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ThB Acton Free Wednesday Dec 211877 Band choir present a joint giftthe annual concert A 90VOICE choir Band members join the Georgetown Choral Society singers in delight fully presented Christmas carols The concert was Sunday evening a night of ice snow and fog Above the groups sings In the Bleak Mid winter as if they really mean it Use correct title to sign greeting Whether or not you are among the many people who send Christmas cards with your name imprinted there is a certain formality to the manner in which names and titles appear Hero is a brief refresher course on how to sign your greeting cards compiled by the Canadian Gift Packaging and Greeting Card Assoc la tion When you sign with titles such as Mr and Mrs your husband name always comes first as in Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson or and Mrs Frank Johnson Without titles either name may come first Bath Ruth and John Smith or John and Ruth Smith are correct Your personal preference determines your choice When children are in eluded the father s and mother names comes first For example The Smiths John Ruth Bobbie and Jane Or Frank Case and Family Widows or married women may use either a title or a first name Mrs Roger Kent or Elaine Kent are both correct On the other hand divorced women may use a title and a first name- such as Mrs Jean Page If a women wishes to declare her independence regardless of marital status she may simple append Ms before hername would appear as Ms Nancy Blake or she can Identify herself Just as Nancy Blake For oil cards it Is correct to send one card to a husband and wife and separate carets to other family members Or use the familiar family to- family style cards In sending cards to business lances address them to their offices unless you know other members of their family In which case cards can be sent to their homes It is always appropriate to send a Christmas card to your clergyman For all religious denominations the proper address is The Rev John A Watson or if he has a de gree of D D or similar The Etev John A Watson If your minister is married its The Rev and Mrs John A Watson How about plurals There is a tendency to add an apostrophe to last names For instance The Kelly That Is incorrect Simply add an s to ell last names except those ending in S With names ending in add The name Downs for instance becomes The Downses Many senders like to add a note above or below their name This often a matter of personal preference The decision is yours on how you d like best to say Merry Christmas The Post Office allows a fiveword personal message on cards mailed at the greeting card rate A wide variety of cards arc available this year contemporary humorous cute as befits your taste and imagination Antique toy exhibit creates nostalgia An exhibition of appro I antique toys opened at the Canadiana Galleries of the Sigmund Samuel Build ing Royal Ontario Museum on Dec 5 The exhibition reflects the simpler pleasures of Christ mas past in Canada and in eludes homemade sleighs and rocking chairs from Que bec a wicker doll carriage a handcarved Noah Ark filled with crudely shaped wooden animals a very popular item before the turn of the century magic Ian terns with paraffin lamps and glass slides of fairy tales a homemade doll house miniature furniture for some little girl nursery table bed chest of drawers and of course a toy cradle and to encourage thrift in the young a cast iron bank for pennies One hundred years ago in Ontario gifts for children were almost always made by hand by the settlers who carved whittled and painted in their own workshops They were resourceful and economical using everyday objects but with great charm Toys were carefully made to suit each sex Little girls were given toys that sized the domestic skills such as rolling pins tea sets miniature cooking pots baby doll bedding and cradles lay doll carriages and of course dolls Little boys were given use ful toys that taught them farm work repairing con true ting and gardening Boys also received serious toys like wheelbarrows puzzle blocks plus miniature tools sit toy tug boats wooden animals The antique toy collection of gmund Samuel diona Galleries creates a nostalgia for an earlier gentler time and reminds us of our history The toys from Quebec have a particular and style exemplified by a ventriloquist doll of hand carved and painted pine The exhibition of antique toys will close Feb 1976 at the Canadiana Galleries of the Royal Ontario Museum 14 Queen Park Toronto Hours are Monday to Satur day 10 a to m and Sunday 1 to p m Admission is free Acton Citizens Band s Christmas gift their Decern ber concert was a delightful event on Sunday night Play with professional flourish the musicians were joined for the first time by the George town Choral Society as guest artists Highlights of the evening were the fine selections that the choir and band performed together and applause filled the McKenzicSmith middle school gym The happy evening in the rousing Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah by Handel Following world wide tradition the audience rose to hear the splendid sing and playing Georgetown Choral Society director Dale Wood directed both the band and singers for this part of the program The effect excellent although in fact there was a slight time lag for the ears of the bands- people as the singers voices projected to the back wall and back again onto the stage before they were heard The audience noticed no such problem and everyone was filled with praise for the combined efforts of the two excellent groups Bandmaster George Elliott said the two groups hope to work together again They had only had one rehearsal together on Monday of last week but had achieved fine balance The day of the sole rehear sal was snowy and blowy and then the day of the concert treacherously icy Beset by weather problems as well as illness numbers wercdownallround About choristers were here for the concert with some missing The bands ranks were also slightly depleted although there were about SO players packed onto the stage The audience numbered under The place should have been packed to over flowing for a program like this complained one listener Bandmaster George conducted the band and choir together in How Amiable by Ralph Williams He told of trying to locate the band score written in 1035 and m the course of the search Mrs Vaughan Hams found It From her It They sang Slumber My Dove Several were concert he is a former piano was forwarded from England Westminister Carol O Come pleased to chat with con- teacher here Some of his to the Acton band who per AH Ye Faithful and finally Dale Wood after the pupils are now In the band unaccompanied and the resurrected ver sion here for centennial year Interdenominational church service in the arena This impressive selection ends with the stirring strains of God Our Help in Ages Past Dave Sale mounted the high podium to conduct both groups together In the delightful Three Noels by Clare Grandman The Choral Society section of the program In eluded three choruses from the Messiah by Handel These were sung to a completely silent and still audience They also sang Ding Dong Merrily on High the Carol of the Bells with fine inter mingling of voices and the unusual The Three Kings a modern composition by WHIan All the band trooped down from the stage to join the choir making a group for leader Dale Wood larly sweetly In the Bleak Midwinter The audience joined In a happy Christmas led by Elliott and the band Everyone had applause for everyone else at the end of that one The band started off the evening with the Hospitality March and later played March Baroque In the seasonal theme they played O Holy Night Noel Suite Elizabethan Carol and the popular Let It Snow Let It Snow A Wilderness Overture was the selection they played in competition at the C E this year placing a fraction of a point behind the third place winner Its changes of mood appealed to the listener in a different way Joyce of Milton was accompanist for the choir she had been iced in but travelled many miles to be here NOTICE HOLIDAY REFUSE PICK UPS FOR ACTON Refuse normally picked up Monday December 26 1977 will be picked up Tuesday December 27 Further refuse normally picked up Tuesday December 27 will be picked up Wednesday December 28 Refuse normally picked up Monday January 1978 will be picked up Tuesday January 3 1978 Refuse normally picked up Tues day January 3 1978 will be picked up Wednesday January4 1978 Thank You Town of Hatton Hills Dept of Pubtic Works GUARDIAN DRUGS GUARDIAN DRUGS miracle of the Holy Birth the inspiration of the Star the adoration of the Wife Men the legacy of Love May these joys and treasures be yours at Christmas Thanks for your good will Achilles Motors AUTHORIZED MAZDA DEALER Corner Churchill and St ACTON re hop II be a warm happy holiday filled lots of Our grot for your kind support Earl Van Norman Electrician Acton