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t PAGE TEN THURSDAY, DEC. Sird, C!AMAflTA?~ ~'rA9"1!~MA~t ROWMÂNVTLLI~ ONTARTO Merry Christmas Homemnakers! Greetings to everyone at your homne! We hope you cnjov a happy family gathiering at Christmas time-an old fashioncd Christmas of good cheer. Decorations 1. Poinsettias, the Christmas fiowers, are the theme of a rcd and green centrepiece. From Pieces of red and green plajstic oiicloth, cut large petals and Icaves of poinsettias: theni place in the centre of table and arrange around a flat dish of seed candies which wili reprcsent the stamens. 2. Evergr-cens-pine, lir and hemnlock-are ahva ' s a part or Christmnas dctorations. Clustered around a bovl of fruit arui sprink- led u-ith irnitzition snow and a few cranberries they rmake an attract- ive breakfast table centrepicce. 3. A fascnating sit7ht for chiu- dren is a fish bowl filled %wîth red or grecn colored w~atcr and a HARDWOOD FLOOUS LAID, SANDED and FINISHED Floor Sanders Edgers & Polishers To Reni For ParticuIar.s PHONE OSHAWA 3744wi1 M. LEGGETTE OSHAW A .smalfryarc qron LakerieBachp ON LONG POINT Il s 0 11 1e i )( ju, i i o tie ivain w 4(f1 ,s.k E iCie iust over -Il) niie- , -( fil Iî ca-t ofSt. 1,'ifhomazs. Its a >-11 > it< ml amiîi'v aatiuîio;. Sae sairdylN i(a1(. r jilllîîîr.. lJ.SlùiJing fIii )hJ.f..uhn and ilerucr', Si1ut,(li.1îjl cet guesit mutacre- t J hotrder 1 l.oig lgail.i.v hin a fi-(nnlY feed mîg abolit t Ifali! LET'S MAKE THEM WANT TO COME BACKI handful of moth balls. Occasion- ally these tiny balls looking as though they were covered witb frost, pop to the surface of the wa ter. 4. Tbe Window wfl be the centre of interest if you fasten your Christmas cards to the vene- tian blind slats using pieces of clear cellulose tape. 5. If you use cotton batting near low candles as decoration be sure to cover it wit.b lots of saît to prevent fire-furthermore it gives sparkling effect. 6. If you can decorate a window or glass in a door whîere the car lights shine as it approaches your home the welcomne sign will be there. We suggest aluminuni or gold foil taped Io the glass in a cut out design of poinsettias or Santa Claus figure. It's very ef- fective. Take A Tip 1. To select a fruit cake exam- inme a cut side if possible for the quantity of fruits and nuts. Read1 2. T cuta fruit cake use a sharp knife dipped in bot water and slice witb a sawing motion. 3. To keep a fruit cake wrap il in %vax paper and store in a tight- ;y covered container. A piece cf cut apple may be placed ln a tin ever *v week to add moisture. REQUESTED RECIPES Cherry and Almond Ring 2 ', cups fleur 4 tsps. baking powder 1 tsp. Sait li cup shortening 1 egg, well beaten ý2 cti milk (approxima.tely) 2 tbsps. sugar 1 tsp. cinnamon 1-2 cup blanched shredded ainîd s Candied cherries, halved Mix and sift together the fleur, baking- powder and sait. Cut in shortening. Combine egg and milk. Add graduali te dry in- gredients until soft dough is terni- ed. Rol l inch thick on a flour- ed board. Dot aIl over wth 2 extra tablespoons butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon, almonds and cherries. Roll lengthwise and place on a greased baking sheet. Now, with isisrcut alrnost through into %' -inch slices. Turn each slice partly on its side away 'froni the centre. Garnish every other slce with a haif a cherry after brush- ing the loaf ever with melted butter. Bake in electrie oven at 425 degs. for 25 minutes or until brown ed. Glorified Chocolate Rice 3 cups cooked rice Iý cup toasted almonds .cup chopped marsbmallow's 2 egg wbites lià teaspoon saît ýi2 cup fruit sugar Combine rice, almonds, and mrarslîmiallow'sq. Beat egg whites iwith saIt urtil stiff. Add sugar gradually and beat in we-1I. Fold rice mixture into this and pile in sherbert glasses. Serve with choc- olate mint sauce and green mara- schino cherry. Serves 6. - Chocolate Sauce 2 cups finely granulat e d sugar '~teaspoon saIt 3cup cocca 1 2cups evaporated mlk 1 teaspeon peppermint extract Combine ingredients on top cf double boefler; cook and stir until thick over bot water. Remove froni heat. Add peppermint. Serve either hot or coîd as desired. Savory Scalloped Potatoes Put alternate layers cf sliced potatees and enions in a greased casserole. Sprnkle with sait, pep- per and flouî-. Pour a tin cf con- densed tomate soup mixed with a tini cf water over the vegetables and bake with oven meal at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Anne Allan invites you to write te ber in care cf The Canadian Statesman. Send in your suggest- ions on horncmnaking problems and watch this column for replies. A petate grew&ers dream bas come true. The New Brunswick Experimental Fanm has dex-el.. oped a blightproof murphy, and seedlings have been sent te Bni- tain. Australia and the U.S.A. T~I he Happy Cabby *....6. -..m u "WeII, weII-1 seem to have Ieft my pants with my otFmer waII.t." KINfG'S RADIO TAXIS 24 HOUR. SERVICE Phone: Day 561 . Night 561 -707 -922 FOUR NEIV CARS- ALL PASSENGERS INSURED Prompt Êfficlent Service OPERATED BY LATHANGUE BROS. 'J, k- ~..'.- Trinity W.A. Holds Nat'al Health Week Christmas Meeting i Set Jan. 30 to Feb. 5 Elect Of ficers 1949 Trinity W. A. held the Christ- mas meeting in the scbool room Dec. 14. The worship service was in charge of Mrs. A. E. Coverly and ber group. Miss Marlon Bell- man reAd the Christmas story as told by Luke and Mrs. Coverly led in prayer. Miss Mary Alldread sang two Christmas numbers very sweetly "Away in the Manger" and "Infant Holy". Mrs. G. E. Tal- cott gave the Legend of the Wbite Gift. White tapers and a picture of the Babe with Mary bis mother formed an effective setting for this part of the service. Mrs. C. W. Slemon presided over the business session. Plans were made to send Christmas cheer to familles in our midst. The slate of officers for the coming year was presented as follows: Past Pres.-Mrs. D. Ail- dread; President-Mrs. C. W. Slemon; lst. Vice-Mrs. L. W. Dippell; 2nd. Vice-Mrs. G. W. Millet; Treas.-Mrs. C. Bagnell; Rec. Sec.-Mrs. G. Rice; Cor. Sec. -Mrs. E. Winacott; Pantry Com. -Mrs. S. G. McMurter; Mrs. A.1 B. Lobb; Mrs. R. Webbeî-; Par- 1 sonage Com.-Mrs. J. F. Heyland, Mrs. A. C. Anderson, Mrs. F. Hir- cock; Press Corres.-Mrs. G. Pritchard; Pianist-Mrs. D. Ail- dread. Closer Relations Urged Between Teachers & Boards Winding up a speaking tour that bas taken ber te annual dis- trict meetings of the Ontarie Sec- ondary School Teachers' Federa- tien throughout the province dur- ing the past eigbt weeks, Miss Ei- leen MeGonigle, Federation Pres- ident, bas issued a statement suni- marizing ber speeches and urging dloser relations between teachers and school boards as the first step in elirinating salary difficulties. "'Each municipal 'board of Edu- cation in the province should stu- dy the systern in effect in Toronto under wbhich salary schedules are discussed and recommcnded t o the Board by an Advisory Salarv 'Committee, composed cf teachers representatives as well as board members," Miss McGonigle ad- vises. "Dir-ect and officiai contact be- tween teachers and boai-d mcm- bers on salary matters will elim- mnate much of the misunderstand- ing associated with unorganized lobbying by teachers' representa- tives," she adds. Speaking on the -broad amis of sencondary education, Miss Me- Gonigle bas called upen her audi- ences of teachers te formulate a 'philosophy cf education" and work toward definitely establish- cd goals in their instructional du- ties. "I doubt," she says, "that any cf us individually or working as members cf a group, can really do our best work until we know and believe in our teaching goals and live for theni." Commenting on the general pic- ture cf teachers' salaries and wor- king conldtions in Ontario, the O.S.S.T.F. president says, 'Few parents want inferior conditions fqr training their children. They know full wcll that in the 20th century there is definitely a re- lationsbip between quality and cost. If they want first-rate school buildings and equipmentý tbey cannot purchase themn at third-rate prices; if they want first-rate professional instructors they cannot expect te hire them at the raie cf untrained personnel. If they want individual consider- ation given their own particular child. they cannot expect it in crowded classrooms froni teach- ers who are given ne free time for contemplation or thought ab- out gorkl- beyond the immediate one of the lesson. If they want understanding and tolerance for their childrcn, do thev give it to those who instruet their child- ren." Are better farmn homes just a- head for Canada's rural dwelîers? Kathleen M. Taggart cf Toronto hopes they are. Sbe's cne cf the Women'à Institute officiais ass-oc- iated with a Canada-wide contest just ccmpletcd te find out what rural women think is needed in farm homes. Rcsults of the contest, sponscred jointly by the federal and provin- cial governients and the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph,, will be announccd carly in 1949. Miss Taggart says the contest touched off widespread discussion among women's groups cacern- ing the ideal fanm home. She says these discussions indi- cate the fanm wife wants a heated utility roorn next to the kitchen, a refrigerator and an electric stove where possible, at least one ground-floor bedrooni for use cf the elderly or the sick, a basement the full length cf the bouse and central heating. IVHAT, NO CHRISTMAS TREE? their northerly homes. Over the ________ t ears, too. some of the natives What is Christmas without a %vorking for these people have tree? That's what a lot of people say who live in the warmer clim- es of the Caribbean Islands and in Central American countries. And they do something about it, for inspectors of the Plant Protection Division, Dominion Department of Agriculture have recently in- spected 30,662 Christmas trees shipped by a Maritime Company to destinations in those areas. The market in southern coun- tries is limited to those which have a good sprinkling of former northerners residing there. re- ports A. E. McCollom, the Divi- sion's Supervising Inspector. Such people like to celebrate Christ- mas with a tree as they did in copied the habits of their employ- ers and they and their friends have trees in their homes at Christmas. The trees are trimmed by the natives in much the same way as is done by families in Canada. Unfortunately a great increase ln the distribution of this symbol of Christmas in these southern areas may not be possible. Santa Claus, bis sleigh and reindeers unfortunately are symbolic too, and cannot make delivery: high ocean freight rates and delivery charges are actual-tbey add greatly to the cost of the tree to 1 Radio activity from the Bikini atomnic bomb tests bleached out the red and purpie coloring of IATTENTION FARMERS'ý *WE ARE PAYING £AHE HIGHEST PREVAILING PRICErà * FOR DEAD OR CRIPPLED FARM ANIMALS A new camera automitjc tdevelops and prints picturÉ one minute while the Iext HORSES . CATTLE .HOGS' Fifth annual observance of National Health Week has been set for Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, it is an- nounced by the Health League of Canada which bas sponsored the event since its inception. In scheduling the 1949 observ- ance of this most important event in the field of health education in Canada, the Health League stated that the slogan-"Guard Your Health-Know How"-once again has been selected to keynote the occasion. It is the hope of the sponsors thst every organization and every individuai in Canada will do something to put across the forthcoming observance of an event which is fast becoming a national institut.Nn-and that such co-operation will eventually become of such a character that it will lead to Canada Iecoming the healthiest nation in the world, something which is not a remote possibi]ity if everyone acquires a "know how" in hea]th matters. Government Grants Aid Building 0f Many New Schools On ail fronts a new and vigor- ous impetus has been given to the advancement of education and construction of new schools in Ontario. The provincial grants to local schcol boards in the year 1947 amounted to $30,00,000 and for 1948 the grants were estimated at $33,700,000. This has resulted in the building of more schools to meet the needs of a growing population. Hon. Dana Porter, Minister of Education, points out that while the provincial contributions might not have actually reduced the amount of municipal taxes levied, they had definitely prevented a very substantial increase of these taxes and have made posible the essential expansion of Ontario's whole educational system at a tume when this province is under- going the greatest and most rapid growth of population and of in- dustry that it bas ever known. In 1947, 148 new school build- ings and additions were completed Up to September, 1948, seventy- fine have been completed and 147 buildings are uA'der construc- tion. Ninety-seven are in the plan stage and 48 are awaiting appro- val. the Minister stated. Since the Government's policy of school grants was begun, from the year 1945 up to September, 1948, inclusive, construction of scbools bas proceeded, both ele- mentary and secondary. te the extent of a total suni of $75,082,- 1111, This bas bccn fairly evenly divided between elementary and secondary scbools. The share of the Province in this total con- struction cost is apfproximately betw'een 40 and 50 per cent. Farmers' Wives List What They Want D ECEMBER is here and with it Iurks the "common cold"! Ontario citizens are reminded flow of a few simple helpful rules to safeguard their health, and that of others. Prevention of the common cold is the responsibility of ail, and if evervone plays his part much unnecessary illness, expense and discomfort may be avoided. With the holiday season Iooming ahead, when so much happiness depends on everyone feeling fit, why run the risk of"- catching cold "-or Iettitîg 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. f4Ie à' mo. Toes plenty of rest. Avoid becoming unduly tired. Endeavour to follow a weiI-bolanced dt et. Avoid becomning wet, cliilled or over- heated. If clothing becomes wet, it should be changed as quickly as possible. g-N@48 If a cold overtakes you, go to bed until it improves. If it does flot clear up rapidly, do flot hesitate ta seek medical advice. Be thoughtful of others. If suffering from a cold, do flot spread germs by coughing or sneeziflg openly. Cf Avoid crowds as fur as possible. DEPARTMENT 0F HEALTH FOR THE PROVINCE 0F ONTARIO RUSSELL T. KELLEY MINISTER OF IiEALTIl wvincnesfler CIGAýRETTES PACM TM THURSDAY, DEC. "M, TEE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOVTMANVILLE. ONTARIO the user. Telephone Collet for immediate Service I GORDON YOUNG LIMITED 1 TORONTO. ADelalde 3636 COBOURG: 48j