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THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, December 3 loi BY JIM HARRISON INSIDE BRIEF Joan Crawford was horrified! Arriving home from work, she learned that son Christopher had taken her manicure scissors and given himself a beautifully rag- ged butch haircut. Andy the famous gravel-voic- ed comic is going in for a com- of pace. He's to and straight, After completing his role with Danny Kaye in "Happy Times', walter Slezak put his family in his own plane and flew them to his farm in Pennsylvania. Trip cost $82. flat. "Quite a saving", said he, "if you discount the cost of the plane! Edmond O'Brien is through with practical jokes forever! During a private showing of an old horror pic in his home this week, he painted his face green, flashed a flashlight on it and shouted, "Boo"! Mary Hatcher, one of his guests, fainted. Shelly Winters claims (but joyfully) that her career is get- ting rougher by the picture. She was murdered in three consec- utive pics, "A Double Life", "Larceny" and "The Great Gats- by". Nowe she's to be a maniac, but raving, in "Take One False Step". By the same token, Errol Flynn's cinematic relations with lovely Alexis Smith are getting more osculatory. Progressively speaking, he kissed her four "Dive Bombers", six "Gentleman Jim", sev- en times in "San Antonio" and their just com- pleted co-starrer, "Montana". TECHNICIANS PUZZLED Technicians at Warner Bros. are in the throes of a fascinating] =! mystery. Tt developed when studio make up experts were told to make lovely, blonde Virginia Mayo look like a part-Indian beauty for her starring role opposite Joel Me- Crea in "Colorado Territory", currently filming epic about pio- HH A \ MERRY CHRISTMAS ...and a Happy New Year. May your heart be filled with gladness. _BRIEN'S PHARMACY our Neighborhood Druggist Century Theatre Phone 1382 Opp. We. Deliver neer days. So they painted Miss Mayo a delicate shade of brown, and blithely watched her enact her first scenes. On the following day, however, when the footage was projected, Miss Mayo's screen image was as white as she was before she was painted! Miss Mayo was then darken ed three shades. She still pro- jected white; and by the time they got her so that she would register on the screen as a light brown, she was as dark to the naked eye as a full-blooded Nav- ajo with a deep, dark sun-tan. Nobody has been able to ex- plain the phenomen. The Cinema- tographer thinks Miss Mayo's body must reflect light in some peculiar manner. The make-up experts are trying to get her to ose for a picture in a dark room without any light at all They insist that her skin must be luminous, or something. LAUGH OF THE WEEK On Warners! "This Side of the Law' set, this week, Director Richard Bare leaned over the top of a very, very muddy cistern to tell actors Robert Douglas and Kent Smith that -they were not getting themselves dirty enough to make the scene realistic. Then Bare fell in! STITCH IN TIME Lew Ayres, lately starred with Jane Wyman in Warner Bros. "Johnny Belinda" has planted a row of rare Darlingtonia pitcher plants around his hilltop home in Laurel Canyon. He hopes they will be in full bloom by next mosquito season. A Darlington: fa, if you didn't know, lures and devours insects. | CARSON STEAMING Jack Carson has installed a Finnish bath on his San Fernan- valley rancho complete with hot rocks, steam and all the ac- cessories. "For people who duce the easy way", like to re- said the Greetings from England, and best wishes fof a Very Merry Christmas to you all! I doubt if it will be a White Christmas for us here but the green ivy and holly hedges look particularly lovely and the store windows are gay with all avail- available decorations. Eve: green trees are stacked outside shops and preparations are in full swing for the festive sea- son. I expect there will be few- er lighted trees around Oak- ville this year with the power shortage and since we be- grudge the £3.15 ($16) for one small string of lights ours here will be garbed in some- thing less suggestive . of the black market! * Enquiring into some of the old Christmas customs around here I learned that in many parts the maid servants used to ask the man for ivy to decorate the house. If he refused or neglected to bring in a supply the maids stole a pair of the poor man's breeches and nailed them up to the gate in the yard or highway. A similar usage prevailed in other places, when the refusal to comply with such a request incurred the penalty of being de- barred from =the well-known priveleges of the mistletoe! Take heed, young men! St. Thomas's Day, December 21st, which is the shortest day of the year was also an important day to the people, Among other names it was known as Gooding Day and "going-a-gooding" was a popular practice especially among the less-well-off mem- bers of the parish. Wisely armed with large bags they made the round of the parish, collecting Oke Oud Land . . By Audrey Watts McNaughton money and food, very often corn which was later ground in the local mills and supplied sufficient. meal for the winter's bread. Besides donating money and food the householders were ex- pected to provide spiced cider in which healths were toasted by: the visitors. An amusing tale was told me of a persistant group of old women who an- nually made the rounds of Fen farms. One crusty old man year after year refused them what they considered their due. Fin- ally at long last, on a cold De- cember night, to their surprise and gratification he did admit them to his home. Seated around the fire they prepared to re- ceive his gifts when instead he launched forth in a tirade, tell- ing them among other things that they were a thieving bunch 'of gossiping old women and he had no intention of giving them so much as a farthing. Bursting with indignation they retaliated by calling him a miserable old humbug and end- ed with the hope that the devil would take him. With a small secret smile the old chap leaned forward and struck a match, saying, "I think possibly he will take you first!" He then applied the match, not to his pipe as they had expected, but to the base of the. cupboard door. With a flash of fire and cloud of smoke the door was ringed with flame and' to .add to the horror a black creature burst with af roar from the cupboard. Not waiting to idenfify the monster the old girls scrambled madly for the door and were never again seen in that area on St. Thomas's or any other night! A small calf, a little gun-powder Optometrist 173 Colborne Street OFFICE Daily ...9.30to 65.00 Sat. .... 9.30 to 12.00 Carsten Glahn -- TELEPHONE 1375 -- Or By Appointment - Optician Oakville HOURS Evenings Mon, and Thurs. 7 to 8 and some ingenuity had well- nigh wrecked their superstitious minds! I don't imagine the ancient custom of a Boar's head, "first at feast and foremost on hoard", served on a gold or silver platter and heralded Bb trumpets and Shain flow S strely will be seen any, England this Christmas po wish is as sincere as it ot ! A very Merry Christm" a Happy New Year! ji TELEPHONE 711 3 THE SEASON'S MERRIEST XMAS WE PAUSE IN OUR EFFORT TO REND] VICE TO WISH EACH AND EVERY OND op Sis LOYAL FRIENDS THE BLESSINGS OF A GLOR. IOUS CHRISTMAS AND THE GOOD FORTUNE or A HAPPY NEW YEAR } H. B. LOFQUIST RADIO and REFRIGERATION Sales and Service COLBORNE ST, Meme | GROCETERIA and MEAT MARKET | 128 Kerr St. N. COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON | 3 3 A 2 A 2 EY Oakville stellar Warner Bros. "including me". INCA GOLD HUNT Errol Flynn's next romantic adventure could be a real in- stead of a reel one. The swashbuckling star of Warner Bros. forthcoming thril- ler, "Adventures of Don Juan" has been invited by the Hidalgo Mining Company, to join an ex- pedition into the remoter Ecu- adorean Andes in search of the Lost Gold Mine of the Incas. Flynn was told by the com- pany that seven men have al- ready signed on for the trip, that a helicopter is to be used as a trail-blazer in the dangerous country, and that the treasure sought has an estimated worth of $100,000,000. But for one major problem Flynn's accept- ance would be enthusiastic and immediate. Barring some sort of a miracle, future film commit- ments ave going to keep him ful- ly occupied for the next two ears. GUEST OF THE WEEK If M. E. Spence, 12 Maple Ave., will present himself at the box office of the new Century Thea- tre, any time nexf week, he and another guest will be admitted free of charge as guests of The Journal. Our political leadership today consists of a few great, a few that are near great, many who they are great, and those who just grate. May there be x Happiness Throughout The World! and that of others. ECEMBER is here and with it lurks the "common cold"! Ontario citizens are reminded now of a few simple helpful rules to safeguard their health, Prevention of the common cold is the responsibility of all, and if everyone plays his part much unnecessary illness, expense and discomfort may be avoided. With the holiday season looming ahead, when so much happiness depends on everyone feeling fit, why run the risk of "" catching cold *--or letting members of your family face that danger ? In the interest of parents and families, the Ontario Department of Health recommends every Ontario citizen to study the common-sense precautions suggested below and act upon them, ; five, Simple Prcailons Thur We look forward with de- lightful enthusiasm to the good cheer and fellow- ship that is an essential part of the Yuletide sea- son. Our kindest regards to each of you on Christmas day. Take plenty of rest. unduly fired. Avoid becoming Endeavour to follow a well-balanced diet. If a cold overtakes you, go to bed until it improves. If it does not clear up rapidly, do not hesitate to seek medical advice. g 7. SS X Avoid becoming wet, chilled or over- heated. If clothing becomes wet, it should be changed as quickly as possible: Be thoughtful.of others. If suffering from a cold, do not spread germs by.coughing or sneezing openly. g 2 2 & Avoid crowds as far as possible; OAKVILLE MOTORS CHEVROLET & OLDSMOBILE SALES & SERVICE -- PHONE 460 -- > Colborne St. at Reynolds Oakville DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO RUSSELL T. KELLEY MINISTER OF HEALTH