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¥ THE OAUAWA TIMES Tuesday. Desomber 14, 1965. 11. § = | JO'S JOURNAL Christmas Ohserved By Members BY JO_ALDWINCKLE Women's Editor of The Times I've been playing the Groundhog Game. I came out of my snug burrow for a few days; looked around and deciding it was too soon, crept back again. Hence there was no journal last Saturday. * Meanwhile I have had time to cogitate on what I noticed on my quick look around; chiefly the slightly dazed and har- assed look of women doing their Christmas shopping. The men around town seem to be as urbane as ever. They are on no frantic search with a Jong list of names in. one pocket and the housekeeping money in another. The glaze does not steal over them until sometime on December 24 when they _ Yealize they have a present to buy. Normally these shopping women would be ripe and ready to exchange a bit of small talk but not in this season of good- will. "It's this Christmas business," they mutter as if the Sword of Damocles were hanging over their heads which they move from side to side, not to dodge my left upper- cut but to get a better look at the wrapping paper and rib- bons on the display behind me. At any other time I'm sure they would enquire anxiously and sweetly after my health, but not in this mood. They beetle off bewildered, to meet the ICan. Union Of Public Emplovees The custodians and mainte- nance staff of Oshawa Board | of Education and Oshawa Sepa- irate School Board, 120 mem- bers of Local 218, Canadian {Union of Public Employees and jtheir wives gathered for their jannual Christmas party in the |Piccadilly Room of the Hotel Genosha. Président Douglas \Lindsay and Mrs. Lindsay re-| ceived the guests assisted hy |the social committee members 'and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harper; Mr. and Mrs, Robert Johnston; Mr. and Mrs. |Frank Smith and Mr. and Mrs.| |W. A. Clarke. A poinsettia cor-| lsage was pinned on each lady | guest, Guests of honor included Mr. R. Craigs, director of welfare, Ontario Federation of Labor, Toronto; and Mrs. Craigs ; Mr. }Murray Gray, national repre- sentative of .CUPE office, To- Mathews, celebrating their wed- ding atiniversary, were honored by the orchestra playing the "Anniversary Waltz.' Mrs. Mathews won the lucky draw and the spot dance winners were Mrs. Harriet Johns and Mr. and Mrs. William Spry. Mr. Lindsay presented poin- settias to Mrs. Craigs and Mrs. {Gray and the following won them with lucky teacups: Mrs. Charles Littlefield, Mrs. Car! Shierings, Mrs. Warner Brown, Mrs. David Rae, Mrs. Gordon Thomas, Mr. J. English, Mrs. Leslie Zsager, Mr. Ray Duncan, /Mrs. Harriet Johns, Mrs. Frank Smith, Mr. Arden McQuoid, /Mrs, Fred Watson, Mrs. Wil- /liam Buchanan, Mrs. K. Zubka- | vich and Mr. Michael Ukrainetz. | BE PREPARED day of judgment. : Z judg ronto, and Mrs. Gray; also re- For the heavy holiday dish- j tired bers, Mr. d Mrs.| washing load ahead, you. might Too Little And Too Much en ete be f : prepare the sink drain so that This state of obsession can't be right. Christmas should | and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar' jt won't suddenly clog and leave be a joyful time of remembering and giving and somehow | Harman 3 ' : ; : we've confused the issue by not remembering enough and In an after dinner address, | ¥°U with a pile of unwashed giving too much. This is the price of affluence Mr. Craigs stressed the impor-|dishes. Pour a quarter of a The stores are full of attractive merchandise which can tance of encouraging and assist-| pound of sal soda down the sink be easily obtained (pay now or later) and so we make ing young union members. t0 grain. Run hot wafer slowly probléms for ourselves. Everybody nowadays has every- accept positions on their execu! inti granules dissolve. This thing and there must be more to a gift than just the giving. tives and to become really dnaretion wilt nok harm seplle It must be costly enough to represent us and it must be un- | active members : P i dent usual, imported or, at least, big. I've heard that some Mr. and Mrs. Georg e'tanks. Christmas presents are not completely paid for by Easter. The thought makes me dizzy Fortunately this state of affairs does not exist everywhere There are places where a humble gift is ennobled by the kind thought that prompted the giving without sense of ob ligation or self-importance. These simple gifts are the best kind. There is nothing competitive about them. They are just expressions of family love or friendship Following the church ceremony conducted by Canon It has always been that way in our family. That's how F. G. Ongley, and the reception in the parish hall, the Uncle Jim always had such a fine collections of socks. Once bride donned a turquoise silk and silver sari and the Hindu I suggested that we try something different. We each drew ritual was conducted by Mr. Gopal Bhattacharya a name and the idea was to give that person one so-called He pronounced the prayers and then the bride's father "worthwhile" gift but it didn't work. We followed the system led his daughter by the hand seven times around the table and then secretly bought a little something for everyone else on which stood the flaming candle of life. The bride and After that we went back to the old way. We agreed that | bridegroom then exchanged garlands and sat down, The worrying and fussing about that special gift had taken some bridegroom placed the vermilion mark, indicative of a mar- of the pleasure out of it. ried woman, on the forehead of his bride. Tokens were then z > offered by Mr. Bhattacharya and the couple were blessed Gaiety A Go-Go by the bride's parents, an uncle and the bride's rector. | Eventually the couple will make their home in India While the shoppers are winding themselves up until they | | The bride is a graduate of Kingston General Hospital School twang in a high gvind, others are savoring the fun and fare | of Nursing and the bridegroom is a graduate of the Univer- of pre-Christmas parties. The epidemic of office parties has | sity of Patna, India. He has been following post-graduate broken out and many clubs and societies are enjoying tur- | studies in internal medicine at Montreal and Kingston. key dinners followed by seasonal entertainment. The lead-in | Fancy the plug falling out of that rocket! There's high- to this is usually community carol singing when everyone |. price built -- in obsolescence for you. is 60 replete he can scarcely breathe, let alone sing, but, a ot : bit off-key, we "deck the halis" and follow King Wenceslas The University Women's Club spent an enjoyable evening. The separate tables were centered by a candle in a lantern and identified by the first line of a well-known carol, not necessarily English. Mach guest was given a key word which was the clue to her place according to the carol. After din- ner members described Christmas customs of other lands An original cabaret followed Oshawa Little Theatre's feastine. The talent literally fell over itself and Terry Mann had a good time as master of ceremonies Janet Stevenson and Gwen O'Regan opened the show with a duet of 'Hello Dolly" and Janet sang "She's More to be Pitied than Censured"' the song she stylized successfully in 'Dirty Work at the Crossroads". Ray Langridge, always the serious actor, revealed another facet of his personality in a monologue on comicstrip characters and new-comer Douglas Reenay showed up as a natural stand-up comic. Aided and abetted by Eileen Chapman at the piano, Freddie Bryant brought on his girls, six dancing cuties performing Bryant routines. They were none other than Priscilla Hen- ning, Laurie Williams, Chery! Weeks, Barbara Lloyd, Gillian Heath and Gwen O'Regan. It was a good party. According To Love There are so many beautiful weddings that It is a dan- gerous precedent to refer to any one, but a singular cere- i Pad ot? CO IOS mony was solemnized recently in St. George's Memorial Church when Dorothy Brash became thebride of Dr, Paritosh Chandra Dutta of Calcutta India. 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