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Bridgeport q Shopping Area Grows 6e plentiful parking Space with no m. absence of restrictive lo. cal bylaws and the increasing ttttF “My of the population. Some of this skates are Wading grammars from all over Waterloo One restaurant was closed during the year to make way for a new food market, but another one on. eoed. A new meat store was estab- lished. giving the village two such “no year 1967 saw a sharp in, "ease in the number of variety of Betoil stores in Bridgeport. Among these were new facilities " a floor covering store. two new Variety stores and two used furni- ture outlets, one started in the large building formerly used {hr bent manufacturing. Charles Geode" and Sons of London began printing and sell- But it wasn't always that way. People didn't exchange Christ, mas cards until relatively recent $irnes. The first mseeiaHy design- ed Christmas card is believed to have been printed by a London company and placed on sale in The letter carrier, his back bent beneath a bulging bag of Christmas cards my feel that what Sherman said about war might equally be said about Christmas. There was a time when cran- berries became a specialty appe- tizer at Thanksgiving and Christ- mas but not today. As many tra. ditional, or seasonal, menus have vanished with the advent of mod, em food production, and are Dark, red cranberries. rich in flavor, are plentiful this Christ- mas and the quality is high. Bob. anist Dr. I, V. Hall, at the Cana- da department of agriculture's research station in Kentville, NS., said an abundance of warm, sunny days and cool nights has produced a crop that should be a delight to any housewife. Reasons for the increasing at- IItion bei paid to Bridgeport , 2l','rClhirl'/', is believed to They Began Back in 1843 -CHEQUE 'kEyEiO'EriLCrJfG Hause (left) and Lorne Huber (right) Waterloo Firefighters Association present a $1,000 cheque to M. J Chairman of the K-W hospital board. The money was raised at a da rpnherrierplentiftd This Year Louis Prang, a Boston litho- grapher, began printing multi- colored Christmas cards in the 1860s and marketed them in Europe. By 1875 he was selling them in the United States. And that's how it began. ing Christmas cards on a wide scale in 1862 and printed cards soon became as popular as the handwritten personal notes that pegplg had exchanged earlier. Cranberries are grown in bogs with special drainage facilities and protected from frost by being covered lightly with water or sprinkled. Control of weeds is of paramount importance to the crop and presents many' difficulties. Careful harvesting and storage is Researchers have been able to follow the cranberry crop in the Maritigfes closely because this is one o the two major producing regions of Canada. (The other is the Fraser Valley of British Columbia.) available all year, so it-is with cranberries.