Page 10 = THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, December 24, 1953 while in Kelowna with her daughter- in-law and the four children, GILBERT FORBES received word that his brother-in-law, Wm. W. Boya passed away in Kamloops, following School Concert 4 Well Received a stroke suffered about ten days ago. PERCY OGDEN has returned from The school concert and Community | vancouver recovered from his recent LAC LA HACHE SS es, Christmas Tree drew a large crowd illness, on the 17th. The Nativity Scene was MR. and MRS. GORDIE very well presented with added inter- and son Ru here from Van- est in a procession of choir boys car-| couver to spend the holida Tying lighted candles and singing] ; 4» “O Holy Night.” The backdrop of the R. and MRS. JONNNY ZERIL hovering angel host painted by the With Gregory and Elaine have left students, gave the stage setting the] so, Minneapolis to spend the holiday Christmas atmosphere. season with some of Johnny's The play “Wilbur saw it First,”'! tives, was a comedy which went over well with the audience, with the players doing exceptionally well. These were Ronnie Wise, Carol Waters, Leonard Dunsire, Carol Ann Ross, Bonnie Dunsire; and Car] Thomas. Credit is due the teaching stait,| Miss Wilson, Miss-Greenslade and[ - : ‘ ul Mr. MacRae, for the fine concert,| S°il there would be little incentive The PTA helped decorate the hali| fom a dollar and cents standpoint and the large tree, while members of | © 8mble on the disease pest damage the Community Club supplied the| #24 the other vagaries of climate, or eerrcantuenia: the uncertain price for his product Walter Lindgren doubled tor st,| that is the lot of the Canadian farm- Nicholas (the over-worked little| T That more attractive living and man can’t be everywhere at the same| Petter cash wages are causing a moment at this time of the year), Steady drift of farm people to urban Here there were §0 school children | C°Mtes is shown by the fact that in and 120 pre-school children who re-| ‘R€ Past five years the number of ceived gifts from lis hands. Canadian farm workers has reduced from 1,664,000 to less than one mil- lion. Causes for this are to be found SOME of the more adventurous] in recent financial reports showing residents tried skating for ehar on|tnat in order to do business Cana- Thursday. The ice was not too safe | gian farmers today owe bank debts and not very large areas of fresh ice | over five times greater than they did free of snow, and there were no fish| in 1929, yet only % of the farmers waiting to be speared. who presented income tax returns WOLVES and COUGAR have been| last year were found by the Depart- coming down from the hills as eyi-| Ment of National Revenue to he tax- denced by -the tracks near settle-| able. Of those taxable one fifth earn- ed file Ranch. rela- Low Income Causes Drift From Farm Without an inherent love of the an annual income of less than $3,000. ments, FRIENDS of Mrs. Kate Robertson were shocked to hear of the tragic accident in Kelowna in which her elder son, Jack, was Killed. Mrs. “Robertson is Planning on staying a Trouble with wh you take a drink and it makes a new man of you... then the new man has to have a drink. To everyone at Christmas time comes the joy of giving and receiving. It is our Pleasure now to offer our sincerest wishes for a very cheerful Holiday to all our friends Neufeld Bros. and Staff \ Make merry, be happy, 2 have fun for this is Holiday time! A— There’s joy in the air, warmth in our hearts— and a very Merry Christmas on our lips. Lakeview Hotel and Staff | 'y Lorna Boone 5 yey WISHED his worn shoes wouldn’t make so much noise on the cobblestoned alley. In the dark- ness, he saw the discarded Christ. mas tree standing tall beside a trash barrel and even the rank odors of the alley couldn't drown out~the faint fragrance of pine needles Nevvy shivered, taking his hands from the dubious protection of his pockets to pull his one mitten on. The tree, his tree! (Just as he hefted it, he heard a shout.) Sorneone was coming down the path that led from the big house to the alley. For an eleven-year-old Nevvy was fast. but the shout came again and then hard, “pounding steps. Then, abruptly, he stopped as a large hand grasped his shoulder. The grip on Nevvy’s thin shoulde Ughtened as a loud voice demanded “Where're you going with our tree?”" Nevvy twisted around to face a husky boy in a letterman’s sweater “You threw it out.” “Does that mean you can tal You alley kids start in young. “It wasn’t stealing,” angrily, Nev. vy heard his voice shake. ‘Tomor. row the trash man would have got ite e it? The light from a neon sign spot lighted them. “You are young," the y_said, letting him go. hirteen,” Nevvy spoke quickly. “Don't lie," the older boy count ered sharply. “Look, this is my tree . ia “All right, so Pm eleven and 1 ‘now it's your tree.”” “But today’s the var; id, third of Jan the boy s in a friendlie) voice. “What do you want an ole dead tree for anyway?” Nevvy~ wanted to say “You couldn’t understand,” but then hi looked at the tree, still green am fragrent even if the needles wer. shattering, and spoke carefully. “W haven't had Christmas at our hous yet and... and we need a tree,” “That's tough,” the boy saic “how come?” “Reasons.” “Tell ‘me why or I won't give yo: this tree.” BYEVVY let the tree go, watcha it rock back and forth on it: standard, and, thinking of hi: mother, hardened his voice. “Rea son we didn’t have a tree is wi couldn't afford it. No job for my dad, no dough. And the reason wi didn't have any Christmas ‘sooner was because of my mother. She wax n the hospital heving a baby. Ther Just as he helted it, he heard a shout. Someone was coming down the path. they let my mother come home, right before New Year's, ‘cause there wasn't anybody to keep care of the little kids 'cept me when my dad was job hunting.” “Tell me the rest," the boy said: “please.”” “Not much to tell, Only the hos- Pital kept the baby ’zause it’s pre: that.” The boy was quiet a long time. Then, “Your brothers ,and sisters still believe in Santa Claus?" “Oh, sure. I gave them a story about Santa Claus waiting until my mother got home to come to our house. They're beginning to wonder though. “Listen,” the boy's voice . was eager, “let me be Santa, will you? We have a suit I could wear with some pillows. How about it?” felt the boy's enthusiasm " he answered, off-handedly. “If you want to." Inside he was thinking how thrilled the kids would be “That'll be keen,” the boy said, “Are you sure you don’t mind?" Nevvy he said sincerely, “they'll love it, T'll give you the address and you some down in an hour—]’]) leave the toys outdoors for your pac Oh, and I'll have the window —the front one—open for you. It'l) take me awhile to get the tree up.” ‘Swell,"" the boy sounded excited, “Merry Christmas,” Nevvy called after him and picked their Christ. mas tree up, not caring how much noise his shoes made as he ran down the alley. Read the Classifieds for valyes, Gravel Pit is Grave For Pre-Historic Animal Tova ountiende aa neighbors, we extend our heartiest good wishes for a merry Holiday Season and a bountiful year to come, Centra) Press Canasien What is thought to be the tusk of a giant mastodon was dis- covered at the bottom of a 30- foot gravel pit in Aldershot, eigat miles east of Hamilton, Ont., by James Syvert. The 24: year-cid shovel operator for a conerete block company found the obiect while digging. [t was brown in color, weighed about 70 pcunds, and measured nearly three feet. Dr. Herbert Arm- strong. of McMaster university, Hamilton, said the fossil, seen above. exhibited by Milvi Aatli, é may well date back 15,000 years to the time of the ice age. It is believed the animal came to that area during the ice age to escape the euld, or an enemy, and prob- ablyywas trapped in quicksand. Presence of 30 feet of gravel on top cf it indicated the animal was cvertaken by the huge gla- cier ef ice which once completely covered the district about 15,000 years ago. = No words express more sincerely at this time of year all that is in our hearts for our many friends than the good old fashioned & “Merry, Merry Christmas’? KROMHOFF TURKEY POULTS FOR ‘54 Western Canada's Largest poult re Producers - WRITE TODAY for 4 catalogue and prices. Kromhoff Turkey Farms Ltd., RR No. 5 New Westminster, B.C. Mac’s Cigar Store HRS ania aig MO TINKLING BELLS, holly wreaths, winter scenes with evergreens; logs on hearth, candles bright, little faces beam delight... these, to us, are all warm ends that a very special time is here...so a very special wish is due... May this Holiday Season bring you abounding stores of good cheer, peace and happiness. From Management and Staff Cariboo Cold Storage Ltd.