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Show THE READER'S DATE BOOK r There Is Still Plenty of Time To Plan a Local Pancake Day v There Is still plenty of time for your community to plan a Pan- , cake Day celebration, a centuries-old tradition that is still maintained main-tained in many European communities, and which is gaining popularity popu-larity in this country. The town of Liberal, Kansas, for instance, has received nation-wide publicity for the annual Pancake Day race held for the community's housewives. The event is celebrated on the day before Lent each year by millions of people all over the world. The day falls on February 26, 1952. In the United States, Pancake Day is observed by numerous organizations. or-ganizations. Celebrations range from community-wide Pancake Day festivals, fes-tivals, like those staged at Liberal, to suppers conducted by church . groups and service clubs. Pancake Day is the perfect opportunity op-portunity for clubs and church groups to earn '7,ipr money for some i .--. worthwhile project. MAIM And its traditional background lends STREET itself toward good, ' FEATURE 'ocal Publicity for - a celebration. But to put Pancake Day on the broadest possible footing, any sponsor will do well to call on other groups to participate in committee com-mittee work. For a community-wide Pancake Day, you will want the active ac-tive co-operation of all groups, Including In-cluding those not represented in your membership. may help publicize the affair through cooperative advertising. Here are a few suggestions if you are planning a community Pancake Pan-cake Day . . . plan a parade, select a King and Queen, ask your local high school band to provide music for the parade and other activities, and possibly secure a new concrete mixer or mixing truck to emphasize the huge quantity of pancake batter you are going to mix. And be sure, when planning to serve a large number of people, to secure a large centrally located room in which to hold your celebration. cele-bration. These suggestions may help to form a frame work for your money-making money-making Pancake Day celebration. The embellishments are yours . . . and yours is the job of laying out an efficient organization of committees com-mittees to shape the plans. Pancake Day always Is the day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. The holiday pancakes had their start as "shriving cakes". At the tolling toll-ing of a bell, housewives in Old England rushed to prepare their pancakes, according to a prescribed pre-scribed formula. Then, they flocked to their chnrches to be "shriven", or absolved of their sins. Hence, the last day before Lent became "Shrove Tuesday," Tues-day," then, as the religious significance sig-nificance dimmed, simply "Pancake "Pan-cake Day." pin ST 1 ( ( v . " t fi "" it ' The winner of the Pancake Day Race at Liberal last year was Mrs. Emaline Bruce, 20. She was defeated, however, in the International race between Liberal and Olney, England. A Pancake Day celebration can take any one of a number of forms. With pancakes as a general theme, variations are Infinite. Basically, you need only three things for a successful celebration: .(1) Facill- ties for cooking and serving many pancakes; (2) interesting daytime activities, if yours is a community celebration; (3) a special event in which everyone may participate. Experience has shown that by using volunteer help to make and serve pancakes, an organization will be able to show a nice profit by selling pancakes at 23 cents a plate. This cost may seem nominal, but pancakes are an economical food. Your local Pancake Day celebration cele-bration can be just what you make It. Organising and publicizing pub-licizing such an affair calls for unlimited Imagination and a flair for the . fanciful. Local newspaper are always happy to promote an event that means fun for the community. Naturally, when you decide to have a Pancake Day celebration, . you will want to work out detailed plans for financing the affair. The easiest way to assure a definite and fixed return is to sell admission tickets before the event. This also has the added advantage of letting you know the number of servings of pancakes required. Bette Renlck, 18, of Liberal, Kansas, was named Miss Pancake Pan-cake Day last year by the Junior Jun-ior Chamber of Commerce . which sponsors the celebration In that community. As the religious emphasis on Pancake Pan-cake Day dwindled, the day took on the aspects of a -merrymaking holiday. From the custom of flipping flip-ping pancukes to turn them developed devel-oped the 505-year-old Pancake Day Race in Olney, England. Liberal, Kansas, and Olney now match their housewives in an annual Pancake Pan-cake Day race. e e World Day of Prayer Friday, February 29 Thousands of communities across the country, home towns and big towns, will observe World Day of Prayer, Friday, February 29. The 65th annual observance, the day Is sponsored by the General Department Depart-ment of the United Church Women of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Overseas, women of 91 other countries coun-tries will join in prayer for lasting peace and strengthening of the bonds of Christian unity. In the home towns of the nation. na-tion. World Day of Prayer Is marked by the ringing of church bells and the closing of many business establishments. Services Serv-ices are held In churches, hospitals hos-pitals and prisons. Special programs pro-grams have been prepared for children In many of the nation's schools. The traditional offerings are divided di-vided between the council's divisions divi-sions of Home and Foreign Missions. The Home Missions use the money to provide child care and other social so-cial and religious services for agricultural agri-cultural migrants, religious education educa-tion and social services for American Ameri-can Indians and improvement of the Negro ministry in sharecropper areas of the south. Funds allotted to the Division of Foreign Missions are used in this country to aid foreign students and abroad to help support Christian women's colleges, and the production produc-tion and distribution of Christian literature lit-erature all over the world. Publicity wbe Liberal sent, this picture of four entrants for the 1952 race to publications in many parts of the, country. Other tested methods of handling the finances are to charge admission admis-sion before people are admitted to the eating room. Both of these techniques are good and simplify the financing problem. The cost of the basic Ingredients, Ingredi-ents, Including a pancake ready-mix, ready-mix, syrup, sausage and butter Is moderate when 'compared to the profit realized from the affair. af-fair. In many communities, a group of local merchants will help finance the purchase of the basic Ingredients. Grocers and retail merchants in your town 3f -- -v . if V ; f 111 - , iw.jrTv: 5 t pi 1 v : .: Ins t'?f"irWtri GIFT . . . Kefanver gives movie earnings to Hull foundation. |