Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 Wt)AT, OtJOBMBER 26, 1942 EDGAR 8. O’DELL Mr. O’Dell was a World war v«t- ____ eran and had served overseas. He Fan era! advices for Ed«ar Seteler ^ n y %^ e e u lat# C * ldWe “ • n<J Surviving besides his widow, the former Miss Hattie Ward, are two sons and two daughters, James C. Williams, Frances and Elisabeth ” • ■ O'Dell, 62, who died Saturday morn ing at hie home near Newberry, were held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the Whitmire Methodist church by the Rev. Moses L. Kester, assisted by the Rev. J. R. trick, with interment in cemetery at Whitmire. O’Dell McKlt- O’Dell, all of Newberry; two sisters. Mrs. Namie Hitt of Clinton Miss Pearl O’Dell of Lyman. and / A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS WE HOPE THAT SANTA REMEM BERS YOU WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE WISHED FOR THIS CHRISTMAS. <5 Lake’s Machine Shop Merry Christmas . . . and a Happy New Year It being impossible to contact our many friends and customers personally we take this means of wishing you a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a Happy, Prosperous NEW YEAR. Mrs. Roland Fclker Ruth Amick Mary H. Fellers Ethel Betchtnan Lucretia Butler Mary H. Timmons Sadie Felker Roland Felker Roy Felker C. J. Zobel Jobie Betchman Melvin Richardson | City Beauty & Barber Shop Main Street Newberry, S. C. *►♦4 YULE GADGETS. WILL ABOUND FOR TOY-MINDED YOUNGSTERS Deapite the war, the kids want toy* at Christmas time. And Santa, who has lived through many wars, is going to see to it that his little friends get them. Because of war priorities, metal and mechanical toys will be practi cally unobtainable. But wood and plastics will take their place. The type of toys that they are will bring fun and enjoyment to the children getting them. One of the new games seems, at first glance, to be a jig-saw puzzle. It is not exactly a puzzle, but what you make from it can be puzzling to those who behold it. This game consists of various pieces of colored and oddly shaped cardboard. By using the various, realistic looking lion, or house, or od4y cut pieces you can make a giraffe or even a zoo house to keep the “an-i-mules” in good condition. The real fun comes in on this game when you take the head of a baboon and put it on a giraffe’s neck which is attached to a elephant’s body with dog legs! To solve the milk delivery problem you can put horse legs on the body of a cow. Another interesting game—a con structive, entertaining one—is that which has miniature bricks, decorat ed in waterproof red paint. With the bricks you can build all sorts of buildings by laying them as a regu lar bricklayer would. For mortar a trick type stickum is used. After you have built yourself a house, or a bombshelter, or a garage and then become tired of it, all that you need do is set the whole buciness in water. The water loosens the stickum-mor- tar, the bricks fall apart, and you are ready once again to build anoth er type of building. k This year a new toy-gadget for the baby who is beginning to notice that it has some mightly active arms and legs has been fixed up by Santa for distribution on Chrbi-mas morn ing. It is a cradle gym. It has a horizontal bar strapped across the top of the crib or play pen. From the bar hangs a trapeze, a climbing rope, and flying rings. Even little, before-tot age creep ers, it has been said, can do marve lous things on the "circus” equip ment. Even though the children of U.S.A. 1942 won’t be getting the usual type of toys for Christmas they will be getting some fine substitutes. ERSKINE CALDWELL 20 YEAR GIRL WEDS Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 21.—Erskine Caldwell, playwright, author and lecturer, and June Johnson, 20-year- old university of Arizona student, were married today. After a brief wedding trip they will return to Tucson where the bride will be graduated from the University in January. It was the third marriage for the 40-year-old author of “Tobacco Road.” He first married Helen Lan- nigan. They had three children. His second wife was Margaret Bourke- White, photographer and writer. NOT SANTA, BUT NISSON’ VISITS DANISH CHILDREN REETINGS... of the Season IT IS TIME TO BE MERRY Of all the grand occasions and celebrations throughout the year, none has the full signifi cance and genuine feeling of thoughtfulness as the occasion of Christmas. It is a time of merri ment for all—an opportunity to express the true feeling we have for friends and loved ones. An experience to be treasured during the other 364 days of the year. It is good to be alive on Christ mas! It is good to observe an Ameri can Christmas. It is good to receive the thoughtfulness and good wishes of those who mean so much to us! It is a good time to have a good time! Let’s all be merry! City Filling Station 'Next To The Postoffice and Just Aa'Reliable” Straw Paysinger Ben Spotts Roland Hawkins The Danish children' do not have a Santa Claus, but instead a Christ mas brownie, aclled “Nisson,” a lit tle old man with a long, gray beard who supposedly lives under the ground. The chief features of a Danish Christmas dinner are roast goose, rice and apple fritters. When the storks have left their nests in autumn, boatloads of coarse brown crockery in the shape of lit tle pigs, with a slit in the back, are brought to Denmark and bought by the children. They are savings banks into which the Children dpp their pennies. The image is not broken until Christmas time. WAN DO PEA HAILED AS A WONDER’ By Dr. B. L. Wade Wando pea, the Charleston-de veloped pea that “has everything” and can “take it”, too, is hailed as the answer to the farmers’ and can- ners’ prayers in an article by Dr. B. L. Wade, senior geneticst ’ in charge of the United States depart ment of agriculture’s regional plant breeding laboratory here. The article is in a recent issue of Southern Seedsman. Chief among the blessings of the Wando pea is its capability of func tioning as a “missing link” that will permit continuous and there fore profitable, operation of canning plants in this section, saving sur pluses of many other crops, includ ing peaches. Other benefits promised the South are a dependable fall pea crop, al most impossible with varieties pre' viously existing, and a longer crop season in the spring. The two qualities which give the Wando pea its beneficial potency are ability to withstand cold, and a high quality. In addition, it resists heat well, and has indications of ex cellent yield characteristics. Putting briefly what Dr. Wade’s article develops in scientific detail, present pea growing in the South is handicapped by the fact that if peas for a spring crop are planted early enough in January to mature be fore intense heat ruins them, they usually suffer considerable damage by late frosts; while if they are planted for a fall crop they are men aced by both summer heat and fall cold. (In northern states, such as Wis consin, peas can be planted in Majy too late for frost damage and stil mature without danger from the sun.) The Wando pea, however, prom ises to turn the South’s disadvan tages to assets, since it will allow peas to be a two-crop vegetable, one crop coming in the spring, the other in the fall or early winter. It is so cold-resistant in the young stage that it can be planted in De cember (instead of January) with out being nipped in the bud by cold. And it is so cold-resistant in the flowering and fruiting stages that it can be planted in September (instead of too-hot August) and bear a lusty undamaged crop anywhere from the first of November to Christmas. Dr. Wade, at whose plant breed ing stationed the Wando peas was de veloped, tells the story of its de velopment and qualities and sug gests its use as the key to a con tinuous-operation schedule for can- ners, in the following extracts from his article: Linking cold tolerance with high quality, the new Wando pea has many interesting possibilities, par ticularly for home garden use. Named after the Wando river of South Carolina, Wando is a Gem type pea averaging (under Charles ton conditions) about two inches taller than Little Marvel, which it closely resembles. The quality of Wando is very high as measured by a taste of the raw peas and by a limited number of cooking tests. This high quality should make it very useful as a home garden pea. Wando’s superiority over the Creole pea in both cold hardiness and quality—and probably in yield char acteristics—should make it worth while as a parent in breeding pro jects to obtain pea varieties of other types resistant to cold injury. STORES WILL BE CLOSED L. C. Graham, secretary of the chamber of commerce ask us to ad vise the public that the merchants will close their stores Friday and Saturday of this week, so the public will make their purchases to last over the weekend. ■ AMERICA CELEBRATES Business and world affairs are forgotten, And the good people of a free America pause to observe a season of cheer and good fellowship. __ In other parts of the world the Yuletide Season is also being observed, but we do not believe that it is possible for others to realize the full significance of Christmas that is in evidence in our own America. We , have had our reverses, too. We have ex perienced disappointments that have been difficult to bear. Yet we do not forget that we have much for which to be thankful. We are a free country! Free thinking, freedom of speech, religion, and press is the Ameri can way of life, and we, as its citizens, appreciate the happiness and contentment resulting from these freedoms. Christmas takes on a newer meaning this season. It gives us an opportunity to forget our cares and to lose ourselves in the glor ious atmosphere of sociability of loved ones and the associations of friends tried and proven. Our Christmas Greeting is fell of genuine feeling, and we wish for you and yours all the happiness of the oacasion. N E E L * S DAIRY : U ■ SAVE Ao<? O' * o Sinclair Greases save farmers money over a season because they last so long. They help prevent costly breakdowns because they lubricate moving parts safely. You play safe and save money when you use Sinclair Greases It is our sincere wish that we may have L p*»t in making your Christmas full of good cheer and fel lowship. We want to add something to the happiness of every person in this community. Perhaps this little message will help you forget the unpleasant incidents and experiences of ordi nary days. May brighter days be the compensation for your sacrifices toward making this * better world in which to live. May you find the beauties of life around you and the opportunities for the service it affords. €) .4 CREASE Let me deliver to your farm Strother C. Paysinger FJ1 SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY Chapman Lumber Co. W. SLOAN CHAPMAN EVELYN BURNS