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“THE OMINECA HERALD, NEW HAZELTON, B.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16,'1936 -

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~ New Year's

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New Hazelton Hall, |

Eve Dance

Under the Auspices New Hazelton Members of
| ‘the W. A. to the H. H. ce

KISPIOX ORCHESTRA

ADMISSION 50C

Local People
To Ketchikan
Army- Session

Commissioner. and Mrs. John Me-
Millan, Salvation Army ‘Territorial

days visit to Prince Rupert where they
were accorded a very hearty welcome.
The city commissioner presided at the
ouening service and members of the
clergy and influential business men-
occupied the platform and- spoke af
their appreciation of the Army’s work.
Commissioner McMillan was guest
speaker at the Rotary. Club and Mrs,
MeMiilan addressed a Indles gathering
Moin the Buptist church,
-J About thirty delegates from B. C.
conbarked on the Princess Norah,. Nov.
@, 29 enroute for a Salvation Army con-
gress at Ketehikan, Alaska’ “Upon: ar:
vival, there they . were. met by mayor
Tibat and members ‘of the Chamber
of Commerce. Services were held ev-
ery evening In the Eagles’ Hall, At
the e¢ivie reception Mayor Talbot was
ably supported -by . Senator Walker,
embers of the Chamber of Commerce
and others who expressed weris of wel
came té Commissioner and Mrs, MeMil-
lan nnd paid tribute to the Salvation
Army. ¢
Besides tieeting in conference with

the delegates af a number of sessions,
Commissioner McMillan. nddressed the
Rotary Club and-Chamhber of. Com-
merce, Banquets in honer of visiting
delegtites were given by St. Blizabeths
Episcopal. chureh, the Presbyterian
; church ind
Be: ‘Lengue. A musical festival in which) 9
: the native choir from Metlakatla, Als.
the Kake hand, local artists and visit-
ing delegates porticipated, brought the
cimeress ty a close, Commissioner and
Mrs. McMillan left the following morn-
tne for Vancouver and other points,

A number of Salvation. Army. officers
from this vicinity. made the trip north
7 and had a wonderful time. They saw
7 Xe. and “irs, Tomlinson, formerly of
Itnzelton and Glen Vowell and Kispiox

modernservice in all, its 180° rooms,
he ‘ee dining room and grent lounge.
‘autrally located, Personally . stper-

vend by the owner. i
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To my many. “friends: and acquaint:
ances I wish a Merry Christmas and a
‘Happy New Year. — Wn. Grant's
Agency, Notary ‘Public. oe

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In Hazelton ‘conmunity ntl’ of. Fri-
yiny night the. schools ‘of Hazelton ‘will

munity Christmas tree will be. held. :
se ed

ving to there being: 0 ‘mony: things
oy citing the next week the Christmas
tree nnd entertainment in’! connection | ;
h swith the United ; ‘Ohurch! In-New. Haz- |
elton will: not’ be: “held. until” Tuesday
evening, Devember : 20 instead
: air Leas amonnced ast vi

On Thursday.’ evening. Fullowing the
lenders for Canada, recently pald a 2

Kenney is Back «
“From Southern,
Trip to Mexico

. T. Kenney, ‘M.LA.. arrived home

recent session of the Legislature at
Victoria, he und Mrs, Kenney were

‘gnests of friends on a motor trip that
took them as far south ns México. Mr,

Salvation Army. Home

i 4 A L quiet, lovely” homey atniosphere - of
| nun Kuglish Inn, "yet up-to- -the- minute.

‘wiv e their annual concert and“the cora: |’

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, Kenney says that the roads in the Tni-
tel States are wonderful, From Van-
couver right through to Mexico the en-
tire trip was made over -paved roads,
und the white strip down the contre

Tia all the way,

Mr. Kenney found
things of interest. andyoiie'of these is
the presence of motor camps at inter-
'yalex of about a mile. These camps
TLTe: arranged. in semi-circular lny. out.
Offen:they hare accommodation “for 38
parties. Each camp. house isa unit
with a garage on the side. ‘The ear is
run inte the wzurage, the door locked
on the inside and the ‘house is entered
trom the garage, Hot and cold water
ix available, heat -for: the comfort of
the guests. and cooking facilities, if
they are required.

In Los Angeles the’ population is
ure 1,700,000 and for exch unit of
of 2.7 persons there is a car, “And”
Inde Mr. Kenney. “all the cars seem
ito be out all the time.”

According tu the traveller California
at least. seems to have taken the full
swing the other way from prohibition
anys. wo types of Heenses are issued
One is for heer and Hght wines and it
gives the. privilege of running 24 hours

day. ‘The. other Heense which per-
infty the sale of spirits carries a closed
Herlod of fray 2-a.m.. to 6 am, erch
day.

The yJRirty crossed over the new San
Francisvo. bridge. Tolls on this bridge
nve 50c. for cur and driver and 5¢ for
evel indditional passenger, A little
south of Frisco they passed over an-
other toll bridge where the charge was
$1.00, “So,” remarks Mr. Kenney, “B,
C. isn't the only place where — toll
bridges are in operntlon.” Car travel
he says is cheap on these; fine, paved
highways. ‘he entire, trip from Van-
couver to; Mexico and back, was made
ona pis bIL ot au few cents less than
furty dollars.

ete many.

S aseneaReeIn Ta

‘Rey. Di. Grant, ‘Hollingaworth, who

on. behaif..of the Presbyterlan Chureh
in‘ Canada, motored down to, Hazelton
on’ Monday’ from- Smithers: and: ‘called
on Cons, Audy “Grant, a former ‘mem-,,

| ber: of phi congregation - in Prince‘ Ry, pee

pert. :
Grant,
anny te a , .
‘Fred, Toth who suffered a broken leg
tinie- “NO, “while” “yworkIng on’ a
farm;' le:now- able. to. Jenve the ‘hospital
for a atroll: around gach. any. os

* nlgo called | on Mr. Wu
at . o .

‘branch of the Royal Canadian Naval

“ of Kelly-Donglas and the local branch

is making a survey of British Columbia | -

= pguntor grades: in ‘the New .

o] tag! staf; will Teave:Saturday-to spend ! 4

Prince Rupert

_‘The Garden City by the Sea

By Our Own. Correspondent

John Currie is about to commence

premises on the C.N.R. dock for the
aceommodation of the Prince Rupert

Volunteer Reserve. The plans
a auite. pretensious building.
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The home of the late T. Ross “MeKay
eecupied by his. widaw and daughter,
Mrs. ‘Tom Burclay; was gutted by fire
on Sunday evening. A defective chim-
ney started the blaze on the upper
floor, und between smoke, flames and
water. it will be necessary to practi-
eally rebulld. .

show

’ seer .

Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Stewart left the
first. of the week'to'make their future
home in’ -California, The ‘pioneer
wholesale firm of Stewart & Mobley:
had been sold to the Vancouver house

will he under the management. of Jack
Johns, for many yeurs an emplosree of |
the previous eatallishment.

. oo © :
George Broderius,; resident here
since 1909 died recently. He came

with the original rush and instead of
getting rich on real estate, held down
a job as longshoreman, until age and
failing health iecessitated a perman-
ent change.
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Teutative plans. ‘for the building of
an. addition to the “general hospital

monthly meeting, and after the bine
print. had heen examined,. definite ac-

meeting of the Association which is set
for ‘January: . It is hoped, if ‘possible,
to raise $100,000. . ‘The original hos-
pital, built twenty-five years ago, has
seen its day. There are spersistent
lenks in the roof. New accomodation
ix becoming a pressing necessity.

THE STAFF OF LIFE

“Brend which strengtheneth man’s
heart * * ** Psalm 104,

One of the anomalies in this Domin-
jon is the weight of a loaf of bread.
The weight not only varies in the pro-
yinves, but’ sometimes: even within: a
province, For example, in Prinee Ed-.
ward Island the average weight is.orxie

Columbin. there are loaves of sixteen.
eighteen’. ‘ind .twenty ounces. In cer-
tain “municipalities In Quebec the
weight of the leaf is‘one ond a half lb
| bat in others a bumper loat of six lbs.
is on sale.

This goes to show that ‘the weight of
a lont of bread in Cannda is not stan-
dardized.. In Nova Scotia; Quebeg; ‘in
Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta
the weight -is regulated under statute
by each province seperately, The ‘No-
va Scotian statute says “bread intended
for snle shall be made to the following
weights respectively, and no other, viz,,
four pounds, two pounds, one pound,
and elght ounces, and shail be marked
"in Roman ‘characters’. with

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l thereof.”

“The se howl: ‘childven. of. New Hazel-
ton will: holétheir annual concert and
the community Christmas tree next
Friday ev veulng, ‘the last day of school.
le me, ‘*. *

“Nliss ‘Altes -Dimeck, .teficher of the
Hazelton
school. Will leave. on ‘Saturday’ ‘for her
jhome : in. - Sunitheys: for ‘the Onristmas
Nacation., ° a

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Fe

. Miss: Peck “ot” ‘the ‘Hazelton ane

the remodelling and enlargement of the!

The Farm and Christmas

Revive the Old Toast This Year

enme hefore the board at ‘the last.

FON Gas“ TeeareeT “anil the anhualy:

and a half pounds, while in British

weight)"

. the. boa
least’ ‘three distinct communities ~

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Christmas and the Farm; the Farm
und Food,”

Christmas 1936 should see a revival
of this ancient Christmas toast. Those
were the days when the value of the
farm. was wniversally recognized, but
jn .the twhirl of modern life the farm,

ilization, is apt to be forgotten, The
word farm means food and was so
ealled beenuse in older times the ten-
ant was required to provide the Iand-
lord with food by way of rent. Today
this definition has been considerably

extended in that supplies the nation
with food,.and without food, without
the feeding of the multitude, it is not
tiven to human beings to be able open-
ly to express that spirit of universal
kindness.and peace and good will
evoked liy the teachings of the Master
in the celebration of the festival of
Christmas, ~

The, connection between agriculture °
and Christmds has heen intimate from .
the beginning. “It was to shepherds ;
watching their, flocks by night that
the words “Pear not: for, behold, I
bring you good tidings of great joy”
were addressed. It was in a lowly
stible uttrehed to a farm-khan that!
the Saviour of the World was born,
and a few days later it was on the:
hack of the most humble farm animal
the ass, that He was born to Esypt in
snfety.

. It wus ‘from, the agriewitural popu-
atton mally thie the elrty ‘Christians:
drew: their. adherents, and many years
‘yiter It was over - ‘the farms and or-
Chards in the vicinity of Rome that the
ently Christians. scoured the country
in search of holly branches to decor,
ate their churches and dwellings at
Christmastide.

Meanwhile, the farm, as ever, con-

the feast, and nat the snme time, as-
centuries rolled by and towns became !
swamped in their own activities, it
was the farm that kept ative the kind-—
ly, ancieut rites of the feast. Many
centuries later, Charles Dickens re-
stored ta the townsfolk ‘of England
something of the joy and beauty of the
spirit of Christmas which still flour-

Yven today many of the ancient: agri-
cultural. Christmas celebrations, as dis-
fhict from the towns, survive, some of
them under limited conditions. There
is-Plough Monday, for example, which
is still observed: in several countries,
including the British Isles, In olden
time in Europe, Plough Monday mark-
ked the end of the Christmas holidays.
It was held on the first Monday in Jan
wary after the twelfth day. It was
customary on Plough Monday, before -
the ploughman, returned to work on
the ‘ following day, to draw a plough
from door to-door of the parish to so-
elt “plough money” to spend in a fro-
‘Hc. ‘The queen of, the banquet was
realled Bessy.

Then there was ‘the ancient feast o
r’s head which still exigts.in at
in
‘England—at Queen's College, . Oxford,
on -Christmag Day,,and .at the annuul
Christmas. banquets’ of the City -of
London at’ the” ‘Guildhall and: at. the
Worsliipfals Coipany ° of Gutlers - in
London,’ The proceedings" are much

honr'’s - hend is carried in. “procession,

‘escorted: by: choristers. ‘singing the old
envel “The: Boar” Héad“in" Hand Bring

Bie: ‘Dominion: “aad: ‘Provinetal : ‘Dee

partments: of ‘Agriculture have: “come: to.
shin Mids”

the: holidays at. chee. home in. the south.

jae, and ‘af Oxford thé Provost: takes

the orange’ ‘and presents it to’ the. prin: ‘out
velvet anger." At. the’ Cutlets! aan ‘the |:

as the sure foundation of material civ- .

tinued to furnish the wherewithal for!

ished among agricultural communities

‘the .saape, Trunijets sound and the

Ae “At. the 'Gity of: Londoi. ‘feast; ‘the:
master, takes, the lemon from the: boat's

trad

the circumstances of the feast. This
reference to mustard must be very old,
hecanse in a carol that bad: been in
vogue for centuries-before, Wynkyn .de
Worde printed the words in 1525 A.D.,
the lust line of which runs “the boar’s
head with mustarde.”

The phrase Christmas Box originat-
ed in the early Christian times. It
was really then a box which was plac-
ed in the church for promiscuous char-
ities and was opened on Christmas
Day. The contents were distributec
the next day (Boxing Day) by the
priest. and where the contributions
consisted of cash. were. known" a8 box
money. However, farmers were c-
customed to leave their contributions
in kind, eggs, butter, milk, flour, meat
and: other agricultural products, much
the same as the farmers of Quebec to-
day place fruits at the church entrance
‘on Thankspiving Day;: the results of
‘the sale é6f which go towards masses
for the souls of relatives, In many
‘churches'in Canada, the accumulation
of Christmas gifts is distributed in
much the same manner as in the ear'l-
iest Christian: times

rand at. this Christmnastide, as in the
duys gone by, the farm has furnished
{the chief necessaries for the Christ-
mas fenst, such as the meats, the tur-
“keysthe geese, the ducks and chickens
cereal foods, vegetables, cream, milk,
cheese, eggs, not forgetting that many .
of the other essentials, the candies

and cigarettes, are all of agricultural
‘origin. k .

So ance more, the ancient toast :—
“Christmas and the farm: the Farm
and Foad.” .

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BROKE WRIST AND CUT HEAD

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“While loading poles at New Hazelton
last Saturday Arnold Peterson slipped
and fell off the flat car which he was
loading. He lit on his. head and wrist
and with serious results to both. ° His
wrist was broken and several stitches
were put in ‘his: head. He was taken
to the Huzelton - Hospital py Lois Par-
ent where he was attended to, Peter-
son is top Ian W hen cars are being
loaded and -this is: firstsaceident for a
good many years, in fact the first ever
in that ‘occupation aithough it is the
most dguger ous of all...

Wedding Bells

Spooner-Casa

A wedding “of much tocal interest
took. place in Smithers on’ Wednesday
November 25th «when Miss  Bvelyn
Lucille Casa became - the bride of Bert
Spooner. The cereniony was petform-
ed by Rev. Father Grant at the manse
Following the. ceremony’ a reception

f ‘was held at the home of-Mr. and ‘Mrs.

Robt. ‘Gill of Smithers, who were also
witnesses at ‘the.wedding. ‘The’.bride
is the second daughter of Mrs. Bi. Sib-
ley of New: Hazelton and the. groom 1s
a son of. Mrs.” Spooner and ‘the late R.
Spooner of New Hazelton. ‘Both’ the
young people. are ‘well and. favorably
known: in New Hazelton and Bert ‘is
known, ail through the district as. the
pitcher of the New Hazelton bali team
for n number: ot Fears. Upon’ ‘their Te-

in thetr ' ‘honor: The ‘happy : young
couple: svt spend “the: “winter..incamp
‘near: ‘Carnaby ‘Awhiere: Bert..4s taking

ane- confectionery," thie- “plekles; relgars - ~

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