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The Acton Freo Prew Wednesday October Flowers of Hope raise 1200 here By Wendy Thomson I m going to surprise the people at the Free Press Office no end having my column In on time for a change I hope they don expect it to last though This week it recipes again To begin with a marvelous molasses cookie My brother Ian brought me a big Jar of crude molasses and while the recipe called for the light kind I used the dark very good results SOFTIES Cream cup margarine Add 1 cup sugar l cup molasses 1 slightly beaten egg and mix well Sift cups flour tap baking soda 4 salt 4 cloves I 1 cinnamon ginger Add to first mixture and mix well Chill or don t if you lack the time Form Into 1 inch balls and roll in white sugar Place on greased baking sheet Inches apart and bake at degrees for to 10 minutes Cookies should be soft when taken from the oven but will harden if left on cookie sheet for a few minutes I don especially mind cooked tongue It Just the thought of it that throws me so I ve had one sitting in the freezer for quite some time Two as a matter of fact one beef and one pork Anyhow things arc looking a little thin down the bottom of that freezer so I hauled them out a new and very simple recipe and was quite pleased with the results But I still don like the thought FRESH TONGUE Wash tongue place on rack In pressure cooker Add cups water 1 salt bay leave reallv with It I have a lovely goose recipe for Christmas or New Year dinner ROAST GOOSE Wash and dry a or pound goose Rub cavity with 1 tsp salt mixed with 1 marjoram Prepare stuffing below and stuff body and neck cavities Skewer shut Roast in open roaster breast side down at 32 degrees with inch hot water in pan After one hour turn goose and prick skin with fork to allow fat to drain off Drain all but small amount from pan with bastcr Roast 14 hours then drain again and rub goose with lemon Roast 14 to hours longer or until tender GRAVY Wash wing tips neck and giblets Simmer in cups water and l salt for hours or until tender Strain reserving liquid Take cup goose fat from roaster and mix with cup flour until smooth Add cups reserved liquid gradually Cook until thickened and smooth Add tsp salt 18 tsp pepper and cup red currant Jelly whole black peppers whole Slice goose liver add Reheat cloves onion quartered Cover and cook minutes at pounds pressure Cool cooker strain liquid and remove from tongue Replace meat in liquid until ready to serve to keep warm NOTE If you haven t a pressure APPLE RAISIN STUFFING Place cup raisins in bowl and add boiling water to cover Let stand 10 minutes Drain and pat dry Mix cups soft bread crumbs 2cupschoppedapple cooker this may be done the cup minced onion grated ordinary way by simmering for lemon and raisins Sprinkle hours with I salt and poultry seasoning drizzle with 13 cup melted margarine Toss well and And now to prove that I m stuff goose Mr and Mrs Billy Middleton are back after a pleasant two week visit in Montreal Mr and Mrs F Johnson Hcpworth and Misi Irene Johnson Toronto visited on with the former sister Mrs J Frank Mr Fred Stewart of Montreal visited with the James O Rourke family and attended the funeral of his sister Mrs William Frank on Saturday Golden Age club members and friends enjoyed a fall bus trip They also visited in at the home of former members Mr and Mrs Cam Winn David Sproston of Toronto and September meeting of L Arche Auxiliary was held lit the home of Mrs J Price wllh five members present Mrs J Price read the prayer for the retarded to open the meeting The minutes of the lost meeting were read by Mrs Carton Tht Legion are holding a dance with proceeds being donated to the Ttnkcrbell nursery for pre school retarded and handicapped children The nursery school came Into operation on Sept with six children enrolled The money will be used to purchase kindergarten type furniture Booth ucc ess The fall fair booth was suc cessful and a considerable amount of pottery made at the workshop by trainees was purchased People seemed to find the film slides very informative and several trainees enjoyed seeing themselves in action The draw tickets for the steer hide rug sold well and people were willing to support this worthy cause The prize winning ticket was to be drawn at the fall dance Oct Raise The account for the Flowers of Hope campaign has been closed with the final figure standing at 02 A cheque for this amount will be taken to the executive meeting at A in Hornby by Mrs J and amount will be used to reduce the deficit owing on the new extension The money collected from Georgetown and Milton will also be added to this fund The open house held Sept was well attended and It was nice to see so many familiar faces from Acton M P P Jim Snow officially cut the ribbon with one of the trainees assisting Bright surroundings The mayors of Georgetown and Milton attended and also George Lee in his capacity as chairman of the Acton Library Board It was joy to see trainees working in these bright airy surroundings It is in the lower portion of the workshop that the Tinkerbcll nursery will function thus providing another well needed service for the mentally retarded In this area Mrs J be in charge of the nursery There will be Ideally one volunteer per child with classes in operation Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 1130 am Anyone wishing to volunteer their help or knowing of a child who could profit from this program can call Mrs J Kuiken at The next meeting will be held Oct at p at the Acton Public Library Good year reported Autumn hike for girls The third meeting of the 4H was held in the hall on Saturday October Many of the girls have chosen article to make and well on with It The topics for this meeting included How to keep Physically Fit with tips on the care of hair teeth etc and making leisure pleasure in the form of a hike Scenic hike On Sunday Oct 17 the 4H girls and leaders nut in the afternoon for a scenic hike the Bennett farm on the line It was a lovely walk on an autumn day through the winding trull They stopped at the home of Nancy for refreshments before continuing homeward VON visitor ttic regional supervisor of the Order of Nurse Mrs visited North Hulton tins week accompanied by Ouk ville supervisor Mrs McIcod member of Georgetown Arts and Crafts Mrs I of Acton some of her appealing stuffed toys which wire on display Saturday Staff Photo SCREEN PRINTER Peter Dams of Tern Cotta let the public try their hand at his craft at the Riviera on Snturdny Here Kathy herself print to take home Stiff Fete Mrs Ward Ruddell on happy 90th birthday About friends and relatives greeted Mrs Ward on her Saturday New bursary from Chapter Two bursaries will be presented by Lakeside I D at commencement this week A new bursary will be given to a graduating grade student as well as the Clara bursary for a trade 13 student The chapter Is discontinuing awarding school rings At their October Chapter members heard Parker speak on pollution Many questions were answered Jessie Coles presided at a Church Hornby Mrs was born on the Fifth I ine and married Ward Ruddell in Mr died in 1955 after a lifetime of farming in this district Mr Ruddell has 22 grand children great grandchildren and seven children The children ire Alexander Mrs Jessie Stark Fred Jack Frank and Newt who all live In the Georgetown district and Mrs Annie of California Mrs has one sister livuu in Kilworthy GETTING MARRIED BOOK YOUR I ABLY PHONE William PHOTOGRAPHY staying with his sister Mrs and Fred West and Mr West Bower of Acton has left for AAO Avenue and visiting friends and Europe He had been in Acton for the past couple of weeks before acting as best man at the wedding of long tune friend John and Marie Timbers Mr and Mrs Alex Prlngle Blue Springs Road had their son Jack and his musician son for a weeks visit from relatives have returned home New drapes UCW plan Tuesday Oct 12 Unit of met in the church parlor Thunder of Trinity Mrs lidkea president who opened the Mrs Hilfman is home meeting with a Thanksgiving and convalescing speedilv after a Now stay in hospital We Thank Thee All Our God All stood for one minute for a departed member Mrs Roy Agar and after a short all repealed the Purpose Mrs had charge of the Devotions Owing to a death in Mrs Shield family the original program could not be presented Instead Mrs Eaton a reading on the Widows of the Bible which was very interesting Mrs Donald Reed read the Psalm and Miss Dorothy Simmons led in prayer and sang a solo Just For The secretary report was read and approved New drapes Business of the meeting was conducted New drapes are to be purchased for the church and the shrubs and plants arc to be placed as soon as possible Abate is to be packed with date to be set later Preparation is to be made to host an area work meeting for all the United churches of the district in November Calls for the home and hospital calls were made Mrs Shoemaker gave her report on the sick and shutins Roll call was answered by members Collections were taken and the closing hymn sung The ladles of Knox church MS held their Thankoffering meeting Thursday October After scripture reading and hymn singing Miss Bella Maye sang a solo H S CoA St Eaa for the FALL BRIDE and her ATTENDANTS PLAN TO VISIT GLYNN JEWELLERS IN DOWNTOWN Drop in now and let us help you select the perfect gift for that special occasion Pierced Earrings Charm Bracelets Sterling Broaches Pendants lockets Travel Alarm Clock Wallets Pewter Mugs Pen Desk Sets Mini Purses In The New Space Flower As well as a large selection Sterling Gold Filled Gold Jewellery GLYNN JEWELLERS 98 ST GUELPH PHONE 8225161