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THEERA Serving York County Since Phone DAVID R HASKELL TERRY CARTER J ALLAN MARTIN JOHN LOT T Phone Aurora An Era tradition has hern the selection he editor of a readers contribution Christinas editorial Often Ive chosen a special Christmas Christmas letter by Debbie talented your at left who turns in The Eras Newmarket- High School News column Christmas a lonely time for some but you can help ByDEHIHEFUHNKSS the men who operate the ambulances at York Virtfinf a County Hospital and Grace and Dave Forbes are the death of a young man who spent Ins Inst Christmas on this Earth in a muddy trench time for gazing at gnarled old hands and remembering Christmas lonely lime made this Christmas just a little r he people in homes for special care an of those in nursing homes Christmas j why another day Why Because the people thescplai f While visions of a sports complex danced through his head Letters to the editor building thisolfieial have no family to care for them and voices of happy children playing in snow- most part only a handkerchief or a bar of Yes and Christmas is a time when soap as their gift on Christmas day charitable ions ami front How can I help then would he the obvious door with hands outstretched like so many reaction to this information Well if youre should hungry nestlings Do you know he oldest dancing a routine lhat your teacher taught you travelling 1 1 I the office nothing but the joy of singing or walking around Of course charities are all worthwhile Hut a red suit chuckling Ho ho ho at everyone Its not large sums of hit then youre already helping are considered here Its the priceless Hut if youre not the easiest thing to do smile a kind word a few moments of time not would be to buy a small gift wrap it write on a just at Christmas but ill year through whelherlhegiflisforn gentleman or a lady Dont despair though because there ate if the gift is clothing you should also include the good people who are giving of their time And size Then take the little package to a nursing with something of the spirit of Christmas Pleasant they give their smiles their are Newmarket and give it to someone there and their love Theres still time Youll think of Hint person on mayor Who on could be lonely at Christmas Christmas day not knowing who he is but objections because of More people hair you or I would care to Hunk of knowing that you imade pair of eyes sparkle for The old folks who are left In nursing homes just a while iuirdiVLaniingXViu children who are too sick to be let out of the Its sad Virginia llmt there are some people w costing the hospital for Christmas who live in in the world lhal Santa Claus has forgotten But taxpayers of Aurora mental health homos for spec i a iar are among lucky for Ihem here are volunteers and jusl iiy delaying it the many lonely people- And groups the plain folk like you and me who carry the old saint Klnettes and their families the Newmarket in heir hearts all year round and for some id Citizens Band the In in formed lunch people Christmas wont so lonely after all ncrcnsotl Harris reiterates opposition to civic complex concerned the chance realize Hint lo building in lliis floor Buck willing lis inilt I Hit to tie ilu- Lake I straddling flooded it A local resident a lake i linllm by Hie ei Mr Ford replied Ye lid- GUEST COLUMN I Mi My mothers Christmas tree By DON MOLE When my mother and father idchrated the chesterfield had hastily removed and Friends in BC always sent holly Thanks Christmas together for first lime they where only a it could through the and mistletoe latter being cunningly Mm started a tradition was way simple really window Ihe end was always stuck into an old suspended over doorways and from light fix- r J but significant and lasted through the us jam tin which later was filled with water and lures And from the hotair registers rose t long after my fathers 1 death I year brown sugar he i est of linx wan filled with aroma from a section of trunk we had to remove they would buy a tree and tin y bought milk bottles and cans full of water In the process T one new decoration or set of lights for that tree The branches cut off were not thrown away There were many Christmas trees in good wm The tree itself had to scrape the living room They were perched on Hie mantle over the years and bad There was the Christmas when ceiling and be well la also had he electric reasonably priced Even in later mother felt it was extravagant to pay Theatre Aurora thanks Era for publicity lied with string and attached we first had lights There v i dollar for a Christmas the price would down if you Willed lung i ill ii- in our screened veranda Ii verandas in those days There it would remain until the day doors etc Then it was time to decorate and Christmas after my brother Charlie died at the Refiner to each had a section lit ourselves My oldest age of nineteen There were anxious Christ- wvvi brother Jack had the top of the tree My other when my brother Jack v The Bygone Era From The Eras File quiet and the probabilities will be returned by East it seems likely there will be a contest for next years council The present Reeve James is likely to be opposed by Messrs Richard arid J S Stokes For council Messrs Jorui HO Walker and Aaron feet inches long There are At the close of the term at School the Mr made recipient a chair Christmas market So far as drawing a crowd to the town was concerned the Prize Market last Tuesday was a great tilt the quantity iuiw a before Christm We three Iwyseaeh had a and decorating the tree Kirs dragged into our front hall dm tree stand was a butterbox paint Near the top of the box four With a sicable hole in middle spanned width of the cubical bos Through hole in the twobyfour the tree trunk had to be pushed and prodded This j paring should arrive just before Christmas despised silver paper icicles that fortunately she reckoned without the capacity of lein pat from die store We made ours service to foul up things One year all my irom carefully saved chocolate bar wrappers brothers mail was forwarded in putting up There were colored balls There were when we and fancy shaped ornaments that were sole entertained airmen from Car berry and Tuxedo survivors from previous We wove two air stations involved in Commonwealth tinsel ropes among llie branches even after they Air Training Plan had lost most of shiny stuff We tossed on My mother dfed just a month before ribbons and anything else we could find until we Christmas Thai year her Christmas plants had a quite unique and respectable tree hut the bloomed as never before And somehow I know job was never finished until my mother mounted where ever there is a Christmas Tree and wooden kitchen chair and affixed on the top the good will her spirit is not very far away new French program Another South i and has been ting el Sharon the Imperial Army hi The fight against inflation could result in cutback Christmas By ROY GREEN case youve forgotten Christ ma thinking of a few examples where cutbacks and guidelines are going to real problem- Cant you just see- Ik inflation Hind receiving a letter like this Dear Inflation Ho Foe years Ive been down on Christmas always feeling il was a waste of time and good money Iron a small firm and have an employee who every year asks for and reluctantly receives Christmas iii off Willi pas Recently I had a very bad ami I decidedto be more open about However with the guidelines and all Im not if the day off and a substantial raise would a breach of the new rules I dread thought of yet another bad trip and I wan make it a very happy for and his family Pleased advise at your earliest opportunity Scrooge Scrooge and Co The reply he receives might go something like this Dear Mr Scrooge Your letter concerning one Holier has been processed by a Computer which coughed up this answer DAY IS STATUTORY HOLIDAY MUST PROVIDE NOT EXTRA BENEFIT RAISE CON SIDERED SHOULD NOT EXCEED TEN PER CENT- INCLUDE ANY OTHER I ITS CAR ALLOWANCE COMPANY CAM ETC IN TEN CENT RE HAD TRIP TURN LETTER OVER TO NARCOTICS OR R CMP OR ARREST FOLLOWS END RUN You can see Ihe type of problems thai could arise Im sure no one down at All has thought of all of implications Would he Three Wise Men be able to take those gifts off their taxes In fact many of the old Christmas stories just couldnt happen in this year 175 Can you picture York Region Health Unit allowing And no one would see that star that rose In the east if pollution count was as high it has been lately There Is a Christmas Carol that begins It came upon a midnight clear No one today has m miiloihts clear Isnt it a nine hard lo believe that a king nam Bias or any other king for that nuttier would man on a cold win ters night to feed and tied a poor man who was gathering fuel Old take the ihnncefor ear the poor man would the jew els pawn Ihem Hither Page and stand by me Whos the out ttio front gate Tell him to clear off Mow call Crawfords raiders to lack him up or night of updated carols which have more meaning in 1975 God rest ye Merry Gentlemen let nothing you dismay For the guys on that spotcheck are looking other way Or how about something like this We three kinds of orient far Made our bucks from exporting cars Im sure everyone remembers the famous story about the little girl Virginia who questioned the existence of Santa Today The Carols wo to each year have In some cases taken on now meanings How about that Hue from Deck The Hall Don wo our GAY apparel Don you whatever you want George Im not gonna wear drew Fa or someone like that will no doubt chum out a pile you a very Merry sent out that same letter to someone like Information Canada she might receive the fallowing reply RETURN TO SENDER INFOCAN NO LONGER IN BUSINESS Well it not be the best Christmas ever but it s the haw this ear To all of