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>m % #= * i F4 dike. ... f 3 Has a sudden storm ever eaught guests at your house without their rubbers? Keep a fow plastic bags handy for such an emergency, They can Whe started the tradition of Christmas Stockings in other present day Yuletide customs, such as the Christâ€" mas tree, trace their start in the Commonwealth from those introduced into England from Germanic traditions by Prince Albert, Queen Victoria‘s Consort. Traditions in Canada have originated, in the majority of cases from those practised in Europe. So it was with the hanging of gresnery, holly and cranberry branches and the indulgâ€" ing in the large dinners of such old English dishes as fowl, beef, plum pudding and mince pies, which were â€" _ From France came the Messe de Minuit (Midnight Mass), and the reveillion de Noel, including a large family dinner of meat pies, meat balls, fowl, suet pudding, pies and doughnuts, to the accompanyment of party games and dancing until the daybreak. However, the exchange of presents in New France was usually held over until New Year‘s Day, when the children learned of Pere Noel, or St. Nicolas, as a messenger from the Christ Child. customs brought over by the British settlers. What was the origin of the Christmas Card? _ The Christmas Card, as we know it, dates back to The Christmas Card, as we know it, dates DaCk t the year 1846, when Sir Henry Cole in England, comâ€" missioned John C. Horseley, R.A., m-?.x.s:ll to design a greeting card to send to friends. This was the first known Christmas Card designed for the purpose, although greetâ€" mumay_havebeeanntinsimilarfashionpriortothat da_te.&nsreportedth\‘l,fl@otSirHenry’scardwere prin & C The pioneer of the Christmas Card business in the United States was Louis Prang, of Boston, who started a flourishing trade. It can be considered lfkely that the origin of the Canadian Christmas Card dates from about the same time, somewhere around the year 1876. Howâ€" ever, it is quite likely that the English designs were used in Canada before the American card. out, carry on with their work in the Far North. Among those to whom the messages are sent are members of What is broadcast that links Canada with the Far North? â€" â€" The Erogramme, Northekn Messenger, broadcast over the C.B.C. has sent for many years Christmas greetings from families and friends to those in the Far North, and it is one of Canada‘s traditional radio programmes for the Christmas season. It links those living in the more populated communities with those who, year in and year the RC.M.P. and the Services, trappers, technicians and those ministering to the needs of the Eskimos. The Inaugural meeting of the 1958 City Council will be held in the Council Chambâ€" ers, City Hall, Waterloo Ontario on Monâ€" day, January 6th, 1958 at 7 :30 p.m. ‘All citizens are cordially invited to attend. The traditions of the Christmas stocking, along with | eresmt s over shoes and held member of the Canadian Weel N A.“: and of bo&‘- Authorized as second class mail, P.O. Dept.. J. U. SMITH, Managing Rditor and Publisher. Harold Paikin, Mayor. City of Waterloo NOTICE Inaugural Meeting in phace with rubber bands at the ankles. They wil at least keep shoes dry through the snow drifts to the car or bus TV AND STAR Abbe Lane, and her famous bandâ€"leader husâ€" band, Xavier (lefr .hmul-‘odho-&drm&hlum Shebbu-hhm‘l_‘-yflul.“&phh'-l’-&&" ovcdnmh-wor prescuted to them punbe hS.-l-?ullm -hu'-:&“-vd‘:-'d-.- appearance tour s tra made their travels casy. And to convey a truly international fiaver; the TO COMMENCE CLASSES AT COLLEGE FOR CHILDREN u'-n_" â€";-;:-; basiness __m" ple took along their French poodle, Classes will soon commence at Waterloo College for childâ€" ren over the age of seven year. An rather than listening Classes in Germanâ€"language instruction for children of Canadian parents will start at the college Jan. 11, Dr. G. E. Reaman, head of the adukt education department has anâ€" nouneed:â€" to weighty lectures, the childâ€" ren will play games as part of their instructions. _ "Politically," he went on to p»3, "they place themsecives to 12 noon under the direcâ€" tion of Prof. J W. Dyck, professor of German lanhguagt at the college. He will be as sisted by elementary achoo! They will be conducted Satâ€" urday mornings from 10 a.m. Bibéel are, today, undeniably, the most advanced people in Freire, chairman of the Federâ€" al Chamber of Representatives in Brazil, as he reported to that bouse on the meeting of the United Buib} Rio de Janeiro. g'reo,t:d love of liberty, and found a&mong those who read and study the goly are dimtributed at a price below cost, for reawding and meditation." "The United Bibbe Rocieties of Brazil, which forms a pert of the United Bible Societies fear of contradiction, that it is a proven fact, that modern democracies are exclusively of the world, has enrolled in our country more than 50,000 associates, who maintain, with their contributions, the serâ€" vice of spreading abroad the Holy Bibte." "In an epoch of gross materialiam in which worldly interests seem to dominate mankind, it is comforting to see that there are still in the workd, persons who care for the spiritual welfare of the Fridey â€" Acks 1: 5140 Gunday â€" John 1: 1â€"18 Monday â€" Hoebrews 1: 1â€"14 : Tuesday â€" Matthew 1: 18â€"25 Wednesday â€" Matthew 2: 1â€"12 ‘"In Brazil alone 3» Today for the teachers familiar with the language. Dr. Reaman said the college is offering this courâ€" se as a community effort. The adult education direcâ€" tor said local children of Gerâ€" man parents are not learning the "original tongue" and are growing up with no knowledge of it. Instruction will not be of the usual type and classes will be divided into junior and 83 KING ST. S. JANUARY _ _ JUBILEE! BELLTOWER UPRIGHT VACUUM CLEANER â€" REG. 9 SPECIAL 79.50 BELLTOWER DELUXE MODEL NOW AT SPECIAL LOW PRICES HEARTH RADIO SWITSON FLOOR SHERS .. .. only 49.95 EY and SPARTAN Television Sets SEE OUR REAL BARGAIN ‘APPLIANCES > | _ At present 60 adults aré lt;king a night course: in Gerâ€" man conversation at the cofâ€" 1 lege. be included with the instrue= tGon and it will bo made foen Tuition for one student will be $2 a month, If there are tbwo children attending from one family the fee "will be $3.50. â€" For three students from the same family the feoe drops 1# =‘ode. is hereby ‘Wivert that Meeting of the Policyholders ANNUAL MEETING m;â€";& at ::eo'doek&m-nm:. mmmmm. to elect Directors in the place of those retiring, and to transact such other busiâ€" ness as may properly be brought before the meeting. W. H. BREITHAUPT, Waterloo, Seoretary December 28, 1957. ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA SPECIAL =â€"â€" REG. 109.50 i4 WATERLOO 1PE sil