The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 18, 1941, Image 12
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S.-C.
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libcoln, Roosevelt Bring Spirit
Of Christmas to White House
' The White House has seen all
kinds of Christmases during the 140
! jrears that it has domiciled the Pres-
:ident of the United States. There
have been rowdy, fun-loving Christ
mases during the Teddy Roosevelt
administration' and there have been
long stretches when Santa Claus
wasn’t quite sure whether to stop at
1600 Pennsylvania avenue.
John and Abigail Adams, the first
tenants of the “President’s Palace’’
brought no children to it, and Mrs.
Adams felt that New England was
a much better place for the seat of
the^ government.
There have been many other child
less Christmases in the White
House, such as the dull period be
tween the Tylers and the Lincolns.
But probably the two families which
will go down in Santa Claus’ mem
ory for a really riotous holiday sea
son are the Theodore Roosevelts,
when Kermit, Archie and Quentin
put a pony in the elevator and in
troduced the first electrically light
ed Christmas tree; and the current
clan of Roosevelts, who from Frank
lin Delano the First to Franklin Del
ano the Third have invoked the spir
it of Christmas with equal abandon.
Tad Lincoln’s Invasion.
The nearest thing to Rooseveltian
good spirits in the early days was
induced by Tad Lincoln who—with
his pets—had the full run of the
mansion.
The stately mansion had never
known any such invasion since the
Christmas of 1836, when Andrew
Jackson threw oJ)en its doors to the
orphans of Washington.
When the Theodore Roosevelts
came to the WTiite House, there was
plenty of festivity, but no Christ
mas tree. The explanation given
to the children was that a tree with
candles was a fire hazard.
But the next year, the Roosevelt
boys led TR to a closet, opened the
door, and surprised him with a
Christmas tree sparkling with elec-,
trie lights. They had conspired with
the electrician and prepared the first
electrically lighted tree in the White
House. '
Christmas Spirit Rises.
Today, there is always an elec
trically lighted tree in the East
room, and another—the intimate
Qiemical Solution
Protects Christmas
Trees From Fire
Frozen Land Lacks
Snow for Yuletide
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Those people who think ot Alaska
as a land of ice and snow are mia-
takent
It seems that several of the Far
North communities were noticeably
—^ven embarrassingly—Peking in
snow last Christmas, and many
Alaskan boys a^d girls who got new
sleds from Santa were very disap
pointed.
In Seward, citizens were making
plans to haul in several loads of,
snow from the mountains to pile |
around the Christmas trees on j
Fourth avenue as a reminder that j
it really was the holiday season in!
the “bleak and frozen north.” A i
slight fall of snow came just in {
time to save them the trouble, how
ever.
In Ketchikan, a snowless Christ
mas was celebrated, but this is not
unusu^lH^or Ketchikan, where De
cember^, 1940, was the eighteenth
snowless Christmas since 1917.
Presents of Cotton
For Holiday Gifts
CAUSE’S
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Pnmpi Service.
Reasonable Prices.
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We wish to announce
that Tuck Corley, formerly
of GfrfdviOe, is now em
ployed by our sbt^) and^
will be glad to serve his
friends.
R. H. Cause,
Proprietor
annual mxnNO
Notice is hereby given* that the
Annual Meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners will be held,
as provided by law, on Thursday,
January 6, 1942. All claims against
Laurens Cqpnty should be filed at
the Supervisor’s office on or befose
December 31, 1941, so that they may
be checked and prepared for ap
proval by the Board.
R. L. TEAGUE,
B. Y. CULBERTSON, Supervisor.
Clerk. 8-4c
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A White House policeman looks at
gifts for the President's family as
preparations are completed to make
the East room ready for Christmas
eve.
Lighted candles bold no fears for
the young lady trimming her Christ
mas tree, for it has been sprayed
with a non-inflammable wash.
tree—in the second floor hall.
If Christmas spirit were registered
on a thermometer, it would show a
steady rise in the last 15 years. The
Coolidge boys were too old to go in
for Santa Claus.
The Hoover Christmas was warm
er, for the lugubrious Mr. Hoover
really tried to unbend on Christ
mas day. The most expert unbend
ing was done, however, by his sec
retary, Larr>’ Richey, who burst out
of the fireplace in the East room on
Christmas morning, to the delight of
Peggy Anne and Peter, the Presi
dent’s grandchildren.
Christmas spirit rose to a still
warmer degree when the F. D.
Roosevelts came in and, instead of
hiring the professional reader en
gaged by the Hoovers to read the
Dickens “Christmas Carol,” the
reading was taken over by that mas- i
ter of dramatic art, Franklin D. j
Roosevelt.
Christmas trees are still a haz
ard. Electric lights may have short
circuits; and some folks are care- |
less wilii cigarettes and matches.
To fireproof the tree, first get it j
from four to six days before you j
intend to decorate it. Then weigh |
the tree and buy one-fourth as many
pounds of ammonium sulfate as the
tree weighs. This chemical is avail
able in most stores that sell seeds
and fertilizers.
For each pound of ammonium sul-
Manufacturers and stylists have
worked overtime this fall to supply
ine^ensive, yet durable, gifts. And,
believe it or not, these gifts are of
cotton!
For every member of the family
there is an endless variety of at
tractive cotton articles. For moth
er there are handkerchiefs, dresses,
underwear, sweaters, house coats,
bathrobes. For sister, pajamas,
play suits, blouses, evening dresses,
sports frocks, riding breeches,
purses. For father, lounging robes,
shirts, handkerchiefs, pajamas,
sport shirts. For brother, socks, un
derwear, hunting coats, slacks,
sweat shirts.
And for the whole family, towels,
fate use l^^ pints of water to make i linens, rugs, bedspreads, cur
the fireproofing solution. Mix the so
lution in something tall and narrow
that will hold the tree upright. Then
saw off the end of the tree diagonal-
I ly so as to give a large cut surface.
I the tree in the solution in a cool
j place, away from the direct sun-
, light, and leave it there until most
I of the solution is absorbed. The to-
i liage will stay green if the tempera-
j.ture of the room is from 55 to 65
degrees Fahrenheit.
tains, auto seat covers, quilts,
sheets, slip covers.
So you see, your Christmas allow
ance will really s-t-r-e-t-c-h. There’s
a gift of cotton for every member of
the family.
THAT’S HE
I know a fat reddish face bloke.
And I tell you this tale is no joke.
He comes cnce a year
And is supposed to bring cheer—
But when he's gone I’m invariably
Hroke.
Colored Flames Enhance
Appearance of Fireplace
To have beautifully colored flames
your Christmas fireplace.
in your Christmas fireplace, there
are a number of different chemicals
which may be added to shellac as
a carrier. Small pieces of wood may
be painted with the mixtures, or the
chemicals and shellac mixed with
sawdust:
Violet flame potassium chlorate
Yellow flame .. potassium nitrate
Orange flame .. calcium chloride
Red flame strontium nitrate
Apple-green flame, .barium nitrate
Emeral flame ... copper nitrate
Green flame borax
Purple flame ... lithium c’a.’o-*ide
Chef Describes
How to Carve
Turkey Properly
CHRISTMAS
TELEPHONE
CALLS
Stores can spread their
Christmas rush over
several weeks, but we
have to handle an ava
lanche of long distance
calls on Christmas Eve ancf Christmas Day.
This Christmas, though during the year we hove
built many additional thousands of miles of iong
distance circuits and greatly expanded switchboard
facilities, there wilt still be more calls made on
Christmas Day than the lines can carry.
This year, more telephone people than ever be
fore will work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day,
. serving you, doing iheir level best to complete your
holiday calls. Every available circuit will be in
service. But, despite our best efforts, there are sure
to be delays and disappointments.
if your coils get caught in the rush, please re
member the difficult conditions under vrhich tele
phone folks will be working to get your coll through.
SOUTRERfl BeuTeupiore rrd Teiehipi Ciirpros
Fine roast turkey reigns supreme
over the American Christmas table.
But no matter how large or small
it may be, the obstacle of carving
the bird must first be overcome be
fore it can be enjoyed.
Since carving is almost an art in
itself, a few expert suggestions are
made by Maurice Gonneau, chef at
a downtown hotel in New York.
Before starting to cut the turkey,
sharpen the carving knife with the
steel. The correct
way to sharpen
the knife is to
hold the steel se-~
curely in the left
hand, passing the
far side of the
blade against the
far side of the
steel with a quick
stroke toward the left hand.
When the knife is sharpened, re
move the second joints by putting
fork between second joint and drum
stick. Insert knife between carcass
and second joint and cut, then with
the fork pull the joint free from the
carcass. If turkey is properly
cooked this will be easy. Next re
move the wings by cutting very
carefully,' inserting knife toward the
joints and pull out as with the sec
ond joint. Take care not to cut into
the breast.
With the breast pf the turkey fac
ing you, slice the white meat with
a downward stroke and away from
the bone. Next cut the drumstick
free from the second joint and slice
the latter. Then cut the tail with
lower back meat and cut out the
“oyster” which is*a small amount
of dark meat on the back which is
always in demand because of its de
licate flavor.
Serve the meat with the stuffing,
giblet gravy and cranberry sauce.
Spoon out the stuflSng which is
placed first oa the plate. Covet
with one piece of dark and one
piece of light meat, unless there* are
special preferences, and cover with
giblet gravy. Hace helping of cran
berry sauce on tho side.
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Many Christmas Towns
Found m^ostal Guide
Christznaa nami a are fqund
throughc^ the Unit id States, lliere
are two towns named ChiiatoMS,
one in Florida and inotbar to Ken
tucky. Maine hat a CSurktmas
Cove, and diere ere Betfakhems in
Pennsylvanie, Connecticut, indUw,
Miuprland, Gemrgi^ Kentodty and
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New Hampshire. Sente Claus, Ind.,
is the meet popular Ghiktmaa peat
ofBce. There is a Noel in Mlaiouri
and Virginia. Nazareth is located
in Kentucky, Michigan, Pennayl-
vania, Nordi Carolixw and Texas.
HoUjrtree is in Alabama, and Ken
tucky has a Holly Bush a^ a MiaUe-
toe. Thirteen post offices are named
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