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RW- ‘259 "3 Reg “"9 h SIDE BACON Reg. $599 I) 4.99:: Die tradition began after Dr Philip Voelk- ’2.19 it: 33.79 lb Call our HOTLINE and order m, Waterloos medical officer of heat”!- mm yotir‘TRFSHLOCAL"Turkcy. . returned from his work in Hamilton in 1946‘ Mst. (Hum. & W my Goose. Dork or Road More I: . He first erected a tree on the second floor Welbonnly merevenemb they’nlspokafor porch of the Auchmar Estate hottie in wast-their . (“Weltflll Q m Hamilton,awartimerehabilitation hospital. 1 L M» H l, i 1 , ”a i; , » ‘ gm, “p.945; ‘ I ”F" fi'Jfiflrv’lllrh‘mfl héaLt-‘iicouragf‘us Matt Hillock continues the tradition of putting a Christmas tree on “ m , , , r. at» ll‘ili‘ll‘d‘ i ll 1 t u r ”in“, it} say Hat A “fifth” film the second-floor porch of his grandma's house. MSW“ ”'0'“ when the \i’oelker tree goes up said \ iva Voelker, who will tum 100 years old next July but can‘t grandchildren and 16 great-grand -,‘ gift”; , , g '1' recall exactly when her husband's tradition began in children. “ T 1:29-35 5 1 x1, W - 3’ A Waterloo. The couple botight the house which was Maggie's son Matt has taken ""' A. _: '- 1 ~ -‘ ‘ . built in 1849 by Barnabas Devin, in I940 after they over the tradition of putting up the ' I ' "L. 1 _ ‘ » , . 1 3 were secretly married a year earlier. tree and for the past few years he's _ 4&3, , I L ‘ ‘ g h 9v: ‘ ~ #7. ‘i ,_ “l think he was quite pleased with the reaction from been the one to go out and pick the if. ”1 ' ”cl ‘,Q’)::\. ‘2 ' 7 I N3». the (hospitali patients and that's why he wanted to tree. bring it home, haul it up the * n?“ - ’WQIfi-fi if. K ' y ; " ‘t duplicate it here and its been very successful With the ladder and light it .% _. “if“ 3%;m " ~. ‘.,‘ t, ‘ whole community," He uses heavy Wer to steady it *4! a; an“... ”of, "‘11“ a ,- When their four children were old enough they against heavy winds. and a large . - “ ., "1"» vi, ‘1‘“ a. a. would accompany Philip on the annual trek to find the crack iii the sidewalk across the . ' ° 3*? T \4 1â€"? ., \ _ ' J‘s: tree for that year. “Dad would always ask us. ‘ls this the street acts as a guide to ensure it‘s 3 i ‘ i i - L 1 j . ‘ , "' berfect tree?" before we brought it home" said Maggie, s”flight ”9 also wears the same A ‘ ‘ E L k l 3 ‘ V 1" the youngest ofthe four siblings brown coat his grandfather wore _, I L\- LLLâ€" __, > ' After Philips death in 1995, Maggie and her brother every year to put up the tree â€" ‘ i.§§. ‘ egg... ' -' 5: ‘ j- helped continue the tradition of hauling an enormous which actually belonged to Matt‘s -‘ ‘~ "i ' “ rail?“ '3 tree up a ladder and decorating If The lights are nearly greatrgrandfather . "a? ' €11 . ' «to years old and ihe one white light at the top repre Neighbours have even yoked #33 , i sents the staroflkthlehem, shesaid. that aiiv future offer to buy the "‘ .3" l'he fallllh also pit ks ii lllltthlKilrliill (Ihristmas tree house should Include a clause that J; - - for inside the living room even year and Maggie said rectum-s the new owners to continr ‘ 7' ' " ' 1' her father had .i little savtiig for the tradition of having tie the tradition K \ a ‘, 1 two trees “’lhe outside tree for the strangers passing "People hook and wax e when --3 <- . 3 A a": j_’7"- I by, the inside tree for lrientlsiind family.” she said, the\ see the putting up the tree." 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