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Eday, April 1st, 1048 s & Crafts P y. i 88Sheila Patterson and the |Keith McColm, with music sup- i fMting cast deserve no less|Plied by the Sheridan orchestra. Bill Glover, as the| Those responsible for the pro. uncle, proved his versa.|UCton were: Mary Chisholm, adding singing and danc- his acting achievements. Bea Phillips, as the widow fikey, Jean Caine as Hoo Sit, Tom Sale as Abdul supplied edy relief, The singing cing choruses are also de- {of mention, in fact with cellent staging and such cast it is hard to really gan opportunity of making before the Lenten sea- dia on March 31, is also an Sion. for practical jokes and ands. In Scotland the known as "hunting the (cuckoo) and in France 6 befooled person is called an iprill fish, Better make sure no one leaves the telephone number of the in- Sane asylum, morgue or local pol- ice for you to call. You can still fool some of the people some of the time. Canada's Drinking To Capacity Audience ude's Parish hall was fill- £0l capacity for the Arts and production of Aladdin on INE REN tle role was ably acted by In the Womans World - Cmte resent Aladdin For the sake of those who were not able to see it in Oakville the play is being put on again, on Saturday, April 3, in Clarkson, Aladdin was directed by Mrs, Hazel Caldwell and produced by Irven Fell, Alan Masson, Dick George, Alan Tizard, Mrs. E, J, Mudge, Mrs. H. Merry, Mrs. B. Ellis, Nancy Windeler, Bill Glov- er, Tom Sale, David Lynch, Mary McCartney, Marion Shipley, Thel. ma Siegrist, Isobel Currie, Carol Boorer, Ann Stansbury, Aileen Denike, Joan Moulding, Agnes Farr, Murray Inkster, Dave Rich- ardson, Harvey Lyon, Doug. Caldwell, Jean Caine, Peter Tiz- ard, Warren Hitchcox, Orlando MecCraney, Howard Caine, Carol Broadbent, Gloria Popp, Mary Richardson, Beatrice Phillips, Mary Chisholm, Colin McGilli- vray, Beth McTaggart, Sally Armstrong, Joan Hunt, Sheilagh Lynch, Sheila 'McCausland, San. dra Green, Irene Rimstead, Carol THE OARVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Cancer Dressing Group Need More Mrs. Sydney Fearman, leader of the cancer dressing unit of the local branch of the Red Cross so- ciety, is making a special appeal for used linens for dressings. This department was organized by 7 Oakville members of the Junior League a year and a half ago. "The membership of the unit has now increased to 35, Mrs, Fear- man stated, 3 Members meet at the different homes regularly to make these dressings. "Over 3,000 dressings have been supplied to those need- ing them in Oakville and district," Mrs. Fearman reported, "The work now is 'seriously hampered through lack of materials, "The Red Cross supplies the cellu cot. ton for filling. I feel that if the need is known the citizens of Oakville and district will respond by sending us worn out sheets, pillow cases and towels, Dress. ings are given without charge and may, be obtained at the Oakville Drug. Company upon presenting a doctor's requisition to Mr. Leonard Hope." Anyone having material to Jaffray, Heather Kennish, Doreen | Broadbent. Hello people Homemakers! With many looking over seed cata- logues in anticipation of suceul- ent garden-fresh vegetables, it is difficult to settle down to the pro- saic task of talking about car- rots and potatoes and turnips, donate kindly call Mrs. Sydney Fearman, 959. -- Material At. Once| Page 5 Girl Guides By Mrs. Irven Fell This is a very special call for the mothers and all the friends and relatives of all the Rangers, Girl Guides and Brownies of Oak- ville and vicinity. You will all be asked in the very near future to buy a ticket for @ tea. The ticket is 25c. The tea is to be in St. John's United Church School on the 16th of April, There is also to be a sale of home baking. The tea and sale of home bak- ing are being organized by the local association with Mrs. Bolton Reade as convenor of the tea. Mrs. S. A. B. McCleary will con- vene the sale of home baking. There will also be a table of fancy work and knitted things, which is all being looked after by. the Rangers, Guides and Brown- ies. The mothers and friends of the Guide organization can readily see how much they will be needed to make the afternoon of April 16th a huge success. tomatoes: Omit 1 cup water and add 1 cup canned tomatoes before pressuring. Fa TAKE A TIP 1. Burnt vegetables may be sal- vaged if they are caught in time. Shake them into another pan and 3 tsps. lemon juice, 2 tbsps. butter. Alternate layers of turnip and apple in casserole, Sprinkle each layer with salt and sugar, over top put the lemon rind and juice add a little cold water. Heat or finish cooking. (Do not scrape any burned pieces into fresh pans.) 2. Slice a Spanish onion into the juice left from a jar of sweet mixed pickles, Leave in pickling syrup for a week--then use as a pickle . . . very good. 3. Next time you make cream sauce, make twice as much as you need and put half of it in the re- frigerator to use in a day or so, This saves both time and labor. 4. Prepare vegetables to bake, 1 tsp. butter, 1¢ tsp. pepper, 1.2 tsp. salt, 4 tbsps. fine crumbs, % pint oysters, paprika. Add butter, pepper, salt and crumbs to milk, When hot add oysters and cook only until the edges curl--about 3 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle with paprika. 'Serves 2. Mrs. J. T. asks: Recipe for corn fritters. Answer: 1 cup canned cream corn, 1 cup flour, % tsp. salt and f. g. pepper, 3-4 tbsps butter, 1 egg, 1 1-2 tsps. baking powder. Sift dry ingredients and add to corn. Add butter and beaten egg. Beat all together and fry in spoonfuls on a hot, greased griddle, or drop in hot fat at 375 degrees, Drain on brown paper and serve at once. Makes § frit- ters. Anne Allan invites you to Write to her in care of THE JOUR- NAL. Send in your suggestions on homemaking "problems and New Home Builders Said Suffering In a brief from the Canadian association of Radio anti Appli- ance Dealers protesting the 25. per cent excise tax on electric refrigerators, the charge is: made that the tax will fail in its pur- Pose and will prove a great hard ship for the present generation of home builders. Hardware and Metal and Elec- trical Dealer reports a part of the text of this brief as follows: "During the last nine years a new generation of home builders has entered the market and is struggling, against inflation, shortages of homes, etc, these are the people of thes lower in- come brackets who are forced to pay the present high prices for refrigerators, homes, ete. In most cases these are people who are raising families and must have refrigeration, high percentage of this group comprises returned veterans whose DVA grants are bein pleted. by inflationary pric extra' taxation." who A very The brief goes on to estimate, actual American content of Cana- dian refrigerators at 8 to 15 per cent. This, says the brief, is not sufficient to justify the tax as a watch this column for replies. means of saving U.S. dollars. Rexall ONE CENT RAL SALE and dot with butter. Bake cover- ed in preheated electric oven at roast or steam in the oven at the However, we find that there are same time and so conserve elec- many new ways of handling these Habits Not Yet 375 degrees until turnips are ten. | tricity. Determined te bys to make lenten meals! der. * Bake sausages or enionorn cen Wednesday, Thursday, etermine interesting. There are other foods | in oven at same time to conserve THE QUESTION BOX + ; recommended that we often neg-| fuel, Mrs. W. M. asks: What makes parsnips bitter? Answer: Some verieties have a strohg flavor if they are cooked too slowly, and they should be This Week Oakville Drug Co. Limited er Canadians are in the f a change in tea and onsumption won't likely lect because the family were not enthused at first--namely pars- nips, dried peas and beans, and canned pumplin. SPICED PUMPKIN BOSTON BAKED BEANS (Pressure Cooked) 1 1b. pea. beans, 1-3 cup salt pork, 1 chopped onion, 2 ed for another couple ; 2 drained as soon as tender, Others lat least, according to SE re i mo, thers messes] taps. ey Grocer, 1 tbsp. butter, 1 tsp. salt, % Salt, 3% te=p.ipepper, #30 tsp. lly mustard, 3% cups water. Pick over the bears. Cover with 4 cups boiling water, put on a lid and let stand 1 hour, Cut the salt pork in cubes and lightly brown in the pressure cooker. Drain the beans and put into the tsp. pepper, % tsp, ginger, 1 egg, beaten. Pour pumpkin into saucepan and add beaten egg and season- ings. Heat thoroughly, stirring frequently. Six servings. imports during the past have averaged almost pounds more than dur- the Mrs. T. R. asks: What can be done with curdled cream soup? Answer: Beat the curdled soup at high speed and add % cup fine cracker crumbs. Mr. C. CO. asks: How long do ewar years, says | : hat are ANGE ° into the | you cook oysters and w ' | §& or not itisignifies RL dane cooler with all the remaining in-| the ingredients in Old Fashioned | | 'Len Hope, Mar. Phone 94 | BUTTER dients. Close the cooker, bri = pens increase in our con- > ; _ | gredients. Close the cooker, bring | Stew? sum) is maybe a little too ne Ba to 15:-1b. pressure and process 35| Answer: Over-cooked oysters OAKVILLE 1y to de : : : o |minutes, become hard to digest, xly! i juice, 1 grated orange gest, ] carlyltofdetermine. Pe Tor a E Baked beans Boston style with| Recipe: 1 1-2 cups scalded milk, Ur or five years follow- , ; . : Ty ar -- ar will form a better 21 © how much more cof-| "ps goNIPS AND TOMATO ng consumed in this SAUCE + a a c an prior to 1940." 4 'large parsnips, 1% cups S 2 FER 0) 0 I $ ani i a tomato juice, 1 bay leaf, J) @ ) e is. true of statisties| 200 WOR lent ports, says the Cana-| cloves, 1 tsp. salt and % tsp. is Average during the| pepper. } ears was about pre.| Wash and parboil parsnips. Drain and skin, then dice. Com- bine with other ingredients and simmer 20 minutes, Pick out cloves and bay leaf. Serves 6. TURNIP AND APPLE CASSEROLE 2 cups thinly sliced turnip strips, 1 cup sliced raw ap- ples, 1% thsps, brown sugar, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. lemon rind, e again it will require | another couple of years ne fairly accurately er capita consumption ANGUS McMILLAN WISHES TO ANNOUNCE THAT HE HAS ENTERED INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHN F. ISARD, OF OAKVILLE, AND THAT THEY WILL WE SPECIALIZE IN Steak and Chicken Dinners Breakfast Hours: 6:30 to 9 a.m. Dinner: 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ! FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE MR. GOULD - 542 Luncheon: 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. -