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2A THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, December 24, 1965 LIBRARY NEWS AND REVIEWS -- a Child Aitains Seii-Reiiance In Warm Realistic Setting istic, with particularly good| The staff held their annual family relationships and a/|Christmas party on Decembeg smooth, balanced style of writ-|15 when everyone enjoyed @ ing. (Grades 4-6). delicious turkey dinner, followe ed by carol singing. TEEN SCENE Pickering High School Last. week the _ students of, medals and wished the best of Pickering wrote ir first set| luck when they go to the All of examinations for the year.| Canada competition in Ottawa. Both teachers and students were; Our Christmas dance feature glad to finish with them. ing the Paupers last Friday eve« The Crest Awards Assembly | ning was a big success, Every« was held on the Tuesday pre-| one was out to celebrate the end vious to the exams. At this i of examinations. time the students who have This coming Wednesday, the participated in school life and ; é : choir and the drama club will gained points in the three fields; be sponsoring the Christmas of Academics, Athletics, and Ace Assembly with carols and 4@ Activities are granted these} few plays. awards for outstanding achieve-| Tuesday evening the choir ments. Application must be| members will be in Pickering made by the students before) streets caroling. Afterward they the crests are awarded. Stu-| will meet at the school for their dents who have won all three} Christmas party. crests are presented with the I would like to take this op- most coveted award an} portunity to wish everyone a Honor School Letter. Merry Christmas and a Happy Also our All Ontario Cham-| New Year. : setae ee THE MIRACLES OF CHRISTMAS Sitio aie . The following reviews were written by Mrs. A, M. Foy, Head of the Children's De- partment, McLaughlin Pub- lic Library.) Lucky, Lucky, White Horse by B. W. Epstein. Pictures by Mia Carpenter. Although set in 1916, this pleasant story for girls is em- bellished with period details in the illustrations more than in the text. On the day that her family moved to Columbus, Ellen learned of the superstition about counting one hundred white horses.. A shy child, Ellen resolved that she would do something alone, rather than let her dominating cousin Hetty take the lead. In order to count her hundred horses Ellen changed her daily pattern. When she came to the hun- dredth horse, she did indeed find something wonderful -- a new friend. The theme of the child who gains courage or achieves self-reliance while working for a specific goal is not rare, but it is always ap- pealing, especially when it is, as here, given a realistic set- ting with warm personal rela- tionships. (Grades 3-5). Sitting in the stern of the fishing boat, Simon Peter grew anxious for the dawn to come. Drowsily he kept scan- ning the eastern sky for the first sign of light. For him it had been a wretched night. It was not just that he and the six other apostles with him had caught no fish despite repeated casts of their net. It was the thoughts that kept pounding through his head, like rough waves beating mercilessly against a shipwreck. Peter buried his head jis hands. How 'true the words of the Master: "The spirit indeed is willing,' but the flesh is weak." How true! How true! How often he, Simon, had pledged his loy- alty to Jesus, only to fail him again and again: There in.the Garden of Gethsemane when Jesus was in an agony of spirit and had asked him to watch with Him, he had fallen asleep. He had declared that he would never forsake Him, yet when the soldiers came to arrest Him, he had fled with the others. ; : He had boasted that he would never deny Him, yet three times that night in fear he had sworn the monstrous lie, "I do not know the man!" And. although he had insist- ed that he would stand by Him even unto death, he had slunk off and hid like a coward, to save his own life, While. they crucified the Christ! Jesus had graciously given him the name of Cephas -- Peter, the rock. What a mock- ery he had made of the name, in and of the trust placed in him. | Even now, thought Peter, even now after. Jesus had brought back hope to the hopeless by appearing to them as the resurrected Lord -- even now he had failed him again. That day when the Master had called him to the minis- try He had said to him, "Come, follow me, and I will make you a fisher of men." Gladly he had left his fish- ing nets and followed Him. Yet now, here he was back at the nets, for he was discour- aged. "I go a fishing," he had told the other six, and had brought them with him. As the light of dawn came creeping over the water, Peter was jolted into aware- ness by a voice calling from the: nearby shore, "Have ye any fish?" "No," boomed Peter's gruff reply. And he with the others peered through the dim light to see who should be calling to them. "Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find," directed the voice from the shore. Doing so they made a tremendous catch. "It is the Lord," whispered John to Peter. Peter plunged into the water and waded ashore. The others followed quickly in the boat. There on the shore Jesus had built a fire of Coais, and~ had bread~ and broiled fish ready for the seven to eat. "Come and dine," He invited them. As he ate, Peter felt the silent gaze of the Master upon him. And after break- fast Jesus, pointing to the catch of fish, asked him, "Simon, do you love me more _ than these?" "Yea, Lord," said Peter Run Away Home by M. F. Shura. Illustrated by James Spanfeller. This is an unusually good treatment of a familiar theme. Mike, who is eleven, is the only member of the family unhappy about moving from Kansas to Colorado. Merrie is going to college and Elsie, at five, is happy wherever there's a sand- pile. Mike takes care of some goats in order to earn money to return to Kansas, but finds that new interests and new friends have made Colorado home to him. A crisis develops in which Mike's help gains recognition for him and is used to precipi- tate his realization of his own acceptante in the community. The story is low-keyed and real- fervently, "you know that I love thee!" Three times in his fright Peter earlier had denied the Christ, and now three times Jesus repeated his question, "Do you love me more than these?" And each time as Peter avowed his love, Jesus charged him with the trust of the ministry, "Feed my sheep!' : And there by the Sea of Galilee, in the dawn of a new day, Peter truly did 'accept the challenge of his trust. And in so doing he realized a great miracle of Christmas: the miracle of the soul satis- faction that comes with giv- ing of one's self in service to others, even as the Christ gave of Himself. --By John J. Stewart Fd TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU A Very Merry Christmas ond a HAPPY NEW YEAR COOK'S OFFICE EQUIPMENT 75 Simcoe M. 728-8300 ELECTROHOME AN ALL-CANADIAN COMPANY When you _ select- Electro- home you receive the finest in All-Conadian craftsman- ship. ! -- Every Electrohome STEREO -- TV -- COLOR SET features carefully hand- wired circuitry and hand- finished cabinets by Deil- croft. Insist on, and enjoy, the best. "MERCURY" PORTABLE 259.50 @ YOUR COLOR TV STORE @ PARKWAY TELEVISION PARTS end SERVICE WARRANTY FULL YEAR 918 SIMCOE ST. N. "We Service. Whot We Sell . « . Ourselves" OPEN EVERY NITE 'TIL 9 'TIL CHRISTMAS (SAT. "TH. 6 P.M.) 723-3043 } pion boys' volleyball team was gold presented with their --ROSEMARY SNOW. ee 3520 KING W. This Christmas _ We greet you and wish you an abundance of the season's joy. GOOD BOY FURNITURE MART 728-5712 NEXT WEEK'S ACTIVITIES AUDITORIUM DECEMBER 26th Sunday - December 26th -- JANUARY Ist Thursdey - December 30th 10:00 a.m: - 1:00 p.m, C.Y.O. Hockey 1:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. Public Skating 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Duplote Hockey 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. N.H.L. Tyke Mondoy, December 27th 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. G.M. Office Hockey Leogue 8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. City Leogue ~ Tuesday - December 28th 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Skating Club . 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. City Leogue Wednesdoy - December 29th 8:00 p.m. - Holiday Shindig Dance Pr: wy GIWIC mo we ote t 7 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Skating Club Friday - December 31st CLOSED at 4:00 p.m. SPOMHVHENOPSREPEO AORN PPSAQUIO0091 49044484) 85 4400 MRMMOMGASAAAP4 008802014 : merry christmas . to all Fr MU Seturday - January Ist, 1966 12 noon - 2:00 p.m. Little N.H.L.-Tyke p.m. Public Skating 7:15 p.m. - Junior 'A' Hockey . . . 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