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SECTION B—PAGE SIX THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1959> "Good tidings of great fog, which shall be to all people/’ Luke 2:10 J. F. HIPP & SON CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER BUILDING MATERIALS Phone 309-J Newberry, S. C. x x X A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X I X « X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X x> X i X % X X X X X X X X X X i X % X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X § X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X % X X § X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X ^TTAPPY NEW YEAR!” The -Ul exultant, drunken shout went up around the apartment- lined street along with a few fire crackers and noisemakers. Letha 6ishop, a youngish, pal ish blond, shivered a little as she leaned out the upstairs window to watch the usual, futile efforts at merry-making. What’s so happy about the New Year, she thought grimly—1959 was a flop! Letha thought of her unhappy year in the city with bitterness. Her left arm had been hurt in an indus trial accident so she had been off work for six snowbound weeks. The city overwhelmed her with its noise and grime as contrasted to the quiet farm life she had fled in a stubborn search for independence. “The story of my life,’’ Letha said aloud, but couldn’t help smiling. She remembered her father expounding on a sense of humor being a saving grace. She didn’t have much left. Impulsive ly she grabbed her worn coat and went outside to walk. The sidewalks were clear of snow and ice, but not of people. A party was breaking up nosily so Letha turned and walked the other way. ‘‘Sounds as if you hadn’t said that word in a long, long time,” he said. Map pou finti peace, jop anti happiness at €f)rist= mas time. JEftese are our Sincere fansijes for all our frieni>$ iofio frsbe mabe tin's Christmas sucf) a tmniierfttl one for ns>... H. M. HENTZ & SON Dealers in Pulpwood Since 1929 P. O. Box 181 Newberry, S. C, “Happy New Year!” Two men were having a snowball fight and she was their target. They were uproarish and pelted her with the stinging balls and loud sugges tions of “Come on in, we car make your New Year happy.” Encounter Letha turned, frightened, and ran smack into a man. “That’s enough snow now,” he warned the throwers in the rasping voice Letha recognized as that of an older man. “You don’t have to help me,” she said tightly, but when the snowballs and taunts found her again, she was grateful for the man’s bulk and arm. They ran back to the protection of a door way. “Thanks.” She managed to say it. “Sounds as if you haven’t said that word in a long time,” he commented dryly. There was enough light so Letha could see her craggy bene factor. He was a big man, as blunt in appearance as he was in speech. He asked curiously, “Are you always so indepen dent?” “I try to be,” Letha said stiff ly. “You don’t like indepen dence?” She lingered in the door way because she had no fear of this strange, observing man and besides, she was so glad to hear someone talk. She had been cooped up in her room for days. It reminded her of a cell. She surprised herself by saying, “You remind me of my father. He doesn’t like independence either.” Listener “I admire it in a woman,” he said quickly, “but a little bit goes a long way. I have a feeling you’re as independent as a hog on ice and you don’t know how to retreat so you keep skidding around.” He spoke so dispassion ately that she heard herself bit by bit, telling him of the whole disastrous year. She realized that she, who never confided in any one, was talking a lot. She didn’t care. The man was so dispas- sioned, so anonymous, he was easy and good to talk to. “Your biggest problem is your self,” he said calmly after her recital on the life and woes of Letha Bishop. “You don’t know how to give in or even go half way. I think you really want to go home . . .” She picked up the telephone re ceiver three times before she summoned enough courage to put a call through to her family. Say ing “Happy New Year” to her father was hard, but the rest came easier. “How would you like to have a daughter set tling—” That was all she had to say as her father interrupted excitedly. “We’d love it! When? How soon? You will stay? Oh Happy New Year!” Letha smiled at the placard, smiled hugely at the world, think ing thankfully of her midnight advisor, and said to her sput tering father, “It will be a hap py year!” Pcinsettia Can Bs Made to oom Again Poinsettias which brighten the homes this Christmas can be made to bloom again if the plants receive proper light and temper ature requirements. Once the poinsettia plant has bloomed, the red leaves will be gin to fall after a week or twc . and the plant enters a “rest” period. It should then be stored in a cool place, in a basement or a garage, where it won’t freeze, and watered a little about once every two or three weeks to keep it alive. Prune in Spring In the spring, the plant should be pruned so that a few mam limbs are left to start new growth, planted in well drained garden soil, and left there for the sum mer. Shortened days of fall and win ter then signal the plant to pre pare itself for bloom. The plant can be brought indoors in the fall and left to continue growth at normal periods of day and night. It is also important to keep the poinsettia out of drafts and at temperatures of 65-70 degrees. Poinsettias develop “bloom” when the days are short and the nights are long. Short periods oi night caused by periods of expo sure to artificial lights, however, interfere with blooming. Nighl lights lengthen the day, and the plant continues to act as thougt it is summer. Time Bloom Maintenance of normal dayi and nights according to the sea sons help time the plant mechan ism to bloom during the holidav season. Blooming period of plants al ready in “bloom” can also be lengthened by keeping the plant away from artificial light at night. “Bloom” of poinsettia is bright ly colored leaves that surround tiny creamy white flowers. Redeemer Legends Common Among American Indians Redeemer legends were com mon among American Indians. While some were aboriginal, others probably were greatly in fluenced by contacts with Euro peans, especially missionaries. One of these legends was gath ered by the Reverend Ephraim S. Alphonse, a Wesleyan Methodist minister who lived among the Valiente Indians for 21 years. The legend concerns the Ulikron (orphan of the Virgin) and how he traveled long ago from the far, far north. He talked to stout little men, to tall red men, to men in huts, to men in tall houses made of stone, to men who make b:oad roads and wear fine soft clothes and pearls and silver and gold. The Ulikron passed among hem long, long ago and told the non to be good, to love good, and tn do good. The Ulikron passed and talked. His eyes were so/t and seeing. His eyes saw through men. His eyes saw and saw and men looked on ana wept and topped their wars. They stopped leir hate. Their bows and arrows hot the deer but never man (ta:n. Tne Ulikron pointed to the stars, le talked of the Crab, the Plough, he Great Bear. He talked of the hod above those stars and he told men to be good and he would come again for all good men; and nen began to be good. All Indian.^ '•ait for the Ulikron. Such is the story of the Ulikron which as you can see, closelj parallels (and most likely is) the story of Christ. Gift-Giving 'Must* For Big Business Christmas business gifts amounts to really big business vhen it comes to executives ot large companies, a survey re veals. It has been estimated that about $2 billion a year is spent on Christmas presents alone by in dustries for customers, suppliers and others on whose good will businessmen depend. And fifty per cent of the execu tives don’t like the idea although they continue the practice be cause they feel they must. Typi cal comments concerning the practice; “Anyone(^^ho doesn’t give is out in left field.” And, “It’s a shakedown, and we know it. But we’re helpless. We’re suckers if we do and saps if we don't.” Many companies believe that t no-receiving policy isn’t vise t.r won't work and permit employee; to accept gifts of limited value They offer the rule of thumb at tribuied to former Presidem Truman; “If you can eat it up - moke it up, or drink it up in one iay, it’s all right.” Six out of every 10 executive; >n big business “Flatly disap orove” of giving business Christ -:u- gilts. 4 s I Merry Christmas. as Everyone! WERTS CAFE j 1106 Caldwell St. t | May the Joy of the Holiday Glow ; Brightly for You and Your Family f [ WICKER MOTOR COMPANY l On Cut-Off Newberry, S. C. s I 1 i X X £ i s May the Joys of Christmas last forever! MARTIN’S FEED & SEED STORE Caldwell Street Newberry, S. C. S The Newberry Steam Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co. 934 MAIN STREET PHONE 310 c. a., To all our friends and patrons... We wish the very best during the coming year! DENNIS SHOE & SPORT SHOP 1217 Nance Street good friends to our firm — to each of you a warm and friendly wish for the happiest of all holiday seasons — Merry, Merry Christmas! Shawnee Manufacturing Co. Incorporated 1324 Lindsay Street Newberry, South Carolina