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Page 8 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1953
Gordon Smith Weds
Eunice Desjardine
Eunice Margaret Desjardine,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Desjardine, Grand Bend, became
the bride of Gordon Wilson
Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Smith, Exeter, in a ceremony
performed at. the manse by the
Rev. E. Wattam, Grand Bend.
The bride, given in mar
riage by her father, wore a floor
length gown of Chantilly lace
and marquisette over white satin,
A fichu of lace with sequined
collar and bishop sleeves fashion-
ed. the bodice and lace panels
featured the full skirt. A cap o£
satin and lace, embroidered in
seed pearls held her fingertip
illusion veil and she carried a
bouquet of roses.
Miss Margaret
ter, as bridesmaid, wore a floor
length gown of coral lace and
marquisette worn with a net
cape. Her headdress was of
ostrich feathers and she carried
a nosegay of blue hyacinths.
Ronald Gunning, Exeter,
the best man.
The reception was held at
home of the bride's parents,
and Mrs. Smith will reside at
Grand Bend.
Stephen, Exe-
was
the
Mr.
Phone 88
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few weeks ago we told you
far from Exeter our paper
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travels every week. Lately we’ve
been talking to several people
who have told us just how much
it means to those who have left
the “old home town,” to be able
to read what goes on back home.
If they have an criticism of
the T.-A., it’s that they’d like to
see more “personals”. Maybe you
think it isn’t important that you
let us know when you have
visitors or when you go a’ visit
ing. Some of you are modest
about seeing your names in
print. But those little homey
items are the ones the folks in
distant provinces and
to read.
So how about it?
work together to give
they’re asking for? We’ll
part here and you can be
help. Won’t you give us
when you have these
Ice Box Chiton. Cookies
(Mrs. E. Luxton)
cups brown sugar
cup butter
eggs
pinch of salt
cups flour (more if tsp. soda
GOOD
THINGS
TO
EAT!
Our menus are planned and
prepared for hearty appetites
and a real appreciation for fine
food. Generous portions, efficient ser
vice- Bring the family!
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Can’t we
them what
do our
such a
a ring
items?
Since this is a recipe column,
we'll call this a recipe too, “How
to make our ‘away from home’
readers happy”.
This week we have two recipes
from Mrs. Ella Luxton, ice box
cookies and ice box buns.
2%
1
1 cup chopped raisins
Form into rolls. Place
overnight. Slice and bake.* * * *
Ice Box Buns
(Mrs. E. Luxton)
cup butter and lard mixed
% cup sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp, salt
1 Fleishman’s yeast cake soak
ed in y3 cup warm water
Add IV3 cups more water
and mix together. Knead in
flour, about 4 cups to make a
stiff dough. Put dough in large
bowl and cover. Keep in cool
place. When wanted, pinch off
pieces size of a large alley. Roll
into
brush
away
warm
about
hour,
when
balls, put into pan and
with melted butter. Set
to rise where they will be
but not hot. Bake in oven
20 minutes to one-half
Brush with heavy syi up
baked.*
Miss Nettie Keddy has
us a cake recipe which is
as it makes use of maple
which will soon be on the market
again. Miss Keddy remarked that
the order of mixing the ingred
ients is a bit unusual—but
works fine.
New Maple Syrup Cake
(Miss N. Keddy)
Sift cake flour and measure
cups,
large
sugar,
1 tsp.
*
given
timely
syrup
it
2%
over
cup
der, _
bowl. Add
ing, V2 cup milk. Beat by hand
or electric beater at low speed,
1 minute. Measure 1- cup maple
syrup and add % cup of it and
beat 1 minute, being sure mix
ture is perfectly smooth,
Now add 2 unbeaten eggs and
remaining % cup syrup,
hard four minutes by ha
3 by electric beater
speed. Batter should
smooth and fluffy. Pour
paper-lined, buttered layer cake
tins, smoothing batter carefully.
Bake at 350° for about 25 min
utes. Test by touching centre
with fingertip. If no impression
is left, remove cake from oven.
(This cake burns more readily
than all-sugar cakes.)
Suggested frosting: Butter
frosting flavored with cqffee.
Sprinkle top with walnuts.
Put this into sifter
mixing bowl. Add %
1 tbsp, baking pow-
salt and sift into a
’/2 cup soft shorten-
Beat
hand or
at high
be very
into two
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Nothing new to Mrs.
Mary Stephens of Sudbury is the
job of skinning beaver which she
demonstrated at the Ontario
Trappers Association in Sudbury.
D a u g h t e r of veteran trapper
George McKee of Metagama, she
illustrated the first step in fast
skinning technique—cut off rear
feet and work forward. —C.P.C.
Guide Earns Honors
Three years of keen interest
and success in, some 13 profic
iency tests have given the only
first class badge for Guides in
Exeter to a grade 11 student,
Norma Keller, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. J. Keller.
She received the honor at the
first Mother and Daughter Ban
quet to be held by the local
company and now there
about eight other girls in
for the same .badge.
The company hasn't
easiest of times in the
one time, its 25 Guides
one leader to instruct and organ
ize meetings, Mrs, Bob Luxton,
who has been with the company
through its most difficult times
deserves the credit for bringing
these girls to a point where guid
ing is really beginning to flour
ish in Exeter.
Mrs. Luxton comes all the way
from Clinton every two weeks to
continue the work. She was also
honored at the banquet when
presented with a hard-earned
Captain’s warrant.
Now with the Legion ladies as
sponsors and Mrs. Max Harness
assisting in a lieutenant’s capac
ity the group has a good chance
to stack up against any in the
district.
The work in the past, while
not much acclaimed, is just be
ginning to show the profit of
constant interest by the few who
stuck with it. That profit will be
in a dozen or so girls with good
sound ideas and leadership
ability and it should certainly be
evident when it comes to good
citizenship in the town.$ ❖ * »K
over the counter of
arena snack bar last
held out a penny in
and pointed to the
licorice.
the
Sun-
one
two-
soft-
are
line
thehad
past. At
had only
nose
local
day,
hand
cent
Behind the counter, g
hearted Kinette was just about
to reach for a piece of the black
delight when she changed her
mind and apologetically mur
mured, “Sorry son, those aye
two cents”,
Immediately, with a twinkling
grin, the youngster opened his
other hand, produced the re
quired penny and walked away
munching his purchase,
his first experience, he returned
The technique must have
worked before because he kept
it up until all his pennies were
gone. Three times, undaunted by
with the same one-penny ap
proach, and each time, with a
glint in his eye, he .finally doled
out the full two-cent price for
his
hearing about Stalin’s failing
health.
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Strange Music
With all the Russian boasts of
musical accomplishments, It
sedms strange that music writ
ten by a Polish pianist during
the days of the Czars 'was played,
at the funeral of Joseph Stalin.
There was no revolutionary
music, but rather a simple, sad
theme by Frederic Chopin, a
sensitive undynamic man, who
was most shaken in his own life
time by the surrender of his
loved Warsaw to Russian attack.
Dot’s Beauty Shoppe
(North of Bell Telephone)
Naturelie Permanent Waving
Lustron Cold Wave
• Open Wednesday Afternoon •
Dorothy G. Pfaff, Prop
Phone 71 Exeter
licorice.* *
the death
death of
whose name
Will be remembered by the free
world with favor. Serge Proko-
fieff, who produced lyrical music,
from revolutionary atmosphere
was buried unknown to the rest
of the world while we were
Mu sician Dies
Overshadowed by
a tyrant was the
Russian musician
PRODUCTS
ROSS HAUGH
Phone 35-r-8 Dashwood
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Tomlinson’s Hairdressing
Byron Artist
Visits School
Miss Kathleen
one of Canada’s
visited the art
by Gordon Koch
last Thursday night.
Miss Hart, who paintings deal
mostly with flowers, teaches art
as well as doing many lovely
floral painting and landscapes in
oil.
Her charm and
humor combined with
with the brush, as she
bouquet of tulips and
held the interest of
throughout the
Miss
ledge
been
them
PERMANENTS
Hart, of Byron,
foremost artists,
class conducted
at night school
sense of
her skill
painted a
daffodils,
the class
demonstration.
Hart remarked her know-
and love of flowers had
gained by working with
in her father’s garden.
What For A Penny?
It appears that the fine points
of finances aren’t restricted to
those in the midst of income tax
figures.
A very small boy, wabbling
unsteadily on skates, stuck his
Machine, Machineless and Cold Wave
Personalized, Shaping and Styling
MRS. DILKES PHONE 146
Names Officers
The
Junior
School
form.
The
work
be doing something else”,
given by Mabie Selves.
Miss Anne Kartushyn, home
economics instructor, gave an
interesting demonstration
on “How to Make Ironing Easy”.
Current events were discussed
by Marion Brock.
As this was the annual meet
ing, a slate of officers was pre
sented and the following were
elected: president,. Clarice Lynn;
vice-presidents, Mabie Selves and
Elaine Hern; secretary-treasurer
Marilyn Hern;
Bray; directors,
Mavis McBride,
district director, ____,
nominating committee, Kathleen
May, Lucille Sparling, Delores
Shapton; emergency fund, Paul
ine Lynn, Jane Dykeman.
A silver collection was taken
in aid of the Overseas Flood Re
lief Fund.
March meeting of the
Institute held at the High
was opened in the usual
motto “Nothing is really
unless you would rather
was
Usborne Couple
Mark Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Passmore
were honored by their family
and friends on the occasion of
their twenty-fifth wedding anni
versary,
On Friday night, Mr. and Mrs.
William Passmore, parents of
Mrs. Parsons, entertained over
20 guests at a family dinner in
their honor. Mr. and Mrs. Par
sons were presented with a floor
lamp and other gifts.
About 25 friends and
surprised-them at their
Usborne Township on Saturday
night. After an evening of euchre,
they were presented with gifts
which included a studio couch
from their family.
Mr. and Mrs. Parsons, who
were married March 7, 1928, by
the Rev. Duncan McTavish,
spent most of their married
in Usborne Township. They
a family of two sons and
daughters.
relatives
home in
pianist,
Grace
Marion
Bessie
Agnes
Lobb,
Brock;
Johns;
Caven Society Studies
Problems In Africa
Caven Women’s Missionary
Society held the February meet
ing at the home of Mrs. W. G.
Cochrane with Mrs. W. Silllery
presiding. The roll call response
was “ a verse on purity”. The
devotional exercises were given
by Mrs. D. Millar. Conveners of
meeting
D.
i for th o
C. Cann, Mrs,
the progrr
were Mrs _ . ,
Millar and Mfs. H. Simpson
Mrs. C.
topic “Conflicts and Contrasts of
Africa”. The speaker explained
that Christianity has helped, and
will help, to banish the conflicts
of Africa and it is everyone’s
hope that a better, and
sympathetic understanding
African people will help to
Africa to Christ.
Miss Carolyn Simpson
“Just Abide”, accompanied on the
piano by Mrs. W» Sillery. A most
Interesting article on the work
of Miss Mildred Rundle,
ary nurse in the Arctic,
by Mrs. D. Millar.
events were given by Mfs,
Simpson. The executive Of the
W.M.S. of the Presbyterian
Church in Canada has announced
that the society is sending $2,500
for flood relief in Europe. They
have designated $1,250 to go' to
Britain and $1,250 to go to
Holland.
After the meeting an auction
Cann presented the
more
o f
win
sang
mission-
was read
Currents
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McCREERY'S
LADIES' & CHILDREN'S WEAR
Exeter, Ontario
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To Introduce To You
THE EXCELLENT QUALITY OF
Exeter
In
McCreery’s
LADIES’ & CHILDREN’S WEAR
(Opposite Bank of Montreal)
Main Street
have
lives
have
Ire ne Sweet Guest
At Showers, Tea
Several showers have
held in honor of Irene
prior’ to her marriage on
14.
The officers of Pride of
Rebekah Lodge met at the home
of Mrs. Lex
sented their
with a lamp
Neighbors
met at the home of Mrs. Alfred
Hunkin presented a lamp and
two end tables to Miss Sweet.
Members of James Street
Mission Circle ,______ __
bride to-be with a miscellaneous
shower at the home of Miss
Helen Westcott. After a program
of instrumental numbers by
Dorcas and Alma Sillery and a
reading by Miss Ella Link, Miss
May Jones read an address and
Carole* and Joan Westcott pre
sented a decorated basket filled
with gifts.
Foliowiiig* & dinner p&rty in
London, friends entertained for
Miss Sweet at the home of Mrs.
Wilfred Munds and presented
her with a silver relish dish.
Mrs. Whitney Coates, of Us
borne, assisted by her daughters,
Shirley and Wilma, of London,
was hostess for a shower
home on Friday night, at
former neighbors of Miss
from the Eden and No. 5
sections were present.
After a program in
Mary
Ham
Bride
part,
an address and the guest of
honor was presented with a card
table and chair set, a wall
mirror and cushion.
On Wednesday afternoon and
evening, Mrs. Clinton Sweet,
entertained at a trouseau tea in
honor of lior daughter.
been
Sweet
March
Huron
McDonald and pre
past noble grand
and table mirror.
and friends who
presented the
at her
which
Sweet
school
which
Margaret Essery, Mrs. Wil-
Thomson and Mavis Mc-
and Patsy Kerslake took
Mrs. Dorothy , Cornish read
sale, consisting of home baking
and farm produce, was conduct
ed at the Talent Table,
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