The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 51, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 December 1985 — Page 24

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed.. December 18.1985

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Holiday trees that feed birds

By CRAIG TUFTS This season I’m making a special holiday tree for the birds. I’m by-passing the usual evergreen decorated with strings of cranberries or popcorn or stale cookies. Those traditional “bird trees” do look festive and inviting, but, to tell you the truth, I’ve never noticed birds eating the decorations, have you? That’s why, this year, I’m going out on a limb or , two to experiment with a real bird banquet. You might like to follow suit: Instead of festooning an evergreen, I’m adorning the bare

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branches of a deciduous tree. You could decorate either a tree growing in your yard or a cut one placed where birds are most apt to notice it. Choose a sturdy, sparselybranched, five to 10-foot tree. Gather several kinds of berrybearing clippings and, using small-gauge copper wire, attach the clippings toward the ends of the tree branches, making it look , as if the clippings belong there. Berry-bearing plants (both native and non-native) vary from area to area. Here in Virginia, I’m selecting mine with one eye on design and color scheme, the

other on bird-feeding. Here’s my choice: The color red is, of course, a must in any holiday decorating, and I’m using several red-berried plants: mountain ashes and staghorn sumac, for instance. Then some deciduous hollies (especially possum haw or winterberry), plus multiflora rose sprigs. (I dip the freshly cut tip of all sprigs in molten paraffin to keep the fruit from drying out too fast). Magnolia berries are among the best foods for robins and other thrushes that may winter with us. Along with the reds, orangetoned bittersweet and pyracantha make bright splashes of color, balanced attractively by gray or gray-green juniper berries and the blue or black berries of large viburnums. Snowberry fruit provides a contrasting white accent. I’m including a few wild grapes, not for their looks (dry and shriveled) but because I know that overwintering bluebirds, mockingbirds and robins eat them. I’m not entirely throwing tradition out the window. My tree in-

BAKE SALE Saturday, Dec.2l, 8:30 to ? At Campbell's Market Located on SR 15 in Milford Proceeds To Offset Expenses For Publicity By Milford Sesquicentennial Committee

eludes several cones: pine and spruce cones filled with a suetpeanut butter mixture for - chickadees, nuthatches and maybe a titmouse or two. The small, conelike fruits of the sweetgum tree “Liquidambar” can be plucked of their gumball “points” to make attractive cratered structures which can be packed with a suet mixture and wired to the tree. A holiday tree isn’t complete without a string of something twined through some branches. But instead of popcorn, I’m hanging short strings of high-sugar-content, pitted dates, food for bluebirds and mockingbirds. With our bird tree complete, my family can really celebrate the holidays, watching from the window to see which birds eat what from the feeder tree we built for them. If you make a special holiday tree for the birds, let me know what you see! For more information about wildlife around your home, contact the National Wildlife Federation, Dept. BN, 1412 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036-2266.

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SATURDAY PROMISES to be a busy day in Milford. There will be a bake sale at Campbell’s to raise funds for the sesquicentennial. The sale will begin at 8:30 a.m. and last until sold out. Area residents are asked to furnish baked goods. They should be delivered to the store between 8 and 8:30. The Milford Jaycees are also going to be at Campbell’s with their sesquicentennial calendars for sale. SPEAKING OF the Milford Jaycees don’t forget their Toys for Tots program. The deadline is December 20. The photo shown with this column is but one of the collection areas and shown that people in Milford are supportive of the projects. Drop boxes are to be found at Campbell’s, Doll’s Decorating, Walter Drugs and the community

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building. Persons with large items may call 658-9843 or 658-4197. —o—- — CITIZEN Ted Baumgartner, who claims to have planted nearly 200 trees in the Milford community, knows how to make the young saplings grow. But, he’s less certain as to how to fell a tree. Last week he and his grandson, Roger Baumgartner, Jr., cut down a dead tree between SR 15 and the railroad tracks, just north of US 6. Somewhere Ted’s calculations went awry and the large tree fell across the tracks. - His luck held — no trains were coming. But in a moment of panic, he got his trusty chain saw from his truck and began cutting that part of the tree that lay across the train’s path. His saw wedged

half way through a large limb, and Roger, by this time, was about a quarter mile up the track. When Roger heard his granddad’s cry for help, he rushed back, got a large limb and pried the saw free. Ted’s remark, ”1 never sawed a tree up so fast in my life.** ONLY 6 shopping days until Christmas. —o— DR. DOUG STRICKER did an outstanding job directing the Living Christmas tree program at the Christian Church this year. following the final presentation on Sunday, the doctor was hear to say he has already has some new ideas for next year’s presentation. The delightful children’s portion of this year’s presentation was co-directed by Mrs. Jim (Kim) Evans and Mrs. Dale (Peg) Custer. Many have already commented they hope these two women will team up for another production next Christmas. THE CANDLES burning in the window of the George Hoppus home on North Main Street and the Arch Baumgartner home on James Street are delightful to look at at night. If you haven’t seen them be sure and drive past and take a look. , —o— THE MILFORD Christian School is in need of a prekindergarten teacher. It’s a parttime position, working with children ages three and four during the morning, beginning January 6. The position is open because Jo Small, the present teacher, is leaving to go to the mission field in Hong Kong. She will be leaving Milford next Monday. —o— ANOTHER HOME worth checking out this Christmas season is that of Wayne and Barb Richardson on South Main Street. It’s bedecked with all kinds of Christmas lights. 808 LONG of r 1 Milford has a very active grandfather. Jake “Pap” Hight, 91, Etna Green, is Santa’s helper and will be on hand this coming weekend to meet the youngsters on behalf of the Etna Green Lions Club. Hight has been helping Santa for the past 10 years. He says he looks forward to it and enjoys it. —o— WITH RECORD breaking cold already in Indiana one can’t help but wonder what the winter will bring... it’s still fall! At least it’s fall until Saturday. Last night’s minus 14 degrees tied a previous record. Even with the cold, many area residents are happy that we will have a white Christmas in northern Indiana this vear. Snow

seems to add to the excitement of the holiday. OBSERVATION: THE major religious festival of the year and principal holiday of the western world, commemorating the birth of Jesus is Christmas. It’s not really certain this is the date on which Jesus was born. Various scholars have fixed the date in April, May, January, and in other months. Christmas was first observed in the second and third centuries and our name for this dates from he Uth century in England and “Cristes Maesse.” The giving of presents, which is a solidly entrenched custom in the United States, was taken from the Roman custom of exchanging gifts on January 1. German Christmas carols are traced back to the 11th century and British and French songs to the 13th. The custom of decorating the house in green stems from an early English belief that certain flowers blossomed at Christmas. The use of mistletoe stems from the Druids, who long revered the plant. The Christmas tree was first used in Germany. Some scholars believe the first occasion was in Strassbourg in 1605,. though legend has it that Martin Luther decorated a green branch in his home in the preceding century. The tree was not used in England until 1840, and appeared in the United States at about the same time. The belief in Santa Claus, as a jolly man who brought gifts, also comes to us from the Germans, derived from the legend of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus is a corruption of the Dutch San Nicholass). Fireworks are used in the South at Christmas, and this stems from Italy, Spain and France, which enjoy the custom. It’s thought the practice was introduced by French settlers in the Louisiana area. Christmas was, interestingly, observed earlier in the South than in the North. The greatest challenge of Christmas, in our churches and among all Americans, is to spread love of one’s fellow man, and peace on earth, in our country and abroad. Lori Keim in -Who's Who' Lori Keim was one of 4? Indiana Central University students named to the 1986 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. These students were selected by a campus nominating committee and editors of the directory based on their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success. Keim is a junior at the Indianapolis university and a 1983 graduate of Wawasee High School. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lemoine Keim of Syracuse. She is a history major at Indiana Central, Alumni Scholar, and a member of Mu Phi Epsilon. Don't forget Fall winds take their toll in chapped skin. Don’t forget to cream face, hands, legs and arms. Waterbeds Over 100 And Matching Furniture *. Etched ''' LniSTi Mirror Our Bed Prices Include Pedestal apd plywood decking, liner, heater and control, full wave mattress, fill kit, 2 years' supply water conditioner. Add A Headboard Later From $44.9$ Mettrssses, Full Wave/Waveless $9.9$ Umrs, Fitted/Standup $39.9$ HssMrs $17.9$ ShMts, No Seconds $44.9$ CMrfwtws, No Seconds $9.91 Matterns Ms $95.99 4-ofWwers, Pedestal $17.9$ MMCs*s,2. 3 45-Way $79.9$ M hemes. Dark Or Lt. Stain $49.09 Heedbeeris $149.99 SaftSMss, Hybrid 457-2140 ASSOCIATED SALES