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si i Luck With Catfish ! UPTON, Mass. (U.R) in a sin- . Eie evening, 76-year-old Mrs.1 a Isabel Alexander caught five I hornpout ranging from 10 to 11 iv,U , .... . ' M inches long and weiohino" a Total of nine pounds. I A Brown Floral Co. ltir SwPM Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Shellenbarger WJ and Family : V 1 XJ-IJ "GOD BLESS US ( EVERY ONE" Many thanks May we have 1101 Avenue D College Record MANHATTAN. Kan.. (U.R) Kansas State College has grant- j ed more degrees in 1949 than any othr 12-montn period in itf 8G - year history. for your valued patronage in the pleasure of serving you Kent Oil & Cafe J "Wagtc" of m.j.t, oe The greens which are used lor Christmas decorations found their way into early festivities because of certain virtues attributed to them by the ancients, and many of them which adorned pagan seasonal ritets were later taken over to grace the ceremonies and celebrations of Christmas Day. In both England and America, the holly and the mistletoe are as sociated with Christmas as invari ably as are the plum pudding and Christmas tree. - It was the Druids who first used the mistletoe. "Heal-all" was their name for it. The plant vas supposed to have curative values, and grad ually they assigned to it all man ner of magic powers. Their priests, each year around the time when we now celebrate Christmas, would have high plat forms built around the sacred oak, trees which, in a manner of speak--ing. were "hosts" to the mistle toe. Robed in ceremonial vestments of white, they ascended these plat-: forms, and with golden sickles espe cially made for the solemn occasion they cut away the mistletoe. The Saxons also prized it and it was they who gave to it the name of mistletoe. Eventually the green came to be regarded as a symbol of peace. Opposing warriors who met near it would call a truce, and it was customary to hang it over the en trance doors so that they who en tered might be assured of friend ship. Justice Triumph SAN ANTONIO (U.P) Police officer E. J. Fivel wanted to be helpful when he saw a stalled motorist. He gave him a push in his patrol car but the bump ers locked. When the officer got out, the motorist thought it was time to depart on foot. It developed the motorist was driving a car stolen four hours earlier. May the coming New Year bestow upon you good health, happiness and friendship the most im portant possessions in life that money alone can't buy! the past year. again in 1950. Phone 215 hr V ! --i V vO AMERICAN CHRISTMAS SCENE . . .'Symbolic of our nation at this festive season of the year is this picture of little Ethel Gorman.' 4, daughter of a guide at the Statue of Liberty, as she admires a Christ mas tree on the porch of Newell M. Foster, superintendent of the statue staff on Bedloe's island. Over her shoulder. Miss Liberty-herself stays risht on the job, blazing her message of peace and good will. PAW MRS ST MAS LIKE Santa's pack, your stock of holiday goodies should be plenti ful and interesting. Since callers will be as much present as holly and gifts daring the holidays, do your baking of cakes and cookies, so your cupboard will be ready for any who might drop in. Homo-made delicacies served during Christmas and New Year's are as heart-warming as the sound of the yule log crackling on the hearth. I you have' a fruit cake, a variety cf cookies and perhaps a few candies, and if you serve these with a festive beverage, you will have gone a long way in spelling holiday cheer to those who come to say "Merry Christmas" at your home. Here is a simple type fruit cake which does not need the aging that a traditional cake requires. The recipe makes two Dx4x3 inch loaves and is tha perfect answer as to what should be served during the holidays: Raisin Fruit Cake (Makes 2 loaves) - . 4 cups seeded raisins 2 tablespoons grated lemon rind 1 tablespoon cinnamon 1 tablespoon allspice 2'i cups liquid 2!i cups' chopped nutmeat9 4 cups sifted cake flour 5 teaspoons double acting baking powder 2 teaspoons salt l!i cups sugar Vi cup butter or shortening 2 eggs, well beaten 2 teaspoons vanilla Combine raisins, lemon rind, spices and water in a saucepan. Cover and simmer gently fur eight minutes. Drain, pressing out as much liquid as possible. Measure liquid and add water or coffee to make one and one-half cups, and reserve. Grind raisins with r.ut meats. Sift flour once, measure and add baking powder, salt and sugar; sift three times. Cream butter thorough ly, and add flour mixture, eggs, , vanilla and reserved liquid. Stir until all flour is dampened. Beat vigorously for two minutes. Add raisin-nut mixture and mix thor oughly. Turn into two 9x4x3 inch loaf pans which have been greased, lined with brown paper and then greased again. Bake in a moderate (350) oven for one hour and 15 Don't Mix Gaiety With Danger When Celebrating Christmas While Christmas is the merriest of all seasons of the year it can also be a time of tragedy if certain hazards aren't avoided and some particular precautions taken. The National Safety Council an nually points out that the Christ mas holidays are the most danger ous of the year, usually replete with casualties', home accidents, fires and falls. The council has listed the follow ing "don'ts" and precautions which if remembered will help make this Christmas season a safe one: The Christmas tree shouldn't be placed near a stove or fireplace. Don't give children any toys that could prove dangerous, such as those with sharp points. . If toys are operated with elec- . tricity, be sure some grownup supervises their use. The Christmas tree should not be decorated with lighted candles. Carefully-wired electrics bulbs de finitely are much safer. "Don't leave a lighted tree un guarded at any time. "One should be on the lookout for fire all the time the tree is lighted.- Especially dangerous is the practice of some families in leaving the Christmas tree lighted and unwatched all night long. One should never use a rick- - minutes, or until done. Let stand five minutes cn cake rack, then re move from pan, leaving paper at tached until ready to serve. Cool. Wrap in a clean cloth and store in tin container to keep moist. The liquid may be water or left- Kris Kringle cookies are a tasty concoction -of dates and nuts. If stored in a tightly covered contain er, lhey will keep moist for severa days: Kris Kringle Cookies (Makes 30 balls) 1 cup butter cookie crumbs V teaspoon salt V-t teaspoon baking powder i cup sifted all-purpose floui "" 1 cap finely chopped, pitted dates 1 cup black wslnuts, chopped - !i cup sugar 2 cgs, beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla !5 cup confectioners sugar Combine ctohie crumbs, a-salt. b-Ii i der j d f.Ov.r. A-dUes . -t J-1' s isr . to ',3 X rS-i, ' !L 1 jte ItAISIN FRUIT CAKE for a spicy holiday beaten eggs. Blend in cookie crumb mixture and vanilla. Bake in a greased . and floured nine-inch square pan and bake in a slow (325) oven for 30 minutes. While still warm, cut into 30 squares. Roll each square into a ball, turning the top, crusty portion inwards .as you roll. Place confectioners" sugar in a bag. Shake the balls in the sugar to coat evenly. ety, unsafe ladder in decorating the tree. Don't place?- Christmas candles near the tree", curtains, paper wreaths,, or. any other inflammable decorations. . Remember, the Christmas . tree can be made fire-resistant. Accord ing to the United States forestry service, it can be done in this man ner: Divide the weight of your tree by four and buy that many pounds of cfrnmonium sulphate. Dissolve it in .water one and one-half pints of water to each pound of ammo nium Sulphate. Cut the end of your tree trunk on a diagonal. Put some of the solution in a jar and stick the diagonal butt of the tree into it. Add more solution as the tree drinks it up- . . Don't be excessive about Christmas "spirits." Keep toys out of places where people might trip over them. Remove the tree from the house before it dries out. During Christmas- you'll probably have many guests, so sprinkle salt or sand on icy steps and sidewalks. i y t i : It's difficult to understand, but the genial spirit of Christmas. Santa Claus himself, hasn't always had it easy. There have been oc casions when laws or traditions or regulations have put certain curbs on the old gentleman. Here are some examples: In Newark. N. J.. Santa 3s re quired to pass a stiff physical ex amination before he can serve in a department store. And even then he is barred from kissing any of the children who perch upon his knee. In Charleston, S. C, charity San tas have been forbidden to make a pitch on public streets on the grounds that children flocking in to see them may create a traffic hazard. And in Washington a few years ago, when the postmaster general was asked to print a Santa Claus stamp at Christmas time he rejected the proposal with a scorn ful, "1 should say not!" Outside the U.S.A., Santa has had trouble, too. In Montreal. Can ada, an influential organization fought against holding of the city's annual Santa Claus parade on the ground that it as "merely a dis play of grotesque and vulgar buf foonery." A prominent journalist in Rio de Janeiro fostered a move ment to do away with Santa Claus' (Papa Noel) in Brazil and substi tute a toy-bearing grandfather Indian. In Mexico City the minister of education recommended that the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. instead of St. Nick, should bring gifts to chil dren. In the field of opinion, Santa has encountered some detractors. A Prof. Ivan E. McDougle. sociologist at Goucher college, Baltimore, de clared: "The Santa Claus myth has lived too long. Parents should sub stitute philosophy" whatever that is. A Toronto psychiatrist got in his blast. "It should be made clear to children," he said, "that Santa Claus is not necessarily a real man any more than any other character out of a story book." THE PLATTSMOUTH. N-5RJISX, SEiRF-WECKLY JSLTMAL' Thursday, December 22, 1949 PAGE THREE Electricity Makes Good MOUNT WASHINGTON, Mass. U.R) This town has decided that electricity is here to stay. Mount Washingotn is the last . mmumty in Massachusetts to become electrified. Only five dwellings now have elec tricity, but more are expected to have it before the end of the year.. The town has 51 in habitants. Exercise Becomes Game NORTHAMPTON, Mass., U Women's college basketball first was played at Smith col lege. Instructor Senda Bertn son introduced it as a class ex The GOOa CfiEffl 'AND HAPPINESS May you have a full share, our wish for you. Continental Oil Company Jim Bridgewater, Agent VL IT'S 1 I 1? That we wish each oil of our friends customers the very MERRIEST Ladies' IU IU All O If cS w w ur Norfolk Packing Co. Processors and Canners of Fine Foods jercise in 1892. She later de iveloped the set cf rules used in ! the women's version of the : sport. Thief Takes All MINNEAPOLIS U.R) Gerald Ricnersina, Brewster, Minn., told police that someone broke? into his auicmobile and stole a rod and reel, a suit of clothes, one hunting knife, one pair of shoes, a jacket, a canvas bag, one pair of overalls, three shirts, a war souvenir, a contract for a house and a marriage li cense. Only two legs of lamb are ob tained from each animal. Season of CHRISTMAS Toggery - - i . - i -- -" -i r it