The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 26, 1957, Image 2
SECTION I—PAGE 2
1218 ColUge Street
NEWBERRY. S. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner
Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937
at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad
vance; six months, $1.25.
COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
Marine Corps
Wants Officer
Candidates
The United States Marine Corps
is seeking college graduates and
college seniors, between the ages
of 20 and 27, to attend the Ma
rine Officer Candidate Course
starting January G, 1958, at the
Marine Corps Schools, Quantico,
Virginia.
This course, designed for college
graduates, is of a 10-week dura
tion. Upon successful completion
of the course, they will be commis
sioned a second lieutenant in the
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve and
given an opportunity to choose
ground or aviation duty. Those
who select “ground duty” will un
dergo eight months “ground” of
ficer training at Quantico, Va..
while those selecting “aviation
duty” will be sent to Naval Flight
school, Pensacola, Fla., for 15 to
18 months of flight training.
Marine “ground” officers are
assigned to a variety of duties
throughout the world. Some serve
aboard aircraft carriers, battle
ships and cruisers of the U. S.
Fleet. Others take their places as
leaders in such fields as ordnance,
artillery, infant 5 ;.’, engineering
and electronics with Fleet Marine
Force units. Those successful
completing “flight training” are
awarded gold wings of a Marine
Aviator and assigned duty with
one of the Marine Corps Air
Wings.
College graduates and senior
students who are unable to get in
on the January Gth course, may
apply for enrollment in the sec
ond course convening on March
24. 1958.
For further information on the
Marine Officer Candidate Course,
write to Major Charles B. Redman,
Officer Procurement Office, First
Citizens Bank and Trust Building,
Wilmington and Martin Streets,
Raleigh, N. C.
Workers Who Are
Disabled Should
Apply To S. S.
Severely disabled workers 50 to
05 years of age who could qualify
for the new social security disab
ility benefits which became pay
able. last July, will lose some of
their monthly payments if they do
not apnly to their social security
district office before January 1.
1958, announced Miss Martha
Pressly, district manager of the
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The luminous rays of the Star
of Bethlehem revealed, at the
birth of the Christ Child, the
dawn of a new era. Since that
dawn, centuries have folded
into eternity, but the echo of
"Peace on Earth. Good Will
Toward Men" still rings down
the years.
May it ever be so for you,
our friends, and may this
truly be a blessed Christmas.
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Newberry Lumber Company |
913 Clint Street
Newberry, S. C.
Wt will He Ctoeed Tueedny, Wedneedny, & Thurwlny
Decent her 24, 2R nnti 2« — Alwo Jttntmry l*t.
Crcenwood social security office
today.
Qualified workers who make ap
plication for disability insurance
benefits before the end of Decem
ber can be paid benefits buck as
far as the month of July, Miss
Pressly said. After December, no
back benefits can be paid.
To be eligible for social security
disability insurance benefits be
tween 50 and 05 years of age, a
worker must have a disability so
severe that he cannot do any sub
stantial gainful work. In addition,
he must have social security
credit for at least 5 out of the 10
years before he became disabled,
including at least a year and a
half out of the 3 years just before
his disability began.
For those who meet the require
ments, disability benefits can be
gin with the 7th month of disabil
ity, but no earlier than July 1957,
the first month for which the new
benefits became payable. Miss
Pressly points out, however, pay
ments to disabled persons who
apply for these benefits after De
cember 31 of this year may be
gin no earlier than the month in
which their applications are re
ceived, no matter how long they
have been disabled.
Several thousand applications
are still,in the prgcess of develop
ment. Persons who have filed ap
plication will bo notified as soon
as a decision is made and such
back payments as are due will be
paid. There is, therefore, no
reason for persons having filed ap
plication to recontact the office at
this time.
Turkey is a favorite holiday
treat, so be sure your bird is tailor-
made to fit your family’s holiday
appetites and plans.
Birds are plentiful at this time
of year and most stores are stock
ed with birds ranging from 6-pound
hens to 27-pound toms. A young
turkey weighing between 4 and 6
pounds is ideal for a small family.
For a slightly larger number, a
young hen or iom weighing from
10 to 25 pounds will provide ample
servings.
Allow at least one pound of un
cooked bird per serving. If you
plan two dinner parties, it’s wise
to buy a larger bird, cut it in half
and store half In a locker or home
freezer.
Select your bird carefully. A
tender, juicy bird will have plenty
of finish, or fat. This fat is most
noticeable in the feather tracts,
but should cover the entire bird.
The best turkey has moderate
depth and a well-fleshed breast
carrying well back between the
legs. A broad back and short drum
sticks also mean more meat per
pound.
A well-fleshed bird has a broad,
flat breast and enm*gh deshing
over the back, legs and thighs to
make all parts of the dressed bird
blend together, with no prominent
bones.
ABOUT
There’s more to mistletoe than
the excuse to invite a kiss from
n pretty girl
The white-berried plant actually
is a parasite, often killing otT
trees that play it host In recent
years Australian foresters resorted
to flame throwers to kill otT the
plant in some wooded areas. The
popular promoter of Yulettde ro
mance has a bad habit of sapping
the water and mineral salts from
the trees starving them to death.
The mistletoe does serve one
useful function in the outdoors,
however, as it provides a winter
food supply for mockingbirds, rob
ins and waxwings, These small
birds are responsible for the
spread of the tree-damaging para
site After eating the berries, the
birds clean their beaks on the
trees, firmly planting the mistle
toe seeds they do not eat. The tap
root of the seedling pierces the
trndorcst portions the tree-
young branches or buds -and tbe
tree sap is drawn Into tbe thick
leaves of the guest plant.
Thus the mistletoe plays dual
ehnvaeters and at least according
to one superstition, can change
from one character to another in
the twinkling of an eye. For in
stance, If the Yulettde mistletoe
hough isn’t removed from a house
by Candlemass Fve tFebruary D,
each leaf will produce a goblin to
plague tbe careless occupants dur
ing tbe year.
THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1967
For the family which prefers a
small tree, an evergreen can serve
as the traditional Christmas deco
ration during the holidays and
later take its place In the family
yard as an ornamental tree.
Forestry experts say that the
live tree has a reasonable chance
of survival if several rules are fol
lowed.
First, careful digging is neces
sary to insure that the whole root
system is removed with the tree.
The evergreen should be thorough
ly watered from the moment it is
potted.
The tree should be kept in the
house a minimum amount of time,
since the heat of the house often
forces the buds to break out. These
will freeze when the tree is trans
planted outdoors.
Short-needled varieties of ever
green make the best potted trees.
These include balsam, white and
Dauglass fir and blue, white, red
and Norway spruce. The foliage
of pines is too sparse at the three-
foot height to make them suitable
as table trees.
Modern World Still
Needs Old Saint Nick
Every December many parents
are fa ;ed with the problem of what
to do or whut to say about Santa
Claus. Some of our educators have
been saying for years that the San
ta theory is all wrong and some
of today’s “modern” parents seem
to agree.
But is the Saint Nick idea good
or bad for children? We say it is
good and that no child, be he aver
age or brilliant, ever suffered from
the grand illusion. Children know
there is a Santa Claus and they
accept the fact that he gradually
changes from the Santa of fiction
to the bill-paying Santa of reality.
Santa is good for small children,
for children have imaginative
minds. The fact they might see a
Santa on every corner matters lit
tle. In their eyes Santa is a sym
bol, a mystery, and in his won
drous magic, is apt to pop up any
where.
Time to Explain
And it is not the end of the world
when the time comes that some
older child shatters the illusion by
telling all. Such is the perfect op
portunity for the wise parent to
explain that Santa is, after all, a
spirit of Christmas. He represents
the spirit of giving and the reason
that we give at Christmas time is
because this is the day on which
Jesus was born. Jesus taught us
love and faith and hope and Santa
is a figurative being who helps us
understand and use that teaching.
Mistletoe Subject off
Many Controversies
The mistletoe, alternately a sym
bol of good and evil, has a contro
versial background. Known today
as a 6riminal killer of forests, it is
still used as a symbol of love,
peacemaking and goodwill.
According to legend, this is how
the mistletoe became a symbol of
love: The ancient Scandinavian
light god, Balder, so the myth
goes, was killed by Loki with a
mistletoe arrow after the beloved
Balder’s mother had evoked a
promise from all other living
things that they would not harm
her son. Balder was restored to
life by the intercession of other
gods who entrusted the mistletoe
plant to the goddess of love and
she ordained that henceforth any
one passing beneath its bough
should receive a kiss in token of
love, not vengeance. Held high,
the mistletoe would never again
be evil
Let Children Help
Prepare for Holiday
Children learn the reel meaning
of Christmaa when you let them
participate in preparation! and ac
tivities.
Making gifts for eomeone special
is a project that even a three-year-
old can do. Children can All pretty
Jars with sand to make attractive
doorstops. They can make clove
apples to add spice to handker
chief drawers. Even their simple
drawings make gifts that parents
cherish.
Baking cookies and making
Christmas decorstlons also put
children In spirit of things. And
even small children can string
popcorn and cranberries for tree
trimmings.
Deeper Meaning
Making Christmas cards shows
children that there is more to the
cards than the actual sending. You
particularly want friends to know
you are thinking of them at Christ
mas time, and children can learn
this early,
Music Is a part of Christmas and
offers another opportunity to put
meaning Into the holiday for chil
dren, who enjoy singing.
Many U. S. Towns
H:v3 ‘l:r:.es Which
I&tte Christmas
Scattered here and there about
the United States are numeroua
towns and cities whose name re
tie.-ts the Christmas idea in one
way or another.
Best known, of course, are the
towns of Santa Claus, Indiana,
Bethlehem. Conn., and Christmas,
Fla., whose post offices each year,
handle floods of mail from sender*
wishing to brighten their package*
with yuletide postmarks.
Indiana’s Santa Claus is the only
town with exclusive rights to it*,
Yuletide postmark, although therg,
is a Santa, Idaho. The privilege ol
the exclusive Santa Claus post-
mark is reserved to the Indian*
post office by congressional act.
There is only one Christmas, thg
one in Florida, although Main*
boasts a Christmas Cove.
Six Bethlehems
Bethlehem, Conn., has plenty of
competition, however, as there ar*
six other Bethlehems—in Indiana,
Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Georgia,
Maryland, and New Hampshire.
There are two Noels, one in Vir
ginia and another in Missouri.
Looking elsewhere about th*|
country, one can find numberless
towns and cities with names which
call up Biblical or holiday associa
tions. There is an Advent, W.Va.,
for the Nativity. Kentucky has *
Mary, and Oregon and Utah a Jo-!
seph each.
A Wiseman
One Wiseman is found in Arkan
sas and another in Alaska and it i*,
reasonable to assume that another
may be found in Wisemantown,
Ky. In the spirit of the season.
West Virginia contributes Good
will; Missouri boasts of Peace Val
ley, and there is Joy in Illinois;
Kentucky, Missouri, and Texas. |
For the Christmas party, Turkeys
is available in four states, CranK
berry in three. In the decorativgj
theme, one can find an Evergreen^
in six states, a Pine in seven, a
Holly in three. Trees in Louisiana,'
and finally, Mistletoe in Kentucky.
KEEP CHRISTITIRS
Christmas is the season of joy
and peace, yet quite often care
lessness causes it to be a time of
tragedy.
Fire hazards are about us ev
erywhere during the holiday sea
son. The majority of us overload
our home electrical systems dur
ing the season and practically ev
eryone brings a Christmas tree
into the house without first spray
ing it with a fireproof substance.
Holiday fires are needless. Don’t
use more lights than you need to
make your tree look bright and
cheerful and have your electrical
system carefully checked even be
fore you install any lights at all.
Buy Fresh Tree
Don’t let a tinder-dry Christmas
tree spoil your holiday Be certain
your tree is fresh when you buy it.
Keep it in water at all times and
do not bring it into the house until
a day or so before Christmas. Do
not place the tree near a fireplace
)r heating unit. Dispose of the tree
when 5 t begins to shed its needles
■; lot
B > sure that all decorations used
t, the home are fireproof. Do not
ise lighted candles as a part ol
. our Christmas decorations. They
ire much more dangerous than
lecorative.
Check Wiring
If your string of lights are not
new. check the insulation on the
wiring carefully as it tends to be
come brittle with age and use.
Use only approved lights and
wiring for outdoor decorations. In
door wiring tends to short wher
used outside.
If you burn a Yule log in youi
fireplace to observe the holiday
be sure to use a screen and keep
household items and other articles
a safe distance from the fireplace
BRIGHT DISPLAY . . .
decorations, Chicago’*
floor space than any 01
gala Christmas greeting to the
SAINT NICHOLAS ... Ik* remaining
Nicholas are preserved in the museum’ of Antalya ta
Turkey. Most of the Christmas saint’s remains were
pirates almost a century ago. An old portrait of th*
the back.
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li t want to send our sincere . . .
THANK YOU
your way.
At this Joyous Season, we find ourselves
thinking of old friends . . . those who have
meant so much to us through the years . . .
and those who have become our friends
since ('hristmastide last passed this way
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Newberry Concrete Company
Superior Ready-Mix Concrete
TELEPHONE 703 844- FAIR ST.
Newberry South Carolina
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