. group of Indian ladies filed onto the Thursday, December 24, 1983 "HE TRISUNE, WILLIAMS LAER, lols Page 18 2a CREEK School Crowded For Annual Concert The annual School Concert and Christmas Tree was held Thursday eyening. The school, tastefully dec- orated for the occasion, was barely big enough to accommodate the Jargé audience which turned out to help the children enjoy themselves. A very varied program was presented by the pupils. Hilary Place played the accompaniments on his piano accor- dion. A well executed square dance, with Mrs. Hilary Place calling. the figures, was well received. A Tableau, depicting the birth of Jesus, was par- ticularly well done. The costumes were really outstanding both for or- ipinality of design and workmanship. Toward the end of the tableau a rear of the stage to lend added color to the scene and participate in sing- ing Adeste Fideles. Bach verse was first sung in English by the pupils and then rendered in Latin by the Indian artists. It was a most. credit- able performatice and one reflecting great credit upon their teacher, Mrs. Armes. Santa Claus paid bis cus- temary visit and proved lavish in- deed with his presents, No child in the community was overlooked and his joviality even embraced some of the matrons present — literally I mean. The serving of refeshments, gen- erously supplied by the ladies, brought to a close a truly enjoyable evening. MISS BARBARA SPENCER has eft for Vancouver to spend the holi- day season with her parents. En- route she will visit her Greenacres Ranch at Pritchard. GEOFFREY PLACE came in Sat- urday with a bus load of happy chil- dren from St. Joseph’s Mission. They will spend the holidayswith their parents. MISS DOROTHY ARMES errived trom Vancouver to spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Armes. : THE Hilary Places were visitors to town Tuesday to enable Master Adrian to receive further dental treatment. ~ FOUR INCHES of new sno rived Sunday ‘to €nsure us a white Christmas after all, Guess we will quit predicting weather. SUNDAY was the evening chosen | to hold the Christmas Tree Party for the children of the Airport commun- ity. Here again a most abitious pro- gram was arranged for the young-; sters to present which they did with great skill, The highlight of the pro-, gram proved to be a play, during the course of which each young member | of the cast sowed flower seeds in al tiny garden while reciting appropri- ate verses. Continuing the theme they tended their gardens until fin-| ally each ¢hild was able to present its mother with a lovely bouquet of thé kind of flowers it had grown, It was a very charming presentation carried out superbly. Credit tor the excellent performance of the young artists goes to Mrs. Bersea and Mrs. Fooks. Presents for ail and suitable refreshments rounded out a truly en- joyable evening. MR. HILL and Frank Dunlop of the airport staff paid a brief visit to the settlement on Saturday. Burial Place of Santa Said To Be in Italy ANTA CLAUS, otherwise. St. Nicholas, otherwise the one-time bishop of Myra in Asia Minor, is buried in Bari, Italy. His body was stolen from its original tomb in Myra and swiftly borne to Bari by Italian sailors, who thought back in 1087 that a saint’s body brought prosperity and good luck to your St. Nicholas, who was tortureo and imprisoned for his faith during the reign of Emperor Diocletian found no rest in his first tomb a’ Myra. Always some expedition wa: attempting to remove his remains However, once buried again i Bari, the saint's body was credite: Bari became a place of pilgrimage and the legends about St. Nichola: multiplied apace. We owe our notion of Santa Clav: as a secret dispenser of gifts to z story that St. Nicholas once save: three girls from a life of prostitu tion by throwing purses of gok through a window in Patara, thu: permitting a poverty stricken noble man to give his daughters suitabli dowries as custom demanded. In addition, St. Nicholas was credited with restoring life to some boys who had been slain and dis- membered by a wicked innkeeper of Myra—hence the occasional stained glass windows in which the saint is shown beside three lads in a tub There were many other stories about St. Nicholas, who became San Nic olaas in the dialect of the New 253 E3i York-Dutch, Tingley Heads Poll In Quesnel Voting Quesne) — Ceal Tingley and C. G. Harcourt were named village com- missioners for two-year terms when ratepayers of the municipality turned out in record number for the civic election. Tingley topped the poll with a thumping 257 votes out of the 500 which were cast. Mr. Harcourt was elected on a vote of 286 with Com- missioner W. H. Faweett, standing for re-election, polling 250. 1B. G. Hickling, fourth candidate in the -eeittest, trailed far behind with 50. The voters list this year carried a total lof 760 eligible voters and of this number it is estimated that close to 100 are not residing in the district. The 500 votes cast represented -65.8 percent of the entire list, and was one of the highest percentage votes in the province. Read the Classifieds for values. iain Students Perform In Nativity Play Nativity Scene was presented last] angel. Wednesday, December 16th, at the High School. lovely singing of the Dormitory Choir under the direction of Mrs. L.| 224 @ solo by Kay Halleran. accom- Boyce with a short @ramatization punist at the piano was Mis. G.-Mc- carried out under the direction of Kinnell. Mrs. D. Stevenson, Etfectiye lights ing, make-up and costuming helped to complete the beautiful scene. Characterizations were enacted by Gloria Hillyer as Mary, Rex Moon as A delightful performance of the} Joseph, and Florence Wayne as the As well as the group singing by the choir, a duet was sung by Mar- i h th ae Disonaien combined “Ae lene Hillines and Lucille Bésiverth, Calvary Tabernacie Sunday School 10:00 Morning Worship 11:00 “How To Prosper in 1954” “WISHING ALL A BLESSED CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW Evangelistic 7:3 e 2 YEAR.” “Taking Stock” a: PASTOR: REV. C. FAWCETT 5, Fred Cardwell B.A. Oil Company Management and Staff THE MAPLE LEAF HOTEL ‘iat aieba aoa is to sian eat Bread dials . . ° — 7 eo. A, each succeeding year becomes richer and happier in old relationships, we derive more and more pleasure BA Sie a ee in extending Holiday Greetings to our many friends and associations. To everyone we wish we . a joyous and bountiful Christmas, a healthy and prosperous New Year.