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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1962
THE IvEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
Section C—Page 7
be beautifully serene
and wonderfully joyous-
we take this opportunity
to thank you for your
continued friendship.
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Route 1 Newberry Phone 276-03361|
We pray that the joy
ariri peace which was
given to the world ar
His Birth will abide
in your heart forever.
Maxwell Bros. & Lindsay
FURNITURE
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PARADE . . . Hollywood Boulevard becomes Santa Claus Lane
mce a year as Santa Claus and his screen colony cohorts ride down
the movie capital’s main street in Santa’s sleigh. Some 500,000 spec
tators annually view the parade.
SES
A
POPPIN’
GOOD TIME
Children often get ready for
Santa long before time for the
old gentleman to arrive—and
parents are faced with the dif
ficult task of planning some
type of indoor entertainment
for bored youngsters.
Most any child will be de
lighted to hear someone say,
'‘It’s corn popping timer
Popcorn has become such a
popular snack that producing
stales have doubled production
in recent years and in many
homes the holiday scene is not
complete until someone gets out
the corn popper.
A corn popper isn't neces
sary, however, as corn may be
popped in a broiler or any old
pot or pan if one follows the
directions on the jar of corn
vjhich may be purchased at the
neighborhood grocery.
Although popcorn venders
prefer large kernels for their
machines, smaller kernels are
best for home popping. When
Chances are the tree you enjoy
during the holidays has for sev
eral years received careful at
tention from a tree farmer.
Growing Christmas trees re
quire almost as much care as
tobacco, cotton, or any other
commercial crop—and Christ
mas trees are grown with the
idea of producing a compact,
well-shaped tree about seven or
eight years old. Christmas tree
customers have established such
high standards that great stress
is put on the quality of the tree,
whether it be Fraser fir, Doug
las fir, red cedar, Scotch pine,
Arizona cypress, white pine or
other popular varieties.
Commercial growers of the
Fraser fir, for instance, start
cutting back the side and top
branches when the tree is about
two or three feet high. Each
year, in dormant months, the
tree is sheared.
The average grower plants
2,700 trees to the acre. Each
year he mows around them for
weed control and he maintains
fire lanes. He examines each
tree once a year and each tree
is sheared annually the third
through the sixth years.
The big job—harvesting—
comes the seventh year. Trees
are carefully cut and trans
ported immediately to market,
where they will soon delight
boys and girls of all ages.
Bethlehem Celebrates
Three Christmases
Bethlehem celebrates three
Christmases each year.
The western church observes
December 25. The Greek Ortho
dox Church celebrates Christmas
according to the Gregorian calen
dar, Jan. 7, and the Armenians
on Jan. 19.
Annually, pilgrims worship in
the grotto where Christ was bom
and laid in the manger. Tower
ing over the grotto fa the Ba
silica of the Nativity, built in its
present form by the Emperor
Justinian, in the sixth century.
After centuries of religious
controversy, the Greek Orthodox
Church and the Armenians share
the Basilica. Roman Catholics
celebrate Mass in their own
church adjoining. But aU three
share the grotto—the holiest spot
in Christendom,
Choose loppy"
Toys—from a rubber ball to
a shiny new bicycle—are a part
of growing up and the child
without a toy or two—or two
dozen—at Christmas is a for
lorn tot indeed.
Most youngsters will open
figuring how much you’ll need,
allow one ounce of corn for
each quart of popped com.
Popcorn may be served in
many ways. For children, you
may use toothpicks to make a
clown or a snowman. For
adults, try seasoning with garlic
or onion salt, chili or curry
powder, or grated cheese.
12- DAY
At one time the English cele
brated the Twelve Days of Christ
mas with playful sports—jump
ing in sacks, bobbing for apples,
drinking great quantities of hot
cider.
Today, all that remains of the
twelve-day observance, perhaps,
is the superstition that all decora
tions should be removed by
Twelfth Night to prevent bad
luck in the coming New Year.
Carol singing is a favorite cus
tom in Britain and at the mid
night services they are sung to
herald the birth of Christ.
In the same manner as Ameri
can youngsters, British children
hang their stockings from the
mantles or on the ends of their
beds on Christmas Eve. They also
write to Father Christmas (the
British Santa) to inform him of
their Christmas wishes.
AIN’T NO SANTA . . . Ap
parently this young lad be
lieves that the real Santa is
off somewhere else and from
the expression on the young
ster’s face, he intends to be
off somewhere else, too.
SHINY HOUDAY
Painting used to be consid
ered a fair-weather job—before
the advent or odorless, quick
drying paints which are now
available in hundreds of colors.
Repainting living and dining
rooms is so easy today that
many folks plan a new decor
for the Christmas holidays.
Easy-to-use latex paints,
which don’t show lap marks,
help turn the novice painter
into an expert. Also available
are such handy aids as mask
ing tape, disposable mixing
buckets, liquids which degloss
old shiny surfaces, guards or
small rollers that keep paint
off adjacent surfaces, and in
expensive plastic drop cloths
to protect floors and furniture.
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A. G. McCAUGHRIN, President A Treasurer.
THE KENDALL COMPANY
(Cotton Buying Office)
... to give thanks for all the gifts received — those wrapped in shiny
paper and those wrapped in a smile or a wish of good health.
... to give of ourselves — a gift without price tag which can mean
so much.
...to remember that the real reason for celebrating this Christmas
season is the birth of our Lord.
... to keep the "spirit of Christmas’" all the year round.
... to wish all our friends the blessings of the season and the hope of
Peace on Earth.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA