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TELEVISION SET TO Township Reeves Hosts To
BLYTH FAMILY Counti'S And Officials
There was quite a flurry of exciter Last week saw the final meetings of
ment at the Memorial Hall on Satin.- 1953 for the Township Councils of
day night when the time came around East Wawanosh, Morris, and Hullevt,
to draw the ticket for the television and as has been the custom in the past
set on which tickets had been sold by,the Reeves of the three Municipalities
the members of Blyth Branch No. 420, took advantage of the occasion to
Canadian Legion, during the pabt play host to their council members, and
month. township officials,
The sale of tickets was reported to
be quite brisk by Legion members,
which was only natural - everyone
wants TV in their homes now.
Mr. Ed. Bell, President of the Leg-
ion Branch, called on Mr. Albert
Walsh to preside over the Draw for the
lucky ticket, Betty Jean Cook, laugh,,
ter of Mr, and Mrs, Borden Cook made
the draw.
Betty Jean reached way down Into
the maze of tickets and came up with
one that had been purchased by Mr,
Ed. Johnston, of Blyth-Tiekot No. 2292,
The win was a popular one with
those present at the draw. Mr, John-
ston is confined to his home through
a severe heart condition,' and the in-
stallation of TV will provide him with
relaxing entertainment. The set was
delivered to him Saturday night, im-
mediately after the draw.
Christmas Seal Sales Show
Increase Over Last Year
According to a letter received by G.
R. 'Augustine from Mrs. J. 13, Russell,
Secretary of the Huron County Christ-
mas Seal Campaign, of the 12,417 let-
ters and seals sent out, 2,065 had been
returned with enclosures of contribu-
tions up to December 14th. Cash do-
nations accompanying the letters tot-
alled $4,039 95, which is an increase
over last year,
Mrs. Russell also repotted the fol-
lowing comparisons tiken on a Nation-
al basis. •To December 1st the Seal
sale for the Dominion of Canada show-
ed an increase of 8 percent. Saskatche-
wan had a 23 percent increase, in spite
of the 1953 wheat crop not sold, and
Noranda in Northern Quebec, almost
prostrated with strikes, had a 100
percent increase.
Follow-up cards are in the process
of being sent out to rejuvenate the
interest in the campaign,
• Receives Sad News Of
Parents' Death In England
Sincere sympathy is expressed by
Blyth friends to Mrs. Earl .Harrison in
the death of her parents, the late Mr.
and Mrs. Sydney Littlechild of Brigh-
ton, England. Mrs. Harrison received
the sad news of her parents' death on
Monday, December 14th. Mr, and Mrs,
Littlechild died within a few days of
each other.
Besides Mrs. Harrison, who lives in
Blyth, there are two brothers, and a
sister in England, completing the fam-
ily of the deceased parents.
AMONG TIIE CHURCHES
ST, ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN
CIIURCII •
Sunday School -- 2 00 p.m,
Church Service - 2.30 p.m.
Peter Walters, Student Minister,
THE UNITED CHURCH
. OF CANADA
• 131ytit, Ontario.
Rev. C. J. Scott, B.A., B.D., 'ttinister.
Sunday, December 27, 1953
10:15 a.nn-Church School,
Morning Worship 11:15 -Communion
In East Wawanosh the Council ad-
journed to the home of Mrs, Fred
Cook, Belgrave, as Reeve Taylor play-
ed host for the occasion, There were
no goodbyes to mar the fes ivity, as
all East Wawanosh officials will be
back at the Council table for the in-
augural meeting in January, 1954, all
having been accorded an acclamation
by the ratepayers at the November
nomination meeting.
Not so is the situation in Morris
Township, Reeve Harvey Johnston,
who himself is retiring following a
long and faithful tenure of office both
as councillor and reeve, banquctted his
councillors and officials at the hotel
in Brussels. This year Mr. Johnston
stepped aside to make way for' three
aspiring members of his council to
try for the Reeveship, which was won
by Councillor Bailie Parrott, As a con-
sequence not only Mr. Johnston, but
Mr. Coultes and Mr. Alcock, both do -
Noted in the contest for the reeveship,
were bowing cut of the municipal pic-
ture. All three were suitably honor-
ed with presentations on this occas•
ion. The twa 1953 officials who will
be back in 1954 are Councillor William
Elston, and Reeve -Elect Bailie Parrott.
Following a hotly -contested election '
with his Council member, J. Ira Rap-
son, Reeve William J. Dale, of Hullett
Township was in a jovial mood as he •
entertained his officials at his home
NO ISSUE NEXT WEEK!
So tint we might enjoy • the
Festive Ilolidny Se isn't along tvith
others, there will be no edition of
'the Stuulard next week,
The ofllce will be open through-
out the wee:(, and we hope to take
adrant ga el the opportunity lo
ca'ch up on some tag ends of job
printing which have been a thorn
in the flesh, nut only ours, but the
customers, for some weeks,
The next Issue of The Standard
will appear on 11'ednesday, Janu-
ary 6th, the first week of 1951,
OBITUARY
FILED I). RUTI.EDGE
Funeral services for the late Fred
Rutledge of Blyth, beloved husband of
Gertrude Morris, who died at his
home Sunday, December 13th, at he
age of 69, were held on Wednesday,
December 16th at 2 p.m., from his ]ate
residence, ' conducted ...by Rev, C. J,
Scott. Last rites of the Masonic Order
were conducted by Blyth A, F. and A.
M. No. 303, of which , Mr. Rutledge was
a member, in charge of Rt, Wor. Bro,
R. D. Philp. Interment was made In
Brussels' cemetery,
Pallbearers were, Moody Holland,
Harold Vodde n, Ray Madill, Harold
Phillips, Irvin Wallace, Stan Chellew,
Flowerbenrers were - Stewart Hum-
phrey, Roy Bennett, Jack McDougall,
Frank Hollyman, R. D. Philp, Gordon
Elliott, Donald Ilowes and Kenneth
Whitmore.
The late Mr, Rutledge was born at
Flesherton, a son of the late Sarah
and Robert Leslie Rutledge, He mar-
ried Gertrude, Morris in April, 1909,
taking up residence at Woodbridge
where he was C.P.R. agent. He mow-.
East Wawanosh Council
The Council met December 15th, at
10 o'clock, with all members present,
the Reeve presiding. Minutes of the
meeting heal Nov. 3rd were read and
adopted on motion by Buchanan and
Hanna.
Moved by McGowan and Buchanan
that Council adjourn for dinner to
meet at 1:30 o'clock. Carried.
Council mot at 1.30 o'clock per ad-
journment.
Moved by Buchanan and Purdon that
the Assessor get 100 envelopes with his
return address Carried.
Moved by Purdon and Hanna that
the Blyth Telephone System's account
for $2,179.30 be returned no action.
Carried.
Moved by McGowawn and Buchanan
that the Council approve of the bor-
rowing and Issue of debenture by the
Town of Clinton, Ontario,' in the sum
of $180,000.00 to be payable over a
period of 20 years for the addition to
the Clinton District Collegiate Institute
School. Carried.
Moved by Hanna and Purdon that
Council pay the Blyth Telephone Sys-
tem the rental rates that . have been
collected by Jan. 1st, 1054, March 1st,
and balance on June 1st that have been
collected. Carried,
Moved by Buchanan and McGowan
that representatives from the Township
on the Wingham District High School
Board, the Clinton District Collegiate
1Institute Board, and the Goderich Dis-
trict Collegiate Institute 'Board, be
respectively, Frank Thompson, Donald
McKenzie, and Nelson Patterson, Car-
ried.
Moved. by Purdon and Hanna that
the Road and General Accounts as pre-
sented be passed and paid. Carried.
Bylaw No, 13, appointing represen-
tatives to Wingham, Clinton and Gode-
on the evening following the final ed to Blyth from.Walton in 1941 where':
rich High. Schools; No 14„ setting tithe
Council meeting, While there was an • he worked as -agent until his retire -
election for both council and reeveship' ment in 1950.
In Hullett Township, the changes were Surviving besides his wife are four
not so drastic, Mr. Rapson's decision sons, Kenneth, of Tordinto; Fred, of
to contest the Reeveship left an open- Ottawa; Leslie, Drumbo, and Horace,
Mg for a new councilman, and Mr. Em- of London; also ten grandchildren and
erson Hesk. will take his place togetit- two sisters, Mrs, George Bellamy (Eva)
er with the old mcnnbers at the !Haug- of Kenora, and Mrs, Lilyan Sturdy, of
ural meeting in January,- Massey.
In all cases speeches were the order '
of the day, and those present cxpres- •
sed appreciationfor this act of coir- Forum Discusses Better Re-
tesy extended by their Reeves.
In the case of the Village of Blyth, lations, "Rural and Urban"
the only changes made were on the Due to illness on the line, and the
School Board, The decision of three of unexpected snow storm, the attendance
at the Fireside farm forum at George
the 1953 Trustees not to allow theft Carter's was much below average. 9
names to stand for re-election left a
wide, open field for new nominees.
The 1954 Board will have Trustees
George Bailie, Mrs, Bahnton and Mrs.
McDougall, all 1053 members, and
Trustees -elect Mrs.. Scrimgeour, Wal-
ter Buttell and Frank Tyreman, three
new names - three ladies and three
men-cou'.d almost be termed the bat-
tle of the sexes.
- C. W. L. MEETING .
The December meeting was held at
the home of Mrs. Leo Hoeganboom
with just a fair attendance on account
of stormy weather. The secretary and
treasurer were•both absent so the min-
utes of the last meeting could not be
heard, The correspondence was rend
and on motions of several ladies It tv!ns
decided to send donations of money to
the T.B. fund, Westminster Hospital,
send for a subscriplon for Our League
paper. It was also planned to pack
boxes for the shut-ins and distribute
bags of candy, huts and oranges 'to
adults discussed the topic, "Telling the
Farmer's Story." (1) We believe town
and city people are not well enough
informed on the cost of production, the
work involved, advanced cost for ma-
chinery, the increased wages for hired
help, the large capital now needed to
start farming and the wide spread bt.-
tween the price the farmer receives
and that the consumer pays for farm
products. They also do not understand
that profit made on the farm in good
years must be invested In repairs and i Wawanosh T.S.A., 1,222,65; Turnberry
machinery as their have been so many T.S.A,., 876.40; USS. No. 10, Kinloss,
years when farmers were financially 70.86; Separate SS. No, 1, West Wa•
unable to make these repairs. Wanosh, 35.50; High Schools, Wingham,
(2) We think that all we in our Far. 7,617.29; Clinton, 1,186.62. Goderich,
Forum could do to help improve un- 1,780.37; County of Huron, county rates,
derstanding of these problems would 15,995.94; H. C. McLean, premium,
be to invite such people to our forums 22.50; A. H. Erskine, tax collection
and talk to them on these subjects - charges, 81,54; Wingham Advance -
and would they care to listen? Times, printing, 12.35; Municipal World,
(3) If you were on the executive of supplies, 4.73; Brussels, Morris and
a provincial or national farm organiza- Grey Municipal Telephone, 191.75; Pol-
tion what would you recommend by ice Village of Manchester, 105.50; Judge
way of public relations for the organ- T. M. Costello, voters' lists, 15.00; Rol-
izatlon? Radia programs, use • of the and Vincent. voters' lists, 6.40; Village.
of Blyth, Division Court rent, 20.00;
share•of relief. 26.91; Huron County F.
of A., levy, 599.60; Alex. McBurney,
salary,' 300.00; preparing Financial
Statements, ' 20.00; Orval Taylor, fees
as Reeve, 175.00; telephone, 5,00; John
. Buchanan, councillor, 125.00; Clarence
Hanna, councillor, 125.00; Orval Mc-
• Gowan, councillor, 125,00; Aldin Pur -
don, councillor, 125.00; John M. Taylor,
weed inspector, 10.00; •Henson Irwin,
salary, 125.00; Ira Wall, refund, dog tax
4.00; County of Huron, spraying weeds,
114.50; Fox bounties -Jack Cook, 4.00.
Austin Cook, 2.00; J. F. McCallum, 2.00:
Murray McDowell, 2.00; Gordon Snell,
4.00; Leslie Burnett, 4.00; Ross Taylor,
24.00; Alva McDowell, 2.00; Blyth Stan-
ard, Financial Statements, 71.50; Nom-
ination Bills, 5.50; R. H. Thompson,
salary,420.00; Voters' Lists, 52.00; Mis-
for the first meeting of Council in 1954,
and No. 15, adopting Assessment Roll
for 1954 taxes, was read the first and
second times.
Moved by McGowan and Buchanan,
that Bylawsw No. 13, 14 and 15 be read
the third time and passed. Carried.
Moved by I]anna and Purdon that
Council adjourn to meet January 11th,
1954, at 1 o'clock, at the Belgrave
Community Centre, Carried.
Accounts
Road cheques -Stuart McBurney, net
salary, $174,00, bills paid, 5.00; Ernest
Walker, 25.78; Geo. Currie, 29.25; Frank
Cooper, 30,35; Wm. T. Irwin, 77.00; G.
Radford, 30.00; Canadian Culvert Co.,
47.52; County of Huron, spraying
weeds, 6 38; Can. 011 Co., 61.90; Dept,
Highways Ont, tax 22.00; Receiver Gen-
eral of Canada, income tax, 1.00; R. L.
Ekuchanan, 4.43; Reavie's Service Sta-
tion, 4.43; Alex, Robertson, rent of
shed 1953, 35.00; The Pedlar People
LQd., 483.12; Unemployment Stamps,
June -December 24,26,
General Account Cheques - Public
Schools, East Wawanosh T.S.A., $17,-
217,97; 'USS. No. 5, Hullett, 732.73; West
press, television of Earn conditions,
hchild 1►t tine Parish, also to pros- lectures, and the stressing of th
eata im-
Service. ent our Pastor, Father Graham, with a portance of honesty in marketing pro-
ducts, producing high quality products,
and co-operating and educating them-
selves and children. In the past, for
some unknown reason, many city and
town people have felt superior to their
country cousins. Farmers must learn
to express their thoughts clearly, co-
operate with other farmers, and so
raise their standard of living.
Prize winners - Most games, Mrs.
Harry Tebbutt, Glen Carter; Lone
hands, Mrs. Glen Carter, Bill Dein:age;
Auburn: Holy Communion, 12 noon, and decorated this beautiful calve, It ' Consolation, Mrs. Jim Howatt, Bill
Belgrave-Holy Communion, 3 p.m. was decided to carry the meetings on Dolmage.
W. E. BRAMWELL, Rector, through the winter if the weath- No definite plans were made for
er doesn't hinder getting out to the next Monday.
CHURCH OF GOD meetings. Inn such case the meeting
McConnell Stn eet, Blyth, will be transferred to the next momh,
Rev. G. I. Beach, Minister. The January meeting will be held at
10 a.m.-Sunday School, the home of Mrs. Sarto Healy. Fol -
•I1 a.m.-Morning Worship, ' lowing the business meeting a lovely
Subject - "Blessings of the Past lunch was served' by the lunch com-
• mittee.
Year,"
8 p.m. -Y. .U. Pageant turkey, and all the trimmings, The
"O Come and Let Us Worship God,". mys'ery prize was donated by Mrs.
ANGLICAN CHURCH ' Meitagoal and won by Mrs Louie
CHRISTMAS SERVICE; Phalen, a beautiful rose bowl. The
Dec. 24 -(Christmas Eve -11:30 p.m.- ladies sold tickets on a lovely Christ -
Carols and Hely Communion.
mas cake and at this time little Jo -
CHRISTMAS DAY henna Hoeganboom was called on to
make the draw, the winning ticket
Dec. 25 -Broadcast by the Lord Bish-
1Q, holder being John Metagoal of Hullett
op of the Diocese, the Rt. Rev. G.
Luxton, CKNX, 4:00 - 4:15; CFPL, 2,45- township. Much credit is due Mrs.
3:00 p.m. James Phalen, and her daughter, Mr+.
Dec. 27 -Blyth; Matins, 10.3b a.m. C. Boyle of St. Augustine who made
7:30 p.m -Evening Worship.
Subject -"New Opportunities." -
Thursday. 10:00 p.m. - Watch. Night ' Mr., and Mrs, Ray Madill, and fam-
Service. 11y were I'lanover visitors on Sunday,
TAKES WINGIHA11I POSITION
Mr. Freeman Tunney has taken a
responsible position with the firm of
Howson & Howson Limited, at their
.Wingham plant, 'and expects' to move Mrs. Wm. Racine, of Goderieh, is vis-
when living accommodation .becomes it:ng her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
available, Freeman has been a vetoed Philp, this week, also assisting them in
employee of the firm for the past four the Stoke during the final days .before
years. Christmas.
cellaneous, 10.59.
Orval Taylor,
Reeve,_
R. H. Thompson,
Clerk.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
Once again it is the happiest season
of the year -Christmas. That word,
and the warm glow that accompanies
it, means so much to us all.
We see the happy smile of anticipa-
tion on the faces of children, and see-
ing, remember our own childhood,
and dream for a while of the happy
days gone by.
Most of u5 can look forward to en-
joying the day with relatives and
friends, happy in the knowledge that
all in our family circle is in tune with
the Spirit of Christmas.
How wonderful it would be if that
family spirit could permiate the earth
and settle once and for all the
doubts and misgivings among nations.
so that the real Spirit of Christmas
could predominate, not only at Christ-
mastime, but throughout the year.
The family who publishes your
Standard weekly, wish to take this op-
portunity to extend to all our friends,
our subscribers. our advertisers, our
correspondents, heartiest wishes for a
Very Merry Christmas and a Happy
and Prosperous New Year,
Blyth "Blue Belles" Meet
Our last meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. McVittie on Saturday,
December 12th, The first part of the
meeting was used for basting our slips.
Then the meeting was called to order
by our President. The minutes were
read and adopted. It was decided that
we would wait until the New Year for
our next meeting, Mrs. Wheeler show-
ed us how •to make bias binding and
Mrs. McVittie discussed the care of
hair with us. The meeting closed with
lunch in which Mrs. McVittie gave us
some of her Christmas cake,
-Mary Lou Hallahan.
BIRTHS
MANNING -In Clinton Hospital, on
Thursday, December 17th, 1953, to
Mr, and Mrs. John Manning, of Blyth,
(nee Muriel Bowden), the gift of a
son -Cameron John.
WALSH-In Clinton Hospital, on Sat-
urday, December 141h, 1953, to Mr.
and Mrs, Clifford Walsh, of Blyth
(nee Marie Lippold), the gift of a
son. -Layton John.
NICHOLSON-At Dr. Myer's Nursing
Horne, Brussels, on Sunday, Decem-
ber 20th, 1953, to Mr. and Mrs. Gor-
don Nicholson, of Morris township,
the gift of a son.
Returns *From Long Truck-
ing Haul To Winnipeg
Mr. Roy McVittie returned home on
Thursday after a trip to Montreal,
Winnipeg and Brandon, Man., having
hauled a transport load of package
freight from Montreal. The trip took
him two days over two weeks and in-
volved 5,000 miles of driving.
Mr. McVittie has secured a hauling
contract with Mutual Motor Freight of
Winnipeg, and his truck will be mak-
ing these runs three times a month.
His transport leaves next Monday on
the second round trip.
Rural Hockey League ';
Opener On Dec. 30th -I
Natural ice conditions being favour.,
able, the opening games in the Blyth
Rural Hockey League are scheduled
for Wednesday night of next week, De-
cember 30th, when Blyth and Auburn
tangle in the $lyth Community Cen-
tre arena, .and Londesburo and Brus•
sets square off at the Brussels arena.
I-fockey interest doesn't take on
much emphasis until the teams can get
down to practice on their hone ice.
However, some of the teams in tea
League have been holding practices on
the artificial ice sheets available in
neighbouring towns.
There was some question in the
minds of local officials as to whether
Blyth would be able to ice a team in
the League due to the removal of po-
tential players and various other rea-
sons. Manager Bill Empey slated
practice sessions on various occasions
but only once did enough of the faiths
fol turn out to warrant the travelling
to the ice surface in Wingham. Bill
was just about ready to throw in the
hockey :sticks,' but lately things scent
to have taken a turn for the better,
and Blyth will very likely have a
team, whether it will be a contender
for the Cup, only time will tell.
Minor entries here, in W.O.A.A•
competition seem very unlikely.
Since the arena was built in 1950,
Blyth has had some good entries in
both Juvenile and midget ranks. They
did not always receive the support
that their ability warranted, as is the
case with most minor league teams.
Last year's midget entry, which'
drew players from throughout this dis-
trict, seems to have vanished. Two
of the players, Bob Carter and Jack
Tyreman, are Clinton Collegiate stud-
ents, and as such have been lined up
'by the Clinton entry. , The other play-
ers, who may still be available, will
likely be absorbed into the roster of
Rural League Teams.
WEDDINGS'
PHILLIPS - RAWORTII
In a quiet wedding ceremony which:
took place in the United Church ab
Moncton, New Brunswick, on Wednes-
day, December 16th, the Rev, Mr. John•
sten united in marriage Miss Lilian
Haworth and Mr, Phil Phillips.
The groom is the elder son of Mr.
and Mrs, Harold Phillips of Blyth.
The young couple will reside at 107
West Morland St., Apt, 2, Moncton.
R'IIITE • COOK
A quiet wedding took place at the
United Church manse, Belgrave, on
Saturday, December 10th, at 3 o'clock
when Freda Sylvia, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. Harry Cook, East Wawanosh,
exchanged marriage vows with Mr,
Raymond Allen White, Belgrave, sun
of Mr. L. White, Ingersoll, and the Into
Mrs. White. Rev. Charles D. Cox of.
Belated at the double -ring ceremony,
and Mrs. Charles D. Cox played tradi-
tional wedding music.
Given In marriage by her father, tho
bride wore a navy blue suit with pink
and navy accessories and corsage of
pink carnations. The bridesmaid was
Santa Claus Greeted By Miss Marion Ruth Moss, Auburn, who
Enthusiastic Crowd
An enthusiastic crowd of children
and crown -ups greeted Santa Claus as
he made his annual visit to Blyth on
Saturday afternoon via the courtesy
of the Lions Club.
While the children were waiting for
Santa they were treated to a free
show in the Memorial Hall. At the
conclusion of the show Santa put in
his appearance and amidst great jub-
ilation presided over the distribution
of 300 treats to the kiddies present.
Santa annual visit is awaited with
great expectancy by the children and
the Lions never let them down.
Activities At Arena Halted
By Mild Spell
Last week's chilly temperatures were
ideal for making natural ice, and of-
ficials of the Community Centre Ar-
ena lost no'time in swinging into action.
By Saturday there .was a reasonably
good sheet of ice, but the week -end Tuesday's Globe & Mall, in announc-
mild spell put a stop to the activities, ing the results of examinations of the
it is helped, temporarily. With the Institute of Chartered Accountants, in••
Christ,Mas vacation in full swing it is eludes in the list the name of a local
hoped that weather conditions are fav- boy, Ronald D. Philp, son of Mr. and
ourable so that skating can be enjoy- Mrs. R. D. Philp. He has successfully
ed by the children. completed his first year with the Ac -
Mr. Harold Cook has again been en- counting firm of Pearson, Edwards &
gaged to manage the arena this winter, Co., of London. Congratulations.
wore a navy blue suit with navy ac•
cessories and a corsage of yellow car-
nations. The best man was Mr. Aus-
tin Cooper Cook, East Wawanosh,
brother 'of the bride. The wedding
dinner was served at the Queen's Ho-
tel, Wingham.
Mr. and Mrs. White will reside in
East Wawanosh,
I'1CTURE DEDICATED AT CiIURCH
SERVICE
The McKenzie family of Blyth, gave
the picture, "Christ Knocking at the
Door,' to the Blyth United Church.
In a brief ceremony during tho
Christmas service last Sunday morn-
ing, the minister, Rev. C. J. Scott, ded•
icated the picture which is a beauti-
ful reproduction of a painting by
Bailsman, in memory of the pioneer
builders of the church,
PASSES FIRST YEAR ACCOUNTING
EXAMINATIONS •
TABLEam TALKS
Meat dishes from various coun-
tries is my "bill of fare" today
and I'm sure you'll find these
somewhat different ways of
serving up the familiar pork,
veal and so on, well worth try-
ing.
SWEET-SOUR SPARERIBS
2 pounds pork spareribs
1 tablespoon salad oil
1 small piece ginger root
1 clove garlic, crashed
!i cup sugar
�.� teaspoon dry mustard
teaspoor salt
2 tablespoons (lour
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons vinegar
1 cup w'tter
Cut spareribs in 1 -rib pieces
and place in large skillet, Cover
with hot water, bringing to boil,
and simmer 10 minutes. Drain
and dry thoroughly, Heat oil in
skillet and add spareribs. Turn
to brown on all sides. Peel gin-
ger root and chop fine. Place in
bowl with garlic. Add all dry in-
gredients, then the liquid ingre-
dients. Stir until smooth, Pour
over spareribs in skillet and sim-
mer 20 minutes, Serve hot.
Serves 4,
VEAL SCALLOPINE
1 pound veal, sliced very thin.
cup flour
Ufa cup grated nippy •cheese
Dash pepper
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1i cup butter or margarine
1 can condensed bouillon (14
cups)
Cut veal into• pieces about 2
inches square, pound well with
mallet or edge of saucer. Mix
flour, cheese and pepper; dredge
veal in this mixture. Brown veal
and mushrooms in butter in
heavy skillet. Blend in remain-
ing flour -cheese mixture and
bouillon; heat and stir until
sauce starts to thicken; cover;
simmer 5 minutes. Garnish with
stuffed olives. Serves 6,
Real Cooll—Robert E. Hopp mod-
els the gasheated work suit he
designed for cold -weather wear.
Hot propane gas, supplied by a
21/2 -pound metal bnit clipped to
the belt, is circulated through the
suit in rubber tubes. The suit,
which weighs 101/2 pounds with
the heater unit, can keep a man
warm for 12 hours in 30 -degree -
...below -zero -weather.
AI)OBO
1
pound pork chops 1 Inch
thick
1 clove garlic, chopped line
1 bay leaf
cup vineg..r
14 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
!)ash pepper
Spinach or cabbage, cooked,
Brown chops in skillet. Mix
garlic, bay leaf, water, vinegar,
salt, and pepper. Pour over
browned chops. Soak for 5 min-
utes Cover. Bring quickly to
boil. Lower heat and , simmer
until nearly dry. Remove chops
from skillet. Add canned or fresh
cooked cabbage or spinach. Stir
lightly with fork. Serve on hot
platter topped with the pork
chops, Three servings.
*
If the than in your family likes
a Ragout, here is one made with
pork hocks that will win praise.
It is good served with boiled
potatoes, carrots and cabbage. i1
serves 4.
PORK HOCK RAGOUT
1 pound pork hock (4 pieces)
4 tablespoons shortening
1 onion, sliced
2 teaspoons salt
1 bay leaf (optional)
1/2 teaspoon whole cloves (op-
tional)
1 cup water
14, pound ground beef
1/2 pound ground pork
!.i teaspoon pepper
ilrowned flour (about SIA
cup)
Brown hocks in 2 tablespoons
shortening in a heavy kettle or
skillet. Add onion, 1 teaspoon
salt, bay leaf, cloves and water.
Cook 2 hours, or until fork ten-
der. Add water from time to
time if necessary (there should
be about 2 cups liquid at end of
cooking period), Mix together
the ground beef, pork, pepper,
and 1 teaspoon salt. Form into
11/2 -inch balls and r o 11 in
browned flour, Brown in second
skillet in 2 tablespoons, shorten-
ing. Add browned meat balls to
pork -hock mixture and cook 1
hour, Just before serving, thick-
en broth with r4 tablespoons
browned flour mixed with liquid
left in pan after frying meat
balls.
Y ' 7
Chicken almond stirs the im-
agination to see pictures of the
Orient, and here is a modernized
version,
CIIICI{EN ALMOND—
CANADIAN VERSION
2 tablespoons butter or mar-
garine
s/a cup celery, cut in 1 -inch
pieces
cup sliced onion
2 cups diced, cooked chicken
(turkey or veal is good
too)
1/2 cup canned mushrooms
1 tablespoon cornstarch
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 cup clear chicken consume
1 cup unsalted toasted al-
monds
Melt butter in skillet and add
celery and onion, Stir and cook
2 minutes. Add chicken and
mushrooms. Heat 8 minutes
more. Combine cornstarch, soy
sauce, and consomme. Stir slow-
ly into chicken mixture. Stir
and heat carefully 5 minutes.
Stir in almonds. Serve over hot
fluffy rice, serves 6,
FIVE -IN - ONE
1�
As the result of three years of
experiments a Bury St. Edmunds
farmer now has a stock of 5,000
fruit trees, each single tree pro-
ducing five separate .varieties of
the same fruit—apple, pear, or
plum.
TEN TONS -of succulent turkey, like the ons proudly shown here by Romeeqq
Charest, chef instructor for the Canadian National Iiallwaye, will be eerred
aboard C.N.R. dining cars this Yuletide. More than 22,000 special Christ-
mas dinners will be served over the holiday seeaton, topped off with plus
pudding a )a CNR's own special recipe.
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For The Next 10 Years — J. T. Callahan points out to Raymond Geist some
of the toys the two-year-old boy will receive each Christmas for the next 10 years. This Christ-
mas he'll receive an airplane and automobile both large enough for him to ride, as well a tri-
cycle, kiddie -car, wagon and sled. He is being given the transportation toys to honor his being
the one -millionth person to ride on the latest form of transportation .... the world's first moving
rubber sidewalk, Installed at the B. F. Goodrich Co, exhibit in Chicago's Museum of Science and
Industry..
News Trickle -- New Yorkers at Times Square reach for copies
of the Sunday Herald. Tribune the first Manhattan paper to be
published in a week. The usually thick edition was limited to
eight pages,
Admiral's Love For Fruit Cost Two Warships
When a British naval squad-
ron arrived at a seaport in Chile
during the 1914 war, the Admiral
in charge sent his steward to buy
fresh fruit.
Ashore, however, the steward
got very drunk, and had to be
bundled by comrades into . the
ship's boat, which pushed off for
the flagship, leaving the basket
of fruit behind.
Waking later, he remembered
the fruit, and, fearing the Admir-
al's wrath, begged the wireless
operator to ask a collier to bring
the basket to their refuelling
rendezvous off the coast the next
day.
No one suspected that, about
one hundred miles away, several
German ships were making for
Valparaiso, The Gneisnau's radio
caught the message: "Bring out
the Admiral's basket of fruit."
Direction -finding equipment in-
dicated the position of the Brit-
ish squadron, and within four
hours the Germans had sunk the
Good Hope and Monmouth. That
basket of fruit cost us two good
ships and 1,200 lives!
Cdr. A, B. Campbell, serving at
the time in H.M.S. Otranto, dis-
closes this ih his engrossing re-
miniscences, "When I Was In Pa-
tagonia."
One amusing story is that of a
fakir who came aboard the troop-
ship Orient at Bombay to enter-
tain her company. He hypnotized
a `dozen volunteers made them
mark time, take off their -jackets,
then their pants. "Jump over the
side," he next ordered, and, u
they raced to the port rail, "The
other side," then as they turned
and raced to the starboard side,
"Back again!" Finally he lined
them up and said to each, "Wake
up, big man," and they came
round.
The captain ordered the mast-
er-at-arms to see him down the
gangway and give him something
for his show. Later, Cdr. Camp-
bell asked, "What did you give
that fakir?" "Give'Im? Why, sir,"
he replied, "I give 'Int a good
hiding for mucking abaht with
the Armyl"
•~' When Campbell first weal to
sea, • ships didn't. carry a surgeon!
only a medicine chest containing
numbered bottles, plus a chart
showing a man with small num-
bered circles marked over his
body, When a men reported sick,
you asked hiss where be felt 1p,
referred to the chart, and gave
him a.dose from the .bottle with
the corresponding number.
Unfortunately No. 13, for the
stomach, soon emptied, so for the
rest of the voyage, Campbell gave
any man complaining of tummy
trouble a dose made up half from
bottle 6, half from 7, making 13
—"and, believe me," he says, "it
cured him!"
He once broadcast some • tales
about Tierra del Fuego, including
one about a dog with four nos-
trils. Some listeners 'who thought
them untrue, wroteto the B.B.C.
Campbell was asked 'for confir-.
motion, but he was unable to pro-
duce proof, Six months later he
met, at a Broadcasting House lun-
cheon, Mr. Lucas Bridges, an au-
thor who lived at Tierra del Fu-
ego.
"Do you live • in that white
house with green shutters half a
mile from the shore?" Campbell
• , asked.
"That is my house; have you
been there?"
"Yes, . but you were away in
Chile at the time. By the way,
have you still got that dog with
four, nostrils?"
"NO, poor old Jack died last
year, but I have a photograph of
him"—and Lucas produced it
from his pocketbook, substantiat-
ing the Commander's story,
Retired admirals and many
others also,doubted another
broadcast stor. of a wooden -leg-
ged albatross. Later a letter came
from% an old shipmate in Fre-
mantle, Australia, who had heard
the broadcast and recalled how
the bos'n had put a wooden leg
on an albatross that fell on the
deck when they were crossing.
the Great Australian Bight. He
was one of the seamen, he said,
who held the bird while the op-
eration was carried out!
Yet another story—told on the
Brains Trust --was of a bald-
headed man Campbell knew, who
was allergic to marmalade, and
when he ate it steam rose from
the top of his head!
Until letters came confirming
the story, the Commander', had
difficulty in convincing the B.B.C.
Governors that. he .hadn't over-
stepped tee mark. Many were
from bald fathers grumbling.that
now, when the children passed
the .marmalade, they wanted to
see the ,team) A friend told hlmt
"When my kids pass me the mar-
malade now, I laugh so much I
have to wipe my glasses before
I can read the paper!"
On Easter Island, Campbell
once saw a Kanaka funeral at
which, after the Catholic service
and burial, relatives and friends
round the open grave gave three
hearty cheers. Some time pre-
viously, he learned, they had
heard three cheers given by a
ship's crew for an anniversary.
It seemed a fitting conclusion to
any special occasion, so was ad-
opted for burials!
Among the first-class passen-
gers in one of Campbell's ships
heading for Fremantle from Ade-
laide was a well-known racehorse
owner. Watching a deck service
conducted by a clergyman In
chocolate and gold .hood and
stole, he suddenly exclaimed:
"That's a coincidence; the fellow
taking the service. is wearing my
racing colours, Come along to the
wireless room," he added, "I
want to send a radiogram ... I've
got a horse running at Adelaide
tomorrow and I think that par-
son's.gear is a decided tip."
It won at five to one. He sent
for the parson, told him: "I've
made a bit of money out of you,"
and handed him £25, saying, "I
put five pounds to win for you."
Campbell himself once dreamt,
before the Derby, that a grey
horse romped home with a 50 -
yards lead, but thought it non-
sense because the jockey was
talking French all the time.
Some clubmen to whom he men-
tioned the dream almost shouted,
"Don't you know that the jockey
who is riding the grey has been
racing in France for the past two
years, and speaks French fluent-
ly?"
' They at once laid a large sum
ori the filly Tagalie. And she won
the' Epsom classic' easily at 100
to 8.
Another 'well-known .. 'Austral-
ian bookie took a large party of
relatives and friends to Europe
in Campbell's ship, paying all
their expenses. When the collec-
tion plate was brought round at
a Sunday morning service in the
saloon, the bookie fumbled in his
pocket, obviously embarrassed,
then asked in a husky whisper;
"How much is 11? I'll pay for
the lot,"
When Melba was aboard, the
congregation would only pre-
tend to sing the hymns, mouth-
ing the words quietly, in order
not to drown her beautiful voice
—for she would never sing at
the ship's concerts, When a bish-
op with a raucous voice began
braying the hymns one Sunday,
a passenger sitting behind him
dug hhn in the ribs and whis-
pered hoarsely: "For Heaven's
sake, keep your mouth shut,
you're spoiling the whole show,'
Commander Campbell's hu-
mour and ability to yarn well
make his book first-rate enter-
tainment.
Hints For Safer
Winter Driving
Stuck In Snow? Don't race that
engine—you'll only get in deeper.
Rock your car back and forth by
gently accelerating in Low and
Reverse alternately. Don't let
your wheels spin and you'll usu-
ally manage to get free.
• • •
Starting On Ice? Stay out of low
gear—that just makes your
wheels spin. Try second gear, or
even "high," then accelerate very
slowly and evenly. You'll get bet-
ter traction this way and start
off without sliding or slipping,
• * *
On The Skids? Never jam on your
brakes suddenly when you're
travelling on icy pavements.
Pump the brake pedal up and
down gently to bring your car
to a gradual stop, If you start to
skid, always turn your wheels in
the direction of the skid Until you
straighten out.
4.5:,e
Aztec Dimaggio? — This chunky
Aztec stone image, on display
In Mexico City's Palace of Fine
Arts, could very well be playing
basebajl, waiting with a short
bat 'for that horsehide to sizzle
..:.toward home plate....
Safe Christmas Is A Merry One — It's not pleasant to think of a
gaily decorated Christmas tree as an instrument of destruction.
But your beautiful tree is a serious fire hazard. Because of its
natural pitch and resin, it is highly combustible, and once ignited
is almost impossible to extinguish by ordinary methods. Illustrat-
ed below are "do's" and "don'ts" to observe in the handling of
your tree, as suggested by the National Safety Council.
!meet wiring beton putting
lights on the tree,
When needles start falling dis-
card the tree hmncdiateiy.
•
Alter menhir the presents dip
pose of alt the Paper.
Electric trains are tun, but are
dangerous around the tree,
When you leave the house meke
etre the tree lights ere opt,
T11fl'ARMF.RONT
kulauseit
A cow's rumen is its number
one stomach where' billions of
microscopic plants (bacteria,
yeasts and other micro-organ-
isms) break down,•by a fermenta-
tfEn process, the cellulose in the
roughage eaten by the cow. In
addition to furnishing food for
the micro-organisms, the fer-
mentation process provides or-
ganic acids and simple sugars
which the cow is able to digest.
At the same time the micro-orga-
nisms themselves serve as a
source of protein,
An important discovery recent-
' ty was the fact that an increased
supply of nitrogen made it pos-
sible for microscopic plants in
the rumen to make more effect-
ive use of roughage supplied to
them by the cow. According to
C -I -L animal nutritionists, exper-
invents conducted with synthetic
urea feed compound which con-
tains 42 per cent nitrogen, disclos-
ed that this product helped sti-
mulate rapid bacterial growth in
the rumen which in turn brought
about a more efficient breakdown
of cellulose. With synthetic urea
in their feed, cattle can eat and
digest roughage previously con-
sidered of little value, Such
roughage includes corn and
stalks, wheat straw and timothy
hay,
Modern insecticides have a fine
safety record of use both in the
home and' agriculture, and have
actually saved millions of people
from death or illness, according
to a recent speech by Dr, E. F.
Kipling, of the bureau of ento-
mology and plant quarantine of
the U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture..
gricul•tune..
i, 4
Dr, Kipling said that DDT
alone is credited with saving an
estimated 5,000,000 lives and pre-
venting at least 100,000,000 ill-
nesses. "I am convinced that to-
day we have safer insecticides
for controlling insects in the
home than we had 10 years ago,"
he said. "We have synthesized
pyrethrum and methoxychlor in-
secticides low in their toxicity to
man and animals, The record of
extensive and safe use of DDT
and lindane is good. These new-
erinsecticides have replaced al-
most completely the more toxic
ones such as the arsenicals, fluor-
ides, phosphorus and cyanides
which formerly were in common
use in homes for controlling
household pests."
* • *
All previous tears, Dr. Kipling
pointed out, caused great in-
creases in the incidences of in-
sect -borne diseases, During the
last decade, however, unpreced-
ented and successful use of in-
secticides has protected Allied
soldiers and citizens of allied
countries from malaria, louse and
tnite-borne typhus and other dis-
eases transmitted by insects.
* *
"DDT has come unser heavy
fire from those who believe that,
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CHRISTMAS
MEANS
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Soon we will hear again the ancient Story—by candle light in
church, or as Dad reads to the family before the fire, Once more we
will remind ourselves that the Peace on Earth promise can come true.
But we know that this won't happen until we've learned to spread
Christmas good will through all our days and years, over all the world,
We face the grim truth that war, hate, and hunger still sicken our
planet, and humbly we place the blame where it belongs—within our-
selves. We wonder how people, and nations, can continue to be selfish,
suspicious, and fearful .. , generosity and tolerance come so naturally
at this season of Christ's birthday!
And we pray that, when enough Christmases have come and
gone, we'll have learned the lesson the Nazarene taught: to love God,
and to love our neighbors as ourselves. .
Our celebration of Christmas may be as reverent as a surpliced
choir, or as jolly as a jingle bell. No matter, so long as the things we
do find us working on that Lesson.
We make a family ritual of bringing in the tree. We fill boxes
for overseas, baskets for neighborhood door steps. We take toys to
the Children's Hospital, put on a program for shut-ins, or make up
a box of candy for the mail carrier.
We all get underfoot as Mother pulls pin -feathers from the
turkey. We breathe down her neck as she knits and purls last rows
in Dad's Christmas sweater, or runs seams in the Wise Man's robe for
Dick's part in the Christmas play.
We frenziedly, but lovingly, scrawl notes to go with our greeting
carts; make long, improbable shopping lists; put fruit cakes and
homemade jam into gift packages; ferret out old-fashioned stockings
for the children to hang.
We throw open our doors to our friends—plan a sleigh ride, skat-
ing frolic, or after -church snack. We go singing, muffled to the ears
against the frosty night.
And -who's more a symbol of good will than Santa Claus? He
pops up everywhere—tending coin kettles on the corners in town;
entertaining eager -eyed tots in department stores; and (looking suspici-
ously like the janitor) handing out presents from under the school's
Christmas tree.
There's nothing new or spectacular about our ways at Christmas.
But while doing these good, familiar things, we are at our best—
practicingtoward a time when we may become perfect in brotherhood,
and have peace in our world.
IMMOMMUMMVOMMOVICUMM
for some purposes at least, it
constitutes too great a health risk
to •permit its use in the manner
now advocated for controlling
insects which, affect man," said
Dr. Kipling. "The attack goes on
despite the insecticides' fine re-
cord in protecting people
throughout the world from dis-
ease -carrying insects. Yet, to my,
knowledge not one death (ex-
cltfditig accidental deaths) or
serious illness has been caused
among, the peoples exposed to tire
insecticides in connection with
insect control."
A' 10 to 30 per cent solution
of copper sulphate used as a foot
bath 'can help ,control -foot 'rot
in dairy cattle, according to tests
made at the department of veter-
inary' clinical medicine, Univer-
sity of Illinois.
* * *
Four-fifths of a pound of the
chemical in one gallon of water
will make a 10 per cent solution.
A 30 per cent solution is obtained
by dissolving two and one-half
pounds of copper sulphate in a
gallon 'of water.
The chemical will go into solu
tion much easier if hot water i,
poured over the powdered erys
tats.
Off The Tree•— Paddle' Ears, a baby chimpanzee, has his dinner
right off a banana tree in the jungle gardens of Ponce de Leon
Springs, Fla. Holding the chimp is Nancy Stech.
GigEN
TIIUNB
Gordon Smith •
Expert Advice For
Our Gardener
At , long last here is • a book
for the Canadian gardener, —
not a book which is a rehash of
material better suited to other
climates, 'or one containing a
grain of useful advice to a
bushel of stuff alien to our needs
-- but 'a volume packed. with the
very sort of information most
of us have, up to now, vainly
desired.
It is called A GARDENER'S'
SOURCE 1300K, by G. H. Ham-
ilton, 268 pages, published by
Dent, and worth many times its
price of $4,50 per copy.
'As W. Sherwood Fox, review-
ing it in the Toronto Globe' &
Mail, says, it r will be welcomed
• because it has been prepared ex-
pressly for amateurs by a Cana-
dian whose point of vtew is
consciously Canadian and who
•is eminently qualified to write
such a book,. The. author, G H,
Hamilton, is a scientific botanist
who has long been otliclaliv as-
sociated with the extensive gar-
den projects of Ontario's Nia-
gara. Parks' Commission, Thanks
to . him our amateur gardeners'
need no longer flounder. in be-
-wilderment with guides to ,gar-
dening primarily designed for
other latitudes or for profession-
, als. •
Through his ability to orga-
nize facts and to write clearly
Mr, Hamilton has succeeded in
compressing ,a host of essential
details ' into the compass of a
modest book, In each depart-
ment their range is' practically
complete: from soil, fertilizers
and other basic things to ways
of controlling pests and disease;
from window boxes and house
plants to spacious planned beds;
from kitchen herbs to the show -
lest blooms of annual and peren-
nial, of shrub and tree. •
• As .for times and seasons, the
author guides the reader round
the whole cycle of the year,
month by month, even week by
week. He• tells him not only at
what stage of the year to expect
'sundry flowers and fruits but •
when, far In PrIvance of ma-
turity, to beg' "reparing for
them, His 'instruc-._ns are cast
in lucid English which often
sparkles . with flashes of rele-
vant humour. Do not fail to read
the truth about the shamrock
and the thistle.
Reinforcing the running text
are many excellent illustrations
and useful tables, The titles of
some of the tables are signifi-
cant: Favorite perennials for
northern gardens; favorite de-
ciduous trees for northern gar-
dens; wildflowers for the gar-
den; recommended ' herbs for
northern garden s; Powering
shrubs for northern gardens. The
reviewer regrets the lack of a
table of native shrubs and trees
comparable to the table of
wild -flowers. He also misses
fuller directions for cultivating
our beautiful native, the flower-
ing dogwood,
The publishers are to be high-
ly commended for :the book's at-
tractive appearance, handy for-
mat and readable type.
Willed His Fortune
To The Queen
Queen Mary left a fortune of
£406,407 (£379,864 net) but, as
precedent decrees, no details of
her will are to be published, Un-
doubtedly there will be wind-
falls for many members of the
Royal Family, the Queen includ-
ed, but it is unlikely that • any
testament can ever again affect
the reigning sovereign as did the
will of the Buckinghamshire mis-
er, John Camden Neild,
A barrister, schooled at Eton
and "finished" at Cambridge, he
spent the last years of his lite,
money-grubbing. He eked out
his misery by never brushing his
one blue swallow -tail coat for
fear of destroying the nap, He
slept; ' if not by cadging a bed
from his tenants, then on bare
boards in a large, ill -furnished
house' in Chelsea. Stale crusts,
hard-boiled, eggs and buttermilk
kept. him alive until his seventy-
third year, Then, dying in 1852,
he bequeathed his 'fortune of
£500,000 to Queen Victoria,
She, rather surprisingly, ac-
cepted this nest egg, but used
some of the money to provide
legacies for Nield's neglected de-
pendants, Also, she raised a re-
redos and stained glass window
to his memory in North Mars-
ton Church, . Buckinghamshire,
inthe chancel of which he, was
burled, So, despised in life, he
bought himself a royal salute in
death,
Dog Defies Frontier
When a Munich bank clerk
decided recently to spend a
week -end in the Austrian Tyrol,
he planned to take his long-
haired -spaniel with him, But at
the frontier he was told he must
not cross with a dog. A kindly
inn -keeper on the German side
offered to care for it while his
master was in Austria.
The dog had other ideas. Two
hours later it made a dash across
the frontier and' traced the bank
clerk to a hotel twenty miles
away where he had sought shel-
ter • during a thunderstorm.
Master and dog had a pleas-
ant week -end together. Then
arose the question: how could
the dog be got back across the
frontier into Germany?
The man solved the problem
by tipping an Austrian peasant
and leaving his pet temporarily
with him 150 yards from the
frontier post. He himself crossed
into Germany and then he gave
a loud, familiar whistle.
The peasant slipped the lead
and the dog raced across the
fron tier.
A SHEEP STORY
When my great-grandfather
was a lad in the eighteenth cen-
tury, he was once sent before
breakfast to let out the sheep
inside the barn so that they could
reach the watering trough. He
opened the big door, went to the
sheepfold inside, let down Its
bars, and stood aside to watch the
flock, led by the majestically
authoritative ancient ram.. , .
But he did not go out. When
the' old ram who was their dic-
tator -leader carne to the open
door, he halted, shaking his great
horned head in uncertainty. 13o -
hind him, all the flock stood still
—patient, incurious, docile, await-
ing the orders of their Duce: The
farm boy, who was my great-
grandfather, pushed his way
through the submissive sheep till
he could see what the ram saw:
the just -risen sun sent through a
knothole in the barn wall a long
ray across the opening of the
door. In the dusty.air of the barn
it looked like a solid yellow bar,
about the height of the shoulders
of the sheep.
As my great-grandfather !bolt-
ed, he saw the ram realize his
responsibility for those followers
of his, who depended upon him to
make up their minds, Gathering
his haunches under him, he
launched himself into the air,
sailed over the impalpable ray
of light as though a wooden rail
—and trotted across the barn-
yard to the watering trough. The
sheep behind him did not ques-
tion his decision. If their Duce
ordered a leap it was for them to
leap, The next one in line sprang
high, and triumphantly cleared
the airy bar of transparent sun-
shine. The third sheep rose into
the air, his forelegs doubled up
under him to avoid knocking
against the ray of light, landed on
the other side, proud of his feat.
My great-grandchildren began
to laugh. One by one every
sheep accepted the dictum of
their ruler that only by a mighty
leap could the watering trough
be reached, .
•Not a generation of our folks
since then, but have heard that
story as a sharp -edged warning
about the tiresome, futile and
often deadly quality of . docile
refusal to question the party line
— any party line. — From "Ver-
mont Traditions," by Dorothy
Canfield Fisher, copyright, 1953,
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Lit-
tle, Brown & Co.
Industry for many years hea
used X-rays to inspect packaged
Items like cereals, candy, milk
and fruit and ensure that pro-
ducts are free from foreign mat-
ter.
tion
Take Off — The photographer
got this straight from the camel',
mouth as he moved in for this
picture at the London, England,
zoo. Although too close for com-
fort as far as the photographer
was concerned, George is a fay.
orite of children who visit the
zoo.
Snow Family — Patience pays off and these two gals finally get
their man — their snowman, that is, as their town is blanket-
ed with snow. The happy girls are Dolarita Heaney, 13, kneeling,
and her sister, Dorothy, 11.
awls
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Wishing All Our Customers and Friends A Very
Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.
HURON GRILL
BLYTH - ONTARIO
FRANK GONG, Proprietor.
BERNARD HALL
Insurance Agency
WESTFIELD
The regular progressive euchre was Mr, and Mrs. Donald Sne!I and
held in the community centre \Vednos• children of Anderson, Indiaunn, are
day n'ght. High prizes were 'won by spending this week with the former's
1\1,u•lin Grasby and Mrs. Haward W►1• p:rcnts, Mi'. and Mrs, Gord:,n S::c'l
kinson, and low by Mrs. Cara M.G..l and. other friends,
and Bob Yuill, novelty prize was won Mr, Wm. McDowell spent a few days
' by Mrs, C. It. Caul es whose birthd.y last week with Mrs, Wesley Stack -I
was nearest Chriam s, house and Miss Eva, of Brucefield.
The Belgrave Women's In:tit'-tte Mr. A. E. Cook of Blyth, Miss Violet
held its Christmas meeting Wednesday Cook, of Goderich spent the week -end
afternoon in the conmianity centre with Mrs. Fred Cook.
with 1\Irs. C. If, Wade convenor. It I Mr, and Mrs, Norman McDowell
was decided to hold a concert in Feb- were Stratford visitors en Wednesday.
ruary and a program committee named , Miss Betty Rodg•rr of G.:derich span:
as follows Mrs, 11 rss Anderson, Mts. the week -end with her parents, Mr. and
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GREETINGS—
TO WISH YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
ANI) A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
AND PITO EXPRESS THE HOPE THAT OUR
PRESENT CORDIAL RELATJONS
MAY CONTINUE
FOR MANY YEARS TO COME,
Clarence Wade, Mrs Ken Wheeler, Mrs, Emerson Rodger, Nl����� ����� �I ��
Mrs.ViamBdgMrGeoMhie' Mss Betty Surdy of Auburn spet maddiMadiu
U n A collection Thursday evening with Gwen 1\I:-
ry .•r..r..Ir.•I•.+..r rN 1' and Mrs. Ivan \Vigh r ,
pa
i for the Barley for Korea fund amount- Dowell,
ed to $16. The roll call was respond• I The special offering sponsored by the I• For Surprises Galore, Try Madill's Shoe Store.
ed to with "Your Favorite Christmas Westfield Sunday School for the care
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address on "And a Little Child shall The Christmas concert of the West -
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Mrs, M. Bradburn conducted a Chris:• proram opened with a welcome song
mas concert. Mrs, Wade gave a. dem- by the pupils and welcon:a• recitations
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Christmas table centres, candles a.�d Christians Awake and Carol Sweetly
Our Warmest Wishes for A Very Merry Christmas ; flowers. A thsplay of articles for the Carol, Who is Conning, Angel's Song.
and A Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Children's Aid Society of Goderich, ' Other songs sung were, "In the Little
donated by the members, was also dis- Red School House, Loveliest Night,
...+rrrN ....+.r, played before being sent away. L'ancli : Bells of Christmas, Willy Claus and
was served by Mrs, W Scott, Mrs. (Sante Claus is Coming, Christmas Cuv•
Meade. Recitations were given by
Ralph Csmpbell, Harold Campbell,
Bryan Spiegelberg, Shirley Snea, Garth
Walden, John Wharton, Gary Rodrer .•
Martin Koopman, Sandra Lynn Cantu -
bell, Gloria Lutz, Ronald Snell, John t
Campbell, Rose Marie Lutz, Bryce
Spiegelberg, Dorothy Howatt and :
Douglas Howatt, Dialogues, Changing
the Subject, The Stowaway, Home-
work, The Truth Telling Machine. A
skit,' "The Magic Box." The Maypole
Dance, and Junior Dances, the Muffin
Man, and Little Robin Redbreast. Af-
ter singing The Queen, Santa made his
appearance.
School closed on Tuesday for the
Chris:►nas vacation,
• The Season's Greetings to Each and
All,
Stanley Cook and Mrs. M. Bradburn.
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Needlecraft Shoppe
BEST WISHES TO EVERYONE ---
This is the happiest season of the year. and we
of the Needlecraft Shoppe join with others in send-
ing our best to our customers and friends.
May you have a Very Merry Christmas, and a
New Year full of Happiness, Prosperity, and Good
Health, is our Sincere Wish,
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CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS
FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A
HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
We appreciate the patronage accorded us dur-
ing the past year, and hope to continue our friend-
ly business relations throughout 1954.
KNOX PRODUCE
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For the convenience of our Customers, ar-
rangements have been made to place coal orders
with either Louis Daer, phone 109, or myself, phone
s' 36R16. All orders given our prompt attention at
all times. -
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Wish All Our Friends
And Customers
A Healthy, Happy
Si Prosperous
Christmas
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cessful Christmas Party on Friday
night instead of Monday n'ght, owing
to a school concert in a school of the
group. Singing Christmas carols open-
ed tiie meeting. The minutes of last
meeting were adopted and business
dealt with. Clarence Yuill was named
chairman for January. An exchange
of Christmas gifts from a beautifully
decorated tree was enjoyed. Progres-
sive euchre was played with 8 tables
in play. - High scores were won by
Mrs. Clarence YuIll and C, R, Coultes
with Charlie Wilkinson and Miss Cora
McGill the consolation prizes. Lunch
of sandwiches, cake, coffee and tea
was served, The next meeting will be
at the home of Mr. and Mrs, H. Wil-
kinson.
Lions Enjoy Family Night
"Family Night" at the Lions Club
was held at the regular meeting in
the Memorial Iia11 last Thursday e\'-.
ening with an• overflow crowd in at-
tendance. The meeting wt,s in charge
of the President, Lion Charlie Scott,
who extended a warm welcome to the
wives and families of the L`on"s, and
also the guests. Tailtwisting 'duties
were in charge of Lion George Cow-
an, and the song period of the meet-
ing featured Christmas carol singing,
M which all heartily joined, led by
Lion Tamer Walter Buttell. Mrs, Jack
McDougall was pianist throughout the
evening.
The members of the Blyth Women's
Institute served a delightful dinner.
Entertaimnent was provided for the
occasion by Walter Buttell and James
Lawrie, who in their usual good form,
provoked much merriment. with their
comic numbers, Violin selections were
given by John McDougall, and films
were shown, one on the Olympic games
and the other a comic, to round out
a pleasant evening of entertainment.
Brock Vodden was projectionist for
the filar. showing.
Another amusing feature was a
"dutch auction" with Lions "Bun" Hai1
and Charlie Scott as auctioneers, This
feature created many laughs, and also
netted the club a few dollars.
A most successful meeting closed
with a hearty Lions Roar•,
LON DESBORO
The Christmas meeting of the Lon-
desboro W.A. was held in the Sunday
School room of the church on Thurs-
day, Dec, 17th. Hymn 51 in the hytn-
nary was sung and the last verse used
as prayer, Mrs, Gaunt read the Scrip-
ture and this was fdllowed by prayer
and singing hymn 50. The minutes-ot
last meeting were read and adopted
and the treasurer gave her report.
Cards of appreciation were received
from the Prest family, Kenneth Vod-
den and the Lansing family. The roll
call was answered by gifts and money
for the Children's Shelter at Goderieh.
Program committee for, January; Mrs.
Townsend and Mrs, B. Shobbrook,
Mrs. Tamblyn gave the -report of the
nominating committee. Officers far
1954—
President—Mrs, J. Lyon,
Vice President—Mrs, W. Manning.
Secretary—Mrs. L, !Junking,
Treasurer—Mrs,' A. Clark,
Press Secretary—Mrs, L. Pipe,
Pianist—Mrs, T. Allen,
Assistant—Mrs, E, Wood,
Card Secretary—Mrs, Ih Durnin,
Flower Secretary—Mrs, T. Allen.
Hostess Committee — Mrs, Webster;
Mrs. R, Yungblut.
Auditors—Mrs, Lansing . and Mrs,
Tamblyn. •
Card Committee—Mrs, E, Wood, Mrs,
C. Crawford, Mrs. Townsend, Mrs. R.
Yungblut,; Mrs. R. Fairservice, Mrs.
Gaunt, Miss F. Jamieson, Mrs, T. Ad-
ams and Mrs. C. Ball.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin McKee and son,
Ronald, of Toronto, visited the fortner's
mother, Mrs, Thos. McKee and the Mc-
Gowan's, last Sunday,
Morris Township Council
The Council met in the Township
Hall on Dec. 15th with all members
present, Minutes of last meeting were
read and adopted on motion of Sam
Alcock and Chas. Coultes,
Moved by Chas, Coultes and Williatn
E?stop that the Deputy Returning Of-
ficers be paid $8.00, the Poll Clerks
$11.00 and the Returning Ulcer $25.03.
Carried.
Moved by Wm. Elston and Bailie
Parrott that when the Municipalities
with the higher assessment in the Clin-
ton High School District give their ap-
proval to the building of the new ad-
dition to the present building, Morris
will accept their share, Carried,
Moved by Chas Coultes and Wm. El-
ston that Bylaw No, 8, 1953, be amend-
ed 'to read to $135,000 in place of $125,-
000 for the addition to the Seaforth
District High School. Carried,
Moved by Sam Alcock and Bailie
Parrott that Mervin Richmond be re-
appointed as representative on the
Clinton District High School Board;
that Clarence IVlartiu be re -appointed
as representative on the Seaforth Dis-
trict high School Board and that C.
R. Coultes be appointed as represents-.
tive on the Wingham District High
School Board. Carried.
Moved by Chas. Coutes and Wm.
Elston that the road bills as presented
by the Road Superintendent be paid,
Carried.
Moved by Wnm. Elston and Sam Al-
cock that we make an appointment ,o
have an interview with the Municipal.
Board. Carried.
Moved by Bailie Parrott and Ch' s,
Coultes that the meeting adjourn to
meet again on January 11, 1954, at 10
Carried.
Accounts:
County of Huron, levy, $24,957.58;
Brussels Telephone, 6,664,80; Blyth
Telephone, 1,594 35; McKillop Tele-
phone 102.00; Hydro Electric Power
Commission, 54.00; Ivan McArtet,
caretaking, 15,00; Harvey Johnston,
salary, 200.00; C. R. Coultes, salary,
140.00; Sani Alcock, salary, 140.00; Bail-
ie Parrott, salary, 140,00; Wm, Elston,
salary, 140.00; Geo, Martin, salary,
500.00; postage ,30.00; Revising voters'
list§, 54.50; Old Age Assistance, 1.50;
Hydro for hall, 6.07; Returning Offi-
cer, 25,00; Federation of Agriculture;
29.50; Nelson. Higgins, salary, 375.00;
Unemployment stamps and postage,
38.00; Financial Statement 10.00; Relief
Officer, 25.00; Nelson Higgins, School
Attendance Officer, 12,00; Road audit,
5.00; Gordon Greig, Federation of,Ag-
riculture, 016.80; Senforth 'District
-High School, levy, 1,218 (15; Wingham
District High School, levy, 14,760.45;
Clinton District High School, levy,
602 92; Jack Wheeler, refund Of_ dog
tax, 2,00; Harold Sellers, rent of dump-
ing ground, 22,50; Aiv,in Armstrong,
fox bounty, 200; Dept. of Health, in-
sulin, 1,21; Advance -Times, advertising
and' printing, 2903; R:lph Shaw,
Parsonage Committee — Mrs. Town- • wreath for Remembrance day 11,75;
send, Mrs. Pipe, Mrs, J. Lyon and Mrs, Brussels Telephone, hall phone, 20,00;
B. Shobbrook and Mrs, Webster, treas. Mrs, E. Cummings refund on taxes,
urer, 25,62; Robert Michie, weed inspector,
Mrs. T. Allen favoured with an in-' 6.00;. Village of Blyth, Division Court
ammonia' and Mrs. Townsend gave rent; 20,00; A. H, Erskine, coilectiug
a reading. A number of carols were taxes, 101.05; ,Addison Fraser, attend -
sung and the meeting closed with the l Ing Revision of Vdters Lists, 6.60; Judge
Benediction, There were 10 members'f. M, Costello, Revision of Voters Lists,
present Lunch was served by the hos- i 15:40; Harry Adams, Hopper dpin,
tosses, 160,00; Carson Watson, fox bounty,' 2.00;
Greetings
• WE AT `PHIS TIME CORDIALLY EXPRESS
OUR APPRECIATION OF YOUR FRIENDSHIP
AND GOODWILL DURING THE PAST YEAR.
WE EXPRESS TIIE WISH THAT YOU WILL
HAVE A JOYFUL CHRISTMAS AND A NEW
YEAR OF SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS.
Howson & Howson Ltd.
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A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE
AND MAY
GOOD HEALTH AND PROSPERITY
ATTEND YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND FRIENDS
THROUGHOUT TME NEW YEAH.
Arnold Berthot
MEAT •-- FISH
Free Delivery: 10 a.m. and After 4 p.m.
Telephone 10 --- Blyth,
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We take this opportunity to extend Season's
Greetings to all our Customers and Friends.
May you enjoy the Merriest of Christmases;
and may the New Year, 1954, hold in store for you
and yours, everything that is good, Health. Happi-
ness and Prosperity, is our sincere wish.
HANNA'S GENERAL STORE
BELGRAVE, ONTARIO.
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,Open Every Friday and by Apppintment , ,
Representative: J. J. Zapfe, Phone 103, Clinton.
T. PRYDE and SON
Clinton Exeter -- Seaforth
Phones; 103 - • 41, . • 363J
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Jolin Warwick, fox` bounty, 2,00; Doug-
las Casemorc, fox bounty,. 2,00; Post
Publishing House, contract, 150.00; Sam
Fear, refund on taxes, 17.74; Township
of Turnberry, disposing of garbage,
40,00;'F. Black, calf killed, 75.00; Frank
Shaw, valuators fees, 4.00; Thomas
Plelch, refund on taxes, 61,08; Millar
Richmond, Deputy Returning Officer,
0.00; Jack Nesbit, poll clerk, 6.00; Clar-
ence Martin, D.R.0., 8.00; Frank Bell,
P.C., 8.00; Robert Michle, D11.0., 8.00;
Harry Goll,'-P.C.,, 6.00;• Ernest Smit'.i,
D.R 0,, 8.00; Clarence Yulll, P.C., 6.0);
James Casetnore, D.R.O., 8,00; John
Brewer, P,C., 6 00; Jas, Johnston, D.R,
0., 8.00; Ross Turvey, P.C,; 6.00; Roads,
3,015.24.
After the Meeting the Retiring Reeve
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Council and officials to a chicken din.
nor In the New American Hotel in
Brussels, -
After the dinner the Council and
Officials presented Harvey with a
Pen and Pencil set, and Chas, Coultes
and Sani 'Alcock each with a wallas,
Harvey C. Johntson, Geo, C. Martin,
Reeve Clerk,
EAST WAWA NOSH
Mr, and Mrs, Mel McVittie have had
the hydro installed' and turned on
Tuesday afternoon,
Wednesday, Dee, 23, 1953
Elliott Insurance Agency
BLYTH — ONTARIO.
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Good Wish for the Christmas Season and
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BLYTH, ONT.
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS ANI) A HAPPY
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We are offering a Christmas Special on our Ice
Crean, in Family Packs,
FOR 10 DAYS ONLY, FROM DEC. 21 - 31,
%l -GAL. FAMILY PACKS
which sell for $1,00 and $1.10 ONLY .... 89c
It is homogenized, pasteurized, and Freezer -
Fresh, in a variety of flavours, Take this oppor-
tunity of saving money on your Christmas dessert,
by purchasing our ice cream.
This Sale is also at Holland's Grocery, Blyth,
I.G.A. Store, Londesboro, and Ernie Snell's Feed
Mill, East Wawanosh.
HOWES' DAIRY
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A MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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SEASON'S GREETINGS
f AND TO THANK ONE AND ALL FOR THEIR
KIND PATRONAGE
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
ARCHIE MONTGOMERY
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A MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
HAPPINESS IN THE YEAR TO COME.
Hamm's Garage
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LYCEUM THEATRE
WINGHAM.—ONTARIO.
Two Shows Each Night starting At
7;15
1Vcd., 'f aurs.-7 Dc ember 21.21
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"OFF LIMITS" _
I�rilay, Sat.—December 25-20
"The Christmas Carol"
AIlsttir Sint — Kathleen Harrison
-Monday, Tuesday, December 28, 29
"YOUNG BESS
Jean Simmons - Deborah Kerr
Stewart Granger,
—1Ved, Thurs.- December 30-31
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"CALL ME MADAM
Ethel Merman - Donald O'Conner
,Fr14'ny, Snturdiy -January 1-2�
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MNI0MMIN'NNIP
HURON
FARM SUPPLIES
OLIVER SALES & SERVICE
Telephone 4 and 93, Blyth
We Extend to Everyone
our sincere wishes
For A
Very Merry Christmas.
During the year that is
closing we have enjoyed a
good measure the confid-
ence of our customers and
friends, for which we ex-
press our sincere thanks,
with the earnest hope that
we may continue our busi-
ness contacts throughout
the year 1954.
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BATHROOM SET
$136.50
DELIVERED
A beautiful bathroom set at a reason-
able price, Everything in plumbing
and heating,
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PLUMBING SUPPLIES
STREETSVILLE, ONT.
Open Wednesday and Friday evenings
i and all day Saturday.
CARD OF -THANKS
I wish to thank all those who so
kindly remembered baby Anne and my•
self while we were in the hospital.
Special thanks to Dr, Street and the
hospital staff,
09-1p. —Mary Tarns.
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MER TAKES A WIFE"—Technicolor Technicolor -- %lilt Red Skellon in Mentor—David Tomlinson and Potain
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'edy takes YOU from Southern Califon- {lancing girls runs into trouble with a
n1a to Catalina with three sailers on despotic sultan.
shore leave. Paul 11rorcid, l'atrlch► Med Ina and
Thurs., Eri„ SOL—Dec. 31 - Jan, 2 Mickey Itonucy, I'ettRyan and
11 urs ConreW.
DleJt 11Iymcsgy• Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Thursday, Friday, Saturday Thursday,
OF PIRATES''
"ALL THE BROTHERS "PRINCE
TECIINICOLOR
"I LO'P'E MELVIN" WERE VALIANT" In which France and holland unite to
frustrate Spain's dream of world con.
quest in the Nth century.
John Derek, Barbara Rusk and
Carla 13elenda,
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Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth, and
Robert 'Taylor,
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THE VOICE OF TEMPERANCE
CARD OF THANKSA sort of Kinsey report on catnpus
We wish to extend our heartfelt drinking has been published recently
thanks to all those who so kindly r•:- It is an analysis of the survey conduct -
membered us during our recent be- ed bly the centre of alcohol studies of
reavement. Special thanks to Dr. Yale University, which has been work -
Street, Rev, Mr. Scott, Mr. Tasker, the Mg on the problem of alcohol for twen-
Masonic Lodge, and neighbours, whose
ty years. • Questionaires were sent to
17,000 men and women students in
help will always be remembered,
00-1p. —Mrs, Rutledge •and Family twenty-seven colleges 'throughout (he
country, Here are the conclusions
IN MEMORIAM drawn from the answers. Where both
DOBBYN—In loving memory of a dear parents use alcohol 92 percent of the
son and brother, Garth Dolsen Dob- men students drink also, and 83 per-
byn, who passed away 1 year ago, cent of the women, Where only one
December 14th, 1952. parents drinks, the percentage is 83 of
The Pearly Gates were opened men, 54 of women. Where both ab -
A gentle voice said, "Come," stain, it is down to 58 percent of men
No farewell word was spoken, and 23 percent of wotinen, Clearly,
IIs quietly entered Home, parental example is an important fac-
tor in the decision of college youth
—Ever remembered by his Mother, ,about drinking. Whatever may be
Brother Ray,, and .Madeline. 09.1.
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Miss Winnie' .Banes, R.N., of Chat-
ham, spent the week -end with rela-
tives here,
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Mr. and Mrs. Geo, Jones and family
of London spent the week -end with
Mr, and Mrs, J, E. McCallum.
Id Dated at Clinton, Ontario, this 17th
The junior room of USS, 17 he Iday of December, A.D, 1953
their concert on Friday afternoon in
their classroom with parents and vis-
F, FINGLAND, Q.C, Clinton, On-
itors present. A program, with Mrs,
E. Wighttnan as chairlady, consisted -of
choruses, recitations, dialogues and a
tnrio, Solicitor for the said Estate.
09.2.
Mr. and Mrs, Everett Hussey of Ayr
pantomhne. Santa entered and distri- visited with the tatter's sisters, Betty
buted the gifts from a pretty tree. Bowes, Margaret Tainan, and Sadie
Candy' was served. ' 'Hamm, and their families,
.
the facts abou-t drinking in Canadian
colleges, that which holds of parental
example across the line is probably
equally true of Canadian youth in gen-
eral, Advt,
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A Happy New Year to all the
reader's of this column, If the
old year treated you pretty well
may 1954 be even better, Or, if
in 1953 you had more than your
share of worry and trouble, may
the wheel of fortune keep turn-
ing until it brings you better
luck for the future, In any case
the New Year is always a time
of hope, don't you think? We
may scoff at the old-fashioned
notions of • turning over a new.
leaf; or making new year reso-
lutions; or that queer idea of a
new year being like a clean sheet
of blotting paper. Yes, outwardly
we may ridicule old conceptions
of what a new year should sym-
bolize but yet, deep down in our
hearts, I believe many of us
cling to the old traditions. We
are glad to welcome a slate
wiped clean; we determine that
somehow we will do better this
year than ever before; forget
grudges and•show greater con-
sideration, We even make a few
new year resolutions that we
keep strictly to ourselves, not
wanting to be teased or laughed
at. All in all New Year's is a
pretty nice time — especially
when we remember that it will
be 358 days before Christmas
comes again. Wonderful, isn't it?
And don't you enjoy taking
time out at New Year's for a
quiet little session with , your.
self? To live again the Christmas
just past; to remember the look
of contentment on Grandpa's
face because he was specially
remembered, And the children
. . . what will they remember
most , , . toys, Santa Claus, the
story of the Christ Child, or the
Christmas feast? Or Will it be
Christmas evening they remem-
ber, when, tired with playing
they snuggle up on the chester-
field and listen to the same rec-
ord time and time again — a
melody of Christmas carols. Anr?,
there, was Isabel And, -Wile the
in-laws „-,.w: o at Christmas time
-
4311:71. their differences after six
weeks of not even being on speak-
ing terms. And the cards .
the beautiful cards. • There is
time at New Year's to read thein
over agair — to enjoy the verses
and the little personal notes.
Sentimental, perhaps, but then at
Christmas . , . surely one is al-
lowed a little sentiment at Christ-
mas.
And to those of us who come
from across the seas, we look
back over the years to other
Christmas and New Year cele-
brations. And we wonder , , ,
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could It be that a chicken had a
different flavour then? We never
have a turkey in our house now
that can match Mother's rout
chicken in delicacy of flavour.
It was really a golden brown,
And the dressing .. , Mother
didn't use poultry seasoning that
came out of a bottle or can,
Mother's seasoning had to be real
thyme and parsley, dried, but
still retaining its original flavour.
And there was bread sauce,
flavoured with an onion stuck
with cloves, Savoury link pork
sausages surrounded the chicken
on the platter. Cranberry sauce
was unheard of but we had tart
apple jelly that had just the right
tang to off -set the rich giblet
gravy,
Then came the plum pudding,
dark and appetising, a sprig of
holly on top, and permission was
always given even in teetotal
families for sixpenny worth of
• brandy to be purchased to light
up the Christmas pudding. Oh,
the thrill of watching the danc-
ing red -blue flames! And then
came the dainty. individual
mince pies, filled with Mother's
own delectable mincemeat, And
after that there were nuts, candies
and fruit, until we were all, as
my brother used to say, "com-
fortably uncomfortable." Look-
ing back it seems like a lot of
food, But there were six of us
• to eat it, and never more than
one chicken. Yet there was al-
ways plenty left over for Boxing
Day so I rather think our orgy
war one of variety rather than
quantity.
New Year's we did not cele-
brate at all except by going to
the Watch Night service, Or,
those of us who stayed at home
would wait up purposely to hear
the church bells ring in the New
Year., It was a joyous sound,
•and a familiar one right across
England, from London's West-
minster chimes to every little
village church, We still think
it is a better way to usher in the
'Sno Snow — Little Kathy Roche demonstrates how she is going
to have plenty of "clean" fun trimming the Christmas tree with
soapsuds "snow" and "icicles." Using plenty of soap and just a
little water, she whipped them up with an eggbeater. The con-
centrated suds harden quickly and last as long as the tree.
New Year than the awful noise
and rowdyism that passes for
New Year celebrations today,
Well, dear people, the best I
can do now is to wish you all,
once again, a very Happy New
Year. Since this column goes to
press well ahead of, time I' shall
have to tell you about our Christ-
mas and New Year festivities at
a later date.
ANNE I4IRST
raotity csw.s.ror.—
"Dear Anne Hirst: What's the
matter with the men nowadays?
I've been working ever since I
married four years ago. Two
months ago I had a baby, and
thought now I'd be able to stay
home and care for it.
"But no! My husband wants me
to go back to work as soon as
possible. He actually resents my
staying home . , . It is not that
I have to work; my husband
makes a very good salary. It's
just that I worked for so long
that now he takes for granted
that I'll work for ever.
"Where , are the good old-fash-
ioned men who marry a girl and
want her to be home? So many
men seem to expect their wives
to get out and work, (I'in not
including those who are going to
college, that's different.)
"How can I convince my hus-
band that I've done 'my share,
and can stay home now? If I
don't find a solution I'll go crazy.
Discouraged."
• Your husbarid's attitude is
• amazing and heartless, Most
• men expect to support their
* wives, and take pride in it.
* .Complaints that reach me from
o those who marry business girls
• are usually that their wives in-
* sist on keeping their jobs, find-
* ing them more exciting than
• any household routine, Conse-
• quently, they neglect their
• homes, feed their husbands.
• makeshift meals, and entertain
* them with glib recitals of what
* happened at the office today.
* Quoting from one recent let-
* ter, "I married the girl because
* I loved her, but I also: expected
* a real home and children. What
• sort of marriage 'is this?"
• Whatever reason a wife may
• have for wanting to stay home,
* the noblest of them all is to
• give her baby a mother's care
* and loving,
• Is your husband so devoid of
• paternal emotion that he would
• permit his child to be brought
• up by strangers?
* Has he so little pride In his
• offspring that he refuses it the
• natural right of every baby to
• the best care and training its
• parents can provide? •
• Is he so heartless as to value
* the income you make more
• than your happiness, so selfish
• he would deny you woman's
• greatest fulfillment?
• Will he dare risk losing your
• respect and affection by such
* a cruel stand?
• He should get down on his
• knees and thank his God that
• you have given him a child to
• carry on his name, and he
• should cherish you always be-
* cause you are eager to assume
* a mother's deepest responsibi-
' • lity. •
* I hope that reading this op-
* inion will influence him to ac-
* cept the obvious duty—and pri
* vilege—that awaits him.
Engaged couples are usually
wise enough nowadays to arrive
at agreements before marriage as
to the girl's place in her new
home. How many misunderstand-
ings can be avoided! Anne Hirst's
ideas ,will . help you both. Write
her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St.,
New Toronto, Ont.
Kidnaped — Marion Joan Mc-
Dowell, 17 -year-old Toronto citi-
zen, subject of a province -wide
search by Canadian police. The
girl was reported to have been
kidnaped from the car of 19 -
year -old James Wilson by a
masked gunman.
Slept in Shop Window
What's the queerest place you-
've ever slept in? How would
you like to sleep in a shop win-
dow,, in full view of passers-by?,
That's what a man did in Ho-
bart, Tasmania, recently. t
He felt tired, so seeing a com-
fortable -looking display bed in
a furniture shop window, . he
managed to get to it unobserved
at dusk, He undressed, got into •
the bed, and settled down for
the night.
Imagine the astonishment of .
the policeman who wascalled to
the shop window by business
girls who had spotted, the man
in bed as they went to work
next morning!
. Said the police later: "The .
man was still dozing when we
carried him to our car." He was
fined $10.
Another man actually went to
bed in the pulpit of an Essex
parish church, having first tied
his boots and socks to the altar
rail.
Peter Dunne, a famous Dub-
lin character, never slept in any
bed at all during the last forty
years of lits life! He was em-
ployed as' a carrier and it was
his•habit to take his night's rest
on top of his load. Said Dunne:
• "Whenever I've tried to sleep in
a proper bed, I've, always . lain
awake all night!"
•
}MY SCIIOOL
SON
By Rev. R. B Warren, B.A., B.D.
Thy Kingdom Conie
Matthew 6:9.10; 28;18.20; John
17;18.21; Acts 1:0-8; Revelation
11:15b,
Memory Selection; The king-
doms of this world are become
the kingdoms of our Lord, and
of his Christ; and he shall reign
for ever and ever, Revelation
11:15,
It is to be noted that in the
prayer which Jesus taught his
disciples, the petition, 'Thy king-
dom come', precedes 'Give us
this day our daily bread'. But
how many of us actually place
the interests of the kingdom
above our own needs, Jesus
said, "Seek ye first the kingdom
of _ God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be
added unto you", Matt, 6:33,
But it is not enough to pray.
We must go and teach, In India
the number of unbelievers is
increasing daily. The population
is increasing so rapidly thatthe
spread of Christianity is not
keeping pace with it,
Jesus prayed that his disciples
might be sanctified producing a
oneness • which would lead the
world to believe on Him. Com-
plete dedication to God and
purification of one's heart leads
to oneness with those of like
mind, Empowered by the Holy
Spirit it is our task to send the
message of the gospel through-
out the world. The early church
sets us an example of what God
can do through His people, We
need the Holy Spirit to cleanse
the church today from its pet-
tishness and its fault-finding,
Only as we are endued with
power from on high can we hope
to see ,the strongholds of Satan
overthrown.
The lesson closes with a note
of assurance that the kingdoms
of this world will becomethe
kingdoms of our Lord and of
'His Christ, • Sometimes we are
tempted to wonder if righteous-
ness will prevail. It will prevail,
Jesus Christ will reign for ever
and ever,
SHOCKED BISHOP
When Dr. A. M, Ramsay, Bis-
hop of Durham, interrogated one
of his • clergy not long ago, he
found that the clergyman was
unable to recite the Ten Com-
mandments by heart. "I was •
very shocked," confessed . the
Bishop.
If a , hundred adults in the
street were stopped and . ques-
tioned, it is doubtful whether
any of them would be able to
repeat the Commandments. The
only one that most people know
is 'the eleventh: "Thou shalt not
be found out" Can YOU recite
them?
mid
Grandfather Hives
A Swarm Of Bees
I leaned against. the ladder
and looked up' at Grandfather,
He'd swiped the bee hat out
from under his arm, and was
holding the open end of the
veil around the little hole as
the bees swarmed out. There
were still more bees coining out
of the hole after the veil had
become a sackful, I'd been so
interested that I'd forgotten to
go down any further. Grand-
father closed the mouth of the
veil and slacked his rope off
enough to lets it slip a foot or so.
"Go on down, Ralphie! Go on
down!" he told me. "Your old
grampa's got 'em. Cal'late the
queen's soinewheres in the hat"
When he was far enough down
to hook his free arm around the
ladder rung, Grandfather un-
tied the safety rope and let it
fall. All around him, the air was
thick with bees, but he seemed
to pay no attention to them as
he came slowly, rung by rung.
As his foot reached the ground,
he let out a long breath, and
half whispered, "There, by gor-
ry, Ralphie! Guess we showed
'em what kind of logs makes
wide shingles," He lifted the
cover, and dumped part of the
bees into the hive. Then he
knelt, placed the throat of the
veil before the stoop of the 'bee-
hive, and stepped back,
"Sit you down, Ralphie," he
said, as he stepped over to a
big stump, "Sit you down with
your old grampa and let's mark
'em for a spell, Happen I got
the queen on the inside, they'll
all follow her in."
The sun had gone down. The
sky, through the branches of
the trees, was still bright blue,
but light was spreading through
the woods. A thrush, from some-
where toward 'the meadow, sang
her evening song. Frogs tuned
their fiddles in the swale• along
the brook: From, higher up the
ridge, •a crow cawed three, even-
ly spaced, harsh notes. They
were gone for a moment, Then,
when the woods across the val-
ley echoed them back, there was
music in them, Listening to the •
twilight sounds, I'd forgotten all
about the bees till Grandfather
whispered. "Curious . . bees,
Mark how they're a -piling . up
In front of the hive?" After sit-
ting quiet a Tew minutes, he
went • on. "Was all men 'as res-
pecting of the Almighty as bees:
is of their queenthere'd be no
j
call for neither ails nor, court-
houses."
!'Why didn't they sting you
when you went up there with-
out your' bee veil en?" I asked
him, •
"Gorry! Why would they?" he
asked. •"It's the cool of the . even-
ing, and I wa'n't scairt of em.
Bees won't generally sting you
lest you're scairt. Cal'late they
smell the scare on you, same as
a dog does." -- From "The Fields.
of Home" by Ralph Moody,
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• From time to time, in these columns
we have paid modest tribute to persons
and events exemplifying what we con.
sidered to ho unusually good sportsman-
ship, or courage beyond the line of duty,
as courage goes in the realm of athletic'.
Possibly we overlooked many such in-
cidents, for courage and modesty usually go hand in hand and
you don't get to hear of some of the unusual gestures In the
less publicized divisions of sport.
By way of contrast, we'd like to refer to what we con•.
Oder the least sporting event of the year. Fortunately, al-
though this involved a sport fundamentally Canadian, 11
didn't happen in Canada.
We refer to the vicious attack by the New York Garden's
denizens of the upper galleries, which, by sheer vitriolic
phrase, literally drove a fine hockey player and pleasant
personality right out of the major league. Byturning an
undeserved ribald attack on Allan Stanley the arden wolves
forced New York Rangers to shift him elsewhere, Zest his
nerves break under the strain.
New York hockey and other sports faudom is, hi the main
an uninhibited group, gifted with ability to scar a disliked
athlete with acid phrases that pour from raucous throats.
They can swing from almost maudlin worship of a player
who happens to catch their fancy, to bitter personal hatred of
one who doesn't happen to appeal.
Last season, and at the beginning of the present series
the gallery wolves of the Garden turned their batteries of
venom on Stanley, by on means a bad, hockey player, who
had come into the League widely heralded as the highest•
paid rookie up to that time. Stanley was a clean, free -skating
defence player. But, unfortunately, he wasn't the rough,
rugged type of such darlings of 'the Garden gods as Ching
Johnson, or Ott Heller, or other such • players who could
rattle the teeth of an invader. He was skillful, but not ag-
gressive enough to suit the boys in the upper balconies, so
they got on him to the point that. for New York purposes, he
was ruined.
Rabid -anti -Stanley fans hung, banners at hanger home
games berating the defenceman. One had Stanley's name with
a black eight -ball beside it. Another referred to him as
"Sonja Stanley", a throwback to the days when New Yorkers
were down on Lynn Patrick and likened his style to that of
the famous figure skater, mostly because Lynn was the
son of the current Ranger coach, Lester Patrick, Lynn, a fine
• hockey craftsman, outlived the insults at the howling wolves,
so that suddenly their spite turned to admiration.
There may be episodes of more distorted sports spirit than
this, but we doubt it.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Culvert House, 431 Yonge St„ Toronto.
CalvetDSTILLERS LIMITED
AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO
..:PLAIN HORSE SENSE..
By BOB ELLIS
Among the letters recently
received, was a •note from Wal-
ter -L; Miller, Tara, Ont.: "1 en-
joy the controversy in your col-
umn., I would like to say it is
well named "Plain Horse Sense,"
I feel this is a democratic col-
umn and we need more, of them,
Keep up the good work."
As the mail is bringing more
boosts than knocks, we are be-
ginning to wonder whether this
•column" is not becoming com-
placent, It is hard to keep a con-
troversy going, if -everybody ag-
rees with everything and.nobody
controverts anything,
.Perhaps a few brickbats from
our readers would help to stir
up things and, they are "herewith'
respectfully solicited, Let's search
for a subject on which we can
all disagree.
Political Action
One controversial subject and
a sore point in all farm organi-
zations was. touched on' by C., H.
Millard in his speech at the Semi -
Annual Meeting of the Ontario
Farmers Union at Arthur when
he 'discussed political action,
Mr, Millard could not under-
stand why an occupational or-
ganization established for the
development, cultural and mat-
erial, of its members, would call
itself "non-political."
•"Any such group," he• said,
"forms 'a 'body politic'." Most of
its activities are concerned with
"political econoiny" which means
the production arid distribution
of national wealth; most of its
dealings are with governments;
"If that is 'non-political,' what
does. 'political' mean," asked
Millard,
Once Burnt , .
Over thirty years ago fanners
decided t� go. into polities, They
ran their own candidates and
tri their own .great surprise were
elected to the government. As
they were not prepared and had
no strong, well -entrenched or
ganization .behind them, they did
not do as good a job as they
might have done and went down
to defeat in the next election.
Ever since, they have been
told by professional politicians
and certain other interests that
they should keep out of politics
and leave them to those who had
the "experience,"
Twice Shy
Farmers have been dished up
'and have largely accepted . the
theory that their numbers have
shrunk so much that their po-
litical weight is negligible. This
is not so, Due to the distribu-
tion of the constitutencies- it
takes many more . votes in an or -
ban riding to elect a member to
the House than in a rural one.
Reading through Hansard it. is "
very encouraging to find .that
more time has been spent in the
Throne Speech debate on the
farm ,situation than on all other
questions put 'together. It is true
that nothing much has come out
of it for the farmers, but it
shows that the importance of ag-
riculture is being recognized. "
• Obviously the question arises
whether there would be results,
if 'farmers were organized and
had their own representatives
in parliament,
This column tvolcomes sug-
gestions, wise or foolish, and all
criticism, whether constructive
or destructive and will try to
.answer any question. Address
your letters to Bob .Ellis, Box 1,
123 18th, St„ New Toronto, Ont.
No Bull-Dozer,"He--Matador Manuel Capetillo electrifies a',Mexico'.
City'iroWd with this spectacular pass, ..made by,:dropping to his
knees and poising the bull 'behiridhim .with'hls cape. The utmost
eklll".and courage are needed for this "blind" maneuver.
Tower Of Siena - Tom Pollen -
burgh rises to his full six feet,
nine inches on the Siena College
basketball court, The 20 -year-old
giant is a senior at the college.
SPORT
0
L A SLXEIITC"1 1C
Racehorse fans seldom agree on
anything -- except that winners
are hard to pick — but there are
few who would deny that the
English, Grand National Steeple-
chase is about the toughest and
most grueling race that is run
anywhere, And if you will look
down the .list of winners of that
race, along about the year .1904
you'll come to the name of one
who, even if he wasn't the great-
est timber -topper that ever lived
was undoubtedly one of the
toughest and gamest.
As a big sailing ,vessel neared
an English port 'in the late Fall
of. 1904 the waters of the Chan-
nel were kicking up even rough-
er than they usually do.. As a
murky fog closed in on the ship,
frightened passengers were hud
died anxiously in • their tiny
staterooms, Suddenly came the
dread- warning, • "Abandon ship'
Man the lifeboats," Seamen rush-
ed• frantically to lower the boats
and escort the fear -stricken pas-
sengers to their stations, help-
ing them file over the side and
into the tiny craft,
* * *
When all • the passengers had
been safely conducted to the
lifeboats, a lone seaman; remem-
bering the animals'. hold, hur-
' ried below decks 'to lead the
horse, Moifaa, to the ship's rail.
Moifaa was the great New Zea-
land steeplechaser on his way
from Down Under to' the Grand
National Steeplechase at Aintree,
England, Sadly, the, seaman push-
ed the struggling animal into the
sea, and sadly he watched as
Moifaa twisted his body into the
irresistible tide, unable to make
hcadlday.
There was no hope for the ani-
mal to reach "the.faraway"shore,
and the sailors had to. turn .their•
attention to their human, cargo.
But on' that 'same evening,. as an
English fisherman made his way'
across the dunes near his little-
seasicde village, he came upon a
great black form lying sick and,
shivering on the beach. The puz-
zled fisherman, finding the horse
still breathing, led the , animal
slowly back to his village,
i •Y k
There, lie carefully tended the
anima]; and as soon as possible,
communicated with the• horse's
owner hi Lender}, The grateful
owner took the horse. to Aintree,
but after ,examining Moifaa, "de-
cided that he was still too weak
to, run the gruelling course of
the Grand NationaL
13ut Moifnn was no ordinary
.horse. He rallied quickly and be-
fore too long showed signs that
he Was ready for the racing wars
again, 'Y ' " *•
• When • the day of the classic
steeplechase arrived, " Aintree
was a:scene of colorful pageantry
befitting the Sport: of Kings, for
a king was, indeed, to view the
Grand National, and even to
participate in it, The King of.
England had entered his last -
year's winner; Ambush, and the
crowd had backed the royal col-
ors down to odds of 7-2. The
King bowed graciously to the
cheering, admiring throng, and
he and• his son, the Prince of
Wales, visited the, saddling en-_
closure outside the weighing
room to in9pect their champion,
after which , they took their
places" In Lord Derby's stand to ."
view the race,
e * 4
The 'ting• was _particularly,
t ilrious "about'one."snimar:tn the
field .01 'twenty=six; a large horse
owned by the . Australian sports-
man, Spencer Gotten. This horse,
standing seventeen',hands ''high,
was-Moifaa, who had just recent-
ly saved himself from death in,
the English Channel.
. • To the great multitude of en-
` thuslasts at Aintree, Molfaa. was
the ugliest and most dispropor-
tloned horse on tho field, but
when the race began, the ugli-
ness of Molfaa disappeared. In
its place was a beauty of har-
mony as the horse + one
,hurdle. after.. anoth.:*,. with the
grace and ease of the finest hunt-
er on the English turf, His jock-
ey was unable to control the
huge horse, and Molfaa took the
bit between his teeth to make
a real race of it. He lunged
ahead of the field, allowing only
one horse to head him off at any
time during the race, Ten horses
fell during the difficult chase,
andone was killed by the fall,
but Molfaa ran like the wind,
leaping over every hazard with
sureness and ease. When he
crossed the finish line, Molfaa
was ahead of the field, eight
lengths in front of his nearest!
challenger,
* *
Moifaa, the foreigner, -had won
the coveted trophy of the Grand
National, Moffatt, the swimmer,
Moifaa, the ugly brute, who just
a few days before the race had
cheated the Channel of a vic-
tim by miraculously swimming
ashore during the storm, had won
the greatest of all English races,
the Grand National; and the
King of England, so impressed
by .the performance, bought him
f"or his own stables.
How Can 1?
Q. How 8110111(1 1 dry a wet fur
coat?
A, When one has been caught
in the rain. and the fur coat is
'Very wet, never try to dry it
near the heat. Instead, place the
coat on a hanger and hang by an
open window, When dry, brush
the coat thoroughly with a stiff
brush..
Q. How can 1 make a bleach
for white clothes?
A, Save the week's supply of
egg shells, then on washday put
thein into an empty salt bag,
and place them in the boiler with
the white clothes. The lime in
the 'shells will act as 'an excel-
lent bleach.
Q. How can 1 prevent bubbles
in cake batter?
A. Be sure never to let a• cake
.batter stand after. it had been
mixed, as this causes air bubbles
to form, making •the cake coarse-
grained.
Q. Ho'., can 1 clean the furni-
ture thoroughly before applying
the furniture polish?
A. 'use .a cloth wrung out in
slightly warm • •water;' • add a
touch of vinegar, and wipe the
wooden furniture carefully be-
fore using furniture polish. The
wood will then be thoroughly
clean and will take the polish
better..
Q. How can 1 prevent clothes
from "freezing when hanging
. then' on the line during cold
weather?
A. If a 'fat'e'ful of salt is add-
ed to the rinsing water, it' will
keep them from freezing,
Q' How can I. avoid making
bitter -tasting coffee?
A. Coffee should never be al-
lowed to. boil. Boiled' coffee
develops 'bitterness,' and the boil-
ing destroys both the aroma and
the flavor.
Q, : How ' should varnished floor
'boards'be"washed?'
• A. Do riot use hot water on
varnished " floor boards. , Use a
cloth "wrung out 'in lukewarm
Water, Each • section should be
rubbed with a dry cloth as it is
wasl.ed, "
Q, How can 1 make double
blankets easier to handle?
A, It is much easier to handle
double blankets, both in laun-
dering and on' the bed, if they
• are cut apart and bound separa-
tely. Then,• on a warmer night,
if both ,prove to be too warm,
one of them may be removed.
"Milk" From Plants
Milk, long regarded as the
perfect 'and essential food for
children, is being challenged In
Italy and -Germany' during the
war vegetable-based foodstuffs
were developed as substitutes
for milk and the growth and
health.. of quite young children
were surprisingly well main-
tained. Most of these milk sub-
stitutes were mixtures • of pro-
tein from soya beans and cereal
products.
This " new development has
gone oh since the war in Ger-
many; and Dr. 'R. It A, Dean
went there to report on it for
the British Medical • Research
Council, His report says that
these. plant -derived foods are
"nearly perfect" substitutes for
milk. For children between six
months , and 'one year, half the
milk normally 'considered essen-
tial can ,be replaced. Almost
•:com lets - replacement can " be
madOor . children " between one
and .two years, and children", be
tweet' two and six made excel-
lent progress on these new; foods
.with only blight additions -.0.
milk to, their
- 'ISSUE •.52 '— 1953
Well Groomed Combing last year's soot out of Santa Claus'
beard, pretty Marianne Ekstrand has to use a rake to get the
kinks out. The giant -size Santa is part of the Christmas decorations
of a Stockholm, Sweden, department store.
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Mrs, Thomas Elliott is spending the
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Mrs, Hazel Murray of Owen Sound
is visiting her sister, Mrs, M, Bruce and
Mr, Bruce, •
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, It is requested by the Lions Club that all band
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• AUBURN
The annual meeting of the' Horlicul-
tural. Society was held last week in
the Orange Hall, with Mrs. W. T. Ro-
bison presiding, Mrs, R. J, Phillips,
the secretary, read the minutes. Mrs.
receipts, $287771, for 1953; expenses,
$163,10, balance, $124,61, During the
business period it was deeded to spon-
C, M. Straughan,.. treasurer, reported
sor a Decorated Premises contest for
Christmas with • Mrs. John Houston,
Mrs. Edgar Lawson, Miss`, M. R. Jack-
son a' committee to contact judges.
Mrs. Donald Fowler gave a review of
the year's- work. She stated two new
flower plots had been planted, one on
Loftus st. 'and the other on' Goderich
ave.; also window boxes placed at the
Library and the flag pole, There is. a
.membership of.;6L►.. .
Mrs, Ed Davies gave' a very interest-
ing ,talk and. showed views of F:orlda,
The first vice-president, Mrs, Arthur
Grange,: took charge for the election
of officers, Mrs.-.ltfogridge, convener
of the nominating committee, brought
in the following slate of officers:
Honorary President—Mrs. F, 0, Me-
tiveen; president, Mrs, W. T, Robison;
1st vice, Mrs. Arthur Grange; 2nd vice,
Mrs. G. R. Taylor; 3rd vice, Mrs. Har-
ry Sturdy; corresponding secretary,
Mrs, C. M. Straughan; recording secre-
tary, Mrs, R. J. Phillips; treasurer,
Mrs. C. M. Straughan; directors to re-
tire In. 1954, Mrs, E, Lawson, Mrs. E;t,
Davies,. Mrs, Thomas Haggitt, A. Rol-
linson, Arthur Yungblut; directors to
retire in. 1915, Mrs, H, Mogridge, Mts.
William Straughan, Mrs, John Hous-
ton; Mrs. R. J. Phillips and Mra, Bert
Craig,-
' Mrs. G. R. Taylor and Miss' Marlon
Taylor were in charge of g'mes and
contests. Lunch was served by Mrd.
T.• i-Iaggitt, Mrs, C. - Brown, Mrs, D,
Beauty Shopp&
E ery Good Wish For _
Mery Christmas
And A
Happy ad Prosperous -
New Year,
Olive McGill -
BEAUTY SIIOPPE
Telephone Blyth, 52,
ncth Eastcrbrook and son, David, of I1, I. .1111111
London; Mr. and Mrs. Orval Cook t.nd
family of M:tcheI.
Mrs, George Potter, who has been
spending some time with relatives in
Kincardine and Blyth, has returned to
Sarhia with Mr. and Mrs. C. N, Yeo
who Were recent visitors wlllt Mr, and
Mrs, Albert Ne:QJitt, Eileen, George,
and family, -
Miss Alice Watson is a visitor r t .
present with her sister, Mrs. R, M.
West of Kincardine,
ington In charge and Mrs. W. J. Craig
at the piano. The theme of the meet-
ing was "And the word became flesh
and dwelt among us." The Meeting
opened with a hymn followed by, the
Lord's Prayer repeated in unison. Mrs,
Oliver Anderson read the scripture
lesson, and Mrs. A, Campbell offered
prayer.
The worship centre consisted of
lighted candles, flanked by evergreen
to make an attractige setting for th ,
pageant which followed, "Joy to the
World" was sung, Mrs, Kenneth Mc-
Dougall rcpresrnting Jerusalem, told
the story of the costumes at Christ•
mas line in eight d fferent countries
around the world. As each country
was described a member of the W.M S.
entered dressed in the costume of that
country and carried some symbol 01
its Christmas celebration,' Miss M. R.
Jackson representing Poland carried a
replica of the nativity scene; Mrs, H.
Mogridge, representing Holland car-
ried wooden shoes, Mrs, W. T. Robison
representing the Philippines carried •a
guitar; Miss A. Mcllwain, represent-
ing France carried a tray of fruit used
at the Christmas celebration; Mrs, W.
Straughan, representing Sweden car-
ried a tray with food eaten there for
afternoon tea during the Christmas
sasdti; Mrs, F Toll, representing Mex-
ico carried Mexican potterj''; Mrs. C.
1M. Straughan, representing Turkey
carried a cross; Mrs. A. Plunkett, re-
presenting Canada carried a small
Christmas tree, Between entrances in
the pageant Mrs. W. J. Craig played
!Christmas carols. At the completion
those representing the different coun-
tries all re=entered and as they took
their place around "Jerusalem," they
and the congregation sang "Joy to the
World,"
Mrs, Campbell took charge of the
business period and after the roll call
the reading of the minutes and the
treasurer's report were given. The of-
fering was received by Mrs, B, Craig.
and Mrs, G. McClinchey and the ded-
icatory prayer was sung.
The following slate of officers was
presented by Mrs, F. Plaetzer—Hon-
orary presidents, Mrs. C. C. Washing-
ton and Mrs, F. Toll; president' Mrs.
A. Campbell; vice-president, Mrs.. S:d
McClinchey; recording secretary„ Miss
M, King; assistant, Mrs. E. Wightman;
corresponding secretary, Mrs, II, Mog-
ridge; literature and missionary month-
ly, Mrs, C, M. Straughan; Christian
stewardship, Mrs, G McClinchey;
Christian citizenship, Mrs, D. Ander-
son; treasurer, Miss Viola Thompson,
Finance committee, Mrs, G, McClin-
chey, Mrs. C. Straughan, Mrs, Wight -
man, Miss Viola Thompson, Mrs, A.
Campbell; stranger secretary, Miss M.
R. Jackson, Mrs. Mogridge, Mrs. F,
Toll, Mrs, Mills, Mrs, J, Durnin, Miss
Elma Munch, Mrs, William Straughan;
supply committee, Mr's, H. Mogridge,
Mrs, W. Straughan, Mrs, J. Craig, Miss
Sadie Carter, Mrs, W. J. Craig, Mrs,
J. Jackson, Mrs. H. Armstrong, Miss A.
Mcllwain; temperance committee, Mrs,
G. Million, - Mrs, Guy Cunningham;
social committee, Mrs, B, Craig, Mrs.
S. Atnent, Mrs, E, Taylor, Mrs, R, Mc-
Dougall,• Mrs, N. Patterson, Mrs, W.
Young, Mrs. 0, E. Erratt, Mrs, F. Plaet-
zer,
Pianist, Mrs, W. J, Craig; assistant,
Mrs, S. McClinchey; music committee,
Miss Sadie Carter, Mrs. G. McClinchey,
Mrs, E. Durnin; mission band sufter-
intendent, seniors, Miss M. It Jackson;
mission band superintendent, juniors,
Mrs, M. Bean; mite box secretary, Mrs,
Roy Easom; flower committee for the
church, Mrs, H, Mogridge, Mrs, D. Fow-
ler, Mrs, C. Straughan, Mrs, F, Toll;
special flower committee, Mrs, R. Eas-
on, Mrs, Straughan; press secretary,
Miss M. King, Mrs, E. Wightnan,
Mrs, Easom received the mite boxes
and Miss King, Mrs, Fowler and Mrs.
Campbell were appointed to prepare
and present the Christmas boxes to
shut -Ins. Mrs. Campbell offered the t
closing prayer,
GREETINGS--- - .
We extend Best Wish-
es t� all. our Customers
and Friends for A Very
2 Merry Christmas and A
Happy and Prosperous'
New Year.
LADD'S
BARBER SHOP,
Blyth, Ont.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Mrs. Stewart A-
mcnt, who celebrates her birthday on
Friday, December. 25th.
Congratulations to Mrs, Carl Long-
man who celebrates her birthday on
Frid'y, December 25th.
Congratulations to Mrs, Kenneth
Whitmore who celebrates her birthdsy
on Friday, _December 25th.
Congratulations to Mr,' and Mrs, M.
Bruce who celebrated their 0'h wed-
ding annivcrs:ry on Sunday, Decem-
ber 20th.
Congratulations to Mr, Brock Vod-
den who celebrates his birthday on
Tuesday, December 29th,
Cojtgratulctiens. to Mrs. D. McGow-
an who celebrated her birthday on
Friday, December 18th.
Congratulations to Mrs. Murvin Gov-
icr who celebrated her birthday on
Sunday, December 20th. .
Congratulations to Mr, Keith Web-
ster who celebrates his birthday on'
1
Thursday, December `24th,
Congratulations to Mrs, John Mc-
Nichol who celebrates her birthday on
Siuiday, December 27th. • K .
Congratulations to Mt, Kenneth Mac-
Donald who celebrates his birthday on
Monday, December 28th.
County 4-H Club Achieve-.
hent Night Held At Excter
Eleven hundred Huron County 441members, parents and friends, filled to
capacity the large auditorium. of the
South Huron District High School for
the • annual 4-H Club Achievement
Night. This event is the climax to the
4-H Club program for the year,
Represented to the 323 4-H Clue
members present • were thirteen calf.
clubs, six swine clubs, two grain clubs,
one tractor maintenance club, one for-
e:Itry club and one forage club. This
was the lnrgest,4-H group ever to as-
semble in Huron County; this work,
sponsored by the Ontario Department
of Agriculture, almost doubling since
1951,
"The 4-21 movement for rural boys
and girls is to me one of the most im-
portant programs that we in the D2 -
pertinent of Agriculture undertake",
stated 'C, D. Graham, Deputy Minister,
Ontario Department of Agriculture,
Toronto, who was guest speaker for
the even:ng. "I am happy to 'an-
nounce" he said "that members of
girls ,homemaking clubs are now 4-H
members as wcll,'which should add to
the unity of the program. Mr. Gra-
ham commended the '4 -II leaders for
their voluntary assistance in the pro-
gram, and spoke briefly to the parents,
who are such an important link to
success in such activity.
Arrangement and supervision of the
program was under the direction of
G. W. Montgomery, . Agr.cultural Ra -
presentative, Harold R, Baker, Asso-
sociatc Agricultural Representative
and Miss Jean Steckle, Home Econom-
ist for Huron County, The cliairmnn
for the evening's program was Char-
les Coupes, Belgrnve, President of the
Huron County 4-H Club Leaders' As-
sociation,
Dr, II. I-1, Cowan, Shoot Board
Chairman, welcomed those In atten-
dance on behalf of the Board Mr, G.
W. Montgomery traced the 4-1-1 club
program from 1051 to 1953. The num-
ber- of clubs has increased from 14 to
24 in the past two years. Membership
hus increased from 188 to 347. MIss
kl
Jean Stece, Huron County Home Ec-
onomist, spoke on ,the work of the
girls and homemaking clubs, She sta.ed there were 14 such clubs with a
membership of 371 In Huron County
his year, Miss Beth Taylor and Miss
Kathryn Hunter, of ' the Elemville
Homemaking 'Club described their
week's experience at the National 4-11
tub contests at the Royal Winter Fair,
Over $2081,50. in: prize money was
resented to the Members present and
t the.'24 clubs in:the. County,.14 hrd
00; t9ercent, completion,. and the Coun-
y had • an -overall completion of 92.7
ercent, ,Harold.R, .Baker':called „the
various` 4-H members,;rind clubs ,to; the
Tniform-, for . presentations'.,of special
wards .and regular -cash, prizes, .
Award- winners. were ns follows;
T. Prdye Trophy Joanne McCul-
--- WEDDI•NGS --- . C
MiI.LEIt—I'EPPElt -
A quiet wedding Va>; -'Goie14rnized- it:- p
the United Church Manse, Iiensall,•: o
when Rev, W. J. Rogers united In mar- 1
•riage -Miss Hannah Margaret Pepper, t
dattg1tter of Mr, and Mrs. ' John Pep= p
0
Fowler, Mrs. W. T. Roblson,',Miss El- per, of Hensall, to Robert Alexander
ma " Mutcii, and Mrs, F, 0, McItveen,l Miller, of Saffa. The Couple left for p
The Chrts.mas meeting of Knox Unt-1he southern United The
for their a
ted Church W.M.S. was held in the honeymoon, The bride is: a teacher at
Sunday School, with Mrs; C. C, Wash- W'giton, ` .•
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Wednestltty, Dec, 23,1D53
ray.~~4••••••••••••~#####rmsevos
"This day I am in very good health and mind's
content ---and may I be thankful fort,"
---Samuel Pepys,
It has been well' said that "A nation's health
is a nation's wealth." '
At this happy season we extend to one and all,
Best Wishes for A Merry Christmas, with "Good
Health and .>\Iincl'S Content" throughout. 1954.
R. D. PHILR , Phrn, B
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FOR LAST MINUTE SHOPPERS:
ELECTRIC HEATERS, PERCOLATORS,
GRILLS, IRONS, MIX .MASTERS & MIXETTES,
ELECTRIC KETTLES, TOASTERS, CLOCKS.
YOU CAN SITILL HAVE TELEVISION FOR
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A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY
NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.
•N►MMI I.IIMiNNN.PNOIVII,N•IN
SINCERE GOOD WISHES FOR A
VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
AndA
HAPPY, AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
IS OUR WISH
FOR ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS.
1 •
Holland's Food Market
• AND LOCKER SERVICE.
Telephone 39 - • WE DELIVER
MAY THE CHRISTMAS SEASON BE
A HAPPY ONE
ENJOYED IN THE WARM GLOW OF THE
'THE FAMILY CIRCLE
FOR YOU AND YOURS,
'AND MAY THE NEW YEAR HOLD FORTH
1BRIGHT HOPES OF PROSPERITY AND
GOOD HEALTH' '
FOR ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS.
Lloyd L. Tasker
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FURNITURE — COACIH AMBULANCE — FUNERAL SERVICE
Phone 7 - BlYjh
- Savau Trophy George B MI -
lough, RR, 3', Clinton, a score of 054
out of 100 point's, .
Warden's Novice Trophy— Kenneth
Potter, RR, 2, Clinton, 912 out of 1000.
Harvey C. Johnston Trophy —Mary.
McCullough, RR, 3, Clinton, 923 Points,
J. A. Anstett Award --Joanne -Ma-
Cullough, RR,3 Clinton, 954 points.
Bank of Commerce Award (donated
by Blyth Branch)— Nancy Carter, RR,
5, Wingham, 935 paints,, '
Senator Golding , Junior...Showman
ship Trophy—Robert 'parsons, - RR, . 1,
Cromarty„
A. Y. McLean Trophy -- M1> s Betty
Storey, `RR: 2;' Seafortlt,,,'
• Huron .Hereford Assn, '_Past Prcal=
dent's �'i'rophy: Joanne; McCullough;
RR, 3, Clinton, '•
ge rob — eor c aeon,
grave,
I Livestock Trophies and Miniatures—
! to 1953 Livestock Judging .Competition .-
Winners—high- man -ln dairy section-- -
Maurice. Hallahan, Blyth; High man in
sw.ne section --Geo, Turner, Clinton;
High man.: in :.competition — Robert
Hern, Granton, '
G, W, Montgomery Cash , Award
Donald Dadds, Seaforllt;
Mr. Baker 'th.nked.thcf 4-H member:;
and parents for. their co.operatlon. ant .
econe1'1Iy the:.41` 4-H Leaders who su .
generously' donated their: time, .._ .
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