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It if IM then a month be
fore lights will bciin to twin
kle on Christmas trees tod
Christmas decorations appear
In tha home lor the holiday
This means It U time to itart
going carefully over your
Chrlitmu list, though most of
you have probably ' already
started your shopping: .
On everyone's list there la
probably one or two persons
wno oring such comments as:
"There is lust nothlns vou can
buy lor them," or "Now, what
can you give her, she buys
everything she needs ior her
heU and her apartment la so
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fmaU-" Someone on tha Christmas
There are several Salem- list always has sweet tooth
WHAT ABOUT A TEA SET?
area-made or grown articles
that might help you solve those
lilt problems. It is amaxing
the number of gift possibilities
found among those things with
a Salem area tag on them.
Toys for the children, hand
woven articles, knitted gar
menu, aprons, leather! oods,
embroidered pieces, Jams, Jel
lies, preserves, wslnuts and
filberts, prunes and apples,
smoked meats, candy, canned
fruits, Oregon greens and hol
ly and innumerable other ar
ticles, t
FOR SNACKS
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and there is something about
holiday time that makes the
most of us more candy hun
gry than ever.
Salem has an answer for that
type of gift, too.
Gay's Candy company Is that
answer. In their kitchen here
the company makes a variety of
candies, which can be bought
In the bulk or In beautifully
packed boxes.
Here again you have the
answer not only for individual
gifts, but for the entire family.
We've Weavers Too
Hand-Woven materials and
articles made from hand-woven
material are most acceptable
gifts.
Several Salem people have
looms that they keep busy
weaving material from which
are made skirts, dresses, aprons,
towels, draperies, evening bass,
mats, luncheon sets, table
cloths, hot pad mits and ties.
some weave only linen, but
Oregon turkeys should prob
ably top the list did you ever
stop to think bow many Christ
mas dinners are built around
this Oregon grown bird? I
Then there is the Salem
cured ham for dinners. Also,
what about the other smoked
meats processed and cured
here?
Rose Valley cheese, made at
the ML Angel creamery, last
year was shipped to all parts others weave woolens, rayon
of the country as guts. It s, and cottons.
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A tea set made in Salem, complete with cups and sau
cers. This Is the handiwork of Mrs. Albert Franks. .
WALL PLAQUE
HAND-MADE
Rose Valley Cheese made
at Mt. Angel and sold local
ly is something from this
area for those feaits and
gatherings held at Christ
mas. Eat Oregon Fogd
The holiday time Is time
of feasting, with delicacies of
all types served at Christmas
dinners and holiday parties.
Why not add a Salem or Wil
lamette valley touch to those
dinners or snacks?
very good for those snacks or
hor d'oeuvres.
Gift packs of preserves,
canned fruits, walnuts and fil
bert meats and dried prunes
(there are packages ot seeded
ones, too) or maybe Oregon
grown apples this Is the type
of gift that the whole family
appreciates.
You can make up your own
box or there are firms making
up the special packages, such
as the Blundell Kanning Kitch
en and the Aufrance Custom
Cannery.
If you are making up your
own gift box there are the pro
ducts of any number of local
canneries from which to
choose. And you might include
some Shady Oaks mushrooms.
These are grown locally, pro
cessed locally and found in lo
cal grocery stores.
In the group making more
than a hobby ot their weaving
are Mrs. Ruth Collins, Mrs.
George Bagnall, Mrs. Kenneth
Long, Mr. John Hann, Mrs.
Hugh Morrow and Mrs. Clif
ford Farmer. Some members
of the Weavers Guild can also
be contacted to do special
weaving.
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available at tha prison. In
edition to their leather work
this includes silver Jewelry,
embroidered end crocheted
Items and articles made from
myrtle wood. '
Makes Kiddie Gifts
Christmas, Is for tha kiddies,
most of us will agree, and many
spend long hours hunting gifts
for the wee ones, ranging from
toys to small items of clothing.
In the toy lines are bobby
horses, horses on wheels, rock
ing horses and table and chair
sets made for youngsters by
Roy McKlroy at his home on
South Commercial street after
his regular work. These he
mikes after his regular work
ing hours as a hobby.
Rugs made from Oregon grown flax and made in Salem
by Oregon Flax Textiles can be found in local stores.
make you Odd pieces of furnl
ture.
Another gift for the home
that is 100 per cent Oregon are
braided flax rugs made by
the Oregon Flax Textiles. They
are from flax grown in Oregon,
as well as being made here.
These rugs cannot be secured
directly from the firm making
them but are handled by local
stores.
Gifts for Home
Maybe you are looking for
gifts for the home. There are,
also some of those that are
Salem-made.
In addition to the lamps that
one finds which have been
made by Salem people, others
make pillows, what-nots and
corner shelves. And perhaps
you can find someone vho will
Salem-made gloves and
moccasins could be Included
on a Christmas gift list.
Local Leather Goods
Leather goods made in Sa
lem! These make nice and prac
tical gifts.
Billfolds, hand tooled purses
and gloves, probably lead the
list.
A few local residents make
billfolds and purses and some
of these articles can be fount,
at Homecraft House here. Also
making leather goods are the
inmates ot the Oregon state
prison.
Gloves made by the Myers
Glove company have been on
the market for 26 years and the
firm, owned by Henry C. My
ers, alio makes Jackets on or
der and moccasins.
A bust of Christ made as
a wall plaque by Mrs. Fred
Matthleu. '
They Make 'em Here
Almost everyone of us has
someone on his gift list c.t
Christmas time, who would ap
preciate a hand made item.
ranging; from needlework to
ceramics.
The problem for most of us
la getting the time to do that
work ourselves.
The BO Saiem area members
of Homecraft House, which has
a location on Fairgrounds Road
provides the answer to hand
made articles.
Also, there are local people
who make aprons for sale, with
some of them sold through lo
cal stores. Two persons making
aprons are Mrs. F. E. Wolfe on
Windsor Island road and Fern
Hobbenslefken of route 8, Sa
lem. Members of Homecraft House
however, have branched out
farther in their hand work. You
will find them making tea sets,
complete with cups and saucer,
lamps, wail plaques and hang
ings, musical churches, aprons,
stoles, sox, crocheted doilies,
Di"ow case, crocheted table
ck ' i figurines, bird houses,
swv ters. children's dresses,
baby sets, pins, rings, earrings,
aighans, vases, purses, billfolds,
rugs, pillows and copper work,
plus toys for the children. And
very much in keeping with the
Christmas season is the nativity
scene made by Mrs. Fred Mat
thleu tnat is found in the win-
For the home a lamp that
that is made localy. This
one was by Mrs. Fred
Matthleu.
dow of Homecraft House.
Oregon state prison Inmates
In the past have also made a
sum of articles, that are still
CUDDLY TOYS FOR WEE ONES
Members of Homecraft-House
have the answer for some of
the gifts for youngsters, making
stuffed toys of several varie
ties and also cradles for that
favorite doll that Santa will be
getting from local stores for
many of the youngsters.
Make il a Furry
Flurry for the Lady
, You'U captivate the heart
of any gat on your Christmas
gift list U you make "hers"
furs!
And, this Christmas, you
don't have to be a millionaire
to give gifts of fur) You'U find
exciting line ups In every shop
that bespeak the "furry flurry"
of fashion.
See the exciting little collars,
and cuffs circlet muffs and
large barrel types, too exciting
belts that team up with match
mate collars, or handbags til
th fur earrlrgs and "tails
and bracelets all ot furs!
Mink of all types . . . ermine
and white mink . . .little "lambs
of persian" . . . leopard and
ocelot these are the little furs
that spell the excitement of the
holiday season.
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Stuffed animals and a rag doll are among the locally
made girts suits be tor little children. Hera the toys are
shown in a locally made cradle. ' r, (
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Salem made bobby bones are lined up by then- maker
Roy A. McXlroy, waiting tor Santa to come in and pick '
them up tor distribution at Christmas to the kiddies.
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