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g Hermgn Lippert Paevaaannnaxannannxxn:n:n: x: x: aeea n Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ranck spent Sunday at Baden. Howard Gray and Miss Ruby Brown of Ingersol were Sunday guests of the Brown families in town. Miss Clara Sipes of the Toronto teaching staff spent the weekâ€"end at her parental home here. _ Lieut. L. Perry, Sgt. Ed. Fergusâ€" son and Lt.â€"Sgt. Jay Harmer of the Plattsville Platoon, Oxford Rifles, attended the military school at Woodstock Armories on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Glendenning, and Mrs. C. Gofton were Sunday callers on Mrs. E. Rhodenizer at St. Mary‘s Hospital, Kitchener. _ _ _Clair Harmer was a weekâ€"end visitor at Ayr. _ _ _ c Misses E. Craig of Paris and Jean and Phyllis English of Brantford attended the military dance held on Thursday evening in Plattsville town hall. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hewitt and Mr. and Mrs. E. Hewitt were Saturday visitors to Toronto and attended the Boston Bruins â€" Maple Leafs hockey game played in the. Maple Leaf Gardens in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ranck were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Don Ranck, Kitchener. _ _ _ Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Allen were Saturday visitors at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parkhouse and son Raymond were Saturday visitors to Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs. A. Nadrofsky and sons Bobby and Ronald visited Mr. and Mrs. A. Nadrofsky, Sr., on Sunday. _ _ __ ie C _Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Hogg of Thamesford were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Fergusson. John Fenn, teacher, of Fort Erie, Misses Mabel and Margaret Fenn, teachers of Wellesley and Baden, spent the weekâ€"end at their reâ€" spective homes in town. ___ _ _ _ Miss Jessie Deeton of Kitchener spent the past week in the village. _Mac Kennedy and Gerald Harâ€" mer were Thursday visitors at Ayr and Paris. Mr. and Mrs. J. Brighty, Mr. J. Culham, Mrs. D. Cade and F. Barrett, Mr. E. Rhodenizer, Thos. Luke, Mr. and Mrs. C. Carrothers and family, June Charles, Clair Harmer, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Nadrofsky and sons Bobby and Ronald were Saturday visitors to Kitchener. Miss Ruth Doan, Douglas Coxson, Weir Graham, Phil. Grimes, Blair Fergusson, Elliot, Malcolm and Jack Harmer_ of Galt visited Plattsville on Thursday evening to ‘l‘ttend the military dance held ere. Aircraftsmen Bert Barrett and Phil. Grimes attended the Boston Bruins â€" Maple Leafs hockey game in Toronto, Saturday evening. Miss June Charles of Ayr was a Sunday visitor in town and was a teaâ€"hour guest of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Harmer. Weekâ€"end guests from outside points to Plattsville were Aircraftsâ€" man of the R.A.F.. Trenton. Charles Beith of the Haldimand Dufferin Rifles, Sherwood Gooding, of the Training Camp, Woodstock, Elliot, Malcolm and Jack Harmer, and Blair Fergusson, Galt. Pte. Tom Ellis of the RCR., Camp Borden, was a Sunday visitor with relatives in town. Wm. Battler IIl Friends here reget that William Battler of the Battlet Brothers threshing outfit is on the sick list. Billie Duncan, Jr., of Br'?ht. is suf;» plying in the absence of his uncle. Mrs. S. McKie and Miss Ruby Milne were Sunday visitors to Brantford. Miss E. Craig, who spent the weekâ€"end with friends here, returned with them to Paris. S. McKie also returned to Trenton. Mission Band Meeting The last meeting of the Baby Band for this year was held in the 8. S. room on Wednesday afterâ€" noon, Dec. 4th. This being the anâ€" nual meeting for the election of PLATTSVILLE WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF USEFUL GIFTS FOR MEN OF ALL AGES AT ALL PRICES We are complete men‘s outfitters from slippers and exfords, to hats, or caps. See us for one of the largest varieties in Western All gifts will be neatly boxed at no extra cost. g@â€" OQOVERCOA TS Gifts for Men! $fFam Prodacts 24 KING EAST By Mrs. Ed. Harmer (Chronicle Correspondent) Buy that new overcoat now while variety is still complete. Owing to backward weather we are still offering special prices for early buyers. We have hundreds of new upâ€"toâ€"date coats at See us for Canada‘s best madeâ€"toâ€"measure suits. Hundreds of samplesâ€" Hundreds of readyâ€"toâ€"wear suits at or near old prices, wherever possible. $12.50 .. $25.00 $21.00 .. ©34.00 $12.50 ., $24.00 SUITS Stores KITCHENER W.M.S. member, took charge. The following officers were elected: Superintendent, Mrs. Russel Ferâ€" gusson; secretary, Mrs. Elmer Doan; visiting committee for next meeting, Mrs. A. Nadrofsky and Mrs. Wm. Quandt, Jr. W.M.A. Hold Bazaar. The Women‘s Association of the Plattsville United Church held their annual bazaar in the Sunday School room on Friday afternoon, Dec. 6th. Everything for sale was disposed of, and a number of teas served. Features of the bazaar were home baking sale, candy and fancy work booths, and also a fish pond. Act as Judges. Mr C iOnmeohs PuinciPalaB22 nouncement made by the Minister Miss E. Waring, assistant teacher of Labor in l:;arliam);nt of Plattsville High School, and Mac| _ ,, . . <lls, . Kennedi. principal of the Public Essential industries" will be School here, acted in the capacity‘those defined as such by the Deâ€" of judges at the commencement Partment of Munitions and Supply. exercises held the past week at The applications for temporary reâ€" Princeton High School. lease of men for return to civil emâ€" ployment must originate with the Invalided, Goes To Woodstock. employer who must submit his apâ€" . . . plication to the Officer Commandâ€" Oliver Ellis, who has been a ICSiz ing the Unit in which the soldier dent he“:, f°‘il qm'te a number Of js serving. No soldier will be comâ€" g:ral::da:n a ‘g orat:; ';gmc‘*;loye?rs pelled to return to industry, and owned and operated the choppINE w11 be consulted as to his wishes. Oliver Ellis, who has been a resiâ€" dent here for quite a number of years and who for some years owned and operated the chopping mill" of Plattsville, has become quite invalided recently. Last week he was removed to a private home for aged folk at Woodstock. His friends hope that results will be beneficial to his health. Chrlatmu dinner in an open flower garden, picking roses in January, playing golf on perâ€" fectly kept courses in February, plucking violets in March....that is the sort of thing that makes the southern end of Vancouver Island famous as Canada‘s Evergreen Playground, the only Canadian reâ€" sort where vtrn’»wenlher holiday activities are possible in midâ€" winter. The almost complete absence of snow in and around Victoria ts no myth, no product of a freak winâ€" ter. Normal temperatures are: November 49, December 48. Janâ€" uary 43, February 45. March 50 Pretty nice when compared to the 142 KING WEST Divots or Daisies, Grilse or Tennis, Victoria Has Them All in The Winter 5 The value of total widk IHInkY ICES months of 1940 amounted to 860.9| P°fSOnal makes a most -mm_bmn-mm'm sure, â€" too, (to 636.3 million dollars for the correâ€"| MAK® to fill the cookie jar ers aud sponding period of 1939, a gain of| 2t home, for there will be over 35 per cent Exports of agriâ€"| PANBtry raids" around the % i nea g du‘;‘.â€"l h 1“: ramns' ;’eas ef m Tye 2i‘ulve' ; fs'g 4 fig:u: i s 22 gogd 2 ehli s s on F i:.n 22 an dltu I w f :g:;:]:lr ? 2pOS;a 'Ha"i:‘ w Irfti"(; S ;3?;5 w:?:xl?( ; i‘f’g W ,hi":' c M 218.4 million dollars in the correâ€" sponding nine months of 1939, a ".’"a' LE I e 'lr u’"’"' l says the lattest issue of the Current hams, cheese and eggs, are chiefly responsible for the gain in total value of farm products. Declines in vegetables and grains are the reâ€" sult of the loss of European marâ€" kets, and exports are likely to be less than in the latter part of 1939. Markets for Canadian farm proâ€" ducts in the United Kingdom deâ€" !pend upon the policy laid down by the British Government and this policy is continually subject to change as military and political events affect the position of the United Kingdom. A wide variety nd range of factors must be taken into consideration, including the |availability of foreign exchange, Lthe availability of shipping and the‘ \most effective use made of cargo ‘space, the necessity of countering enemy propaganda and enemy |activities in other countries, the maintenance of an adequate diet, ‘the availability and use of storage |facilities in the United Kingdom |as well as in other parts of the world, weather conditions, the Ieflects of enemy air action, and so on. On the basis of present inâ€" formation, it would seem that for those farm products on which no definite agreements have been made, little increase can be exâ€" pected in export demand from the IInited .Kingdom in the near farm products in August and Sepâ€" tember, 1940, were above those of the corresponding months of 1939. While exports of fruits, and vegetables in September, 1940, were 5.8 million dollars less than in September, 1939, this decline was nearly seven million dollars in exâ€" ports of animals and animal proâ€" ducts. _ Increased exports of bacon and Those returning to civilian occuâ€" pations will be permitted to wear uniforms while not actually enâ€" gaged in their work, and will be reabsorbed by their units on reâ€" \turn to Active Service. Army Leave For Key Indstrial Men Key"men from essential indusâ€" tries now serving in the Active Canadian Army will be permitâ€" ted to return temporarily to their work on a leaveâ€"withoutâ€"pay basis in order to help increase producâ€" tion in relation to the war effort. The Department of National Deâ€" fence has sent out orders to this effect to all District Officers Comâ€" manding and others concerned, conforming with the recent anâ€" nouncement made by the Minister of Labor in Parliament. Nor is this a new thing. Victoria has been enjoying the same mild winter weather for years and years. The only difference now ia that thousands of Canadians and Americans have learned about this marvelous climate and Vicâ€" | toria has become a very busy winâ€" ter resort. This year is expected to be busier than ever because Canadians are barred from spendâ€" ‘ing holidays in the United States \and Americans are given a ten per cent bonus on their holiday money if they spend it in Canada. ‘Ruasnn enough for the unpreceâ€" . dented interest being shown in |the West Coast city as a holiday \land. up by a gain of All through the winter Victoria has every type of summer sport: Golf on splendid seaside courses, tennis, lawn bowling, riding, orâ€" ganized hiking, fishing and yachtâ€" ing. The major sports event is the Empress Winter Golf Tournaâ€" ment, which will be held this winter from March 9 to 15 with dozens of valuable prizes at stake. The most important holiday is Christmas, which is celebrated at the world famous Empress Hotel in the good oldâ€"fashioned ways of Flizabethan England, complete with Yule log, boar‘s head, carols and wassail bowl. Photographs show the Empress Hotel with yachts in the foreground and three "winter" sports, golf, fishâ€" ing and hiking. overnight. Slice and bake. cut with large round cutter. Place ten edge, fold over pressing edges together. Bake in hot oven. 3 inches in diameter. When ready to bake cut in thin slices and smooth with a fork. %4 teaspoon nutmeg + teaspoon soda % cup nuts 1 teaspoon cinnamon Dissolve soda in hot water, mix the dough and shape in roll about sifted with the baking powder. Reâ€" serve two dozen whole pieces of nut and chop the rest fine. Add the chopped nuts to the mixture. Drop on a buttered tin, a teaspoonâ€" ful in a place; set a whole piece of nut above; bake in a moderate oven. Other nuts may be substiâ€" 2 level teaspoons baking powder 3%, cups flour 2 teaspoons ginger % cup butter or drippings 1% teaspoons salt Boil the molasses two minutes and pour on the butter; cool. Sift together thoroughly the flour, bakâ€" ing powder, ginger and salt and add. Chill, roll on a floured board as thin as possible, using a small part of the dough at a time. Cut into a shape and bake in a moderâ€" ate oven. BUTTERSCOTCH COOKIES 2 cups brown sugar }Q‘.hnfioonlodl 1 cup chopped almonds %mmfh, g%mam 4 cups flour 2 teaspoons cream of tartar Flour enough to mix stiff. Roll 1 cup sugar 4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda in ‘%4 cup milk %4 cup lard 4 cup butter 1 cup chopped seeded raisins 4 cup water * teaspoon lemon 11 ounces brown 11 ounces butter 1 pound flour 1 egg 4 teaspoon cloves 4 cup butter (scant) % cup sugar 1 egg, beaten without separating 2 tablespoon milk 1 cup flour 2 level teaspoons baking powder % cup peanuts Cream the butter; gradu SANTA CLAUS COOKIES PEANUT COOKIES GINGER COOKIES r; gradually beat , milk, and flour 2 teaspoons sugar Pinch of salt Mix eggs, cream, sugar, salt, and add enough flour to roll like nooâ€" dles. Roll to paper thickness and Sfiace between them. Sprinkle with chopped nuts and bake in a very slow oven. This will make about two dozen cookies. ‘4 cup butter 4& cup sugar 2 eggs 4 cup flour 1 level teaspoon baking powder % cup chopped nuts 1 teaspoon lemon juice Cream the butter and add the sugar and eggs well beaten. Sift the flour and baking powder togeâ€" ther. Add the first mixture; then add nuts and lemon juice and enough milk to make a soft dough. Drop from a spoon on an unbutâ€" tered baking dish, leaving an inch Rae and David Hilborn and Henry Kavelman were recent viâ€" sitors at Brantford. "How Our Bible Came To Us". The U.B.C.E. meeting was held Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hope with Mr. Hope in charge of the topic, "How Qur Bible Came to Us". The girls of the Friendship class of the U. B. Sunday school under the leadership of their teacher, Mrs. Melvin Becker, are holding a Christmas gift sale and tea in the schoolhouse on Saturday comâ€" mencing at 2.30 o‘clock. «Mrs. Melvin Becker returned home Saturday night after an exâ€" tended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. MacNeill at Cardigan, P.EL Beef Ring Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareâ€" holders of the Beef Ring was held on Friday eveningâ€" at the school house. dee A number of local Shorthorn and Holstein breeders attended the anâ€" nual meeting and banquet held at Kitchener last Thursday. _ Holy Communion was observed in the United Brethren church on Sunday morning with Rev. E. Gingerich of New Dundee in charge of the service. Visiting Preacher. Rev. C. Tilbury of Galt conâ€" ducted the service at the Doon United Church on Sunday afterâ€" noon. Rev. H. G. Cleghorn was in charge of the service, at the Presâ€" byterian Church on éunday afterâ€" noon Pupils Practice Program. The teachers and pupils of the Doon Public School are busy preâ€" parin(b: Christmas program which will presented on December 18th. Miss Mary Weaver of Galt spent| the weekâ€"end at the home of her, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Krogman and | Sale and Tea,. On Saturday. Preparations are being made by the Sunday School of the United Brethren Church to present the pageant "The Message of the Manâ€" ger", on Sunday evening, Dec. 29. Annual School Concert. An operetta entitled "When Sanâ€" ta Came to the Smiths", will be featured at the annua school conâ€" cert to be held Friday evening, Dec. 20. _ Henry Kavelman visited with his brother, Neil Kavelman and Mrs. Kavelman at Waterloo on Sunday. Miss Irene Chapman is spending some time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hallman at New Dunâ€" Miss Eva Becker and Rev. Mrs. F. Pitman of Kitchener visited at the former‘s tome here on Friday. Holy Communion Observed. C Prepare For Pageant. FATTIGMAN (Swedish Cookies) 2 eggs, well beaten 2 tablespoons cream ROSEVILLE By Miss Eva Becker (Chronicle Correspondent) (Chronicle Correspondent) By Miss Kathleen Jones NUT COOKIES res or various shapes. p fat to a very light daughter Ruth have taken upâ€"resiâ€" dence in Kitchener. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Weaver. Misses Audrey Teet of Galt and Eunice Teet of Preston spent the weekâ€"end with their mother, Mrs. fF, LCCR Reg. Wilfong of Campbellville spent Saturday at the home of his mother, Mrs. N. Wilfong. Miss Etta Bowman was a visitor in Kitchener on Monday. Pte. Wilbert Snyder and Pte. Eugene Hauch of Stratford spent Saturday at the home of Mr. and Dorothy Jones of Preston. visitors in Preston on Friday. B. Hagey is spending a few days at the home of Geo. Moore of Bertha Kleinsteuber spent the weekâ€"end as the guest of Miss Dickie Settlement. day at the home of his mother day at the home of her mother, Mrs. W. Richards of Preston. Vivienne Guillette and Ruby Finck spent Saturday with friends week at the home of her aunt, Mrs. John Campbell of Galt. Skating Party. Local students of Plattsville Continuation School enjoyed a ska}tling party at Galt on Tuesday night. in Kitchener. visitor in friends in Preston on Friday. Mrs. E. Baker and daughter Joan are gitests of relatives in Windsor. The teacher at Blink Bonnie acâ€" companied by his boy scholars, gathered "scrap" last Friday, until his truck was loaded to capacity. They have still a good share of the section to canvass and will try to do it in the near future. The coâ€" operation of all has been teâ€" fully received by Mr. Sk&‘! while the lads thoroughly enjoyed the fun. The girls had a real share too, as notes in rhyme were distriâ€" buted in a folder decorated with red cross. The scholars of Blink Bonnie are now through with tests prior to Christma# and are busy preparing a program for the evenâ€" ing of the 19th, when parents and friends will be welcomed. Red Cross Quilt. Mrs. Gracey‘s group quilted a Red Cross quilt at Mrs. J. C. Woolâ€" cott‘s today. ness period, Mrs. W. F. Scott was Miss â€"Ruth Stauffer of Toronto accompanied by Miss Pratt and Miss Lane, fellow students, spent last weekâ€"end with her parents. Miss Jessie Oliver, nurseâ€"inâ€" training at Woodstock General Hospital, had a couple of days‘ visit with her parents and friends in the community. Mr. and Mrs. George Smith of Woodstock paid a brief visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stewart. Gather Scrap. C _ \[CHESTERFIELD Pte. George Goddard of Knollâ€" Mrs. Melvin Wolfe spent Saturâ€" MODERATE RATES AND INFORMATION FROM FRED WESSON â€" KITCHENER â€" PHONE 2â€"4469 Gray Coach Lines For Your Next Outing CHARTER A COACH By Miss Janet Bell (Chronicle Correspondent) Let every member of your party enjoy all the fun of the trip there and back. spent a proposed as guest for the Decemâ€" attendance. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Woolcott and family accompanied by Miss Marâ€" garet Haskell were recent callers of Mr .and Mrs. Glen Pallister of 13th line of Zorra. Mrs. Wm. Lardreth and Helen of Stratford visited a couple of Brown. Ladies‘ Guild Annual Meeting. dies‘ Guild was held in‘ the church, with 14 present. Mrs. George Oliâ€" ver had charge of a brief devoâ€" tional period with Rev. W. H. Haâ€" gelstein leading in prayer. A poem ed over the business section, when Brown was appointed to take Mrs. Gracey‘s conveners!‘xlig of group three, Mrs. D. E. Stauffer took that the roll was called and the treasâ€" urer, Mrs. Wm. Bell, gave her reâ€" port. A sum of money was voted to the Sundcy School fund, the undertakings of the society havâ€" of Miss Anna E. Waldie‘s. There were no other changes made in holding of offices, all having been appointed for two years. Plans were made for entertaining the Monday night before Christmas at the church. The Sunday School is not having an entertainment this members of a girlhood club, the H.R.B. of Washington district on the occasion of her birthday on the 26th of November. Mrs. Walter McDonald of this disâ€" trict, Mr. and Mrs. Quintin Markle of Sweaburg. Mr. Markle zeturnâ€" ed to his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Cuthbert at Sweaburg Miss Anna E. Waldie, RN., of Woodstock, visited her home on Sunday. Miss Jean Stewart, accompanied by a fellow nurseâ€"inâ€"training, rld a brief visit to her parents, Wedâ€" nesday. Thursday night visitors of Mr. on Friday morning while his wife Mrs. Markle, remained with her parents for the coming holidays. Misses Isabel and Agnes Baird and Helen Stauffer spent Saturday in Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs D. E. Stauffer, Miss J. Lederman and son, Mr. George McFarlane were Kitchener visitors on Thursday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. F. McDonald were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Bell and Mrs. Markle. The annual meeting of the Laâ€" Mrs. D. E. Stauffer entertained C. F. Price, Optometrist 96 King St. West â€" Kitchener YOUR GLASSES are thoroughly examined STEELE‘S Will give you complete satisfaction if YOUR EYES Mr. aits m