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CASTLE NEWS,

Castlegar, B.C.

_ Wednesday, December 23, 1953.

Carving Your

Hard; Follow These Tips.

Tt you're a holiday host and
carving the Christmas turkey is
the only dismal spot in an other-
wise joyous holiday — take heart;
M@isn't as difficult as it may seem,

The following simple diree-
tions for properly disjoining and
slicing the holiday bird can help
the inexperienced carveri

Naturally you must have a good
sharp carving knive! The job will
prove easier if you stand up to
earve and always carve the side
of the turkey that's away from
you. If the carver is right-handed,
place the legs of. the bird to the
right; if left-handed, to the left.

First, remove a leg by holding
the drumstick firmly with the
thumb sand forefinger. Cut
through the skin by drawing
imife back and forth, and sever
joint. Press leg away ffrom the
body with flat side of knife,
then cut remaining skin on the
back. Place leg on a service plate,
Disjoint the drumstick and thigh
by holding a leg at almost right
angles to the plate and. cutting

through meat to the hone. Hold
thigh with knife and press down
on the drumstick until bone

snaps.
Slice leg meat by holding drum-
stick perpendicular and cut down,
ing leg.to get uniform slices.

Turkey, Not

To slice thigh meat, straddle the
bone with, fork and cut meat in
lengthwise strips,

Next, remove the wing by in-
serting knife at right angles to
breast about 11/2 inches above
wing and cutting straight down
through the wing joint,

To ‘slice white meat, -insert
knife in rib section on opposite
side. Hold knife parallel to breast.
and cut with a sawing motion.
Start, first slice just above place
where wing. was removed and
cut slices about 3}4” thick,

BROKEN ORNAMENTS CAN
BE USED AGAIN

AFTERNOON: '

list just to be sure I didn't miss
anyone, It reads something. Hke
this: Tom, Dick, Susie, coffee, sug-

Don’t let that broken Chri:
tree bulb get away With it! Make
it serve its decorative purpose
anyway — and without a drain
on your budget!

Here's how: Pick up. the frag-
ments with a piece of wet cotton,
Cut stars or other snazzy désigns
from cardboard; then cover the
cutouts with shellac. -

While shellac is still wet,
sprinkle the cut-outs with ths
fragments, attach strings to each
one and attach to the tree,

GERMANS HOMES FIRST
SAW TRIMMED TREES

The gaily decorated and light>
ed Christmas tree which bright-
ens two out of every three homes
during the Yule season originated
in

ar, and Harry or Mary, Jim and
Jack. Remember to pick up that

REFLECTIONS

latest fruit cake mix and 50 on,
1

e family has been hinting
lately that I add “cook supper

GLADYS COLLINSON| tonight" to my _list; but of course

This column arises out of chaos,

this is just a stupid suggestion
anyway we have'been eating at

In fact I had no intentions what-|noon. The efficiency and kind-

soever of writing one last week

ness of my best friends has taken
care of‘ that along with other
kindly contributions of coffce and
cake from the coffee shop, etc,

I really don't know what the

boss has to complain about, Un-
less of ‘course he happéns to feel
he has time to:eat more than
once a day, As anyone knows,

Post Masters haven't these days, .

Have a Merry Christmas every-
one, %

but habit plus a pencil in my
hand can have'only one result,

And then .it didn’t get in the
paper, through the kindness of
of our editor who has thus saved
me from writing another one this
week, :

It seems everyone in the world
is writing’ these days and send-
ing most of it to Kinnaird, Any-
one who has never worked in a
Post ‘Office at Christmas time will

Cut skin ‘away from cavity to
of dressing, In

serving, give each person a slice
of white and dark meat and a
portion of dressing,

Suggestions Pay Off
For Cominco Men

solidated Mining and Smelting

G ago, but
was unknown ‘in North ‘America
until early in the 19th century.

*Legend tells us that Christmas
trees had their origin when early
Christian missionaries cut down
the oak tree, wérshipped by the
Druids, and made a decorated
fir tree a symbol of laughter and

Trail employees of The Con-| m.

love for God and for one’s fellow-

never this
but the deluge of cards and par-
cels coming in, arid gding out
would make even Santa’s. head
whirl,

Past experience. should have
warned me to get mine off early
but as usual the season caught
me madly snatching moments
here and there to write a card
or wrap a parcel. I also made a

Ce took top in the
Joint P. i ii 's
latest suggestion aivards release,
J. Finlay of Rossland, who is
employed in the Tadanac Instru-
ment Section, Research and De-

I Division, submi an
idea which earned him a cheque

for $100, He noticed that meters
used in’ Cominco's tal i

May the glory
of Christmas remain in
your heart
throughout a bright
New Year.

“THE
. CASTLEGAR.
MINISTERIAL

}|has-submitted 23 suggestions and

plants to mieasure gas flow some-
times plugged up causing incor-
rect readings and damage to. the
‘meters. Mr. Finlay. suggested al-
terations ‘which helped prevent
this and he received a $30 award
when his idea was first studied
last August.

“The additional $100 award an-
nounced this month was approved
when further study showed that
the alterations resulted in a re-|
duction in meter . miaintenance
costs, es pal

In ‘the C& F Division, three
Coke Ammonia Plant employees
received special. mention for éx-
cellent records as idea. men. 7,
J. Stevens of Rossland has sub-
mitted ‘nine suggestions and won
eight. awards for a total of $460

To all our friends and
neighbors, we extend
our heartiest good wishes for a
merry Holiday Season arid
a bountiful year to come.

‘Hol il

In the hush of a mide
night clear,

a

the herald angels
sang out fo praise
ee the new-born King.

May His message of peace

‘and good will tighten your

heart ond brighten your
home this Chrisimas and
+ all through the New Year.

McBRIDE
ALLAN
& MORAN

TRANSFER

since the suggestion ‘plan started
in_ 1942,

-H, . Fleury, also of Rossland,

won 9 awards for a total of $205
H. R. Vyse_of Fruitvale has sub-'|
mitted 15 suggestions and won
six awards for a total of $55, All
three men.won awards «this
month, “ .

, HEMBERLEY HIGHLIGHTS

_ At. Kimberley, A. E. Ross of
the Sullivan Concentrator main-
tenance’ crew received a cheque
for $100..He proposed the use of
mechanical . rather. than manual
methods for tamping the ballast
on the .concerltrator high-line
h . This-has 1 in
appreciable maintenance savings.
+ A total of $775 was distributed
to Cominco employees -at Trail
and Kimberley this ‘month’ for
worthwhile’ ideas” resulting © in
savings .anhd increased’ safety.

TURKEYS STREAMLINED

It is no longer necesary for the
small family to forego the Christ-
mas turkey or eat turkey left-
overs for days after Christmas.
Turkeys ‘have changed.
Through new: methods of tur-
key. raising, it is now possible
to buy a smaller, meatier and
broader-breasted turkey. They
can be cooked much more quick-

. ASSOCIATION

ly than' a large turkey of com-

parable total weight,

‘WisHes

A wealth of health, happiness
And contentment. are‘our, wishes
for all our-friends and
Neighbors on this most Joyous

an Ato Holiday.

ARROW...
MOTORS

Mey this happy Yuletide

Moonen —with surprises,as meiry
* Gnd pleasing as-the findings under your
Q “Christmas tree. ‘To all our fiends,
Both ald and nos go our warmest dnd sincerest

RAS wishes, for a Joyous Holiday Season.

ith all good things”

‘Wednesday, December

N
D

~

23, 1953

CASTLE NEWS,

Castlegar, ‘B.C.

LAQUITA’S

Greolings
_. ToAll

Absorbed lito

There are almost as man:

Christmas legends and supersti-
tions as there have been Christ-
mases. Countless customs from
the Old World have been absorb-
ed through the centuries into, the

ns that we le
in to-day, A few, héwever, have
been passed down: from one

Numerous ChristmasLegends

Celebrations

English Forhade Xmas
During Reformation

Did you know that the’ observ-
ance’ of Christmas was once fov-
bidden in England—the home of
the Yule Log, the Carol-singers

bony gray mare, Both the horse
and Saint Nick looked as if they
hadn't had a good meal 4n’some
time., SAL,
‘The early ‘English, settlers in
this country started giving Saint
Nicholas his “New Look.” The
English i d the

and the

During the Reformation many
believed the undue jollity | of
Chri lay was
Parliament, on December 24, 1652,
ordered that “no observance shall
be held of the five and twentieth
day of December, commonly call-

to

always the same. . :

¢ Indians of.Canada, for ex-
ample, believe that the deer kneel
in prayer each Christmas Eve. An

early mi: is re-

It is with
unbounded
pleasure that
we

to all our.
friends our
sincerest
wishes for a
glorious
holiday.

SHOE STORE.
Bob Maddocks
Polly. Obetkoff ..

sponsible for the idea, but‘it still
lingers and wily Indians have al-
ways attempted to catch the deer
in the act, :

- In England, it is believed ,that

the nativity by singing in their
hives at midnight. The bee hives

sprigs for the Yuletide season.

a young girl to creep to the fitmily

good - husband.

songsters,-

fon Christmas Eve,

Holly Superstition;
Indicates Ruler Of.
Household For Year.

‘Husbands. and - wives! - ‘At
tion! There is an‘ old’ supersti-
tion about holly that:-will interst
you. It was a- belief of the anci-
ents that the first to bring Chris-
mas holly into the house, either
husband or wife, would be the
one to rule the household during
the ensuing year. pies

i> But don’t put too’ much stock

never deserted. by the sin and
was ‘therefore’ sacred. 5
.; Legends have related how. the
crown of thorns:was plaited from
holly, ‘The leaves of the plant
were white until the Crucifixion

the bees express veneration for|Saint Nick asa ‘jolly fellow with

are always adorned with holly|to smoke a ee pipe, and, in the
is
In Europe it was the custom for|burner with a trim wagon,

woodpile on Christmas Eve and|las’ transportation was aided by
pull out the first stick that her|Clement Moore in his famous
hand touched. If the stick wag a|poem,
straight one, with no knots,‘ tra- | Nicholas,” written in 1882. Moore
dition said that she would have aa professor of divinity in a New

Farmers in Europe also gave|Saint Nick. a sleigh, twinkling
torches to their children and sent}eyes, cheeks like roses,’ nose like
them singing /into the apple|a cherry, and a round little belly.
orchards and the fields. The mice,
caterpillars and moths were said|means streamlined, but he is a
to flee before the approaching|far. cry. from the lean ascetic,

In early Germany it was a. be-|centuries,

lief that water turned into wind | guided «his - mare -’
during the hour‘ before midnight stréets of Europe.

ene

y Chri: figure from
the Dutch, but the English child-
ren’ had trouble pronouncing
“Saint Nicholas”. Somehow the
name changed to “Santa Klauf,”
and finally it was corrupted to
“Santa Claus,” .

However, this was only the be-
ginning. In 1809 Washington Irv-
ing, in his “Knickerbocker’s Hist-
ory of New York,” wrote of the

a broad-brimmed hat and huge
breeches, He taught Saint Nick

ed Chri day; nor any solemt
nity used or exercised in churches
upon that day in respect there-
of,’

This edict proved to be very
unpopular with the masses of the
people. It was .not until many
years later, however, that Christ-
mas was once again regarded as
a holiday. ae

‘ : ‘
,‘CHRISTKINDL’ IS SWISS
COUNTERPART OF SANTA
Santa Claus plays a very. in-

.| story; hay-

A short time later, Saint Nicho-
“The Visit from’ Saint

York theological seminary, gave

Today's Santa Claus is’ by no

somberly dressed fellow who, for
on . Christmas. Eve,

‘part in the Swiss cele-
bration of Christma observed
mostly on December 24, 3t is
Christkindl the Christ Child who

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makes the rounds of Swiss homes

on Christmas Eve;

This radiant angel is said to
have come from the North, travel-
ing on a fairy-like sleigh pulled
by reindeer, much ‘in the same
fashion of our Santa, Christkindi,
brings ‘good’ Swiss: children a
beautiful tree, and ‘many beauti-
ful gifts. Like Santa, he stresses

bedi and ad ishes naugh-

e ‘
¢y youngsters,

SETO

. And:may it extend to

all those you love, too.

To all our fiends tay this”
“Hollday Season be the Rapp.
‘est one you've ever enjoyed.

Lakeview

|'@, new means of transportation.

after which‘ they ‘turned a deep

CAFE _

bleod red. * t

door is believed enough to fright-
en away even: the . boldest. of
witches. , ‘

Santa Changed Much
Through The Years

Saint :Nick is especially generous
tothe American people. History
proves ‘that. the Americans have
done .a lot for Saint Nick! 1
‘They have given: him a new
‘name, -a’new.face and figure, and

“yThe’ original ‘Europtan version
of: Saint ‘Nick-pictured him as

By Carol Lane amd
Women's Travel Authority

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night bag. Here's how you can
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freezing in sleety. weather. °°:
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make temporary repairs on ripp-
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(3) If you're without a needle

and; thread; a piece of cellulose

until you get home, i

(4) 'To' remove lint from your
clothes, wrap tape-around your.
hand, sticky side out,: and pat
lightly over.the surface, 5

(6) Seal cosmetic. bottles with
tape to: prevent leakage. pot

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