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THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL GALA NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW! NO TICKETS, SOLD SUN., DEC. 3st. GUESTS INVITED TO ARRIVE DEC. 31 AT 10 p.m. PARTY STARTS 5 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT THE PIG & WHISTLE INN Bronte-by-the-Lake Phone 91 Our heartiest wishes that you may enjoy a truly Merry Christmas and all the good fortune to make the New Yeor @ hoppy ene. BAMBER'S MARKET 128 KERR ST. N. Siringiep the lights, dust off the shiny ornaments--for: it's time to decorate the tree and to wish all our many friends a " Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. : Oakville Bowling Lanes SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK! CRI je sent . 0 HUMAN SEDARDS DT 1S.4ie sing oF A WASP il OR (ALKALINE ALKALINE * 2 BEEN EY Soul CHINA WADE KNEE DEEP IN MUD 40 PLART RICE * THE RI RST IN SMALL BEDS , AND {HE SEEDLINGS THEN SPLANTED INT HE FIELDS WHICH RRED INTO AN ICE. 1S GROWN FI Y, PORRIDGE OF MuDs | 00z: PAL = Merry. There is as much variation in the decoration of Christmas trees as there is in the homes where these yearly symbols stand. Some prefer the sophisticated flavor of strangely colored trees formally trimmed, but most of us prefer the traditional green tree With red as the secondary color. On it we like to hang the old baubles that have gained sentimental value through years of associa- tion with this warm, generous season. The experts tell us that we should pick the type of tree care- fully--that spruce ahd hemlock lose their needles quickly, that Douglas fir is ideal. Whatever kind of tree, try to keep it im water as this makes it more fire- resistant than any treatment with chemical. For those who do wish to sub- stitute the green of the tree for something different, it can be sprayed with resin emulsion, cas- ein or aluminum paint, or with one-coat self-priming oil base flat paint. If you're spraying, be sure to have lots of space--perhaps the garage is the best spot. We know people who successfully spray paint with their vacuum cleaner attachment, and for small decordtions, spraying can be done with an insect sprayer. If you retain the natural green of the tree but wish a touch of sophistication, you can dip pine cones in silver, gold, or other colors; or the tips of the comes can be dabbed with paint. You can, just for fun, paint the names of members of the family, or per- Ta HH] sonal Christmas greetings, on large Xmas tree balls. Some like to whip up soap flakes to cover their tree with white, whilst others depend on plain old cotton batten for their results. Spun glass is most effect ive, and we've read that a new type is out that doesn't stick to everything. We've seen a tree decorated with cotton fringe--the type used for trimming curtains --in red and green, and it looks Very gay. For the centre of the table a favorite low bowl or painted cake tin piled high with gleaming Christmas tree balls will make a shining decoration, and will be particularly effective if youre able to coil a string of colored lights beneath the balls. Painted blocks to hold candles will bright- én your windows on Christmas Eye. A tree for the table can be constructed from chicken wire and narrow wooden strips, if there's a handyman in the house. You make a flat frame from the strips in a stylized tree shape; the angled, tiered kind you used to draw in grade school. The chicken wire Is tacked over the open triangular spaces and a base is attached to make the tree stand. The whole thing is paint- ed green. When the time comes for its decoration, tuck small pieces of fir or pine in the chick- en wire until its completely cov- ered. You can add other small ornaments as you choose. For window decoration, imita- tion snowflakes can be cemented on, Whilst we haven't tried it, we have 1t on good authority that an unexcelled 'method of frosting windows is with a combination of beer and epsom salts! First one applies the beer to the window and then throws the epsom salts, where they stick. Should be fun trying it anyway. Youll enjoy the holiday season more if there is a fine festive air to the house, and your guests will be asier to entertain against sparkling background. DOUBLE IDEMNITY : Religion is insurance against fire in the next world, for which honesty is the best policy. -- Tawwan LAR Christmas Trimmings - FROM YOUR COLOR COUNSELOR --RUTH D. SUNLEY-- XMAS SEALS SALE COVERS ALL HALTON Some 1545 contributors had forwarded a fotal of $3323.28 to the annual Christmas Seals sale of the Halton County Tubercul- osis assn. by December 18, district chairman S. B. "Stan" Otton in formed the Journal Monday. The drive is being sponsored loc: ally by the Lions Club of Oak- ville, which has mailed 8,358 cam- paign letters. Urging residents to buy and USE Christmas Seals, Mr. Otton stressed the importance of carry- ing on the chest X-ray work in the county. "This year, your T.B. dollars discovered 11 new cases of tuberculosis in Halton, paid for 249 chest X-rays at clinics, furnished the admission chest X-ray room at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial hospital and sponsor- ed chest clinics in Milton and Oakville, among other things," he declared. "Next year, your dollars will continue and expand the search for new cases, check about 1,300 county school stud- dents, and maintain chest clinic and hospital admission X-rays." JOURNAL CLASSIFIEDS PAY DIVIDENDS CANNEL COAL THE FIREPLACE FUEL FOR HEAT AND SPARKLE Hillmers Fuel and Ice Co. Phone 23 ... and may all the pleasure and \ happiness of the Yuletide abound £ throughout the New Year. eg Yo. * We cherish the hap. piness our old and new customers haw given us, and at this joyous and heart: warming season We give you our sincerest wishes for Christmas joy and prosperity for the New Year. C. C. LETHEREN 7 ORKVILLE CARD AND SMOKE SHOP season will be for you one We sincerely wish a Merry 7 Wo hope that this Chrlitinas of good cheer and gladness, rich in the jogs of friendships and all he 00d things that make life comfortable and wortbubite : Corksmas nd a Hapty NewYommal] ° j Bill Grammell's Mens' Shop - = SO h EE -- a aa SETI £% E A