The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 21, 1951, Image 3

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O 'A TTHE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. t: • — ’ — ' IS EVERYWHERE The fact that the many customs practiced at Christmastime stem from various peoples and nations is a sign of the universality of the great holiday. The custom of the Christmas tree is believed to have originated with the Romans, although Martin Luth er receives much credit for popu larizing their use. From the tree- worshipping Druids came the using of mistletoe as a sign of good-will and peace. Mistletoe boughs once were used for arrow parts, and thus signified evil. The Druids conceived the idee of raising them high and out of reach, thus converting them to a sign of kindness and peace. Die Yide log came from England, where it was tradition that a tenant could feast at his lord’s expense as long as a round of wood would burn. Ragland also added the Wassail bowl, filled with spice and ale.. Americans substituted with the egg nog bowl. The traditional and beautiful con cept of die Crib of the Nativity, featured yearly in churches, homes, and on countless thousands of Christmas cards, came originally from the brush of St. Francis of Assisi in 1223. There are hundreds of other Christmas customs practiced in countries around the world, either stemming from these, or in some way related. Those mentioned here might have descended from the Yuletide customs of civilizations centuries before man began writing competent histories. For Christmas customs were originated the night the Magi followed the gleaming star in the sky to worship at the crib of the newborn Saviour, and have continued since. 'Los Postores' Is Traditional Feature Of Mexican Yule O NE OF THE traditional fea tures of the long Mexican Christmas celebration is “Los Pas- tores.” Participating actors are trained weeks early for this pageant that portrays the story of the shepherds who followed the star to the stable at Bethlehem and found the Christ Child. - Christmas songs passed down from one generation to another are sung by the actors as they pass through the streets at midnight Christmas Eve. Each carries ,a long pole on which are fastened stars of transparent paper illumi nated from within by candles, and beats time to the singing with shepherds’ staves ornamented with Jingling bells. The procession ends at the church, with midnight mass; the singing continuing until dawn, while the devout kneel about in prayer. |1|Ob January 6, the day of the Three Kings, Los Pastures sing traditional songs before images of iii* nyr - r 9 * '*• i •: the Kings. On that day it is the custom for children to stuff their shoes with hay and place them on ^aleoniee in anticipation of the coming of the three Kings. The horses of the Kings are sup posed to eat the hay, in return for which the grateful Kings place toys and sweets in the children’s shoes. St. Nicholas So Called By American Tots Only American children are the only ones who call the patron saint of Christmas St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas is, of course, a slur ring of the Dutch word San Nicbotass, but the name has dif ferent forms around the woi Id. Father Christmas is indigenous to Britain; Santa Claus to Germany; Kris Kringle to Holland. All, how ever, are but variants of St. Nick, who was an actual person. Nicholas was a bishop, one of the youngest in the history of the church, at Lycia, Asia Minor, and he was renowned for his piety and grace. * But it was his generosity that really made him remembered. Bom of wealthy parents, he was a dispenser of the good things of life and one of the greatest givers of gifts in the history of the world. Too Much Roasting Can Ruin the Turkey Many a turkey, perfectly dressed and beautifully stuffed, has been all but ruined in the actual roasting process. The temperature used in roasting is the most important factor—it is perfectly possible to transform an excellent, tender, high quality bird into a stringy, tough, dry turkey by too high heat in roasting. Modem methods recommend 300 degrees and require no tedious basting. CHRISTMAS DREAMS Decorative Effects May Be Obtained By Christmas Card The deluge of Christmas cards that descend upon the family during the holiday period can be used in many decorative and attractive ways. One of the most interesting ways they may be used is the form of a mantel or door decoration. They can be attractively grouped togeth er with ribbon and evergreen and add a festive touch to any room. An eye-catching display can also be arranged by taping the cards to the panels of an .inside door and accenting with sprigs of evergreen and gay, colored Christmas-tree balls. The big, wide Christmas cards that feature reproductions of fa mous paintings will show well if placed in bleached-oak frames and hung singly or in pairs in a narrow wall space. Six of them, in a panel arrangement, will give a center of interest to one wall. If you wish to really make a display, then thumb tack the cards to cardboard cut in a tree shape and covered with gold metallic paper. Edge them with evergreen. THE FIRST iJnOEL The famous carol, “The First Noel” means the first Christmas and this holy anthem goes so far back into history that there is no record as to who wrote or when it was first sung. An old belief is that the shepherds sang the verses to the music of the angels heralding the birth of Christ, but no one knows for sure. The beautiful carol, however, has come to be one of the many impor tant things that make Christmas the holy, celebrated season that it is. Weeks before Christmas, from radios, from concert hallr. and from the throats of carol singers and just plain singers, the strains of the First Noel remind us all that the celebration of the birth of Christ is once more upon us. Christmas Eve in Syria Time for Earnest Prayer There is little merriment in Syria on Christmas Eve. It is more a time of prayer. In both Syria and nearby Lebanon, the Christmas season be gins on December 4th and is not concluded until January 6th. In these two ancient countries there is no Santa Claus. The Syrian believes his gifts come from the camel, for legend tells that the youngest camel to accompany the Magi was tired and weary upon reaching the stable at Bethlehem and the new-born Saviour blessed it and gave it immortal life. In the Lebanon district the “magic mule” is the gift bearer. Children sprinkle freshly mown grass from the thres hold to their beds to entice the mule to visit them during the night. All during the Christmas season, pilgrimages are frequently made from Syria to Bethlehem. Then, on New Years Day, comes the cele brating. Presents are exchanged and children go from one house to another, receiving presents and gifts of money, like children every where. Great Is He Honored This Christmas Day! It is indeed significant, this birth day that is celebrated on the twenty-fifth of December! It honors the birth of One who never delved into politics, Who be longed to no party, political or otherwise. He led no revolutions, conquered no vast domains with mighty armies or eloquent words. He advocated little more than a life for salvation—and for that He was crucified on Calvary. BLOOD FOR FREEDOM Four Nurses Plan 10,000 Mile, Ten State Tour for Red Cross rn nccuffi Dl 7] LAST WEEK'S . LHI UojWII ru LL ANSWER ^ Four young women are out for blood, and they are going after it in a big way. First of all. Union Pacific Rail road remodeled a business car, attached a baggage car to carry supplies, and promised to trans port them anywhere they wished to go on the 10,000 miles of its tracks to complete their search. Next the American Red Cross furnished them with supplies and offered to have their local chapters recruit enough patriotic American volunteers to part with a pint of the vital fluid. So they are ready to hit the road, railroad that is, on a tour that will take them through the eleven western states served by Union Pacific beginning in December. g if |f 4 ACROSS 1. Ugly old women S. Clubs 0. Two-toed sloth 10. Man's name 11. Island off Greece 12. Geneologl- cal lines 14. Constella tion 15. Upper side of foot 16. Borders DOWN 15. Writing 1. A cheer 2. Close to (poet.) 3. Gun (slang) 4. Prosecute judicially 5. Farm buildings 6. Expression of sorrow 7. Diplomatic 8. Scoffs 11. Arrived 19. Friar’s title 13. Young , * By INEZ GERHARD S TEVE COCHRAN’S dog, Tschai- kowsky, now has a collar which his master says will put the rhine stone one belonging to Joan Craw ford’s Cliquot to shame. It’s set with elks’ teeth; Steve had it made by a soldier stationed at Fort Knox, Ky., where he spent several weeks filming “The Tanks Are Coming” for Warners’. Tschaikowsky ap pears in that one; his screen credits also include “Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison” and “Ton orrow Is Another Day”; as an actor, he rates really fancy accessories. The play in which Ginger Rogers returned to Broadway, “Love and Let Love”, closed after a month’s run. But simultaneously with its closing came the announcement by Columbia Broadcasting that she had been signed for exclusive appear ances on television, on a contract running more than five years. For a salary of more than one million GINGER ROGERS dollars, she will be the star and mistress of ceremonies of a half- hour weekly show, starting after April 1. She will sing, dance and act in adaptations of her numerous screen shows. While on her four week’s leave of absence from “Stop the Music” Kay Armen conferred with MGM’s Joe Pasternak about doing a film musical in Hollywood. She also filled a three weeks’ singing en gagement at Las Vegas’ Thunder- bird Hotel. Wherever blood centers are not operating they will accept donors to supplement the national blood program. % Ambitious women, these Red Cross nurses, they are aiming at 2000 pints each month, and will work on “Blood For Freedom,” the name of their mobile blood col lection unit, until they make it. They must, they say with typical femihine determination, because every drop is going direct to the armed forces. Heading the group of four nurses that staff the car is Kathryn Mc Donough, formerly of Waterloo, Iowa. She did private duty after training at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Omaha and then served as aa industrial nurse before joining the blood program in September, 1949. Ramona Walla is another mem ber of the crew. She lived at Lin- wood, Neb. originally and re ceived her nurses training at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Omaha. Be fore joining the blood program in December, 1949, Ramona did pri vate duty nursing. Eileen Roth, who came from Elkhorn, Neb”, before moving to Omaha, is the third member of the staff. She is another alumna of St. Joseph’s.in Omaha and was on private duty before joining the blood program in January, 1950. Monica DeWulf of Cedar Rapids, Neb., has been with the Red Cross blood program since September, 1950. She was also a private nurse after her graduation from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital N u r s i n g School at Lincoln, Neb. • • • COLLECTIVELY, these four white-clad nurses have worked on more than 300 mobile trips made by the Omaha regional mobile unit, operating in Eastern Ne braska, so they have plenty of ex perience. “Blood donors soon realize just how simple it' is to donate their blood,” says Miss McDonough. “Men almost always joke about the possible high alcoholic content of their blood.” “Take a gallon. I’ve got a lot,” is the comment Miss Walla hears from male stalwarts, and know ing the pressing need for blood on the battlefield, she certainly wishes she could. Wherever they operate, the nurses will be under direction of a local physician, on their feet all day doing a tough job because they realize its importance. Miss DeWulf summed it up neat ly when she pointed out that, “Giv ing your life for your country is the supreme sacrifice, but saving a life is certainly as important. Any qualified citizen can do just that, once every three months, actually, by donating blood for our armed forces.” 20. Exclama tion 21. Chest 22. Sudden rush of wind 2% Malt beverage 24. Chum 25. Infant 27. Female parent 28. Mulberry 30. Sleeveless garment (Arab.) 31. Mislead 33. City (Mass.) 35. Unit of weight 36. Fellow (slang) 37. To be ready for 39. Wavy (Heraldry) 40. Vended 41. Prophet 42. Parts of locks oyster fluid 17. Strong wind If. Anger 22. Sport 23. A sea mollusk 24. Frontiers man’s shoe 25. Cheats (slang) 26. Counting device 27. Lair 28. Shuns 29. Furnished temporarily 31. Dishearten hriu raranira Eonnra nciHHB Kfirowi: UHnnu rsuu I7il4 UMIJl \m HISMMH *131!] UMraWMIJQMU am4 mu mmu aaiifeiPii iduauM LWiULIH IIMM 171H Didmauunma HUHHffl Miil4 N-54 32. Country (S. Eur.) 34. A dandy 37. Question 38. Sorrow Yy/< i 2 5 4 1 5 4 7 8 //// i 10 f/A it L i 12 15 14 i i is i 14 17 ■ 18 i 20 I 21 i 22 i 25 i 24 y// Z5 24 d Tl 'VV/ 29 50 51 52 55 54 w, 55 54 | 57 ► i 59 I 40 i 41 I 42 il THE fICTION CORNER NEW LIFE By Richard Hill Wilkinson T HERE WASN’T any particular reason why young Phil Davis and his wife should dislike Templer. Yet this was the case. For one thing neither of them were used to the habits and cus toms of small town people. They were city bred, and hence 3 -Minute Fiction misunderstood the kindly interest of their neighbors. Prying curiosity, they termed it. “That Mrs. Bixby was over again this morning,” Dot Davis said to her husband one night two months after they had become nicely set tled. “She wanted to know where I had my washing done. Said she’d been curious ever since she discov ered I didn’t do it myself.” “Prying old buzzard,” Phil mut tered. “It’s a blasted shame we have to put up with it. Tom Wheel er, who runs the local newspaper, was telling me today that Templer was no different from any small town. They’re all the same, he said. God pity the people who have to live in them,” he added bitterly. *Tm sick of it,” Dot wafled. “Sick of seeing and meeting no one but gossiping old hypocrites, sick of the familiarity these people assume, once they find you’re here to stay.” “But we’re not here to stay,” Phil cried with sudden enthusiasm. “You remember I told you how I’d been working on the bead office? Trying to persuade them to transfer me to Suffolk? Well, I think it’s going through. We’ll not have to put up with this drab, dull existence much longer, honey.” *T hope not,” Dot cried fer vently. “I can’t stand It a great deal longer.” GRASSROOTS G. 0. P. More Interested in Goats Than Integrity By Wright A. Patterson T HOSE REPUBLICANS who are looked to as directors of the 1952 battle of the ballots have de creed that the issue on which the big-gun oratory will bo charged will be that of “legal and moral honesty and integrity in the opera tions of the government.” It Is a noble issue, but It Is not one that will attract or change votes In the quantities that are needed. There Is but little personal Interest in the fact that a white house stenog rapher received as a present a mink coat, or that a presidential clerk was given free hotel ac commodations In Florida, or that deep freeze units where handed out to several favored Individuals by General Vaughn, or that other's had free cam eras, free vacation trips. There is a greater numb -r of Americans, who by the practice of industry and thrift, have accuma- lated two or more goats, than there are those who have only one or less, and those with two or more object r to following the so cialistic preachment of dividing with those who have less. Self-preservation is the first law of na ture, and those with two or more goats are not favorable to the socialistic trend of the nation and the present administra- JMKROFMJRK FIGHT Infantile paralysis JANUAKl 2-31 tion. Attacking that trend toward the left, the threat of socialism, will change far more votes then will legal and moral honesty and integ rity in government, because it has a personal application, the promise to retain the old and tried and proven American profit system. Then, too, government spending, the thing that calls for more taxes, which all must pay, can be a big vote getter, especially with the govern ment running into the red with each passing month and government debts increasing at an alarming rate. Such things are of greater moment to the general run of American Voters than is who gets a fur coat and other pres ents, or who goes to prison for em bezzlement of government funds. But orating about the need for legal and moral honesty and integ rity in government can be a pow erful appeal for turning the rascals out, especially for those who be lieve in such honesty and integrity. With such an inspiring subject, the big guns of the party should be able to create havoc in the ranks of the opposition, and keep the president on the defensive until the last gun is fired and the last vote is cast. But the Republican leaders must remember that the President is a good explainer. The land-owning farmers do not want America to be turned into a socialistic state. They do not want to divide acres with the landless who prefers to sit in the shade dur ing the hot summer hours, while the farmer works from sunup to sundown producing food for the na tion. The worker with a job is op posed to socialism. He is sup porting himself and family by industry, not by sitting on a park bench asking for a dole. The millions of those with bank accounts, the owners of stocks and bonds, the holders of life insurance, are not seeking an opportunity to divide their sav ings with the shiftless. It is the thrifty and industrious men and women that Republican opposition to the socialistic state will appeal, and they represent a majority of the American voters. They are more interested in pro tecting their two or more goats than in the question of legal and moral honesty and integrity in gov ernment, because the protection of what they have has a direct per sonal application. Why not show this greater num ber the dangers for them in this rapid drift to the left, and make that the number one subject for the oratory of the battle of the ballots of 1952? Or is the party, as such, fearful of that scattering of Repub licans who are tainted with the so cialistic colors? Any such loss would be far more than offset by the gain. Such radicals are not a party asset. And the Republicans should re member that President Truman has a long memory, and can revive the scandals of Harding’s time. Shorthorn Breeders Conduct Experiment 102 Bulls Put Through First D. S. Program Shorthorn breeders recently put 102 bulls through an obstacle course in the Nebraska range coun try with a view to toughening them up for a unique show and sale held at Broken Bow, Nebr., last month. Converting farm bulls from mid- western herds to rugged range The drove of Shornhorn balls above were part of the Broken * Bow experiment‘ to toughen up 102 animals to be used in cross -breeding programs in large Commercial herds. The project was sponsored by the American Shorthorn Breeders Associa tion. bulls for service in large commer cial herds of the west, the program was called the Range Bull project. The bulls Were judged in groups of two and three, in the manner of “Camp Showing*” in Argentina, and then sold to western cattlemen who wanted them for regular herd sires or for cross-breeding pro grams. It was the first such pro gram in the United States. The animals were consigned by 48 breeders in the middlewest and east and were turned out to range on July 1. “I’m sick of it,” Dot wailed. “Sick of seeing and meeting no one but old hypocrites.” Two weeks later the long-hoped- for day arrived. Phil received no tice of his transfer to the Suffolk office. Joyously the two young peo ple packed up their belongings and said goodbye to Templer. They took an apartment In the suburb of Ash- field and set about the task of get ting acquainted. This wasn’t particularly difficult. Mrs. Hooper, who was rather a plain looking person and who occupied an apartment on the same floor with the Davises, seemed eager to help the young folks get settled. She came in every day and made sug gestions which Dot found helpful. Phil came home one evening to announce that he had joined a club, and would be out one night a week. “It’s just as weC,” said Dot agreeably. “Mrs. Hooper has asked me to join the Neighborhood Bridge Union, so Til be out, too.” r HEY learned things from Mrs.' Hooper and other inhabitant^ of the apartment about other peo ple in other apartment houses close by. For example, the Ricks were considered “fast.” The Browns weren’t all they appeared to be. Bit by bit Phil and Dot adapted themselves to their new life. They learned with whom to associate, and whom to ignore. Gradually they settled Into the usual routine. A month after they had left Tem pler and its drab dullness behind, Phil arrived home one evening with a curious expression on his face. Dorothy noticed the change. “Oh, nothing much,” he replied to her question. “Bob Talbert was saying today that Ashfield was like a hundred other suburban towns. Same monotonous routine and dull ness. The only break they get if when someone new arrives.” “That’s odd,” Dot said slow ly. “Mrs. Hooper was In today. She wanted to know where I had my washing done. She’d noticed, she said, that I didn’t do it myself.” Phil and Dot stared at each other for a moment in alarmed silence. Then suddenly, of one accord, they burst into laughter. “Dot,” he said, “I wonder if it’s the place we live in or if it’s just us. We wanted to be near a large city, and now that we’re here we’ve found conditions pretty much the same as elsewhere.” Dot nodded soberly. “I guess, Phil, dear, it isn’t the place that makes one’s life drab and dull, it’s the people who live in those places, it’s the way you treat them and they treat you. I guess human na ture is pretty much the same every where. It’s up to the individual whether or not he or she is happy.” i Phil held his wife close. Gasoline on the Farm Is 'Liquid Dynamite* Gasoline on a farm is “liquid dynamiteand must be handled with extreme care to prevent ex plosions and fires. It is estimated that annual farm losses from gas oline fires amount to more than $7,000,000. Here are eight safety rules the farmer should follow: 1. Gasoline should be stored in steel drums in underground tanks at least 75 feet from any building. 2. Gasoline or kerosene should never be left in open containers in any building. > 3. Gasoline or kerosene should never be handled in the presence of an open flame or other source qf possible ignition. 4. In pouring gasoline, malm sure the pouring and receiving re ceptacles are grounded, to avoid static sparks. 5. Never use gasoline, benzene, or other flammable material for dry cleaning. 6. Never use gasoline or kerosene to start a fire 'in a stove or else where. >7. Make sure cans or tanks used in storage of gasoline or kerosene are painted red, marked plainly and in large letters. 8. Never forget that gasoline or related petroleum products are the most potentially dangerous things you have on your farm. Observance of these rules will cut down farm fire losses. Rat Control The farmer who has 20 rats on his farm Is feeding them at a cost of $40 a year. In other words. It costs farmers $2 a year to keep one rat. Three rats eat and destroy as much feed as two laying hens require in a year’s time. 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