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trubsday december utk ims the acton free press jl page tbrhc the mixing bowl j up into ball and chill in electric re- frlgerator miss j c asks why do dumplings fall apart while cooking answer too much baking powder and not enough liquid lira m d asks why do scalloped tomatoes boll over in the oven answer a dish which is over half full of liquid should be placed on the upper shelf of the oven without a cov- heuo homexnakera another christ masthe fifth since the start of the war cornea to reundle stillglow ing embers of peace and goodwill and to herald another visit from that stout rollicking old fellow who in some mysterious way can squeeze down the narrowest of chimneys with a bulging sack of gifts this year as the story of bethle hem is again unfolded in carol and word there will be a quickening of that sense of kinship among all the freedosjirlovlng people and a realiz ation that there can be no comprom ise with forces of brutality and ag gression at this crucial stage in the history of nations christmas comes as a challenge to homemakers everywhere a challenge to face the problems of dally life with unwavering courage and to exemplify the finest qualities of heart and mind in meeting their respo as the mothers and wives of men in the homes of today women are helping mould the characters of the men and women who will shape the destiny of the world strengthen in your small home circle a love that can reach out in everwidening cir cles soon we hope it will be man ifest in that new era towards which the eyes of this unhappy world are straining so eagerly steamed whole cuckrn or tvewi 1 fowl 4 to 6 poundsv lour suit and peppor singe draw and waul the fowl wipe dry and prepare as for roast ing stuff lightly with bread stuff ing being careful to allow plenty of room for stuffing to swell sow up carefully rub with plenty of salt and pepper flour a large cloth and wrap the fowl completely lay the chicken in a steamer back down if possible allow it to steam 34 hours according to size and age unroll and brush with dripping nntl brown in a hotoven this is a delicious way to cook nn older fowl it may be served with out browning with n cream sauce mcnsnned with chopped parsley basic recipe for bread ktufflng 1 medium sized onion cup of dripping teaspoon salt u teaspoon pepper teaspoon sage 1 cups dry breadcrumbs cook the onion in the fat until it 1h nicely browned add the seasonings and crumbs mix lightly this make a dry fluffy dressing spiced cranberry relish 2v cups sugar y cup water 2 2 inch sticks cinnamon 1 teaspoon of whole cloves 2 tablespoons lemon juice grated rind 1 lemon 1 pound 44 cups fresh cranberries combine the sugar water spices lemon juice and rind and boll to gether live minutes add the cran berries and cook slowly without stir ring until all the skins pop open seal in sterilized jars or chill for im mediate servlnc makes one quart of relish hquash wash a corn squash and ut in halves lengthwise remove the weeds to each half add one teaspoon of honey and one or two little pork sausage links bake in electric oven nt 400 degrees until the squash is tender and the sausages brown hweet potatoes prepare and put in casserole add cup apple elder and 1 teaspoon of salt cover and plure on top shelf to bake take a tip make advance preparations for the christmas dinner during the coming week 1 prepare a simple soup stock several days ahead keep covered and in a cool place 2 clean and wash the few pat dry and chill if it is chilled till with dressing the day be fore it is to be roasted 3 to add color and tempting tartness to your dinner prepare cranberry relish and chill 4 prepare refrigerator roll dough and store in greased mixing bowl covered with paper 5 plan to make a nourishing milk sherbet in the refrigerator tray for the child rens dessert 6 keep a small apple in the tin where the christmas cake is being stored the question box mrs m j asks recetpe for hot water pastry answer h cup shortening 4 table spoons boiling water 11 cups allpur pose flour 1 teaspoon salt tea spoon baking powder n place shortening in iwarm bowl pour boiling water over u and cream well with fork put flour salt and baking powder tn sifter and sift into creamed mixture mix well make girls are proud of unique bands cwjic military and pipe croups only ones of their kind fat esnpinb bv kathleen rex cans daw press staff writer vancouver cp they saw winston churchill smoking his cigar at halifax they were marching past the cenotaph in quebec when the city bells began telling the news that it aly had gone out of the war until we discovered what it was all about we thought those bells were for us laughed lieut anne lendrum of duncan b c she is programme director for the c w a c military and pipe band which have just com pleted a coasttocoast tour of can ada both of these allgirl army bands are proud of the fact theyre the on ly ones of their kind in the entire british empire from ottawa through ontario and quebec down to the marl times then back across canada to british colum bia they ve been playing on radio pro grammes in parades at special con certs incidentally they have also been picking up new c w a c re cruits along the wny thats why wo decided to join tho army said drummers georgia nnd wanda mcelroy of edmunston n b who are the most recent additions to tho military bond we heard it play in our home town the trip has been most success ful said capt m d bouchard of calgary alta officer in command of both band wo received wonderful response in every city town village through which we passed marled at ooast the pipe band was originally star ted in vancouver said capt bouch ard it now has 1h members it be gan ltd tour in july and was joined he the military band at ojltnwa in august the military hand was rarn in vermillion altn the continued here three cwacs got together af ter their ordinary duties and pract ised in n corn fit id the hand now boasts 12 members pipe cpl lornn doull of victoria u members most vividly the time they played for the guards at a german concentration camp the prisoners were there too tho germans dldn t applaud she said but they htood at attention when wo played god save the king not only does piper doris macdon- uld of courtcnay b c play the pipes but she is also a skilled pianist and organut she can sing and dance as hell bandmaster nad la svarlch of veg- j revllle alto has her a t c m and i l h s m she became head of the band when she joined the army many of the girls in both bands learned to play a musical instrument only after joining tho c vvv a c she said v we sow churchill while we vtere in halifax piper major lllilnn grant of victoria uild he wan smoking that big cigar nnd gao us the k sign othernilmb rs of tho pipe bnhd in clude piper nellttrtforrestrleblruul sask piper l a pitts lindsay ont piper d holloway london ont nnd piper flostde hoss montreal members of the military band in- tludt ptes e m johnson and i v johnson loon lake sask pte f e lisotte winnipeg and pte m e munchey hamlota man troop train kitchen made record service kitchen commisary car no 15605 recently completed a round of service in troop trains which is regarded as a record performance for this type of car employed by the canadian na tional railways during a period of seventeen days the car travelled 9 092 miles 6745 of which were in service for troop movements the balance be ing deadhead mileage when the car was being sent on other assignments starting at montreal the car went to the east coast then swung to van couver and eastbound completed a trip from winnipeg to deberl during the period 16868 meals were served to army men requiring 7431 pounds of assorted meats 1405 3pound loaves 700 pounds of butter 100 pounds of coffee 35 pounds of tea and 325 gallons of milk the sampcrew of fourteen made the entire trip chronicles ol 1 ginger farm do you know writing my column this week which is supposed to carry a christmas message is the hardest one of the year to write you see i get as far as a happy christmas to you all ana then i get stuck because you see i follow this column in im agination to the homes wher it will be read and i know there are many homes where hearts are heavy and sad because of the loss of someone near and dear to them perhaps a well loved husband or son has been killed in action or maybe a member of the family at home has recently passed away someone whose pres ence meant so much to his or her family and then i think of other homes not perhaps stricken by the great shadow but where instead anxious hearts are wondering how and where absent members are spending their christmas what will christmas mean to them so far from home in eng land in italy in the aleutians or on tho storm tossed ocenas of the world are they worm have they enough to eat are they in action nnd has their christmas mall come through m they can at least bo sure that the family at home is thinking of them to such families l want to send a very special message only i dont know how to put it into words words after nil are at times so inadequate whereas a clasp of tho hand or a friendly smile can carry a message of sympathy and courage without a single word being said so dear friends if sorrow hns come to your homo will you believe me when i say that my sympathy is with you all the way and i can only hope that in home way a peace that pas- heth nil understanding will come to your troubled hearts this christmas day then my thoughts turn to the other homes where thore are little children and as i think of these homes i nm conscious of n tremendous uplift of spirit here indeed one can be quite wife in wishing everyone a happy christmas even n merry christmas that is in cnnnda for whore can wo find more joy nnd merriment than in u homo where little children lnugh and shout nnd piny what would thin poor old world be like without children i yesterday for instance i was dell- crlng some of the goods in town uhlih go towards getting us our dally bread and i stopped at a house where vhlldren were playing in the yard hie youngest of them wiw me and came skipping along towards the car what have you brought us to day mrs clarke she asked in hor sweet little piping voice a nice fat chick le i answered would you like to take it in to mum- my oh yes please may i really 7 sure you may but mind it doesnt 4 you i said bite me the little realist laughed this chlckle cant bite its dead so we went into the house together the wee girl and i and she waited around to see what else i had for mu mmy then she ran for some of hor own precious possessions among thorn a plggle bank rhereu money in there she exclaimed lots nnd lots of money for christmas and thr child babbit d on happily about christ mas and santa clnus and her sisters school concert you know i was tired when i stop ped ot that houkeburmy tiredness left mo before i came nway and as i drove homo i r aliped deep down in my heart that however much sorrow and suffering war has brought to tho world while wehave little children there will still be fun and laughter to make us glad and there will al ways be christmas to keep our faith alive in the dawn of a new era as a closing thought may i quote you par of a poem by grace nowell cro- ell entitled let us keep christmas let us keep christmas whatever else be lost among the years let us keep christmas still a shining thing whatever doubts asall us or what fears let us hold close one day remember ing its poignant meaning for the hearts of men let us get back our childlike faith again destkoyer8 kept blsy london cp t- the british des troyers haydon and calpe steamed more than 20000 miles between them during june july and august as they convoyed landing fleets and protected larger units of the royal navy the week at ottawa by douglas green aelsa press staff writer ottawa- cp the question vising the regulations of the broa corporation concerning broadcasts by leaders of the domin ions political parties appears to be one to which some discussion may be given at the forthcoming session of parllamentj the cbci present rules limit broadcast addresses by political lead ers merely to an account of their stewardship and the action of the corporation in refusing to carry over the air a speech at hamilton last week by john bracken national lead er of the progressive conservative party aroused considerable contro ersy in the press one newspaper stated that it would be as unreasonable not to expect a politician to discuss political issues in an address whether broadcast or not as it would be to imagine that general sir bernard montgomery would not discuss military matters were he to speak the next move meantime appears to be up to the cbci board of gov ernors and dr augustln frlgon act ing general manager of the corpora hon has already said the board a ac tion in barring mr bracken from de livering ils address over the cbcs national network will be brought be fore its january meeting for future guidance dr rvigon said it was for the board to decide whether or not its present policy regarding political addresses would be revised in view of the in terest which other party leaders have in the question however it is con shlered highly probable that they will nlr their views upon it in the house more embassies the elevation of tho status of can- ndian legations in the soviet union china and brazil to the rank of em bassy is nn indication of the domin ions increasing lmmirtnnce in world affairs it had been expected for some time that canadas legations in uussln and china would ho created embassies this expectation having been voiced at the time cnnnda and tho united sta ff k decided to elevate their respective legations n washington and ottawu to embassy status as a result of tho announcement legations of the sovlot union china and brazil in ottawa henceforth will rnnk nn embassies alcohol for beverages it hns iwen learned that canadian distilleries now nre being nl lowed to make beverage alcohol in driblets for civilian consumption after more tluin u your o reoperation under war time industrial alcohol program aim ed nt taking their entire supply comment ing on tho report that civilian production on n small scale has heen resumed munitions minister howe said such n move wnu quit possible cnnnda hnd doalt with tho bevorngo alcohol production ques tion as a supply mntter not an n temperance mnttor mr howe said distilleries hnd boon supplying alcohol up to a figure sot forth in n government schedule based on war m ods i think they will do the same this month ho said if they have been able to make rome potable liquor in addition there la no law against it in montreal an official of a big canadian distilling firm said the gov ernment hnd given permission to dis tillers to manufacture small amounts of beverage alcohol when there wnu tcmitorary falling off in tho de mand for industrial alcohol output hnd only just started however and uns small tho cnnndlnn farmer inst week was given some idea of what will he ex pected of him during 1044 a dom inionprovincial conference on farm objectives held n three day session here and fnrmors were invited ns expected to provide more food the conference decided to recom mend no increase in wheat ncroago from the 17h0 000 acres of 1943 hut because the whent price is higher theyexpectulrwould nn crenie nnyvtfny an increase of six per cent in 1944 ants acreage from 1041 was suggested last years oats acreage was if 407 000 barley acre age r 107 000 acres in 1941 should be increased by one per cent the conference suggested i husking corn needed corn for husking was urgently needed and nn increase of 53 per cent in the 1941 acreage was asked hay clover and alfalfa acreage would be held at the 1943 level a m shaw chairman of the ag ricultural board who presided at the conference asked the delegates to do their utmost to see flaxseed dried field peas and dried field beans out put was increased beyond the objec tives approved by the conference he said the need for these crops was ur gent a very big increase was needed in tobacco acreage all possible fruit should be grown and more potatoes would be welcome more cheese and butter were need ed and it was expected inducements to production in the form of bonuses would be continued for the duration of the war delegates were told no change was made in the total milk production established last year 17- j 4oaoo0j0oo pounds but in the light of conference information it was expec- ted butter output would be down three per cent and c down sev en per cent it was anticipated there would be no difficulty in attaining an increase of six per cent in beef cattle pro duction the conference accepted an objective of 367500000 dozen eggs for 1944 an increase of 10 per cent over 1943 manitoba goldeye qn vanishing list but only temporarily due to the manpower shortage winnipeg cp the manitoba goldeye has become to western can ada what haggis is to scotland roast beef to england and potatoes and point to ireland but the manitoba goldeye or thu winnipeg goldeye if you want to oe parochial is joining the long ut of delicacies vanishing temporarily from canadian tables and it is the same old story of wartime supply diminish ed with the manpower shortage the fishermen have left their boats for ar industries the goldeye is caught in lake winnipeg lake wlnnlpegosls and tho smaller bodies of water around tho pas man tho season starts 1st of november this year fears have been expressed that the winter cat h will fall off the goldeye a member of tho hlod- ontldae family of fish related to salt water shad is from 10 to 12 inches long and difficult to distinguish from the mooneye fish which the trade lumps in with the goldeye for smok ing and sale on the retail mjjrkets of the dominion when fresh the fish la whitish in color with n faintly gold eye the gold coloring spreads to the rest of the body of tho tlsh during the smoking nnd curing process the meat of tho smoked goldeye is pink nnd lifts 111 ntly otf the hones tho mutket for the goldeye is al most exclusively canadian with most sale made in tho winnipeg nr a but goldeye linn a prominent pin re on the m nuu of trains and niitnurnnts across cunndn the greater part of the annual catch is frozen and later smoked in quantities to meet tho domands of the market there is little demand for the whltcfleshed frtwh goldeye smoked goldeye 30 cents n pound before the war hns gone up to 1h cents n pound on winning retail markets last years catch of t4fl 200 iwmnds was more than double that of tho previous year but the markets have no goldeye t onlay thank you rauiing wi ion t itelleve it a ninn out huhlng doesnt think ho may con vince hik family that a trontondouu lot of lilglimwt r cmbrntlon gms on when ho in alone on the waters be hind tome island nway from th world but it isnt true a mans mind n that bllsuful occasion is a itenutlful blink his hoad in oh empty of thoughts ns the summerblue domn of heaven above him i lint h one of tho rontons for going fishing lhft in the new york limes i ondon only 1 carat utility w ddlng rings nre made in great bri tain now and at present the supply does not equal the demand though half a million are promised in the next twelve monthk 8exton ii teabs alvalkv cheshire england cp thomas bowles 74yearokl sexton of the parish church who dug every grave attended every wedding and every burial during the last 61 years has died his ambition to dig his own grave went unfulfilled wanted 4ltoim week capetown cp introduction of a 40hour week throughout industry is suggested by the south african trades and labor council as a means of ensuring employment for all re turned soldiers and improving living conditions for everyone arthur bryant ma mr arthur bryant m a distinguished historian and a leading authority on the itest oration period has broadcast a number of talks from the british broadcasting corporation he has also written the scripts of several historical features two of the outstanding ones being look to your moate and the thin ited line a program about british itegiments which he also produced the avro york transport the avro york n transport version of the lancaster bomber is a high wing fourenglncd monoplane with a wing span of 102 ft ot and nn overall length of 78 feet fouf rolls hoyce merlin liquid- cooled engines are installed above the avro york in fight tittestttsttee a jfjjj t w3tstet0 it is always a merry christmas to those who own their own house and keep it insured we can give you insurance service for every need f l wright realtor general insurance and real estate broker rear 1 to one and all a very merry christmas and a happy new year cooper block acton ontario