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/ THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1954 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE SEVEN LAFF OF THE WEEK jilii fliShlUSli Pl*I*I*»*I*2*I*I»I*I*2» [■!*i*!*;*j«:*2*:* Charleston's Homes And Gardens Receiving Many Seasonal Visitors "Couldn’t we turn on the lights, Harriet? . . . You are Harriet, aren’t yon?” Quality Photo Finishing Quality is still our first consideration. Although our photo finishing business has grown tremendously, we still give in* dividual attention to every print we make. Bring us your next pictures for developing. We’re sure you'll be pleased with the results. And, too, we’re always glad to offer helpful suggestions in picture taking. NICHOLS STUDIO HOME LOANS To PURCHASE To BUILD To REMODEL To REFINANCE For friendly and sympathetic handling of your Home Loan . . . see the folks at STATE / BUILDING and LOAN \ ASSOCIATION i \ s' PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS, Sec.-Treas. " ' ^ 1\17 BOYCE STREET THE BELEAST BUILDING NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA Final Notice County Taxes There wiU be a penalty of added to all unpaid taxes at the close of business March 31st, 1954 All taxes not paid by April 15th will go into execution with further penalties and will be placed in the hands of the tax col lector. Please see the undersigned and ar range your taxes and save these heavy penalties. J. RAY DAWKINS, County Treasurer Charleston’s spring season is in full swing, the city is buzzing with seasonal activities and seasonal visitors. The private homes are now open to the public on a series of tours, and the famous gardens. Magnolia, Middleton and Cypress are in splendid bloom, vivid with azaleas. At the gardens the peak of bloom is expected towards the end of March to continue well into April. The Seventh Annual Tours of Charleston’s Historic Houses, will continue through April 9. Dur ing that period twenty private homes will be open on a series of four tours, and it is only at this particular time that they can be visited. . And during Charleston’s “tour ist” season many related activities are planned. The Society for the Preservation of Negro Spirituals will give two of their renowned concerts, candlelight concerts in costume of the period will be held in the H e y w a rd-Washington house; on Saturdays old planta tions outside the city will be open ed by the auxiliaries of St. Michael’s and St. Phillip’s Church es. Each year at this time the town, always interesting, always unusual, seems to take on an add ed beauty and gaiety. Much work goes into the preparation of all the events scheduled for this per iod. ♦ The Historic Charleston Foun dation which conducts the tours, begins its plans early each June to open homes the following spring, and the generous owners of the houses are particularly careful that their gardens as well as their drawing rooms are seen at their best. Thirty young women of the community are carefully drilled in its history and cultural background so that they may bet ter conduct the visitor through the homes. Even the horses driving Charleston’s tourist buggies are given an extra spit and polish. The great gardens lying a few miles outside the city dictate the Charleston season. There it is na ture, ably assisted by man, which concentrates through the twelve months to achieve riotous bloom each spring. The azaleas, climb ing roses, cherokee and Lady Banksia, wisteria, dogwood, pyrus japonica, “naked ladies,” a form of swamp lily, and all the flower ing shrubs seem to bloom in unison. At Magnolia, proclaimed as the world’s most beautiful gar den, at Middleton, where the great terraces Tvere laid out two cen turies ago.^ at Cypress, a fairy land garden floating on a cypress lagoon, thje profusion of bloom is multiplied a hundred times in the reflections of the lakes, with the water darkened mysteriously black by the roots of the Cypress trees. Charleston was settled in 1670, but the homes the visitor will see span most of the 18th Century, and the gardens too are part of a cul ture which was known throughout the English speaking world, when this was the ranking port in the colonies. Unlike other great cities of America, Charleston has pre served much of her past. This is in large part due to the War Be tween the States, and Reconstruc tion with the resultant depression which followed. For then there was no building, and very little alteration in a destitute city. So that at the beginning of this cen tury, Charleston was left with a wealth . of eighteenth century buildings and culture, a national heritage of architecture. And to day visitors are flocking from the forty-eight States, and many for eign countries to see this eigh teenth century city in the full beauty of a twentieth century springtime. The gardens are open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to dusk. The homes are open morning and afternoon Monday through Friday, and on Sunday afternoon. For full information write the joint offices of Historic Charleston Foundation and Charleston’s Famous Gardens, 94 Church Street, Charleston, S. C. BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER F OLKS sure have been getting ex cited lately about these so-called “misery” programs on radio and TV here of late. I’ve noticed that newspapers all around the country have been putting forth editorially with a campaign to get something done about it. Folks are objecting to the ones wltere “real” people get, up and tell their troubles to the master of ceremonies and the listening or watching world and get a few hun dred dollars in cash or merchandise for their trouble. The ones I’d like to see something done about are those on the after-breakfast to be fore-supper shift . . . The "acting” people who act so silly trying to act “real.” However, I think it’s too late. These things have become as es sential as suds to the lady of the house in getting her day’s chores done. She simply can’t get the dishes or the clothes washed un less she can do it to the tune of falling tears, divorce trials, and lamentations for love lost through a misunderstanding between a sweet thing and the first cousin of Tom’s other wife—the brilliant fe male lawyer. Some time ago, our little home clock-radio wheezed a couple of times, spluttered once and went dead. I managed to postpone hav ing it fixed for several days by ex plaining to the little woman that it was also our time-piece and alarm (our only one) and since that part of the gadget still func tioned perfectly, we should wait until I purchased an alarm clock before having the radio fixed. The stall worked fine for several days until, overburdened by her complaints that it took too much of her time to call friends on the phone to find out what was hap pening on “her favorite programs.” We lived close in the Stone Hill* of the Dutch Fork. ^That came natural. Our folks were of the thrifty German sort. And the unyielding hills did not give up their abundance easy. So frugality prevailed. We never thought of throwing away a string. They were neatly wound up like a plow-line and kept in the drawer of the kitchen table. Nor was a sack (paper or burlap) ever thrown away. They were neatly stacked away for fur ther use, and there were not many. It was a mortal sin to burn anything that could be eaten by man, bird, or beast. That keeps me until this day from throwing an apple peeling in the fire. We’d get up, go to the window, and throw it out for pig, chicken, or billy goat that was usually there watching for such chance mor sels. And to leave food on your plate was bad too. In fact, we just didn’t do it. We were taught that early. .If we took more than we could eat, they told us “our eyes were bigger than our stomachs.” And we soon learned to judge the portions just right. That to^ has stuck to me, and I can still guage it to a bite. Shoes were always fixed, as long as the uppers lasted. And the seats of our pants were half- soled as regularly as our shoes. Dogs and cats must not have to have meat or grease. For ours Bible Comment. Heritage of Liberty Given to World By Jewish People 'T'HE story is well known how * Jacob and his great company went down to Egypt and flour ished under the power and pat ronage of his illustrious brother, Joseph. But it is a story that cannot be too well known. Trouble began for these people in that foreign land when there arose “a pharoah, who knew not Joseph." Racial and religious prejudice, still rife in our own supposedly enlightened environ ment, soon wreaked its havoc on the Jews. Great works of ancient time soon became symbols of injustice and oppression. Forced to make bricks without straw, the rem nants of those who had come to Egypt seeking food were cast into bondage, suffering cruelly. Later, a man, foster son of the palace, renounced his foster mother and his prospect of ease and power to share the affliction of his people. He led them out of bondage toward freedom. But it was, as we know, by no means as simple as that. Hard ships, discouragements, rebellious spirits and yearning to turn back marked the way until the free dom of Canaan was won. Gut of that unpleasant march came what shines with especial glory—the conception of liberty enshrined in the ancient Jewish Scriptures. In a world marked with slav ery, it is remarkable how the Jews designed law’s and regula tions to protect the community against slavery and the individ ual in his rights. One cannot go into this fully here, but one can point to the land’s laws designed to prevent serfdom. There was the law which protected debtors from becoming permanent slaves to their creditor. There were the Cities of Refuge where one who had inadvertently injured an other could go for safety. The heritage of liberty that the world owes to the Jews is im mense. Unfortunately, the world has never fully appreciated it. ^STARS By LYN CONNELLY IF YOU could step into a time 1 machine with a choice of three Duttons, marked “yesterday.” “to day” and "tomorrow.” which one would you push? That was a typical question asked recently by Jack Sterling, show business veteran and host of “Make Up Your Mind” Like other problems posed on the series, it was submitted by a listener for consideration by the program’s four panelists After the panel has had its turn at discussing each problem, a professional psychol ogist reviews the situation, point ing up cause and effect but leaving the listener to make up his own mind In this case, the psychologist summed op thus: “To live in the past is to admit a sentimental nature; to live in the future may be satisfying to an Idealist; to choose the present may indicate a certain contentment with life and deep personal satisfaction Most of us find our best achieve ment in combining all three—learn ing from the past, finding » goal for our ambitions In the future and getting the most we can of the present.” PLATTER CHATTER CAPITOL. Probably one of the most unusual recordings ever mlhde is a long-playing disc called “Birth of a Baby." tn which the listener Is present at the actual birth of a boy in a Madison (Wis.) hospital delivery room You hear the obstetrician, intern, nurses, mother and—finally—the baby aft er it has been born This is a treasure for mothers and an educa tion for fathers and mothers-to-be A doctor describes the pro ceedings in terminology that all can understand Another fine long- playing record is “PolynesiaI" a collection of wonderful native songs and dances of the South Seas . 'V • • ^•'xx.. •? GLAMOR GIRL Recently re turned from entertainment tour of GI camps in Korea, Marilyn Monroe Di Maggio dons corselet and mesh stockings for movio role. got none, unless they caught it in the woods. Every bit of rancid grease or trimlming from, the meat was stored away in the smoke house for soap. And the early lye for making it came from the ash hopper out back. And on and on it went. With frugality like that, we lived well from little. iFASy l/r BY HELEN HALE IF YOUR windows tend to stick * often, try rubbing the ropes with wax or paraffin. Pull the ropes together, also, on both sides, up together and let them drop back again. Repeat several times. Paint brushes which have har dened after being unused for a long time can be softened by plac ing in a can of paint and varnish remover. Let stand and then wash out in hot water and detergent. • Brick tiles can be washed and polished at the same time if you RECIPE OF THE WEEK Clam Lima Chowder (Serves 4) 1 small onion 2 tablespoons butter 1 can (8-ounce) minced clams 2% cups cooked large dry lira as (1 cup uncooked) 3 cu^s milk 1 teaspoon salt % teaspoon black pepper Chop onion and cook in butter until transparent. Add clams and liquor, undrained limas, milk, salt and pepper. Heat to scalding and serve. use vinegar and a soft cloth on them. Prevent brass from tarnishing by using a coat of clear lacquer on it after thorough cleaning and polish ing. Remove all traces of tarnish then remove all polishing mate rials -with benzene before lacquer ing. Use gloves so the oil from the firigers will not prevent proper cov erage with lacquer. Grease spots on wallpaper can be removed with a professional cleaner or a piece of flannel which has been dipped in alcohol. For whitening wooden stairs which are Unfinished, scrub with hot water to which some small amount of kerosene has been added. To remove wallpaper, brush it with water in which has been dis solved all the alum the water will take. Brush onto the wallpaper and it will come off quite easily. Track Enlarged At Darlington For 1954 Races DARLINGTON—A six thousand seat addition to the Darlington International Raceway grandstand has now been completed In prepa ration for the July AAA national championship auto race this year, according to Bob Colvin, president of the Speedway corporation, “This makes a total of sixteen thousand seats,” said Colvin, “and advance interest indicates every one will be sold for the South’s only big car championship race of the year.” The big cars last raced here, under AAA sanction, in 1952 when Walt Faulkner out lasted pn Indianapolis field of 24 racers to take the first Indepen dence Day Sweepstakes trophy. Johnnie Parsons, 1950 Indianapolis winner won a 200 mile race here in December, 1951. Tickets are on sale now, Colvir"| said, bn a first come first served basis. For the first time the Darl ington grandstand wftl have a roof, as five thousand choice seats sup port a covering as part of the en- Lt Miller Released From Active Service Lt. F. DeWitt Miller returned to Newberry on Thursday, March 4th after serving a year on active duty in Korea. He received his dis charge from the Army at Fort Jackson Tuesday, March 9th. For the present he with his wife, the former Bobbie Hove, and their seven month’s old sou. Dean, will remain in Newberry. Mrs. Miller and son made their home here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hove on Chapman street while Lieutenant Miller was in Korea. larking nrogram. Renovation of the Darlington plant started last year when the banked, asphalt racing strip was enlarged from a mile and a quart er to a mile and three eights with turns banked to a height of six teen feet. This makes the Darling ton plant the largest speedway in America outside of Indianapolis, home of the 500 mile race. Labor ’ v ‘y Darlington will again -'lay host to the annual Southern 500—America’s longest stock car race. These two premier events comprises Darlington’s 1954 schedule. \ m TROOPS BATTLE HITKS Armored cat patrols roads oeai Manila In fight against cnmmunist-leri Huk rebels who ignored Philippine government order to surrender wm t- ■ OPENING DAY SPECIALS at NEWBERRY HOME BAKERY 1217 Nance Street Newberry, S. C. Thursday Specials Friday Specials Saturday Specials Regular $1 each CHOCOLATE CAKES 89c $1.20 Cocoanut CAKES $1.05 Fresh LEMON PIES Reg. 59c / 49c 59c Cocoanut Custard PIES 49c 60c Dozen V DANISH • 49c Doz. $1 Plain POUND CAKE 89c A 59p Dozen Regular 59c 10c Chocolate BROWNIES APPLE PIES EA CLAIRS 40c Doz. 49c each 2 for 15c I THURSDAY, MARCH 18 is OPENING DAY at NEWBERRY HOME BAKERY 1217 Nance Street Newberry, S. C. See us for that specially decorated birthday, anniversary of wedding cake . . . And other fancy baking. 'tfU.EtS DRIP A FOR 60SH SAKE5. JABBEE/XOUfct LKZY/H0W CAN M2U 5 IT THERE LISTENING TO THE WIN LEAKING IN AND NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? 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