Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1953 — Page 23

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1953

' I i ‘ ■_> -( ; V^* - \7 iK >^7’’\ <! £ OWOio Jr HF I wIMH vP yWijWßjMfj I Tjmus wiwT ‘ 3 ' T ' "~ -£® — * V. .JL u . * <?^Xn T ™F “j -’“■ i May your heart rejoice anew in the • message of the first Christmas..."on earth peace, good wifi toward men**. • . ■ w ■ ' ' \ . I S' .-HR Reinking Garage —' ; -7 ■ ——————————T————7————— T J mil Hl | 1 ■■i.ii.iiliaii 1 ■*■■■ / ■' T » s . iIW ■ ■ . ■ A \ . ■ 1 -■ II » . y'7l SS3WS& 7. . May the true spirit,of Christmas dwell inyour home / and in your heart throughout the year. „ ' ' ' ■ ’ ' f> ' ' ' -•' I ' . ' Decatur Hatchery h“ | ; . I' . v m. - 13 w - ■ y. v fjrowK ■' ’ ''K/ll&y we add our .very good wishes to (he hosts of sparkling JK greetings fopdly given and gladly h’lO accepted during this, the joyous I I Holiday SeaMoij of Good Will to All. if f ’ d-te’u A/jd) • 4- -|K kJKnr ■ ? 1 I ( * ’ ' ' -A ■ \: HAMMOND 1 FRUIT MARKET '/ ' 1 I 1-7 ' \ "

prod '■BHU ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS . . In the Children** Aid Society Jone* Center, all wa* calm a* the call tor rehearsal of carol* was sounded. The little angel* without wing* took their place*, with one moppet sporting a black eye. He couldn’t resist reaching under hl* cassock to be rare hl* treasured gun and holster were ■till there. Keep Trees Green If you have the type of a treeholder that permit* the tree trunk to rest in water, you will find that a small amount of plant food dissolved in the water will aid in retaining the needles on the tree, and keep the needles green. If you use a pebble or rock-filled pail to support the tree, cover the pebbles or rock with a plant food solution. Use ope tea spoonful of plant food, powdered form, tp each gallon of water in the container, or \ use one plant food tablet to each gallon. — ; - r - ■ Dr. Clement Moore Was Ashamed of His Famous Poem Dr. Clement Clarke Moore was ashamed of his famous poem, "Night Before Christmas” and would not acknowledge that he wrote It for more than 20 year*. Today, the poem which begins— Htwes the nigbt before Cbrishust, when M tbrougb the boeue Not o creature was ttirrtug, not even a mouse}— is one of the most beloved of all Christmas writing*. Dr. Moore was an aloof professor of Greek and Oriental literature in the Episcopal Seminary in New York. He wrote the poem on Christmas Eve 1822 and read M to his seven children. He had not planned for that poem to go further than hi* own family, but a relative who was visiting the Moores put a copy in her diary. The next year the relative’* father sent it to a newspaper. Other newspapers printed the Jingles and they quickly became known all over the country. Th* dignified Dr. Moore was embarrassed and considered it beneath a man of his scholastic standing to be the author of children’s jingles. Twenty-two years later, however, he finally publicly admitted authorship of the jingles and it was published in book form under his name for the first tim*. ■ „■■ —■- I _. •• : Door Decorations In the last few years it has become more and more popular to decorate doors and doorways with bells and tree ornaments instead of the conventional wreath. Your door and window frames\ can be made bright and cheerful by framing them with ribbon and sprigs of holly. You can hang the ribbon in festoons across the curtains and tie at the sides in wide sash bows for colorful effect. LSpain's Census 1 ? 'MADRID, UP — Latest census figures placed the population of Spain as of Dec- 11, 1952, at 29,775,059 inhabitants Os 57,723 foreigners resident in Spain, 14,858 were Portuguese, 7,763 French and 7,306 Germans. — 7~ Too Many Smiths \ 7 SPOKANE, Wash., UP — Frank M. Smith told Judge Louis Bunge he wanted to change his name because there “just simply are too many Frank Smiths in SpokCne.* Eight of them, to be exact. The judge granted him permission to change his name to John Robert Smith. There also are eight John Smiths here. Saucer Kid NEW BRITAIN, Conn., UP — Archie Hovanesian, Jr., 12, built a “flying saucer” that measure* 18 inches in diameter and doesn’t need a string to return it to the “pilot’s” feet. It’s engine causes it to circle like a boomerang.

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loyalty of our many friends gives to us added confidence and much promise for the future. We wish a Joyful , Christmas and Successful New Year to all. L&OShop SilF NmH€S r * ’"•‘fl' ** bMmi ’ - -. .. ,i- Mitsstmat art tsr wishts far - ** ** BBBMggjgl ” atighbart as this amt Jnaus MHday. ■KireSs. I «■ r - \ ■ l . MANSFIELD MOTOR SALES .. . • i 11 . l . I ’ 7- ■ ' If: « i' ! ■ ' : £ •_ I IF Si SI H SLfli S S u. 11 M 111 lli i R LORDS ' i ', ■ ■ ■ •' '■ •■, ■ " A ‘ * _ ' * ' ■**’/*' - - .. ” .'3 ■.* ..

NO. 1 GRANDCHILDREN . . . Grandchildren of President Eisenhower get a look at Christmas doll*. They are (left to right) Susan, Barbara Anne, and Dwight David. The children ■pent last Christmas with their grandparents at 60 Morningside Drive, New York. Moke Gifts Attractive Make your Christmas package attractive because half of tho pleasure of the gift is the wrapping sukTbpening a beautlful package. Use plenty of ribbon and gay colored paper. Add bells and Christmas ornaments to the bows. Tie ribbon about the corners and put the bows off-center to make the packages distinctive. A little disguising by putting small .boxes in larger ones before wrapping add* to the mystery of the gift Yu/e Seal Idea - Was From Denmark This year millions of Americans have received a letter from their local chapter of the National Tuberculosis association containing Christmas seals, the seasonal reminder of the never-ending fight to stamp out the disease. The idea was conceived by a Danish postal clerk. He thought of the idea in 1903 while mailing Christmas packages and letters. The clerk was Einar HolboelL He mentioned it to his fellow workers and they decided it would be a great help in defraying the cost of fighting tuberculosis. The idea reached King Christen, who approved, and the image of Queen Louise was paced on the first seals to 1904. Jacob Riis, Danish-bom American. heard about the idea and ■old it to the American public in 1907 through a magazine article. A Red Cross worker. Miss Emily Bissell, started the first American sales that year. 4~- L L__L— Christmas Tree Industry Is Big r Business in U.S. The Christmas tree industry is big business to the United* States —better than 8M,6M,t00 annually. The majority es our trees come from New England, New York and Pennsylvania, the Krth Middlewest, and the irtbwest Pacific region*. In recent years. New Jersey has annually marketed around 166,006 trees. j; Most of the trees for Christmas sales are cut early in the fall and the tree* are kept green with plenty of water until ■hipped to distribution centers. Some mass producers, however, cut trees early in the new year, and treat them with preservatives and coloring sola-. tions for storage to chilled warehouses. That Reindeer Is Becoming a Tradition That reindeer is becoming an American tradition. Once upon a time there was a reindeer with a built-in flashlight bulb for a nose. You know, Rudolph. the red-nosed reindeer. From a small beginning in 1938, the little animal with the built-in beacon has become as familiar as Humpty-Dumpty and Cinderella to youngsters everywhere. First invented as a sales giveaway promotion for Montgomery Ward by Robert L. May, Rudolph was featured in many free booklets before he became associated with Christmas. Sdngwriter Johnny Mark* liked the title "Rudolph, ‘ the Red Nosed Reindeer,” so he wrote i song about it He was so sure he had a success that he started hi* own Publishing company, using "Rudolph’* as his first release. Gene Autry made the initial > recording, and that one record sold 2,000,000 copies. Last year, there were 16 different recordtags of the song for sale, ranging from boogie-woogie by finger Chile Robinson to Ring Crooby, and cowboy singers.

ARNOLD LUMBER CO. In. 425 Winchester St. Decatur, IndgREy>S| (i iv sirfß \ May your Christmas be a merry one and may you recall all its happy, memories throughout a bright New Year. _ Smith Scrap Iron Co. ————- ■ -- T ■ ,T .. . # ; •\ i / ■ •' YV f ’ •*. ■ . 4 ' • f To wish you a very merry Christinas and a prosperous New Year and to express the hope that our present cordial relations may continue for many years to come. DILL SHADY “Your Fuller Brush Dealer*’ 1209 W. Adams St. Phone 3-3679

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