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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-11-25, Page 4Ns. ;7t.ttt:14,:i )0.13:3F:Ptt:: MUNDY'S built for your usiness Light job Rough job L-- -------- M-100 PICK UP M-600 HEAVY DUTY METEOR SEDAN DELIVERY M-350 STAKE PARCEL DELIVERY' M-1300 EXTRA HEAVY DUTY Prestige job LAVISHLY LACE-TRIMMED SLIPS $2.98 to $5.95 Attractive Array of Pure Wool SWEATERS $2.98 to $7.95 Sheer Leg Flattery in SHEER NYLONS $1.25 to $1.95 Style.Inspired Nylon and Jersey BLOUSES $2.98 rto $7.95 GLOVES—A style & material for every hand $1,49 to $5.50 HANKIES— Linens - Floral Lawns - Dainty Lace Trims. 29c 'to $1.25 IFhaxo Four 'Ate Wioghant AtlivatiWIImeAt, WO(luobdaY, $014 2,5# 1953 Aprons Modelled.atWiri-AVAIMAgigigw4re444=-WerSOPMAMAIMAIC-rt Toted, never know by the weMer, but Christmas is just around the car- 13er—'0111Y 25 more shopping days Away, as of today. And while the mild weather has made people forget about the fact, the storekeepers are on the job, getting things in shape for the .Christmas rush, Already several of them have decorated their store win- dows, and the main street is gradual- ly taking on a festive air as one by appeentkommortouftwooctoctecto Special! Gifts Available Only at MCkibb011S The Rexall Store littitArlficeS BACHELOR tpittt-Pttet SHAVING SIT satAnsct idifiAltoArt tan" AND YAW* $2 25 .,,Krotira.44nikt &..M*. 0100AiBaiaatailitel tX one the stores come tip with their colorful Christmas decorations, Joe McGill of McGill Radio was one of the first to swing over.to Christ- mas decorations in his window, and the result has been a very happy one. The centrepiece is a display fireplace, flanked by a couple of television sets, and the whole scene lavishly decorat- ed with tinsel and red crepe, liven though people outside are walking around in their shirt sleeves the win- dow manages to convey the color and glitter of Christmas very well, 0 - - 0 If you 'happen to be in Weiwood's and can't resist a toy department (and who can?) the large display of toys at the back of the store is well worth visiting. Here you can see all the latest ingenuities of, the toy manu- facturers, and there are plenty. Toys seem to get trickier and trickier every year. One that caught our fancy was a good-sized derrick, which operated by clockwork. Wind it up and she's ready to go, By means of a lever control, which incorporated four shifts, you can raise the bucket, lower it, turn it right or left, all by a flick of a finger. We can see the kids going crazy over this gadget, that is if they can get it away from Dad, who will probably want to be chief engineer. Guns are getting more and more realistic, judging from a toy model western carbine on display in the toy department. Made of plastic to simu- late a walnut stock, complete with checkering, the guns have a black barrel, and a most lethal-looking ap- pearance. You could hold up a bank with a gun like this. Fortunately for the smaller fry, all it shoots is caps, The lever action of the gnu pulls out, allowing a rail of caps to be inserted, completing the business end of the weapon, o ,p-0 Mrs. ,Audrey Swatridge, in the new Fairyland store, reports that business was brisk during the days of their opening last week—in spite of the fagt that workmen were busy tearing up the sidewalk in front of the store while the opening was actually in progress, As an opening gift to its young eustomers, Mrs, $watridge gave gaily. colored balloons to each child coming Into the store during the first open- ing days, and the traffic across the threshold was something to see. The fact that a lot of kids had to "walk the plank" over newly laid cement, probably added to the fun, The store has been nicely re-decor- ated by the Swatridges in children's Colors, and a new and modern front has been added. 0 - - 0 Latest thing In. comic books for the kiddies is the a.D comics, with a 3 dimensional effect. We dropped into Kerr's Drug store the other day to have a look at this phenomenon, but all we could see was a blur until we bought a copy, took it home, and as- sembled the red and green colored glasses that go with each book. Once you get the glasses' assembled and get your eye focused properly, you really do get the 3-dimensional effect. The only trouble is the fact that the pictures are drawn like other 'cartoons, and the impression is one of several drawings on different plans, rather than the full roundness of photographic 3 dimensions. Never- theless, the results are quite inter- esting. For the grown-ups, the publishers are turning out 3-dimensional pin-up magazines, featuring mostly movie stars in bathing suits. Not having our red and green bi-focals, we weren't able to gauge the depth in these pic- tures, but we thought the idea has possibilities. W.A. Christmas Sale The Women's Association of Wing ham, United. Church held a very suc- cessful Christmas tea and sale in the school room on Wednesday afternoon. The' room was gay with Christmas decorations, which, with the bright colors of the aprons, presented a fes- tive scene as one entered, The plat- forms represented a living room with chairs, lamps and baskets of white mums. Also on the platform were two silvered Christmas trees with twinkling lights, each tree was placed in a small snow covered yard in which were miniature animals and which was enclosed with a white picket fence. The serving table held 0, large basket of red and white mums with red candles on either side, while each tea table was centred with a decorated Yulelog holding a red candle. At three o'clock everyone was wel- comed by Rev, D. J, MacRae, minis- ter of the church, who also declared the sale opened. Then followed an interesting feature, the modelling of the aprons, A green covered ramp had been built out from the platform extending eighteen fept into the school room, On this, young women of the church walked, wearing many styles of aprons which were after- wards sold at the booth, When the buying started, the home baking table was soon depleted, the novelty table was well patronized, and the aprons, of which there were more than 1,60, were all sold. The C.G,I.T. group, who had a candy table, and the Young Woman's Auxiliary, who sold Christmas cards, both reported good business, while the tea tables were kept constantly filled. The nursery in' the gym proved a great success. Here the young children had their own party while the moth- ers enjoyed the tea and sale. Mrs, J. D. MacRae and Mrs, A. W Irwin, president of the association, welcomed the guests at the door. 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