B8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 19, 1994

Couple mark 60th anniversary

AN OPEN HOUSE is being
planned for a 60th wedding an-
niversary for Mr. and Mts. John
Bahr, of Robin Rd., in Remo.

The family is sending out an
open invitation to ail old time
friends, family and new ac-
quaintances ta drop by for coffee
or lea ta help celebrate the very
special oceasion of the Babs’
60th year of marriage.

The open house will be held
Saturday, Jan. 22 at the Bahrs’
home because Mrs. Bahr is now
disabled.

Family members are welcome |

from noon to 2 p.m. From 2 p.m.
to 4 p.m. is set aside for friends
from the Zion Baptist Church,
and 4 to 6 p.m. is open to one and

all.
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WHAT DO you know about
Boxing Day and why Is it called
Boxing Day?

Dec. 26, the day following
Christmas, is known as Boxing
Day, an official holiday in many
countries,

All the provinces of Canada,
except Quebec, celebrate Boxing
Day.

The day seems to have no sig-
nificance of its own and exists
only !o help recover from the ex-
citement and indulgence of
Christmas Day,

Like many national holidays in
Tecent years, Boxing Day is in-
creasingly spent as a day for
shepping.

In some references, Boxing Day
is'described to be associated with
the Christmas season in Australia,
Great Britain, New Zealand and
some Canadian provinces.

In some definitions, it is said
that the public ovservatce of
Boxing Day takes place on the
following Tuesday if Dec. 26
falls onaSunday.

And it may have begun with
Britain and certain other Com-
monwealth countries.

Tt is said to have been the
original day in which ali Christ-
mas presents were given in En-
gland and Scotland. The name
may also have derived from the
boxed Christmas presents which
were given by houscholders to
their servants and to the providers
of'such services as postal delivery
and trash. collection, thanking
them for their work.

Nowadays, people throw out
their Christmas boxes, but at one
point the original meaning may
have come from the smal! boxes

New exec
for Legion
auxilliary

Contributed

This past year has been a very
busy catering year for the Royal
Canadian. Legion Branch 13
Ladies Auxilllary, with many
weddings and different parties.

It has kept us on our toes all
year. If you are interested in Join-

ing the L.A., please contact the §

Legion for further information.
The December meeting is also

election night, and the following

members will be the 1994 auxil-

liary executive:

President: Claire Irwin

Ist Vice President; Jessie Gawe

2nd Vice President: Evelyn Bax-

ter

Secretary: Marg Cromarty

Treasurer: Jean Dixon

Executive committee: Lita Dun-

ham, Cathy Downie, Flo Schul-

melster.

Sgt. at Arms: Marie Koclomy

At the meeting, the ladies auxil-
liary also made donations to the
following worthwhile charities:

‘ Terraceview Lodge — $100

* Child Development! Centre —
$100

- Osbourne House — $100

- Foodbank — will receive $200
in January, $200 in February,
$200 in March.

‘Vets Christmas Comfort Fund
at Pacific Command will receive
$500,

The Salvation Army attended
our Christmas meeting and a
donation of $300 was given, plus
items for the food hamper and all
the fadies brought a gift for a
needy person in the Terrace arca.
This is an annual event for us.

If anyone needs any informa-
tion regarding the Ladies Auxil-
liary, please telephone the Branch
at 635-5825 and you will be
driccled lo ihe member who will
be able to help you.

The Ladies Auxilliary are also
hosting the New Year’s Party in
the branch and tickets are avail-
able from the bar at $20 pet per-
son. It includes supper, music and
party favours. ; .

- HERE ‘N THERE |
YVONNE MOEN

which were passed for donations
on this day.

_And on Boxing Day, you will
find that television is full ov
boxing matches fought on this
day.

This may be carried on from the
British Commonwealth history of
the miners in the late 16th
century, who chose to avoid the
teligious holidays at Christmas,
and rather indulged in recreation
and gambling fun by fist-fighting
‘boxing’ on this day to release
the stress which may have built
from the long hours working in
the early mines.

Either or, Boxing Day does ex-

THE BAHRS of Rema are celebrating thelr

ng an-

niversary at their home on Jan. 22.

isl, although the reason is some-
what unclear. If anyone has any
information to add, phone me at
638-0423 or write me c/o The
Standard.
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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
weit out io several residents of
the Willows Apartments in De-
cember: Beatrice Peters (Dec. 9),
Rose Bruce (Dec. 10 — 90
years), Mabel Hobenshicld (Dec.
14. — 94 years), Ennice

Nordstrom (Dec. 17), Anita

Losier (Dec, 24), Tilly Thompson
(Dec, 27), Helen Windsor Wec,
30).

Happy birthday in January to
Mel on Jam. 10.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY at Ter-
raceview Lodge to Lori Hughes
(Dec. 14), Ernie Johnson (Dec,
19), Harvey Doll (Dec. 21 — 97
years), Mary Mathieson (Dec.
23), Sally Dubois (Dec. 25), Bud
Taft (Dec. 26), and Lloyd Mor-
ven (Dec, 27).

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