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DELIGHT nits. with boudoir or pin-up lamps from a fresh new shipment at Brown Electric.

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j.‘ CROCKETT A STOREY LTIL, will be open today and Wednesday pritil 5.80 PM. and closed Christmas

, pa! and all day Friday.

L- ALADDEN [Kerosene Mantle Lamps now convertible to electric lamps. Fennell 8s Chandler.

By AIR to Montreal and Boston in about three hours. Phone Mari- - time Central Air" uys 2061 or 540.

SANTA cums will be at Ber-' nerds Store, Wednesday afternoon from 2 P. M. t0 5 P. M. Bring the miiildrcn.

CROCKETT & STOREY LTD-s 1 will be Wen today and Wednesday until 5.30 PM. and closed Christmas Day snd all day Friday.

ANYONE WISHING to illiiv Protestant Orphanage may leave parcels at 150 Prince Street.

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IIENDERSON l CUDMOBE will ciosc Monday. Tuesday and Wed- nesday evenings at d o'clock. For your convenience shop early in the day.

.__, DIED IN WINNIPEG — Word has been received here of the gdeath in Winnipeg on Dec. i5 of ' Mr. Daniel McBctii Mscleod. Mr. _" nlncleod. who was 86 years of ago, his born at Southpcrt. P. E. I.. a son of the late Donald Mscleod ,' and Jane Anna McBeth. He spent a Zffiis younger days at Montague. ;wliere his father was known as .Donald The Tanner. After going .' through Prince of Wales College he went to Western Canada in a i870. snd spent the remainder of ._ his days in the farm implement l’ business in the Western Provin- .= ces. He is survived by one son. 1'. Mr. C. J. Macleod. KC. Winni- peg. and two daughters, Mrs. Dor- 'ot-hy McCord, Vancouver, and Miss Fanny Mscleod. recently retired 3from the Army nursing staff after fsix years overseas. ‘There are also c five grandchildren and one great - grandchild. _

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BIRTHS. MAHHIAHES. DEATHS 50c Per insertion

BIRTHS

' MwDONIALn -—Atathe Prince Edi- wsrd Island Hospital. Deomnber 1W1. 1M7. to Mr. and Mrs. Calvin

. real. arrived Saturday niBht 7/0 __ltlllscDcnald. Cornwall. a son. Ron- spend chrlltm“ at h". home h, a Gordon. m“ c“).

l-MVTON-wits the Prince Edward Ilisnd Hospital on December 12th. 1947. to Mr. and Mrs. L. George Lawton (nee Ora Jenkins) Pownai, I 50H. Elwood George.

SMITH — At the home of Mrs. N. W. MacKinnon. Southpcrt, on Dec. 2153- 1947. to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis 11:101. Johnston's River, s. son. 0

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MARRIAGES

. HANS N ... osss -- at the Pres-

; byterian Manse, Surmnerside. 'I‘ues- day. December 16th. i947, Bernice

, Jessle- ‘la-lighter of Mr. and Mrs.

. Fired Hansen. Tyne Valley and

~ Andrew son es Mrs. E. Gass and the late Andrew Cass. Cornwall. Rev. (diaries Camegy officiating. —~—-——-_

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l“ — as Cwrsetnvn 22m‘- 1947. John G. MacRae Punt Prim. 1h his 87th crai Tuesday, 2 P. M,

Dec. of year. Filin-

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M, h BAND 0F THANKS

wMrs. Malcolm MacSwaLn wishes nurthhilk tha doctors, supervisors,‘ whoiel. and also the kind friends __ wnnseui- flowers. fruit. and cards 8 her illness in the hospital.

THANK YOU

-. WW and Mrs. s. Macvicor Wish tgethahk 0h?" People or tha 0001a] , l giivalabie depositing.‘ A2: ‘beg f‘ ‘ppreci-{eigt-l. which are very much

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“way [nature may be inserted CIIBISTMAI TREE LAMPS and five cents a ward strictly m- Wreaths. Tocmbe Mimic Store.

held st Provincial Sanstoritm.

Toombs Music Store.

- ____- 2061 or 540. Drugstore, Prince Street.

Christmas Candy, Chocolates snd BB". Toys and Gifts for anon and women.

day and Wednesday evenings until 9.30. MecFarlane Furniture Store.

TlFlCATE-Dr. W. L. MacDonald. radiologist on the etsfftof the F. E. I. and City Hospitals has re- ceived his specialist certificate in

Radiology" from the Royal College of Physicians Canada.

erai of the late Malcolm Rack-

er Church on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 21st, and was largely attend- ed. The services at the church and grave were conducted by Rev. J. I. Morrison. to Children's Christmas at "'1'"! Milton Rackliam, Rough Barrett, William Day and Robert Stead. church cemetery.

New York, has arrived homo by plans to spend the holidays Launching with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. lbrank MacPherson.

nurse Montreal. is spending the holiday

Mrs. J. J. Morris, 13b Fitzroy St.

waliis, is spending the Christ-mat Macmillan, Brighton Road.

Mass, arrived by plane Saturday to spend the with his sister, Mrs. Frank Hobbs

are pleased to learn that she is improving at her hOme after htr

this City lost Saturday night from Ottawa, to spend Christmas with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Allison MacLeod, Prince Street.

young son Peter, Fredericton, N. 8., have Christmas Kelly's parents, Mr. Frank Hobbs.

University Library School, Mont-

of Alfred University, N. Y. has

mas holidays with his mother Mrs. Iiessie Holman, 167 Prince Street.

by plane fmm Fredericton. N3.

‘ last Friday to join his wife who is ' visiting her parerts. Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Bcisner, for the holiday sas- SOIL

C.ss.lt., Rector of the Redemptor- ist Parish at Wells. B. C.. arrived on s. visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Berrigan, 51 Hayfield St. City.

dent at the Law School of Dal lidusie University, and Myrtle I. MacLeod. student at MacDonald College Quebec. are spending the Christmas parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Mac- _Le0d. 808 Fitzroy St... City.

member of the staff of the Re- search Laboratories at McCili Uni day to spend the Christmas holi-

days with her parents, Mr. Mrs. Wellington MacNeill, South-

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S. A.‘ McDONALIPB store will close at 5.30.

FRIDAY being s Government holiday (hers will be no chest clinic

HENDERSON t CUDMOII will close this evening at 8 o'clock. Shop early.

NEW WILLIS PIANO “Canada's Best". Beautiful rim mahogany.

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BERN-NEWS STORE, Borden, has

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WILL BE OPEN Monday, m“-

RECEIVES SPECIALIST CEB-

‘Diagnostic and Therapeutic

and Surgeons of

FUNERAL SUNDAY-into fun-

iam was held from ’Wheatiey Riv-

The pallbearers A Lhoi Rackham, James Wares,

Messrs.

Interment in the

Personals

Miss Frances MaoPhcrson of in

Marla Morris. student at St. Mary's Hospital.

Mrs.

eason with her parents, Mr. and

Mr. Fraser Macmillan’. Corli-

eason with his mother. Mrs. J. A.

Dr. Harry C. Hooper, Boston.

Christmas season nd Mr. Hobbs, Kent St.

The many friends of Mrs. Mai- 01m MacSwaln, Malpeque Rowi-

ecent 1111M; in the hospital-

M15] Jean MacLeod, returned to

Mr. and Mrs. Pete Kelly and

arrived to holidays

spend the with Mrs. and Mrs.

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Miss Marjorie Power, McGlll

Mr. Ii. Ralph Holman, student

rrived home to spend his Christ-

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Mr. Warren 0. Walker arrived

Very Reverend Edward Berrigah,

has

Robert G. MscLeod, B.A., stu.

holidays with their

Miss Louise MacNeiii, B. A.. a "lily. arrived b! plane on Bun- and

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~ HOPPING DAYS TO . CHRIS

Relates Story 0f “Silent Night”

An inspiring address on the fa-

mcus Christmas carol, "Silent Night" was given st Rotary lunch- eon yesterday by the Rev. Canon E.M.' Malone. rector of St. Peter's Cathedral. ‘The progtanuna was made more enjoyable by the musical contrib- utions of Mrs. 0.1M. Fear. Mone- ton, and Mr. L.J. Mcfseilan. 8t. John. who wan warmly applauded for their sibling.

Other guests present included Messrs N-A. MacLellan, O R. Sim- ons. Walter LcPlIe, Rev. TJLB. Bomers, C.H.J. Filer. JP. Sim- monds, WA. Gaudet. James B. Palmer, and Lorne l-l. MacPar- lane.

Roterlans RJI. Rogers and R12. Mutch were joint chairmen.

Following is the text of Rev. Canon Malone’: address:

Each year as I am called upon to speak to the Rotary‘ Club at Christmastime, I havs to search my brains and my book shelves to find a subject suitable for hard- headed, but by no means hard- hasrtsd business men. Some yearl ago I found g peach on the child- ren's tabla in the Library. 1 dis- covered afterwards thnt there is a review of it in the Reader's Digest which I have not read. Some of you may have. however.

This song or carol, that I am to speak about has been sung almost everywhere in every land and in many different languages; and it is well that I should speak of it today for on Christmas Day. i041. it will have its one hundred and twenty-ninth birthday. In an ase- old village of the Austrian Alps in the yesr iaiil. there lived two people who were very fond of music and singing, Father Moiir, the priest. and Franz Gruber. the school teacher of Hollein.

The. worthy father sat in his study on Christmas Eve, reading his Bible and preparing his serv- ice for Midnight Mass. Thsra come a knock at the door and he was summoned to go deep into the IDs-lice forest to bless a new-born" babe. I-Ie came te a ramshackle hut poorly lighted and filled with wood lmoka and on gs crude bad lay s young mother and in har arms her new-born child. The priest gave them both his bless- ing and returned down tha moun- tain side in the silence of the for- est. in the brilliance o! the stars. passing wild animals who fear- lessly watched him as he went his way in the peace of the holy night.

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He reached the village as the bells were ringing for Midnight Mass. After the celebration he want home but found no sleep, so he started to put down on paper what had happened. and when dawn broke. Pather Mohr had written a poem.

"silent night, holy night

Ali is calm. all is bright.

Round on virgin, [nether and child, ,

Holy infant so tender and mild,

Slsap in heavenly peace." .-

f-Ie took the six verses of his

poem to his friend. the school teacher as a Christmas gift. , The teacher read it and, greatly moved. laid: "Father. this Is just the Christmas song we need. God be praised." "But without the right tune the song will not be worth much", said the priest.

The church organ was out of order so the teacher, who was or- ganist, had time to writa out music to the words and came to the church with it. "Lats play it", he‘ said. "But we have n0 orssn". Gruber know this and had written the music for I guitar and two voices. Bo on the evening of Christ- msa Day 1518 in the village of lloliein. the lest and teacher sang for the irst time to an old guitar, a song that has been sung all the world over for the last one hundred snd twenty-five years.

Scene years later the church or- gan at l-lollain went out of order and an organ builder from s neigh- bourlhg province in the Austrian ‘Pyroi was called in. After making his repairs. he asked the school teacher If he would like to try the organ. As Gruber began to play. somehflw he slipped un- awares into the Christmas melody he had written for Father Mom's poem, and suddenly the priest and the teacher were sinsinl it W!“ ther. The organ builder bell"! them to sing it again and asked .|f he might take the tune with him, as it was new to him and var! lovely.

The teacher was going to write it down for him. but the orssn builder said ha was sure to re- member it and all the way home bummed the melody-

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All the children in his home town loved the organ builder for he always brought their new songs and this new Chrisimas_song soon was a great favourite. but,nobody knew who had composed it f0!‘ neither the priest or the school teacher had told tha organ-bulld- ar.

Thai-e ware four small chiidram. two boys and two girls in this vii-~ iage who had lovely voices. They were children of Strasscr, a glove maker. On Sundays they sans In ills choir. but on other days they were always singlnr toast-hw- As a surprise to their Dlronfs when Christmas came they sang the new carol.

“Silent night. holy night. lcn of Ood- how the lilht Rsdiatss love from thy Iisavaiiiv

face. At the dawn of redeeming grace. Jesus. Lord at thy bith."

By now this was coiled the "Song from Heaven" as the composer

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The time came when tha Stras- ser children were old enough to travel with their stock of gloves to sell at tho fairs in the larger towns, so they came to lnlpuig. In the big city were all kind of strange. new sights. At first they were cur- ious, but after a whiic became lonely and homesick. so to cheer themselves up they sang as they did at home, their favourite "Song from Heaven". Passes-s-by stopped to listen and ended by buying their gloves. Among them was tha or-' ganist of the cathedral. l-Ia asked them if they would like to sing at a concert when they returned next year. They ere too bashful. but next year v1 an they came. he brought them four tickets to the grand concert that was being given,

The arrived in awe at the con- cert hall and presented their tick- ets and were shcyn to four seats right beneath the orchestra lat- fohn. They were most un ort- able in all this glitter and bril- lidnce, but when everything‘ was quiet. they saw that their friend the organist was the conductor of the orchestra. After several pieces h“ been played and they were t oroughly enjoying themselves. t e conducwr raised his hand and announced that there wet-Lieu: young persons present. not pro- fessional singers, who would sing sgme of their Tyrolean airs before t eir majesties. the King and queen of Saxony. The youngsters were dismayed, but the eldest said. "lhut your ayes and think you are singing at home."

Warmly Applalldcd

Their first song w" the Song

om Heaven, “Silent Night". After they had finished, applause broke loose and went on and on. They sang all the songs they knew and (their "Silent Night" again. Their Majastias desired to receive the singers. After being presented ‘n the Royal Box, the King request- dd them to sing next Christmas at the Royal court chapel. So they did and "Silent Night" was their Ions. .

‘shepherds view the angels flight. {lugs e'en follow tha guiding star: "Alleluia" rlngs near and far. Christ the Saviour is born.

Seen the four Strassers were to be known as the Tyrolean night- ingsles srid were in great demand At concerts everywhere.

“Silent Night" also became pop-

lar and was sung in the cathe- dral at Berlin, King Frederick William of Prussia. struck by its ‘beauty. demanded to know the composer. and was annoyed to be told. "author and composer un- known."

The Royal concert master was told to find him and started at onca on research. No one could tell him. but it seemed like Austrian music and in travelling through Austria on his search, he came to a email inn on the border. There the Innkeeper had s bullfinch in a cage and to the surprise of the Royal musician the bird whistied the tune of "Silent Night”. "Where rlld Y9" Bet that birdf", he do- mended. A traveller had bought him in Salzburg at st. Peter's Ab. bey. so to “St. Peter's AbbeLJn SAW-burl he went, seeking the composer I-of- Silent Night. Holy Night.

“Prom the sky's golden height Came salvation to every place. Iii revealing fullness cl grace. Jesus, born as a man."

He went to St. Peter's Abbey and looked through all the compos- itlonl of Michael Haydn, m; broth- er oi’ the famous Joseph. whom he believed to be the composer. No "d! W110 will found in Michael Hadylfs compositions. As for tha bulifinch. the abbot said that training song birds was a cruel Practice and was not dons at St. Peter's.

The choir instructor however. heard the story and he knew his choir boys and feared that one of them milht have trained a. bull- finch to sing “Silent Night", as people paid wall for trained birds. Bo. when the boys were waiting for him in the vests-y. he went quietly outside and whlstied "Silent Night‘ like a bulifinch. One boy vsid to another, "Hey. your bird has come back". A little boy stole out of the vestry to try and catch the bullfinch and the choir master held him and asked his name. "Felix Gruber". he replied. ready for punishment. "Where did you get that song?" asked the choir master. —"Why my father made it up. He is the organist at Hollein."

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So, in a short while they Ian off to visit tha old schccimastl. He was very surprised to sea his son and still more so when he said he had the choir master with hipi. Ha invited him to supper and in course of conversation the choir master said. "l hell‘ you have written a famous song". "What asked the schoolmaster. "Why Silent Night”. "0hi that was written thirty five years ago. The words are by Father Mohr who has died. There sra six beautiful stanzas". Bo on the old guitar. he played the tune for them again.

“Silent night, holy night.

Pouring forth all tha might

Of our hthevs love and grace, As Jesus holds in a brother's sm-

brace All the nations of man."

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lo at last the myllcry of the composition of the heavenly song "Silent Night" was solved.

The schoolteacher. Frans Gru- ber wrote out an authentic history of the song and sent it to the King's concert mastu- ln Berlin. sending also the original words of Father Mohr and his own origihal music.

Seine wefld later he received a letter with tha King's sasl con- veying his rsonal thanks.

Oruber d ed some time after. but in the old church in which “Sil- ent Night" was first sung. the por- traits ef the author and composer

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Plan To Step llp Activity In Local Navy League

Recently, Mr. H. R. Gillard, Do. minlon Secretary of the Navy League of Canada, Toronto. On. "Tw- Ibent several days in this City. renewing acquaintances and holding meetings with the per- sonnel of the local Division. 1t is anticipated that the coming yo“ will see increased activity. Plans are now under way and a detailed report will appear 1h the pfQ” shortly.

The P. E.I. Division consists of about 60 cadets and seven offic- ers. including a band. These young men meet Friday evenings and about two hours of interesting work is accomplished. The pro- posed agenda for the coming year will include such subjects as Woodcraft, photography, marks. manship, etc. It is interesting to note that forty-one of the Cadets attended summer camp near Saint John, N.B., and the Division came in for great praise in their ap- pearance and work.

As the division is self-support- ing, and as the boys require uni. forms, etc., a very splendid book, entitled the “Sailors? containing 153 fine drawings of the Canad. ion Navy in action will be on dis- play in several of the business windows. This book will make a very fine Christmas gift.

Daughter ls Born To Widow 0f Canon Turner

(By The Canadian Press)

FELIXSTOWE, Suffolk, Eng, Dec. 22—Mrs. John Turner, 3i- year-old widow of Canon ‘Iurner who died after being accidentally shot at an Arctic post, today gave birth to her third dauglitsn.

On her arrival in England last Thursday. she said: "One day soon I am going to haye a baby. I pray it will be s boy—a boywho will grow up in the living knage of my dead husband."

Mrs. Turner returned to Elig- Iand tc live with her parents here »after~~her husband died from. in- juries suffered when he accident- ally shot iflmself at Moffet Inlet in Bsffirilahd.

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