The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-12-23, Page 19GALLERY -EYE VIEW OF SHDHS SINGERS—This massed chorus pro -by Mrs. Kenneth Otewell, as well as Principal H, L. Sturgis on the piano,
vided the finale for the SHDHS "Hi -Time" commencement program this ;Singing and dancing predominated the variety show which attracted
week. The singers accompanied by the school's new electric organ, played I sell-out crowds both nights, —T -A Photo
A children's story
rs. Santa and the pow
SERVICE CLUBS TREAT 800 KIDS—Three service organizations entertained over
800 children Saturday afternoon at the annual Santa Claus program. Above, they
parade to the theatre behind a Tuckey Beverages truck bearing old St. Nick himself.
The event, organized this year by Exeter Kinsmen, is also sponsored by Legion and
Lions. —T -A Photo
Christmas with Dickens
Charles Dickens is renowned
for the warm and friendly
scenes of Christmas which he
pictured in many of his novels,
Two of the most famous from
"A Christmas Carol" and "Pick-
wick Papers" are synopsized
here:
THE REFORMED SCROOGE:
"The clock struck nine. No Bob.
A quarter past, No ' Bob. Bob
was full eighteen minutes and a
half behind the time.
"'Hallo!' growled Scrooge, in
his accustomed voice, as near as
he could feign it. 'What clo you
mean by coming here at this
time of day?'
" `I'm sorry, sir, I am behind
my time.'
"You are? Yes. I think you
are. Step this way, if you please,'
•
"'It's only once a year, sir. It
shalt not be repeated, I was
making rather merry yesterday,
sir.'
" 'Now, I'll tell you what, my
friend. I am not going to stand
this sort of think any longer.
And therefore,' Scrooge contin-
ued, leaping from his stool and
giving Bob such a dig in the
waistcoat that he staggered back
into the tank again—`and there-
fore I am about to raise your
salary!'
"Bob trembled.
" 'A merry Christmas, Bob,
my good fellow, merrier than ]
have given you for many a yearn
I'll raise your salary, and en-
deavor to assist your struggling
family, and we will discuss your
affairs this very afternoon over
Need soothing dishes
after beg yuletide feast
A Boxing Day brunch can be
one of the highlights of the ho-
liday season for both the hostess
and her guests. A combination
of late breakfast and lunch, it is
served anytime between 11 a.m.
and 12:30 p_ m. and is a very in-
formal affair.
A tlii}ughtful hostess will keep
in nniincl that her guests have
probably eaten more than usual
onChristmas, the previous day,
and that digestive systems have
been overworked. Realizing this,
she will keep her brunch menti
siniple and will ehoose dishes
that soothe more than stimu-
late.
'.Cite meal could start off with
fruit or vegetable juice, er
broiled grapefruit halves. This to
be followed by the -riiain course
such as a platter of scrambled
eggs, grilled sausages, baton
shirred eggs
toes or, s d
and
tonna gg
,
served in individual ramekins.
Any dish which IS light and not
too spicy is appropriate At this
tim(�e,
A variety Of het breads and
toast with a selection of pre-
serves and marmalade are good
accompaniments. If you wish a
dessert, don't serve anything too
swee=t and rich. A simple baked
apple or fresh fruit provide a
balanced meal.
The ideal beverage for such an
occasion as this is a pot of hot
tea served with sugar and milk
or clear with lemon or orange
slices, Tea should be served
throughout the, meal as it clears
the palate and helps the diges-
tion.
SHIRRED, EGGS
Butter desired number of:{
ramekins; add 1 tablespoon of
heavy cream to each, Break ,2
eggs into each ramekin,; sprinkle
with salt, pepper and paprika.
Dot with hotter. Arrange rame-
kins iii shallow gait; bake in Mo-
derate oven 258e degrees for 12
to 18 minutes, eggs until e" s are
set.
A variation on this is Shirred
Eggs with Meat. Just sprinkle
buttered ramekins with minced
Cooked hang lir crumbled crisp
Won before adding eggs. Pre-,eeed as for Shirred Eggs.
a Christmas bowl of smoking
bishop, Bob! Make up the fires,
and buy a second coal -scuttle
before you dot another 1, Bob
Cratchit!'
"Scrooge was better than his
word. He did all and infinitely
more; and to Tiny Tim he be -1 a second father. He be-
came as good a friend, as good
a master, and as good a man as,
the good city knew, or . any,
otherod. old city,town,or
g
o
borough in the good old world.
Some people Lughed to see the
alteration in him; but his own!
heart laughed, and that was
quite enough for him.
"It was always said of him,'
that he knew how to keep
Christmas well if any man alive,
possessed the knowledge, 1
"May „
. that be truly said of us
and all of us!" --- From "A'
Christmas Carol,"1 by Charles
Dickens.
FROM PICKWICK PAPERS.
i
"Froin the center of the ceil-
ing of the kitchen, old Wardle
later suspended with his own
hands a huge 'branch of mistle-
toe, and this same branch of
mistletoe inStantanebusly gave
rise* to a scene of general and
most delightful struggling and
confusion; in the midst of
which Mr. Pickwick with a gal.
'entry which would have done
honor to a descendant of Lady
Tollingglower herself, took the.
old lady by the hand, led tier be-
neath the mystic hraneh, and
saluted her in all courtesy and
decorum.
"The old lady submitted to
this piece of practical politeness
with all the dignity which ho.
"tut iny dear madam, there's
rin use Consulting mei about; your
husband, I eoi.tldn t possibly
handle his ease."
"And why couldn't you, dee.
for?"
1
W5
, you must knowv from
li sic•
n sign that m not a
lyI )�Y
ian. ]'m a veterinary surgcon,
a horse doctor."
"That's just why 1 came to
you, 14.1'v husband is a chronic
kicker»
by Elizabeth Touchette
Santa was upset. Here it
was Christmas Eve and still
no snow for hini to drive his
sleigh over.
On a crisp northern day Santa
Claus sat down at the heavy'
wooden kitchen table for lunch.:
"Well, well, my dear," he said
in his deep booming voice, "I.
see you're still playing with that
blender," Santa loved to tease,'
"No Santa," Old Mrs. Claus,
"you know very well that I am i
not playing. I am grinding bread;
for crumbs to make dressing for,
our Christmas turkey." She plac-
ed a steaming bowl of soup in!
front of Santa, "You know this:
blender is really the nicest gift
I've ever had."
"Ho, ho, ho,' laughed. Santa,
"I certainly do know that. Why
we have eaten everything mash-
ed and nixed and blended ever
since I got it for you," he teased.
"Oh well, I guess it's good for
my digestion."
"It hasn't done much for your
figure," laughed Mrs. Santa,
looking at her jolly, round hus-
band.
"Santa Claus, Santa Claus," a
little voice crackled. It was
Teevy the elf in charge of radio
and television programs.
"Come in Teevy," said Mrs.
Claus, "have some soup."
"I can't Mrs. Claus, thank
you," he said. "Santa, there is
terrible news."
Santa was not too di:turbed.
Teevy was a• very excitable elf.
"Well, what's happened now?"
he asked!
"I was just checking in for to-
day's broadcast to all the child-
ren and," Teevy sat down, "and
, , , Santa . , . there is no
snow."
"No snow? Oh dear that is
bad news," said Mrs. Santa.
Santa Claus rubbed his ear and
stroked his beard. "Now, now,
let's not be too. upset. There has
been a lack of snow other years.
Why I remember just 20 or 30
years ago there wasn't one speck
of snow." •
Santa took off his glasses and
cleaned them. "Why that year
we just' rode on the clouds."
"That's it Santa," int:rrupted
Teevy, "there are no clouds and
none predicted for Christmas
Eve, It will be a clear, warm
night."
fitted so important and serious
a solemnity, but the younger
ladies not being so thoroughly
imbued with a superstitious ven-
eration of .the custom, or imag-
ining that the value of a salute
is very much enhanced if it cost
a little trouble to obtain it,
screamed and struggled, and ran
into corners, and threatened and
remonstrated,and did ever -
Y
thing but leve the room, until
some of the less adventurous
gentlemen were on the point of,
desisting, when they all. at once;
found it useless to resist any
longer, and submitted to be
kissed with a good grace.
"Mr. Winkle kissed the young;
lady with the black eyes, and
Mr. Snodgrass kissed Emily::
and Mr. Weller, not being par-
ticular about the form of being;
Wider the mistletoe, kissed Em -1
ma and the other female serv-
ants, just as he caught them.
As to the poor relations, they
kissed everybody, not even ex-
cepting the plainer portion of
the young -lady visitors, who, in
their excessive confusion, ran
right under the mistletoe .
Wardle stood, his back to the
fire, surveying the whole scone,
with the utmost satisfaction;
and the fat boy took the op-
portunity of appropriating to his
own use, anri summarily devour-
ing, a particularly fine mince-'
pi ''Now the screaming had sub-
sided, and faces were. in a glow
and curls iia a tangle, and 111r.
Pickwick, after kissing . the old
ladys as before -mentioned, WAS
standing under the mistletoe,
looking with a very pleased
countenance on all that was
passing around him, when the
young lady with the black eyes,
after a little whispering with the
other young ladies, made a
sud-
den daft f atd and,
PLtten
y
her arnaround 1r, Pickwicks
neck, saluted ltiitt affectionately
cn the left chec=k;, and before
Mr. Pickwiek distinctly knew
what was the tiaattcr, he r, as
surrounded by the whole body,
MM. Of
and;kissed byeveryo e
Set
theryr
"No clouds either?" Santa rose
to his feet, "Then this could be
serious. We will have a confer-
ence in the main toy shop."
In a wink of aneye and a
hearty Moho the elves and the
reindeer and Mrs. Claus gather-
ed around Santa to discuss the
problem of snow.
"We've got lots of snow up
here Santa Claus," said Teevy.
"Couldn't we take snowballs
with us?"
"But if I filled my sleigh with
snowballs. to drop and spread
where would I put all the toys?"
"Instead of snowballs couldn't
you just take snow flakes?" ask-
ed Teevy,
"How could I capture snow-
flakes?"
"Santa, I have an idea," said
Mrs. Claus, "how about my blen-
der, We could use it to grind
up snowballs into flakes again.
and we could blow them down
with the workshop fans."
Santa stroked his silky white
beard, "That's a fine idea. I
don't know, but maybe that
blender is going to be really use-
ful after all," he teased.
Teevy and the other elves
busied themselves gathering
snow and bringing it in to Mrs.
Santa's kitchen.
Anxiously Santa watched as
the snow was placedin the little
blender. It whirred and swished
and then Mrs. Santa took off
the lid.
They gasped in disappoint-
ment. Instead of snowflakes
there was only water.
"This won't work," said San-
ta. "we'll have to think of some-
thing else and quickly. There
are only two days left till Christ-
mas."
"We'll go ahead with the toys
Santa, and we will get the rein-
deers' harnesses in good shape,"
said Teevy, "you are sure to
think of something."
Santa and the elves went to
bed early that night. Their
minds were busy with this prob-
lem.
For once Santa couldn't sleep.
He rolled and tossed, Finally he
got up and walked to kis win-
dow. He looked out over the
moon -crested snow. Then he got
an idea. Now he could sleep!
Early in the morning he call-
ed Teevy,"Come with me on a
special mission to see Mr. Con-
stellation, I think I have a solu-
tion to our problem,"
"Mr. Constellation?" said Tee-
vy in a puzzled voice.
"He is in charge of the milky
way. Perhaps he will have a star
to spare," Santa smiled .at
Teevy's surprised face.
He spent a few minutes with
Mr. Constellation and then came
out beaming. "Teevy, come help
me load this brokens tar on the
sleigh.' We have to hurry." •
"Santa, what will we do with
a star?" asked Teevy as he car-
ried a huge piece to the sleigh.
"You'll see. We're very lucky
that Mr. Constellation had one
to spare. It was a broken star
that fell last night."
As soon as they got back to
the 'workshop Santa called Mrs,
Claus. "Bring your blender my
wirriwrovir
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Pter14onal items
Mr, Howard Pym!, Mrs. ilareld
Bell, Mrs. Alvin Cooper, Mrs.
Boss Skinner and Mrs. Norman
Jaques of Zion attended the
funeral .on Wednesday in Toron-
to of their late aunt, Mrs. Jean.'
Jackson,
Mrs. Nelson Coultis returned
home from. South Huron Hospital.
on Saturday•
Friday evening guests with
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Skinner
were Mr. and Mrs. Philip johns
and fainily, Mr. and Mrs. Rien
Westdorp, Mr. and Mfrs, Harold
Bell and Carol.
Rev. and Mrs. If. Wilson of
Thames Road were Sunday eve.'
ning guests of Mfr. and Alm
hien Westdorp.
Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, Mr.
and Mrs, Ross Armstrong, and
daughters of St. Marys visited
on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs,
Hubert Heywood,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bell and
Noel of Toronto spent the week-
end with the former's mother,
Mrs. Thomas Bell.
Mr, and Mrs, Charles Stephen.
visited .on Sunday with Mr, and
Mrs. Paul McNaughton of St.
Marys,
Mr, and Mrs. Russell King
and Eugene of Crediton visited!
on Monday evening with Mr.
and Mrs, Alvin Cooper.,
Sunday services
Sunday morning was the spec-
ial Christmas service. The choir
came in as a processional from
the back of the church to the
strains of "Hark, the Herald
Angels Sing",
During the service .Ann and
Brenda Armstrong, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Armstrong,
received the rites of baptism,
The choir rendered two an-
thems. Rev, Wilson chose as the
sermon "Have You Any Room
for Jesus?".
During the Sunday School
hour a Christmas program was
presented. Each class gave a
pageant assisted by solos, duets
and piano numbers. The child-
ren later retiredto their classes
for exchange of gifts.
The Elimville YPU were out
carol singing to several families
on Wednesday evening,
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, to celebrate this most festive of seasons, we take pieetitrflt
in extending to you out hope
that all the joys of Christmos fill your home,
Howard. Pym, Mrs, William
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attended the funeral of Mrs, ,�►
Jean Jackson, held in Joseph P, 1 C. : ;C;�',C.#- ;' ' ' 'O�y,'CCI , !fry
Thompson funeral home, Toron-
to, on Wednesday, December 16,
with interment in St, Paul's
cemetery.
She was born in Usborne
Township and attended Winchel-
sea Public School.
She worked for 10 years at
Byron Sanitorium, then at To-
ronto General Hospital, and was
retired for the past ten years.
She died at the Wellesley Hos-
pital, Toronto, on Monday De-
cember 14.
She is survived by one daugh-
ter, Mrs, Adelaide Alexander,
Toronto. Two sisters and one
brother predeceased her; Mrs.
Minnie Pym, in October, 1955,
and Mrs. Ella Murch, June 1959;
William Veal, in August, 1939.
dear. We will. need it.”
Mrs. Claus understood at once.
"Of course," she said, "what a
wonderful idea. Powdered star
to take the place of snow."
They ground the broken star
and filled sacks with the light-
weight shiny powder.
They worked till dark then
slept soundly until dawn. Right
after breakfast they got back to
the broken star.
The toys were loaded; the
sleigh bells were tuned; the
reindeers were fed and rested
and harnessed. Still the star
was not finished. They blended
and blended and filled sack after
sack with the powdered star.
Then just before dark the entire
star was finished. The sacks
were ready and then the elves
were told what their duties
would be,
They were to rtin ahead of
Santa and his team an 1 toys and
sprinkle stardust through the air
and over the roof tops and on
the lawns.
front
an of us
P hero .to all of
ou overyu4tere..,
>, sciskes for
fur best
a teonelerful.Christotai.
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That Christmas Eve all over.
the world children; hanging their
stockings, pere
d
through win-
dows
at what seemed to be the
brightest, s h i n i e s 1, sparkliest
snow they had ever seen,
Santa climbed into his sleigh
and waved goodbye to Mrs.
Santa. "You saved the day with
yew' blender." he galled, "thank
you, my clear."
Away he rode over sparkling
stardust made from Mrs. San-
ta's powdered star.
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