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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1961 THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA m SECTION Here’s wishing to jur many friends in an old- fashioned way o . . tha* the many blessings of Christmas time, linger long past Christmas day . . . Richard L. Baker Furniture 1404-06 Main St. Phone 94 Newberry Richard L Baker W. Roy Anderson J. Harold Stone Mrs. June F. Morris Willie Tucker COULDN’T WAIT . . . Chil dren just can’t resist the tempta tion to try to wait out old Santa and catch him coming down the chimney. It seems, however, that Old Santa is too smart for ’em, else he has a helper around the house no one knows about. The old gentleman never makes his appearance before aU Uttle eyes are closed fast in sleep. Children Can Make Stained Glass Window With mother’s help, children can make a pretty stained-glass window for holiday display. Lay a newspaper on an ironing board and place on the paper a piece of waxed paper which has been trimmed to fit the window. Peel crayon stubs in different colors on the wax paper. Place another sheet of waxed paper and another sheet of newspaper over this and iron quickly with a warm iron. As the era*"”* melts, a lovely stained-glass efject will be cre ated on the waxed paper, which can be gramed in black construc tion paper and placed in the win dow. Mistletoe Is Plant Of Many Characters Boys are fond of mistletoe be cause of its power to invite a kiss from a pretty girl. Birds like mis tletoe, too, for a different reason. The white-berried plant serves as winter food for mockingbirds, robins and wax wings. These small birds are responsible for the spread of the damaging parasite. After eating the berries, the birds clean their beaks on the trees, firmly planting the mistletoe seeds they do not eat. The tap roots of the seedling pierces the tenderest portions of the tree — young branches or buds—and the tree sap is drawn into the thick leaves and trans lucent berries of the guest plant. rr Plan Schedule For Happy Holiday With “visions of dancing sugar plums,” it’s almost impossible to keep children out of the kitchen during the holiday season—a time when the average homemaker is busiest of all. Amid all the confusion, the fam ily sometimes gets on an irregu lar eating and sleeping schedule, with the result that tempers get short and the family misses the full enjoyment of the season. A wisely planned schedule will pre vent this unhappy set of circum stances. Reserve a small space in one comer of the kitchen for the chil dren. Let them entertain them selves with a small amount of dough and a rolling pin. Wait until the children have gone to bed to make cookies and candies. Plan hearty evening- meals— with enough left over for a tasty lunch the following day. Leftover roast is ideal for noontime sand wiches—served hot or cold. Pre pared foods, that need only be heated and served, will cut down on preparation and clean-up time in the kitchen. If cookies and sweets are made available to youngsters, offer them nutritious snacks as well. Alongside the cookie plate, place an assortment of small sand wiches, carrot sticks and fruit slices. Dickens Believed Chimes" Best Historians often credit Charles Dickens' immortal “Christmas Carol” as being perhaps the most affective single force behind Eng land’s return to the observance of Christmas. Yet, Dickens did not consider it his greatest work, nor was it the best seller during his lifetime. The most popular of Dickens' stories in his day was “The Cricket on the Hearth,” the story of a father who tries to shield his blind daughter from the realities of life. “The Cricket” made its appearance in 1845 and was an immediate success. It sold twice as fast as the now-familiar story of Scrooge and Tiny Tim. Less than a month after “The Cricket” reached bookstands, dramatic versions of it were playing in 12 prominent London theatres. Despite the immediate success of “The Cricket” and the relative popularity of “Christmas Carol,” Dickens did not believe either to be his greatest work. His personal favorite was “The Chimes,” which, he told friends “would knock ‘the Carol’ out of the field.” Dickens, of course, was wrong. “The Chimes” and “The Cricket” have each taken a back seat to “The Christmas Carol,” the cheer ful Christmas story of Tiny Tim and his friends. Roufe To Bethlehem Not Definitely Known The exact route that Mary and Joseph followed in traveling from Nazareth to Bethlehem is not known. One route led along the sea- coast and through the plain of Sharon, but it was shunned by pious travelers as much as pos sible because of heathen cities and rowdy travelers. A second route, the shortest, was via the fruitful plains of Es- diaelon into the mountains of Samaria and through Shechem and Bethel Although steep, the road was not too bad. But Jews had little use for Samaritans, and vice versa, so this route most likely was not chosen by Mary and Joseph. The Jordan route, which de scended into the Jordan valley and followed the river around Jericho, was favored by the ma jority of Galilean travelers. This route, fairly level was even then steeped in Jewish history. Whichever the route, Mary and Joseph traveled nearly 100 miles to seek shelter in the lonely stable where the child Jesus was bom. WORD OF CAUTION What does your living room look like on Christmas morn ing? If your home is average, it’s a mess! In fact, it is not a very safe place. Some folks buy their trees so early that the tree becomes dry and dangerous by Christ mas morning. Tree lights, left burning day and night have caused needles to become dry and many of them have fallen to the floor, which is also cov ered with gift wrappings. One electric spark, the care less dropping of a match or cigarette—and a happy holiday ends quite suddenly. Don’t let it happen to you. Christmas Not Holiday During Colonial Times Christmas was not much of a holiday in Colonial times. On December 27, 1773, Sir William Stevens made the following entry in his journal at Savannah, Ga.: “A few people inclined to labour still; so great a propensity was there among them, through preva lence of custom, to keep the Christmas holidays; tho’ feasting here was not yet in fashion; and my servants thought it best work ing, without which I told them thara wajs no eating.” Find True Meaning For Happy Christmas “I am come that you might have life and have it more abun dantly.” In these words are the true meaning of Christmas. Jesus him self said it . . . “For the Son of man is come to seek and save that which was lost” The birth of the Infant Saviour is more than th: birth of a child; it is the fulfillment of the prom ise of God. The happiest Christmas of all will belong to those who reach out with their heart for the true spirit ■vf Christmas. CRADLE TO GRAVE AID A widow with a daughter near- ing college age wrote to her con gressman that it woud be nice if Social Security were extended so that it included the expense of a college education for dependent children. Under the present law, payments for minors stop at the age of 18. The congressman re plied that he would look into the matter. All this was duly reported in an item in the women’s section of a daily newspaper. This incident is just one more of hundreds of suggestions for in creasing the taxes that now bur den the strong, the industrious and thrifty members of our society. If a bank lent money to penniless borrowers in accordance with their needs, the savings of solvent de positors would soon be dissipated. If w T e apply the same reasoning to the Federal budget, we can antici pate the identical disaster. I wouldn’t think of doing with out a television because I get so much enjoyment from not turning it on so much of the time; it’s like locking the door against un wanted callers.—Selected. A HIT OF GOSSIP A little measly talk over neigh bors is right enough; it . do make the day go by a little quicker, and sends a body to bed with a cl —Mr*. Ellis’s “Villager.” PRAYERS ANSWERED MY PRAYERS are answered be cause I ask merely for strenf to face one more day of a gay happy life. McCormick County i£ the sect smallest and the second newel county in South Carolina. Only is smaller and newer. TO TELL A MAN is this nat that hecan’t afford to own ! dinve an automobile is equivah i to telling him he can’t afford t ! eat. *** a * HAPPY MM May you enjoy it as much as we've enjoyed being able to serve you. CITY BARBER SHOP 1416 Main St. Newberry, S. C. HAVE A HOLIDAY! BILL’S GLASS SHOP 1311 Caldwell St. Phone 266 Newberry SOW’S Kb. „ $0' I** «■ • Once more we come to the season when we take pride in saying “Thank you” for your friendship and pleasant relations this past year. OREEXMWO Please accept our sincere wish for a very Merry Christmas. * .. ss.v-% ] The Slate Building & Loan Association 1117 BOYCE STREET OFFICERS: Ralph B. Baker, President J. Dave Caldwell, Vice-President Pinckney N. Abrams, Sec’y-Treas. Mrs. Doris S. Setzler, Asst. Sec-Trt as. Mrs. Aliene A. Reeves, Teller NEWBERRY, SO. CAR. DIRECTORS: Thomas H. Pope Ralph B. Baker J. Dave Caldwell Louis C. Floyd R. Aubrey Harley Pinckney N. Abrams