stock worthy of your stocking. A splendid assortment of gifis--at all prices, The charming custom of serving tea takes om 80 lustre-- with this 3-pioce set, $87.75 ® tray and 26 costs only $3925. (040) For the starched linen of evening snd the soft cuff of deytime the newest, smartest links. urep, bracelet and pocket watches in the lates! styles by the leading makers. : pleces in 1847 BROS. | Here's 8 cusumber server--83.73. Felt Bros 12 SIMCOE ST, 8, OSHAWA x Established 1806 An | Christmas Tree Noted Actress, Whitby Native, Dies at Coast (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Los Angeles, Dec, 22,~Flo Ir- win, 'native of Whitby, Ont,, and for 52 years an actress, has ans- wered her final cue, ' Death came yesterday to Miss Ir- win, who with her sister May was inown to theatre audiences of three nations as early as the 80's, The Death interrupted plans of the fa- nous vaudeville team for a reunion this Christmas, Police surgeons said she died of a heart attack, brought on, by ex- citement incident to her sister's promised visit, May Irwin, enroute from New York, will arrange the funeral. There are dolls, scores of them, that will be a real delight to th» little girls, some of whom ma) for the boys, there are any number of interesting toys, of various kinds some with clock springs, some that do all kinds of crazy stunts, and there are even a few have never had a doll before, Then | POPULAR LOCAL BUSINESS MAN DIED SUDDENLY GEORGE MILLER FOUND DEAD IN BED YES- TERDAY Had Been in Oshawa 42 Years--Was Apparently in Good Health * One of the deans of Oshawa's bus- iness life passed trom the city's life yesterday in the sudden demise of George Miller, of 235 King Street cust, Mr, Miller was in his usual good health on Saturday, and retired at 12.30 o'clock Sunday morning, after making plans for a motor trip to Toronto Sunday, When his wife went to his room to call him dbunday morning, however, she found that he had expired during the night, Death was attributed to heart failure, Of a genial disposition, Mr, Miller was one @f the most popular men in the city, He counted most of the leaders of the community. among his e | friends, and his passing will be wide- | ly regretted, Newcastle, Thom both of from Deceased was born in Ont., in 1865, a son of the Jat as Miller and Sarah Baker, whom had moved to Barnstable, Devonshire, England, At Canada kiddie cars and sleights in the col. lection, But, although the Scouts have handled more toys this year in their shop than ever hefore, there still was a greater demand than the supply. As a result, while 1,» 000 tickets were given out, there were many more than 1,000 names received, But only the first 1,000 will receive toys and the hag of candy, They are' reminded that they must bring their tickets with them, or they will not receive their gifts, Before 2.30 o'clock Tuesday af- ternoon, Richmond street, from Simeoe street to Ontario will ba. closed to 'traffic and the Boy Scouts will form a cordon, keeping all children away from the big Christmas tree except those that have tickets, Promptly at 2,30 Santa Claus will arrive, he has informed the local Boy Scout Aszo- ciation, and the distributon of toys wlll commence immediately, Fol. lowing the distribution the boys and girls will be led in the singing of Christmas carols by Leonard Richer, director of music in the local public schools, while the Girl Guides of the gity will also sing carols, It 1s possible that the hand of the Ontario Regiment will be present, This method of distributing the products of the Scout Toy Shop Is a departure from the practice in other years, Formerly the toys were sent out with the welfare par. cels on Christmas eve, but the Christmas tree will give the event a much more Christmas-like fla. vor. The bags of candy are sup- pled from the city Christmas Cheer fund, LAD JAILED FOR | streets | the of twelve, Mr, Miller was | sent to England and educated at the { Devim County Boys' School, Later, {he returned to Newcastle and enters {ed business with his father and bro ther wod merchants I'he Millers moved to Oshawa 1888, when the father rented the cade building, formerly the Fowke grain storehouse, {rom J, W, Bors bery, He recalled his, sons, George and Thomas, irom New York City, whore they had been in positions for a short time, and established a dry goods business which was at that largest retail stofe of any in Oshawa Within three ths, the business had prospered so that they purchased the property day, the building commands a pur- price and also a rental of ap roximately ten times the figure of those days It building was Mr, Borshery 18 dry Ar time the kind | the 7 that ade IS Interesting not the Ar by who had an ingen ious plan to make it into an Arcade and have all the butcher shops in Oshawa, on edch side of it. When the Millers rented the building this scheme was abandoned, but the has been used for the building that time. Upon remorat to OSNEWS, the Mill er firm became known as Thomas Miller & Sons, In 1927 the business was sold, and the Miller brothers re tired from active retail life, This fall, ind his brother Thomas catablished the Elite indoor golf course in the Arcade building In 1891, Mr, Miller was married to Perkins, of Oshawa. He was fond of outdobr sports and was a keen fisherman and one of the founders of the OC hawa Hunt Club [He was nthusiastic golfer, being captain of the Oshawa Golf Club dur- ing the past season, He was a mem- ber of the Oshawa Curling Club, the Rotary Club, and of Lebanon Lodge AF, & AM, He was also a Shriner, heing a member of Ramesis Temple, In religion, deceased was a Metho- named nee however, George Cora extremely an t DRUNK, DRIVING Richard Patfield Gets Seven Days--Took Liquor From Cupboard Richard Patfield, a lad of 18% years, pleaded guilty this morn ing in police court, to a charge of being intoxicated while operating a motor vehicle, and the court had no option but to sentence him to seven days in the county jail, Un- less he ean pay the costs in the case, amounting to $21.60, Pat- field will have to serve another seven days, "Where did you get the liquor?" Crown Attorney McGibbon asked. "At a house on Louisa street," Patfield replied while he hung his head in shame, "Did you buy it or was it offer- ed to you " Mr, McGibbon con- tinued, "No, I found it in the cupboard and helped mywelf," "You deserve to be spanked, was the crown attorney's comment, Magistrate Creighton regretted that he would have to sentence the youth to jail, . Died MILLER---Suddenly at his reasid- ence, 235 King street east, on Sunday Juorning, December 21st, (ieorge Miller, beloved husband of Cora Perkins, Funeral on Tuesday, December 28rd, at 2.30 p.m., from the fam- ily residence, (146a) | The officers and members of LEBANON LODGE NO. 139 are requested to attend the funeral of the LATE BRO, GEORGE MILLER to be held at his late resis dence, 233 King Street Kast, on Tuesday, December 28rd, at 2.80 pm, Members will meet at the Masonic Temple, Centre Street dist, and a member of Simcoe Street United Church, Besides his wife, Mr vived hy one daughter, Doherty, of Toronto; one Thomas of Oshawa Mrs. V. C. Seriven of The funeral service. w from the family residence, 235 King Strect east, on Tuesdav afternoon, December 23, at 2.30 o'clock. Miller js sur- Mrs, Doris brother, sister, York, vill be held and "a CITY AND DISTRICT CAR ON FIRE Shortly after one o'clock afternoon, a car ewned by Wood, 465 Simcoe street north, took fire as It was being taken from the garage, The cause of the fire it was learned, was due to a back fire of the engine, The fire department were called to the scen: and speedily extinguished the fire with the use of a fire exting uisher, There was no damage to the car, this L. C. DONATIONS APPRECIATED The Executive of the Children's Ald Soclety is very grateful to thosa who are remembering the children in the Shelter, this year There are still a few days left in which to bring Christmas Cheer and comfort to these needy little ones, Donations of clothing, fruit, ete,, may be sent to the matron at the Shelter, gifts of money may he directed to Mrs, W, R, Gelkle, 364 Simeoe Street North, convenor of the Ladles' IKxecutive, pl LL ti I SS Too Late To Classify It C, Mclean does not claim boxes, trunks, ete, left at 49 Broek St, ¥,, and does not call in three days same will he sold for storage, JAMES CLARK, (146a) FOR KXCHANGE--7 ROOM: RUG brick house on paved street, oak floors throughout, Chestnut trim, cuphoards, waiter, laundry chute. lireplace, buily in book cases, extra tool in basement, Divided cellar and garage, for small farm, (No agents), Hox 66 Times, (146h) Ten British aircraft manufacturers sent exhibits to this season's Paris automobile how, Only two more days to do your Christmas shopping! Bo says the calendar and no self-respecting calendar would tell a lie even though the truth about hte proxi- mity of Christmas worries that great horde of procrastinating shoppers who have not completed the purchasing of Christmas gifts and cards, Saturday was a busy day for Oshawa stores and the crowds which milled about the city's business section, with men and women laden down with parcels, indicated that the Christmas rush Is rapidly reaching its peak, Women visited the men's stores to buy gifts for the men and pon- dered over ties, handkerchiefs, mufflers, socks and other suitable articles, Mentally they visioned whether ha" would look njce In that tie or whether with his alto- gether Loo conservative taste "he" might be pleased with that daz- zling slik muffler, But pity the poor men, After all the members of the weaker sex are horn shoppers, and when it comes to a lengthy shopping tour they show much more endurance' than the supposedly lordly sex and are at home in any kind of a store, [m- agine an Oshawa man entering a ladies' store to make his apnual visit of the year and select a pres- ent for his wife or mother-in-law, How embarrassed he feels in the midst of displays of sheer silk hose, negligee and other articles of fe- With Two Days Left Before 25th, Clerks Philosophically Face Last Mad Christmas Buying Rush male apparel, With what sepulch- val tones and timid manner he re- quests the saleslady to show him this or that, and what a sigh of relief he heaves when his pur chase completed he can again reach the street as a man among men, Christmas shopping is of course not confined to men's wear and ladies' wear stores, There are the Jewelry stores offering hundreds of attractive gifts, the 'hardware stores, shoe stores, toy shops, nov- elty shops, all can supply one with gifts useful, ornamenta or both, The choice is so large as to be perplexing and only a MHmited purse prevents us from running wild on this gift business and spending lavishly, Only two days remain until Christmas, The merchants know, the salesmen recognize the fact, the sales ladles realize it to be true from experience, that, despite all and delivery men have learned the advice about doing your 'hristmas shopping early and not withstanding tha good resolutions made 'by shoppers after the last Christmas rush, the day before Christmas will be the busiest of all the year, Oshawa stores are pre- pared to cope with the last minute demands which will be made upon them and with augmented sales staffs will endeavor to give the best possible service to every cus- tomer, With an increased staff, Oshawa's post office Is coping effectively with a flood of Christmas mail and par- cels, It is no exaggeration to state that the post office is the busiest place in the city right now, Each train from the east and west brings with it literally tons of mall and the post office department, under the - experienced supervision of Postmaster F, T Mathison is straining with might and main in order that all mall nay be deliv. ered or despatched without any delay name | Visit the lobby of the post office i today, no doubt you will have to {at any rate, and you will tind it crowded with parcel carrying, let- ter laden humanity, Oshawans will | be seen crowding about the wickets buying stamps, Insuring and mafl- ng parcels, A constant stream of men, women and childrén are go- ing in and out of the building, The crowd congregating about the lobby resembles a run on a bank or the last minute Christmas rush in a big departmental store, Those in charge of the post of- fice wickets deal with all kinds 0. people, rich and poor, big and little, fat and thin, In spite of the evident strain upon the nerves they retain their good hutnor and courteous at. titude toward customers, A har- rassed shopper wants to buy a two cent stamp to mall a Christmas postcard and tenders the girl at the wicket a $5 bill, The customer re- celves the stamp and while keeping a watchful eye on purchases he hay lald on. the counter he forgets to take the change which the clerk has shoved out of the wicket toward him, His anxiety about what he should buy as a Christmas present for uncle, aunt, mother-in-law or brother caused him to be absent. minded and forgetting about his change he walks away. The clerk calls to him-----perhaps he hears or doesn't, If not the money is put away in a drawer in the hope that the customer may remember his mistake and return later, It's all In the day's business, Behind the wickets there Is a seeming chaos of parcels and'let- ters, but clerks are working speedi- ly and without wasted effort or Post Office Busiest Place In City of Oshawa Today, Christmas Rush at Its Peak confusion, Under the watchful eye of the postmaster, one realizes that order is being brought out of it all and that if Santa Claus happens to he n day late it will not be the v o CATCH ALLE LOCAL BOOTLEGGER AFTER HOT CHASE POLICE FLIER FOLLOWS CAR ON HIGHWAY TO WHITBY Alcohol F ound in Car Driven by Alex. Worona, Oshawa Pursued by Detective Bergeants N. McGee and H, Flintoff in the police flier, Alex Worona, alleged local bootlegger, was overtaken af- ter a race of four miles to Whitby and wes placed under arrest by the officers, assisted by Chief Quan- trill, of Whithy, The police allege that two gallon ting of alcohol were found in Worona's car, Having ascertained that Worona was transporting lguor in his car the dglective sergeants set out in pursull of the accused, The alleged bootlegger did not stop to answer any questions but speeded up his high-powered machine and started wset on the highway toward Whitby, The detectives were not to he outdone however and chased after the fleeing car in the big police flier, Arriving at the four corners of Whitby, Worona turned north op Brock street and as the detectives drew along side of him he brought hig car to a stop, Chief Quantrill of Whithy assisted In making the arrest althought the accused of: fered no resistance, Through arrangements made with Chief of Police Owen D, Friend, Worona was released on bail of $2,000 yesterday, Tony Furyk and Harry Yurkewich, both of Oshawa, eacli going bond for $1,000, The accused appeared before Magistrate T, K, Creighton in police court this morning, charged with having liquor -in an {llega place, Upon the consent of his counse, D.A.J, Swanson, the case fault of Oshawa's post office, A large portion of the staff work od all day yesterday, Postmaster Mathison informed The Times this | morning, and as a result the in-| coming and outgoing mall has heen | handled with marked despatch, | "The weekend is always our bad | time," the postmaster confided, | "and If we can get through without | letting the stuff pile up on us we feel | that there will not he a hitch until the rush Is over." | From long experience In handling mall, Oshawa's postmaster has ob served that there is a bad psycholo- | gical effect about allowing parcels | and letters to pile up, | "If things are kept right np to | the minute the clerks and letter carriers do their best work," he ob- served, "but if they seq a great mountain of mall ahead of them things seem almost hopeless, they lose their morale and start to lag." There are beween 20 and 22 men and women working inside the pom office while about 40 men are engag- od as letter cagriers, This Includes 22 extra men who were engaged to help during the Christmas rush, As delivery during the Christmay season Is made by letter carriers to local homes at almost any time of the day or night, citizens are asked to leave thelr verandah lights burn- ing at night in order to facilitate the work of the postmen, In order to cope with the demand for extra space, the post office Is renting a large room in the bhufld- ing occupled by the Algers Pwess, Albert Street, This room is devot- ed entirely to the handling of par- cels, Remember there will be no de- livery of mall on Christmas day for postmen throughout Canada are to he allowed to enjoy this holiday for the first time in years, It is there. for imperative to mail all letters and parcels immediately in order to Insure delivery" before Christinas, This applies also to local mall, par- cols and letters addressed by Osh- awa people to friends or relatives residing within the city limits, Stock Market Prices Marke: Summary by Canadian Pres Toronto and New York Stock Bigear and Crawford. TORONTO Stock High Low Br, A, Of] 13% Braz, .. 21 Dis, Sgm, Gypsum Close Imp, Me, Pg, Hr, 16% 16% 80% Standard Mines Abana 13 13 Amulet 26 20 De, Mus, 880 880 toll, ,. 620 6056 Hy, Gold 19 19 Lk, Sh, 2175 2160 Nrnga, 1476 1400 Sh, Grd, G7 67 Tk, Hg, 670 560 Wr, Hr, 170 169 NEW YORK Low 111% 28% 178% 18% Stock Am, Can, Am, Fr, Pr, Am, Tel, Am, Inter, Anaconda 20% Quotations Supplied Alger Building, list Bendix Beth, Steel Byers AM, Can, Dry .., Can, Pac, Cn, Fl, Pr, Cn, Fl, Co, Chrysler ,.. Col, Gas .. Fox Film .. Gen, Elec, Gen, Mot, Int, Tel, Nt, Ward Nat, Cash Pl, Rd, Coal Paramount Pb, N, Jer, Radio 4,4 Radio Kth, Simmons .. St. NJ U.,8, Rubber U.S, Steel Vanadium 56 Yel, Truck 0% Money 2 per cent, 814 38% 71 13% 17% 156% 41% 14 141 1% To encourage film art in Scotland the Edinburgh Film Guild has been was adjourned until tomorrow morning and ball was renewed. THREE MONTHS ON CHARGE OF FRAUD Milton Crouse Convicted of Passing Worthless Cheques Milton Crouse, charged with tend- ering worthless cheques to Wilfred Luke, of this city, was this morning convicted of the offense by Magis- trate Creighton and was sentenced to a term of three months determinate in the Ontario Reformatory, and nine months indeterminate, The sentence will start at the expiration of the completion of any sentence or sen. tences which the accused may have to serve in view of the fact that he is out on parole and his offense con stitutes a breach of parole, Crouse has a long record, Magis- trate Creighton commented this morning having served varying terms for other offenses of a similar na- ture, The accused did not ask for leniency but his counsel, J, C, An- derson, | pointed out that he was in destitute circumstances when he ten- dered the worthless cheques and that the temptation to raise money by this means was therefore - stronger than it would have otherwise been, MARKSMEN ENJOY TURKEY SHOOT Sam Dewell, Hampton, Heads List With Three Birds--Other Winners On Saturday afternoon, a number of marksmen and gharpshooters of the city and district had a very ens tertalning tournament on the farm of Wm, Leask, at Taunton, north- east of Oshawa, when a "Turkey Shoot" was held, The competition was very keen nd some excellent ability was dis- layed before the tournament had drawn to a close, The winners of the turkeys were, Sam Dewell, of Hampton, who led the tourney with three; Mr, Tonkin, of Oshawa, 2; T. Wilber, of Enniskillen, 2; G, Glover, Oshawa, 2; P, Dewell, Hampton, 2; Mr, Galloway, Oshawa, 2: D, Vice, Hampton, 1; C, Cross. man, Oshawa, 1; Mr, Graham, Osh. awa, 1, TORONTO LIVESTOCK Toronto, Dee, 22.~In addition to the receipts there are 679 west- ern cattle billed-through for tho local packing plant, There are 150 head of western store cattle in- cluded in the sale supply, Butcher cattle were steady with good steers at §W00 to $7.60 and cows at $8.00 to $6.25. Store cattle were slow up until noon, There were a few fair to good veal calves which sold steady at $10.00 to $11.60. Heavy grassers sold at from $5.60 to $6.50, Hogs were unsettled with the aalesmen - holding at $9.60 to $0.75 fob, or $10.75 to $11.00 off ear for bacon, There were 750 western hogs billed through to small packing plants, Lambs were slow at $8.76 for the best ewes and wethers, with culls and chuks at §6.75, Good organized with a large membership. light sheep sold at §4,00 to $5.00 4 in Song and Story at Oshawa Churches Sermons Centre on Nativity; Choirs Sing Special Numbers, Feature Well-known Carols RED CROSS GIVES AID TO VETERANS $50 Contributed to Make Christmas More Cheerful For Needy Soldiers taining an interest in the war vet- erans of the eommunity, the Osh- awa Red Cross Boclety has for- warded to M, Mcintyre Hood, presi- dent of the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Legion, a cheque for $560 to be administered to make the Christmas season brighter for war veterans, Mr. Hood being allowed to use his own discretion as to the type of cases to be assisted wiln this money, It 18 his Intention to use it on behalf of those veterans who are sick, but are not receiving aid from other sources, and also to help some cases in which the wives and chil- dren of veterans are | and need special care and comforts, On be- half of the Legion, Mr. Hood ex- pressed his gratitude for the kindly thought which prompted this gift. SUNDAY SCHOOL OF KING ST. CHURCH ELECTS OFFICERS Gummow Re-elected Superintendent of School At a well attended meeting of the Board of Management of the Sun- day School of King Street United Church, the officers and teachers for 1931 were duly elected, The election resulted in the return of the 1930 exe- cutive with but a few minor changes The officers and teachers for the coming year are: Superintendent, S, Gummow; as- sistant, R, A, "Wright; secretary, E. Goodman; assistant secretary, P, Langmaid ; treasurer, H, Hagerman; grading officer, M, Greentree; tem- perance superintendent, James Gre- gory; missionary superintendent, Mrs. R, A, Wright; pianist, A, B. Deeming; assistant, Miss Marion Gummow; publications secretaries, Messrs, W. Gummow and Curtis, Beginners department teachers, Miss V, Harris, Mrs. E. Walker, Miss H. Ridgeon, and Miss D. Glad- man, Primary. teachers, Mrs. A, Deeming, Mrs, G. Dunker, Mrs, S Gummow, Miss R, Mutton, Mrs, E, Luke, Miss M, Armour, Mrs, M, Mof- fatt, Mrs. W. N, Winters, Miss E. Massey, and Mrs, E, Kiefaber, Adult class teacher, C. H, Shaver; young men's class teacher, E. Kief- aber; young ladies' class teacher, Miss Jackson; UX. teacher, M. Moffatt, : Girls' classes, Misses M., Blewitt, V. Blewitt, I, Comrie, G, Gomme, R, Armour, E, Barker, and B, McQuaid; Mesdames O, J. Clatworthy, C, E Cragg, R. Brown, D, McArthur, Mc- Quarrie, and Fi Thrasher; Mr, H, C, Treneer, Boys' classes, Messrs, D. McArthur, R, Young, R. Brown, C. Baker, Thompson, A, B, Deeming, A, Ing- ham, E. Walker, Jack Chamberlin, Mrs, R. Brown, A", Coming Events ® Uenta per word each ime sortion. Minimum charge for each Insertion, 85¢ S. A. B OPENING DANCE AT NEW Snooker Dance Hall, corner Brock and Division Sts, Mon- day, December 22nd, Melady Boys' Orchestra, Special 16¢c per- son, (146b) CHOSEN FRIENDS, ALL EVEN- ing Christmas Dance, Wednes- day, December 24th, Engel's Hall over Dewland"s store, Ad- mission 26c¢. (146a) PHOENIX LODGE NO, 22, 1,00. F, Christmas Tree Tuesday, De- cember 23rd, 7 p.m, All mem- bers and families cordially in- vited, (146a) SPECIAL WHIST DRIVE ADVER- tlsed Saturday under auspices of Sons of England, (146a) BEDROOM MAID, APPLY COM. mercial Hotel, (146Dh) DANCING TONIGHT, GENE'S Hall, Courtice, round and square dancing, Ladies 10¢, Gents 206¢. 'Watson's Orchestra, (146a) (146a) SQUARE DANCE ST, GEORGE'S Hall, Albert Street Tuesday, De- cember 23rd, Door prize, large goose, Admission 25¢, Every. body welcome, (146a) Card of Thanks Mr, and Mrs, J, J. Marmoyle and family wish to thank their many relatives and: friends, also the nurses of the Oshawa General Hos- pital and Dr, Archer Brown for thelr kindness and sympathy in their recent bereavement, (146a) Cantata, "The Coming of the King", Beautifully Ren- dered by Choir of Simcoe Street United Church WHITE GIFT SERVICE IN MANY CHURCHES Sunday School Children Bring Gifts to Gladden Hearts of Poor--Services in Some Churches Christ- mas Day Christmas was the theme In the churches of this city yesterday, in song and story, the old, yet ever new tale of the Nativity was re told, as practically all of this city's churches helld their annual Christe mas services, In many of the churches, the beautiful White Gift Bervice was held, either in connection with the Sunday School session or as part of tha morning or evening Worsmp. Gifts brought by each child in the Sunday School were collected at these services, and will make many homes of the poor glad on Christe mas day, Various appropriate mu- sical numbers or readings, by the children, formed a part of some of these White Gift services, The cantata "The Coming of the King" was impressively rendered by the choir of Simcoe street United church at the evening service, while the evening service at St, Andrew's was featured by the Scripture story ot Christmas illustrated by lantern slides, The various church choirs excelled themselves In their pre- sentations of Christmas music. The local Catholic and Anglican churches will also hold services on Christmas day, Bt, Gregory's church will begin the day with the usual midnight high mass, while masses will also be sung at eight, nine and ten o'clock Christmas morning, In St. George's church, Christmas services will be held at eight and eleven o'clock, while in Holy Trinity, they will take place at. seven, eight, and eleven o'clock. Christ Church Christmas ser vices will be held Thursday at eight o'clock with Holy Commun- fon and at 10.30 with a Christmas sermon, Albert Street United The Christmas services at Alber: Street United Church were well at- tended both morning and evening with a larger gathering than usual in the afternoon, In the morning, after the usual opening exercises, the choir anthem was "The First Christmas Morn." Me. 8. Carkeck sang the Holy City, The Rev, 8, C, Moore, the pastor, spoke on 'The True Christmas Spirit," The true spirit of Christmas is Joy and gladness in overflowing measure so that it goes out to oth- ers and reaches all people of all Christian nations, rich and poor, old and young, enters every homa high and low, he sald, While each people and nation have their own especial holiday, celebrated In their own individual way the whole world is united in this one great day of days, and all nations worship again before the Babe cradled in the man ger at Bethlehem, The true Christ- lan spirit is one of self forgetfulness which finds ita joy in thinking of and doing for others in good will charity, and love that relieves the distress of the poor and needy, es- pecially little children, the shut nw and aged. The greatest joy and sat. {sfying happiness comes not through recelving but through giving to those whose need is real, In the afternoon Christmas hymns and songs were enjoyed throughout the school and they wait continue this Christmas service on Tuesday when a seasonable can tatta will be given by the children, also a playlet "Shepard of Dethle- hem," The evening service was opened with the usual song service, using Christmas selections, The choir sang well as usual, the first an- them was "Silent Night," and Mrs. M: Morsien sang "Night of Nights, The second choir selection was na carol, The sermon theme was "God's Gift to us." Centre Street Church In Centre Street United Church this year, both Sunday 21st and Sunday 28th, are thought of as Christmas Sundays with Christmas music and Christmas sermons both Sundays, Thus the music and tha sermons of yesterday were but tha first half of the Christmas plans for this season, 'esterday morning the an by the choir was Chturohtins them hold I Bring You Good Tidings." The sermon of the morning was from John's characterization of Jesus as "Full of Grace." Dn Fletcher spoke of the world as in a rush and tear and emotionally strung to the highest tension, and he appealed to his hearers to re. turn to the humility and simpiliet. ty 3 the Jute ot Bethlehem, . © evening the . ¢ "The Prince of Poy Aho Pa mili and it fitted in most appropriately With the pastor's theme. The even Ing text was "On Earth, p N Dr, Fletch hls er pointed out how far We were yet from peace among the nations, in industry and economics and in the human heart, and aw clared that the messengers ot God were still offering peace on Te and pleading with the individual the capitalist and laborer and al nations to acoept ft, he A (Continued on page ) \