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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1947 - ' THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE NINE Thornton's Group To Remember Sick and Aged MRS. CHAS. WHITE Correspondent Thornton's Corners, Dec. 15--The Christmas meeting of the Home and School Association was held last Wednesday evening. In the absence' of the president Mrs, Mallon, the first vice, Mrs. Hincock took charge. Meeting opened with O Canada, followed by all repeating the "Lord's Prayer". After the usual reports it was "decided to remember the sick and aged in the community at this Christmas season. Mrs. Clarence Scott was suggested as represent. 3live to the Community Chest meet- ng. ey Mrs. Robinson then took over the meeting for the program which opened with sing song of Christmas carols, Marilyn Brinker then play- ed a piano solo. Betty Harmer sang "Winter Wonder Land" ac- companied by her mother. Mrs. Walter Buss gave a reading "The Night After Christmas" which was much enjoyed. Bill Harmer favored by singing "The Holy City". Bryce Blair then | played a solo on his guitar. Betty Harmer sang again "White Christ- mas". A reading was given by Mrs. Robinson, followed by singing of more carols. Meeting closed with God Save the King. Lunch was served by Mrs. Robinson and her committee, The Young People's class of the Sunday school, under the leader- ship of their teacher Mrs. Ross Law has recently organized. They are calling themselves the 4-on-up class standing for Forward-Onward- Upward. Their president is Alvin! Warren; secretary, Muriel Lane; treastirer, Leone Lane. The 'Sunday school have new Bibles. These were donated by Woman's Association and Sunday School, and the 4-on-up class. The Bibles were used Sunday for the first time, Tuesday, commencing at five, the 'Woman's Association are holding their Christmas meeting, starting with /a pot luck supper, to be fol- lowed by Christmas tree and short business meeting and program. Great plans are being made for the Christmas concert which will be Held Friday evening. This concert is put on by the public school pupils under the leadership of their teachers Mr. Rodney 'and Mrs. © Hall. There will also be a Christ mas tree and we expect Santa Claus to pay a visit during the evening. Canucks Return After U.S. Stay Ottawa, Dec. 16--(OP)--A, "mark- ed upswing" in the number of Ca- nadians returning to the dominion after residing in the United States was reported by the Resources De- partment today in immigration fig ures for October. During the 10 months ended last Oct. 31, a total of 7,774 Canadians returned under these circumstances. . 'This was an increase of 3,850 over the figure of 3,016 for the similar period of 1946. No statistics are kept on the number of Canadians leaving for the U.S. October immigration from all countries was 87 per cent higher than in the same, month last year, amounting to 8,941 comparéd with 4,760 in October, 1946. This includ- ed 5231 immigrants from the Brit- ish Isles against 2,740 in the same month a year ago. Total of Euro- pean races during the month was 2,606 against 923, OLD LIGHTSHIP REPLACED Liverpool, England--(CP)--A boat beacon with a 4,000 candle-power revolving light, visible for 10 miles, replaced the 81-year-old lightship when the port was recently fitted with a radar system. CHADBURN SQUADRON AIR CADETS By CPL. PETERS There seems to be a fad for resurrecting things of the past; the N.C.O.'s class is back: After a long period of rest if has again made its appearance in the halls of O.CS., and it is said that it will be going full blast once we are established in our new locale. Next week will be the last time we shall hold our parade at the local 'airport. In fact this parade will be the last until the New Year when we will resume our activities at the C.R.A. building. Another item for the new year is the grant of money we received from the O.CF.C. for selling pro- grammes at the air show last Sept. The treasury will start off the year wtih this "shot in the arm" which is just dandy if the shock isn't too much for that waning gremlin that represents our treasury. During the past week 1 have man- aged to collect a few items for ye old gossip column. 1--The girls in Oshawa must be | losing their grip. A strong influ- ence from Cardiff has captivated | the hearts of a number of air cadets. { We are not certain but we think | that W. O. Griffith may have had | something to do with this sudden { romantic urge. It is rumoured that | Art is trying to set up a faction | which would force the government | to bring girls over from Cardiff, to | set up house-keeping in the Motor City. You girls had better think of something fast or your dream | boy will have fled across the ocean. 2--Our friend Art has sent.a par. | cel overseas but we have no idea {who it is to or where it is going. Not much we haven't. We would advise the customs officers to in- | spect this parcel very closely for { when opened it might be found {to contain that "White Haired | Boy of the Women's Junior Air {Corps . (Cardiff Division)" your friend and mine "Arthur Griffith". 3--If you suddenly see a certain ir cadet with flashy clothes and {'a"hew car don't be too surprised. | This lad is preparing for his future. | Last week he was seen riding home {on the bus deeply engrossed in that | literary gem, the Racing Form. Per- haps he will grace us with a few hot tips so we can pick up a couple of bucks, 4--Cpl. Fish now carries, two rifles on parade since this method seems to be simpler than changing arms from the slope. This little manoeuvre seems to be too much for our esteemed canteen operator. Just pretend you are flying Dan and even though your :1ethed may be a little unorthodox we who have seen you fly are sure you will man. age it some way. 5--Sgt. Shortt has been noticed wandering around in a dazed con- dition; no, he hasn't been struck on {in the heart by a pretty young Welsh girl. This lucky chap was the first to receive a letter from Wales in the group of cadets who are now corresponding across the pond. 6--Through the darkness of early morning we perceive a member of the O.C.S. making his sleepy way through the streets of a city still fast asleep for the most part. With bleary eyes he journeys forth to the transmitting station of C.X.D.O. This lad is yours truly who has Just procured a new job. 7. We have been around to Whit- tington's Electric Shop to see if Cpl.. Noakes has managed to make some adjustments in- the shape of the fenders of their new truck but everything looks all right as yet. Last week's column caused a hit of a sti around the O.CS8. which shows that this. column does serve some purpose which makes us very | happy. PROLIFIC WRITER Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, dur- ing his life span of 70 years, wrote | 198 books and brochures. CANADA FOR LOCAL DELIVERY OF MAIL BEFORE CHRISTMAS DAY *DEC.19" Be sure to allow EXTRA TIME for out-of-town delivery y % | NO DELIVERY CHRISTMAS DAY . . . your letter carrier will enjoy his Christmas at home POST OFFICE Issued by authority of ' Hon. Ernest Bertrand, X.C., M.P., Postmaster General 7.8 the head; rather he has been struok | J.J. Mills Heads Legion At Ajax; Open Hall Wed. H. M. PIPER Correspondent Ajax, Dec. 15--The following Is the new executive for 1948 of Ajax Branch No. 322, Canadian Legion, B.ES.L. President--J. J. Miils, 3rd term; 1st Vice--E. F. Mulligan; 2nd | Vice--L. Bonnieville; Secretary -- Mrs. R. Usladak; Treasurer -- L. Hall; Serg't at Arms--W, Barge; Assistant--J, Leonard; Executive-- A. Blackmore, Geo. Lawrence, Chas. Johnson, Victor Ames, all veterans of World War II. The formal opening ceremonies of the Ajax Legion Memorial Hall will take place on Wednesday evening, Dec. 17 at 8 p.m. The general public is invited and asked to be in the hall early. The seating accommodation is not too large and a big attend- ance is expected. High ranking Provincial officers of all local or- ganizations have been invited to join with us, This is your opportun- ity to see the hall which the citi- zens of Ajax have helped to pay for. Following the opening ceremonies there will be a concert. High class talent has been secured and should balance of the evening spent in dancing. Jack Parry and his orch- estra will provide music for square dance sets, and there will also be modern dancing. No effort has been spared to make this a happy event. There is no admission fee. Children must be accompanied by adults or parents. You are all most welcome. A Christmas party for the Ajax Nursery School will be held in the Community Hall on Friday after= noon, Dec. '19th, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. All mothers of the Day Nursery children are invited to at- tend. The Girl Guides will be pres- ent to help entertain the children, and Santa Claus has promised to be there. Refreshments will be served. The Fifteen Club are holding their Christmas dance next Friday, Dec. 19th, at the Community Hall. They are: busy decorating the hall for the dance and have arranged some very novel and attractive stunts. : A festive Christmas dance will be held at Ajax Community Hall on Thursday, Dec. 18th, under the auspices of the Day Nursery, Novel- ty numbers, prizes and Christmas Cheer' should make this dance a happy evening for all. & The Women's Institute held their November meeting on Nov, 26th at the home of Mrs. D., Whalen, 16 Mary 8t., with 12 members present. Mrs. F. Bunting presided. The ggeet- ing opened with the singing of the provide grand entertainment. Re- | Institute Ode and repeating the freshments will be provided and the Institute prayer. The roll call was answered by a quotation on peace. | to meet the children of the Sunday | boys. od I Minutes of the previous 'meeting were read and adopted. ™ The December meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. J. Woods, 1 Durham St., on December 17th, at 2 p.m. Please remember donatjon for Christmas Cheer. Mrs. Pepper gave her report of the W.I. Con- vention held at the Royal York Hotel on Nov, 10-11-12; Names were drawn for an exchange of Christ- mas gifts at the next meeting. A good program is planned so mem- bers please come and have a real Christmas party. At the close of the nleeting, the hostesses, Mrs. Whalen and Mrs. Purdon served a dainty lunch. Some real excitement was caused on Sunday afternoon when the new hardware store and filling station of Mr. S. Huckster on University Drive, caught fire, Two rooms at the rear of the store were pretty well burned and but for the timely arrival and quick action of our fire department, the whole store would have been consumed. As it was, the front part of the freshly painted new store is pretty badly smoked up. Mrs, Huckster says she's only thankful it was just the store. We might say that this is the first time in five years for the fire hydrant to be used, which sits on our front lawn. A Christmas Concert will be held in the Ajax Community Church on Thursday evening, December 18th, at 7:30, under the auspices of the Sunday School. 'Old Santa expects Report On Civil Service : Flays 'Banking' System Ottawa, Dec. 16.--(CP) -- A sys- tem of "banking" the. overtime work of federal: government employees hag resulted in them béing "record- ed as on duty, long after" their re- signaiton or retirement, Auditor- General Watson Sellar said in his report to parliament. : His review of the fiscal year end ed last March 31 contained criti- cism of the "banking" 'procedure. Overtime was accumulated on the basis of a: half-day off for each extra three hours worked. "The result is now that when em- ployees leave the government by reason of resignation or retirement, these accumulated overtime credits are 'sometimes "taken into calcula- tion, with the consequence that cases were noted of employees be- ing recorded as on duty long after they had severed active participa- tion in the work of the depart- ment." Mr. Sellar urged "a more uni- form" basis for the civil service ov- ertime system, keeping it "within bounds of reason." School on that evening and will be handing out 'the gifts from the Christmas tree to all the girls and Other highlights in the bulky public accounts: 1, The defence department did not attempt to recover $34,839 mis- appropriated by an army paymaster overseas, although he was bonded for $10,000. 2. The heads of some diploma- tic and other government missions abroad did not obtain treasury board approval for $151,593 in per- sonal moving expenses. 3. The defence department did not take action when an army pay- master refusead to refund $1,250 of carelessness in overpaying accounts. the $2,000 he had lost through carelessness in overp: accounts, 4. One official of the National Film Board controlled 618 of 658 appointments over which the Civ- ic Service Commission properly should have had authority. 2 KILLED ON BUS Centreville, Ind, Dec. 16--(AP) --Two persons were killed and at least 11 others injured, two criti- cally, when an eastbound St. Louis-Pittsburgh Greyhound bus was sliced in two in a collision with a semi-trailer truck one mile west of here last night. FOUR YEAR TERM Hamilton, Dec. 16--(CP)---Peter. Amarosa, 24-year-old Hamilton la- borer, was sentenced to four years. in Kingston penitentiary for shop- breaking and theft about eight hours after his capture in downtown Hamilton early yesterday morning. 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