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_ "They have one now, and I wish you‘d give it a trial." "Huh!" ~ retorted Charles. "I‘ve meve}:"'heard of it. What is it, anyâ€" ‘"Dad," said his son Charles, "do you think they will ever find a subâ€" stitute for petrol?" way "Shoe leather," retorted his father Scarlett Road Narcissi (YÂ¥elâ€" low and White Their Many Customers CUT BLOOMS 91 Very Merry Christmas Chrysantheâ€" Weston Dairy Carnations Poms Poms Marigolds To those who choose a funeral with elaborate, medium or simple furâ€" nishings. _ At. Yorke Bros. the cost will be not merely a little but very much less, and the service most attenâ€" tive and sympathetic. An (Adult) Funeral inâ€" cluding . quality _ grey cloth covered casket as low as $55.00 comâ€" plete. Other Funerals at proportionate . low cost. Yorke Bros. ‘~Funeral Home 1220 Weston Rd. Mount Dennis (No Extra Charge for Rural Work) Phones: â€"Weston 1260 Jct. 5722 EIGHT mums MUCH LOWER COST And Friends "Say It With Flowers" Wish . P. GRAHAM ARTIFICIAL WREATHS Place Your Order Early WE DELIVER FUNERAL DESIGNS Visitors Welcome WESTON Montgomery had just purchased a fine old vase, and was endeavoring to impress his visitorsswith its antiâ€" quity. "Ah, it‘s a beauty! It lelonged to Generalâ€"erâ€"Generalâ€"erâ€"what‘s his name ?" friend, Dealer, J. B. HENDERSON £Oh, These are new Radios and carry one year‘s guarantee. 28 Main St. N., Weston June. 8553 Open Evenings Weston 182â€"J i Highâ€"boy. Reg. $ $260. Special..... 139.00 5 only, Model 490 Deluxe, Walnut Cabinet, with powerâ€" ful 210 tubes. Reg. $395.00 Special 5 only, Model 400C Phonoâ€" graph and Radio Combinaâ€" tion. Reg. $325.00. Special ... Has Opened a Watch, Ulock and Jewellery Repair Business On Main St., Weston Two Doors North of Eagle House 25 Years‘ Experience All Work Guaranteed CHAPMAN RADIO only, â€" Model 410 Deluxe, Weston Cafe ah, yes!" said. a â€" sarcastic comimg to his aid, General wasn‘t it 2" REDUCED Merry Christmas Wish All Their Customers ROGERS RADIOS AGAIN POT PLANTS Poinsettia Cyclamen $149.00 $169.50 Begonia Primula Azaleas Phone 298 Ferns So it is that each Christmas ~seaâ€" son sees flat car upon flat car come into the various railway terminals loaded with bundles of Christmas trees ; {for the city â€"and town marts, In The village trail it was, to the unâ€" claimed lands. Once a pioneer setâ€" tlement, the steel highway of the railway had opened new arteries of communication .and commerce . and where log cabins had stood in motley array . now were neat cottages, a church. and general store, or . two. From these homes came the glow of light to reflect upon the . shadowy snow about them and to give an air of cheer to the deserted street. Yet, but twice a week was there any comâ€" munication with the outer world, for only then did the train steam proudâ€" ly into this outpost station, its balâ€" looned smokestack, or, possibly, the elongated funnel of the earlier locoâ€" motive, belching smoke and sparks through stack. For the village is a mythical one, typical of the thousand and one pioâ€" neer settlements in the infancy. of the country, a settlement whose peoâ€" ple knew little of pleasure but much of hard work and who rarely unbent from their endless routine of toil exâ€" cept upon such â€"a gala occasion _ as Christmas, when each _ diminutive home boasted of its tree and such gifts as the householder could afford to give. And it was to gather trees for this festival that the two lads journeyed so gaily through the stump lots on that night. Throughout the centuries _ the Christmas tree has been an establishâ€" ed custom of this joyous season and today its hold upon the people is as great as it was in the days when grandmothers wore bonnets and crinâ€" olines, and grandfathers chokers and beaver hats. Its grip upon public afâ€" fection is unrelenting despite the pasâ€" sing of years and though eustoms and habits change with the times, the Christmas tree remains as much the symbol of Christmas as Santa Claus himself. The trail they followed was _ one usual to new lands; in summer, a rough winding lane, deeply rutted by plodding oxâ€"wagons and bounded by grotesque stump fences, whose roots reached upward with despairing supâ€" plication and whose lands they guardâ€" ed bore mute evidence of the forest recently felled by man; in winter, a beaten track through a pallid landâ€" scape whose blanket of snow merciâ€" fully covered the stumpâ€"hewn lots and banked in profusion about the fence edges until the stark ghastliness of the uprooted stumps were concealed beneath its enveloping folds. Came the soft crunch of breaking snow crust and the shout of merry laughterâ€"alien sounds breaking the pall of silence that wrapped itself about the evergreen acres. Along the trail these invaders came; two lads in warm homespun and furred caps, expectant eyes peering above bulging woolen mufflers which at once proâ€" tected â€"neck and chin, short axes at the belt, mittened hands dragging unâ€" gainly, homemade sleigh. About them, in grave disarray, stood solemn senâ€" tinels of the evergreen hostsâ€"spruce trees, large and small, weighted down with the heavy snow fall and awaitâ€" ing the axe of the pioneer. landscape curiously mosaiced by . disâ€" torted squares of black and myriad stars winking from the dark, velvet background of sky. There wasâ€"a clearâ€" ness in the airâ€"and a stillness broodâ€" ing over the woodlands that came of a sharp and heayvy cold, a silence unâ€" broken save for the ringing . report of a tree split. under the inexorable grip of the frost king; it was a night that bespoke of sunny, sparkling days when the air sought out unprotected faces and hands and nipped _ them with cold fingers. Mrs. Keyes of Port Carling was in town last week on a short visit. Commencing â€" Wednesday January 8th in the 1.0.0.F. Hall, Church St., Westenia Rebekah LolUlge will hold a euchre every Wednesday evening at 8 o‘clock. The general public are very welcome. Good ~prizes are. awarded and a pleasant time assured. Admissâ€" ion 25¢. The C.C.M, Hockey Boys who are Touring Europe have been successful in winning their first two Games. In playing London, England they . were successful in winning 6â€"2 and . the score was also the same between the C.C.M. and Berlin. ‘ Miss Evans, Principal of Albion Park School is holidaying at her home in Wingham. Inch, registered optometrist, twenâ€" ty years‘ experience, tests your eyes accurately. All work guaranteed. Miss Martha Hearst, of the Teachâ€" ing Staff of Winnipeg H.S., is spendâ€" ing the vacation season with her parâ€" ents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hearst, Main St. Mr. and Mrs. M. Graham, R.N., of Clifton Springs, arrived home on Satâ€" urday and are spending the Christmas holidays with her parent;, Mr. and Mrs. George Healey. Christmas parties were the order of the day in the classrooms of the several schools on Friday morning, the closing of the term. The Canada Cycle & Motor Co. are entertaining the children of their employees at the Annual Christmas treat in the Vocational School on Satâ€" urday. A bright winter night, a silvered Christmas Trees are T‘rees of Happiness g m § a j * f S tC C : & A + :3?-&5:-4;;\(- i ¢~f ~] {(L‘e T a| * i g & 6 Eon TL ues C3 f y eoeoasey 350 o & > es css ns mose t O ? C omaepmememnmoncee fNall e n iaan t Pavant % ;‘_-\\."}1‘:(;:-';" mam mummomenmmemgress i pamane & â€"ty> xâ€"6â€"1t THE WESTON TIMES & GUIDE Although the raids upon the fir forâ€" ests each year must amount to a stagâ€" gering total, expert assurance has been given that the cutting by tens of thousands of young trees does virâ€" tually no damage to the forested lands. The selection of trees for the Christmas markets‘ are made with great care. Man, fortunately, has learned in the hard school of experiâ€" ence that indiscriminate cutting _ of In Toronto, alone, it was estimated by Mr. A. M. Adams, General Agent of the Freight Department, Canadian National Railways, that between thirâ€" ty and forty flat cars arrived frora points in Northern Ontario for disâ€" tribution to neighboring cities and in some cases, to frontier points, near the Niagara Peninsula, When it is known that the average flat car will carry about six hundred bundles of _ trees and that these bundles contain from a dozen to a score of individual trees, some idea of the great quantity carâ€" ried may be gleaned. To strike the average number of trees at the conâ€" servative figure of fifteen and the ayâ€" erage number of cars received at the Toronto Terminals at thirtyâ€"five woul Toronto â€" Terminals at â€" thirtyâ€"five would give the astounding figure of more than three hundred and fifteen thousand trees. And this capitulation does not include the hundreds of trees culled from the back fields, pastures and bush lands of the various agriculâ€" tural districts which find their way to village, town and city by motor truck. So much for the Toronto district. What must be the toll taken throughâ€" out the nine provinces of the Dominâ€" ion! Especially when Montreal, Canâ€" ada‘s biggest city, with its million of population alone is considered, _ toâ€" gether with Winnipeg, the centre of distribution for the fertile wheat belt of Manitoba, Ottawa, the Capital City of the Dominion, the cities of the Maritimes, Hamilton and London, the marketing points for the centreâ€" of Canada‘s destiny of population, and Vancouver, the shipping point for the Pacific Coast. What would be th> total number of trees cut annually for Christmas festivities ? Imagination only could guess the answer. Thus, the land of the Christmas tree has receded northward until toâ€" day the Christmas trees for the oldâ€" er sections of Central and â€" Eastern Canada are drawn largely from the northern districts of the. provinces. Just what number of trees are cut down each year to meet the demands of season are not known, nor would it be possible to approximate their number but the quantity is a _ large one; so large, in fact, that a number of years ago, the Grand Trunk Railâ€" way System had a score of flat cars built to a special length to haul this type of traffic and each year the quantity shipped .has been _ steadily increaging. ; Ir this fact is to, be found a small but unmistakable illustration of â€"the growth of the country. Many of the purchasers of such‘trecs doubtless reâ€" miember the days when if atree were wanted for Christmas it mwas but a small matter to offéer a lad a few cents and he would go‘ into the ncighâ€" boring bush, chop down a suitable one and drag it to the customer‘s house without difficulty. But ‘with the building up of industrial centres and the increasing need of land under culâ€" tivation, the wooded areas surroundâ€" ing the densely populated districts kave gradually.been denuded of their bush and with their passing have gone the days when the small boy could cut a Christmas tree to order. Miss Govenlock is in Seaforth, her home town for the vacation. s many instances, these marts are. not pretentious affairs but rather an empâ€" ty lot near a retail section, where the tiees are piled to await the prospecâ€" tive buyer and so ‘great is the demand that the shipments of such trees have grown to be a factor in the revenue of the steam roads‘ Mr. and Mrs. E. Messenger, of Deâ€" troit, will be the guests of the latâ€" ter‘s sister, Mrs. Jack Hart over the holiday season. Memorial Public School has again reached the one hundred per cent. mark in their Penny Bank Deposits. Miss MacDonald of the King St. Public School Staff is enjoying the Christmas vacation at her home in Penetang. Miss Margaret Leslie A.T.C.M. has resigned her vposition on the Conserâ€" vatory of Music Staff in Stratford. We welcome Miss Leslie back to Weston again. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Hill of King Crescent entertained a merry childâ€" rens party on Wednesday evening on the occasion of their small son, Mofâ€" fat‘s, fourth . birthday . anniversary. Santa Claus paid a special visit and from a gaily decorated tree gave the small guests his favors. Miss Cornell, Rosemount Ave., has resigned her position in District of Muskoka and will be on the staff of Harding Ave. School after the Christâ€" mas vacation. Sons of England Benefit Society entertained the childrenâ€"of their memâ€" bers to their annual Christmas tree in the Town Hall on Thursday eveâ€" ning when Santa Claus made a specâ€" ial visit to donate his gifts from the beautifully decorated tree. At the meeting of Westminster United W.M.S. held last week Mrs. Ella President of the Ladies‘ Aid, was presented with a Life Membership Pin and certificate in the W.M.S., by Mrs. J. K. Moffat. Locust Samson had been born and reared in the backwoods and was a grown man before he made his first visit to the city. He went to a hotel for dinner and, as an appetizer, was Walter Anderson The death occurred suddenly at his son‘s residence, Mahoney Ave., Mt. Dennis, of Walter Anderson, in his 7A4th year. Deceased, who had residâ€" ed in this district for nearly seventeen years, was born in Kent, England, and was predeceased by his wife some twenty years ago. â€" & x He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Walter Hodges, Mt. Dennis, Mrs. B. J. Reeves, McDougal Ave., Weston; Mrs. C. McMillan, Harding Ave., Wesâ€" ton; and Mrs. A. Woods, Mt. Dennis; and three sons, Albert of Mt. Dennis, and Messrs. H. T. Anderson of St. John‘s Rd., Weston, and James Anderâ€" son, McDougal Ave., Weston. _____ The secret of applie pie is plenty of sugar and a long, slow baking to make the juice syrup. Start the bakâ€" ing in a hot oven (450 degrees F.) to set the crust and keep it from soakâ€" ing. Reduce the heat to 325 degrees F.. and bake until juicy and brown: Mincemeatâ€"4 lbs., lean beef 2 lbs., beef suet, Baldwin apples, 3 lbs., sugar, 2 cups molasses, 2 quarts cider, 4 lbs., raisins, seeded and cut ‘"in pieces, 3 lbs., currants, 4 lb., finely cut citron, 1 auart fruit juice, 1 tableâ€" spoon cinnamon and mace, 1 tableâ€" spoon powdered clove, 2 grated nutâ€" megs, 1 teaspoon pepper, salt to taste. Cover meat and suet with boiling water and cook until tender, cool in water in which they are cooked; the suet will rise to top forming a cake of fat, which may easily be removâ€" twice the amount of finely chopped apples. The apples should be quartered cored and pared, previous to chopâ€" ping, or skins may be left on, which is not an objection if apples are fineâ€" ly chopped. Add sugar, â€"molasses, cider, raisins, currants and . citron; also suet, and stock in which meat and suet were cooked, reduced to one and oneâ€"half cups. Heat gradually, stir ocâ€" casionally, and cook slowly two hours; then add fruit and spices, »and cook oneâ€"half hour. Pumpkin and apple pies have beâ€" come part of Christmas Cheer because this vegetable and fruit are available and because everyone likes them. . A delicious variation of the pumpkin filâ€" ling is to add to it two cups of cornâ€" flake crumbs. The texture is changed and is more flulty. ~ . â€" _ _ The funeral was held on Saturday afternoon from his son‘s residence and interment took place. at~ Riverside Nor is it alone in evergreen trees that the cities and towns are dependâ€" ent: upon the railwavs for. their Christmas festivities. The _ products of the factories, not only at home but in farâ€"off lands lapped by the seven seas, fruits from the equator and from the soil smiled upon _ by milder climes, vegetables fresh from the sunny South and furs from the frozen regions of the far North, â€" all of these are brought to Canadian homes by the railways, implemented by the steamship lines such as . the Canadian National Steamships, whose passenger boats, with special eauipâ€" ment, bring the products of the West Indies to the Bominion‘s shores and whose fleet of freighters sail to farâ€" away ports to bring back gifts and presents for this season. "The Christmas pies were first made to commemorate the birth . of the Christ Child. The plate on which the pie was made represented â€"the manger; the meat and fruit were the hay; the spices were there, as those brought by the Wise Men; and the upper crust represented the clothes that were wrapped about the baby Christ." Where woods were once looked upon as something to clear out quickly so that money might be made by cultiâ€" vating the ground upon which . they stood, today they are viewed in . the terms of dollars and cents and _ the system of selection is carefully done long before the sapling feels the bite of the axe. In fact, it has been said that the Christmas market supply is merely the pruming of the forested areas, so that the multitude of trees left will have the necessary air and sunshine to assist them to attain their full, healthy growth and that of the thousands of trees cut each year hunâ€" dreds upon hundreds of these would droop and die of their own accord from congestion were they not felled for the seasonable market. This is the season for pies and the three leading in popularity are mince, pumpkinâ€"and apple. By this time most people have their stock of mincemeat. homemade â€" or commercial, stored ready for use, but we are ready. "The scent of pine wood blazing in the rangeâ€"the kitchen fragrant with spicinessâ€"the thrill of secrets in the air! It is the happy justâ€"beforeâ€"Christâ€" mas morning when the mince pies are coming out of the oven. _ _ _ Cemetery, It is when these shipments _ begin to arrive in the centres of distribution that the railway yards take on a real of flat cars piled high with spruce and hemlock and sometimes, cedarâ€" great splashes of sombre green _ and white where the snow flecks of their journey settledâ€"give an atmosphere to the terminals not to be found at any other time of the year. Various types of trees they are, those wired tightly upon the cars and towering as high as an ordinary box car, and range all the way from the tree in miniature, with a base the thickness of two fingers to the veritable giant, whose trunk dimensions are measured by the foot and whose top will tower almost to the telephone wires when set proudly in front of some »great store or public building. But one and all, these thousands of trees come on the same joyous mission of bringâ€" ing happiness and sunshine to hearts both old and young. "Wistful memories of a little Engâ€" lish grandmother, the minceâ€"pie story she told, and her delicious recipe brought from the old country, come back to the kitchen now. trees . means a big. economic loss. A current magazine tells a pretty storv. about mince plies., . . â€" . "Snipetts" CHRISTMAS PIES QBITUARY "Quite a distance to Centerville, isn‘t it,"â€"said the youth, "Hello, Hayseed," said the facetious youth. ~ "How‘s it for a lift to Centerâ€" ville?" He jumped into the car withâ€" out, waiting for an answer. Twenty minutes passed. > 3 "Ah don‘t wants ter bothah you," he â€"said in an aweâ€"struck voice, "but Ah‘d shoah like to see de pods dem peas come in." "How is it you ask me for a loan when I don‘t know you?". t served a dish of large olives. Locust looked them over carefully and then motioned for the waiter. "It would be hopeless if you did."â€" Kodaks and Albums Leather Goods Parker Pen Sets Eversharp Pencils J. H. WEST, Mgr. Coulter and Main Sts. 54 Main St. N. Phone 435 We still have quite a number of well assorted and reasonably priced Christmas Cards, although some of the best have already been picked out. What about your New Year Cards? We have a good seléction of these. If you think of giving Books, we have quite a number to choose from. Christmas Wrapped Papetries, also Christmas Wrapped Cigars, and Cigarettes. Moir‘s Chocolates, too, come Christmas Wrapped. We have them from 45¢ to $2.25 a box. Weston Bowling Alley Take advantage of our Special $2.00 Offer, which includes up to one hour of our time at your home. (Minor adjustâ€" ments. do not usually require more than one hour.) Tubes, batteries, etc., supplied at standard store prices under this plan. _: f Weston Radio Sales & Servi 202 Main North SARTELL‘S GARAGE R ADIO SERVICE MERRY XMAS Cruickshank Garage TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WISH ONE AND ALL A VERY ; See Our Advertisement Elsewhere in This Paper! Gift Stationery 25¢ to $2.50 To All Makes of Receivers FRANKNESS Great Variety of Toiletries Specially Boxed Neilson‘s, Moir‘s and Hunt‘s Chocolates No Time Wasted Starting Your Car We Have HEATED STORAGE We wish our many patrons the Compliments of the Season Alleys Reserved A. T. SQUIBB BOOKSELLER & STATIONER Gift Suggestions from | Phone Weston 945 Richardsons DRUG STORE (Over Loblaws) PHONE 13 For Him For Her Weston Phones: Bus. 1;>Res. 798 Gifts Vickâ€""If you spend at golf you won‘t have aside for a rainy day." Slickâ€"‘"Won‘t, ch? My desk is loaded down with work I‘ve laid aside for a raimy day. Pm Jimâ€"What are going to %ive your motherâ€"inâ€"law for Christmas? 7 Simâ€"I‘m going to give her daughâ€" ter back to her. $ Twenty minutes more. . "Say, how far is it to Centerville ?" "Few thousand miles if you go this way; ‘bout 20 if you get off and walk back." "Uh.Jhubn." French Ivory Sets_ and pieces. â€"Especially reduced in Price 340 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25, 1 SUCH A NICE PRESENT Opposite Church St. you spend so much time won‘t have anything laid Writing Sets $3.175 to $9.00 Waterman‘s Weston, Ont, PHONE 889 50 Main St. IF \(F‘ sns | f