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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-12-18, Page 10THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1952 Feminine Facts ’n Fancies Coutts Christmas Train is at The Times-Advocate To Hold Your Cargo of Cards - Send It to a Friend $L00 By MARJORIE STEINER by jelly squash straws 350°. in­ le motz of cher- and put it in the of HOW WELCOME CAN YOUR Gift BE? in of of on decora- today! finished we little the tiny candles. of the that on satisfac- —that was our But this year’s cookie press, oven till light- of Grandfather’s Each year he’d And Candles a contrast (he had a up a copy of the dated December this Christmas menu and thought the dark Christmas printed last week, the eggs, ail eight you clipped the re­ correct it. shortbread recipes L. Sims and Airs. Mrs. Motz’s recipe from Scotland you was fifty By MRS. R. pound butter tbsp, brown sugar (not level) vanilla flour baking powder cocoanut in 8x12 pan at strips while warm and icing sugar. Gram Says Crediton, they entertained an ert ODD BITS PHONE 20-W By B.A. * S'- Work-saving R. E. RUSSELLOnly v2 4 to in to a this tree to from the recep- the bride's costume girls time their G-E STEAM IRON ... Irons dry or with steam ... a reminder of your thought­ fulness all year 'round I business part of further plans foi $3.00 $5.75 ■was beautifully holly, Christmas Lewis and Cen- A Special Tree We were lucky enough year to have a Christmas brought from a woods that we know. It makes it more personal somehow. It wasn’t one from some un­ known spot, jammed and bent on a truck and piled impersonally iy2 % y2 y2 Snowed under me&hs: c...rf able to take 1% hours for Itinoh. high score Fred Cole and to Clinton Sweet, the motet lone sister, Shirley gown similar in shrimp carried a roses and by Mrs. E. Mc- Fundi A Page Devoted to the Interests of the Women Readers of The Times-Advocate Exeter Kindergarten Teacher Addresses Local Kinettes Miss Grace Lobb, kindergarten i child. Miss Lobb said, that while teacher at Exetei’ Public School, these projects looked small to vs., most adults, the children looked addiessed members of the Km- UpOn them as hard work and a ette club at their last meeting, serious thing. She was intro- held Tuesday, December 9 at the jduced by Mrs. R. M. Southcott home of Mrs. Gordon Farrow. ' ' ' Miss Lobb told of With two classes of olds in kindergarten, introduction to school.__ _____ _ -of their work in kindergarten as I bar a means «f self expression, in- schedules were _ centive for greater imagination I The snack bar will begin operat- and better co-ordination between ling• ' - ’ ' 15. ............. I and thankedher work j Bride. five-year- During the their first the meeting, She spoke I the opening of the arena snack were discussed and work given members. mind and body. Showed Projects As she talked of the various amusing and interesting inci­ dents in her teaching life, she showed samples of the children’s projects and explained their im­ portance in the training of th"4. officially Monday, Decernhe!’ Dot's Beauty Shoppe (North of Bell Telephone) Naturelle Permanent Waving Lustron Cold Wave - Open Wednesday Afternoon - Dorothy G. Pfaff, Prop Phone 71 Exeter Chisholm Beauty Salon 239 ANNE STREET Specializing in Permanents and Hair Styling PHONE EVETER W Service with Courtesy Exeter Cab Supertest Station PHONE 465 DAY OR NIGHT >s Elimvi lie WA, WMS Hold Christmas Meet The Elimville Societies held their Christinas meeting at the church Thursday afternoon, De­ cember 4 when | the Baby Band. | The church ’decorated with ’ bells and wreaths. Mrs. iJohns had charge of the meet- • ing. It was opened by singing ’ Mo T .ittin Town of Bethlehem”. “Christmas, the and re-birth”. Moores led in prayer. The Scripture was rean by Mrs. John Coward, Mrs. Will Johns and Mrs. William Routly. Mrs. Bob Riley sang a lovely solo, “Silent Night, Holy Night” and Sylvia Johns, Diane Johns and Margaret Johns gave recita­ tions. Mrs. Moores gave interesting story of “Children of Other Lands” and she told the aims of the Baby Bands. Santa Claus came to the chil­ dren at the close of the program and gifts were exchanged be­ tween the members. “O Little Town The theme was season of birth Mrs.J. W. Enjoy Banquet On Tuesday night 12 members of the staff of the Mayfair bakery were guests at a turkey dinner with all the trimmings, served by their employers. Gifts were exchanged and the staff presented a tri-light lamp to Mrs. Phyllis Maybee and Mr. Ed. Dorey. By Jingle! Here’s an easy way to take care of your Christmas Gift List — SEND A INSCRIPTION To The Exeter Times-Advocate ONE 1-YEAR GIFT TWO 1-YEAR GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS SUBSCRIPTIONS do is come in to the office or, . . all you have to mail vonr cheque or money order and we’ll take care of the rest. There's a beautiful Christmas card that goes to the recipient telling him that you have sent him this practical gift and wishing him a Very Merry Christmas. DON’T DELAY!ORDER TODAY! Rush Rush Rush If yon Want to give that magazine to a friend for Christmas^ hurry . . . it's getting late! We are agents for almost every magazine . . . they make wonderful gifts. ~ s- Exeter T imes-Advocate PHONE 3UW EXETfiR Swartz-Lightfoot Wed In Centralia Miss Dorothy Helen Light­ foot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lightfoot, of Centralia, was married to Ronald Harry Swartz, of McGillivray township, Saturday, December 13^ at 14 noon. The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. G. G. Burton at the parsonage of the Centralia United Church. The bride wore a Frisco green gown of net over taffeta in bal­ lerina style and carried a cas­ cade of Sweetheart roses and white 'mums. Attending her Lightfoot wore a in style to the bride’s cocktail shade. She nosegay of Sweetheart yellow baby ’mums. Stanley Hicks, of was groomsman. Receiving guests at tion at Club Monetta, mother wore a igrey with red accessories. The mother of the groom wore Royal blue with black accessories. For the wedding trip to points in the I’nited States, the bride donned a black velvet dress and clover coat with accessories in black and winter white. Upon their return, Mr. Mrs. Swartz will reside in tralia. O.E.S. Sees Films, Do nates To Charities At their regular meeting on December 10, members of the Exeter Chapter O.E.S. saw color­ ed films taken by W. V. Dinnin, Zurich, while on a trip to Mexico City, as a delegate to the Lion’s International Convention. During the business meeting, $10 was voted to the Tuberculo­ sis Christmas Seal Fund; $15 to the Florence Nightingale Home at Agincourt, and $10 to the O.E.S. benevolent fund. The next meeting, on Friday, December 19, will be the annual Christmas party. Something New Nineteen girls of town have something new for Christmas, of which they are particularly proud. The girls form the staff at the local Bell Telephone Of1 fice and the something new is their own room for relaxation at the back of the building. Finished shades, with a making periods, and a furniture is modern in green, grey and wine and tables of pol­ ished blond birch add the right modern touch to the atmosphere. C h i e Wuerth tion come front It’s and they can for the first get together and chat in precious fifteen minutes, morning and afternoon. * * * * in soft mushroom the room is equipped sink and facilities for coffee in their break It’s bright and large pleasure to be in. The is modern in green. f operator, Mrs. R. has extended an invita- anyone interested and see the office back, big change for the Exeter Children Help In First Project Children of Exeter Public School have played their part in the first fund-raising project for the Women's Hospital Auxiliary. They have contributed in pre­ paratory work for the tag day scheduled,, for Saturday, Decem­ ber 20. Other groups have made and decorated collection boxes, while primary classes have tied color­ ed strings through the tags as part of their art and craft pro­ ject. Large Attendance At Euchre Party The euchre party sponsored by t he LO.O.F. and Rebekah lodges in the Legion hall Mon­ day night was attended by over 100. Prize for ladies* went to Mts. men’s high The prize for hands won by Tom Smith. Lucky tickets in the draw were held by Ed. Lind eh field who won a turkey, Tom Yellowy whose prize was a box of choco­ lates, and Mrs, E. Steiner, who woti the Dutch auction prize of a satin cushion. Pfoceeds of the party will go to the Cancel4, Polio and Tubei4- Let's Have Cookies! Before we -give you this week’s recipes, we wish to make a cor­ rection in cake recipe We omitted of them. If cipe, please This week we have a recipe for peanut butter cookies. Mrs. W. Witmer brought it back from Michigan and from Mrs. J. R. L. Motz. was brought her mother. Chewy Peanut Butter Strips MRS. W. WITMER crisco peanut butter white sugar salt 1334 1 2 1 1 1 1 Ry cup cup cup tsp. eggs tsp. cup tsp. cup Bake Cut in roll in Shortbread By MRS, J. L. SIMS cups flour cup cornstarch pound icing sugar pound butter Cream butter, add rest of gredients and blend till smooth. Roll out or use Bake in mod erate ly browned. Shortbread for our selection­ last year’s tree, is different. It reminds us Christmas trees, cut one from somewhere on the farm, usually a cedar surplus) parlor. Popcorn What tions then, to those First there’d be a popcorn bee ■and strung on long threads, be-, tween bites, the popcorn would be wound this way and the tree to everyone’s tion. And then would come candleholders and the We always had visions tree with so many little flames at .the end of the branches but they were never lit, that -We can remember. Temptation We can remember, however, letting temptation take over once when no one was looking. We tasted the popcorn—it was about a week old by that time. It was then we learned the difference between decorations and food. That small piece of soggy white­ ness pretty well spoiled a good appetite for the rest of the day. We won’t use popcorn on our tree this year but for’ a week or so, it will bring back all the charm that every one has added to each Christmas so far. * * * Lord Again One who didn’t appreciate the snow was our black cat, who was ejected, warm and sleepy from his chair, into the cold Sunday morning dawn. I’m sure the tail twitching wasn’t indicative gentlemanly thoughts. Once used to the brightness the situation, however, he sat a drift by the door, pleased that not an enemy footprint appeared on his roof-domain. He’s lord of the roof again—while the snow is deep, First Telephone —Continued from Page 7 representative and, also during that year, three more operating positions were added to the switchboard. The following year, Miss M. L. Hodgert became local representative, reporting to. C. B. Symonds who had taken over as manager at Goderich, Miss Hodgert was succeeded by, Mrs. M, E. Holtzman in 1951. The present local representative is Mrs. Wilia Wuerth. The use of the telephone here has increased at a tremendous rate in recent years and there are now almost 1,200 in service here. To keep pace with community* growth, the common battery equipment been installed, the now 1 tbsp ^starch 23/2 cups pastry flour Cream butter well, Add brown sugar and cornstarch. Work in sifted flour until dough is easy to handle. Roll out small amount of dough at a time. Cut about %-inch thick with cookie cutter, Bake in moderate oven till light­ ly browned. Days Gone By Looking over Exeter Advocate 1902 we found dinner might be interested in what considered a festive dinner years Menu Cream of chicken soup Olives, celery, salted nuts Roast turkey with oyster stuffing Cranberry jelly, plum Catsup, pickles Potato snow-—creamed Scalloped cauliflower Chicken salad, cheese Plum pudding, mince pie Fruit cake Nuts, fruits, bon-bons Coffee (Can anyone give us the recipe for potato snow?) Aftei’ the holidays are over, we are going to think about casserole dishes. Wont you send us your favorite? Quantity Plus At a local bakery where one hundred pounds of Christmas cake was in the making, the owners were faced with the task of cracking 80 eggs, squeezing one half a case of oranges, cleaning 42* pounds of raisins and dates besides blanching and cut­ ting 15 pounds of almonds and preparing eight pounds ries. When we see the product in the windows realize the labor that goes into their production ‘behind scenes’. It’s a wonderfully heart-warming time of the year . . . a time when families get together . . . when- ■ homes must look their best. May we suggest your visit here, whether you want something new for your home, to give it a lift for holiday time, or whether you want to choose FURNITURE . * . the best gift of all, for every name on your list. Just come in and browse to your heart’s content. You will not be urged to buy. And may we also extend our best wishes for a Merry Christinas and a Happy New Year to all of our many friends. 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