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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1951)
WKDNKSDAY. NOVKMItKIt 21, 1 11.11 PACE KOUR Traditions of Yule Close to Heart Of Christian Peoples in all Lands HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREOON SILVERWARE AS A PRESENT is always proper, whether at Christmas or any other oc casion for lavish giving, and it is the 6ns present which can be used constantly without losing its value to the owner. Shirley Slowey, of Rickys, shows off this attractive set. Old Legend Tells of Charity Test Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat. Please put a penny in the old man's bat II you haven't got a penny, - a ha'penny will do 11 you haven't got a ha'penny, Lien Cod Bless You! The above is a beggar's rhyme j from Old England. It started with ' the ancient custom of giving alms at Christmas time. : The origin of this goes back to i the belief that the Christ came to i earth in various disguises in search j of those who were kind and de serving, during the holiday sea son. It was feared that He might be unrecognized and ignored. An old legend tells of the Christ Child going from door to door on Christmas Eve in his search ofi good Christians. His test was to plead for aid, and He was often ! turned away. This story led to giving- alms ' on Christmas Eve, and beggars were thus seldom refused. I Pay only $10 deposit on any piano now or just before Christmas. Pay can start small monthly payments. mw$ el mm pdm ca HAMMOND SPINET (5 7 .fvfy SILVER IS COVETED AS GIFT ON ANY OCCASION a coveted gift at anvl1 Silver is time. It's attractive to look at. it is durable. It brightens anv table, any room. And it is somehow es pecially pretty and shiny when it PAIR OF table lighters in heavy silver-plate and period styling can be used any where. Htm0 ORGAN 120 ufted rom wrappings and uwwvn vii bill uunu uiuruuig. Silver, though lovely, needn't be costly. If it's fine sterling-Inlaid silverplate. it will look well, and wear well, for many years. A versatile gravy boat and tray with matching servers, for instance makes a silver gift that's smart ly coordinated and yet budget priced. The gravy boat can hold sauce as well as gravy. For another gift that will make j a aazznng appearance for a pit tance, you might try tying a dozen after-dinner coffee spoons to the branches of a miniature spruce tree with bits of red ribbon. This, by the way. makes a gift that's good for the career girl, the young married couple, or tne old er married coupie. , In fact. It's a gift ideal for prac tically anyone but a small child. And children have their own sli ver gifts. One set is made up of liny fork and spoon set into siois in uie wings of a orignuy-' colored small plastic duck. Fork 1 and spoon are designed for good balance and easy use bv small i hands. Both come in patterns to . match adult silverplate. I to last all through the years choose a piano from th stylet and finishes now the leading makes. KNABE- Officio! plana KIMBALL WINTER & Co. Lowest Prices in stock. Have your piano delivered nothing more until January when you N. 7th HAMMOND AT The u adltloiu and customs o( , Christmas are close to lite hearts ' of all Christian people I Since the very early days of Christianity Christmas has come to mean bright candlelight, holly and Uie sweet. hearilelt sinvlni! of carols. Mam- of the Christmas songs of today originated tn old nrllnlu. i Wandering bards and harpers roamed o'er the countryside sing Ing their Christmas Minus tn the accompanlluent of the harp, fiddle and flageolet. And today lu nrllnm these age-old songs still ring out clearly. Carols are sung on Boxing Day, the dav after Christmas when service-folk and tradespeople go from LIVING ROOM MAKES CARD How ocst to display the Christ mas caitis that start to pour tn anytime a.ter the middle ol De cember Is a mailer that must o settled anew each holiday season. What made a solution last year will not make one this year, un less you want to be thought of as lacking In originality. This yetr, vou might collect compliments by putting up b friendship screen in your mm-, room. Any Inexpensive screen will do: you'll cover the panels alter nately tn Inexpensive red-sn I green cotton broadcloth The fab ric cn be stapled to the screen qulrklv and e.-.slly. The friendship screen gets card Firemen Operate Toy Shop I Klamath Falls' firemen are do- Ing their Santa Claus wora again this year. Back In 1933. In the first bad winter of the depression era. the department deemed to do lu bit toward helping make Christmas a pit more enjoyaoie lor juunasieis say. or a married couple, are pop who might be forgotten on that ular. too. They provide a person joyous day. Thev called for broken and dis carded toys, set up a workshop in a back room of the fire house and went to work. That first year's effort wasn't too successful there's quite a knack to mending and refurnishing toys-but It was the beginning of an annual effort that last year saw probably four thousand toys distributed to around 900 needy yS?f s!f " The fire hall toy shop has been in operation every year since 1932 i with the exception of seven years ! during and after world war two. About three weeks ago the shop opened for this season, and towns people began bringing damaged toys to the station. A day or two before Christmas the firemen will load up the department pickup and begin making their rounds. Each youngster generally gets one big toy of some kind, plus three or four little ones. The youngsters selected for the gills, incidentally, are anonymous to the world. People knowing of boys and girls who might not fare so well Christmas lust tip oft the firemen, and the firemen do the rest. dozens of beautiful on display. Most of of rha Metropolitan Optra Ca. WURLITZER LESTER Betty Roil Splntll in the West CHORD ORGAN StyUAME WEAL CIIMSTMAS home to home rollecllnn HlH. i Hie lolka they have Mined, Neighbors and Irieiuls unit a.t thry III iiviii unfile in iiuiiio iu iwair ,ench famlliea Yule Cake aa II Is i ceremoniously cut. KiuillMi auidlea wait (or Santa 1 uu- ho lixiks very inucn ilk I0"' .w" J oll' r.". 7I,C ',110 ii",u 'dJ ' ""'J u,;Z . ..,.. i.n.i. npr Merman husband Introduced this custom Into the Hrltlsh royal Household. iii France (he Yule log plays an important purl tn the Christmas festivities. Tile father and son of the family carry the log Into the room: they circle the room three times before thev place the loij SCREEN DISPLAY from your friends attached to it by means of gold foil cut lu'ti strips, formed Into circles and fastened firmly with cellophane lane. The design Unit you pick fin your screen is a matter ol yo:ir own taste. We used golden circles, bowknots and the silhouette uf a Christmas tree. But you might want to lasten your curds to a star, or a reindeer or. a snow man. For those ol ou who urelor s read-ntnde sulution. u greeting card firm has designed a small cardboard truin. the right size for a centerpiece or tur the uuntel plece. II has a locomotive, a ca boose and three cars, two of them bearing the season's greetings. tin meant to hold a whole lamllv'a card collection and Inter. II can double as a toy lor the children. If lliey don't gel it first. Uiat Is. And It's pin-money priced. The greeting cards preferred by Americans across the country are, in this order: floral designs, ani mals and htrHK ailrlU. IS.n.. clans, church bells, fancy title- outdoor winter scenes, snowmen children and cherubs. These are the cards thev most like to send and presumably, like to gel in return. But speclallred cards, those lor a grandmother iai touch and make the card seem closer to a note. ..is your i - Check These 1,1' 1. 1 FOR THE HUNTER Huntinq Coal O Masland-lined Pants Leother Cun Case Cun Cleaninq Kit Hand Warmer Huntinq Vest FOR FISHERMAN Deluxe Fly Tying Kit Spinning Rod & Line Tackle Box Double Tapered Fly Line SPORT 532 Main 1 tITTLESfRT! I I and baseball) 1 1 D RipponSr.PP'Sk 1 1 o Children'. Archery I 1 Set 1 TiME M ALL THE YEAH In the fireplace. Boon Ilia log Is Hunted with a brand ot laat yttur'a loa. and the torch Blows, an em, blcm uf the Holy Utflu or Chrl.il. In Holland. Dutch klddloa uult euxlmixly the arrival ol HI. Mchjbute the gills, bowls of porridge i u, Dieved In traditional bishop's robea ot black, he carries a cro - I !' and wears . mitre. He brines 1 gifts for the children which lie ' lc In 'heir wooden shoes stand- Ing In the chimney corner. In Csechoslovakla. a bright an gel accompanies Snnla on his er- iranos ni ii.ivmg y-,r. .,., iruiu lirntvii oil a M""" okku. In the slavic countries, the chll- dren observe the Hnly Festival of the Star. . they go through, the streets carrying the Christmas rr'o. lig'ued canine, and a oi with a large star brightly glow in- from Its tip. A the Chrlrmas feast, straw is scattered on the floor and 'nenth (he table. In remembrance of the stab) ot Bethlehem, end a chair Is always nlseed at the table lor the Holy Child. Interesting, exciting cusloma thai Swiss children eagerly wall lor , make tin the Christinas olinerv their gifts to come from a radiant anres throughout the Christian angel who rides In a alelgh drawn I world. jf? 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Banla conic rlillnii on a uoat Ituitead of a reindeer and In accomnanled by dwarfa who dlntrl- I are left oil the doorstep by the 1 children lor the dwarfa refresh , ' In Sweden and Norwav both, birds are given special remem brance A cholte sheaf of grain Is nlnced on a pole or on fence pusta. . bits nf auet are hung on the trees-'or a gala Christina" treat for the birds. And. In the United States, kid ; dies easerlv await the arrival ol Santa Claus. as he drives from I roof to roof In a alclyh drawn by eignt reindeer From a hinre nark, he fills the stockings hanging from the chlm-ney-iilece. Olfls too large for the stockings are placed under the Christmas tree for eager-aved, pleasiire-filled children lo enjoy I These and many moro are the iv ne - ma li. n-:- - HAL'S MAN Jocket & Clubs BOWLER Baq SHOP Phone 5569 AHOl l YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DRUGGIST" 2212 SOUTH i it "YOU'LL FIND GIFTS GALORE AT YOUR j NEIGHBORHOOD DRUG STORE" '.MAI I TOYS! 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