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Show THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1949 OREM-GENEVA TIMES TIMPANOGOS Lucy Poulson - 0645 Jl Mrs. Doris Asay, Maiy Bishop Bish-op and Lora Rowley were hostesses host-esses to the Primary officers at their monthly preparation meeting at the Asay home. The lesson. "What is expected of a Primary Teacher" was given by Izola Lewis- Following the lesson les-son refreshments were served to Delia Aikn, Myrl Stubbs, Lucy Rowley. Helen Mitchell., Va-Della Va-Della Carrell, Erm ftfadsen, Donna Nay, Mary Terry, Vernet Lunceford, Margaret Robinson, Maggie Coulson, Ruby Cameron, Mrs. Lewis and the hostesses Church services of! Sunday evening will be under the direction direct-ion of Bishop L. B- Bennett. Beginning Be-ginning with the ntw year he bishoprics of Timpanogos and the new Lincoln ward will conduct con-duct separate meeting. Officers of the ward Sunday Sihool have outlined 3 splendid Christmas program to te presented, pres-ented, in place of regular class work on Sunday morninjj. The Primary organization had a lovely Christmas program last Tuesday afternoon. Christmas Christ-mas carols were sung and a program pro-gram was presented. Refreshments Refresh-ments were served oo each class. A ward Christmas party will be held Friday evening, Dec. 23 at 8 p.m. for all adults and teenagers teen-agers of the ward. Bishop L. B. Bennett will be in charge of the program which. will be held in ' In the same cheery manner . '. : V '' : I the words "Merry Christ "' :? happiness and joy be yours. R0BB1IIS' Mi South and Stat ifie Fezc experiences surpass in beauty thai hush of wonderful expectancy that falls rver the home on Chnstmas eve. This season of iQ4t holds that in store for you. KIRK'S DRIVE INN NORTH OREM the church. The program will include in-clude prayers by J. Alvin Higbee and Reed Hacking; a vocal selection sel-ection by Mrs- Chelta Snyder and company; an organ solo by Mrs. Clara Anderson; Christmas thoughts by Maurice Lambert;.! a reading by L. L. Terry; a viol-1 in selection by Dale Johnson and a Christmas story by Izola Lewis. Lew-is. Following the program the group will go to the amusement hall for refreshments and dancing. danc-ing. The children of Primary ale were entertained1 Thursday afternoon and the young teen age group had their Christmas parky Thursday evening. t Ed and Bonnie Prestwich, Que and Lucille Steele and their babies were guests at a turkey dinner at the new home of Mr-and Mr-and Mrs. Leland Gappmayer in Alpine. Mr. and Mrs. Reed Stone have moved into the home owned own-ed by the Bigelows on 8th South- p L. N. Poulson was guest of honor at a birthday dinner at his home last wffek vhfn a group of relatives met to wish him a happy birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Taylor are the parents of a baby boy born last Wednesday. 0 Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Farley Far-ley are the parents of a baby daughter born at the Utah Valley Val-ley hospital. 1949 fJ J mas" come to you with our hope that all the season's MARKET Oresn nlctti led re PHONE 0569 R2 Star of (Be tit fell em (Continued to J-uzzfe 1focem Schofars Once again Christendom sees the Star of Bethlehem and. like the Wise Men of old, rejoices with exceeding ex-ceeding great joy. Astsonorfttrs have discounted possibilities pos-sibilities that the star may have been a natural phenomenon since such phenomena occur too tar from' the earth to serve as any sort of local guide. Modern opinion is, however, how-ever, inclined to hold that there was a Star although the story probably prob-ably has been touched by Oriental imagery. St. Matthew suggests that even the Wise Men may have lost sight of the star while they were in Jerusalem; Je-rusalem; hei;ce, they rejoiced when it reappeared to their vision as they approached the Manger of Bethlehem. Come to think of it, astronomers have sought an astronomically authentic au-thentic star and found it not; historians have sought an historically historic-ally human Jesus of Nazareth and are still arguing whether or not they have found Him: even zealous theologians, striving to harmonize messianic and eschato-logical eschato-logical theories with the illusive historical and human Jesus, have sometimes lost sight of the Babe in the Manger Who from His lowly stable draws unto Himself all who are weary and heavy-laden. Pressing close to that sacred Manger, Christendom glimpses the Star of Bethlehem once more and rejoices in the light of righteousness righteous-ness and peace which has conquered con-quered every tyranny that evil men could think of, the light that shineth in the darkness and shall not fail Finns See Evergreen As Mourning Symbol Evergreens are never used as decorations in the homes and churches of .Finland because the Finns regard them as symbols of mourning. At Christmas most homes where there are children suspend a "heaven" from the living room or dining room ceiling. Such "heav ens" consist of a cord framework covered with straw and different colors of paper ribbon, etc., and decorated with paper stars and silhouettes cut in various designs. The effect, when reflecting the firelight fire-light and the candles' glow, is mys terious and fascinating. Candles are used prgfusely in the churches; the alters are banked and the windows are filled with . them, so that in the pre-dawn dark ness (Christmas morning services begin at 6 A. M.) the churches beckon approaching, worshippers like brilliant lanterns. After the early church services, ' the gayly decorated sleds race for home, bright robes flying and sleigh bells a-jingling. Breakfast is festive, and then everyone takes a long nap. Christmas Day is not de voted to play or gift-giving; it is religiously observed, with Intervals of carol singing and Bible readings. Vtit day after Christmas Is St Stephen's day, and from then until New Year's parties and general festivity are in order. Although gift-giving is not an integral part of the observances, in some parts of Finland trinkets and useful gifts of wearing apparel are presented to children by Wainamoinen, the Kalevala hero of Finnish legend. Legend relates that the crown of thorns which was placed on the head of Jesus was made of holly and that before the crucifixion the berries were white, but turned crimson like drops of blood. r .'.W.vsl" W'tyWfigttt t' w I 'f "V ' " ' 0 I -it 'V PRESIDENTIAL CHRISTMAS TREE . . . This was the annual community com-munity Christmas tree in Washington, D, C, as It blazed with light last year. President 'Xrr.::in, at his home in Independence, Mo., pushed a button to turn on this holiday brilliance by remote control. .The White House shows dimly in the background, framed by the tree and l ute Christ mas candles. mmim In Virginia, the old Dominion, storied lanci of early American history, his-tory, there is an old tradition of the origin of the Yule log that is retold every Christmas As the family sits around the Yule log and sips tlieT Christmas egsnog on Christmas eve. the an cient legend is recounted aain One very cold Christmas eve, when the frosty wind howled across a world of snow, an old man was sitting in his little cabin wishing: that he had a fire to warm him. Suddenly be beard the cry ot litt'.t child away out it the cold Tht old man hobbled to the door ami gazed out across the snow. The u mil and the snow came rustling in an ' the old man shivered until hi-"onliest hi-"onliest two teef" chattered will cold. The plaintive cry o the chile came again above the whistle o the wind. It went straight to tin old man's heart and he wished witt all his power of longing that hi might have the strength to go out and find the unfortunate babe. The cry came a third lime ana then a wondrous thing happened. A miraculous power filled the old man' veins. His muscles became strong and tense, his crutch fell back into tht cabin and be stepped from bis thresh old out into the snow. Hurrying over the snow with a speed he had not owned since boyhood, boy-hood, by and by he came to a little child lying in a snow bank He bent down and touched the child and a great new strength flowed over him, a strength which seemed to give him wings as he sped back to his cabin. Arriving there, he placed the child upon the bed, tenderly drew the ragged coverlet about it and then looked to see if there were a bit of furniture he could use to make a fire with which to warm the little one. At that precise moment a great log rolled across the threshold and into the fireplace. The little child looked at the log with eyes like stars stars which sent gleams of light that kindled the log with the most brilliant fire the old man ever had seen. The dingy little room immediately was tilled w:lh radiance and warmth, and as the light enwrapped the child he laughed and laughed with s mel ody like a song from the heart. The old man turned his eyes to when the fire burned and watched thi flames leap in beautiful rainbow tints over the log, and as his old eyes watched, the colors seemed to form tht shape of list Cross its tht firt. The flames of the Cross leaped higher and higher, blue, red, yellow yel-low and white, and as the old man watched this display, suddenly and magically there appeared a table in the center of the room, covered with a Christmas feast such at never before had been spread be fore his eyes. And never again was the old man hungry or cold, and never after that was there a Christ mas in old Virginia without the Yule log and the Christmas Child to give light and warmth. And that is the story of the Yule log as it is told in Virginia every Christmas eve. The ideal Christmas tree is the fir, because of its tendency to hold its needles longer. A final step in trimming the Christmas tree is frosting It with fluffy snow. A simple and popular form of snow is ordinary soap flakes. , iff f' if? 'pe Sty , V ' ' si 'I , - i I i ' ' f t ' 't , I f , i , mAi I , ' t 1 3! , These youngsters take one last look at the Chriilrr-; tree before retiring. They are Peggy and Becky Jensen, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Gillman Jensen, who proudly look on. The Jensens are spending their first Christmas in their new homo on First North street near the City Park- I REmiBER... j THK OLD-TIMERS I Frem Btrs. William Wyatt of Sao Lola Obispo, Calif.: "I remember remem-ber when Mother would send me to the store for round steak, I'd get a whole round of steak for a dime. The butcher would ask me if I wanted the liver, or a large soup bone. It was always on the house. For a nickle you could buy a large bar of washing soap. When we needed milk, I'd get a two-quart lard pail full from a neighbor for a nickle." From Mrs. Oscar Tost of Reynolde-ville, Reynolde-ville, Pa.: "I remember when Arbuckle coffee was a favorite with customers of my father's grocery store, because in each pound package pack-age was a stick of peppermint candy. The price was only 15 cents a pound. Some of the ladies would sniff the package to see if perchance per-chance there was a bad grain. Every family had their own coffee grinder and would Just grind enough at one time for one pot of coffee." From Mrs. Minnie H. Burner of Phllippl, W. Va.: "I remember so well the old-time equipment and primitive methods of farming tttft housekeeping my parents used when we lived in a log house built with timber cut from my father's part of my grandfather's estate. It had a stone chimney and a fireplace fire-place with a large, flat rock for a hearth. We kids loved to crack walnuts wal-nuts and hickory nuts on the hearth and sweep the hulls into the open fire. We had four-poster or cord beds, criss-crossed with yards and yards of tightly-drawn rope and a strawstick mattress." From Mrs. William Dast of Anaheim, Ana-heim, Calif.: "I remember when we spn our own yarn on an old spinning wheel and knit our own stockings and mittens. And we made our own soap for all house-bold house-bold uses." 7SiJ h Br ) LIVE. S- Sy)KjrSOH Tv6 House yfi XV f i ' i i i a- 4 IRRIGATION EDITOR'S NOTE- This it tht ttcond of a series of articles on irrigation, out of today's most imporiamt agricultural agri-cultural developments. r DAY'S FARMER, plagued by frequent crop failure from droughts and patchy rainfall, is turning to supplemental irrigation as the positive means for providing sufficient moisture throughout his entire growing season. Irrigation got its start in arid regions. Its history is as old as man's. Its beginnings were in the Biblical lands. In Egypt, in the year 2084 B. C, a rainless land was made fertile when the waters ot the Nile were channeled into a lake and released in times ot drought In what Is today Iran, a complex series of canals sent streams over the desert plains and watered the arid Babylonian terrain. Travelers carried news of these sni other Middle Eastern irrigation irriga-tion systems, which rate today as c:-311 faring marvels, to the Far Frrit imj to all parts of the then civ 1. world. T. e P.-iman empire Is re-fjar.s'ble re-fjar.s'ble for Introducing irrifia-t'an irrifia-t'an methods to England. The I:' '-v set up systems that ate still employed by the English Eng-lish farmer for flooding fields a'ong the River Avon during the coldest months of the (ear to protect the soil against frost and to stimulate the growth of grass for grating purposes. With the decline of the Roman empire, the Arabs became the leading lead-ing users of irrigation systems they had learned from the Persians. When the Arabian Moors invaded Spain, their knowledge was spread to the hot dry plains of the Central Massif, which then numbered among the most productive regions of Europe. On this side of the globe, the inhabitants of Peru, Mexico and southwestern United States practiced prac-ticed irrigation thousands of years ago. When Cortez and his followers set out to conquer the empire of Montezuma, they found on the high plateau where Mexico City now stand an advanced agricultural! Your Christmas Long Distance calls will go through faster on Monday, December 26. Reduced rates wi!l apply all day end you will avoid the big rush of holiday calls on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. 1 it fi t ' I m..m BEGAN WITH The main canal In Kittitas Wash., project Is land of the west. evidence of civilization based upon extensive and skillful irrigation. Irrigation beginnings In the United States were also located in the most arid parts of the country. New Mexico has evidence evi-dence of centuries-old aqueducts aque-ducts measuring as much as M miles In length. Franclscaa priests who established their missions In Mexico and California Cali-fornia also founded agricultural communities that practiced irrigation ir-rigation methods. It was the Mormons, however, who in 1847, Introduced large scale Irrigation to the west, when they settled in the barren valley of the Great Salt Lake. As they introduced Irrigation In the west, agriculture In the east also was beginning to receive recognition as a science and an industry. The government began to notice some of the organized organ-ized efforts of farmers to fight their battles against weather and blight, and set up, in 1862, during the Civil War, the two acts which established estab-lished an agricultural policy a the United States the tend grant act. 1 it eason? LreeUnqs 1949 rvf 'yi 1 The candles arc turn mm Ntnglo hr 1949. td v Wi &t hnght ani ciieertol dawn ot a Ne Year & fours lor the takm MAG DONALD'S CLOTHING 8th South and State ANCIENTS H5 cennty, a division of the Yakima, publio Interest to ntiliiing the fathered by Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, which provioed for agricultural agri-cultural colleges which would help educate farmers in each state, and the homestead act, which assured them farm sites. "! Since that time public interest has turned to the need for conserving con-serving America's greatest source of wealth its soiL The reclamation act of 1902 authorized an extensive building program of dams, canals and Irrigation structures, under tbe bureau ft reclamation, to restot arid and semi-arid land beyond the reach of smaller projects. The work of this bureau, and then that of the soil conservation service of the department of agriculture evidence evi-dence governmental and pub He recognition of Irrigation as one of the Important elements In eonser ing and Increasing the prodoctivtty ot the toO. " While tbe earnest beginnings est irrigation were in arid and seme-arid seme-arid lands, the modern trend to the nee of fcrrigattoo In ft so-called so-called 'twmld parts of the eotav try. to supplement . Merry Christmas! |