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By Howard Elliott lm“ine’ if you can, a Christmas tree with candles instead of lights, with blown â€" glass â€" ornaments, and with Christmas cookies used as ornaments too. That was what a grade one class at Sandowne Pubâ€" lic School was asked to imagine while they were Imagining Christmas of the paSt | Wwaterico Glass | * Jack Lowe. Volunteer Citizen of the Year, entertained this grade one class at Sandowne School with stories of Christmas‘s past. es b 3 e ; i h h f? F N +M _ : A : 9,4_,« , es B Â¥Eak > f Y o es i a § k . { > 0 s * 1 <*~> A ‘(‘ & M y Â¥ $ & * i wl . i " ~ 7 J > * . <Cumerio® P sn sa The holy spirit of Christmas reaches out with our good to stories â€" of Christmas‘s past. old Jack Lowe. Mr. Loweâ€" president of â€" the Jolly Oldsters Club, and Volâ€" unteer Citizen of the Year spends two days a week as a teacher‘s aide at Sanâ€" downe school. This program is operated attention Mr. l;we',“"l;a ternfn?fiea "I really enjoy coming here, and 1 think having volunteers is a wonderful thing. Being around young people makes an older perâ€" son like me feel young again,‘‘ Mr. Lowe said. The class of youngsters were obviously fascinated by Mr. Lowe‘s recollections about Christmas when he up in the Stratford area. At one point the children stood and sang a carol while pretending to be living in an age when Christmas turkey for Christmas dinâ€" ner was a rare thing when he was young. Duck, goose, or turkey was on the menu most Christmas dinners in Mr. Lowe‘s home. _ "We had to stop at all the neighbors and have tea and cake around Christmas. It was bad luck not to stop and visit," he told the group of children. Mr. Lowe told the classâ€" and their teacherâ€"that his family shared friendship with their neighbors at Christmas time. much to do in those days, so we were a lot closer to our friends and neighbors. SUPERIOR | MEMORIALS DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES SHOULD YOU PURCHASE 528 Victoria St. N., Kitchener (Beside Weston Bakeries) 745â€"613 After hours 578â€"7154 LMMMMMMMMMMMMM@? _ YOURCEMETERY MEMORIAL AHEAD OF Large indoor Showrcoms there wasn‘t