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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 20 Dec 1956, p. 10

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' eemt!.tht.ee.etetf Benin {an has been do“ a director " the Ontario Hot-l Intention. ”WWW-3 Anglican Haul. Show to the board of dir ouon'm P. J. Wwbtro- of Mitel whom, Anthony M and Jmph Larontaine d Guelph, and Robert Cooper d With. new with the birth of Christ by the legends of history., _ According to legend, the A3hristmaa rose was divinely created. A shepherd maid wept " having no gift to lay before the Babe in the manager. Sud- denly an angel appeared to her. On hearing why the maid- Scinloin, or “Holy Hay,” in uid to have ctadled the infant Christ in the manger. The pout-op is the flower of the Virgin Marr, and is said to be taxable; Ge the candles she lighted on Christmas. en wept, the angel touched the ground where her tears had fallen and immediately the place was white with Christmas roses, which the maid gather- ed and laid, in the manager. The chrysanthemum is said to have appeared first on Christmas Eve near the man- ger as a sign to the Wise Men that they had reached the spot where the star had hidden Hanging The Christmas Stocking J. w. D. mai- " the my. This custom originated with the Dutch. They mred their wooden shoes instead of stock- lag. When the Dutch came to New Amsterdam, this custom came with them - the wooden shoes being gradually replaced " stocking made for the occasion out of net-like ma- terish. As nearly every hone had a fireplace the usual place to hang the stockings was over the ftreplaee. Thnn are maul no": ”prints during the Yale- ANT " . Sis-47“ otIuultorsBeard m Rita-r-Waterloo Real Estate Board In. elected Ba “and. Ink: Main. In Lan- - elect-d in. Mint; William mfg-Of- hunter. Elected far u two-rear mm were dircdon [in lax-wet Icindl, Cyril Schill and Lloyd Long. P. A. Bender, Carl [at and Karel Stark u'e directors with “out: yet! to serve. HoHay Sandwiches Thinly sliced chicken or tur- her, well-seasoned and moist- tened with salad dressing. Chopped chicken or turkey, celery and almonds, moistened with salad dressing. Chopped chicken or turkey, olives and nuts, moistened with salad dressing. The Madonna Chopped chicken or turkey, celery and minced olives tripe or green), moistened with salad dressing. Towering above the sur- rounding sens, . constant re- minder to the people of Pros- poet of their religion is Virgin Island, one of the most remark- able natural rock formations in the world. On the side of this island is a remarkable likeness of the Madonna with the Christ-Child in her arms. Away from the noisy, hurrr- ing world, the rocky lands of the island have never been dis- tured by human beings and only on a calm day do men dare approach this high hill set in the Atlantic Ocean - feared by mariners. Engraved in the side of the island, 40 feet above the surg- ing seas, the picture of the Virgin Mary has withstood the wind and rain and storms for centuries and will remain as .7 guide to the residents of Prospect and the neighboring villages in their yonhjp. On a deer, calm dar, vis. itors can :pptoach the island and view the Biblieal spectacle at close range, but no figher- man would venture next the rock in a storm. ' It is a strange Net, too, that close by, in Prospect Bag, the Norseman are believed to have landed for the ftrst time in North America, more than 1,000 yen: ago. Bet the picture of the Vir- gin Mary and the Christ.ehiid still remains undisturbed, while the Sign of the Viking Ietti.e- gunman in WA” (03m) would: J,, C. alllijlllllli?il' STORE [HE]

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