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/ m # SEC. C, PAGE 2-The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, December 21,1972 How to Make A Christmas Scrapbook Here’s a great idea for salvaging those used or left over Christmas gift wraps. ‘ You may use a regular 3- ring loose-leaf notebook, or cut cardboard to any size you like, for the covers. If you make your covers, you can punch holes in them later and put covers and in side pages together with left-over Christmas ribbons (press them smooth first). Cover notebook or card board with gift-wrap paper. You can press used or left over Christmas wrap paper smooth with an iron, set on very low heat. Measure notebook, taking the height and width of front and back covers. Add 1" overlap to all four sides. Cut out of one piece of paper, or two if you use two pieces of cardboard. Notch the corners. Using rubber cement, or any household glue, glue paper to outside covers of note book, centering between the notched corners. Then glue overlaps to inside of covers. Measure exact dimensions of inside covers. Cut out one piece of gift wrap for each (this could be a contrast pattern) and cement into place, covering overlaps. Select a scene from a Christmas card and glue to the center of front cover. Trim the edges, if you like, with leftover ribbon, gold braid, or tape. For the inside pages, use your imagination! Group the Christmas cards you want to save on the pages, and glue them to paper (construction paper would be good for this). Put in souvenirs of Christmas par ties, and photos. You’ll have a Christmas Scrapbook to cherish and remember! SUPERSTITIONS IN SOME PARTS OF THE GLOBE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT A FULL SALT SHAK- ER FORTELLS A GOOD YEAR. India serves only new foods at this date, as they think the cooking of new rice assures prosperity. Rice cakes are used as New Year offer* ings in Ceylon. The Chinese refrain from rice and the Ger mans refrain from dumplings, these are considered taboo edi bles on this date. In our Southwestern states, Texas, for instance, there was a belief that good fortune would come to those who ate black-eyed peas on January 1st. See what a delightful memory-album you can make when vou create your own Christmas Scrapbook! See directions in story and follow diagram, right. Photo from Norcross Design Studio Joy to the world, it is the season of Christ’s birth, rich in love and peace. We wish you a full share of holiday joy. Grateful thanks to all. ODORLESS CLEANERS PHONE 276-0605 NEWBERRY, S. C. How to Re-Use Gift Boxes, Cans Don’t be too quick to throw out those good boxes or cartons that hold your family’s Christmas gifts — you can make them into handsome containers for everything from hair roll ers to sewing materials, not forgetting the canisters and cookie tins you can make out of those plastic-lidded coffee cans! Cover your boxes and cof fee cans with self-adhesive elastic, decorate them with Draid or tape, and label ;hem with cut-out letters. It’s easy to do with self stick plastic — just make sure surface of box or tin is clean and dry. Then cut your plastic to fit, allowing for an overlap at seams or edges, and press it down smoothly. Or you can use fabric or gift paper, which you’ll have to glue on. It’s a great way to “re cycle” your boxes and cans — and you’ll have attractive containers for all sorts of things, in kitchen, bath room, or at desk or phone. You can make a pretty pencil jug out of a juice can . . . and never again have to say, “Wait till I find a pen cil,” while you’re talking on the phone! Since 1929, Guy Lombardo Swings in the New Perhaps the most qualified to talk about New Year’s Eve is Guy Lombardo, who began his year- end performances, in 1929 at New York’s Roosevelt Hotel. Recent years find him at the Waldorf- Astoria, where several hundred pay up to sixty dollars each for the black-tie affair. His show is televised in the United States, Canada and Australia. Despite the heavy bookings at the hotel, Mr. Lombardo con cedes, “People are getting more used to staying home. They are afraid of accidents and are get ting more budget-conscious.” J. ELLERBE SEASE Cut-off Road Newberry, S. C. NEWBERRY RECAPPING COMPANY 1402 Martin St.—-Phone 276-3731