Pauline Shaw New Head of W R C
The Willing Workers of the W R C met December 13 at Mrs. Frank Holmes and daughter Wilma home with 27 members. Pauline Shaw was elected president, Irene Rhodes vice president, Jennie Carlson secretary, and Clara Thrasher treasurer. The group planned donations to a Madison home member and the home for the blind, exchanged gifts, and celebrated birthdays for Mrs. Florence Leyde and Mrs. Hilda Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Holmes
Wilma
Madison
Pauline Shaw
Irene Rhodes
Jennie Carlson
Clara Thrasher
Florence Leyde
Hilda Grant
Hattie King
Ida Root
Maud Smith
Wax From Candles Calls for Caution
Seasonal candles create wax stains on rugs tablecloths and mantels. Remove wax by scraping gently then sponging with carbon tetrachloride. For colored stains use a mix of water and denatured alcohol after testing inconspicuously. Repeat on linen tablecloths with the same method, testing first for fading.
Christmas Eve in Old Finland Bathing Customs
The article describes a traditional Finnish Christmas Eve bath in a three room hut with a heated stone oven, followed by rubbing with birch twigs and a roll in the snow. Afterward families share stockfish and barley porridge with almonds, and girls in men’s clothes visit homes secretly to observe the celebrations.
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Finland
Color Blindness Not a Barrier to Driving Safety
Studies show color weak drivers rarely cause accidents and can distinguish traffic signals. Despite tests in 25 states in 1945 many have dropped color vision screening as they find blue yellow and red green cues enable safe driving. Experts advise awareness of weakness but no need for strict limits.
Marines in Korea bathe in homemade bathtub
Marines on the central Korea front devised a makeshift bath using a half exploded napalm bomb belly tank filled with water and soap. Corporal Fred Sefick of Irvington New Jersey and Corporal Gerald Reed of Birnsdale Pennsylvania fashioned the device to improve hygiene beyond helmet baths.
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Korea
Fred Sefick
Irvington
New Jersey
Gerald Reed
Birnsdale
Pennsylvania
Marine
When Father Carved the. Boar at Yuletide Feast
The medieval Christmas feast featured a boar’s head as centerpiece. Preparation began in autumn as hunters used boar-hounds to chase the beast. Hunters faced danger from sharp teeth and tusks yet songs and feasting followed the successful kill.
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England
Legend of the Faithful Pine and Christmas Tree Symbols
The article recounts legends surrounding Christmas trees including St Wilfred and Druids, the Faithful Pine sheltering the Holy Family, and the pine cone symbolism. It notes the first Christmas tree was an apple tree, later replaced by fir, with modern baubles echoing Edenic fruit symbolism.
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Wilfred
Egypt
Herod
Mary
Jesus
Florence B. Robinson
Garden of Eden
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State St
Middlefield
Australia
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Haueter Building Supplies
North Hampden ST. PH
Chardon, Ohio
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Don G. Hummel
Lowe
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Tirasher
Max Thrasher
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Coop Eee
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PAIC
Golden Dawn
Mien
Armour’s Cloverbloom
Golden Dawn Pempkin
Sweet Peas
Minot
Rewner
Sugar
Libby
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