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PAGE SIXTEEN `Electric Bed Pads ' Upright Toasters Home Appliance Shop 5 POINTS} ON CLAPPERTON s'r. OPEN EVERY EVENING PH supper table, a square of red and white linen, salvaged from an old table cloth, a few choice red apples, cored to hold candles and placed on a. bit of ever green, makes for cheer. A good-sized red handker- chief, silk or cotton, would do very well in lieu of the tablecloth. Christmas Cheer As soc. Decides Not to Canvas VVILL ACT AS CLEARING HOUSE, HOWEVER, THROUGH WHICH CHEER. MAY BE PROVIDED.- TOO MANY APPEALS. At a meeting of the Barrie C:.ll'1St- mas Cheer Society in the police court chambers Monday evening. it was decided that in view of the many appeals for funds to which the citizens of Barrie have recently been subjected and to the fact that a (-.21.nvasser was not available, that there would be no public canvass by this organization this year. For many years the Christmas Cheer So- ciety has endeavoured to provide needy families who might otherwise be overlooked, with a Christmas hamper. This year the Association is providing the churches with a. list of names of families eligible for TABLE DECORATION IN mmnm ADVANCE cmus'rM`As Gums EUILLUA JI.l.Uuu.n. .v V Razors Smoothmg Irons ($3-00 trade-111 11` Automatic Irons lowance on Y0111` End Table Lamps old razor) Urn Sets Electric Heaters Electric Stoves Hair Dryers Mix Masters Schick Electric 11 _ _........ this service and is requesting each church to 1001-: after as many of its own adherents as pcxssible. The So- ciety will attempt to care for all families not otherwise looked after and will act as a. clearing house for persons desiring to provide for a family who may make arrangements to do so by. telephoning 1286. Per- ...-m.-!" Fa rniiinc fn DU uu au u_y u-..n.z.u.u......., -........ __- sons knowing needy families to whom a. basket would brmg Christ- mas cheer are also invited to tele- phone the above number, gxvlng the name and address. BREEZING AROUND ST. MARY S nu-v......1.: 1' ..n1.-.nln\ IJ-I-3 i-Ia..L.I..n.v.n. no (Harold LaP1a.nte) Our friend George Gunner Gill has organized in the parish 8. Boys Athletic Club. He has many great ideas about what we will do. Hockey soccer, basketball and boxing, etc., are his plans of activity. He has in- vited Herb. Dyment and Archie Thompson, two great boxers, to come to one of the meetings soon and give a. few pointers. Father Spratt, of Owen Sound, has challenged us to a game of hockey soon. We had planned a benet show at the Roxy called Ice Follies of 1939," but it was cancelled on account of the Christian Mothers bazaar. This bazaar was held on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. A draw was held mhn hq -tam` (`.01). Wcuxxcauny Lu5uvu. .. \........ ...._ ,, , for eleven prizes. The bazaar con- sisted of bingo, country store, rum- mage sale, sh pond, refreshment booth, homemade baking, candy booth and others. Lamps of Every ` Description The fact. mat a table decoration may take :1 long time to prepare is not necessarily EL factor in its favor, for c1mrm`u1g' effects that bring (orth prompt praise from guests . and family , , are often quickly ar- ranged. _. .. 1 .1, Ll__L [Waffle Irons THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1939 -L.:_ u $3" we have them! Christmas Crackers Attractive Table ` Centres . u....,,_-... A Christmas table that is a bit. different; niiglir, have, instead of the usual white cloth, a ``bargain ' length of brocade in cerulean blue. The centerpiece, a dozen or so of the silver and blue balls used for Chrisunas tree ornaments, placed on a few twigs of spruce tlmt may have been shipped from an over- size tree. Extra Candlesticks (and one never seems to have too many at Christmas) evolved from, guess what! Adhesive tape spools, con- cealed in evergreen. Old lamp bases. without handles, the type used in bracket, lamps, also make admirable candle holders, and some- times they are decorative, and do not have to be concealed. .1__;72r:y- 7 OUR STORE IS JAMMED WITH FASCINATING, GLEAMING ELECTRICAL GIFTS THAT ARE DESTINED FOR THE BETTER HOMES ON YOUR LIST! INNUMERABLE HANDY APPLIANCES AND GADGETS TO PERFORM MANY LABOR-SAVING DUTIES AROUND THE HOUSE. PURCHASED AT PRE-WAR PRICES, WE TAKE PLEASURE IN PASSING THE SAVINGS ON TO YOU. IF IT S ELECTRICAL, WE HAVE IT! An unused soup tureen may be turned into 2L golden urn for fruit clecomtion, if this color tunes in with the color scheme, by brushing over a coat of gold lacquer. And the gold paint is not difficult to re- move after. if lacquer brush clean- er is used. For the informal Christmas Eve Table Decoration In a Iiy A JIFFY I , A...I