The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 24, 1964, Image 15
CMatoa, & Thursday, December 24, 1964
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE 4
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In lllinolti ,
Statues Recreate Nativity Scene
Shrine of Our Lady of the Snowi on Highway 460
DL exhiblti aa outstanding Nativity group of aculh*
tared life-sixed figures during the Christmas season.
The statues were placed in a background and setting designed by
Max Autenreib, Edwardsville, HI. Authenticity is the keynote of the
setting, framed in a lean-to at the entrance of a simulated grotto.
Paintings of farm animals and stable furnishings are so positioned
as to lend depth and perspective to the familiar Christmas scene.
The statues, carved out of lin
den wood by Frank Haines,
noted Ambler, Pa., sculptor who
specializes in character studies
and portrait figures, were com
pleted in 1961 and displayed at
New Harmony last year. They
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sive research into the clothing of
the era. Mary’s robe was woven
and embroidered in Jerusalem by
Christian Arab refugees, and her
hair is worn in the style of n
married Hebrew woman of the
will be housed permanently"^ NH. me- ^vertical
New Harmony’s Paul TUlichpark Gripes, also char-
next vear acteristic. His brown shawl has
next year.
The New Harmony settlement,
founded in 1814 by George Rapp
as the site for n religious sect
known as the Harmonists, was
later purchased by the Welsh-
Scot industrialist and philan
thropist Robert Owen, who
gathered about him well-known
scientists, educators, social re
formers and artists. His utopian
experiment in communal living
collhpsed in 1827, but now the
principal donor of the Blaffer
Trust, Mrs. Kenneth D. Owen of
Houston—wife of a direct des
cendant of Robert Owen—is
trying to preserve and enrich the
old community through great art
and careful restorations.
The statues, commissioned by
Mrs. Owens, .are clad in costumes
designed by Elizabeth Haines,
wife of the sculptor, after extern
four purple tassels, to remind the
wearer to obey God’s laws, with
the tassels algy representative of
the four consonants in Jehovah’s
name. The gray robe and brown
shawl are Danish materials and
the gray fabric won the first prise
in the international weaving
competition in California in 1969.
Lips and eyes of all three
figures are touched with color.
In the case of Mary and the
Child, the u skin N is the natural
color of the linden wood used
with a preservative. They were
carved smooth, as having the Di
vine Spirit, while Joseph was
carved with facets to lend virility
and to set him apart from Mother
and Child, wtf sMw jf > col
ored differently to give him the
weathered, darker look ronsistent
with his outdoor Ufa g
carpenter.
Jtlai/ the true meaning of the Season
set ci'eiy heart to singing,
LYNN COOPER, Inc.
Half the fun of Christ-
mas for small-fry is the
joy of making things. The
tree ornament most prized
by the entire family is of
ten the construction-paper
chain the baby made!
Let your children stencil
a green paper Christmas
tree, affix it to a wall, and
paste on it the cards they
receive.
Or encourage them to
draw a gigantic sock on
ornamental wrapping pa
per. Mounted oh cardboard
and pasted to an open-
end box, it holds pine
boughs, ‘
es, Christmas
and bows
welcome decoration for tl
front door.
Several delightful after
noons can be passed in
making a “gingerbread
house” for the Christmas
table centerpiece. First,
fashion a hip-roof cottage
of cardboard. (A deep box
bottom is ideal for the four
walls, a folded shirt card
board for the roof. Tape
triangular “gables” to two
opposite box “walls").
Next, cover the entire
structure with butter ic
ing. Outline windows with
gumdrops; make chimney
of large round gumdrop
notched to fit over ridge
pole. The roof can be
shingled with overlapping
chocolate nonpareils, and
SWISS TRIAT *
A ipedal holiday treat for tfca
Swim is M birawagg« N , a pear cake
which contains a ipicy, flavorful
concentrate from air-dried pears
mixed with raisins and rt-
sembling a shiny loaf of bread.
Also traditional is a Christmas
cookie, the ’Tirggel," said to
have originated as an early Ger
man sacrificial cajce.
T
ox, it holds pine
s, bells, gift packag-yAjJJ
tristmas ornamentsr Wlt ‘
>ws to make a veiy 8U Si
ae decoration for tne 8no '
an oblong cookie makes a
marvelous door. Thick
sugar syrup brushed on a
cardboard and dusted
with sparkling granulated
sugar makes an ideal
snowy “landscape” for
your fairy-tale house. Or
namented evergreen shap
ed cookies make a fitting
“forest.”
A wire coat hanger,
twisted into an interesting
shape and brightened with
gilt paint, makes a mobile
when hung with gilded
pine cones, paper angels,
ornaments, and aluminum
foil cut-outs.
Milk cartons minus tops
make jumbo gift candles!
Knot jt lengthwise cord
through the bottom, fill
with melted paraffin, and
let set, making sure cord
remains tautly upright.
Tear off cardboard, and
the children can stud it
with sequins or foil stars.
bat wishes for
happy holidays.
Clinton
Service Station
Good wishes around you, good cheer abounding • • •
may the heart-warming simple joys of Chrktmai be yom
Sunshine Cleaners
Tips To Guide
Selection Of
Best Holiday Tree
What species of evergreen Is
best for use as a Christmas tree?
Here are some facts about tbs
most common species which may
be helpful in selecting tbs right
tree for your borne:
Balsam fir — once the most
commonly used, is now relatively
scarce. It haa abort, flat, dark
green needles attached to oppo
site aides of the limbs in a feath
er-like arrangement.
Tep ITes
Douglas fir — the top commer
cial tree. It has blue-green or
dark yellow-green needles, soft
and pliable, attached all the way
around the limbs, giving it a
bushy, full appearance.
Scotch pine — long needled
variety. It has needles which are
arranged in clusters on the
brandies. It holds it needles ex
ceptionally well
Black spruce — a hardy Iras,
but has a dark, ua-Christmasy
color. It is widely used for dyed
and treated trees.
White sprues — another hardy,
attractive tree, but unfortunately
it gives off an unpleasant odor.
Some things to look for in se
lecting s tree: retention of
needles; foil symmetrical shape;
limbs without sagging; fragrant
odor, springy branches.
^ ^ May your hearts and voices he
raised in joyfulness and song
throughout the holiday season.
Bank of Clinton
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