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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1950)
r -X ' i'. 1 - 1 j i fHE. PLATTSB10UTH, NEBRASKA. S4IHI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TWO Thursday, December 21, 1950 There are three types of tea: black, green and oolong. The difference Is controlled In proc essing. Black tea is fermented, green is unfermented and oo long is semi-fermented. - !tT0 D Pfeose cccept our best wishes Thanks A Lot For Your Patronage Myers Grocery 333 Main St. Phone 6131 A 4 The Warm Glow of Christmas Candles It is our fondest wish that you will enjoy the same warm friendships and associations '.of those about you on this, the greatast cfay of them all - - Christmas. EA8V DOES DTP TABLE LINENS for the holidays will look nicer if you follow tested tips for keeping them in the peak of condition.. v If hanging them on a line to dry, fold them pver tha line and keep the corners straight. Do the same with napkins. If you pull corners Into peaks, they'll be difficult to tron-' square. - - ' Warm water spreads faster than cold, and also more evenly, so sprinkle with warm water, before RECIPE OF THE WEEK Chocolate Fruit Drops (Makes S Dozen) 1 cup sifted enriched flour Vt teaspoon salt teaspoon baking powder 1 cup chopped raisins V cup cut, candied cherries Vi cup chopped, candied pineapple 2 eggs cup sugar 2 squares unsweetened choc olate, melted cup melted shortening Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Add raisins, cherries and pineapple. Beat eggs until light and add sugar gradually. Add chocolate and melted shortening. Mix well. Add flour mixture. Drop by spoonfuls on greased baking sheet. Bake in a moderate (350 F.) oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Fadey Furniture Store 118 South 6th Phone 260 ironing. Place in a plastic bag or roll in a turkish towel for an hour or two before ironing. Embroidered, appliqued or mon ogrammed pieces should be placed right side down on a thick bath towel and then ironed on the wrong side. This makes the decorative work stand .out better. Pure linens should be quite damp for ironing. Press on wrong side first, then go lightly over the right side. If you like a dull effect on your dark linens, iron until dry, on wrong side only. Linen textured rayons should be quite dry for. ironing, in fact some types are best ironed when bone dry. Iron on the wrong side. - Fold all linens lightly, creasing as little as possible. It you have the space, roll on a cardboard- in stead of folding them at all. More than 6.000 discharged prisoners in the United States were assisted and given employ ment by the Salvation Army in 1947, and approximately 3,000 were paroled to its car. The snow is sprinkled evenly Upon the cold hard ground; Icicles hang from chimneys And the house-roofs all around. A fine, white blanket of snow has come To purge the world from sin; To clean the earth, and clean . ourselves, And make us pure within. The snow will melt, and under 'it We'll find a clean clear slate ; We'll start anew the fight to free The world from fear' and hate- At Christmas for a short time All our cares will be at rest; Wc know we can do "no more Than try to do our best; We hope that someday all the men On earth will understand That peace on earth, goodwill toward men , Means joy throughout the land. A Student (From the Plattei Whon Father Ccrvodtho BOARS HEAD w w I At 1 iMi ' Ars Qn 'old Qnd 1 I W rXi'-H happy custom & I? gU. ft warms m . 'fSA - . - our heart f I S-iV'fkr- to wish each of . t I.r--fe m Mjd you. a M r.vx rt3l3P&- -ilWIsiN Sa ?- ? y "V w-$i -ft H I y 'V: Donat's Tavern ' II , Beer - Wines Liquor Mixers & I "I? 402 Main ; Phone 5251 ffi CxpreJJ ChridtmaS 3dea Many Ways SANTA CLAUS. INDIANA; Beth lehem. Conn.; and Christmas. Fla., are a few of the more familiar post offices which each year handle a flood of mail from senders wish ing to obtain yuletide postmarks. Although the federal post office department has now - barred extra flourishes by local . postmasters using Christmas symbols and mottoes, a town's own holiday name can still give that festive touch to a greeting or package of toys. Indiana's Santa Claus is the only town so designated in the United States. The privilege is reserved to its post office by congressional, act. There is, however, Santa. Idaho. There is also only one Christmas the one in Florida plus a Christmas Cove. Maine. On the other hand, seven Bethle- hems answer the seasonal roll call: they ean be found in Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana. Kentucky. Mary landw New Hampshire, and Pennsyl vania. The Bethlehem, Conn, post office was one of several stations that figured in headlines recently on the use of especially-designed cancellation stamps bearing the now-forbidden Christmas tree dec oration. The town's population is about 350. . There are two Noels in Vir ginia and Missouri. Last year, Missouri's Noel post office re ported hand-cancellation of . a record 650,000 pieces of Christ mas mail 800 for each of the town's residents. Besides specific Christmas names that dot the- land there are dozens that call up Biblical or holiday as sociations. There is Advent, W. Va., for the Nativity. Kentucky has a Mary, and Oregon and Utah a Joseph each. One Wiseman is found in Alas ka and another in Arkansas. The third, it may be assumed, is in Wisemantown, Ky. There are five Stars and four Shepherds. West Virginia contributes Goodwill; Mis souri. Peace Valley; and there is Joy in Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Texas. For the Christmas party, Tur- key is available in four states; " Cranberry in three. Kentucky has a Mistletoe. Six states count an Evergreen; seven a Pine, and three a Holly. Louisiana comes up with Trees, Alabama with Candle; and to top the' decorations, Pennsylvania has its Angels. -3 HAT ROAST TURKEY ! tc Christmas dinner today, the boar's head was to the Yuletide feasting of Medieval England. Preparation for the feasting be gan during September or October when the boar's flesh wa at its best. Hunters tracked the animal down with well-trained packs of boar-hounds and it was dangerous sport, attacking the ferocious beast with spears or surrounding him and driving him into a net. His ear was his most vulnerable spot, but before the dogs could get a grip on it and pin him down, his sharp teeth often wounded some' times even killed the hunter and his dogs. Nevertheless, the pluckier the boar, the louder bis praises were sung, the merrier the feasting. wheii his head was borne to the Christmas table. 7 t 2 . . I--. Ttfif - ,1 DOLLIES ALL .'. Farbara Johnson (left) and Patricia Abel, both orphans, are tn a virtual paradise, seated amid so many playmates. The dolls, more than 800 of them, were dressed by volunteer workers for distribution to charitable organizations a s Christmas : girts. Make the Covering Gay When Wrapping Up Gifts TjALF OF THE GIFT is the wrap- ping let's make the covering as gay as the gift inside. For the girl who. likes to sew. material for a dress in a fabric- wrapped box, rick-rack for the rib bon and spools of thread with big buttons for the decoration create an unusual package. If you give yarn for a sweater, use one skein for the big bow. Disguise a flat box of letter paper as a desk pad. Tse a real blotter on top with corners of metallic paper. Why not use -a necktie knot in decorating the box containing a tie? Fasten the ends of the ribbon under the lid about V way down; bring to center; tie the knot and shape the ends tie fashion. Use a dark blue, wine or green ribbon--about one and one-half inches wide." These are attractive used on , a striped or plaid paper. . -. . Or the package might resemble a tiny suitcase wrapped in paper with the ends bound in decorative tape. Add a handle and identifies 'tion tag. J j, Iff j George Conis ! j 411 Main St. Phone 4133J; I r- -i W- ' hi W ML xv Ml II i w w5 II ' a w ii I it i i i II I II HI 1 ronl iiv( til 111 II Christmas is the opportunity to 1 II put aside the routine II , ' t ... Ill II III , ot every aay ousmess i:; i i II II 1 II 111 and with genuine 4 ii I ii - f II Ml . U 1 II 111 sincerity, wish our customers l I I II Ml II 1 ii i ii in j, I a '6 W I I II cl lit i i w si I ii in a Ttiu a s I i ii w, v uivjv ( sim i L " - H PLEASANT as it is to dream of a "White Christmas" with its car ols and gifts, feasting and merry making, the sparkling eyes of chil dren delighting in Santa Claus and the wonderful Christmas trees, these things never can symbolize the tremendous significance of the day. i The birth of the Saviour was the greatest event in the history of the world. In spite of all the back slidings, Christian peoples have pressed forward steadily. However vicious and corrupt, the world today is far better than f- the world of pagan times; fa miliarity, with the cross and cruci fixion has abolished legal tortures and much cruelty and. if given a chance, might shame us into ban ishing , the curse of international viciousness for the sake of Him who became the Saviour of Mankind. 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