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nate, to taje Me of orders for funerals or other
work. Also potted Plats.
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Florists
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TM Greenhousei that have supplied t oderioh and vicinity
for 44 years.
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Miss .Xittlian 'oung, c,f (Awl molt 1aet, 'a` $ew l4our..& too late+
N" siting friends in town. ' to bo present at tl e ^f(7,iurneral of Mr.
Miss Kitty Sale, of Toronta, is spei oat :►tirliug% aunt, A7Cxs, 1*. uan Stracbau«'
log the holidays in tu'i.
Miss Esther Hume is spending ,the
, Christntnas. ,season, in Toronto.
.• MIL Jos. Bowman and son .Allan
are Wilting relatives at Oakville. ,
Mise. Kathleen.. Ai teEwau was home
from Toronto 'to spend Christina.
Pala+� t°
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College,
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e,is home for the, Christmas vaciation,Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Church spent,
'Christmas with. relatives ,at Waterford.
Mr'.and XIrs. ..W, A. fay.; axid;Miss
Catherine spent Christmas at Toronto.
A r°. J. Willis Fraser is home from
Toroiito to end the Christmas season.
' spend
Miss Margaret Strang was home
Who's Crooked?
The ;seen was, the interior of a
saloon in the far West, and round 4and the
tables were gathered as tough a gang
Ras could be found in the . whole not
California. The game was fast and
furious, the stales 'were -high,
cards
the e r fi
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deal le i
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Sg
•yt re tea u 1 pulled
on the table and h a �� g y
out his six -glen. •
"Boys," he shouted, "the game ain't
a straight one! Slippery ,Sala ain't
playing the hand I_ dealt him
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APPY NEW YEAR
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PHONE 135
How •, did the term. "hitch, hike'"
originate? According to "one author.
ity, in the olden days it sometimes
y, ,
•became necessary for two men to go,
on a journey with. only one horse be-
tween them. At the Mart of the trip,
one person would start on ahead on
horseback, the otherplodding along n
g
on foot. At a predetermined point
along the route, the .one on the horse
would dismounit, hitch the horse to a
fence or rack and continue down the.
road afoot.
The travellers thus would alternate
"hitching" and "hiking," the trip be -
diming. quite literally a hitch-hike.—
W. P. K. in Christian Science Monitor.
Rubbing in the other man's mistakes
doesn"'t rub out yours.
Fibre in the farmer and in the farm.
wild sh l� the national drift.
`L Life Insurance I
No one is s_ o poor that he cannot r
begin to be thrifty , ' !
No . one is sd -•rieh that he• does
` flub eed to be thrifty,
+ .The margin between Success.
g and'
Failure is measured by a
single word •
THRIFT
from Toronto for Christmas, holidays,
Mr.. wui. La y of .Detroit spent Alta,, sister -iii -law of Mrs. Johnston, a Voting face, Ilan pradted by a Cali- shot ,r .
Christmas With, m sister, Miss spenty «lio •will spend. the winter months arm law forbiddini child actors to I3enrds in abundance are for hire in.
Lacey; • ' with: them.' take hazardous roles. He iinpea'son* „
Mrs. Hart, of • Hand ton, is the guest
Utes thein for ,the dangerous scenes, Hollywood. ,4 Central Casting ,types
Of her parentis, Air. and Mrs, A: U. 11011y-wood
^,� . Another ems -circus 'man makes a ,liv them, lovingly, as "hermit," "Vandyke,,,
Uses iu playing aper' •.,,. ' General tyrant," 'Kaiser hichelm:'
McLean.g p y g and gorilla, rules he
Mr. J. T, Cloldtharpe of Goldthorpe
vn ns o�vu an hrokond skins, But war pictures, in which minor
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They will reipain in ° the district for
! sonnte time. •
Mr. and nAXrs. A., n.. McLean had As
Christmas .guests their Son-in-law annd
daughter, Mr. and Mi's't "William
Meikle, their grandchildren, Jack",
Mef- e°'
11 e k� and. Mrs« Gilbert, Air: be
a . G , 'Gilbert
rgreat-granddaughter,
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Mr. and: Airs. ' Gordon Elliott. and
children, of Blyth, and Grant Johxtstou,
who has resumed' his •studied it .On- :`
tarlo College'',ot .Art, Toronto,,,,,are
Christmas guests with their parents,,
Mr. and. Mrs. R« G, Johnston. Mr, and
Mrs. Johnston also have as their guest,
Alis. L. A. MacDonald, .of Edmonton, •
ower reef's for such pictures as Rli`A'e
"Tbe, Spanish. Mali."
Mary Wiggins, who •was a pilot in
the W.A.SPS, now stunt' planes .and
overturns carriages. Cheri May, a
former all-roundathlete, one para-
chuted in' a picture, Bolding her own
baby son. Dave Kashner, Hollywood's
whip expert, flicks cigarettes from
actors' hands, !Cliff Lyons, stageaetiaei r
stunt driver, Auld 'big moments
.
, is
Walter Wnfie s,St#"Stagecoach," ,°
-.There ate Many dueling
specialists.
Central
Casting, the H 11
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through which, the studios hire many
of these people, lists scores who can
manipulate 'foils, snberi , or cutlasses.
There are. a. ltuniber of • sword" swal-
lowers and nre-eaters, contortionists,
and trapeze artists, These men, like
the .Midgets and freaks, have usually
come to •Hollyw od frons , the circus,
Tarry -Monty, an x.thletic widget with
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We have"a puce seleotaon for 'the .Season
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s had to . e f of
Out, is with his daughter, AYr « W. ue�x � �;n Some of the •spe,�%�lts yvork in player spa w •
. 1%Ia,cEwan groups.^ 1?aul Kelly, a fornYer bortex dal�anese, caused real trotYbYe, Be,
Mr. James ..B _but. ---�
t, ,of' Pon assan�
spent the Chrls'tinas season with- his
relatives here: '
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Dr. L. M. Mabee is spending the
Christinas season with relatives in
Norfolk county. •
4 , Miss Olive Goldthorpe of Toronto
spent Christmnns with her sister, Mrs.
1 W. G. MacEwan.
Mr. Ed. Fisher has returned to town
after spending the last few months at
Moose Jaw, Sask. •
IMiss ' kern Watson of London is
spending a' few, days with Mr. and
Mrs. W. F, RileyF-
Mr, and Mrs. E..Breckenridge have
as their guests .thus. week.Mr. and Mrs.
flet: Insur,, 1 — Stay insured =--
. Rest assured.,•
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May you be endowed vwith health, happiness and prosperity
in • 1946..
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It is with a profound sense of gratitude that we
pause and. ectend,4New ,YeaI :Greetings:,, to our many
customers annul 'friends . • * Ave" have been fortunate,
i7iideed, to have your splendid eo=oiperatlon throughout
the' year.
May;, we all; face the.. ew 'tear with faith,. strong
.hearts, and a tietorth1nationtlrpreservfye�� jibe peace so
dearly won.... PYY YY Let there 1* good.-vtl, ,tV1,1f+atd men.
TiZL 14AN',A.GMIVNT AND STAbir,
B. Alun of Toronto
- Mr. and Mrs. Thos,,'I3ogan, of Tren-
ton, spent Christmas with the former's 4
.aunt, Miss Edna Hogan.
Mr. and Mrs. bon Wiggins of Lon-
don Were Christmas guests with Don's
mother, Mrs. J. Wiggins.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Jarvis, of Oshawa,
spent Christmas with Airs. Jarvis' par-
ents,_Jl,i tttd_Mrs..J. V. Mutch. _._ .
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bine!: and child-
ren, of Waterford, spent `Christmas
with Mr. and Mrs. Cinas. Black
(Gretta Palmer in "This Week") .
Hollywood Will buy. almost any tat-
ent '--•€ at least once, Fluid sometimes
oftener.; Screen credits, listing even'
�nilliners and wigmakers, may seem
•to a' bored audience to mention every-
body. But they . don't. 4 There are
veteran actors with Intensely special-
ized skills who are never publfcized.
Did you ever hear ofk4 Billy' Wright?
Probably not, Yet -he's- In many pic-
tures you see. Bill is a "claque laugh -
i ter": --the _possessor of an infectious
laugh. which h. h h
g conn • set a .whole . group
to laughing,
Leon LeDoux is known as "the
baby, ... vo e." He gurgles, cries, and
coos for the sound track. -Joe Hernano
is an actor whose' face you actually
see, but only as an unidentified passer-
( by. He is a "grimace expert'•' who
sums up, in a look of appalling dis-
gust, the emotions of ,a whole group
of • people.
Charlie Van's hands supported him
for years.;. he was known ' as Holly-
wood's "atran ler • When
g he retired,
it was egiimated that his. fingers had
closed oiler several thousand throats
in close --ups.
Men and 1women * who do .one small
tiling suprenn'ely -well . save the stars'
and directors' time. Through engage
ments at the One.
studios, these'
specialists: may make a modest living.
But few' •extra. players, however tal-
ented, can fully support themselves
without outside jobs Solve .of them'
came to the Coast hoping for -all -round -
acting careers and were disappointed.
'Others had previous work fitting 'them
to •fill ' Hollywood's : special needs.
Fritz - Bach once trained animals.
Today he fights dogs, coyotes, or wolves
Miss Gladys .Farrant, . of the College
of Pharmacy, Toronto, is spending • the
holiday _term at her 'home here.
Raymond Dean of Toronto is�:spend-
ing *the Christmas term with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Dean.
Mr. and Mrs..Alex, Fowiie and
daughter Patricia, of Toleth, O., are
• visiting their relatives in town.
Capt.. John Vickers is home from
the Atlantic,• where he '.is .skipper of
one or die Imperial Oil Co.'s tankeirs.'
Mrs. F; R. Recjditt' is,'spending the
Christmas season with her daughter,
Mrs. Elson, and Mr. Elson at Oakville. I in movies. Cliff Bergere,._ a former.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Shore area visiting speed driver;.crashes autoinobiles.
their daughter, Mrs, Robt. Nicholson, i Bink Redberg, a Los Angeles lifeguard,
and Mr. Nicholson at St. Catharines.! handles boats through heavy seas and
Mr and Mrs W F Ril 's
Christmas Day with the latter's mo-
ther, Mrs. Charles Watson,-Londesboro.
-Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Baker and
daughter, John, of Sarnia, spent the
holiday season with relatives in town.
Mr. Billy Newcombe is spending the
Christmas vacation with his brother
Reg and Mrs. Newcombe at_ Kingston.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tufford, of
Toronto, ..,spent Christmas with the
former's parents, Mr. and Mrs..Iiuron
Tufford. - .
Miss Eileen O'Brien, of - Sarnia,. is
spending. the Christmas vacation with
he••+na,rents,/ Mr, and Mrs. D. M.
O'Brien. •
Capt. Ed. Robinson has arrived in
town after the season's sailing on the
Great .Lakes, 'in charge of the freighter
Lemoyne. -
Mrs. Ed. Currell spent Christmas,
with her daughters, Mrs. Lorne
Bodges and •Mrs. Irving ,Oke, in Gode-
rich township.
Misses 'Alice and Lillian Irwin and
]van Irwin, of Toronto, spent the
Christmas holiday at their home ori
Waterloo street.
Miss Lucille Patterson is home from
'Toronto to spend the Christmas' holi-
days with her parents; Mr. and Mrs.
T. R. Patterson. •
Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Edwards of
London were k$Gliristmas guests
with the lady's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Robertson.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Reg. Fisher, of
Kitchener, are spending holidays with
the former's parents,. Mr. and Mrs.
Horace J. Fisher. •
Miss Esther MacMath. is home from'
Belle Ewart to spend the Christmas
vacation with her parents, Mr.`, and.
Mrs. S. R. MacMath.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Donaldson, Miss
Kathleen. and Billy, - of Stratford, were
the guests .of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
'Heitman for Christmas. ''
Miss Mrary, Bisset, of " the'. Port
Arthur Collegiate Institute staff, is
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Bisset, for the holidays.
Miss. Marjorie Hays, of the Cou-
servatory of Music, , Toroiito, is spend-
ing the holiday -term with her parents,
Mr. and, M'rs, R. C. Hays. , : ,-
Robert Bisset, jr.,. 'of Queen's iini-
versity, Kingston, is spending the
Christmas' vacation with • his parents,
Mr. and • MTs. Robert Bisset.
Miss Helen Robertson,: -of Wellesley
}Xospital,, Toronto, is a guest this week
with her parenr,.q Mr, and Mrs. I. H.
Robertson, Wellington .street.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Croft andxson,.
Barrie, of Brantford, spent Christmas
with Mrs. Croft's parents, Mr. 'and Mrs,
,C. M. Robertson, Park street. ,�
Mr..and Mrs. Johns Stephenson ahid'
baby daughter, of Ingersoll,. spent
Christmas withs Mrs. Stephenson's par-
ents, Mr.. And Mrs, D. M. O'Brien.
-Mrs. Grace Courtney, of Kingsbridge,
visited her relatives, Mr. and Mrs,
Win. Tinley, 'Lighthouse street, On her
return to Toronto for the. winter,`
Mr: W. A. Saunders ae,of • A rnprior
and ,Mr., J. I. Saunderse;{of 'Toronto
were Christmas guests •witk their par=
ents, Mr. and Mrs: 0. Ti. Saunders.
Mr« and Mrs« Aloe.. Vorbes, of , Cann-
nnnIigton, arid Mr. and Mrs« Roy Chown,
of Toronto, are the guests of the ladies'
' iarents, Mr. arid Mrs. P..J. MtteI'warms
• ' 3tlss Gall • itunders and her cousin,`
'Afisa Mary, Saunders, of, Ot`talwa,- are'
spending the Ch$stinus holidays . with•«
the' fornniei.�'f3 parents, Mr. alnd Mrs,
W. 1. Sanande�rs o� ; r
Mr, and Mrs. :Albeit 'Wilkins, GO
(xlouce:Ster Terrace, had as their boll -
day guests , Mr.. 'and Mrs: Ilovvard
"Wilkins and,,; Sonng son, Sands, . of
London, .Mr. W: AW Horne bund' Mr. ;A.
Osiialdeston, of .Toronto. ': ,,,
Mr. • and Airs. ,bilin Stirling, of
Nino, Man., arrived here on, Thum'
and coal.heaver, has gathered together
a team of former ex -pugs and football
players wuo,khow how to stage ,a free-
_ -
for alb before the cameiaso"`that they
will not hurt each other, or—snore
important—mess up the leading actor's
face. ro
Another group "(which could ' exist
nowhere but Hollywood) was the regi-
ment of 2200 ex -soldiers trained by
Carl,- Voss, a: former army sergeant.
The group, drilled. In the manual of
arms of -all the leading armies of the
world, has fought 232 pitched battles
before the camera;
Perhaps a.° movie script demands a
wedding between two members of,
Jeliovah's Witnesses or of the Bahai
faith. Winter : Hall, an extra, has
learned the marriage rituals- of all
religions apt to turn up 4n films, and
has Iiis own vestments. ,
Casting agencies list extras under
types. There are men who look like
dope fiends; children (health) and
children . (hungry looking) . .There are
lady wrestlers, archery experts, imi-
tators of barnyard noises, champion'
beer drinkers, and practical seamen.
Also on call are locomotive engineers
and "refined grandnnetliers" . cross-
eyed actors and "tough -men with miss-
ing teeth." One actor plays nothing
but staggering drunk ,.roles.
Many girl extras are listed, modest-
ly, for' a single handsome feature:
pretty hands, pretty arms, pretty. feet,.
or pretty" legs. Piano -playing hands
are on call; so are people who ' can
imitate" any handwriting. - .
Some extras • resemble historical
characters. Hollywood has'several
Abraham Lincolns and George Wash
ingtons, a General Pershing, a : Theo-
dore Roosevelt, a Benjamin Franklyn.
There are two Franklin D. Roosevel.ts
(voice and face}. a
Some extras look enough like well.
tnown stars to replace them' in , ong
cause the.armed forces had a priority
on Jap language experts, the•Rev. Key
Chang, a Korean minister who at-
tended' Tokyo, University, was. Pressed
inte service as an actor; in such movies
as PP•nr'p'1e, Ieart- ,
For dialects, Hollywood is well
equipped. Most dialect actors are
members of the groups they , .epresent.
'But Robert' Ilouans' a Boston'boy who ,
has. never' seen in Ireland and has ne
Irish blood .fdoled even the Dublin
1 Abbey Players when he acted with
them,
1- Business Is not `brisk for . the bit
1 players whose mann stock `. in, trade
IS their racial 'appearance, • There are
only, twenty lindus• on call for Holly
Wood • roles,, and • all of them have
other jobs, as . do the 150 . ,Mexicans.
Even in the foreign ;field, there are
i .numerous subdiv}cions:and specialties.
1 Four-year-old'. Eunice Soo Hoo, Who
played in "Dragon Seed"; and "Keys
of the -Kingdom," has a near -monopoly
'en Sxa11
Chinese girl roles. Three
' older Chinese *omen make a good!
thi
g out of their
bound feet for shots `
of 1China street scenes.
Some of Hollywood's men and wo-
men earn a lining .through specialized I
talents behind the scenes. Warner
Brothers has a mechanic whorepairs
obsolete automobile models for his-
toricalfilms, anis an expert on firing.
old-fashioned firearms.
What 'n ouusetrap can you build2
Any peculiarity ' may be worth 'a small
--part in Hollywood. Even the strang-
est occasionally makes money : An
interne at a Los Angeles hospital keeps
a record of p4tients- with salable
peculiarities. Ile has provided, for
single appearances, arntle s, legless, or
even eyeless men and women, and ones-
-with -
nes -with• hairli s. Once he produced a
woman with an acuter 'lseart Ai„littent.
Her heartbeat made a sound -track ap-
pearance in "The B'shop Murder
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Yes, .anything can get into pictures
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best of its peculiar kind.
• Sir Harold Spencer ' Jones,: the;
Astronomer -Royal, has spoken of a
quartz-crystalclock which keeps time
to within one;thousandth of a second
a• day. • This is the most accurate type
of clock yet invented. It is so .precise
that it can check the rotation of the
earth.
• In a• recent period oft fifty years the
earth's, rotation varied by as mt'ch
as four'or five hundredths of a second.
Since 1918, however, it has been' keep-
ing better time, but should it- vagi'..
again , our quartz -crystal •clo k world
reveal the fact and would enable a
check . to' be made.—Children's News-
paper.
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