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the Toll Royal Christmas Shopping WXXWM LONDON ENGLAND There is Special ChrlSllllilS shopping sea on atiBnckingharn laiace it goes on all the Item Ever since ll iiicrime customary to exchange gifts at Christmas time in the last century Queen Victoria laid down special regulations so far as her family was concerned The chief of these was that no parcel should be accepted from any stranger no matter how good the intention Today the rule Is no gifts from subjects other than public bodies either at Christmas or any other time of the year The regulations ugre in part lifted on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Eliza beth and individual wedding gifts were accepted But tinre has never been any lifting of the ban in regard to Christmas The rule is very sensible for oth erwise the King and Queen would be ovirwhelmeil with presents which would put them in very embarrassing position On the other hand they ltcLlu hundreds of gifts each Christmas from friends both at borne and abroad and they themselves send out hundreds every By special correspondemi year In the private secretarys office Watch Value Host for en qiimimoohnlemuw mom pm $WS at Buckingha Palace there is kept list of those to whom it is cus tomary to send personal gift and those for whom Christmas card Will suffice The list of the two categories is very long and supplies work enough for ii fulltime clerl most of the year The list is al ways changing by reason of death and the addition of new names An additional list is kept for Prin cess Margarets friends Personal gifts of the King to the Queen the Queen Mother and the Princesses usually consist of jewellery Until she was tweniw one His Majesty used to give Princess Elizabeth pearl on her birthday and at Christmas to form special rope which she now wears on informal occasions The King has Iofltlliess for cigarette cases using tllIltlenl one every day and nearly all have been Christmas presents from his family Queen Mary practical in so many things realized early in her reign that successful Christmas shopping could not be confined in day or IWU in December It was formid ible task which required great pa tience and care ne of her happy hunting grounds was the Brllish Industries Fair in the summer months Here was golden opportunity to buy practical and useful things which had the advantage of being of home nanufacturc For years she made rnrchases on big scale at the Wliiiy City and Ilriils Court and each article was marked down as gift for sortie friend at Christmas time The present King and Queen have followed anen Marys ex ample and each year they do lot if Christmas shopping at the Bil The Queen has copied Queen Mary in buying antiques and ob jects de vcrtu of various kinds as potential presents In old days dur ing the Cowcs yachting week Queen Mary used to tour the Isle of Wight looking for Christmas gifts She was poor sailor and sailing made no appeal So each morning she would land on the steps of the Royal Yacht Squadron and pass most of the day on the island gain from one sebundhand shop to tl other There is no Royal Cowcs week today bill Queen Elizabeth has her own particular shopping area when she is looking for unusual giftsthe region around Sanriringhnm taking in such pla ces as Ilunsianion and Kings Lynn Whenever the King and Queen go to charity fetc you will always find them make many purchases with instructions that the articles be sent to the Palace Payments are always most prompil It would be impossible to keep all the things so bought But they have their us es They will come in for Christ mas presents onc lay Finally when any particular gift is required for special person call is made on the royal Warrant holder of the merchandise required It is usualfor him or her to at tend at the Palace accompanied by selection of the articles in ques tion so that the King and Queen can choose in their private apart ments Royal Christmas cards are tradi tionally of pictorial character with some historical incident in colour They have been printed by the same firm for many years It is case of posting early at the private post office in Bucking ham Palace All the Christmas mail is cleared week before Christmas Day STEELES comers Mrs II Porritt is spending few days with her daughter Mrs Gregg Mrs weekend to spend the winter months with her son and daughter inlziw Mr and Mrs Aubrey Steele Toronto rhesus company extra entertaining Lct cocaColn help make holiday lliospitality easy Be surem to getenough and srycic cold It uses jPhOG Slcc loves is night THORNTON DEC l7Service of Holy Com munion will be held in St Judes Anglican Church on Sunday Dec 23 at 11 am This will be the Christmas service Recent visitors with Mrs George Wreggell were her niece Mrs George Bentley Toronto and Mrs Frank Griffin and two childrEn Aliandale Mr and Mrs Lorne Biggs Brampton spent couple of days last week with the latters broth er Vernon Jenniit Mr and Mrs Carr and Mt Scythe spent last Friday at Newmarkei Mr and Mrs II Beelby Bar rie visited at Mrs William Maws recently Mr and Mrs Tom Lawrence who also residing at High Park Gardens Toronto motored up on Sunday last to see the latters aunt Mrs Jamleson Mrs Scythes left on Tues day with her daughter Nora to spend the Christmas season at Mai If in DEC l77Tlie Toronto Telegram bad writeup on Mnlton on Sat urday night Many people recog nizvd Fred Tmnlinson native of Milton who conducted general store here for many years Ihornton arena is expected to be in shape for skating this week that is weather permitting Merry Christmas to one and all We are experiencing the coldest snap of the season with some show Service at Trinity The service in Trinity Church on Suvdaymorning was something en tirely new The Sunday School met with the congregation in the audi torium of the church for white gift service with the pastor in charge The call to worship was given by Wallace Black and the Scripture lesson was read by Ray mond Crane There were recita tions by the Beginners Primary and Intermediates whilc Mary Caldwell read story The Road to Bethlehem liberal offering was received which will go to help orphan children in foreign lands The choir under the leadership of Willis Smith rendered beautiful Christian anthem The police village of Thornton annual meeting will be held in the Orange Hall Friday Dec 28 at oclock Trinity WMS December meeting of the WMS of Trinity Church was held at the parsonage on Wednesday afternoon The program which included carol singing and candlelighting service was conducted by Mrs Hughes At the close of the meeting Mr Hugh es conducted the election of of floors which are practically the some as last year WIChrlstmas Party After very busy year the Wo mens Institute relaxed last Thursi day eveninguand enjoyed Christ mas party The meeting was held in the basement of St Judes Church with Mrs George McDon ald as hostess Meeting opened in the usual way The workshop which is to be held in Cookstown in February was discussed $2500 was vetcd to the Hospital for Sick Children Treasurer reported $61 cleared at the Masonic banquet It was decided to send boxes of fruit to the shutins at Christmas Meet ing was turned over to Mrs Gilpin who was convener for the evening Carol singing was enjoyed Paul Lennox gave Christmas reading and Mrs West Neamtresit loll braiing and attended the ladies later Spencer Simpson and Schaly silver wdding on Dec 18 Mr and Mrs ceived word last and is conned to hospital there EGBERT Prosperous New Year few days at his home here cert Dec 20 Election of officers conclusion date At the by the two hostesses Ix HAS TO DEVELOP REDWATER Alta The Alberta gotternment declined ap plication of this oilfield town for approval of $200000 loan for wa ter and sewer limproiIements be town as yet tattoo scab causg the tered told Christmas story Mrs Joseph Lennox con ducted Christmas quiz like an old fashioned spelling match which was very much enjoyed The winning the ladies were ce at the right time anddistributed present to each lady Mr sonic accompan ied him and they had lunch with The assistant hos tesses were Mesdames Smith Speens Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Edward Bone who celebrated their McKenzie re week that their soninIaw Harvey Langdon Clif ford had been seized with heart attackwhile curling in Wingham DEC iiiTo the readers and staff of The Barrie Examiner may each and every one enjoy Very Merry Christmas and Happy and Alvin Miles who has been un der thedoctors care for several months is undergoing thyroid opcration in Royal Victoria Hos pital Barrie on Fridaylmorning Pte Culver returned to Peta wawa on Sunday having spent VryDont forget theChristmas con at Woods SchoolThursday Rev Mr Hughes was present at the Egbert WA meeting Dec 13 Wto preside over the election of lofficers After the votes cast andcr counted the majority were pleased with the present offv icersand there were no changes President Mrs KeithBeatty vice president Mrs KC Mooney Sec retary Mrs Charlie Mooney treas urer Mrs Clifford Mooney or ganistMrs Cecil Whiteside He ginning January 1952 the meetings will be held every third Wednes day Please note the change of Ml Hughes was called upon veryun expectedly to act as Santa to dis tribute the Christmas gifts to each member Lunch was then served gwere This Christmas Season Employ Former Member NonInllammable Decorations rubbishdetc should be taken out Christmasjs the happiest season side and placed in covered metal Iv have everything In Second In Series in the year be thankful for in this wonderful land of ours BUT it can also be the saddest Improper use of Christmas decorations disregard for rules of fire safety foolish ideas and customs can turn merry Christmas into tragic sot ItIlil affair Every Christmas fire mam this great nation of ours mpS build ings and lives of old and young are lost because of someones careless ness Barrie fire chief If Irwin has supplied The Examiner with some useful and wise fire precautionary measures that every householder place of business and public in stitution should observe to help make this Christmas holiday seasm happy one Decorations ilt high on the list of Christmas additions both on the Christmas tree and about the llOlllf and office church and store ot lon paper and pyroxylin for decorat lng are dangerous They will lg nite easily and burn intensely Decorate lightly and use noncom bustible materials such as metals glass and asbestos Heavy decora tions are hazardous Purchase and use flamcproof ma terials Insist on them Flame pronfing treatments are available for home use if combustible mater ials are used Fireproofing of plus tics is not possible good home flameproofing solution for fabrics and garments is made by mixing nine ounces of borax with four ounces of boric acid in gallon of water Dip the fabric intOthis solution wring out by hand then hang to dry This flameproofing method must be repeated after each laundering of the garment Care In Buying Toys Dont buy celluloid dolls toys and paper costumes Toys requiring al cohol kerosene or gasoline in gen erate power are especially danger ous and should be avoided Adults should insist that all toys they give to children should be safe and in capable of causing fire shock or ex plosion Film projectors toy or adult should use only saTcty film acetate stock lower toys should be operated under adult supervis ion Electrical Ul and toys should bear the or CSA label It is under the Christmas and trains tree If you use your fireplace be sure subsdantial screen guard is pro vided in cover the entire opening securely Do not use the fireplace unless the Christmas tree is set eight to 10 feel from it Do not use the fireplace to burn Christmas wrappings or decorations All gift wrappings waste paper crazineme sxhle Ut public buildings and in no public joyfuy ibuiliiing should 6d liilltI or incinerator as soon is pos Flammable decorations should loll used anywhere much less in smoking be allow No Smoking signs should be material Clears Many Points Re BDCl Band iContinued from page fen occasions As your papers di lnrlnl column iii llir same issue pointed out Musicians are plenti ful in Barrie and the pmblem ad miltedly not simple one is to or ganize proficient hand front this It has been done else where and in Barrie in the past but pinltll and may be obtained from unhwmmmv WW wars Bar your light services Elli fire chief in church candle and the use of can Christmas trees lll Wax candles Hell churches should be discouraged Harris Of Underwriters coeMuskoka Elected President ll Harris CLU Barrie was elected president of the Sim Life Underwriters Association at its meeting Dec in Orillizi Past president of the group is McFarland CLU liilllfi ALFRED HARRIS CLU Vicepresident elected was Brown Orillia and secretary treasurer elected was Sugar man Barrie board of directors was also named consisting of II Reynolds CLU Orillia dangerous to set up electric toys Boycs Barrie Gerow Midland Ellis CLU Collingwood Cumberland Allision and Jen sen CLU Huntsville The association is composed of Life Underwriters from most of the Life Insurance Companies and works in close cooperation with the provincial superintendent of insurance and the company head offices sztclccirzseszeuncultivatedeeemergenciechcirclewearerswwwewrzicmawcimwlWTNWW Am and illrie has not found the correct meth should he kept unobstructed andlmy clearly marked This is the real problem for lthe citiyens to ponder and solve Respectfully yours lilll BLAIN University of Western Ontario APTO DEC l7A Merry Christmas and Happy and Prosperous New Year is extended to The Barrie Examiner staff and all its readers Ross Richardsmi has been enjoy ing visit with his brother at Chupleau for the past week Mrs Kanis has been quite ill with the flu Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Alex Cameron on the arrival of baby daughter in Midland hOSpiuil on Friday Dec 14 We are sorry to learn that Mr Shaw our teachers father of Mid land has suffered 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