The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1944, Page 42

GET READY, RIGHTNOW, NEXT XMAS AP Features you and you and you, Christ- of celebration and of preparation. To of people Christmas is year-round proposition. It's they make their living ile the aver: person is get- ready to celebrate t day any manufacturers e laying ans, dreaming dreams 1d mak- headway on Christmas the fol- lowing year. Normally there are me 400 manufacturers, employing between 15,000 and 25,000 persons engaged in dolls, games and toys of all kinds. They work ) a 12 months' schedule and 90 percent of their merchandise is for Christmas sale alone Before your Christmas cards the mail, some 30 companies, employing thousands, will be plan- ning for those you will mail next | people who work all the year round, | your Christmas tree would not be |as gay and bright as it is. One firm alone hires over 300 persons to work on crystal garlands, snow, iciel angel hair, paper bells, wreaths and garlands. There is a section of North Car- | olina which is Christmas conscious from the first frost of the fall Up in the mountains the “galack- ers” have been busy gathering the evergreens which are shipped all | over the country. “Galacking” is an important industry to many moun- tain families, for from it they get their only winter cash. The name came from the gathering of galax leaves, an evergreen ideal for wreaths. But the “galackers” long ago broadened their field to include the picking of any sort of evergreen and the manufacture of various decorations. 60D REST YE! God rest ye merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ, our Savior, Was born upon this day To save us all from Satan’s power When we were gone astray. 0, tidings of comfort and joy For Jesus Christ, our Savior, vear | Were it not for several hundred | Was born on Christmas day. S ] ’// 9 ) 9 N » g /} ~ 2 9 , ¢ 1o wish you a erry / (‘ 4 X Lmisis At this scason of the year our minds turn toward Christmas and all that it means. Christmas should be a time of joy and we hope that yours provides a full "portion of happiness this holiday searon. To one and all—we wish *'a Merry Christmas. o SANITARY MEAT CO. 2NN N o oo o N o N N N NN o oo Voo Voo Vo o oo oY oo 14 I 4 b4 14 4 I & g g 5 g g 4 f g § b4 14 I 4 4 15 4 14 b4 g g | YT DT T T R e P T I o g i AND MAY THE NEW YEAR BRING ALL YOU DESIRE Health --- Happiness ‘and Prosperity Juneau Welding & Machine Shop x5 2 S s D S S AR R R R R RN R R R R R RN R R R R R R R R R RN R IR AR RRRRR AR rreeereeIIreRIeIRIeRRNRe XY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR ONONo oY o o ot oY oY o o o e o o o o N N N NN oo o o Yo o Yo oV ooV o Voo NoNo Yo Xototo o bs (aro Transfer QO0OOE é&\ - FAORE ATTRACTIVE THAN EVER are this season’s Yuletide greeting THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE - JUNEAU, ALASKA cards. Sentimental and heartwarmine enough to bring nostalgic | cai designs are shown shove. FIRST SCHOOL FOR | FOOD HANDLERS IS | HELD AT KETCHIKAN| KETCHIKAN, Alaska — first school for food handlers ducted here under the joint spon- sorship of the Territorial Depart- ment of Health and the Ketchikan Health Center, closed with the awarding of certificates of merit | to 131 food handlers who com- pleted the series of three lessons. Representatives of all but two es- tablishments, in business at the time the school was held, attended the training course The purpose of the school was to familiarize operators and employees of public food and drink establish- ments with high stan ds of sani- tation and cleanliness in preparing food for public consumption Dr. Dwight L. Cramer, Ketchi- kan Health Officer, commenting on the success of the schocl, said: “Ketchikan should be proud of the fact that it has shown the way for a better understanding of proper food handling practices in the Ter- ritory. Food handlers, by making daily use of the knowledge ac- quired, can do much toward pre- venting the spread of ' communi- cable diseases through food.” Expressions of interest and com- mendation regarding the school were received from Ketchikan city officials, food handling personnel, and other citizens. Similar schools will be conducted in the larger cities in the Territory within the next several months, with one to be held in Juneau in January or February. PEACOCK CHRISTMAS DISH It's been a long time since the peacock was considered the best dish for Christmas. This bird used to be served to gatherings of knights and lords in “merrie olde England.’ It was first skinned, with all its feathers intact, roasted, then placed back in its skin. | — e, — ST. NICHOLAS WAS BORN | IN A SMALL ITALIAN TOWN Bari, in Ttaly, is the birthplace jof St. Nicholas. A great arch and church there are named for him, {and there his bones are honored. | Known for ages as the patron saint of sailors and children, thousands | of tourists from all lands come to ! see his town. SR CHRISMAS TAX Greeks in the southwestern part of their peninsula dive into the wa- ters of the harbor to recover a wood- en -cross thrown in by the arch- bishop. The villager_ who recovers the crucifix has the right to levy a small Christmas tax upon each home in the village. S s 5 MEDIEVAL CUSTOMS In the Middle Ages, when the use of Latin declined slightly, the rustics linked their folk songs to the church ! hymns of the Nat The villag- | ers’ mid-winter revels became en- | tangled with the services of thanks- giving’ for .the birth of the Savior. The Yule log, the holly, and the ivy -—ohce hedthen symbols — shared { with the Babe in the manger the celebration of the sacred season. B INFLUENCED CUSTOMS The Germans, perhaps more than {any other colonists, influenced Christmas customs in the United States, which celebrates Christmas more extensively than any other. Our concept of Santa Claus is whol- ly from Germany, and the Christ- mas tree in the home is another custom that came over with Ger- man emigrants in the last century. {white or pinkish-green and are' Christmas Rose Is Hellebore Christmas Rose is the name popu- Soldiers Find (Iiinéie Pay Bills at (hrislmas " Although their usually elaborate larly ascribed to the Helleborus ni- holiday feasts are somewhat sim- ger (black hellebore) because it ;.. tpese days, the Chinese still E’(’)f]“"‘;m“lft‘l’l‘l“‘;d &‘;’(flfl:;“:‘:“‘: sea- | vohange gifts. In fact, the soldiers is also called the winter rose and pOUIS Lond (g R e s 0d | tional weakness. And every Chi- sometimes Lenten rose as is blooms bl e ot nese tries to pay all his bills at h SRPE S0 SR pon Christmas time, so he may begin in the fall in other section the New Year debtless, if penniless flowers, nearly 2% inches wide, are | Ower y 23 inches wide, are | oy ycemag celebrations are partic- ] e ularly widespread in Chungking, the found in southern and central | "1 i ey war-time capital, for Generalissimo FRenpe: b At Chiang Kai-shek is a Methodist and large percentage of the Chinese Christians. (OLORING FLAMES fiers i India will_have an English Christmas in semi-tropical surroundings. Most of the Chris- tian population is English and there re Christmas trees, church ser nativity pag and huge Chris! mas dinners t like home. - D To have colored flames in the Christmas fireplace there are a number of different chemicals which may be added to shellac as a car- rier . Small pieces of wood may be painted with the mixtures or it can | be mixed with sawdust. The fol- lowing colors and chemicals r —_ quired will give excellent result: | The best material for the large Violet, potassium chlorate; yellow, | wreaths is white pine, fir, Douglas potassium nitrate; orange, calcium | fir, blue spruce, boxwood, Oregon WREATHS FOR CHRISTMAS | green, barium nitrate; emerald, cop- | leberry, groundpine, mountain-laur- per nitrate; green, borax; purple, | el, American holly and English holly. lithium chloride. For the small wreaths the Colo- —_———t——— rado Juniper, box, arborvitae and Empire Want-ads bring results! yew can be used to advantage, 3 ) ) ) ) ) /) ) > é BRI RRETRRRRRRRRAN) AR Ashenbrenner’s (Yoo O N NN NN NN ONON SN SN O SN N NN NN OGN NN NN S O S 2 S22 oo oo RRRRRERRRRRRRRERRRERTARRRG \:N\.x\\.k‘\%’é' JUDY M. FRANK | Juneau Representative Northwestern Life Insurance Co. Extends FRIENDS, EVERYWIERE NoNoNoNoNoNoNo o o N NN NN And Best Wishes forthe Holiday Season EECCEEEEEEEEEELEELLEEE EEEELLLL L L L EE L L U U C R G me and firesidc to many a fighting Yank, a few typi- VRei“nrJé;r' Oileh ) ] ing Finland, but because “he struck chloride; yellow, sodium chloride or | Hollygrape, English ivy, glossy priv- isalt; red, strontium nitrate; apple | et, falax, southern evergreen, huck- OO ONOOECC S AR R R R R R R R R RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR BRI RRRRRRR Happy and Prosperous NEW YEAR! (International ) Figure in Northern Myth and Legend RRRRRRRRRRRNRRRRARRRRRERRRRRRRRRRG 2 Reindeer figure often in northern | myth and folklore, In one version of | the legend of leland, the smith, | Wayland and his two brothers leave Finland for the south on their rein- | deer-drawn sleighs. The mountain elves try to stop them and Way- land's brothers lash their reindeer to force them by the elves. Angry because the three are deserting their | homes, but even more because of | the blows given the patient deer, the |( elves curse the two brothers, sing- | ing: | “Because Slagfid struck his reindeer Because Eigel struck his rein- deer Our hatred shall follow you.” Wayland they also curse for leav- RRRRRRRRRG FRRRRARS not his reindeer” the curse is mild-, er. The two brothers die violently and tragically, but Wayland, after many troubles, wins back the wife ! BRI RRRRRRRRRN from Helen D. Smith he had lost and becomes the “Smith Healy' Alas of the Gods.” i JW’%’WWMW ka T e o o N o oo N o N N o N o o Vo oo oo o oot Vo ot oot oot No Yo oo N o Voo ot o o N This earth’s people have as their strongest desire a life- time of peace and freedom from oppression. That is why they sought the manger to welcome Him who was to become their teacher. That is why on this Christmas,' 1944 years after, they look to the benefits of Victory as the greatest of gifts, the richest of blessings, rekindling into, reality the lesson of “Peace on Earth, Good Will to Man®> 520 - b e A o o James C. Cooper