Campbellville earns regional sports praise and titles
Campbellville teams dominate baseball with three successive Intermediate C titles and capture the Halton Cup and Ontario Intermediate A crown. Juvenile D also repeats provincial championship. Toronto Globe writer Jim Vipond hails Campbellville as breeding ground for athletes. Local bowlers Beryl Creighton and Dot Earle advance in the Eastern Canada Championship trials with hopes for a win.
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Campbellville
Toronto Globe and Mail
Frank Bill
Nassagawega
Jim Vipond
The
Globe
Ontario
Toronto Globe
Vipond
Bill Shakespeare
Chamber of Commerce
Queen Keeps Epiphany Gift by Proxy Tradition
The monarchs of Britain once offered gold frankincense and myrrh on Epiphany. Since 1758 the gifts have been paid by proxy by two gentlemen ushers. This year Queen Elizabeth's nominees will carry the gifts to St James’s Palace chapel and distribute them after the service.
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Britain
George HE
Caroline
Elizabeth
AMOR
Local Personal News and Holiday Greetings
Mr and Mrs Stanley Coy of Willowdale visited friends here last week. Mr C H Harrison and Mr William McDonald of Toronto called on Acton friends Tuesday. Mr and Mrs J B Adamson have moved to Galt. Master Dean Lemon returned from Belleville School for the Deaf for Christmas vacation. George Somerville is in hospital and Mrs Ross Robertson is in Guelph General Hospital. Mr and Mrs W M Collier and Johnnie and Douglas of Richmond Hall visited Fred Anderson’s home. Mr and Mrs W J Young of 39 College Ave Guelph host friends for their golden wedding on December 26 from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9. Semel APs family gatherings shine at Christmas. Actonians plan holiday travels.
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C. H. Harrison
William McDonald
Toronto
Acton Friends
W. M. Collier
Johnnie and
Douglas
Richmond Hall
Fred Anderson
W. J. Young
College Ave
Guelph
Semel Aps
Acton
Traditional Carols Show Christmas Significance Across Cultures
A survey of carol history traces the term from dances to festive songs, highlighting England's open-air singing in the 15th century and notable carols like Cherry Tree, Boar's Head, and Good King Wenceslas. It covers Neale translations, German roots, and the origin of Silent Night born from a broken organ in Oberndorf, ending with humble guitar-led preparations for Christmas Mass.
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England
St. Stephen
Britain
Queen's College, Oxford
Wynkyn de Worde
J. M. Neale
Neale
Wenceslas
Germany
Oberndorf
Franz Gruber
Josef Mohr
Gruber
Bethlehem
Christ
Jesus
The Christmas Hymn Birth Of Silent Night And Holy Night
A historical note traces the hymn origins from a German roving group in the 17th century to the 1640 Leipzig edition. It then highlights the 1868 Christmas hymn by Phillips Brooks with music by Lewis Redner born from a dream and sung by Holy Trinity Philadelphia Sunday School children.
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Germany
Leipzig
Bethlehem
Phillips Brooks
Holy Trinity Church
Philadelphia
Lewis
Redner
Holy Trinity
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J. B. Adamson
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Dean Lemon
Belleville School For the Deaf
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Ross Robertson
Guelph General Hospital
Murray Crawford
Thompson Motors
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Main ST
Yuletide
Acton Woodcrafts
Manning Electric
Eisen
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Dad
Cyclamen
Boston Ferns
Mums Patenteur
Frank Carney & Sons
Rockwood
the Ministerial Association
Christ Child
Gordon
J. Adams, M.A
United Church of Canada
Andrew H. McKenzie
Presbyterian Church In Canada
Ray "H. Costerus
Baptist Church
Roelof Groeneboer
Christian Reformed Church
Evan H. Jones
Anglican Church of Canada
Kenneth J. Reid
Pentecostal Assembly
J. Bert Wood
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