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Santa says, and we do, fo: Happy Holiday to all of you! Hambly Tire Co. Lid. 534 RITSON RD. S. InMalayan Ju By JAMES WICKENDEN The jungle behind was a fret: work of green and black shadow and the sea in front was a gray-| blue lake. A small wavelet dis-| creetly curled over on the sand. Tt early morning, and it was Christ mas Day. { The three of us, Mary and the boy and myself, were the only white family in a Chinese village on the coast of Singapore island. | I lay in bed looking through the oii | open door of the bungalow -- it was only one large room partition- ed into three -- and waited for che morning breeze. The [ishing ! leet would catch it and come over he bar at the mouth of the creek a few hundred yards away. The boy was already on the sand chasing hermit crabs. Ile stopped occasionally to pick some coral and| put it in the bucket he carried {hen faintly we heard the banging of sweeps and the Chinese praw: | lishermen brought in their flat- | sottomed boat. | They swept up the creek, stand- {ing and pushing the sweep , their | faces gaunt and their clothes flap ping, like a row of specires. I thee was money in prawn |enough to buy a bottle of good | cold nights beyond the kelongs, or | fish traps, standing in the shallow: | beyond the low tide mark | Mary had bought a turkey at the! | cold store eighteen miles away in Singapore. There were nuts, rai- | sins, stuffing for the bird and a | box of crackers. We had the basis |of "a feast. There might even be some more cards if we could be energetic enough to walk the half | mike to the fortified police station | overlooking the jetty, wher> the mail was delivered. The meal was the main thing. We would cook it in a poriabie tin oven over the primus stove. I got up to put the bottles of wine to | cool in the water tank when three figures came splashing through the Christmas Celebration | We accepted gratefully. French brandy now and then for|ey MALAYAN VILLAGE IS SETTING FOR CHRISTMAS 7! [day (December 6) the saying is: lst, Nicholas is baking for Christ- Spiced Doll Cakes | Popular In Holland | In Holland, St. Nicholas spiced cake dolls are made. They are decorated with gilt and tinsel and the sex is suggested by the cloth- ing. These cake dolls are given to the maids and men servants, so that all may have sweethearts, The confectioners take unusual pains with these cakes, for they, are in reat demand. They are us- ed at the Teast of St. Nicholas, which is held on the evening of | December 5. If the mist rises on St. Nicholas OUR GOOD WISHES... SABAT'S DRY GOODS 24 Simcoe N. - a Oshawa mas. sea. Some slim sampans passed in| the creek, the water whispering and! chuckling under their bows. Peace| seemed perfect. | Next morning the village appear-| the local Chinese crganisation, was| ed as unruffled as before. The holding its annual opera. opera clanged on, regularly reach-!| This, 1 knew, would be a three|ing its dramatic climaxes with a day affair, the village transformed sudden rattle and clash and rolling into a babel of screams and bangs|of eyes. The fishing fleet came in. from a travelling theatrical com-|{The dealers bargained over the ngle was quiet, the air hung heavy for|pany complete with orchestra and|heaps of octopus and sting - rays the "shouts of medicine peddlers. lying in the mud. Ahmat hopped and Fan OYeF the ISnfrove Touts 'er smiles an {to look at his crab traps. e wenere wete Tore Stiles i they | police station brooded over the door to say that his father was|Jetty. Boxing Day was still an going to slip the moorings on my| Omen of peace and timeless cus- yacht and pole it out to the an. '0m. chorage beyond the creek mouth in| That afternoon we heard that readiness for an afternoon sail, acting on information received, the police from Singapore had stopped { where a junk slid silently by on the {¥ We wish a season of Joy for our many customers and friends, GORD. RAE MEN'S WEAR 10 Prince St. Th meal was a success and as t evening drew on we heard the 2 truck from the village and had opera start. When we reached the| iseovered half a ton of opium. village we saw that over the jetty| ~ Eriaps that too was part of the had been built a high, rickety stage| custom. lit by a throbbing generator behind | the only two storey building in the a - | place, the coffee shop. P C The stage was brightly decorated w ine ones in red and gold, and a chalky-facecd n boy with reddened lips and black- T t S 1 ned eyes postured and yelled in urn 0 1 ver a glittering costume of ancient 0 ; China, lo Hoe upon a time -- according Up the stairs of the coffee shop| miner gain legend 8 Deo we went. The drum of the socicty|aonec | ak oH, § stood against the wall, surmounted tones nie, forest. It was just a banner. At the tanles sat the|,.. oe ristmas, her husband hies of the district, fish deal-| 128 i 4 and there was no money in| the owner of a pepper planta- bdr use or food. So, she gath- tion, a maker of porcelain cups to| the villa rn ane Sold them to catch rubber from the trees of gers for kindling -- ob- neighbouring estates and dealers taining enough for the day's nec- in various trades. Fol1e8: . : In sharkskin dinner jackets they|. One morning while she was look- were transformed from their nsual| 08 for such cones, a little imp singlets and loose cotton trousers.|iumped out of a huge tree. They greeted us, smiling and mur-| "Here, here are the biggest, ! muring in the wordless languag:|driest cones of all Take these," used everywhere when a common|he shrieked, jumping up and down tongue is not known. | excitedly As soon as the awkwardness| Suddenly, there was such a wore off, to the clash of cymbals| shower of cones that the poor and cries outside, a glass filled to Woman was frightened. She tried the brim with brandy suddenly ap-|to run away, but could not move peared at our elbows and the meal until the little imp had filled her had begun. It went on for several basket. And, having started home hours; endless dishes of unrecog- the basket grew heavier and heav- nisable delicacies. One, which ap.|ier -- she wished the elf hadn't As this year comes to a close, we want to express our thanks for your loyal patronage ond our wish that your Christmas will be the most joyous you have ever known... shallows which at high tide sepa- peared to be a rare preparation of| disappeared, he might have help- rated the hut and its sand - bar Chicken, turned out to be baby ed her. | from the mainland. One I cecog-|o¢topus. When she finally reached her nised as Chew Fatt, a rotund deal-| The fans whirled, every on c|hut she called the children to help er in wire netting, corrugated iron|sweated, drank too much, and ex-|carry the basket inside. Emptying |sheets and fishing lines. {panded with festivity. At intervals the basket, they found that every Following them was Ahmat, a|we sat on She shaky bajcony behind cone was made of solid silver. (small, naked, Malay boy from the|the wiring for the coloured lighis| '¢ ing 5 | village, throwing stones at the and watched the opera. By mid- Ho anoratiag these legendary water snakes. As they approached, night there was as much drink left|so1d in modern stores, to es wid |the mud-crabs popped into their|in hali-filled glasses and discatded|our homes -- to daly re holes and withdrew. their -bulbous|ettles to supply an-average-eve- gaily in our Christmas fi Ste red claws, like a series of disturp-|ning party anywhere. fe er ee 15 128 liTeS, 2d Colonel Blimps. Somehow we struggled home by They stood round the door, whis-|the light of a lantern, through th» poring, Then Chew Fatt produced palm grove and past the duck |a gol d-toothed smile and a pink|pond, through the hummocks of invitation card the size of a -hain- mud cones thrown up by the crabs |store menu. Would we come to al'and on to the sand-bar. The wind {party that evening at the coffee sighed in the palms and a yellow shop? The Jurong Welfare Society,!glow above a black shape showed Millwork & Building Supplies Ltd. 1279 SIMCOE ST. 'N. May the warmth and friendship of the Christmas Spirit be with you at this won- derful Holiday Season! McCULLOUGH CONSTRUCTION CO. LIMITED 1270 SIMCOE ST. N. Motor City Cleaners 184 SIMCOE ST. S. Plant: KINGSTON RD. E. olidays Lillian Mae Marsh SCHOOL OF DANCING 18 Patricia $t. Oshawa At ne other season of the year are warm feelings and friendly' words more fitting and sincete than at this time «= At this season we extend We say to you « - Merry Christmas, to oll our friends and custcmer: We'd like to add ous wish toall:a Christmas full of Joy and gladness! BEDNAREK % HARDWARE | 450 Simcoe St. S. the warmest greetings ol the To all our loyal friends and customers. May this joyous season be filled with contentment and happiness. PARKWAY TELEVISION 918 SIMCOE ST. N. Christmas Season. "TIRE & AUTO SUPPLY LTD. ASSOCIATE STORE 79 SIMCOE ST. N. o ° UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA 44 BOND ST. E. | RA 3.3043 | |