Thursday, Decenber i, 1952

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Our Canadian Christmas

means a. Holly- wreath. in. the

window, 2 pine: tree,mixing its clear, sweet’ outdoor smell ovith,

the fragrancé of cinnamon’ and
morning mail; locked doors,
singing, carols. And your home,

spice; a welter of cards in the
smuggled packages; children
more than at any time during

the year, is the centre of all festivities.

This week, I’m sure that your thoughts, like mine, are
turning towards Christmas. You'll be scheming and dream.
ing, of ways to make December 25th, 1952, your merriest
family Christmas ever. In the busy weeks ahead you'll make
your home glow with friendliness and old-time cheer, hum
With the fun of tree-trimming and Baie wrapping.

Half the fun of Ct} fills

the weeks before when every-
Body’s busily preparing for that
one day. You can’t miss getting
the Christmas ‘Spirit if every-
thing about you is taking on the
joyous feeling of the season; if
your home radiates good cheer
and says “Merry Christmas” from
the. minute, you walk in the door.

Gather. your family argund
you and let them all share in de-
corating your home. Let one
make a gay wreath for the door,
and another a snowy secene for a
window, a centrepiece for your
table, or a festive trim for your
mantel. Let the children help,
too. Most of them have more ima-
gination than adults if provided
with the materials with which
they like to work. You may have
to hang a paste-smeared wreath
in your window, but they’ll have
had the fun of sharing the sea-
son’s activties.

You don’t have to buy a lot of
extra trimmings to decorate your
home. Take stock of *what’s in
your box of trimmings—color-
ful Christmas balls, glossy papers,
figurines, brilliant ribbons, twin-

and the Chri

ecards you’ve* saved from last
year. Then add a few boughs of
evergreen, sprigs of holly and
little pine cones. Here in B.C. na-
ture is generous in supplying us
with the greenery. and pine cones
we need.

Holiday foods are another im-
portant consideration. Friends,
Telatives and nieghbors will be
dropping in at your home unan-
* nounced: during the holidays and
you'll want to be prepared—
ready for that seemingly spur-
of-the moment snack which turns
a casual call into a memorable
oceasion, I’ve gat lots of Yuletide
ideas—some old, same new—that
I want to pass on to you today
and in the weeks ahead.

Let’s start our merrymaking
with some easy ideas for holiday
goodies ... candies for your own
table and to wrap gaily for in-
expensive gifts. Follow this sim-
ple method for uncooked fondant
eandy and you'll conjure up doz-
ens and dozens of creamy can-
dies in a handsome variety of
shapes, colors and flavors all
from one fondant base. A box of
fhese makes good giving.

Start with this easy recipe: 4 to
5 cups confectioners’ sugar, 2 egg
whites, 2 tablespoons cream. Sift
and measure the sugar. Beat egg
whites until just stiff enough to
form soft peaks. Gradually add
sugar, beating with a wooden
spoon; add cream a fewdrops at
a time. Continue beating until
mixture becomes stiff enough to
hold its shape. This makes 2 cups
of fondant. Divide into 4 equal
portions and wrap each indiv-
idually in waxed paper.

Flavor, color and shape one por-
tion at a time to make any four

of the variations .below. Store

layers of waxed
paper i in a tightly covered con-
tainer in a cool place.

ALMOND PATTIES — To one
Portion add, few drops almond
flavoring. Shape into 12 balls,
then flatten into round patties.
Decorate with slices of candied
cherries.

-BONBONS.—.Flavor.one portion

with oil of peppermint and tint
green with a few drops of green
food coloring. Form into 10 or 12
balls, flatten slightly and press
walnut or pecan half on top of
each.

CHOCOLATE — To one portion
add one square (1 ounce) of melt-
ed and cooled unsweetened choc-
olate and 2 tablespoons chopped
walnuts. Knead until thoroughly
blended. Shape into a log 5 inch-
es long. Cut in 10 half inch slices.
MAPLE-NUT — To one portion
add 1|4 teaspoon. maple flavoring.
Shape into log 7 inches long. Roll
in chopped Brazil nuts. Cut in 14
half-inch slices, press slices of
Brazil nuts in centers.

FRUIT SLICES — To one portion
add 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1
tablespoon each of chopped can-
died cherries and chopped can-
died pineapple. Knead thorough-
ly until blended. Shape into 7-
inch log. Roll in chopped pecans

and cut diagonally into 14 half- ff

inch slices.

APRICOT-RAISIN DROPS
Tint one portion yellow with few
drops yellow food coloring. Add
1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 table-
spoon each chopped dried apri-
cots and chopped seedless raisins
and 2 tablespoons chopped wal-
nuts. Drop from’ teaspoon on wax-
ra paper. Makes about 1 1[2 doz

PINWHEELS” _ = hee, # fpéaily
look glamorous and they’re easy
too, Take two portions of the
basic fondant to combine for any
one of these three kinds of pin-
wheels.

Chocolate-mint — Take a por-
tion of the chocolate flavored
fondant and roll into a rectangle
(5 by 6 inches). It’s best to roll
this out between two sheets of
waxed paper. Next take a portion
of peppermint flavored fondant
and roll into similar rectangle be-
tween sheets of waxed paper.
Place on top of first rectangle
and roll up jelly-roll fashion, Cut
in 18 half-inch slices.

Another good combination is
Green and White. Combine one
portion of basic fondant to which
a few drops of vanilla have been
added with a portion of green,
peppermint-flavored fondant.

Next make Pink and White. To
one portion add a few drops of
wintergreen flavoring and tint
pink. Knead until blended. To
second portion add few drops of.
vanilla. So much good‘looks and
good flavor for little effort! Try
this.once and I think you'll add
these gay candies to your roster
of Yuletide traditions.

For Coluiihia Avontie
The: oft-delayed eros Cf
itg Janes’ o:
umbia / Avenue, Nenana: ‘to»

Source. of ‘headache for the ‘Board i
mmissic

of: Col ariés have | BY
nat. been: instituted’ yet desp
promises of speedy action by:
Presentatives: of the Department
of Public Works.

At their régutar meeting, . two!
weeks ago, the commissioners. in-
structéd the village clerk to write

to H. T. Miard, Divisional Engi-
neer, E. Jamieson, Superintend-
ent and’ Police’ authorities urg-
ing the, expediting of: the pro:
miséd Ianes dnd also a two hour
parking limit and provisions tor

di zones on Col Ave-

nue.

At Monday’s commission meet-
ing, the clerk disclosed that these
letters had been sent and the only
answer received was from Mr. E.
Jamieson who advised that the
signs for three of the six pedes-
frian crossing lanes were ready
and would be installed on Col-
umbia Avenue by the end of last
week. Columbia: Avenue still has
no crossing lanes.

Regarding the two hour park-
ing limit on Columbia Avenue,
Mr. Jamieson advised that before
such a regulation can be put in
effect, the commissioners ‘must
draft a parking by-law and sub-
mit it to the Department for ap-
proval.

There was no mention of the
loading zones pr

ip
gar’s oo :

eae Mu-
flere they wére ent by. J.
ae Gharters, Science, teachen at!
Stanley’ Humphries High
Sidon as remnants of. two. In-
dians: who belonged” to the In-
teridr Salish tribe about 150
years. ago.
Children Find. Skulls
Some children, playing on ae
shore where: the K

cotton last. 5
identified ‘by.
peur

; “about 150,y¥ears; aa.”
Prer-

Read petty

dig, who died at the age of 50 are _Probably, of trage .popper
.of- native opener: id
ie i érior Salish, the,
. continuds, were, one of the ioe
orna=| est; groups df'B.C: Indians befo'
Continued: on Page. 6.

ments. This was the only. nietal,
they. had -in, pony: times., Also,

quantity of sheet. mpbgee by. trade
long before the whites settled in
the area,

“The sources of this copper are],
not Onn pu they had-’.no

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Columbia Rivers ‘meet, near Bae
liant- last: summex; found a full
sized human skeleton in. the yel-

or -cast-
ing of eile The copper beads
and native pendants you enclosed,

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low “gravel of a in, jflong

with a tall, thin rt cop-
per Hot, strings of beads and flat
copper discs:

Three local high school boys,
George Anatooshkin, Peter Pic-
tin-and Walter Posdnikoff, were
in the vicinity and salvaged the
skull and decorations, bringing
them. to Mr. Charters. Further
investigations netted a second
skull; and ‘copper fragments, alli
of which were sent to Victoria
for identification.

In the opinion of Wilson Duff,
Assistant in Anthropology at the
Provincial Museum, - the _ first
skull is that of an “adult male In-

The clerk was instructed to
send another letter asking for
clarification of the issue and for
some word on the loading zones

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