Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C. Christmas Trees Are Of Many Varieties The spruces are the least desirable of the trees used for Christmas. The foliage is sharp pointed and it is the first Christmas tree to shed its nee dles. , The fir, sometimec called the bal sam fir, is the ideal Christmas tree and has been so revered for years. It resembles the spruce except that the needles are not sharp pointed and the tree becomes golden brown before it sheds its leaves or needles. The Douglas fir is also commonly used as a Christmas tree. The nee dles are flat and smooth to the touch. It can be identified by a number of buds at the tip of the branches, which cause the needles to bend aside, changing the regular comb like appearance of the twig. This tree has cones which are short ap pendages on each scale. Hemlock, while used as a Cnrist- mas tree, is objectionable because of the shedding of its foliage when kept indoors. A hemlock is dis tinguished by having two white lines on the lower side of each of its nar row, needlelike leaves. Pines have never been a favorite Christmas tree. To those who do not desire the conventional and are content with an informal or irregu lar growth, they prove satisfac tory. Pines are distinguished by hav ing needlelike leave which are as sociated in clusters of three and five. The red cedars, which produce berries rather than cones, are sel dom used as Christmas trees ex cept in neighborhoods where they grow wild. The foliage is rather prickly but is very small and scale like. Festive Games ^ Provide for a Real Home Party Progressive parties have become popular as a feature of the Christ mas home gathering. Four, five or more families join together and in vite guests to meet at one of the homes. A punch or light refresh ment can be served at the first home, a few games, and then on to the second home. Each home in turn provides some form of entertain ment, games or refreshment. The party can take place on New Year’s day, or on Christmas day, as de sired. Many different games can be p&yed. One called “Mixed Resolu tions” will fill the bill for fun-mak ing in a mixed crowd of all ages. Guessing Time. Anyone can estimate the length of a second, but few people know how long two or three minutes will last. Have the guests sit in a circle around the room and announce that you are going to ask them to esti mate the amount of time it takes for three minutes to pass. Clap your hands when the three minutes is to start. To prevent the guests from counting out the time to themselves, pass around some refreshments, or if someone can play the piano, sing a song they all know. This will not last more than a minute or two, but it will throw the players off count. Soon the guests will begin to call off the three minutes. A prize can be given the winner. True or False. Another game is similar to many of the radio contests or program, true or false, or do you know the answer. Have a set of questions start the guessing contests. The questions should be of general in terest. Spell Backwards. A good old-fashioned spelling bee may prove of interest, however, one in which the spelling is done back wards, usually creates more inter est. A little competition will enliven the game, so arrange the guests into two or three teams, then tell them the rules. Each contestant will be eliminated from the game when he makes his miss, and the first team 'a be spelled down loses the game. Another Time. The name of this contest is also “Time.” Prepare the slips of paper, writing on each a different variety of time, such as Killing Time, Beat ing Time, Saving Time, Marking Time, Father Time, Losing Time, March of Time, Nick of Time, Waltz Time, Night Time, Summer Time, etc. Make two copies of each slip. Give one each to the women and place the other set in a hat for the men to draw. The men then dem onstrate in pantomime the kind of time he represents, so each girl can identify her partner. Send Gifts to Men In Service Hospitals Many servicemen are remaining in army and navy hospitals during the holidays, and some of these boys are without families. Gifts sent to the hospitals will be placed in their hands, or their names may be se cured and gifts sent direct. 3!S5WS3Sa)!S5SSS3aaXS5SWJSS3[5Kr!=a5 | Christmas Journey | % In a Stagecoach I —*— i Washington Irving ® From “The Sketch Book of Geof frey Crayon, Gent.” A travelogue of England in the early 1800’s.) In the course of a December tour in Yorkshire, I rode for a long dis tance in one of the public coaches, on the day preceding Christmas. The coach was crowded, both inside and out, with passengers, who, by their talk, seemed principally bound to the mansions of relations or friends, to eat the Christmas dinner ... I had three fine rosey-cheeked school boys for my fellow-passengers in side, full of the buxom health and manly spirit which I have observed in the children of this country. They were returning home for the holi days in high glee, and promising themselves a world of enjoyment. . . They were under the particular guardianship of the coachman, to whom, whenever an opportunity pre sented, they addressed a host of questions, and pronounced him one of the best fellows in the world. In deed, I could not but notice the more than ordinary air of bustle and importance of the coachman, who wore his hat a little on one side, and had a large bunch of Christmas greens stuck in the buttonhole of his coat . . . Perhaps it might be owing to the pleasing serenity that reigned in my own mind, that I fancied I saw cheerfulness in every countenance throughout the journey. A stage coach, however, carries animation always with it, and puts the world in motion as it whirls along. The horn, sounded at the entrance of a village, produces a general bustle. Some hasten forth to meet friends, some with bundles and bandboxes to secure places, and in the hurry of the moment can hardly take leave of the group that accompanies them. In the meantime the coachman has a world of small commissions to execute. Sometimes he delivers a hare or pheasant; sometimes jerks a small parcel or newspaper to the door of a public-house; and some times, with a knowing leer and words of sly import, hands to some half-blushing, half-laughing house maid an odd-shaped billet-doux from some rustic admirer. As the coach rattles through the village, every one runs to the window, and you have glances on every side of fresh country faces and blooming giggling girls. At the corners are assem bled juntos of village idlers and wise men, who take their station there for the important purpose of seeing company pass; but the sag- est knot is generally at the black smith’s, to whom the passing of the coach is an event fruitful of much speculation. The smith, with the horse’s heel in his lap, pauses as the vehicle whirls by; the cyclops round the anvil suspend their ring ing hammers, and suffer the iron to grow cool; and the sooty spectre in brown paper cap, laboring at the bellows, leans on the handle for a moment, and permits the asthmatic engine to heave a long-drawn sigh, while he glares through the murky smoke and sulphureous gleams of the smithy . . . In the evening we reached a vil lage where I had determined to pass the night. As we drove into the great gateway of the inn, I saw on one side the light of a rousing kitch en fire beaming through a window. I entered, and admired, for the hun dredth time, the picture of conven ience, neatness, and broad, honest enjoyment, the kitchen of an Eng lish inn. — Washington Irving, in “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Cray* on, Gent.” California Salmon Hatchery Improves on Mother Nature But Once a Year “Christmas comes but once a year.” These words are an old saying, dating back to the 16th century. In “The Farmer’s Daily Diet,” by the old English author, Thomas Tusser, whose time of activity dated from ISIS to 1580, we have the original use of the saying, as follows: “At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.” The salmon eggs, or roe, are taken from the female fish after she has been killed and opened. After being inseminated, the eggs are taken to Coleman Station hatchery on Battle Creek, CaUf., where they are incubated. After the tiny fish have grown to the fingerling size, they are released into nearby streams that flow into the ocean. The largest annual salmon run of record in the Sacramento River of California is drawing to a close, the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation an nounces. Construction Engineer Ralph Lowry at Shasta Dam re ported that 69,838 fish have been counted in the spring and fall runs without taking into account strag glers that drift in during December after the peak of the fall run has passed. Cooperative studies between the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the California Division of Fish and Game, and the Bureau of Reclama tion concerning the effect of Shasta Dam on fish life in the Sacramento River resulted in the construction by the Bureau of a mammoth hatch ery on Battle Creek, and fish traps and racks on the Sacramento River to assure perpetuation of the $600,- 000 Sacramento River salmon runs. Specialists of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service under an agree ment with the Bureau are in charge of the entire fish program, includ ing the operation of the hatchery traps, racks, and related facilities. In carrying out the fish conserva tion plan, a portion of the salmon entering the Sacramento River sys tem to spawn, thus completing their life cycle, are trapped by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Kes wick Dam or at Balls Ferry trap and transported to other streams or to the Coleman Station Hatch ery where the adult fish are held in holding ponds until the eggs are ripe. The eggs then are removed from the female fish, fertilized, and placed in hatchery troughs for incu bation. The remainder of the run is held between racks in reaches of the Sacramento River extending from Balls Ferry fish trap to Keswick Dam, where they spawn naturally on the gravel beds in that section of the river. During the spawning season, water releases from Shasta Dam are adjusted to cover the spawning beds, and they remain covered until the salmon hatch and the seaward migration is well under way. Hatchery operation extends throughout the year due to the divi sion of the run between the spring and the fall periods. A total of 4,040,650 eggs were taken from spring run salmon, and during the last two weeks of October, 5,241,800 eggs from the fall run were placed in hatchery troughs. Out of the total run of 69,838 fish, 12,082 from the spring run and 10,361 Aiinuta Make- tips By GABRIELLB Clear, sharp lines for Beauty! Al ways watch your mouthline. No smudgy lipstick! A sharp line for the eyebrows. Clean edges at the hairline, no smears of rouge near the hair. Watch that Cleancut Look —that’s the Look for the War Girl! Ledger Syndicate.—WNU Features. A Bureau of Reclamation worker holds a 25-pound specimen. Most salmon taken in the Sacramento River traps weigh around 18 pounds. from the fall run were trapped. The remainder are held for spawning in the Sacramento River above the Balls Ferry rack. Of the trapped fish, 7,981 were transferred to Deer Creek for natural spawning and the remainder were held for hatchery operations. After egg hatching is complete, the small salmon are re tained in holding ponds until of suf ficient size to take care of them selves, after which they are released into the Sacramento River for mi gration to the sea. The physical works required in carrying out the salmon conserva tion scheme on the Sacramento Riv er were constructed at a cost of nearly $2,000,000 by the Bureau of Reclamation as a part of its pri mary responsibility for developing all the beneficial uses of California’s undeveloped water resources. Oth er beneficial uses include domestic water supplies, irrigation, power de velopment and navigation. An im portant component accomplishment is the prevention of damage by con trolling floods. Salmon conservation work during the 1943 season resulted in the re- ! lease of 10,000,000 fingerlings from the Coleman Station Hatchery. These fish supplemented the sea ward migration of 53,000,000 finger lines, and were hatched on the spawn- ' ing beds in the 26-mile reach of the Sacramento River between Balls Ferry rack and Keswick Dam. // "GAY GADGETS Associated Newspapers—WNU Features. By NANCY PEPPER HANDLE WITH CARE We’re always getting suggestions from the keen teens on conserva tion of clothes and we’re always glad to include them in this col umn. First of all, they prove that your nonsense of ten makes sense and that, no mat ter how you sound on the radio when a certain baritone sings you have plenty of “saving graces.” Try these tricks yourself if you want to s-t-r-e-t-c-h your war—drobes. It’s in the Bag—Wax paper, the kind your mother buys in big rolls to wrap food in, is also good for pro tecting your precious sweater col lection. Cut big enough pieces to sew up into envelope shaped bags and make a separate one for each sweater. You’ll be able to see at a glance where each sweater is—but you’ll be keeping them clean and fresh when you’re not wearing them. Rolling Pin Racket — Do your sweaters sag like bags after wash ing? Do they shrink into shadows of their former selves? That’s ’coz you don’t give them the rolling pin treat ment. Before washing, lay your sweater out flat on a piece of clean wrapping paper. Trace the outline carefully with a pencil. After wash ing, pull into shape to fit within the outline and pin down securely. Next, cover with thin towel and flat ten out thoroughly by running a roll ing pin over it several times. Leave as it is until almost dry. Then you can remove the paper and lay your sweater on an absorbent bath towel to dry thoroughly. As long as you haven’t gained or lost pounds in the meantime, your sweater should fit like new. Dehydrated Milk May Sell at Retail For Half Fluid Price Dehydrated whole milk may sell in the postwar world for 9 to If cents a quart or from a half to a third of the current price of fluid milk in many sections of the countrj where there are few dairies, accord ing to predictions of agricultural of ficials. One of the items which is expect ed to make an important contribu tion to the American diet and simul taneously provide the Americar dairyman with a year-round stable market for his product/ dried whole milk is currently being used in astro nomical quantities for the armed forces. Milk processors estimate that this year approximately 200 mil lion pounds or almost a billior quarts, of whole dried milk will be produced, the majority of this for men in service. At the outbreak of war military authorities designated dried whole milk as one of the most desperately needed products to maintain a bal anced diet for American fighters Yet, the product in its prewar puck- aged form frequently developed an off flavor after it had been stored for a short time. Harassed by sol dier protests that reverberated from Kiska to Australia, government ex perts called upon researchers in the laboratory of the American Can company to assist in the solution of the problems. These experts de veloped a new high-speed processing machinery which reduced the ran cid-producing oxygen content of the milk to a negligible percent and so eliminated headaches both in flavor and production. Nutrition experts express the hope that when the dried product is avail able generally for civilian use, milk consumption may be increased from 177 quarts per individual annually, which is the present rate, to the 275 quarts recommended by most physicians. YULE JOOLS We’ve just completed a coast to eoast check-up on teen jewelry fads and we think that just before Christ mas is the right time to report them. You’ll find some of these jools in the dime store, others in the gad- geterias of teen departments and some you can make, yourself, if you’re the tricky teen we think yon are. They’re all presents with a fu ture. Service Pins—Girls with relatives and friends (not to mention O.A.O.’s) in the service are wearing all kinds of patriotic pins. Judging from the amount of pins and lockets with wings, everybody’s Dream Prince must be up in the air. Heart locket pins with service insignia inscribed on top and places for pictures in side are swoonderful. Gremlins—You see colorful little Gremlins scampering all over dick ies, jackets and sweaters. The girls say they bring good luck. That’s one way to pass your math exam. Plastic Initials—Have you noticed all those huge initial pins that look like crystal? They’re made of plas tics and some are studded with col ored stones. It’s a California Fash ion that has found its way into the dime store. Furry Flutterbumps—That’s the silly name given to fur or fur trimmed lapel gadgets that you can buy or make yourself. WUal to. do By PHYLLIS BELMONT The Rambling Rhymster By LES PLETTNER HOME TOWN There is a town back in the mind Of many a worldly man— A town that he’s long left behind, A broader view to scan. A quiet town of shaded streets. Where life was calm and slow; Where in his thoughts he cronies greets. From days of long ago. A town of good and friendly way; Of feeling kind and warm. Where people, though of earthly clay. Stand bravely to the storm. A town of houses neat and trim— Of flower-bordered paths— In memory comes back to him. In time’s long aftermath. He thinks of people real and true The salting of the earth— Old friends ne’er dispossessed by new— Good lives of solid worth. The old familiar sight and sound. Along the street called Main— The characters who hung a roue r 1 And made all problems plain. There comes to him in wistful thought, As years he looks adown; There something was which he’s long sought. Back in the old home town. f 1 >1 tm - Corp. Loren Haygen, from Eau Claire, Wis., who is fighting on Leyte island, shaves in the shadow of a monument honoring a World War I hero, Andres P. Dadizon, a Filipino who was killed in France. Reason for Absence— Her Golden Wedding Day CHICAGO, ILL. — Mrs. Elizabeth Swett stayed away from her job in a war plant—her first absence since she started six months ago—only because she had an important oc casion to celebrate. Mrs. Swett, 69, and her hus band, 75, observed their 50th wed- ing anniversary. Said Mrs. Swett’s foreman: “I’ll match her against any 16-year-old in her work as wrapper.” TELEFACT PURCHASE OF UFE INSURANCE INCREASINO WOMEN 1942 1944. MEN (BUYING BY ADULTS) Each symbol represents 500 million dollars worth of insurance U. S. War Casualties Now Total 509,195 WASHINGTON. — American battle casualties have passed the half-million mark. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said recently that army casualties reported through Octo ber 28 total 437,356. The latest navy list accounts for 71,839, giv ing a grand total for both serv ices of 509,195. Crocheted Apron That Does Attract the Eye l£t » aV VsVs-rW.; /v.y 1 m AN attention-getter, this bit of feminine frivolity. A cro cheted apron in simple pattern stitch, finished with a crocheted ruffle. • • • An apron you can make In double, quick time; Inexpensive. Pattern 541 con tains crochet directions lor apron; stitches. For this pattern send 16 cents in coins, your name, address and the pattern num* her. Send your order to: Sewing Circle Needleeralt Dept. 564 W. Randolph St. Chicago M, OL Enclose 16 cents for Pattern No Name Address. Question—How many dishes do you think it is necessary for the bride to have? Answer—Usually service for six or eight will suffice, because brides these days probably won’t be enter taining on a lavish scale. The pieces you should have are dinner plates, luncheon plates, bread and butter plates, cups and saucers, soup plates or cream soup cups. The soup plate, or cream soup is always used on a service plate of some kind. Your salad, if served as a separate course, may be served on dishes that do not match your set. With the large amount of informal entertaining that brides will do, I suggest place mats instead of large table cloths. Ledger Syndicate.—WNU Features. War Comes to Hero When Steps look like Mountains!.. Year feellag of fotlgee aray ha due ta Constipation Yes, constipation can steal your energy. Take Nature’s Remedy (NR Tablets). Contains no ehemieuC minerals, no phenol derivatives. ] Tablets are different—act different. Purely vegetable—a combination of 10 vegetable ingredients formulated over 50 years ago. 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