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§i THE OAKVILLE TRAFALGAR JOURNAL THURSDAY, DEC, 25th, 194} Ronnie Ford, Seaman, R.N:, ar- was a great | rived home on Monday to spend | Gordte Nair tories which were | his Christmas leave with his fam- ily The Ladie: last week have banquets' -- Langmuir Paints, General Stampings and Air Col The proceeds from these affairs will be used for the auxiliary's FE | charities. The Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Company Christmas party for employees was held at the plant on Tuesday evening. inior choir pro- ging car- The St. John's vided entertainment ols under the direction Walter Denike, at Monday's meet- ing of Rotary. Colonel and Mrs. Harry Wethey are spending Christmas in Oal ville. The Colonel is leaving for Geneva, Switzerland, early in the New Year. The many friends of Mrs. H. W. Boorer will be pleased to hear that she is progressing favorably after her recent operation. as Ralph Fish, Don King, Feather- | stone Ford, Anthony, Michael and Anne Calverley came home Mon- day night very relieved after a week of exams at O.A. and O.V. Colleges. xe William Johnson is erecting a house on the back concession near | the home of his parents. Fa Bill Mitchell, of Lakeshore Highway East is home on holidays | from the Ontario Veterinary Col- lege, Guelph. xox Bronte's most prominent and | celebrated visitor this week was | good old St. Nick. His presence | topped the Sunday School con-| cert on Wednesday night at the United church and again on Fri- day night at the Baptist church. He was also on decl first thing ®riday morning at the school. 5% Mrs. Frank Sullivan returned home from the hospital Saturday afternoon. Her recovery is pro- gressing satisfactority. Rev. "Andy" Telford of Phila- delphia was a guest of Rev. Le- Roy Sargant last week-end. + 280 tapers were tae annual candlelight se v she United Church Sanday night. Tie entire church was lighted by. candles making a delightful set- ting for the Christmas singing by. the church. FE The quiet wedding of Mr. and Mrs: Gordon McElhinney, Toronto, friends of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Pickard, was solemnized Friday evening by Rev. LeRoy Sargant at the pastor's home. The bride was the former Miss Anna Mac- Doran. + = The Jack Graydons, 8th Line, entertained before the Oakville People and Events uxiliary within the | catered: for three | amorous d¥mand of the mem- of Mrs. | NEW YEAR'S EVE. uccess, sparked - | never better. If there had not | | "een so much prolonged laughter he might have had time for at which was the least one more Sers. The exchange Of gifts -- with suitable verse composed by donors -- was as hilarious as ever. Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Holman en- tertained a group of friends at a | Christmas gathering on Sunday. oe Bob Dalton is on holidays from | the Ontario College of Pharmacy | and is helping out at Byers' Drug Co. during the Christmas rush. Santa Cla sited the matinee | at the Gregory Theatre on Satur- [day -- 500 gifts were distributed | with the compliments of Odeon management. Over 200 children received gifts from Santa Claus in Clark Hall, Port Credit, on Friday, at the an- nual Xmas party given by the B. A. Oil Company to theirsem- P SE 3 ployess and families: And a very lovely eve, too, is Bette Arlen as she displays her - hourglass fant in an attractive bathing outfit, and warns you that time Jack Phillips, of King Street is| is ind~~1 marching on to 1948. | home from Queen's Medical school | | and is assisting at Clark's Drug, Store. promptly did, and without com- plaint. In cases where such state- ments showed that profits exceed- a ed 6 per cent, the government | 'For selling buckwheat for seed | Recoveries Cf | cotectea the ditrarence tn waar b | | which was below Grade 3 seed, a War Contracts instances, however, this merely | violation of the Seeds Act, Eugene | | meant a bookkeeping transaction, | Cloutier, R.R. Moose Creek, was | the firms renegotiated having al- | recently found guilty in Police | ready paid a great part of their |Court at Cornwall and fined $10 | excess profits in excess profits and $15 costs. The evidence dis- | taxes. 5 closed that the buckwheat sold by | Sony the record of Canad-|Oloutier not only contained more | . ia ian business in the war, both be- | th: | an Dai into, excessive pore ang after the renegotiation ae ey onl | profits . . ." This, while technically | or contracts, was a fine tribute |mon ragweed and 150 per pound | accurate, leaves a wrong fmpres- | to jts honesty. Whatever the war | wild mustard, and failed to germ- | sion; seems to imply. that many left behind it, and it left much inate. = war contractors were '"chiselers," | that is lament Hh able, it didn't leave| The ch v: id in- tried to get away with a huge sum jar millionaires." Ene Tl | of money. No such thing happened. When, | suring the war, the department of | munitions and supply made con- | tracts for war supplies it was not | Pda da adidl always possible to determine pri- ces accurately, many of the arti- cles being new to production in Canada. The practice, therefore, wishes everyone was to set a tentative price, with the understanding that if the profits of the contractor turned and a out to be excessive (profits var- FARMERS FINED FOR CHEATING ON SEEDS (From the Ottawa Journal) Reports in Saturday's newspa- pers told of the government '"re- covering" $478,000,000 from war supply contractors "as a result of | spector of the Plant nis Service, Dominion Department of | Agriculture. BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS how') the contlact would be re- negotiated. With the war over, renegotia- tion of contracts (what Satur- day's reports called 'investigation') took place. It was in no sense a probe, carrying implication of dis- onesty. Manufacturers and con- tractors were simply asked to supply statements of their prof- its, which 99 per cent. of them A Marty Club supper on Saturday night. ic. The Charlie Birges will enter- tain at their customary Christmas night party this year. SR The Urquhart Curtis family is in town visiting Mrs. Curtis' mo- ther, Mrs. Chilis -- they expect to stay for some time. FO The annual Christmas party of the Lions club on Friday night |§ 7% zz XM Special New Years Eve =z MIDNIGHT SHOW == and A Happy New Year " OLLIE"S br Cleaning & Dyeing «1 Phon> 588 PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 4 4 4 Christmas 3 0 4 CTER TEE ARE RTA Sy Oakville :RREEEEREEERERD BRGZZFRTE BER The Kid from ea Brooklyn In Technicolour--Gay - Glittering - Glamour STARRING DANNY KAYE ALSO--BUGGS BUNNY CARTOON IERTTTTRARAERE NITED "GREGORY: DOORS OPEN 11.30 P. M. «py # Have Your Tickets Ready * I. HEHEHE nz EER A CHEERFUL WISH FOR CHRISTMAS AND EVERY DAY DURING 1948 " OAKVILLE DRUG C0., LTD. Colborne St. ---- Er ns] iz ENRE. 5 Spe Aa Reak ag bei] WRT RELRTRL LTR ELTZELZZETETZRETLEZELY, FA) g The Last Straw. The enraged tenant called his landlord and shouted: "The walls 'lot the house are bulging more each. day. Just what are you going to do about it?" 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