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the ALP Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Wednesday December 1IH Second Class Mall Registered Number The quest for the gift unique The million dollar lottery is over for a while and those that t win must now resign themselves to the fact that Christmas will be spent at catalogues rather than elegant boutiques of the Riviera Winning the million would certainly put a different light on your Christmas shopping But would there be any need to travel the world to gather those gifts you need for Christmas With the million In your trip around the world chequing account and your After all the rich people winter coat on one short trip to know you seldom travel during Georgetown Market Centre the holiday season when or Moore Park would everyone is on one of those easily take care of your com economy tours plete gift list and leave plenty of Paintings make a nice ad money for that after Christmas to any home But PRACTICAL gifts are the top of the list this season Georgetown a downtown merchants have found John Vielra clerk at Silvers writes up a bill for two a gift for a customers husband Useful presents are the 1 974 trend Christmas is in the air The snow is falling Old St Nick arrives in downtown Georgetown Saturday and with him comes the hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping And what better place to please all on your shopping list than right here in your own home town where you receive personal friendly attention The downtown stores are gaily decorated and offering weekly specials up to as much as percent in an to keep Georgetown shoppers at home Despite popular opinion that Christmas time has become a big outlandish spending spree Georgetown downtown merchants find people are now more practical and con to buying useful presents to help supplement the family budget Peter Lee owner of Lee Ming Supermarket finds a roast of or a steak la a good gut Sometimes a customer will even buy a hind of beef for a Christmas present Homemade Christmas cake is a popular item at Sykes Bakery You can order it in any size and It comes with almond Icing and holly decorations It la much cheaper to buy one than to make it yourself but this year there no way we can put a price on it until we have made them and determined our costs said Karen Sykes She said people will buy a one pound cake some home baked cookies and homemade jam and box them for a gift Rico Caruso claims with today s Inflated prices food is one of the most valuable gifts you can give At his fruit market on Main Street he will make up an attractive basket as a welcome gift Poinsettias and potted a ma ry bulbs are also good TURN TO PAGE 18 choosing one to match your decor as well as your tastes sometimes presents a problem Blobs of color available in modem art enhance a room but a custom landscape or perhaps a painting of your own home would make an ideal gift for the living room or eve the den David Vance artist and owner of the Four Winds Art Shoppe completes many custom orders for Christmas giving Photographs of scenic areas and homesteads become valuable paintings that would suit any of art for only It would be unthinkable to begin Christmas shopping in the old family car Mike Tarp Georgetown Chrysler has two very nice cars for the perfect his and hers package 1or him the luxurious Im LeBaron with power brakes steering air con ditioning power windows tinted glass and automatic transmission plus a few op tions such as power sun roof power seats and stereo and tape would only cost 218 90 including genuine leather bucket seats vinyl roof air conditioning and plus a few smaller options would coat Paintings are Just one of many gifts available for the home With the added en tertalnlng that the holiday season brings perhaps a new living room suite would be appropriate grouping suggested by Jack of Homestead Furniture would cost about The grouping Includes a sofa an chair by with matching two lamps oak bar and a selection of small pictures to brighten the decor For the man on your Christmas list perhaps a new wardrobe to replace some of those older more comfortable things he insists on keeping In addition to the regular slacks and sports shirts a new suit and topcoat must be in eluded on the list What respecting millionaire would attend the grand opening of the new arena in an old suit A suit leather top coat shirt tie belt gloves and of course socks would cost about 00 If underwear is still needed there is a till plenty of time to If Grandma is too busy or has bought all her gifts already Stevenson will be glad to help at the same time you re getting your suit Walk into United Trust with one million dollars and you 11 be TURN TO PAGE A barrel of socks for daddy or maybe Just a pair or two is girls Cheryl 4 Nicole 3 Sandra 4 and their friend North Sports Shop a popular gift with Utile Christmas shoppers The Martha Darling 4 ore pictured browsing through the dollars custom painting done for your favoi in lie house I Vance of