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TURDAY, DEC. 23rd, 1954 Choral Society Gives Enj"oyable( 'Appreciativg Large audiences on bath Wed- nesday and Thursday evenings ,enjoyed the Christmas Concert ;.nresented by the Bowmanville '?Jhoral Society in the Town Hall. P;jris group of 55 vaîces is under e able direction of Hugh A. ýMartin of Toronto, and is spon- -1'Bored by the Bowman ville Re- *creation Department. This was -1beir second public appearance ,aince formation last January. -*&Mr. Martin's happy personal- ,Ji s infectiaus and he firmly îtstablished hîmself with* the audience once on Wednesday àvnxg beading them in sev- carais, immediately follow- Sthe rendition by the choir o! ijr Ernet MacMillan's arrange- -Ment of God Save The Queen. ýLater ini the progcam, the aud- ience again participated in carols a'înd even learned a round, much .ieveryane'a enpJoyment. European Carels1 A number o! -European and old English carols made up the %ficst portion o! the progcam, the Jadies' voices showing verv ef "fectively in sevecal of these. ' Sing of a Maiden*" was unusual1 ýand particularîv effective, the ,ladies' voices dying away toaa whisper at the end. Very pretty 1also was "Carol of the Sheep ,-Bells", a Slovak carol in which ;ail the parts were heard in the imitative seund of the bells. The * first portion of the progrâer con- I 'cluded with the happy and fam-1 iliar Welsh carol, "Deck the' I:Halls".E AI Vail, Recreation Director,1 acting as chairman, introduced1 the guest soloist, Norma B.1 .oncert for re Audience Martin, who is soholat with St. Paul's Avenue Raad United Church, Toronto, a member cf the Mendelssohn Choir, and wife o! the Choral Society's director. Though suf!ering from a cold and laryngitis, Mrs. Martin sang three iovely solos on Wednesday evening, "The Christmas Tree", "The Christ Cbild" and "Joyous- hy Peal Ye Christmas Belîs". As an encore she sang a Negra carol "Jesu, Jesu, Rest Your Head". She was also soloist in the choir's rendition o! "I Wonder as I Wander". Under the circum- stances, Mrs. Martin's lovely voice was nat at its beat, but sbe was nevertheless warmly receiv-I ed. Pinch Hitter On Thuraday evening, she hoped ta be able ta sing until wit-hin about 15 minutes o! be- ing called on stage. However, hec voice was not equal ta it, and in a last minute scurry. sangs, from Bill Buckley's music cab- inet were rushed ta the Town Hall and Mr. Martin bastily, chose three laumbers in order tao pinch bit foc his wife. The: audience xvas unaware that tlW substitution xvas SO compietely a hast minute affair. To their enjayment, he sang three num- bers, "The Holy City", "Blesa This House" and 'Without A Sang". Perhaps one o! the best selec- tions by the entire chair wvas "Hark the Glad Sound", campas- ed by S. Drummond Wolfe, a friend of the director. Mr. Martin explained that the choir. had not at firat iked this num- t SIE HOW MUCHi A&P SAVES YOU on your A ~CHRISTMAS Faosf.P;umpTedrGons - Priced for Outstanding Vle 1Grade "A" Cven Ready, 8 ta 16 lb. Average TURKEYS lb6lc Grade "A" Oven Ready, 18 to 22 lb. A.'erage .TURKEYS b49c i,. EESE Grade A Oven Ready 16., 5c b ,7 U CKS Grade A Oven Ready lb,5 9c ,CH CK N Grade A Oven Ready lb 5 9C OPEN THURSDAY NIGHT CRANBERRY SAUCE Pular Brandi C(IG ARETTE S UNTIL 9:00 P.M. 16-oz lin 23c etn of 10pkgs 2.99 No drying out or burnt skin when you roast your Jane Parker Reg. 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Mr. Martin's fine voice was heard in the solo portion of "0 Holy Night". Bouquets Presented Priar ta the singing of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah which brougbt this ex- cellent concert ta a conclusion, flowers were presented to Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Mary Cale, ac- companist, by littie Gail Mul- holland. AI Vail also expressed the appreciations of the Society for the donations of Christmas trees from Mr. Ed. Youngman, and lights and decarations from variaus members af the Society. With a tree on either side and boughs across the front of the stage, a very pretty effect was created. Make-up was in charge of Mrs. Marguerite Vaii and ber committee, Vida Thompsan, Dorothy Ross and Phyllis Short, and was through the courtesy of the Walter Thornton ModelI Agencies of Canada. Mr. Vaii also introduceýd the executive of the Choral Society: 1Pres. - Leslie Coombs: Vice-Pres. - Howardl Bickle; Treas. - Bill Buckley: Se&'Y- Margaret Pur-i don; Libraria n- Jim Coombs: Social - Victoria Frank, and! Dora Purdon of the Recreation' Department. Earlier in the program Mr. Vail introduced the accompanist, Mrs. Mary D. Cole, who received a warm round o! applause for her excellent work at the piano. Audience Stands Before ieading the choir in the Halielujah Chorus, Mr. Martin told how on the performance of The Messiah before King George II in 1742, the King stood throughout the Halielujah Chor- us ta honor a King greater than he. Ever since that time aud- iences have stood for this great work. In keeping with this tra- dition, the audience on bath ev- enings stood for the Society's rendition, which was excellentiy done, bringing ta an impressive conclusion a concert of most enjoyable Christmas rousic. At a party at the Lions Com- munity Centre on Friday even- ing fallowing the concert, direict- or Hugh Martin was ptesented with the gift of a travelling dlock1 and Mrs. Vail and her committee aiso received tokens of apprecia- tion from Society members. Members of the Choral Society are as foliows: First Sopranos-Arlene Ayre, Gwen Black, Donalda Creasser, Mildred Caverly, Marjorie Ferg- uson, Victoria Frank, Rieta Habbs, Eva Hockiýu, Olive Hul, E<ay Smale, Lena Taylor, Darathy Van Driel. Second Sopranos- A~nne Bridgiand, Marjorie Couch, Lorraine Dewell, Myrtie Hall, Dora Purdon, Margaret Purdon. First Altos-Barbara Abrams, Betty Berrili, Florie Roberts, Mrs. Smythe, Catherine Teeple. Second Altos-Mrs. Allun. Ev- elyn Dunn, Beverly Frank, Dorothy Hockin, Vivian Meach- n, Lynn Oke, Greta Snowden, Eileen Spicer. First Tenors-Bill Buckley, Bruce Caverly, Jim Coombes, Rowley Coombes, Frank Mea- Iows, Clif f Trewin. Second Lenors-Jim Barnes. Howard 3ickle, Leslie Coiiacutt, Ken -lockin, Jack Allin, Orville Ash- on. First Bass-Leslie Coambes, Glenn Prout, Neil Stewart, Lenl Swatridge, Walter Wooiley, Ed- gar Wright. Second Bass-1iow-' ard Allun, Jim Berrili, Gordyn Brent. Walter Goode, Ted Ott, John Siemon. I MRS. WALTER GURNEY The death accurred suddenly in Toronto on Dec. 14th o! Emuhy ~ Martha, beloved wife o! Water C. Gurney. The late Mca. Gur- ney was born in Bowmanville, youngest daughter of the late' Mc. and Mca. Samuel Painton. Hec !irst macriage xvaa ta Ed- win Icwin (Ecn) Osborne, Bow- manville, and they lived for some years on Temperance St.. Mca. Osborne was a member of1 . St. John's Anglican Church. Following Mr-. Osborne's deatb she moved ta Toronto, where since ber marriage to Mr. Gur- ney, they lived on Victor AveI The funecal service toak plaej at Miles Funecal Chape], Rev .,l Canon P. J. Dykes of St. Lean- ard's Anglican Church conduc- i ing the service. Interment was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Sucviving are ber huaband and one brother, James B. Pa in-,H ton o! Marîboco, Mass., and al number o! nieces and nephews. Three AwardsI Won at O.AC. By EarI Brown jEacl Brown, son of Mc. and Nlrca. James T. Brown, R.R. 2, Newcastle, was pcesented with jthree awards at the recent Tri- ICollege semi-annual dinner o! the OtroAgricultural College, the Ontario Veterinary College and Macdonald Inatitute, Guelph. Mr. Brown., who is a second- jyear student at O.A.C. in the diploma course, won the F. J. j Morrow Foundation Schoharship of $300, a !irst-year diploma bu rsary, and an award as an out- standing student from the Ketch- um Company, Otta'wa. He is active lu the Ducham Junior Farmers and has been a member o! their championship lîvestock judging teams in past yveacs. Doug Sheep, son o! Mr. and. Mrs. M. A. Sheep. Bowmanville, 1 alsi> received a Ketcbumn Com-' pany award as an outstauding student at the dinner. Gerald Brown, brother o! Earl, ia a first-year student a 0.A.C. Ahundred years ago manv Canadian citv dwellecs bought their drinking watec frorn ped- dIerai at a cent a pail. IMaple .'Grove W. 1. HoId Interesting- Christmas Program Addresses on Timely Topics The Christmias program a! Maple Grave Women's Institute was arranged by the executive with a member .15om each of the standing committees taking part. Mrs. Chas. Greenharn spoke on the motta: "No one ever gets eye strain frorm looking on the bright side of life". El- ements contributmng ta the brigbt side are smiles, kindli- ness, friendship and those folk who live eager, alert, belpful lives day by day. What a i! t is experienced froni a baby's smile and what does a mother's smile mean ta a frightened child and bow welh a smile speaks wbere the spoken word fails? Mrs. W. H. Brown told a stary o! a "Snawboupd Santa Claus" which illustrated what far reachîng happiness may resuit froni the spirit of Christ toucb- ing the bardened heart o!finan at Christmas time. Mrs. Grant Bennett read an article, '"Let's Keep Christmas", which sa truly saîd "Changes are everywhere, many have gone by the board, but there la no modemn look ta the xvords, For unto you is. born a Saviaur and Behold! 1 bring you tidinga o! great joy.'" Al of the victues; and goodness in the beart o! man cannat be purchased in a store. Miss Barbara Brown delight- ed the ladies with tap dancing numbers and a quintette of la- dies-Mrs. Ivison Munday, Mrs. Lawrence White, Mrs. Wmn. Laird, Mrs. H. Cryderman and Mrs. Chas. Greenham, singing "Jingle Belîs" and "'Jolly Old St. Nicholas". President, Mrs. Cecil Mihîs presided for the program andi business which inciuded a mo- tion carried ta purchase the book, "The Life o! Marilyn r I I I i I i Bell" for the girls, with any. money Ieft from the Govern- ment grant to be used for girl's 1club expenses. Lamps made by the boy's. clubs were on display and are for sale at very- reasonable: prices. Mrs. L. C. Snowden report- ed from a meeting of the Can- adian Association of Consum- ers. Advice from the Ontario C.A.C. president Mrs. W. G. Harvey of London, is that man- ufacturers and producers pro- vide what consumers are will- irig ta pay for. If dollars are -%asted on poor' quality pro- ducts, inconvenient articles or premiums, instead of soap, we or.ily are ta blame. One persan cômplainingr will do no good, When thousands of shappers, complain at the place of pur- chase there will be resuits. Every purchaser has the right tq full value for a dollar spent. It- was also advised that at- tractive looking imported cab- bages were found ta have les nutritional value than less at- tractive Ontario growil ones and that a quart of pop casts around 15c more titan a quart of whole, wholesame; milk. Mrs. H. Cryderman attended the C.A.C. meeting aiso and Mrs. Greenham. handed out C. A.C. bulletins. Twenty-five cent gifts were exchangcd and enthusiasticaliy opened and admired. Mrs. MilIs thanked those who had provided the program. Sandwiches, Christmas cake, candy and tea were served. Program topic for January- will be "The History of Archi-, tecture" with Mrs. Ken Hop- kins in charge. Each member la asked for a rail cali giving the age and any historical data of her dwelling place. __ WE EXTEND OUR HOLIDAY GREETINGE. TO OUR FRIENDS Always at Christmnas time, there cornes that extra-special pleasure of extending ta our many friends, the greetings cf the season. It is with the thought cf your good will and frîendship that we wish you the fullest measure cf Yuletide cheer and happinessa t this time .. . BROWN'S The December meeting of Brown's Home and Scbool Club was held at the school on the evening of December 14th. It was decided at thîs meet- ing that we should purchase some cups which Mr. Curson cauld supply for use at the school, as there is a shartage of. cups when parties are held. Mr. Simpson volunteered ta supply a Christmas tree for the school concert. It was rèported that Miss Jean Perrin had suffered a fal during the past week, and is under doctor's care with a very painful shoulder and arm. Mrs. Curson will be in charge of the January meeting, and it will be ber décision whetber ta invite another club ta visit us on that occasion. Mr. Bill Morley then took charge of the meeting and con- ducted a game of euchre, with the winners being as fallows: High scores. -Mrs. H. Sinclair, Mrs. W. McIlroy; consolation, Mrs. R. Simpson. PONTYPOOL Christmas trees, concerts and dances are in full swing here with Drum School holding theirs an Thursday with a ful bouse and the school children per- forming their parts well. Mr. Herman Webb was winner of draw for the blanket. Mrs. Roy Simpson is ta be congratulated on the success of ber concert. Pontypool and Carscadden's schools wilI hold their concerts on. Tuesday. Mr; and Mrs. St. Clair Dar- roch have returned home after a week's bolidays in Northern Ontario and Toronto. The last meeting o! the 1954 Township -Council was held on Tuesday. We are glad ta repart that Mr. Cummiskey is show- ing considerable improvement. Mr. Henry Jakeman is acting clerk during bis illness. Local Union met Thursday nigbt in Carscadden's Scbool with Ross Davidson presiding. Mrs. Prasser of Cartwright, bead o! the ladies' branch o! the Union in Ontario, gave a very interesting talk. Meetings will be held second Tbursday of each month. L.O.L. 82 bad a good attend- ance at their lazt *gular m»eet- ing when three applications were received. This lodge bas had a very successful year. Mr. Morris Poliard visitezi friends bere recently. Mc. Lloyd Clark and Mr. J. Payne attended a meeting o! the R.B.P. in Blackstock Tues- day evening. This writer would like ta thank ail those wbo assisted me by giving me news, also those who gave me new and renewal subscriptions during 1954. Hoping I can give yau better service in 1955 and wishing you the very best at Christmas and during the com- ing year. MORRISE W.A. met Dec. lSth ln the home o! Mr. M. J. Osborne and Mca. D. Haines with 12 members present and one child. Mca. Wmn. Marvin, retiring pre- aident, conducted the meeting. Secretary Mrs. Harold Osborne cailed the roll. AIl bills are paid and there is a balance in bank o! $242.34. This bas since been reduced by the' follawing donations: M. & M. Fund $60; Save the Chiidren Fund $10; Sick Children's Hospital, Ta-, ronto $10; United Nations Ap- peal for Children $20; Fred V.ic- tor Mission $10; Salvation Ar- my, Port Hope $10; Mission Baud year bock $2. Flawers, fruit and carda will ho sent out in time for Christmas. Mrs. F. Cornish of!ered ber home for January meeting. The devo- tional reading was read by Mrs. Win. Henderson, and lesson tbougbts and prayer by Mrs. Harry Beckett. Mrs. W. Marvin i thanked the members for theïi loyalty and co-aperation during b er long term as president and iwisbed the W.A. a continuation o! successful years -under the new president, Mrs. Harry Beckett. A bearty vote o! thanks was given the retiring president and a welcome given tbe new one who toak the chair and con- ducted the meeting ta the fin-j ish. Christmas program opened with a duet by Mrs. D.* Haines and Mrs. Harry Beckett, "Si- lent Night"; readlings, "Christ- mas" by Mrs. F. Anderson and "Let's Keep Christmas" (Peter Marshall) by Mrs. Wm. Mc- Holm. "Christmas is Commng" by Bishop Renison. was read by Mrs. D. Haines. Social bal! bour was spent around the dining-room table where a deiciaus lunch was served bythe hostess and the committee, Mca. W. Henderson and Mrs. Harold Osborne. A Ivote o! thanks t these ladies was proposed by Mrs. H. Beck- ett. We are sorry ta report that Mrs. Lea Bevan feli bceaking a leg below the knee in two Iplaces on Dec. 13. She was taken ta Port Hope bospital for X-rays and treatment. Latest jreports are the patient la pro - gressing satisfactory and mayi ibe taken home for Christmias.I IWe wish Mca. Bevan continuedi improvement. On Sunday I9th a White Git1 IService was beld in the church with the program in care. o! the Mission Band. So!t music was! played by Mca. Helen McHoIr and as the president o! the M. B., Francis Lewis, taak her seat I cuctains rolled back revealing a tableau of the Holy Famihy: Jane Harness as Mary; Bobbie Beckett as Joseph; with manger jand large doli as Baby Jesus. A numbe of Christmias bymns ings by the seniors, a bymn, "Jesua Loves Me" was very sweely singby the juniors.i New Right Arm-. Mary Beck- ett read a poem and laine An-. derson sang ini ber usual pleas-: ing, manner, IlSinging For Me", accmpaiedon piano jy Mrs.! E.McHolmn. Diane McConnel received the offerings present- ed by eacb one present wvhich amounted ta $12.00. The service closed with "Silent Night" and prayer hy Mrs. D. Haines. Wishiiig the Editor. stà1f, cor- respondents and -readeri of The Statesman A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Nearly a third of the annual incomes of Canadians is taken by tax payments. Te Woodyard's Appliances a- mmwwmwwý- "F