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Show Sunday. December An Old-Fashion- (Editor's Note: On Page ?1 of today's Herald is a picture of an old fashioned Christmas tree in the home of Mrs. John Ray (Marcial Parks of Provo. Here is her personal story of the tree and its decorations.) It's the Yuletide season, a a cornucopia, pouring forth good will and love presents, It's season a of balls from the tree. Each ornament has a long tail made from hatpins and crystal clear beads, whih sparkle as they reflect light. There is an assortment of exquisite balls which we attach to the tree. Traditional creche scenes are enclosed in carved concave balls, and are put in place. Diminitive deer look out d from ornaments, tree trimming! The boxes of ornaments, a total of twelve dozen in all, are brought down from the attic. Our decorations are sorted and placed on the floor, a kaleidoscope of color and patterns.. ..that lay shimmering and enchanting Handmade heirloom ornaments, which took three years to complete, are intriguing decorations which will add new dimensions for family and friends this eight-foo- mid-18t- t string gilded walnut shells which carry the Christ Child. Mauve and pink bows with holly sprayed to a burnished tree-shape- and are gold are interspersed fastened to the boughs of the tree. We affix balls which will delight the children. Mystical throughout nativity groupings decorate others. We s glued back string shiny Christmas is beautifully, nut-osp- to back, with a dazzling center, to add a .whimsical touch. We hand blow egg shells, which captured showing the Infant Jesus in the manger. Then, we suspend from flocked appearance of a feathery look. The tree hovers over a handmade skirt, on which is in the subdued lighting of tiny, flickering pink bulbs, which give the all over are cut away, Press International people around the world deserted the "City pared to celebrate Christmas. of Light" to spend the Christmas weekend in the Alps or on the coast, and Americans jammed airports and highways in their rush to spend the holidays with loved ones as to speed vacationers to the Alps or the coast. Students and young couples Parisians use any holiday for balancing skis on their shoul- an excuse to beat it out of the ders flooded Paris' Gare de city and, by rush hour Friday, traffic on the outskirts of the Lyon railway station, perhaps to take one of the 360 extra city snarled almost hopelessly. In the Philippines, Asia's only trains assigned to weekend duty Christian country, Christmas will under be celebrated martial law. A midnight to 4 a.m. curfew imposed by authorities has forced the traditional midnight mass on Christmas UMW Pledges Greater Safety in Coal Mines ' WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The some of the various state laws new president of the United are pretty good. Mine Workers said Saturday his "But the agencies on the and state level and the federal coal operators union, have not Bureau of Mines federal and state governments have all been derelict on mine demonstrated any desirability safety, but under his leadership to enforce the law," he said. the union will make coal mining "And the operators themselves safer with or without the have not done anything about cooperation of management and the problem and I must confess that our union has done very government. "We've had disasters occur little. too frequently," said Arnold E. "Our safety today is worse Milier in a UPI "Washington than it was 20 or 30 years ago," Window" interview just a week he added. "I intend to sit down and talk after five men were killed in a coal mine explosion in his home with the coal operators and state of West Virginia. "These explain to them what I think disasters have got to stop." ought to be done," Miller said. "If they continue to react like Mirier said he would insist have, then it's going to they that mine safety committees, that we become mandatory made up of working miners, safety. provide to shut down have the power "We may get in the position mines or evacuate miners if we couldn't care less where conditions they find dangerous about the federal Bureau of in mines. Mines," Miller said. "Either And of the U.S. Bureau of they do their job or we'll do it Mines, he said "either they do for them." their job or we'll do it for He said a key to mine safety them." was to permit miners to strike Miller, one day after he was or otherwise leave the mines to sworn into office, said the 1969 avoid dangerous working condiCoal Mine Health and Safety tions. He added that "when you Act was "pretty adequate and find an area of imminent danger, you cannot wait for Officials Vote Own Pay Boost OGDEN, Utah (UPI) Eve throughout Roman Catholic in the country to be two moved hours so up can be home churchgoers before the curfew time. churches Bright Note Martial law, however, also for added a bright note Filipinos. Officials lifted a 2- ban this year to allow year-ol- d importation of such goodies as apples, pears and grape- sA -- Weber County commissioners have voted a 5.5 per cent pay increase President Nixon's on wage and price 89 metropolitan airports across the country. Highways in many cities were jammed with motorists who decided to provide their own holiday transportation Cash registers were ringing the merchants' favorite song as shoppers hurried to e purchase Christmas gifts. In tsui. nApHv Tonn TQrlrcrn ill J J JB niril, avail.., families were allowed to shop at a"special toy store set up by 91 the Salvation Army. Every J needy family in the area which S nnlinci in iVia Col xirt lirxn Armtr appuca iu Hit; uaivauuu muijr The action will raise the sal- aries of the commissioners from $13,500 to $14,242, and will increase the pay of the county auditor clerk, treasurer, assessor, surveyor, recorder and sheriff to $13,715. Vt1 rJ' - per person cease-fire- 460 So. University Ave. ". .. i a New York. A plastic. old, hand-carve- d chair, which is delegation of peace activists, including Joan Baez, was to bring the mail back Christmas Day in conjunc- with the committee of liason with families of service- men detained in North Viet- nam. Leaders Ask Bombing Halt 10 of religious organizations asked vVangelist Graham to implore Billy Nixon to halt the bombing in North Vietnam "in the name of the Christinas iegree mart while local radio stations broadcast Christmas music, including "White Christ-tio- n mas," Australians seek relief from the heat at beaches and swimming pools, His Holiness Demetrios I, ecumenical patriarch of stantinople, has sent Christmas greetings and blessings in an encyclical to the Greek dox Archdiocese of North and South America. "Let us bear to Him, instead of gold, incense and myrrh, the Christ." Christmas in Australia is confession of our perfect faith, :elebrated much the same as in a blameless moral disposition but while and life, love and peace to one America, temperatures border the 120 another and to all." rs Ortho-Preside- KRESS maa ran re Given Away Every Half Hour DINNER for winter quarter (which begins Jan. 3) "received exactly what they requested" from the school's computers, explains University Registrar Max Welcker. fled with two bank in pursuit, the gunman his pistol. said the pistol was century Yet in that place.. .so crude, forlorn The Hope of all the world is born! Gift Wrap and etc. full-tim- As he officials dropped Police made of ancient, ajar All Christmas Decorations month. Instead, approximately of the 69 per cent 12,000 e students who 17,600 $18,000. County, Pa. 1 U this A SYRACUSE, N Y. (UPI) bandit held up a branch of the Merchants National Bank Friabout day and escaped with Washington Tuesday, Dec. 25, 1887. Old Chair And last, but not least, an Christmas shipment of mail from American prisoners of war will arrive in There were no long lines nor Real Holdup 1 I ROT m. class g and stiffly posed for their In the back Christmas of the volume is a brittle, faded copy of the Charleroi Mail, from . registration has turned into a simple matter of filling out a form and letting the computer do the rest. card-pullin- The tree is now ready The candles are alight Rejoice and be glad We're all children tonight! The tree sways ever so in a bretth of a slightly whisper she says: A little child a shiny star A stable rude the door HolidAyOuT...Ar .. I fly-le- The fourth UAU Have a For a record number of University of Utah students, the frenzied cupids, roses, and flitting butterflies. On the is scribbled a date-180As if predestined, I open it to a children, pageful of grime-face- d all starched, ha'r lacquered, withdrawal of all United States forces from Soutneast Asia," CPAC said in a statement. In Los Angeles, more than three dozen Vietnam Veterans Against the War launched a three-datreck to protest continued U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. The administration announced today that President Nixon would order a temporary halt of North in the bombing Vietnam during a Christmas 1 Regisrants once-frustrati- d Have Fun and Save Today from 1 1 a.m. to 6 p.m. During Our... Computer Aids XU' is chubby-cheeke- , A) A One can still smell the 1 cart. I muse at the stories these relics of the past could probably tell this Yuletide season. These are the vignettes of a Christmas past but time has not changed this season of gaiety and gravity... of song and silence.. ..of expansion. pungent, musty odor from the yellowed ivory family album, the cover of which embellished with ox 1 1 v tttr creaky FROM Crispy French Fries Creamy Cole Slaw Hot Cheese Bread Beverage ' IT resplendent fireplace, adjacant to the tree, carries out theme. the same A garland of roses, fuscia and pink bows, an accordion pleated golf foil fan, all are draped over the fireplace opening. Around the tree gifts gaily wrapped are a promising sight. One can see Holidazzle packages of shiny paper, swirls of color, and festoons of ribbons. The traditional Christmas mice cavort and scamper around the base of the tree and over the packages. Beside the tree is a child's antique rocker and stool, remeinescent of days gone by.. ..an old dolly of grandma's, which I found under the Christmas tree back home in Pennsylvania, when I was four. Rustic Clock Over the fireplace is an Thoughts Turn to Peace The nearness of Christmas also turned antiwar activists' thoughts to peace. The Chicago Peace Action Coalition and the Chicago Peace Council picketed on street corners in Chicago's Loop Friday night and more was scheduled for picketing tonight. "In this season of peace, we dedicate ourselves to bringing about the total, unconditional TENDER S1RLOIN STEAK someone to move on it. It's got to be done then." Under present union contracts with mine operators, safety is an issue for arbitration, but Miller said "I don't think any man ought to have to arbitrate a man's life." S Fireplace Theme to shop in the store gets a certificate for each child in the family. The children may then drop by the store before Christmas and pick a toy they want for free. said the The commissioners raise is hardly more than a cost of living increase and complies guidelines control. edging of gold. metiowea somewhat and faded. One can see the excelsior sifting from the aged seat. This is a memento of pioneer days, it came via the western plains and was carted all those miles on a loader and of course, there is the rustic old clock my husband found tucked away with the silvery cobwebs behind the stairs in the dank cellar of our century old farm home in Koosharem, Utah It still ticks steathly, and hauntingly chimes away the hours 11 AM to 5 PM for themselves and other county officials. with trimmed with an embossed muzzle antiquated From Home With Loved Ones to War traditional items on most Filipino tables at Christmas. In the United States, travelers jammed highways and airports to spend Christmas with their families. Terminals at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport were jammed because of the holiday rush, as were' most major e7 Utah-P- agi Its Personal S tory . . depicted in colorful felt cutouts, some of the Twelve Days of Christmas. The circlet is A THE HERALD, Provo, Christmas Dmnor three or four months for Ogden Public tree... White the winged snow birds alight on a bough for a fleeting moment The spirit of and are gone Christmas Around The World By United h On the ends of boughs we hang long crystal pendants which look like shivery icicles. They scintillate with reflections. We hand-painte- d flocked'balsam tree hugs the corner, and looks jubilant and gay in anticipation. We place a bejeweled spire on the very top of the tree. It is encrusted with a large rhinestone star. Two angelic cherubs have been antiqued with gold, and they nestle like so many heralding angels amid the pearls and pink velvet. Decorative Balls The decorative balls are designed on pearly-white- , mauve and pink, pastel blues and golds, taffeta and regal velvet bulbs of all shapes and sizes. It seems like a million An limbs delightfully different painted porcelain ornaments using replicas of the masterpieces, among which are Leonardo Da Vinci's, Mona Lisa;. Gainsborough's "The Blue Boy," "rortrait of a Young Lady," and many other Florentine baubles of the century. Crystal Pendants five-yea- e a reverance and reflections time of renewal pins and beads, collected over a r period were used in fashioning the creations. Silver and gold braids, cords, sequins, pearls and frothy lace enhance the sumptuous designs. Delicate chains suspend the Christmas, and for many years to come. Original Keepsakes Thev-aroriginal keepsakes for grandchildren to treasure, some of which took four to five hours apiece to create It will be a nostalgic Christmas this year for us;.... a vignette of Christmas' past. Some of the trinkets are childhood, fragile favorites, still intact over the years. By MARCIA PARKS time of remembrance, Christmas Tree . ed 24. 1972, I I and a prosperous I JEW YEAR A w.th complete dinner all the trimmings. TODAY ONLY Too! V A rt nrt mr mr 1 I J Many, Many Other Tremendous Values Throughout Our Store PROVO A.M. to 6 P.M. 105 W. CENTER OPEN TODAY 1 1 f Jf |