” Wadnendas, Beceinber 24, 1958 THE TRISUNE, WILLIAMS LAEH, B.6, [Rae eee apamnmmme Peace to Lou... and the sincerest of Christmas Greetings © — given in cordial appreciation of the only assets that money cannot buy — your good will. from. . the management and staff of Cariboo Truck & Equipment Ltd. a WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. y 3 a The Cracker Barrel Forum By A. J. Drinkell With Christmas approaching the boys have been busy recounting their childhood days over again. Bach one seems ‘to have some circumstance firmly fixed in his mind. One recalled how the various ‘rural churches or- ganized groups of carol singers who went around the countryside each evening preceding Christmas. Not even the most remote farm house was neglected and the donations were pooled to provide food, cloth- ing and other winter needs for needy families. z Incidentally we read that an Eng- lish clergyman is complaining that carol singing has become a racket-— all noise and money, says he. It appears groups of children are going around squawking out tunes and col- lecting-on their own hook. Naturally the vicar would frown on such be- haviour but possibly he is taking a jaundiced view of the antics of a few precocious children. They have exist- ed in every generation.. There is one thing all the boys appear to miss since coming to Can- ada and that is the ohiming of chureh bells. As a boy I, like many others, re- sided in a country village having a beautiful church with a peal of eight bells. Within a radius of three miles were three other churches each with a similar carillon. On Sundays they took turn about playing a hymn he- fore Evensong. For a week before Christmas they united in playing carols for about one hour each eve- ning. It was always a source of won- derment to we children how they managed to chime in unison. I al- ways thought a signal was given by Big Boomer in our own church. I still think so as they had no tele- phones or other electrical devices. We children knew each bell in all the neighboring churches by its tone. We knew each one by name, also the man ringing it. They had pet names for their bells. On Christmas Eve they would ring up the bells and all peal together. It really was a joyous sound. The process of ringing. them up took about one hour and was hard work for the bell ringers. Instead of hanging with the clappers down they were gradually up-ended and rung with the clappers upward. They have a sharper, more staccato tone when pealing. Something like ple: ing on the bass keys of a piano and then moving up to the second treble octave. Also, they are rung more quickly when —pealing. Children everywhere would listen to the ring-| ' ing up process and broadcast a run- ning commentary on the progress being made. Bill’s got Little Tim up or Joe’s got Old Boomer on end and when the last hell was in position a they would scamper into the house to| he great >i announce “they're ~all up.” That would be the signal for our elders to open the doors and windows or has-| ,; ten outside to listen to -the merzy] 5 peals filling the air. It was an event| i no one ever tired of. Those bells just seemed to peal forth that reasuring message first given to man by the angel “Glad tidings of great joy T bring To you and all mankind.’ Anyone having spent a Christmas Eve amongst the church bells will have no difficulty understanding the feelings of the poet who wrote the chorus Records Show Yeb, Caslowes Whre OH Sn Fourth Contury The exact age of the eee estival is not known. Records show, jowever, that the holiday was poken of in the fourth century as custom of long standing. Christmas began as Christ's Mass, x the Mass of Christ, sometime uring the fourth century. It took hat long after the blessed night for importance of Christ's irth to be realized by the people. Jntil this time it had been the cus- om of the church to celebrate the nniversaries of deaths, rather than irths. Christ’s birthday was the rst to be made an occasion for ‘easting. The date for the celebration of the Christ Mass was selected by the church. So many years had elapsed that the actual date of His birth could only be a matter of conjec- ture. The festival and spirit of Christ- mas spread through the Christian worlds. » they do today, attempted to adapt themselves to the Christmas season. Pagan customs, even as For many years after the origin “Sweet Bells, sweet bells, Sweet chiming Christmas bells. They cheer us on our heavenly way Sweet chiming Christmas bells.” of Christ's Mass the church frowned upon the practice of exchanging gifts during the festival season. Later, however,’the practice was condoned, in remembrance of the spirit of the Three Kings of the Orient who had followed a shining star to the crib of the new-born Nurses Enjoy Xmas Party at Hospital Christ, sense of humility railroads bringing presents’ with a The per diem system under which compensate one another Bighteen nurses and former ‘nurs- for use of freight cars reached its es, members of the local chapter of the Registered Nurses Association 50. th birthday on July ist, 4952. Bridge Lake News THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY to the Bridge Lake branch of the Cana- dian Legion held its annual meet- ing December 2, at the home of Mrs. M. Thomason. The following officers were elected for 1953. President, Mrs. F. Hodges; vice- president, Mrs. M. Reed; secretary- treasurer, Mrs. J. MacLean; conven-~ er of sick committee, Mrs. M. Thom- ason; convener of social committee, Mrs. M. Deane-Freeman. WM. DANIELS was a guest at. the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Boultbee on the night of December 6. Mr. Daniels and Mr. Boultbee had an important meeting at Bridge Lake earlier in the day. Others noted at the meeting, which was of a private mature were J. F. Hansen and J. R. Ross. F, B. Bass Ltd. attended a nurses’ party in the hos- pital lounge. Program conveners for the party were Miss Ella Holly and Miss Yvonne Parliament. Decorating com- mittee consisted of Mrs. S. Posnokoit and Miss Thelma Baffum.” SERPENTINE SWIMMING RACE HELD CHRISTMAS DAY The S9th annual 100 yards race} for the Peter Pan Swimming Cup will be held on the morning of Christ: mas Day in the Serpentine lake in| London's Hyde Park. Should the lake | be frozen, the ice will be broken toy enable the swimmers to take part. The hardy competitors are all mem- bers of the Serpentine Swimming from Williams Lake Taxi Ltd. 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