The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 21, 1961, Image 13
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1961
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
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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.
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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.
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HAPPY
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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!
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1311 Caldwell St. Phone 266 Newberry
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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. *
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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