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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 26 Oct 1951, p. 12

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$52K tr khan} fuelph Biltmores Hand Kitchener First loss K1qt:HENER. - Guelph Bilt- mores handed Kitchener Green- shirts their fiyAt, fiefgat'in P,', Snlrls Int” ...u.. --.-_. ___ starts in the DEA Junior "A" try wallopmg them 6-2 Tuesday night. The loss cut Shirts' tUst Place lead to one point over the diners. _ A record crowd of 5,348 for the 1'i'llnt season watched.ihe game. ill McCreary led the Bilts with two goals. Andy Bathgate. Dean Prentice, Ron Murphy and Louis Fontinato each seated Yff.. L I'Ullllllllsu uuwn. g‘v-vâ€" _,, Bins had a terrific edge in the second after being held to a 1-1 tiedn the opener but great work' by Bill Harrington held them to a 3-2 edge after two frames. Graham Joyce and Greig Hicks were the goal scorers for Shirts who tired in ghe latty: 513321.. Course of True Love ' Very Rough' vino bAWlha ... ..wV were'-- m, This Saturday night the Bilt- mores will face Waterloo Hurri- canes at Waterloo. "li"ii"'it"tlitiii?tJi?ltii BRANTFORD.--The course of true love never did run I Yes, thousands of men and women with money problems come to HFC --HousEHorD FmANCE--becau" they know that HFC meansdepentr. At HOUSEHOLD FINANCI any "notoyesim-rmnttnmnyter'o'r $50 to $500 or more without undone“ or bankable security. WFINANC‘E'SWh built on friendly. owmwl m the kind at 'ervice you m! qrtten you need money. Many customer. tell us they "veciaiivtiuourrm-stPtn-- G-dtottheirina-ithtqr toNmoetthstor-. ----rh-- Bert if you mad m min for - nth-Mic puree, “hm ya ”pint. Atteorvuttr-nd- pmdable Houunow Fill”. Your Whackmmm " u " M -._. MOO-Cm IIOIllllIOlD FINANCI mun-um DI" c-w-yo-rep'""'" “79;:th u-Obwd-Hm -r-roe-'rr. gm. backed by 73 Movie-Making Studio I «Makes Debut in Waterloo John G. Brown l Chosen therd Klll. Candidate John G. Brown, member for Waterloo North in the last On- tario House, will be the Liberal 'candidate in the Nov. 22nd pro- ( vincial election. smooth as a bride and groom here can testify. A few hours after their weddingI the groom was treat- ed at e Brantford General Hospital tor a cut lip. Two stitches were necessary to close the wound. - Former my“ Mr. Brown. a former Kitchener mayor, was named at last week's nominating convention of the North Waterloo Liberal Associa- tion. No other names were placed in nomination. A playful wedding guest, who tried to ram some con- fetti down the {room's neck, was the cause o the anfortu- nate Incident. After the re- ception t_he couple le." 'ee-, ccpuvu tun. “ha". ___ - ing at the car, ready to de- part. To avoid another over- dose of confetti, the mom jerked around to face his tor- In a brief speech, Mr. Brown said he believed he had 'u1ttiled I 1948 gomise to serve the riding to the st of his ability irrespec- tive of party politics. elm. nee or creed . . . . J Mr, Brown pointed out his du- ties as hunch] critic for the par- ty had been onerous. The gov- ernment had been generous in myidin‘ topics for criticism. he aid. The nominee mid he than“ to correct the thought in the and: of some that it i. m ndmuu to the riding to have a who on the side od the tap"'""' l “In“! My" Mr. Brown said am after re-' Tgtet the let for three - I hnvin; h occasion to uh nearly all government tr,'.'; mont- for tnvort. he coul n1 menu for favors. he coulf ly that irrespective ot party all - no: he can“ not have been but ed more “Mt Mr. Mymmc gnarl-end menu 'iis7riiFiiF,1ire?j.ihn {An-In. in JOHN G. BIO" Elam" -- - rt,iiP,t,e “a... m m John , bride and groom A Waterloo lady, Miss E. Chris Fairley was elected lieutenant- givemor of the 18th district of uota Club International. Inc. The meeting was held at the Wal- per Hotel on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Pearl E. Fenton of Ottawa was elected overnor of the dis- trict, Imaging Mrs. Nelle W. _ Carter of Orillia. Miss Reeta Der- lraugh of Orillia is secretary- tieasurer, following Miss Jessie F. Smith of Orillia. Diana-Ion and - An alien discussnon on the work and E icy of Quota Clubs was led try, iss Bertha Lackey. Cleve- land, Ohio, who is third vice- presidenl of Quota Club Interna- tional, Inc. She was assisted by Mist tiele.n Mackenzie, Hamilton. 3:9: diitrict governor. IWIN Cl" SIORES "HICKED" BY FASI WALKING CROOKS V At least two Waterloo and Kitchener stores have been tak- en in" by one of the oldest conf" dence routines since the inception of money. The same story was used and in each case it netted the "sharpies" approximately $10 at each store. A . . At a local drug store the pair entered together. The ttrst made a 29-eent purchase, handed the clerk a $20 bill. got his change and left. A . The second man stepped up, bought a 25-cent article and of- fered a neatly-folded $10 bill. The clerk put $9.75 in chnnge on the counter. The customer "dis- covered" a $1 bill in his pocket and ottered it Instead, asking for the, §103pot.bacl_x; L L A. we - .rv. -_-_. After getting " cents back and keeping up a ra id-tire conversa- tion he decided Fi prefer a $20 bill instead of a l the change on th counter. To the befuddled clerk it sound- ed fair enough. She handed him the 20 spot which she had been given a minute previously by the mentor and collided thh the car door. The couple. departed on their wedding trip about two hours late with the good wishes of the groom's nurse. You have ode some to no" Battling-duct hwy. P.S.: In. L. FrssuctsoeA-- I Tiny; ada -tiiiGUdr, I owe you ietund RI.” for light. If you Juggle end-y. you owe :LEE-MURRAY 107 Ed: St. West Wand” - , Ptoductions This ad. id for by hr] Jtlu','l, " Waiting Sufi '0ttmtttittst of (hump I” " Mrs. Betty MacDonald, Kitch- I ener, fave the report of the St/ dentia s committee fro Min Mar- ion Coleman, Kitchener. The re-' port of the resolutions committee was given by Miss Gladys Evans, Kitchener. and the report of the nominating committee was given by Miss Edna Hunter, kitetrener.l mam Btee . I During the morning station a ‘memorial servnce was conducted‘ why Miss Dorothy L. Bemn. Tar. (onto, past district governor. Mrs. |Mary gmitts-Hevyd, president of the Toronto Club, sang a solo. Reports were given by the wee. sidems of the eight club. in the district: Hamilton, Kichener-Wr terloa. London. Manual. 5"ttg Falls. Oriuia, Ottawa and onto. other cuqtom.ef The latter made il%irrjal. exit. ll "“1116“ up...” A similar racket worked suc- cessfully at a nut shop Saturday night. Man idkrs V Broken lose. leg 7iiiiiiiil Push Car WEDDINGS & PAR TIE By Mn. Clarence Dianna! To often we celebrate Iestivnlal such as the one we know ot as Hallowe’en without giving so much as a thought as to where the original idea came from. In this bustling era in which we live, we are often carried away by the flood of new things about us and we marvel at the changes in the world. Actually the moat mar- velous and remarkable thinf in human history is the change eas- ness of customs. Often we may have forgotten why and yet we do things that have been done tor centuries. The memory of a hu- man is lont and it rarely gives up__what it. H, once mimiLatsd. .... m.-. .- .._ -e--- -"" __ 7 We celebrate many enduring testivals but Hallowe'en is one that combines and also carried with it more ancient war or cut tom: than any tther. t is t.re iiiroiiG" iii -tirdin 7 a modem dress and a though we Yogi aura know the sietiBettrsye beck 0! some of the rites and ceremonies‘ of this gala night. yet mny of us, if we actu- zmtold the truth, would have to a it that we are just a litle bit inRueoced by the James who supposedly control the fete Before the Christian en, the eve of the am of October VIII the occnion.of harvest Ind other ce- remonies in various countrlu throughout the world. When Christianity became the I,,'hftt of northern people they kept t " winter festivals but the church gave new signifkance to old CUB- toms and the autumn festival he- as, Ciro-kl: Curr-model” LINWOOD. --John Begun sul- Ha1iowe'en Customs ',iiiiiisgrtu',ctee Jealous ,,'ii'r'i'i'rersille'r,r,ii of Pallets, Start 'te,Ft,e,i,1ee'ilIuring mrs Early - SALES MING FILMS " mac sown .. WATIII-OO SOUND On Saturday he was taken to the K-W Hospital, Kitchener. tor X-nys. There he had the injured nose and leg placed in cuts. He will be I when! in the hospital ii,Fa" feiv Rays. came the carnical that preceded the feast of All Saints Day on November tat or 2nd. The festivi- ties which gradually fathered around the Christian Ha lowe'en ;originated mystly “in. .e1rest,rlt' anger sway of the Druid religion, notably Britain, plus a few in- doro celebrations borrowed from the palm Roman lenival which was eitetsrated in honor of the goddess of fruit. ,riNiWiRibT-Otr? Ind In. San N. Schultz ot this xiv-s... “a 4pytttreiet.f villa. we" Ct -rprtreo the 6ther d-v . 'td_te'tt The two chic! characteristics of ancient Hallowc'en were the lighting of bmsttres and the be- lie! that Hallowe‘en was the only nifht of the year in which than, I! whet, 11an Ist. the can. thd vulva-a, .... - ...- -_--" - air. and evirgpiriu were permit- ted to wand on earth. On the In of November of Druides held their grant fall festival and light- ed boMres to the god of the sun in thank-living for their hgrvegg. egg in one at the nests in t air chicken house. A few days later they noticed tut- other - on in the same nest. It is quite unusual for geese to start laying this time of the you, and the only e:- plmation might be that the geese are Cl',"',' a bit jealous of the pu eta who are using the original goose nests to lay their Brst If and “creating quite a lot o proud cumin; atter tact! a: they In; Ill - lv-u -_- -_.‘__ ___ It G"rintiii"teria in their reli- tla tint on the eve of this fee- ivnl. Sam: the lord of death, celled together the wicked WUII‘ that had hen condemned within the put your to inhabit the bodies of animals. With regard to this indent belief it is interesting to 1'tt that in parts of Ireland the 3trt ot Octgbgr still is him”? a: No doubt the iiisalf.it.id not like very kindly to this 'gr, of intrusion in "what t ey consider to be their nests, Jlll Ill “.vn- ----- - _-___""" the vigil of Snmnn. In Scotland bonbes still are part of Hallow- e'en celebrations and are 'ttdt I relic of the worship ot Ba. Some cynic: to lo tar u to de- cllre that the evil spirits of an- cient Druidieal time: still exist in the shape of thoughtless Ite: who overuep the mark o fl,',','. fun at Hallowe'en and cause Im- ovarseLoireomtett SILENT gge te? srrosrtr_tr"sd sometimes in- jury to persons. Little thought may often be given to the fact that the festivi- ties of Ha11owe'enyT.d the PrP: as the producer of the fruits oil, the eBrth, are inseparable. Ger-1 telnly they anly and theeSump~ kin are popu arly “loci: with} thin celebration but the farm is also the supply base of all the necessary essentials of the feast. Even the humble cabbage, apart from its culinlry use, his a pecu- liar Atnifiertrtce at ttsit time. “It nu . mm...“ -- __-e- is mix-that some maidens sally forth in the darkness of the night to pick a stem in the cabbage patch in order to totem” the aaracteriaties of their future husbands. If the stem be short, tall or crooked so shal their fu- ture husband.be. . . . . “In: "w"..- .._. In pagan times at the festival' of Pomona,' the goddess ot fruit trees. nuts and fruits, particularly apples, played an important part and originated the custom of roasting nuts, apple ducking and the givirzg of apples as gifts at) {this esti e time. And so you, see that Canadian boys who if from lhouse to house asking for allow- e‘en apples are only doing what they: in other countries did three athousand Fears ago. Going back into the dim and ra- ther distant future we find the Celts making holiday at the end of summer., They believed that their friend, the sun, had been vanquished by his enemies and that evil spirits would have pow- er until the sun grew strong again. Consequently they pre- tised charms ind pretended to be ;more merry than they actually were. The Romans celebrated the [season with feasting and great re- 'iieitu,f because for a while there |would be plenty ot food. The ancient Teutons transferred their [spring festival to the autumn tor the practical reason that in the fall they had food with which to ‘feast and with the transfer they took over the witches, bats, owls and cats of their old May Eve ce- lebrations. The cat was very sa- cred to the Druids who looked upon .cats as human beings [changed by evil magic. CEIEUI-w- ii" - .. .V _ harvest. Ouch cakes were eaten in the hello! that they would bring bliss to 'uered noel: and BO I-llG’ W-.- w.-- 7, can. Apple and pumpkins no obviously connected with the harvest of fruit and nuts wen and Itill Ire routed in the ftre to test I lover’I devotion. On the eve of the {out of the dead. superstition with many peo- ple: ruled the egrth 13d nit] but pf IlI-IIUI'VI ..._ .-- .._-_.. __ tor damn-muons of the motion! "" nun“ 0! manual ll For other Pyrex Wore Treasures needed in your kitchen visit GADGET SHOP the Grill and Queen Street Lower Floor and still popular omens and charms. One could go on and on outlining forms of mysticism. su- perstitions and eerie doings but we do know that each of us takes delight in airing our own pet su- perstition and Joining in the (witchery of Hallowe'en. Nown--dn s Hallowe'en is justli another perfectly; good excuse for! having a nice. ivolous and un- conventional part . Schools. com- munity halls and the hospitable house open wide their doors for a party on Hallowe’en. There all "he young folks and fun to their ‘taste and if they are too busy to Gf much mischief round the neighborhood. nobody will be sor- ry. Youngsters sometimes over- do the urteonventionality or the occasion but the growth of civili- |zation has meant just as much playing to them,without really cruel or destructive pranks play- ed on their neighbors. The best way to forestall these pranks as mentioned above is the same in any 1oen1ity--arrtrnge to an the evening with so much fun that there will be no idle, restless hands for Satan to till with mis- chief. One reason why we enjoy Hallowe'en frolic; is because they offer such scope for ingenuity everything from the costumes at , a masquerade to the menu for , supper can_ be _made just ll little TilrUGiahiG keepin'g to the tra- ditional colors and norms. So today we decorate our homes andrdpllcel of amusement with wei ttgures, black cat: and inch o-lanterns, broom: and bats while pate ghosts, stalk the land. Quaint customs that have come down through the ages are revived. We know that mwy of these primi- tive ideas were br6ught to us Frat foreign countries but we ALL WATERLOO BOYS AND GIRLS ARE ELIGIBLI PARADE “AVIS KING I: WILLIAM STS.. At 1:00 EM. Costumes will be judged according to the following classifications: Wodnudoy Night, new... M, 1951 At WATERLOO MARKET BLDG. I. Pre-school Costume 5. impersooatiort-Htral (Girls) or Mythical (Gitls) 2. Pre-school Costume 6. -soootiortr-Rtal (Boy!) or Mythical (Bays) 3. Comic Costume 7. Fancy Dress Costume (Girls) (Girls) 4. Comic Costume 8. Hard-time Costume (Boys) (Boys) “I.” The CLASSmCATtetN m WHICH YOU WISH To COMPETE AND WlAl A CARD IIAIING Tttlt NUMIII or YOUR GROUP with Confidence" ‘ickm for free "not: for school anti pm-school children wilt be distributed at oil Watirloo Schools. Hoee “on”! I. M an!“ d the e-a-ltr 3 CASH PM!“ '0! EACH CLASSIFICATION Dress Up anti Try For JAMBOREE Jobnww HALLOWEEN WATERLOO LIONS CLUB Even during war years Hallow- e'en was celebrated as usual. There were no war-time restric- tions governing ghosts, witches and hobgoblins, no transportation problem for these annual visitanls on All Hallow's Eve or on ration- ing of space on broomsticks, Youthful masqueraders usually may and that the attic trunks are a source of innumerable costume combinations unless-great grand- mother's shawl has been convert- ed by some thrifty needlewoman into a smart autumn dress. like them just the same-they are part of the mysteries of life. The assets for a 1951 Hallow- e'en afe a bumper crop of apples, pumpkins. etc., and a whole raft of boys and girls ready for any sort of a party so let's predict that they will have loads of fun and we in turn will do our part , try to feed those hungry gob- ', ms. E. l. BUCHNER i OPTOMETRIST Pyrex Wore - There's only on the gloss " King St. Noni WATEILOO our for ARE ELIGIBLE . ‘1951 2-8.61

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