Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1964 — Page 11

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1964

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MAKING MUSIC ... Musical toys come In all shapes and sizes. Pretty young lady shown above is surrounded by four which feature favorite TV and movie cartoon characters, make music at the turn of a crank. HOLIDAY EATS i The hustle and bustle of Christ-! mas activity of tent interferes with regular eating habits and brings on some “tummy-aches” as kiddies nibble on the surplus supply of treats and goodies. It’s a good idea to prepare a variety of tasty sandwiches and place them conveniently near the supply of sweets. Adding a variety of fruit is also a good idea.

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TED KEYES almost laughed out loud at the bitter reaction of the other passengers when the driver told them the big bus was stranded in the small mountain community of Hillside. Ted didn’t care about the delay. He wasn’t “going home” for Christmas as most of his fellow | passengers were. He was going I to King City to take a new job, ; and he had a week to get there. He followed the others as they filed out of the bus and ran the short distance into the general | store, eager to escape the fury lof the winter storm as quickly as possible. Somber Group They gathered about the potbellied stove, quiet, oblivious of one another, each wrapped in his own unhappy thoughts. A big man, elderly, yet straight as a ramrod, entered from a back room.

SSSS#-ss2=g ■ Ted didn’t care that the bus was delayed. “Welcome, folks, welcome. Nice to have so much company on Christmas Eve. Ma’s putting on the big coffee pot and making some hot chocolate for the kiddies. Don’t go reaching for your wallets. This’ll be compliments of Ben Flowers, who wishes you one and all a Merry Christmas. If any of you want to make phone calls, reversing the charges, of course, phone’s out there in the kitchen. Now, just make yourself to home.” There was a mad rush toward ;the kitchen. Ted found himself ■an unoccupied chair near the 'stove and relaxed. He was suddenly conscious of the fact that Ben Flowers was shoveling more coal into the stove and that the noise had awakened him. Two youngsters were sleeping on a pallet in one corner. An old man puffed on his pipe on the opposite of the stove. No one else was in sight. “Where is everyone?” “Gone to church. Little mission up the road. Minister came down and issued invitations to a special service. Tried to wake you, but you're a sound sleeper, son. In fact, I had to slam this stove door five or six times to wake you.” i, "W?” v “Just thought you might give me a hand. I ain’t as young as I used to be, I found that out. Come along, will you?” The Tree Ted followed the man through the kitchen. The old man pointed to a Christmas tree resting against the back porch. “Cut that tree and brought it down from the hill. Tuckered me out, for sure. Help me get it in, will you?” “You’re putting up a tree on Christmas morning?” “Yep, first one in several years. Me and ma sorta got out of the habit, son, not having any folks or any youngsters about. Now, this stopover that is such a bother to you is a real occasion for us. We just gotta have a tree, son, and that’s all there is to it.” Like Christmas After that, it was just like Christmas. Ted and Ben Flowers finished the tree, then retired to the kitchen to drink coffee and watch Mrs. Flowers prepare a Christmas meal — turkey, dressing, cranberries, all the things Ted remembered as part of Christmas during his childhood days. The church-goers returned to find that Mrs. Flowers had wrapped a small gift for each one—actually two gifts were left over, because she had erred in her count of those in attendance. No one seemed to notice. | It was an unusual Christmas > dinner—served in the early morning, on paper plates. Ted always 'remembered how everyone had I eaten heartily and had happily said goodbye to the old couple 'at the country store. Someday j soon he would write the Fosters and tell them that they’d made quite a scene in King City when the bus roared Into town with all of the passengers singing Christmas Carols and shouting “Merry Christmas” to everyone in sight.

In Illinois; Statues Recreate Nativity Scene The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows on Highway 460 near Belleville, HL, exhibits an outstanding Nativity group of sculptured life-sized figures during the Christinas season. The statues were placed in a background and setting designed by Max Autenreib, Edwardsville, 111. Authenticity is the keynote of the setting, framed in a lean-to at the entrance of a simulated grotto. Paintings of farm animals and stable furnishings are so positioned as to lend depth and perspective to the familiar Christmas scene.

The statues, carved out of linden wood by Frank Haines, noted Ambler, Pa., sculptor who specializes in character studies and portrait figures, were completed in 1961 and displayed at New Harmony last year. They will be housed permanently in New Harmony’s Paul Tillich park next year. The New Harmony settlement, founded in 1814 by George Rapp as the site for a religious sect known as the Harmonists, was later purchased by the WelshScot industrialist and philanthropist, Robert Owen, who .gathered about him well-known scientists, educators, social reformers and artists. His utopian experiment in communal living collapsed in 1827, but now the principal donor of the Blaffer Trust, Mrs. Kenneth D. Owen of Houston—wife of a direct descendant cf Robert Owen—ls trying to preserve and enrich the x>ld community through great art and careful restorations. Research The statues, commissioned by Mrs. Owens, are clad in costumes designed by Elizabeth Haines, wife of the sculptor, after exten-

Good Books Are Excellent Gift The "fun” doesn’t have to go out of the task of Christmas shopping when we complete our children’s gift list and turn to the more difficult assignment of selecting gifts for adults. Good books also should not be overlooked. A small electric unit is a good gift for an instant coffee or instant tea lover—as many older folks usually are. Most older folks have "time on their hands’’ and accordingly will appreciate gifts which help to keep them busy and occupied. ■—

o cLZII (Ik » 1..1— i —■ !■■■■■——, I. .*> H yxfe * the beauty of the season be reflected in the hearts of all men. We extend our warmes t Yuletide greetings °o° and thank you for your thoughtful patronage. ‘ ' ’J -■ » rs The Krick - Tyndall Co. ' . ■ ' J . . ..r . ‘

sive research into the clothing of the era. Mary’s robe was woven and embroidered In Jerusalem by Christian Arab refugees, and her hair is worn in the style of a married Hebrew woman of the time. Joseph’s robe has vertical gray and black stripes, also characteristic. His brown shawl has four purple tas«els, to remind the wearer to obey God’s laws, with 1 the tassels also representative of the four consonants in Jehovah's 1 name. The gray robe and brown shawl are Danish materials and the gray fabric won the first prize ' in the international weaving competition in California in 1959. Lips and eyes of all three figures are touched with color. In the case of Mary and the ■ Child, the “skin" is the natural ’ color of the linden wood used with a preservative. They were carved smooth, as having the Divine Spirit, while Joseph was carved with facets to lend virility and to set him apart from Mother and Child. His skin is also colored differently to give him the weathered, darker look consistent with his outdoor life as a carpenter.

KLENKS Wish You A MERRY CHRISTMAS J . ■= . * ■■ , ' a And AHAPPY NEW YEAR

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