The Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-12-24, Page 3from all
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for your patronage throughout the past year and look
forward to serving you well in the year to come.
Have a happy holiday!
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You Have to Catch 11 Before You Eat 11
You haven't earned your
apron until you've chased a co-
conut•around the kitchen. I
bought a coconut and a pine. -
apple the other day, thinking
that both these island fruits
would be useful for an unusual
meal. They were; but in the
case of the coconut, you have
to catch it before you can eat
it.
The coconut comes with a
double protection against mar-
auders -- a hairy outside shell
and a smooth inside casing,both
dark brown. The outside shell
can be broken easily enough if
you have a baseball bat or an
axe, or ane of those huge steel
balls wreckers used for concrete
walls. I settled for a small
hammer. But first I found the
lineup of small openings or
"eyes" at the bottom of the co,.
conut. These have to be punc-
tured to let out what's called
the coconut milk, or the job is
impossible. Pessimists say you
need a pneuma sic drill to punc-
ture these, but I found that a
shish kebab skewer, forcefully.
applied did a dandy job. Then
the milk drained off -- a clear,
pale fluid that looked much
more like water than milk. I
saved it to use in a curry and
tackled the next step.
That step was baking the
coconut in a moderate oven un-
til the shell cracked, Then,
hammer in hand, I conked the
coconut. It ricocheted off the
wall and landed under the ta-
ble. I should have crawled un-
der with it for the next blow,
because it was right back un-
der the table after clipping the
refrigerator..
Several gauzes of kitchen
croquet later, the coconut was
shelled. Then came the job of
Peeling off the tough brown in-
ner casing, The firth white
Coconut meat fell away front
the shell, faintly oily, sweet,
and slippery as soap. Children
love to eat it solo this way.But
I had other plans for txtost of it.
out came the grater, with its
roughest side to the coconut to
produce long, toothsomeshreds.
When the .coconut was grated 1
gathered it up and refrigerated
it in a plastic bag to use in a
coconut cream pie, with the
curry mentioned before, and
in a tropical dessert made from
the other fruit, the pineapple,
Now the pineapple yielded
with much more grace thanthe
coconut, It was simply a mat-
ter of cutting off the prickly
tops of the leaves, halving the
fruit with a sharp knife, and
coring it. After scooping out
the fruit inside the pineapple I
cubed it and left it to marinate
in fresh lime juice with a bit
of sugar, The hollowed -out
pineapple and the limed fruit
were refrigerated until dinner.
Then, just before serving des-
sert, I mixed shreds of the fresh
coconut into the lime -pine-
apple combination,, and spoon-
ed all this back into the pine-
apple shell. It is a decorative
and luscious dessert, the tangy
lime adding a pleasantly as-
tringent taste to the sweet pine-
apple and coconut, To add ex-
tra color, you might mix in
Use Cotton :Patting
For a Topiary Tree
Plain white cotton batting
can be effectively used to cre-
ate a unique topiary tree for
your Christmas table. You'll
also need fine mesh chicken
wire, two feet by 13 inches, for
the topiary ball base; a broom-
stick cut 21 inches long for the
stem; and a styrofoam filled
WE ESPECIALLY want to express
our grateful appreciation for
your loyalty and good will. We
have greatly enjoyed the pleas-
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during the past few months.
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flower pot, which serves as the
tree's base. First spray flower
pot and broomstick with gold
paint. Put sand or rocks in the
bottom of pot to weight tree
down. Cut styrofoam to fit the
flower pot, making a hold in
centre to secure the broomstick.
Mold chicken wire in shape
of a ball and nail the top down
over broomstick. Cover the
ball with cotton batting by
punching it into the mesh wire.
Spray cotton with glue and
sprinkle with silver glitter.
Decorate the tree with clusters
of polished holly. leaves, small
red Christmas bells, and gold -
sprayed small leaves - artifi-
cial or real. You might also
use artificial flowers or costume
jewellery for tree decorations.
To complete your topiary tree,
cover the styrofoam base with
cotton batting, and tie a big
red bow around the stem,
strawberries or orange sections.
Garnish with Mint leaves, and
you have one of the gayest des-
sertsgoing, s- Christian
Science Monitor.
Christmas Theme
For Mt Meeting
Mrs. R. Powell, president,
was in the chair at the regular
meeting of the Wornen's Insti-
tute held on December 19th.
Program conveners were Branch
Directors Mrs. J, Halliday,
Mrs. H. Congiam,• and Mrs. F.
Edgar, Roll call was "A Christ.
mas Custom in our house".
Mrs. G. S. Newman told of
the work of the Salvation Army
which is being carried out in
88 countries. Mrs, Frank Edgar
gave a paper on Christmas cus-
toms. Mrs. C. Shiell gave the
story of a Christmas tree and
Mrs. C. Hopper read about
customs in other countries.
Miss Olive Lapp and Miss
Kim Mellor sang two Christmas
songs, which were enjoyed by
all and several Christmas' carols
were sung. The collection was
given to the Salvation Army.
Lunch was served by Mrs. A.
Halliday and her committee.
Cathy Soloman
Is President
WHITECHURCH-The Mes-
sengers of the United Church
held their December meeting
on Sunday afternoon with their
superintendent, Mrs. Clarence
Ritchie and President Brian
Purdon presiding.
He opened the meeting with
the roll call answered by 21.
All sang the carol "Silent
Night". John Gibb read the
Scripture reading and Charles
Thompson led in prayer. The
offering was received and the
prayer given by Barbara Rit-
chie. The secretary, Marlene
Weber, read the minutes.
The election of officers re-
sulted as follows: President,
Kathy Soloman; 1st vice, John
Gibb; secretary, Diane Swan; '
treasurer, Janet Sleightholm;
citizenship, Thelma Purdon;
press secretary, Joyce Tiffin.
Mrs. Mitchell told the
Christmas story using a flannel -
graph, which interested the
children. Mrs. Mitchell clos-
ed the meeting with prayer.
In parts of Norway, country
folk place sheaves of unthresh-
ed wheat outside their doors on
Christmas morning so that the
birds shall not go hungry -- one
of the loveliest of all Yuletide
customs.
Accounts Paid By Council
Turnberry Council held its
last meeting of the year onDe-
cember 16 and the main bus-
iness transacted was the passing
of accounts for payment.
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
County of Huron, levy,
$23,787.27; Wingham and Dis-
trict High School, levy,
$23,887.86; Turnberry Twp.
School Area, levy,$17,653.26;
Howick Twp. School area levy,
$1,505.28; Culross Twp. School
Area, levy, $897.95; Wingham
Sacred !lean School, $362.97;
Federation of Agriculture,
$488.47; Brussels Telephone,
$483.81; Lewis Flowers, mem-
orial wreath, $10.30; Wingham
Advance -Times, $22.98; Alex
Stolaiski, rebate on 1963 taxes,
$60.28; Harry Adams, refund
Fed, of Agric. , $2,06; Harry
Elliott, caretaker Bluevale
street lights, $51.00; Leslie
McDougal, t,arctaker Lower'
Wingham lights, $48.00; Mrs,
Mina McCracken, dinner,
$13.50; Bluevale Community
Hall grant, $70.00; Bluevale
Library, grant, $35,00; Del-
more Library, $25.00; Howick
Fall Fair, $131,00; Howick
Cetnetery, $50.00; Huron
County Plowmen's Assoc.,
$25,00; W. John Willitts, dog
tax refund, $6,00; John Wool.
cock, work on Armstrong drain,
$5.60; Joc Kerr, certified
cheque returned, 8300.00; A.
D. Smith, salary, $250.00; W.
Harry Mulvey, salary, $200.00;
William Denman, salary,
$200,00; David Eadie, salary,
$200.00; Edward Walker, sal-
ary, $200. hospital Board meet
ings, $50., $250,00; John V.
Fischer, balance of salary,
Court of Revision, financial
statements, selecting jurors,
Federation of Agriculture,
$350.30; William B. Cruik-
shank, balance of salary and
expenses, $346.60; Geo. Day,
part salary, $275,00; Jerry
Lavergne, one fox, $4.00;
Township of Turnberry, de-
benture acct„ $7,'777.50.
ROAD ACCOUNTS
James Wright, 86,50; Geo.
Gallaway, $127.40; John Wool -
cock, $203.28; Joe Kerr, bal-
ance of gravel contract,
$2271.14; Mac Eadie, gravel,
$70.00; Ontario Hydro, for
shed, $10,44; Township ofCul-
ross, boundary acct., $417.24;
Mowbray Construction, rent of
truck and loader, $202,50;
Valley Blades Ltd.. snowplow
blades, $55,33; McArthurs
Tito Service Ltd., truck tire,
$104.18; C. 13, Hoffman, store
acct., $23.78; James Wright,
chain sawing, $15.00; Pedlar
People Ltd., culverts,$343.36;
H. Kerr Construction Ltd.,
$378.97; Burns Moffatt, $5.65;
Turnberry Township, one half
unemployment insurance,
848.96.
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Aman and June Hafermehl
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CHRISTMAS!
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this holiday season
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