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But for their elders, how the hands of clocks Fiip round the dial! Time is running wild Through wrapping, tying, baking, hanging socks â€" Till Christmas morning joins adult and child. The calendar is frozen, Christâ€" mas week â€" No pushing brings it closer, for the young; Like clogged machinery, days drag and creak The hours past; time stales upon the tongue. Boxing Day is not an official holiday everywhere. Where it is a@ holiday, it is also the Day of Tired Merchants, and a quiet day with family and friends. It is also the day when Junâ€" jor wakes Daddy up by ~shining his new Christmas flashlight on him, first thing in the morning. The last verse of the carol is the spirit of both St. Stephens Day and Boxing Day. The carol, Good King Wenâ€" ceslaus, was writter in honour of St. Stephen, whom Herod had stoned to death. Wenceslaus was a good man and a good king, who helped the poor of his Boxing Day is elso Saint Stephen‘s Day. Stephen was said to be an official in Herod‘s Palâ€" ace, and he too saw the star and left, in spite of Herod‘s ofâ€" fers of food, gold and riches. skill. The men practised all year to be in condition for Boxing Day. In the early days in this country, the settlers . visited each other and played games of Day boxes were given to the postman, the lamplighter, the dustman and the needy. It was also a day when the needy could ask for gifts. An old account from 1537 tells of "Reward to the servaunâ€" tesâ€"at Crystmas, with their ap Box and the c en to the poor Wealth or rank possessing, Ye who now will biess the Shall yourseives find biess "‘Therefore Christian _ men, ; PAGE EIGHT Boxing Day Has Long History BOXING DAY COMES DOW â€"Dorothy Brown Thompson CALL SH 3â€"4196 FOR FREE PICKâ€"UP AND DELIVERY 9 CONVENIENT SHOPS me for | e family boxes we TEMPO , Christmas giving gifts , but on B 707 BELMONT BLVD. o with Boxing good friends, This could have Scotia Plan Chequeâ€"Credit is a lowâ€"cost "revolving credit" plan that enables you to estab» lish your credit first, then spend it as you pleaseâ€"all at once or over many monthsâ€" any where in Canadaâ€"for any number of purchases. One low monthly payment covers everythingâ€"amounts to about oneâ€"twelfth of the credit actually used, and autoâ€" matically trebuilds your Chequeâ€"Credit reserve to give you a continual supply of credit. You get a monthly statement of your account. And you‘re lifeâ€"insured for the balance outstanding at all times, at no extra cost to you. Find out all about Scotia Plan Chequeâ€"Credit nowâ€"at your nearest « &éfléz&aflwk SCOTIA PLAN CHEQUEâ€"CREDNT Bless you all my children‘! ‘FAIOUSP!!NCHCM IAN COOK, Mme. Benoit, ils of an oid Scottish friend ho always gave this toast â€" afâ€" r a wonderful Chirstmas dinâ€" er. If the soup had been as warm the claret, If the claret had been as old the chicken, I If the chicken had been as fat It Make Us Truly before you buy anything THE BANK OF Novr sconn IT PAYS TO KNOW ABOUT on ""time" ONTARIO FANCY NO. 1 GRADE â€" 2 â€" 3 lb. poly bag FANCY ZIPPER SKIN NO. 1 CALIFORNIA FINEST ASSORTED ZEHRS BUTTERMILK PANCAKE MiX CELERY MINCEMEAT PILLSBURY MAPLE LEAF CREAM STYLE CORN MANZANILLA OQOLIVES COCKTAIL PEANUTS STOKELY‘S PLANTERS PEANUT BUTTER Date and Nut or Fruit and Nut Roll CLUB HOUSE JELLO SHIRRIFES Instant Pudding NESCAFE New Maple â€" Banana Cream COFFEE 3% or. PKG. TANGERINES 39« INSTANT CARROTS 39« WATERLOO STORE ONLY BRIDGEPORT ROAD OPEN EVERY EVENING TILL 10 P.M. MONDAY INCLUDED JUMBO 24‘s 19â€" WE REsERVE THE RiGkt to CHOCOLATES ICE CREAM CHEEZ WHIZ 19â€" V/, GAL FINEST QUALITY 6 FLAVOURS 49« FROZEN BOOTH SUNSHINE STATE ORANGE JVUICE 2 33« 15â€"0z. TIN FISH STICKS 29. | | PACKED BY SMILES ‘N CHUCKLES 16 oz. JAR PORK SAUSAGE . 59 Summer Sausage SCHNEIDER‘S SMOKED KITCHENER PACKERS â€" 2 lb. average se BACON :« 5Gâ€"| SCHNEIDER‘S RINDLESS KENT â€" i1 ib SPARE RIBS +45â€" SCHNEIDER‘S RED BRAND BEEF 8 oz. TIN â€" 2 â€" Gâ€"0z. tins OPEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS TILL 9: o CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY 6/a oz TIN 2 lb. BOX 2 PIE SIZE 18 oz. JAR 2 «45 2 ~ 31 Ib. box 10 TIMES OUT OF 10 TENDER , KRUG and LANCASTER STREETS 69« 43 27â€" 35â€" 39« 50Q, BREAKFAST SAUSAGE BABY FOOD 50 EXTRA STAMPS POTATO CHIPS (Free Xmas Corsage) GIANT SIZE 9 JARS STRAINED LIQUID Thursday, Detember 19. 1987 With The Purchase Of GERBER‘S ICE CREAM TOPPING 6 JARS JUNIOR SCHNEIDER‘S PURE PORK EXTRA STAMPS STAPFORD‘s 1 LB. PKG. 2 JARS JOY i 19 STAMPS STAMPS STAMPS