The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 26, 1957, Image 16

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SECTION 2 PAGE EIGHT THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, You can enjoy the fun of getting ready for Christmas by starting early to make original gifts for those on your list who “already have everything” or are “so hard to buy for.” You don’t have to be a master craftsman to make attractive presents, just let simplicity and color be your keynotes. As for materials, department stores and variety stores are filled with endless possibilities. You can, for instance, buy metal trays of all sizes that can be made distinctive with flowers or fruit, scrolls or scallops. Often the instructions, designs, and paint materials are packaged right with the trays. The ten-cent store will yield an array of kitchen canisters, cake tins, and wooden salad bowls that can be given decorative touches. They provide a wonderful way to highlight kitchen color schemes. In decorating wooden salad bowls, put your designs on first, then give the bowl two or three coats of spar varnish which will provide an odorless, tasteless coating. If you’ll take your ingenuity shopping, you’ll find many items that will arouse your creative interest in other stores, too. There is an endless stream of closet accessories . . . hampers, shoe and hat stands, hat boxes, and clothes hangers. And don’t overlook such gardening equipment as trowels, diggers and watering cans. They can all be perked up with colorful enamel. For the younger set, a toy chest with storybook figures—or the child’s name—makes a welcome gift. Such a box can be made from an old sea chest or a wooden storage locker. You may even find one in a store that sells unpainted furniture. Expenditures For Education High Expenditures for public educat ion in South Carolina in 1956-57 totaled $146,266,852.06, according to P. H. Bomar, finance officer in the State Department of Educat ion. These expenditures represent funds handled diregtly by the local districts and counties, by the State Department of Educat ion, the Educational Finance Com mission, and the School Book Com mission, and contributions of the State to the retirement fund of educational personnel. The total is an increase of slightly more than $4 million over the previous year. There was some decrease in reported capital outlay but increases in other areas accounted for the over-all increase of $4 million. SimScSr?: 3 ? mm m Funds for public education came from three sources: federal funds accounted for approximately 5 per cent of the total; state funds approximately 65 per cent; and local funds, approximately 30 per cent. The average salary for class room teachers and teaching prin cipals increased from $2956 (1955-56) to $3015 (1956-57). Since no state-wide salary increase was granted for the school year 1956- 57, the increased average salary “indicates that teachers are con tinuing to improve their profess ional qualifications and that school districts are employing better qualified teachers,” according to Mr. Bomar. , A breakdown of the expend itures indicates that $84 million was spent for the public schools, including approximately $63 mill ion for sal&ries; slightly over $1 million was spent for adult education, including veterans ed ucation, the Area TradeSchools, and the Opportunity School; al most $37 million was spent for capital outlay; and $14 million was spent for debt service (in terest on loans and retirement of bonds). A complete analysis of public education expenditures will appear in the annual report of Dr. Jesse T. Anderson, state superintendent of education. FAMOUS SITES In the heights above Nazareth, which lies in a cup of the Galilee* hills, may be seen the sites of many of the famous place name* • of biblical history- To the oast lie* Gilboa where Saul died, and Tfc- bor. where Deborah’s men gath ered to mee-t Westward is ancient Megiddo where the Egyptians defeated* Josiah of Judah, and Carmal wher Elijah bested the mmsmz?. m .v 1 «*! o» : r K2&' BRIGHT LIGHTS ... Christmas lights shine just as bright in other parts of the world. The scene above depicts Madrid’s Preciados Street, in the center of the Spanish capital. The night view shows strings of lights stretching from one side of the street to the other with stars holding the lights In a canopy effect while shoppers crowd the roadway and shop windows. \(/e taLte plecarure in extending our sincere thanks omd good wishes to ijou, our mcmi^ friends <and loijtfl customers/ in the hope our wi II U the Merriest ever! Case Farm Machinery Dealer — AND — Newberry Recapping Co. J. ELLERBE SEASE Newberry, S. C. ms mmw mm' mm psii msm Hip m mmm m* % i. jmi O 0> •• ■" K .m ••A? . - ■ rr ".' v‘. . - -a ' v .w m v. \ The Champion Paper & Fibre And Their Employees VC;-- rim b*} 1 wm -mm