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SEC. D, PAGE 12—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thurs., Dec. 25, 1969 One of the most enchanting and unusual presents you can give is a bag of pine cones or a Yule log chemically treated to burn in beautiful colors. All you need in addition to the cones or logs are ordinary chemicals which can be found in most drugstores or even in your own home. Use a container of crockery or wood of proper size and shape to mix the chemicals in; and protect your hands with rubber gloves. Select the color you want and mix the chemicals for that color in water in the proportion of about 1/4 pound of chemical to one quart of water. Place the cones or log in a cheesecloth sling and soak in the solution for several minutes. Lay the treated cones on a thick layer of newspaper to dry after draining them well over the container of chemicals. It will take at least two days for them to dry. The following chemicals produce the following colors: Table Salt Yellow Copper Nitrate . . . .Emerald Borax Bright Green Litnium Chloride.... Purple Calcium Chloride. . . Orange Strontium Nitrate Red Copper Sulphate Blue Barium Nitrate . .Apple Green FUN & PRETTY . . . You can make an exclusive gift boutique in your own kitchen or game room. All you need is a collection of empty coffee cans, colorful paper or fabric, and a few trimmings. GKEfTlflG^J W e wish you an old fashioned Christmas full of good cheer. NEWBERRY AUTO SUPPLY GENERAL AUTO SUPPLIES 1211 McKibben Street Newberry UNUSUAL STAMP The 1968 Christmas stamp for Canada had an unusual design. It featured an Eskimo carving of Mother and Child by Munamee of Cape Dorset, Baffin Land, which was pre sented to Queen Elizabeth during her visit to Canada in 1951. EASY DECORATION Take a board about 5 inches by 9 inches — or there abouts — cover with foil and nail on a piece of chicken wire. Pull green branches through the wire and slip colorful Christmas balls and figures amongst the greenery. That’s all there is to it. Use the same board each year. First Decorations Were Quite Varied The early types of deco rations for Christmas trees were as varied and as charac teristic as the nationalities of the people creating them. The farm-folk in Lithuania designed windmills and bird cages of straw; the fisher-folk used fish nets; some Scandi navians formed strings of small flags, and the Poles favored feathers, bright ribbons, and colored papers tied onto the trees. Our use of tinsel stems from an enchanting legend of dingy cob-webs woven by a spider around a tree on Christ mas Eve which miraculously turned to silver in the morning. From the simple fruits and wafers, each generation added ingenious improvements to their decorations; red cran berry strings and gilded nut shells, colorful paper chains and sparkling stars, striped candy canes and spiced cookies shaped like animals, bells and gingerbread men. The apples wrapped in bright papers evolved into todays scintillating Christmas ornaments. arrival o f another Christmas season brings with it the joy ous recollections of many pleasant and friendly associations with those whom it has been our pleasure to serve in this community. CacJt year we find our selves eagerly awaiting the Christmas season because in it we find the oppor tunity to express again our apprecia tion for your thoughtfulness and con sideration. i Bankers Trust of S. C. Newberry, S. C. 29108 *1*