The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 17, 1948, Image 7
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1948
THE NEWBERRY SUN
By TeJ Kesting
Summer is usually considered
the outdoor season, but when
you stop to think about it,
there aren’t so many things
you can do in warm weather
claims Outdoor Writer Bill
Wolf. He builds a pretty fair
case for th e year’s labt month, j
The December sportsman
can’t go boating or swimming
as in summer, but he still can
an infinite variety of winter
camp out, hike, fish, and have
sports to choose from as well.
And there’s some form of small
game hunting to be found in
almost every state.
But to many, December’^
chief charm as an outdoor
month is in the snows that ar
rive in the northern states.
They usually aren’t too severe,
as they will be in January and
February, and are often only
light, tracking snows. Reading
tracks is like reading a mystery
story except that there is not
always a solution. Sometimefe
the clues peter out in a con
fusion of tracks.
The outdoors moves indoors
during th enext-to-the last
week this month. There is
little hunting or fishing done
in Christmas Week becouse it
is strictly a home-arib-family
affair. It takes a brave and
rather heartless man to ignore
his fireside at this time to go
gunning or angling. However/
it also takes a brave man to
bear up under some of the
Christmas presents he will re
ceive.
The surf fisherman prabably
will get a nice fly-rod reel, the
bait caster an ocean-going boat
rod, the upland game ghooter a
pair of hip boots from someone ,
who saw a duck hunter so at
tired. The donor will beam,
expecting thanks^ and the re-1
cipient will bare his teeth in a
lupine grin intended to convey
thanks for something he does
n’t want.
The sun returns on December
21 at the beginning of the win
ter solisice. but, paradoxically,
this date also marks the period
when the days start to get
longer. It’s imperceptible at
first, but the daylight increases
gradually until it is noticeable
toward (spring. The birth of
winter also contains the seeds
of its death.
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Carpenter’s
SPECTATOR
(Continued from opposite page)
turn over in their graves with
shame?
So free is the President with
the public funds that he can
(or will send a plane or a ship
and transport visitors around
at great expense. And he
uses what he pleases, though
he is specifically allowed a set
amount.
I meant to tell you about my
mince pie and ice cream and
fruit cake—far out in the pro
vinces of Northern Peru. An
other time will suit as well
Just now my mind runs on
England and Scotland. It was
our good fortune to have John
Burns as our guide through
the Houses of Parliament, the
Tower of London and other
places of interest.
(Mr. Burns told of going
around London with a “Yank
ee” and a Canadian. As they
stood on London Bridge, Mr.
Burns, with the calm assurance
and modesty of the British,
said, “Gentlemen, this is the
London Bridge.’’ Of course Mr.
Buraia was swelling with pride,
though so calm. Mr. Burns
assumed that everyone would
realize all the implications of
that—London Bridge! The Am
erican, like Simon Peter, blurt
ed out “Is this the Thames
River?” “It is the Thames
River,” said Mr. Burns. “But,”
said the American, “Not the
Thames River?” Yes, bir: th*
Thames River.” "But, Mk\
Burns, the Thamete River I
have read about?” “Sir, the
Thames River you have read
about.”
The American looked up and
down the Thames and was as
much disappointed as I was
when I stood by the little
Marne River, in France. It
loojced puny to me, about like
the* Black River at Kingstree,
or less. Finally, in all the
bumptiousness of his Ameri
canism, he asked “Have you
ever seen the Missouri?” Then
the Canadian came to life and
asked “Have you seen the St.
Lawrence?” Mr. Burns . said
he backed away from those
sturdy patriots and replied: “I
have seen the Missouri. It is
nothing but a great river of
muddy water. And I have seen
the Saint Lawrence, which is
only a vast, swift stream. But
this, gentlemen, is liquid his
tory.”
I repeated that in Spanish to
the Rector of the University
of La Libertad (Trujielo, Peru).
He enjoyed it greatly—“La his-
toria liquida, que tal! He
chuckled.—Liquid history!!
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No. 127 Baby Brownie Special • • $3.16
No. 620 Target Brownie $6.33
No. 616 Target Brownie —$7.48
No. 620 Tourist f6.3 $53.68
8mm. Movie Camera $73.75
8mm. Movie Projector $8p.00
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GIFTS FOR HER
Yardley 2-piece Sets 3.25
Evening-inrParis Sets 2.75 up
Famous Brands
Dusting Powder : 1.00
Coty Sets 3.25
$1 Cashmere-Bouquet
Dusting Powder
69c
Tussy, Coty, Richard
Hudnut
Compacts
Old Spice Sets
1.50
Stationery
50c
ELECTRIC HEAT
PAD
$3.39
Hughes Dresses Sets-
5.00
Atomizers
—- 1.00
Renlow Small Wonder set 2.50
$5 COSMETIC CASE
$3.95
GIFTS FOR HIM
Hughes Male Kit — 5.00
Schick Razor Set — 1.95
Yardley Sets 2.50
Electric Razors, up from 16.50
Courtly Sets 2.00
Amity Bill Folds 5.00
Seaforth Sets 2.60
Parker Pen & Pencil set 17.50
Old Spice Sets 2.25
Jewelite Brushes 3.00
GIFTS FOR TOTS
Mechanical Train 4.95
Auto Seat 2.25
Toy Racer 49c
Comb and Brush 1.00
Candy Stocking 50c
Nursery Book 25c
Football $1.69
Hard Candy 35c
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