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page four the acton free press acton ontario thursday december 15 1055 exchangeofgiffs at choir dinner members of knox church ohoir enjoyed their annual dinner and social evening on saturday the ladies aid of the church catered for the meal ted hansen and miss inez mc- lellan directed the program which included games harry otterbein showe fc colored slides of autumn scenery around acton an exchange or gifts concluded the ev- enlhgt health clinic attendance less rrttc second child health clinic was held in eden mills town hall on decetrtberf 7 them was a good attendance though not as many children as were at the november clinic dr archie bull medical health officer for halton county was in charge it is hoped that as many mothers as can doso7wiualtend the janu ary clinifl so that it may continue the operation of this child health clinic- in- eden mills means a great deal to those living in and near eden milt the motiiers many of whom are young ihave the opportunity to ask and receive good advice regarding their children family doctors are generally too busy to advise moth ers about little things that are often a great yvorry it has already been pointed out that only well children attend the clinic by ex amination of these children and ad vice given they stand a better chance of continuing well eden crest womens institute and eden mills womens institute have sponsored the health clinic photo from canadian government travel bureau twomile downhill slopes a mile wide are commonplace iff jasper national park alberta this gandian skier spurts over a jump leaving a spray of snow behind him halton centennial manor successful bazaar held by ladies aid the eden mills united church ladies aid held a most successful bazaar on wednesday evening of last week in the churchs christian education room many handmade articles partic ularly aprons and pot holders were unusually attractive there was ev erything to choose from including homemade baked goods always in demand by a few men folk who live alone and handmade mittens by mothers who reluctantly adroit they havent had a minute to knit for their youngsters christmas theme for iodt meeting the home of mrs h mainprise was tastefully decorated in the christmas theme when the duke of devonshire chapter iode held their december meeting there on wednesday evening december 7 two minutes silence was observ ed in remembrance of a beloved member the late mrs peter a smith mrs w wolfe very ably pres ented the account of world affairs in mrs knoxs absence mrs knox had chosen to speak on the situat ion in and around palestine which was most fitting at this season of the year these talks are most en lightening and very much enjoyed donations were voted to the var ious projects of the order at the close of the meeting christmas records were played and a special christmas lunch enjoyed santa claus visits manor twice christmas musk gifts enjoyed the christmas season was usher ed in at halton manor on thursday evening decennber 8 when 25 mus icians came from lakeview to pre sent a varied program including christmas carols and other christ mas songs the musicians were members of the lakeview choral society together with several in strumentalists owing to slippery road condit ions some of the musicians were a bit late in arriving but mrs coat- es filled in the time very pleasant ly with several selections on the piano she played a medley of old time favorites later on in the ev ening the same accomplished pian ist played several stirring numbers from the score of the musical com edy oklahoma when the choral society mem bers had all arrived they were welcomed by mr clarke the sup erintendent they presented a very lovely scene with the ladies dress ed in evning gowns of several pas tel shades with christmas corsages and the men in white jackets and black bow ties they were led in the choral numbers of the program by their talented and expert con ductor mr j sabners of lakevienv the accompaniments were played by mrs luke the program opened with a love ly rendition of the very appropriate diiikibmmbaknbarscrk legion news mtaiieib3mi tiaiiiwwiiiimaiinr eden mills was declared the win ners of the first round at the final cribbage before the new year held tuesday night after the games vcryone enjoyed a lunch this weeks results eden mills 21 union 11 tiger cats 16 legion 16 station hotel 19 ramblers 13 tom bennett and ted elliott were the winners of the night with seven wins euchre results pete turkosz emerson patrick and lloyd neville norm-morton- won the booby came to the manor to conduct a very fine prcchristmns service the musicians were mrs s lockie who played th accompaniments for the traditional christmas hymns mes joy may and bill and david lockie miss may who has delignt- ed the manor resident on previous occasions with her lovely voice sang the solo little son of god bill and david lockie sons of mr and mrs s lockie sang a very appropriate and pleasing duet whjt are the glad bells ringing mr orjborn chose as his subject getting ready for christmas he recalled a sentence -that- he had heard his own mother use when he was a boy take a little honey with you he explained that this sent ence comes from verse 11 chapter 43 of genesis when jacob com manded his sons to take various of ferings tothe ruler of egypt in a completely unassuming but inspir ing and sincere way he compared these gifts taken to egypt with the gifts that dhsristian persons may give each other today gifts of pat ience sympathy and understanding among others not forgetting the ducted the meeting charles leath kind deeds that are represented by was fines master the guest the word honey in the quotation i speaker was rev gordon adams who gave an inspiring and thought- provoking message he was intro duced by g w mckenzie and thanked by bui wilson mrs ad- dinner dancing for ladies night a turkey dinner program and dancing comprised a pleasant even ing when the ys men entertained their wives the annual ladies night was held thursday of last week in the ymca the y ladles auxiliary catered for the dinner elmer smith the president con- knox evening group has christmas party the home of mrs cameron irish man was the centre for a pre- christmas parly on wednesday ev ening december 7 for the mem bers of the alert evenipg auxij- iary mrs s sinlcair presided for an impressive christmas worship service assisted by mrs- george somerville and mrs e clifton with carol singing by the group mrs james inglis presided for a short business session the treas urer miss emma cole gave the yearly report showing a splendid year of financial returns the sec retary mrs a- mclsaac gave a brief summary of the activities during the yeak mrs r- turner and mrs a mann were appointed to take care of the christmas cheer a carol and the lords prayer concluded the first hall of the program the group who lost in the copper contest provided the entertainment and lunch mrs earl marshall was group captain with the games and contests conducted by mrs j jocoue mrs j krapck and mrs f anderson an exchange of christmas gifts added to the ett joyment of the party under the supervision of mrs inglis and mrs leishman a luncheon that delight ed everyone was served miss bella maye roszell express ed the appreciation to the hostess and all who had contributed to ihe success of the evening santa at meeting of mission circle the womens mission circle of the baptist church held their dec ember meeting monday evening at the home of mrs cripps 119 mill st specially decorated for the oc casion the meeting as is usual in december took the form of a christmas party the president mrs helwig op ened the meeting with prayer fol- lowed by a reading toy miss jessie coles where love reigns min utes were read and approved roll call was answered by naming a christmas carol mrs garner and mrs dunk were in charge of the devotional- mrs garner opened with prayer and mrs dunk read thc christmas story with carol singing between stanzas by the ladies miss faye garner sang a solo o holy night a short time was devoted to carol singing and mrs dunk conducted a contest on bible characters mrs helwig acting as santa distributed gifts from under the christmas tree a social hour fol lowed tea hostesses were mrs r costerus and mrs mccutoheon mrs chapman moved a vote of thanks to the hostess for the use of her home and all agreed it had been a most enjoyable evening because ipaper is a vehicle of culture its use in itself generates its own further use similarly the song bless this house then- came printed word on paper sacks and arns was also a guest a varied program of christmas paperboard containers stimulates a a sing song was led by charles carols and of humorous and popul- demand for these products the klrkness with ralph mckeown at ar numbers all beautifully render- i everwidening use of paper and the piano dancing to the music of campaign changes new zealand cards a year ago a campaign started in a small town which has revolut ionized christmas cards in new zealand its full effect is only now becoming apparent with the ap pearance of the new seasons cards tn the shops church leaders in kaitam a township in the extreme north of the country made an appeal against unseemly and pagan christmas cards priests and vicars joined in the campaign we aim to put christ back into christmas they said they ordered stocks of cards carry ing a message relating to the meaning f christmas and received so many requests for supplies that repeat orders wore necessary the appoul found a r response throughout the country l thoroughly delightful program to a the campaign brought a rush of close orders to local primers for cants i mrsclarkejlanked all the mus- avith a christmas theme but it was loians whowd taken part for bv then too lvto for fresh supplies having given their audience such ed during two intervals in the pro gram three instrumentalists played square dance numbers that set ev eryones feet tapping mrs coates played the piano accompaniments for these numbers the instrument alists were mr steve house on the violin and the electric spanish gui tar mr bud weeks on the guitar and mr j salmers on the accord ion one of the manor residents mr norman viggors was requested to join r by playing the bones a quintette of three ladies and two gentlemen dressed in oldtime costumes delighted the audience with a medley of such oldtime tunes as my grandfathers clock and juanita towards the end of the program the choris sang th merry sortg paperboard is an instance in which les duby mrs turner and rino cause and efrfecj are identical braida concluded the evening dear old santa claus which wjs the signal for the entrance of the jolly old saint in his traditional red and white suit santa was accomp anied by a very frisky snowman in white clothing tall hat and the tra ditional black pipe santa proceed ed to distribute a bag of oranges and candy to every resident and the special gift of a toy guitar to mr viggers while these gifts were s3isss3kski six in lbs of ginger surprise christmas pudding recipe if someone told jou to mix six ozs almonds 4 ozs walnuts 4 ozs and a quarter pound of ginger into apples 8 ozs lemon peel and juice a dessert recipe you would prob- half oz orange peel and juice half ably imagine your guests reaching oz vanilla extract ihalf tsp ruin 3 forllats of long cool drinks casting j ozs stout 4 ozs eggs 4 flour 8 angry glances at you ozs baking soda oneeighth tsp but that is actually what chefs baking powder oneeighth tsp of the canadian national railways j bread crumbs 10 ozs beef suet have done almost daily for a month ground 10 ozs brown sugar 8 to make more than two tons 6f ozs ginger ground onequarter plum pudding for christmas serv- 1 tsp cinnamon onehalf tsp nut- irsjnming carsand theyteportrikgonequ chat their traditional recipe is just quarter tsp salt onequarter tsp as successful as ever method of preparation thorough- first they took 300 pounds ofjly wash the raisins currants and icy roads cause three accidents three minor accidents in the dis trict recently were caused by veh icles skidding on slippery ice police report they warn motorists to be careful when driving conditions are not perfect russell elliott of rr 1 camp- bellville skidded on ice and ended up in a ditch with 250 damage to his car on saturday the incident occurred on the guelph line just wetrt of campbellville a car driven by john karavos of milton skidded on ice knocked down three guard rails and landed in a ditch on no 25 highway near speyside on thursday of last week damage am to about 400 stan punter of downsview lost control of liis car and wentinto the south ditch hitting a culvert when he attempted to moke a left turn from the base line onto ontario street thursday of last week personal notes of actonians visiting out-of-town- points and of visitors in acton homes friends were sorry to learn that mr russell arbic was hospitalized in toronto mr and mrs johnnie krapck spent the weekend with his par ents in huntsville mr and mrs r robertson stu art and jimmie visited friends in toronto on sunday miss barbara brown of gait spent the weekend in acton at the home of mr and mrs j greer mr and mrs stanley coy and miss sandra coy willowdalc vis ited friends here and in guelph on sunday home for at least part of the christmas season are three young acton men who are in the navy bill mchugh arrived home last sunday and has to be back in hal ifax on december 28 he has been with the aircraft carrier magnific ent and since his last visit home he has been to england holland nor way and gibraltar he expects to be on land for two years now at a radio station john hufnagel has been to panama and up and down the coast with hmcs outremont he arrived home almost two weeks ago and has to return to his ship next iweek george ware who has mr and mrs atwos masonrleflrals6 been to europe with hmcs magnificent arrived nome wednes day this week to spend the winter months at their home in st peters burg florida friends in acton will be sorry to hear that francis wilds of gait broke his- ankle and is a patient in uie waterloo memorial hospital gait out mr and mrs mervinh soyster i of oklahoma city arc soendjng a months holiday- with mr and mrs alex mcgregor and mr and iwrs j w d talbot j mr and mrs stanley cripps and family spent the weekend with mr and mis j a morris st jcatharln- i es and attended the funeral of mr morris mother the late mrs j j morris of niagara falls vlsitors at the home of mr and mrs j m steele over the week end were mr h r hare of whit- by mrmd mrs jack adams of clarkson at the same home on sunday were mr and mrs robert cunningham of milton mr and mrs harold dolson and mrs g smith of georgetown mr and mrs r nieklin of guelph i thank you electors of acton for your support in electing me to the public school board the compliments of the season w wolfe raisins 300 pounds of sultanas and sultanas then soak for approxim- 360 pounds of currants and left ately 12 hours in the rum stout themsoaking all night in eight gal- orange and lemon juices and the ions of rum 16 quarts of stout and vanilla if too dry after soaking add 30 ounces of vanilla a i water or fruit juice ihe six and a quarter pounds of chop the apples and the lemon ginger were then added to the dry j an orange peels add the mixed ingredients which included 280 peel then whip and add the eggs being distributed the choir sang the nds flour 40 pounds of ciniadd this mixture to the soaked very appropriate song we wish namon 10 pounds of allspice and fruit acton phone 110 frisat dec 1617 three thoroughbreds ft colt a boy amd a p0g reach for your heart with ail the warmth love amd thrills it cam hold at the time of the 1950 census there were one million canaaian- twrirtessjents living in the united states you a merry christmas bringing a tht uvo and a half pound e of mix the dry ingredients and the chopped suet well add the chopped j almonds and walnuts then mix t bo obtauum town the many over- firms which supply cards a wonderful evening and the en thusiastic round of applause that followed her speech proved how much the residents had enjoyed this splendidly program grid how much they appreciated tnv christ mas treat of fruit and candy i i santa by jet this s rf cum must use jet ucplan- tory that jniud cooperatives rf ontario netted half a million aol- lursv j e nephew of woodstock uaiedxoope net half million salt baking powder and nutmeg chef instructor joseph e nell is ind hte assistants planned their ingredients gigantic preparation to provide 21- 1 000 servings so that 1t could be served fresh o yuletide passengers on the cnr it was sealed steam irii hot into no oss fhm 3500 cans fven a tmy percentage of the bowl or mold three-quar- ters full i cover with a piece- of waxed paperand a folded greased cloth and tie securely in place boil steadily for five hours and president of uco told dele gates of the tio000 farmer member organization at its annual meeting held december 12 and 13 at the koval york hotel toronto new plant irrirailton final nioving operations are eje- pected to be completed by the end of this month mid thecoinplete op- erauons t uie canadian meter co will be locateaiiln milton by jan these affiwial christmas gifana ury 19s6 john ostler general manager of the firm said this week y3tttee mpmberpf ty presen employee will commute daily from hamilton tor anindef uute period at present about ve u hevr er orsoorn minister of of the emplo and their families have already moved to milton north pole for he came to the man or again on saturday evening dec ember 10 he was accompanied oy fire chief clement representing the firemen of milton and mr peter thomas representing the milton branch of the canadian legion santas visit occurred just asi the residents were f inishing supper and as they sat at their pacesot he tables each resident was presented with a very attractive basket con taining fruit candy and fruit cake luisc pwciinjr seems out o uuyss v l- portion to household quam tluofirst eightffinths of this ek-h- divs -ji-ep- ration callii for r federal sales and excise taxes d eimtas nvxd on ncw cars collected at the fact ory totalled 127989563 30 pounds of bre witr 28 pounds of sutr md then added to the ihgredets already mentioned 12 pounds of almonds the same of walnuts and 30 pounds of beof kidney suet completed the dry mixture following the overnight soaking of the currants raisins and sultan as the chefs added 30 pounds of mixed peel 25 pounds of diced ap ple 25 diced oranges and juice and 25 diced lemons and juice were add ed to wet mixture kept in a huge kettle then 24 dozen eggs were poured over this mixture and the acton ratepayers association meeting to be held in public school at 8000 clock tuesday night dec 20 19k c j guest speaker the residents ap very much whole was stirr th wish to thank the firemen arid legion members tor making santas visit uihojdanorposible yrechrhtmrt service on sunday afternoon december knox presbyterian church milton accompanied by several musicians imi biit to produce similar quantities at borne chef nellis and his meri pmbably give up in despair so theyhavetrtinmad theirs famoi plum pudding recipe to the propor tions for a homesized pudding ingredients forfl lb pudding rai sins seedlessi 10 ozs currants 13 o sulta 10 oc mixed peel 8 a mama of mvotion imrtcmt cotobi omnnmntoaum mimdmhttertjr it kvk jm m ill it ffafcrt it im mt knrl hi n in order that our staff may enjoy christmas eve with their friends and family we will close at 7 pm december 24 qoallty clothes f6fe dad the lao mill st actwi montues dec 1920 the great adventure of india in cinemascope king off the khyber riffles tyrone power w plus oand ofthe legcnd wedthurs dec 2123 adult entrtainmnt john steinbecks east of eden cinemascope pahtd withpowaw and excitmnt i starring james dean a terrific nw star julie harris barnyard actor technicotor cartoon world 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