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First Avenue There have been many difficulties in busiâ€" ness during the past year, but these have ; ,been more or less offset by the kindness and ,co-operatmn of our customers, for which we - _extend ‘very sincere thanks.. To orie and all we very smcerely wishâ€"A Mer"v Chnsfimas *‘and a Happy New Year. - FELDMAN TIMBER CO., LTD. At this happy season of the year * â€"we thank our customers and friends for kindness and consideration durâ€" ‘ing the past years, and to one and all we extend best wishes for a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. * ® 4 June huq.m-w.-.ua.m NE on is W tm wes » NA Schumacher Often rankedâ€" as the most universally popular of Christmas hymns. "Adeste Fideles," ("O Come, All Ye Faithful") is said by "The Oxford Companion to Music‘"‘ to date only from the sevenâ€" teenth or eighteenth . century. It seems to be of French or Gerâ€" man origin, probably French. The popular English translation is â€"by Oakley,.of Margaret Street.Chapel, London, . England (1841) but in an altered version as it appeared in Musâ€" rays Hymnal (1852) iB‘ Gold drcity, before there was any Timmins. ' there were only a very few pedple left at Golden: Oit.y Despite the fewness of theisr numbers they had a merry Christmas just the same. ‘The cooks remaining in the camp‘put up an elegant Christmas dinner for all, and everybody had a good time. There was a Christmas tree and a concert, anl there was carolâ€"singing, and Christmas was as liappy as it was possible to be in a‘new land and far from the old homes. Itmmfiyumwremmwmemterpanotthe people ed. to go south for Christmas. It is true that as time went on, all those going south did npt go as far as Toronto, or even North Day )ny ot them ‘at Matheson, New Liskeard, Halley bugy or Qobnlt, these being older places where families nad been firmly established. The trek to the south each Ohristmas in early days, however, was a notable affair. Some ‘In later years as T:mmins, Schumacher and South Porcupine grew to be goodâ€"sized,towns, ngore and more people established homes here and these homes meant that more and more people celebrated Christmas in the Porchpine. At the same time it seemed that the greater part of the people of the cam went to the south for Christmas. In some cases it seemed hs if. families picked up and went south for Christmas at the old home in Old Ontario. In the years between 1916 and 10928, the perâ€" sonal column in The Advance would have as many as forty to a hundred people from here reported as going soutq for the, Christâ€" mas festival. This, of course, was in addition to the school teaâ€" chers who nearly all in those days went south for the holidays. Of course, also, there would be some that would be missed by The Advance, so the number going south for Christmas would run into the they would be reported in large numbers each week. _ L. . s CULUCILL WUECR. _ * ~ \ * ~As Timmins, Schumacher and South Porcupine became more firmly established, this tendency to go south for the Christmas tine became less and less pronounced. Each year saw more and more people really making their homes here, and where there are homes, Christmas is sure.to be well celebrated. As the years passed, it seemed that fewer and fewer people appeared to come here just "to make a stake‘‘ and then move out. \ «o _ s Jn m,. pM cofterdithsal ‘“â€"v Eit ‘In recent years it has been evident that some people go south for Christmas all right, but then this is true of any large comâ€" munity where people Have gathered. from distant places. â€" The number remaining in Timmins for Christmas has grown with leaps and bounds. Toâ€"day it is known that more people come to the North for Christmas than leave the North to spend Christmas in the South,. This is dg(;:/-no doubt, to the number of youhg people, men and women, leéaving here for the Armed Fortes, for work in~munition factories and for other war activities. . Naturâ€" ally, these young people wish to "come home for Christmas." They are literally hunareds of them home to this camp this week and more expected before Chnristmas Day arrives. Pn m Those who used toâ€"remark on the number leaving here every Christmas to spend Christmas in the South should note the new tendency, expressed in the true phrase;â€" "There are more now coming North to spend Chnstmas than are going South ‘for the holiday." F ‘The music seems to be of English origin.. It has been ascribed to John Reading, who died in 1692, or to some later musmian of the same name. t § e ‘vâ€" Christmas! _ The‘magital, musical ring of it â€" ~ â€"~No finer word in the world can be found! Moulded and made for us mortals to sing of it; Full of the “tingle" that makes pulses pound! : Christmas! | The lilt and tl;e rhythm and the thrill of it â€" _ Dear :oving words that were made to impart Happiness, friends â€" may you al} have your fill of it â€" 'Feeling t.hg throb of it deep in your heart. ~ Cnristmas! It.’s oommg to wipe away care again â€" Blotting out memories tragic and drear; es ' Bringmg rich treasures for mankind to share again e / our hearts with the magic of cheer. * CIuistmas! To some it means courage to start agaln ; Help for the helpless and strength for the strong! _ Giving the hopeless a chance to take heart again â€" > God‘s loving gift to humanity‘s throng. Sm 1t seems oniy a few years ago that the g Christmas! > We all love the sound and the sing of it; O come, all ye fa1thful Joyful and tmumphant O come ye, O come ye to Bet.hlehem. Come and behold Him, Born the King of Angels; O .come, let us adore Him, O come, let usâ€"adore Him, O comeâ€"let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. God of God, . Light of Light, Lo, He abhors not the Virgin s womb, Very God, Begotten not created O come, let us adore Him, O .come, let us adore Him O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord choir of angels," Sing in exultation ; Sing all ye citizens Oof. heaven above, Glory to God T , In the highest x O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, Born this happy morning; Jesus, to Thee be glory given;. Word of the Father, Now in fliesh appearing,; / O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him, Christ t;he Lord _ A Merry Christmas Adeste Fideles (By James Hungerford) ow en ie se .o Ww sBR :B § es * Câ€"Iâ€"L Building _ Canadian Industries Limited Merry Chnstmas and Happy and a HAPPY NEW YEAR A wish that‘s oldâ€" A wish that‘s boldâ€" A wish that‘s newâ€" A wish that‘s trueâ€" Timmins