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oT ak Leishman, 1 Vol. 51; m5 Northern Ontario's Oldest Weekly Newspaper ILEYBURIAN THURSDAY, DEC. 22nd, 1955 a Department of Highways Appeals For Safe Chr An appeal to "everybody make thisa sate as weil a Merry Christmas and New 'Year in Untario,' is made by tign- Ways Minister, the tion. james NN. Allen, in a special pre-holy saiety message. "Nearly always, the days-and-nights of each yer have been one ot Ontario s wogs to periods tor trattc acciden Mr. Allan warns. "in this 10-day (and uigt period in 1994, a total or 3 peopie were killed; in the same period in 1953 our traitic death toli mounted to 4). Last year, thanks to the satety eliorts o1 many people and organizauous, our death toll was cut in hali. A total of 22 lives were lost in the last ten days ot the year. "Despite that tragic loss o1 lives, last Decembers record o1 improvement in lite-saving was encouraging. lt shows that, eno- ugh etfort by enough people will save lives and human sutiering despite increasing trate vol- ume and accident possibilities. "Now we need another all-out effort, supported by everybody. "Our greatest Christian hol- istmaget iving on is always a time of sdangers. Many more peo- days xtr ple are shopping and travelling. Everybody is in a rush and pr - children are free from schodl, deliveries in residential areas a heavier, and driving, weather and light conditions are often at - their worst, "Results can be ghastly. In '1953,on the day before Christmas alone, there were 13 people killed in 10 accidents in Ontario. In 1952, eight met death on Christ- mas Eve and five on Christmas day itself. ' "Ontario is not alone in exp- eriencing such tragedies. In other parts of Canada, in Great Britain, and in the United States, the traffic deaths in the peak accident periods such as Christ- mas and New Years, amount to terrible totals. "Only by every one of us doing our part can we reduce such tragedies. "The true Christian spirit of courtesy, care and consideration for others will save lives and human suffering." New Town Clerk Frank Haskett has been chosen by council as the new town clerk, replacing C. --D. Pringle, who resigned. Mr. Haskett has had several years experience in the municipal offices at Virginiatown, and prior to that was purchasing agent at Chesterville mines for 12 years. A native of Midland, Ont., he is married, and has no children. Mrs. Haskett plans to join him in the New Year, assuming that he can find an apartment in the meantime. JOWEliGm FoR your HosTEess/ & Flowers: are welcome in every home. And _ when ordering corsages for the New Year's dance don't for- get Whorley--Haileybury's old and dependable florists. But order. early--Please. A MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL WHORLEY FLORISTS Member F.T.D. Phone 357 Haileybury eR eS Fire Ghief.Ask For. . rire tree Ghristmas By Ken Watson it may be selfish of me, but 1 believe that ail the fire depart- ment feels the same way, when 1 say that 1don't want to spend any part of the Christmas sea- son tighting tire. Yet itis a fact, that this season of the year presents many haz- ards, and there is a good chance that the fire engine will have to roll, and thé firemen will have to fight fires, unless you the citi- zens, cooperate with us. First of all 1 want to wish everyone in town a very Merry Christmas, but please make it a fire-free Christmas. There are so many more fire hazards at this time of year. Christmas decorat- ions are something of a fire haz- ard, and particularly so when more than. usual cigarettes. and cigars are being smoked. It only takes a single smouldering butt to cause a major disaster. Wrapping from parcels can easily cause a fire, and it is a good idea to clear them out of the way as soon as possible. And of course, the Christmas tree it- self can be a menace if the lights are not properly wired, or left on too long, or if the tree is placed near an open fire. é So please, co-operate with your firemen, and make it a fire -free Christmas. Thank you very much. Falls on Ice Mrs. Justin Fleury was taken. to Haileybury hospital yester- day for treatment to a broken wrist. She fell on the ice covered sidewalk downtown. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH--HAILEYBURY, ONT. Christmas Services Midnight Eucharist--11.30 Christmas Eve Carols will be sung. 8.30 a.m. December 25--Holy Communion 10.30 a.m. --Matins, Holy Communion, (sung) 7.30 p.m.--Evening Prayer Everyone Welcome "yi upied with Christmas affaigs' PPPS LH VS HP ae ret eS SS PPPPOOPES LSS oP panel anels ) To all our Readers! y from ; _ The Staff of "ohe Haileyburian JOHN HUNT LEIGH DAY JOHN MacPHERSON EVELYN LOGAN NES McAULAY Pee SPP PLP eS Sa eS PP Py PA ee ee an all ale alae Unselfish Giving at Christmas By Dr. A. J. Wilson Board Of Social Service United Church Of Canada which may be overdone a bit, in certain quarters, has a much deeper purpose and origin than Christmas shopping has not k S2 on the surface. It is bas- really got into high gear yet.>\.7° first Christmas when ne of these days it will really 'he greatest gift that man ever received was presented to him sudden will In these days of wars, hot, cold happen. Men all of a remember that they have done : nothing towards Christmas. The Of Warm, days of tension, nat- woman folk who have been 10nal and personal greed, it is planning a long time ahead, and good to _know that during one are methodically drawing up S¢4S0n ol the year at least, we their list will really' go to town C2" concentrate on the welfare Then the problem will arise, of others to the exclusion of our own selfish interests. After all what to do with the things that have been bought until the great day dawns, In any home there, of course, are little nooks and corners which can be pressed in- to service. li these prove too small there are always the neigh- bours. The Scrooges among us not be too happy about all this. They look on it as another met- hod ofprying money out of their that is one of the deep meanings of Christmas. Service. Station Burns Down otal Loss Tues. will pocket books. If is all ier Haileybury had its first major commericalized they will say; fre ofthe oe qe there is too much high pressure season Tuesday, when Chas Dobbs' Shell Service Stat- destroyed at the south end of town. people are advertising and anyway only give because others iving. Now, there may be some truth in this, but what would a mere man do about getting ready for Christmas were it not for adver- pastime 10n was Cause of the fire is not yet known, but it™is belived possi- ble that the air compressor eit- her exploded, or caused a short tisements. A popular circuit, as the fire appeared to these days is watch the mere have started close to the comp- man scanning the newspapers, pressor motor. and not always the funnies and the sporting page but the ladies! wear and toilet advertisements as well. It is alright. How isa man to know otherwise. When the Scrooges in ourmidst tell us that the whole celebration of Christmas is an unhealty cus tom, each pearson giving pre- sents because others are doing it they may have something. There is no doubt we are all moved to acting by convention and custom We have to keep in the swim or drown. We have a sneaking sus- Mr. and Mrs. Dobbs said that they were sleeping early Tues- day morning when Leonard Johnson of the Ideal . Dairy hammered on their door, to tell them that their garage was burning.. Jail Guard L. Childs who lives nearby turned in the alarm, and with Mr. Johnson and other neighbors helped remove a 1953 model car from the garage. The car suffered smoke damage, but escaped serious damage. picion though, that many of Haileybury volunteer fire those who complain about having department turned out in the 30 just want below weather to fight the to bow to convention to get out from under the res- ponsibility of doing the gene- rous thing. So even if socialpres- sure make them loosen up a bit it is good for their souls. After all there are those who would rarely spend a nickle on a good cause if custom or convention did not compel them to do so. If so-called commercialization helps to force a man to become unselfish, we are for it even though on gene ral principles we are opposed to Jost $1,000 in equipment in the compulsion. _ fire, as well as the building. It But welike to think that this was only partly covered by in- giving and receiving "of gifts, surance, blaze. Fire Chief Ken Watson hitched up the old pumper to the Lawlor street main, and ran two lines to the blaze. The firemen managed to pre- vent the flames from spreading to the adjoining residence, but could not save the garage. Ex- ploding oil drums and intense heat and smoke made it imposs- ible to get too close to the blaze Mr. Dobbs estimated that he Local Old Timers Remember Some Unristmases Past By Mrs. J. H. McDonald "Christmas will soon be here." What magic visions those words bring into our minds, for Christ- mas, of all times of the year, is a time for memories, atime for looking back not only to our own childhood, and to the years when small children were in our homes, but to the old and ever strange, they were friendly. However, of her early Christ- mases, she says she does not re- member much about them, ex- cept that duirng those tew years, three more babies arrived, her husband and one of the children contracted typhoid fever and she was sO concerned in nursing them back to health and looking aiter the rest of the tamily, that new story of that wondous star that led the shepherds and the she did not have much time to wise men to the little stable in #2S0™D memories. Now, however, Bethlehem, where the Christ #¢F children are grown and Mrs, child lay. Valentine who is eighty years We may have customs thatare JonUSn 1S Cmjoying: her grads children, dear to us, many special ways of celebrating Christmas, hanging of stockings, (a custom = which unfortunately seems to be dying out,) decorating windows and doors and trimming gay Christ- mas trees, and I wonder if, as we trim those trees, we ever stop to think aboutwhy we have Christ- mas trees, who first thought of them or how long they have been used in homes? A young German immigrant, named August Imgrad, came from his native Bavaria when he was 21 years old, to join other members of his family in Woo- ster, Ohio, and to please his little niece and nephew, and no doubt to satisfy a longing for home and iimer Campbell, in answer to the question when did you come to Lemiskaming:"replied: "I was born here," so we jhhaven't found out just when he came. But he did say that his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell, came north in 1896 and settled on the West Road. He was and he one of four children remembers how they hated to go to bed early on Christmas Eve. Although they went to the school in Haileybury, in the Christmas season, they with all the other neighbours, attended the Christmas concerts in the Clover Valley school,driv- ing there, of course, with horses and _sleighs, "and" remarked Mr. it's well-remembered customs several days before Christmas he Camipbell with a chuckle. "the cut a spruce tree, got the village roads weren't snowplowed in tinsmith to make a star for the those days, either." top and fashioned decorations Another MHaileyburian who from paper. It was such a novelty remembers Christmas in the early days is Sam Craig. When he first came to the north he stayed with his brother, William Craig, who lived out Clover Valley way, and had as his neigh- bors, the Flemings the Kristines, the Neilsons, Olaf and' Swan, and the William Plaunts, "and," says Mr. Craig, "we were all one Royol family, worked together and played together." that the next year, almost every- one in the village had their own Christmas tree, and so _ the custom spread all over the North American continent. Last week, in preparation for this column, I chatted with a few of the people who have lived in or around Haileybury since that time that we oldtimers like to call "the early days." Mrs. Valentine, on Blackwall) pances in the homes and Street, recalls that she came to Christmas concerts are trea- Cobalt in 1909, to join her hus- sureq memories and Mr. Craig was connected with recalls one gathering held in the home of C. C. Farr. Everyone present had to do something to- wards the program and the con (Continued on Page 5) band, who mining. She had two babies and had but lately came from England and tho the ways of the north were family and friends to Why not bring your Stotel Slaileybury Christmas Day Dinner Menu 12 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. 6 p.m. to 8 p,m, Telephone 100 for Reservations Stuffed Celery Sticks Olives Sweet Pickles Sliced Tomatoes Cream of Celery Soup Roast Turkey with Baked Virginia Ham, Dressing Cranberry Sauce || Creamed Mashed Potatoes Baked Sweet Potatoes Cauliflower Brussel Sprouts Parker House Rolls, Sliced Bread, Melba Toast Butter Ice Cream with Fruit Topping and Christmas Cake Coffee Milk Tea Hotel Haileybury Management and Staff Wish You All A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year