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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1962)
MEDFOBD MAIL THIBUN". MEDFORD. OREGON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6. ISM D 3 Pitch of Peddler Continues To Have Merchandising Role New York -l'Pli- The itiner-lcart have just about vanished I wares directly to the pro?pec sin peddler and repairman from the American scene. live customer - remains an and his jangling horse-drawn I His sales pitch - taking ' essential part of merchandis- Look Better-Feel Better Let Abb Cresset Clean Your Holiday Clothes NOW! PROFESSIONAL Cleaning is our guarantee or satisfaction! Our personnel at each plant OF THEM TODAY. SAVE, SAVE with ECONO-CLEAN A Perfect Service at Less Cost If You're in Ashland . , . Try Gresset's 1 Hour Martiniiing In The GATEWAY SHOPPING CENTER ma H I-H HI - 2 nig, for everytmnc from a paper of pins such as he might ; have carried, up to giant ma chine tools. Opportunities Optn It has lone since cone inter-; national, and some recent De-J partment of Commerce fig ures show thr opportunities open to the U.S. burinessman - and to his foreign competi tor - for displaying his prod utis at a point where sales might be made or stimulated. In the most recent issue of "International Comm ere c," publication of the U.S. De partment of Commerce, ap peared a list of more than 700 tradr fairs, most of them slated for 1983, in nations ranging alphabetically from Algeria to Yugoslavia. Plenty of nations want to set into the trade fair rtiow circuit: Cyprus, Fiji, Malag asy, arc among the newcom ers. The 13-page list m pub lished in the magazine did not, however, include sched uling for any trade show in the Soviet Union. "U S. merchants may dis play their wares to a world wide market through these fairs, the ariicie said, U.S. To Participate Participation for the U.S. government by the Depart ment of Commerce is planned tentatively for a few. Subject to review, and in some in stances further negotiations, the tentative schedule of par ticipation tor early 1963 in clude fairs at Mexico City, Tripoli, Libya, Conikt y. Guinea, Tokyo, Thorn Penh, Cambodia; PoznaH, Poland; Bio de Janeiro. In the majority of cases, each of the fairs is limited to a particular type of product; it would he a diversified cor pnrtation indeed which would consider entry in "all the shows. Santa Claus Known by Variety Of Names; Customs Vary Expert Dressmaking and Alterations by Our Own Dressmaker Also Visit ABB GRESSET'S Drive-In Cleaners at 844 S. Riverside and 702 W. Main ABB CRESSET S DRIVE in CLEANERS SlIV'j last Jackson PHONE 772-4214 Pagan and t hristian cus-! i toms are combined in our giv-; : ing of gifts. Santa Claus is ; a variation of the name Saint Nicholas. His festal day is Dec. 6. Living in the Fourth Cen tury, according to legend, he secretly went about giving gifts to the needy. In one favorite tale he left hags of gold for three girls who had no rioweries; needless to add all throe soon were married. Other names lor the gift giver are Papa Noel. La Be fana. Jutc-nisscn - plus many ; more. i From German Kris Kringie. for instance, comes from the German words ' Christ Kind'' or in fant Christ, but is depicted , now as a girl wearing a crown j 1 and carrying a Christmas ' tree. She shares honors with) Knecht Rupert, who gives presents to the good children j and Pclsnichol (Nicolas with) fur), who leaves only switches j in the shoes of naughty boys' and girls. It probably is from the European custom of setting out the shoe or sahot for gifts ihat we derive our own cere mony of hanging up a stock ing on Christmas Eve. Some scholars believe carol ing is a carry-over from the Roman songs of the Saturna lia. The first songs of the Nativity date from the Fourth fentury and German lieder from the tlth. Some 200 years later, carols found their way into France and Britain. One quaint belief of northern Eng land was that on Christinas How can he' to build von rRT""' What are your plans for say 8 or 10 years from now? A new home? College for your children? Plans like these take money . . . money that you'll have if you start buying U.S. Savings Bonds now. For every S3 you invest Series E Sav ings Bonds will pay you back $4 when the Bonds mature . , . even more if you hold them longer. But your plans will take more than just money. You'll need the freedom to choose, to act, to decide for yourself. We Americans have these freedoms now. And when you buy U.S. Savings Bonds, you help your country preserve those freedoms. You see, while your dollars are earning interest for you, Uncle Sam puts them to work to defend the cause of free dom. Your dollars help strengthen our economy here at home, and help our Nation stand up for freedom all over t he world. And t hen they come back to you with interest! There probably isn't a bet ter way to put your savings to work, to help build free dom for your future. Why not start today at your bank ... or on The Payroll Savings where vou work. 'f If "A "is - - l I iff i z. c LI., Jtf. This man has plans for your future too, hut you wouldn't like them. An important way we can keep his ambitions in check is to kep strong financially as individuals and m a Nation. Keep freedom in your futura with u.s.s MI m BOIDS 8 '."St ThtUS. Gatrnimu anrM n pa tor H f Trmtir, lltptrtmtn! iMnkt Iht C.if IM tAu vuiinptr tor rtw prfmaw Eve the bees gathered and hummed carols. The Puritans strongly op posed singing and even the celebration of Christmas it self. In England they passed laws in 1844 forbidding its observance, but these were repealed after the Restora tion, From HiS9 to 168J in parts of America it was a criminal offense to celebrate the hol iday. Later in our history. George Washington credited his success against the Hes sians of Trenton in 1776 to the enemy's evening of Christ mas revelry that left them open to a surprise attack. The word "Yule" comes from the Scandinavian feast of Jnul, Great fires were built to honor the god Thor and to defy the Frost Kins'. The medieval English consid ered it bad luck if a squint eyed person entered the great hall while the traditional Ion was burning - and even worse Juek if a barefooted or llal- (ootcd woman appeared. Twic A Yr Christmas comes twice a year to lucky children in Ger many, Switzerland, Belgium and Holland. On St. Nirholas' Day, Dec, 6, good children received candy, nuts, orange-! and some toys. The bad ones, supposedly, are put into Si. Nick's sack and spirited away. Jf the family can afford it, toys and candy are distrib uted again on Dec. 25, per-; haps tucked in a shoe placed under a window or near the : fireplace. However, this cus- ' torn is fairly recent; it dales back to World War II and was introduced by American Gl's. As more and more Ameri cans conlinue to travel the wide, wide world, they are making friends everywhere. For extending cheer to your international friends, here is a rundown of some "Merrv Christmas translations: Frence "Joycux Noel." German - "t'roeliche Wcih nachten." Italian - Buon ftalaie." Spanish - "Feliz Navidad." Norwegian, Swedish, Dan ish - "God Jul." Japanese - "Kuriniasu om edeto gozaimasu." Swahiii - "Siku kuu ya kul zu liwa Masiaya." Tips Given To Check Calories ! Christmastime is prly time. It's turkey dinners with el! the trimmings, candy canes, fancy sugar-trimmed cookies and fruits and nuts. In oth er words, it'a thousands of ex tra calories. Just consider: four or five little cashew nuts can add an extra 100 calories to your daily intake. If you mown them while drinking a Tom and jerry, add 250 more. Of course, you don't want io niiss out on the holiday treats. They taste good And anyway, who can co lo the many holiday socials and not eat' But you do want to wear your new holiday clothes and your post-holiday outfits, too. Unless your name is Santa Claus, you won't be able to if you take in too many cal ories, because extra calories mean extra inches. Solution? Cut your caloric intake at non-party meals, hut don't cut out any of the es sential nutrients. You'll need lots of pep and energy for the hectic rush of parties, cooking, shopping and gen eral fun ahead You can help insure ade quate nutrition in low cal orie meals by making them Meirecal meals either a can of the liquid, nine wafers, or on eold wintry day, piping hot bowl of soup. All provide weli-ballanccd '.!2V calone meals and will help you keep in trim to enjoy the holidays to the fullest. BOATWGiW!SCONSt Chuago - HPi - Almut 40 per cent of the persona using bouts nn Wisconsin waters are non-frsidents. 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