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SOCIAL and PERSONAL ! --Miss Cossett Lodge is spending "the Christmas week with Mrs. G. Smoker, Bond street. --Miss A. Allan of this city will spend the Christmas vacation with her ts in Lindsay. William Wilson and daugh- ter, Myrtle, will spend. the Christmas week with friends in Pickering. "+~Miss BE. Ford, of the staff of North Simcoe tchool in spending ner vacation at her home near Sea- ~Mr, and Mrs. O. W. Jardine and Master Offiey, are leaving today to spend the Christmas week at their former home in Stainton. --Miss M. Hills, also of the teach- ing staff of the North Simcoe street school will visit with her parents at Seaforth during the Christmas week. --Mrs. Robert Bamlett and little daughter, Prudence, have returned to their home in Calgary, Alberta, after visiting with the former's er, Mrs. Bessie Braund, Brock street, and other friends in this city. ~--Messrs. Allan Williams, Hare, Arthu1 Peacock, Howard Ad- air, and Mellville Rombtough, of Queen's University, are spending the Christmas vacation with their par ents in this city. Mr. Ken. Moore of Queen's whose former home was in the city is spending the Christmas vacation with his parents in To- ronto. --Among the pupils of Bishop Be thune College who have gone to their home out of town for the Christmas vacation are: Dorothy Andrews, Ir ene Grant, Doris McKittrick, Leone Syndam, Frances Beardmore, Mary Booth, Constance Burns, Patty Clel- land, Margaret Easson, Frances Lo- gan, Frances Pesrce, Margaret Play- fair, Margaret Walker, Elizabeth Bashford, Betty Chillas, Joan Har- lan, Marion Harold, Kathleen Heyes, Peggy Jackson, Joan Jamieson, Bar- bara Lee, Lois Neeve, Betty Hath- bone, Dorothy Reade, Vivian Simp ~ son, Helen Ellis, Elizabeth Hammond, Genevieve Hudson, Helene Pattison, Lilah Pattison, Margaret McCarter and Isobel Kidney, all of Toronto; CHRISTMAS GIFTS Longnettes Opera Glasses French Readers Field Glasses White Gold Frames English Leather Cases Jury & Love) Optical Dept. Phone 28 or 20 Keep An Eye On Your Eyes JILL J)! 18 John | Olga Foth Evelyn Varey, Norah Varey, all.of Brantford; Mary Medd and Mabel Nixon, of Peter : McKenzie THE OSHAWA DAILY TIM™3. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23,1927 ao to go, and a postman, Thomas Killen, solved the riddle despite the holiday rush, =" REBEKAHS HOLD ville; Margaret Carter and May Smith, of Quebec; Margaret Platt and Sally Biggar, of Ottawa; Thais Lamb, of Leaside; Mary Atkinson, St. Romald, Levis County; Kather- ine Bragley, of Atlantic City; Leslie Graham, of Kars, Oni; Katherine Hepburn, of Picton; Roberta Peck- ham, New Jersey, U.S!A.; Helen Billings, Kingston; Mary and Ruth Dignam, of Barrie; Helen Jex, of Cobourg; Jean Watson, of Calgary, Alberta; Edith Kirk, of Aurora, Ont.; Diana Cameron, of London, Ont.; Betty Smith and Ruth Smith, of Montreal. CHRISTMAS CARD ADDRESS UNIQUE Saint John, N.B., Dec. 22.--A Christmas postcard arrived in this city from Italy with no written address except the words "Saint John, G,P.0."" and "cigar store,' jet the card was delivered to its proper 'destination, The sender of the card, who had evidently lived here, instead of writing an address drew a line sketch of streets lead- ing to where he desired the card ENTERTAINHENT Santa Claus Distributes Can- dy to Children--Happy Occasion : Christmas entertainment featur. ed a gathering of the Rebekah Lodge, No. 3, in the hall last night. The program was under the direc- tion of Mrs. J. B. McDonald, while the ' entire proceedings were in charge of Mrs. L. V. Disney. Santa Claus was there in all his glory and presented the little chil- dren, much to the merriment of the grown ups, with a bag of candy, an orange and an apple. The big Christmas tree added to the scene. it being very beautifully decorat- ed. The program consisted of the fol- lowing: violin solos, Irene and Au- drey Weeks; plano solo, Fairley Evans; solo, Isobel McDonald; reading, G. Haynes; reading, Pearl Shemilt; solo, Doris Boue. Supper was served under the di- rection of Mrs. L. Gillard. Making Marzipan Dainties Toc Add to Christmas Menu Marzipan may be made at home, grinding one's own almonds with the nut butted knife of the food chop- per, or one may use the commercial almond pastes that may be purchas- d ed. For the home-made paste, take three-quarters © of a pound castor sugar, one-half pound ground al- monds, one-half teaspoonful oange flower water and eggs to make into a thick paste (about two small eggs). Put al- monds, sugar and eggs into sauce- pan and stir over a very gentle heat until reduced to a paste, but do not allow it to boil. When cool it is for use~Mrs. R. C, Galt, When the commercial paste is used, make the marzipan as follows: MARZIPAN One cgg-white, one-half pound almond paste, about two cups con- fectioners' sugar. Mcthod: Beat the egg white to a froth and work into it the suged and almond paste, adding more sugar-if necessary to make the paste firm enough to handle. Divide into sev- eral portions, colo: one green, an- other deep rose, another orange (blend yellow and red colors) and leave the fourth portion plain, Form the orange-colored marzipan into carrots. sufficient beaten | Acorns may be made {rom the green paste, dipping the heavier end of each into melted chocolate. Shape the marzipan to resemble miniature potatoes, Make little dents in the potatoes for eyes, then roll them in equal parts of cocoa and confectioners' sugar, to which if de- sired, just a dash of cinnamon may bé added. Apples and pears and other fruit also may be constructed from the paste. CARMEL WALNUTS . Mak: marzipan as directed. Form it into balls, Place halved shelled walnuts on either side; allow to dry for twelve hours, Dip in syrup used for glace nuts and fruits and place on wax paper to dry. When set, place in Raper cases. Not: Recipe for glace fruits and nuts will be given next week. MARZIPAN FRUITS Make marzipan as directed. Re- moye the stones from a few dates and insert a piece of marzipan. Flavor what is left with any of the following: Figs and preserved gin- ger, powdered chocolate, walnuts, | preserved ginger, powdered choco- late, walnuts, preserved cherries. i Mould into fancy shapes, if desired. The marzipan may, if desired, be colored with a little vegetable color- ing--~Miss B. S., Kingston road. [OSHAWA AND DISTRICT | Murdoch's New Address i. Murdoch's Insurance Service now "at 27 Warren Avenue, (144c-148c) | Car Stolen V..& report was i Brighton at 12:30 i that a McLaughlin roadster had been stolen from that place. The cer has a wine-colered body, with a light top and yellow wheels. Jt carries licenses number 310-509. Bicycle Disappears. Another bicycle is missing. When Robert Cheeseboro, 112 Celina street, came out of the Disney Plock after being in there fixing the furnace for about ten minutes, he found that his Red Bird bicycle which he had parked there was gone. Police are investigating the theft. received from this morning Felt Bros. Upstairs Gift Room If you haven't yet paid a visit to this department in Felt Bros. store on Simcoe street south, you are missing a treat. You are ad- vised to see the extraordinary dies- play of European novelties. Gifts for everyone may be found here. Prices in this department are ex- ceptionally moderate, from 25 cents up. The store and gift room will be open until ten o'clock tn- night and tomorrow night, (146a) Usual $10 And Costs And for the third night in suc- cession since the local liquor store opened for business, one drunk was taken into custody by the local po. lice force. This time it was Wil- liam Bishop, who was arrested on 'Simcoe street south at five o'clock last night. In police court this morning he paid a fine of $10 and costs. When Bishop was taken into cutsody, he apparently did not think he was intoxicated, so asked that a doctor he called. The physician's report was not to his advantage. however, and only resulted in an additional charge which he paid this morning. He was intoxicated, without doubt, the doteor said. 1 Hav. {ou Radio For Christmas? | SEE THE "HIGEL" SUPER-NEUTRODYNE RADIO RECEIVERS ON EXHIBIT AT THE ONTARIO PIANO & MUSIC CO., 92 SIMCOE ST. N. «A. C. Cameron Electric Co. Exclusive Ag:nts for the same. Suitable Terms can be arranged if desired. Phone 460 for estimates on your Electrical Fixtures and Contracting Requirements. TTT "Lervice Is Our word" Watch- Voor Tusiness Will Be Ap- 6 YEARS' SERVICE ON WATER COMM'N (Continued from page 3) great pleasure at all times to work with the water commission, he pointed out, and declared that Mr Conant's service to Oshawa during his chairmanship of the commis- sion could not be adequately ex- ressed in a short reference. In retiring, Chairman Conant pointed out that the Commission must soon consider additional re- serve equipment at the pumping station and filter plant to safe- guard the city against a major fire occurring during serious hydro in- terruptions as recently. While the plant has a steam reserve plant, which gave good service during the recent windstorm, he felt that there should be a third liné of reserve protection upon which the city could call in the event of danger. Mr. Conant also urged that the Commission in 1928 should provide an auxiliary communication sys tem to the waterworks plant. Dur- ing the recent storm the telephone line was broken and he plant was cut off from that avenue 6f com munication for a number of hours The city engineer reportedd that Oshawa has some 190 fire hydrants but that another 200 will be need ed in the near future. The Tor onto system of erecting a fire hy drant to every 300 feet of mrain--- no matter where put down--we not favored. Mr. Smith urged that the Com mission should build dup a contin gency and replacement reserve of about $40,000 in view of the sys tem's present value being well over a million dollars. This suggestior was concurred with by Commission er McLaughlin and other membe: of the oBard. The city engineer reported that water consumption in the city ir now averaging more than 1,900, 000 gallons daily with the peak passing 2,000,000 gallons une frequently. There were 682 service connec tions made during the year at a capital cost for connections alonrs of some $13,000. ' Meters installed numberea aov. The city, at present, is said to be 65 per cent metered. In line with resolutions intro duced earlier in the year, the cit will be asked to pay the Commis sion $60 for each hydrant. It is possible, however. that th service of the waterworks with re ard to fire may be, in the ner future, placed on a percentage ho sis instead of having the city pay a lump sum for each hydrant, ' definite step in that direction wr taken by the Commission, howeve but the consensus of the Board was that the percentage charp: would be fairer to all parties cor cerned. In connection with his summary of the year's work, City Engineer Smith paid a tribute to the loyalty and efficiency of his staff. The waterworks system, along with the departments under the Council Board of Works, had a remarkably low overhead charge owing to the vigilant attention given details of the work by the foreman and men concerned, The percentage of over- head to disbursements, he pointed ranged between a quarter and a half of one per cent. Without co- operation of the highest order on the art of the staff in general, Mr. mith asserted, such a record would have been impossible, DECORATIONS FOR ' THE DINNER TABLE Nothing is prettier or more appro- priate for the Christmas dinner table centrepiece than a miniature Christ- mas tree glittering with its array of tinsel and light. One may even carry out the scheme of gifts heaped be- neath it by having favors for the guests tied up in tiny packages. If desired, a ribbon could extend from the favor to each cover. Attractive Christmas tree favors may be made of colored gum drops by first dip- ping them in the unbeaten white of cgg, then rolling them in the tiny candies known as "Hundreds and Thousands." Or, a Santa Claus, with a well laden pack, could be used as a centrepiece, . Little red candles in pine cone holders and tiny Christmas trees in red pots may be used as individual place cards. Or, tiny bunches of holly tied with narrow red ribbon, with small white place cards attach- ed may be used. 4 each place one might have small red cornucopias filled with holly and in the midst of the holly hide a favor, The candy dishes may be red and decorated with a sprig of holly and filled with old-fashioned hard candy, .. PYTHIAN SISTERS CHRISTMAS TREE Entertain Kiddies at Party-- Each One Receives Gift and Candy The Pythian Sisters of Ontario Temple No. 1 had a Christmas' tree for the kiddies yesterday afternoon. A party was held for the members' children, about fifty were entertain ed, each girl received a handerchief and bag filled with goodies and the boys a book and also a bag each. Miss Aileen Disney gave a few piano selections. Supper was then served by the convenors, Past Chief Sister Goyne and Excellent Junior Sister Cliff, after yv-hich the children went home happy. In the evening the Pythian Sisters held their regular meeting with Sister Clara Schwartz, M.EC., presiding. Auditors, Sisters Goyne, Thomson and Cunningham were appointed. Bro. O. R. Hall was elected Degree Captain for 1928. The last meeting of this year was brought to a close by wishing one and all the _.|compliments of the season. Hickman Alleged Slayer of Marion Parker Gives Up Without a Struggle -- Fearing Vio- lence Police Rush Him to County Jail at Pendleton Where He Confessed to Kidnapping : Echo, Oregon, Dec. 22.--After driv- ing close to 1,700 miles, eluding the police of the Pacific Coast for days, William Edward Hickman, aged 19, of Kansas City, and more recently of Los Angeles, was arrested here this afternoon by Chief of Police Tom Gurdane, a typical plainsman, assisted by State. Traffic Officer "Buck" Llewellyn, who had trailed Hickman for miles. Hickman was too far gone, too worn out from in- tensive and extensive driving of the green car which he had stolen in California, to show fight, and gave up without a struggle. Fear of Violence For fear of violence the young kidnapper was rushed to the county seat jail at Pendleton, Oregon, where he made a confession of having kid- napped Marian Parker, 12-year-old daughter of a prominent Los Angeles banker, but swore that he did not commit the murder. Hickman said he knew who the murderer was but at first refused to to give out that much-desired infor- mation, Hickman drove into Portland, Ore- gon, from Seattle, about 6 o'clock this morning, and at 6.30 a.m, fear- ing he was about out of gas, stopped at a filling station on the east end of the city where he demanded "gas in a hurry." Hurried Eastward rot it, and hurried away east- ward over the famous Columbia Ri- vo aughwoy without answering questions put to him b, the filling station man, Hickman asked the di- rection cast and west and was off to his fatal 400-mile drive to the point of arrest from Portland, Now that Hickman has been ar- rested, all Oregon, and the West for that matter, is discussing who will be the lucky persons to get the hun- dred thousand dollars reward. Two Portland lads are hopeful of getting some of the coin, as are the traffic "cop," the Oregon Chief of Police and the Seattle 'aberdasher who sold the gloves and the underwear to the elusive Hickman yesterday. Spent $20 Bill ; Pendleton, Ore, Dec. 22.--Climax- ing the most spectacular man-hunt an Capturedin Oregon After a 1,700 Mile Flight by Motor p------ Re --_-- i -- the West has known in years, Wil liam Edwal Hickman, youthful fugi tive, wanted as kidnapper and slayer of Marian Parker, 12-year old Los Angeles girl, was captured at Echo. Ore. "near here, this afternoon. Hickmag, trailed closely by repor:s of his ples from Seattle, where last nightthe had spent one of the $20 bills he took from the girl's fa ther in os Angeles, was found by two Pendleton officers on the old Oregon Trail as he sped along in a large car which had been stolen at Los An- geles. \ He was taken without resistance. A sawed-off shotgun was found in the car beside him, Hickman laugh- ed hysterically when he was told at the Pendleton City Jail that he was the murdered of Marian Parker. He at first refused to admit his own name, but later broke down and con- fessed his identity. He said the girl was killed last Friday, but in his statement declined to take responsi bility for the slaying. He said it was the work of a "fiend." The girl, he said, was strangled with a wire. La- ter he confessed that he wanted the money obtained in the kidnapping to go to college. Crowd About Jail crowd gathered about the city ja™when news of Hickman's capture spread through the city. There was no indication of vengeful spirit, however. Reports telling of Hickman's flight east on the Columbia River Highway from Portland, where Hickman was seen early today, apprised officers her» of his proach to this section. Chief of Police Tom Gurdane of Pendleton and StSate Officer "Buck" Llewellyn saw a fff green car ap- proaching as they stopped at a curve on th@@ighway to light their pipes. They observed that the license plates on the car were switched, and that the car corresgonded to the descrip tion of the one used by the fugitive. They hailed the driver. The car did not stop, and the officers gave chase, drawing up alon=vside, cover- ing the driver and ordering him to stop. A gr $20 Bills Are Found Hickman was immediately brought to Pendleton, where a search reveal- : ed bills of the denomination he re- ceived from Pcrry Parker, father of the girl, last Saturday night just be- fore the dismembered bodv of the child was placed on the curb Officers roped off an area around the city jail. 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Subjected to a grilling at Police Headquarters, Hickman mrolce down and sobbed out the name of Andrew Cramer, of Los Angeles, as an ac- complice in the crime. Hickman said he himself had no part in the killing and did not know the girl had been slain until her body was delivered to him in g#§ Vellevue apartment last Saturdagmight. New Mystery Added In jection of Cramer's name added new mystery to the case, and police in Los Angeles, apprised of Hick- man's statement, launched a new search, Little Marian was kidnapped last Thursday and Hickman related that he took her to a ®how Thursday night. After that, he said, he turned her over to Cramer, and did not know where she had been kept until the body was retu to his apart- ment Saturday nigh In giving his version of the crime young Hickman remained calm un- til he mentioned the name of the slain girl. "Marian and I were good friends," he sobbed, "and we had a good time when he were together, InaSpecial Sale 18, 20 and 22 inch Dolls in dresses. Regular $1.49 to maggie aides nte Ld 1% One Hundred Large Beautiful Offering Saturday | a variety of exquisitely made $2.00 values--all to go at one price on Saturday. Each, $1.00 ABI SIEM BID STEIN IIMS and I really liked her. that she was killed." "Only By Hanging" "This is going to be interesting be fore it is all over," Hickman remark ed to Buck Llewellyn, one of his cap- tors, as he sat down to relate the details of the crime, "Do they only kill by hanging in California?" he next asked. "Oh, this is. not California, is it?" he asked betore his question could be answer ed. When asked to pose for a photo- graph, he said: "What should I look like, a crook?" Little Rock, 'Ark., Dec. 22-- Mrs. Eva Hickman, mother of William Ed- ward Hickman, alleged slayer of Marian Parker, of Los Angeles, was an inmate at the State Hospital for nervous diseases here for two months in 1913, it was learned tonight from records of the institution. She was I am sorry - confined to the '~ylum as the quest of her husband, W. E. Hicl man, who feared she would take own life in a fi* of depression. mmm gaesep-- SWITCHMAN IS KILLED AS TRAIN HITS SPEED North 3ay, Dec. 22. . Wallace, of Nipiss.ng Junction, switchman in the employ of & T. & N. O. Railway yards was instantly killed when the cipede on which he was ridl was struck by a west-bound C R. way freight about three mil east of this city this after The accident happened on a si curve, which is said to have secured the engineér's view, Wallace, who was 43 years ol is survived by his widow and th children. He had been in the ploy of the T. & N. O. 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