Tho Acton Froe Wednesday Dec Alarming drug use increase cited to WI Celebrates 90th birthday Dec 5 A popular native of Erin Township Miss Margaret Mo Dermott will be celebrating her birthday this month Member of a musical family Miss McDermott was organist in St Peters Roman Catholic Church in for a great many years and provided music for many weddings and presentations during her career She is still active and enjoys excellent health By Wendy Thomson I suppose its unwise to start the holiday baking too soon as It usually gets eaten within a week However every year I do It trying out new redoes away ahead of time in case they dont turn out too well The following were quite successful DARK FRUITCAKE lb seeded raisins lb currants 1 cup slivered almonds 1 cup sliced Brazil nuts 1 lb peel lb glazed cherries halved cup diced glazed pineapple eggs cup strong cold coffee cups sifted allpurpose flour 1 tsp baking powder tsp salt tsp tsp cloves nutmeg tsp mace 1 cup butter Wi cups brown sugar brandy Cover raisins and currants with a mixture of warm water and brandy Let stand overnight then drain and pat dry with towelling Mix them with nuts cherries pineapple and citron Sift dry ingredients then sift again over fruit and nuts mixing until each piece Is coated Preheat oven to 275 degrees Line an by pan and a 8 loaf pan with heavy foil Cream butter well add sugar and beat till light Add eggs one at a time beating well after each Stir In coffee Add flour and fruit mixture slowly beating well after each addition Pour into prepared pans Set on rack one- third of the way up from bottom of oven Place a small pan of hot water on floor of oven Bake hours or until cake tests done ALMOND SHORTBREAD Blend 1 tsp almond extract into 1 cup shortening creaming until soft Gradually work in cups flour then V cup sugar and salt Mix well and knead with hands until dough ceases to crumble Shape into a roll about inches In diameter then cut in inch slices Place on cookie sheet and press an almond Into the centre of each Bake at degrees for 30 minutes Cookies will not look as if theyre done so cook must eat one or two to make sure I up some popcorn balls to hang on the tree then Gord pointed out what would very likely happen when Sue our habitually hungry hound caught a whiff of them POPCORN BALLS WITH MOLASSES Melt Tbsp butter Add cup sugar cup molasses tsp salt Boil on medium heat to hard ball stage 260 degrees Pour over quarts popped com while stirring thoroughly Butter hands lightly Shape popcorn into balls Note added 1 cup peanuts as well HOLIDAY SALAD Bring to a good boil envelopes gelatin cup Juice from a Jar of marachino cherries cup pineapple Juice dash salt cup sugar Cool until syrupy Add 1 cup cottage cheese small curd 1 cup crushed pineapple 1 cup Mrs James McCulloch Nelson Court Acton was hostess for the November meeting of Greenock WI After a poem Remembrance read by Mrs A Gates a two minute silence was observed followed by tho Lords Prayer Roll Call was given by the telling of How can we show our young people the danger drugs Born in Erin Township she spent most of her life on the farm where she was born but has lived for the past 10 with her niece Mrs John Osborne in Scarborough Members of Miss McDermotts family are celebrating the birth day with a party at the Union Electrical Hall Gil Sllvercreek Parkway Guelph on December pm ana her many friends in this area will be welcomed and alcohol The answers were varied Character vital Mrs Elliott Patterson convener of the program Alcohol St Drugs took as her motto The hope of our society is built on character We must each one set a high standard of living both moral and physical for our young people who arc the citizens of to morrow This is a gift a treasure can not bo measured The reputation we set for them Is for time character is eternal speaker Guest speaker who was introduced by Mrs Patterson was Constable Roy Wood of the Acton police force He told of the alarming Increase of the use of drugs among the young people In our own small town of Acton Samples of the drugs Hashish Marijuana and grass were shown to the members and guests He explained signs we could watch for if we suspected anyone of taking drugs Mr Wood answered several questions as to where he thought MISS MARGARET Mc cherries cut up 1 cup chopped walnuts if desired Fold In cup whipping cream wr Into fancy bowl or The youngsters are going to make and bake their own presents to give this year One will be Sponge taffy as its extremely easy SPONGE TAFFY In a heavy saucepan cook cups brown sugar cup com syrup and cup water to hard crack stage 290 degrees My last batch took an hour and 15 minutes of gentle boiling Remove from heat and add Tbsp baking soda Beat immediately and thoroughly to distribute soda evenly Pour Into buttered cake pan and cool quickly Break into pieces when cold I had a lot of crumbs left over and they were delicious sprinkled on top of vanilla Ice cream This last recipe I havent tried yet but intend to this Christmas MINCE ICE CREAM PIE Soften vanilla ice cream Fold In 1 cup mincemeat Pour into pastry shell and freeze Make a meringue of egg whites salt 4 cup sugar almond extract Cover entire top of pie carefully and brown quickly at degrees Mrs Harvey Palmer is a patient in Guelph General Hospital Mrs Peg Is a In a Hamilton Hospital Mrs Florence Robinson Lake Ave is a patient in Guelph General Hospital Mr and Mrs A wore recent visitors with their son Mr Archie Mac- pherson and family at Mr is a patient in St Josephs Hospital Guelph following an emergency appendectomy Mr John Last Is a patient in St Josephs Hospital Guelph but expects to be home this weekend Mrs Tom Watson is a patient in Guelph General Hospital recuperating from surgery Mr and Mrs Norman Small of Niagara Falls visited on Sunday with the letters mother Mrs M MacDonald Friends are happy to know the Rev Walter Fosbury is convalescing at home again after a hip operation He was back at Churchill Community church last Sunday and took a small part In the service Mr and Mrs Dale McDonald Buffalo visited with the aunt Miss C Clark on Saturday Mr Glen White is now a patient InStMlchaelshospltal Toronto and friends hope he will be back home soon Mrs Bab Hinton has had back surgery in Toronto and Bob and young daughter from Quebec City ore staying with his parents Mr and Mrs H Hinton The policemens ball was held lost Friday evening at the Riviera with police officers from the district attending Mrs Harry Murray Mr and Mrs Bruce MacPherson and Mr and Mrs Russell Murray attended the wedding of Larry and Jackie Young in Trout Creek on Saturday ARTHUR A JOHNSON OPTOMETRY MILTON AND ACTON Professional for REELECT ORVAL CHAPMAN TO Acton Council HAVING SERVED jMmf apPf YEARS ON COUNCIL YEARS ON SCHOOL BOARD REELECT TYLER DEPUTYREEVE TOUR VOICE COUNCIL TED TYLER EDWARD the source of drugs might come from Donated to church Mrs thanked the speaker and presented him with a gift of money which he in turn donated to a local church organization who were working with a youth group In town A delicious lunch by the hostess and committee to tho members and visitors which Included girls and neighbors of the who had been invited for the evening After a social halfhour the visitors left and the members resumed their meeting which Included minutes and correspondence A donation was given to the Christmas seals Short course An Invitation was received from Institute to attend short course on Main dish makes a Meal to be held at No Community Centre Nov IB ID Mrs Wallace delegate to the conference of the WI In in October gave a fine report on the proceedings The singing of the National anthem brought the meeting to a close Mrs C Allan thanked the hostess and committees Annual party The next meeting will be our annual Christmas party to be held on December at the home Mrs C Aitken There will be an exchange of gifts The roll call will be A time saving hint for Christmas dinner Walkathon proceeds Proceeds from a walkathon held in the spring are being spent for improvements at the Ontario Mission Farm for the Deaf on Highway 25 north of Milton according to the November newsletter issued by the and Peel Association for the Hearing Handicapped The Association sponsored the walk with Milton and Acton students doing the walking The walk raised Part of the funds were used to rewire the barn repairs to the chimney and roof replacing the rug In the family room and stairway the purchase of furniture Plan gifts to shutins The Ladles Aid of Knox Presbyterian Church met in the A Stewart room on Tuesday afternoon Nov at 2 pm The president opened the meeting with the poem Old Friends The hymn Blest Be The Tie That Binds was sung followed by prayer by the president The secretarys report was read and approved and correspondence read The treasurer gave the regular report and the report for the past year Plan gifts A committee was appointed to took after gifts for the sick and shutins Christmas Following the business period Mrs Mc Cullough read the scripture and Mrs Mann ted In prayer The offering was taken and Mrs led in prayer A poem What Is Christmas was read by Mrs Mann Mrs Moron played for the singing of a few Christmas Carols The meeting cloBed with the lords Prayer repeated in unison After the exchange of Christmas gifts lunch was served by the committee in charge and a social time was enjoyed by all Achievement day exhibit debated The eight meeting of the Dublin Nimble was held on Nov at Karen Pierces The meeting was opened with the pledge and roll call Other articles I would like to embroider Minutes were adopted as read by Secretary and the treasurers report was given by Cathy Collection was taken they discussed the exhibit for achievement day and decided to ask Bonnie Armstrong to be commentator Next everyone reported on how far they were on their articles They spent some time discussing what must be in record book Wool and material for book covers was 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