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Show THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1947 THE LEHI SUN Issued each Thursday at Lehi, Utah by the LEHI SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered as Second Class Matter August 5, 1914, at the Post Office at Lehi, Utah, under the act of March 3. 1879. RUTH S. BANKS, Editor, Publisher, Owner PT10MALDI70RIAL. Subscription Rate Advertising Rates furnished on request. Mussels Get Free Ride Very young mussels, called glo-chidia, glo-chidia, attach themselvs to birds' feet and feathers and thus get a free ride to other waters. Tomato Vitamin The vitamin C content of tomatoes toma-toes may vary as much as 60 per cent according to the amount of sunshine sun-shine they receive just before they are harvested. New Linings If the old lining must be ripped out, take care not to stretch or tear It, because the pieces when pressed will serve as the pattern. Attach the new lining loosely, as in a new coat, so as not to draw up the coat Milestone 4 . ' . ' ... Si ( i v'x .'J An "orchid" among motor cars is this milestone model, the 19,000,000th Chevrolet built in the 35 years of the division's history. Production of this car early in December highlights the endeavor of automotive manufacturers of America to supply a car-hungry nation within the limits AG. T: I HIS cult processors alike. Adverse weather has delayed harvesting and increased harvest costs for many growers. Nevertheless the crop has finally been harvested. Tonnages were high and abandoned acres were very few . . almost negligible. A vasf number of students, teachers, and other helpful citizens, along with the Extension Service, worked heroically together to finish the harvest. This has been a great help to the growers, and for this grand job the American people should feel deeply grateful at a time when sugar is so scarce. The Sugar Company also wishes to express its appreciation for a job well done. SUGAR BEETS IN 1947 In 1947 the government is asking growers to plant more than a million acres of sugar beets to help alleviate the sugar shortage. It has assured growers of the liighest beet prices . in history. All farmers having land suitable for growing sugar beets are invited to confer with the sugar company fieldman in their district, or with the sugar company office direct. UTAH-IDAHO SUGAR COMPANY $1.00 Per Year bavins steps One way a housewife can save steps Is to wear an apron with large pockets or to carry a paper bag for "picking up" as she cleans. Porcupine Quills The porcupine, contrary to belief of many, cannot throw his quills. The tail quills, however, become be-come loose in their sheaths and the slightest contact will release them. o Grade A Eggs When buying, remember that Grade A eggs must be clean, unbroken un-broken and normal: wpll-rloflnoW yolks, practically free frorrf defects; clean and firm whites; weight of i at least 24 ounces per dozen. ' Car "Sealed in Cellophane" , K V k f f t f r J N w imposed upon the industry by current business conditions. condi-tions. Top-ranking executives of Chevrolet who "delivered" "deliv-ered" this welcome souvenir- "wrapped in cellophane" are Nicholas Dreystadt (left), general manager, and T. H. Keating, general sales manager. Fi HjrRAND JOB IF WISHED FALL has been an extremely diffi one for sugar beet growers and Otters Eye to Vet i ,.,... HI......)!.... ..HWI, L.,.,. , r' : ' I '- . V. it- K NAVY VETERAN Robert W. Lincoln (above), Brockton, Mass., has offered of-fered one of his eyes as a Christmas present to CpL Chester R. Perkins, a blind soldier, of Indianapolis, Ind. Lincoln says that he made the decision de-cision after reading a newspaper story of Perkins' letter to Santa Claus asking for "two bright, shiny, blue eyes." A land mine in Germany blinded Perkins. , (International) THE LEHI SUN, LEHI UTAH Romans Started Christmas Boxes Boxing day4 has been a day of gifts to public servants since Roman Ro-man times. It originated as a pagan pa-gan custom, for the Romans observed ob-served the rite during their winter feast of Saturnalia. Later, when the people became Christians, the gifts were handed during Mass to the priests, who placed them into boxes. The feast was then known as Christ's Mass and the boxes as Christmas boxes, not to be opened except by being broken. All manner of tradesmen soon realized that the Idea was a good one, and it became a common practice prac-tice for apprentices and others to take a box round to their business acquaintances, singing carols the while. By the time Pepys wrote his famous fa-mous diary, Christmas boxes were well established, and he mentions them several times in his writings. Swift also has a word to say about them in his "Journal to Stella," written in 1710; "By the Lord Harry, Har-ry, I shall be undone here with Christmas boxes." One public servant, the "bellman," "bell-man," who enjoyed the privilege of soliciting Christmas boxes, was in some respects the forerunner of the postman, often being commissioned to deliver letters. At the approach of Christmas he would push poems of his own composition under the doors of townsmen whom he had served. They were reminders that recognition was expected on Boxing Day. Many Are the Legends of Ancient Yule Log Customs Old books and legends surround the Yule Log with much mystery and superstition. Thus, it must be touched and lighted with scrupulously clean hands: certain types of persons such as squinting or flatfooted are unwelcome while it is burning and, should the fire go out' during the night, bad luck is portended for the New Year. Less superstitiously, Tyroleans decorate their Log with paper flowers flow-ers and bright ribbons. Wine is poured over it by the youngest child of the household who offers a prayer that the fire may warm the cold, the hungry obtain food, the weary find rest, and all may enjoy heaven's heav-en's blessing and peace. Southern Customs Have Remained at Christmas Negro families of Virginia have their own traditional method of gift-giving. gift-giving. On Christmas Eve a large sheet is spread over the dining room ta-, ble with a box placed here and there to raise the sheet above table leveL Each member of the household house-hold writes his name on a slip of paper and pins it to the sheet. Gifts are sneaked in during the night and placed under the names of the persons for whom they are intended: even the youngest children chil-dren forbear to "snoop" until the morning and removal of the sheet reveals all the presents. Years ago, eggnog was served while breakfast was being preparedsuch pre-paredsuch a breakfast that no one paid much attention to Christmas dinner. When friends dropped in, everyone had something to eat so that families just sort of "pieced" all day. Favored Ash Tule Log The Yule log, which used to be part of every home on Christmas, was nearly always an ash log, because be-cause the legend avers that it was before an ah fire that the Holy Babe was first wasned and drtssed by his mother. Facts and Fancies Of New Year's Day New Year's with its open houses, parties, exchanging of New Year's cards, horn tooting, Auld Lang Syne and New Year's resolutions, is one of the oldest of celebrations. As a holiday it has been observed since ancient times, and has been marked throughout history by the giving of gifts and the exchange of greetings. The early Persians said "Happy New Year!" with colored eggs. They regarded New Year's in much the same way we, today, regard Easter as a time of renewal of all things. And on New Year's Day, pagan Britons received branches of sacred mistletoe from their Druid priests. According to some authorities the custom of gift-giving at New Year's originated in 747 B. C. when the Romans presented Tatius, king of the Sabines, with boughs from trees consecrated to Strcnia, the goddess of strength. Consequently. New Year's gifts became known as "strenac" and were exchanged among friends and neighbors and exacted by emperors from their subjects. The Emperor Claudius showed unprecedented un-precedented concern for the "popu-li's" "popu-li's" pocketbook by serving notice to the Roman citizenry that the cost of all "strenae" given to him should not exceed a specified amount. While the observation of New Year's dates from early Persian time, the modern version with its noise and celebration is a vastly different affair than the B. C. period. Henry III of England, however, wasn't so considerate. He followed the Roman tradition of exacting New Year's gifts from his subjects, and this custom was carried on by succeeding monarchs up until the time of Charles I. It was this practice which caused one of Henry VIII' s most embarrassing em-barrassing moments. One "Honest Old Latimer," instead of presenting his sovereign lord with the usual purse of gold, gave him the New Testament with a leaf conspicuously conspicuous-ly folded down at Hebrews XIII, 4, which passage bore certain appropriateness ap-propriateness to the monarch's domestic do-mestic failings. Most noted for fabulous New Year's "hauls" was Good Queen Bess. Her presents ranged from jewel-embroidered petticoats to fatted fat-ted geese for the royal larder. However, when Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans took over the English government, they put an end to this extravagant practice, only to have it revived later by the royal Stuarts. In Merrie Olde England, the common com-mon New Year's article of exchange ex-change amongst the ordinary citizenry was a pair of gloves. Occasionally Oc-casionally the gloves were accompanied accom-panied by sums of money which came to be known ' as """glove money." A story is told of Sir Thomas More, lord-chancellor, who decided a case in favor of a certain young lady. On the following New Year's Day, she sent him a pair of gloves with 40 gold coins enclosed. Sir Thomas returned the coins with the following note: "Mistress, since it were against good manners to refuse re-fuse your New Year's gift, I am content to take your gloves, but as for the 'lining' I utterly refuse to take it" Pins, too, were a common New Year's gift at this time and the money accompanying them was referred re-ferred to as "pin-money" hence our modern term. Today, in England and America, the practice of exchanging New Year's gifts is practically obsolete. But the spirit of hope and good will and resolution that characterizes the coming of the New Year is kept alive by the friendly and growing j custom oi exenangmg New Year's cards with their colorful holiday symbols and hearty messages of cheer. Lincoln Issued Famous Emancipation January 1. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on New Year's Day. 1863. The Proclamation abolished slavery slav-ery in those states and parts of states which were in rebellion on that date and, though other days are observed in various parts of the country, January 1 is the date most generally observed as Emancipation Eman-cipation Day. French Celebrate New Tear's The famous "Jour do I" An" New Year's Day is probably the gayest day in the calendar tT the French-Canadian. French-Canadian. That is the time of family fam-ily reunions and of exchanging gifts. KATE YARROW had so often heard neighbors remark that she would be an old woman before her time, that she had begun to think of herself as quite middle-aged. middle-aged. Actually she was not quite 30, nor had her full days as mistress of the Yarrow household turned her hair gray or her cheeks wan. ' Sometimes, since she had taken her mother's place, Kate did think she was imposed upon. But she blamed no one. Her father was generous enough with the money, and she had Martie in the kitchen and old Sam for outside work. But five inconsiderate younger brothers and sisters, a preoccupied father and a grumbling grandfather made a household that required supervision. supervi-sion. For the past two years, Kate thought, there had really been no Christmas. But this year would be different. The brothers, all in boarding board-ing school or college, had accepted invitations to spend the holidays with room-mates. One sister was visiting an aunt, and the other had gone south with her exacting but youthful grandfather. And Kate's father was spending the season with a thoroughly capable widow who, it ihad been whispered, he was considering con-sidering as a possible second wife. Bill did not neglect his privilege. So as soon as the last member of her brood had faded down the driveway, drive-way, Kate told Martie and Sam to take a two-day vacation and then settled back to spend Christmas by herself. She ran into t capacious living room and with a completely undignified leap planted herself sprawling upon the divan." Everyone Every-one but Kate sprawled on that divan. Kate never had time. Now she would begin the Christmas holidays holi-days by staying there for hours. Before dinner-time she donned her best red evening frock and over this her smock. Then she went down to the kitchen to make herself a meal, admitting for the first time that it was rather lonesome in the old house. She heard loud rappings on the old brass knocker, and went to open the door rather timidly. But her timidity gave way to annoyance. an-noyance. There was her older brother, Tom, who had started that morning ostensibly to pass the holidays holi-days with a group of bachelor friends. And here he was, back with five young men in tow! They were heavily laden, turkey feet protruding from one of the bundles "Well, we began talking it over " Tom said, "and decided Christmas at the club would be a frost. So I asked the fellows to come home with me. I was afraid you wouldn't have things for the feast, so we stopped and got what we thought you'd want Bin, here, even got mis-tletoe, mis-tletoe, though I told him there'd be no pretty girls!" Then, turning to one of the young men whom Kate had never met the tactless brother went on. "Bill, this is my sister. Now I'U run along and get the car in the garage. And sis you might take the fellows up and show 'era where you want 'em to sleep!" i,S fv!T ?f tte young bachelors noted the look of disappointment on Kate s face. Later, after she had Prepared an impromptu Christmas Eve supper and laid aside her smock, she heard Bill say from the other end of the table: "I thought Tom said there would be no pretty girls here. Boys, let's drink a toast to Sister Kate!" st It was past midnight that night when Kate left the kitchen. SI boys had helped with the dishes under Bill's orders, but there would be pies and puddings to make for the next day end Kate knew she would have her hands full. Shl was up early to prepare the feslve There, above them, hung th? SI" regf Bm 'Vneg'Xt stm close to bin, "I kS I first saw you. lt has gL" oseTn Tea Ka'e'repLeTaSeT" myself believe that J 1 , made aHforyouloSr1 tt THURSDAY, JANUARY 19,, jY, WANT ADS PRACTICALLY NEwIuHrk; AID FOR SALE-Phone ij with Jacket, tank and all 2 iiuvuiui wtujyicbc, jtteasoriQm Also Heatrola, cheap. S Lott- JH FOR SALE BY OWNElC47rr of land. Mrs. Inez Smith1 it W. Main, Lehi. run BiLiu a Master r"Viow corian T oV,l a..i .uuW E. State Rd. i2.,0 , 1 I s3cxl,mu uuuu Used Won. bench, tuned. Delivered, term? Banks Appliance Lehi. pw 2U-W. 11.5, , Remodeling, Altering, Mendint Kpu'infr nf nil lHnrlc rv.iu- v coats made. Phone 321-m 12-5-tt FOR SALE Full sized bed a mattress, heatrola. 414 East ' Main, pnone 174-J. H-14-tf I Adding Machine Paper Rolls at Sun office. FOR SALE Majestic floor model radio in excellent condition nne tone. $iu.uu. Banks Ap. pliance. Legal Notice Consult county clerk or respective re-spective signers for further in. formation. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Blanch S. Larson, sometimes known as Blanch Larson, Christina Larson, sometimes known as Christine Larson, and Victor F. Larson, Decedents. Creditors will present claims with vouchers, to the undersigned undersign-ed administrator at his resi dence, 205 South 3rd East, Lehi. Utah, on or before February 15, 1947. Emanuel Larson Administrator O. DeVere Wootton American Fork, Utah Attorney for Administrator First publication Dec. 12, 1946. Last publication Jan. 2, 1946. FOR SALE 38 acres choice land on bench about 4 miles north of Lehi. Choice farm land, fenced, part in alfalfa. Has good wet pasture pas-ture for 7 to 10 cows, some outbuildings, will make A-l turkey farm, good hay or grain, fruit or vegetables. Good terms. Write Hyrum Baird Provo, Utah. Tel. 1209-J. 1-2. FOR SALE CHEAP Monarch coal range, circulating heater, gas water heater. Morris Clark, Phone 141-J. 1-2-ltp. FOR GREATER CONVENIENCE AND MOST ECONOMY NUMBER OF EXAMPLES DAILY . 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