'?HERALD HOUSE OF THE WEEK DESIGN A-315. This house has practically ev ery feature required in a small house, from its attractive exterior appearance to its numerous closets. The combination kitchen-dinette is at the front, while the good size bedrooms are lo cated on the quiet side of the house. Plans call for an insulated floor slab on gra vel fill, frame construction with siding and a touch of face brick. The dotted lines indicate the possible loca tion of a fireplace In the space shown as a hall storage closet. The floor area is 1,210 square feet and the cubage Is 14,464 cubic feet. For further information about DESIGN A-315, write to the Small House Planning Bureau, St. Cloud, Minn. SMAU HOUSE P'ANNING BUREAU DESIGN NO. A-315 FEEL FRESH FASTI /]$$ * * -^ENJOyi^Sf / I I I i i i 9 1 I ? AJ I ? CnJoy CH??rwln? ot hom?i >UyVc"a?TON TOPAt^ - t-'J'jW"!* M6RRY surround you and yours . . STOWE'S RADIO SERVICE vjrve ttmc haa com* to Mg again th? thing* ?t M aU y?ar. . . to wiah you Health and Jia pphu** and low of Good Old Ch?r! r. I u !-L rranK namric* JD; C. Hughes Ballard's Grocery Jfeeth (elie.tt ? MoLj City OoJaij 3 tiled With Poor c4nd Momele33 As they have done sincc the first Christmas. Christians will this year follow tt)e Star to the stable grotto beneath the Church of the Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, of Nazareth in Bethlehem Always small and poor, Bethle hem' Is even poorer today than most people wo-ild believe. A re cent visitor said. "Wanderers, Jil the streets ? anyone can see wh> Mary and Joseph found no room in the inn." Last Christmas, shepherds watching their llocks outside Beth lehem had to be especially watch ful lest the sheep trap themselves in the barbed wire of the narrow no-man's land separating* Jordan and Israel.' Bethlehem, on the Jor dan side of the wire, has as well been sorely affected by the hos tility and the uneasy truce. It is crowded with Arab refugee^ who formerly lived in Israel. The cflect of the conflict ha* been cripplipgof Bethlehem's chief industry, the making and selling of objects of piety from olive wood. Dead Sea sttne and mother-of pearl. Except at Christmas, pil grims are so few that the profit had gone from the business. i On Christmas Eve, however, the dusty city takes .on new life. Chris- >? tian diplomats living in divided Jerusalem expect to be escorted to the little town over the unused highway through no-man's land. Pilgrims from the Israeli side pass through the Mbmielbaum Gate. Pilgrims tirh enJ poor alike, worship toget:.er it; the fourth cen tury Church of tho Nativity. There is a High Mass. during which the image Of the Christ Child is car ried from the church through a series of underground chapels. The ceremonies come to a cli max before three adjacent shrines The Altars of the Nativity, the Wise Men and the' Manger. Out side. Christians from many land? will sing, as augels Sang near!} 2,000 years ago: "Glory to God it , the highest, and on earth peacc good will toward men." Much Lrng Distance Traffic Predicted j, v i * I While Mr. John Q. Public Is sitting comfortably In hlB home the long distance operators will be busily completing calls of Christmas chee^r to loved ones and friends all over this country and other parts of the world. It Is anticipated that this exchange will handle many calls to and from boys In service. The Christmas rush Is expected to be- felt at more places than ? ?? *4"-* V ? i ?? " ' < \'j4 ' ' ?% ' i iiv-'v l-'i- iiiSL' & X i -A/',',- ,... Av:' Bites Conducted Foi Mis. Thrift Funeral rites for Mrs. P. M. Thrift, 86, were conducted Friday at 3:30 p. m. from Pleasant Hill -j Baptist church. Rev. Fried Forrester and Rey. Ernest A. Maheffey conducted the rites. Interment was made in the church cemetery. Mrs. Thrift died Wednesday af ternoon at 3 o'clock at the homfe of her daughter, Mrs. Guy Moss on Shelby road. She had been in declining health for sometime. A native of Cleveland county, she was a life-long member of thle Pleasant Hill church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Moss and Mrs. Daisy Ed- j wards, also of the home, and^four i sons, J. C. Thrift, of York, S. C., j George T. Thrift, of Bessemer ! City, and Bert and Clarenec ] Thrift, boih of Shelby. Three brothers, Dave and Allen ! Thrift, both of Shelby, and Ar thur Thrift, of Polkville, one sis ter, Mrs. W. L. Hollingsworth, of Seattle, Washington, 12 grand children, and 16 great ? grandchil dren also survive. East Side Church Plans Yule Program Annual Christmas program at East Side Baptist, church will bte presented Friday night at 7:30 at the church. The pageant, "O Holy Night" was written by Mrs. James Bolin. It is taken from St. Luke's Christ mas Story. Mrs. Bolin and Miss Betty Brooks are directing the pro gram. The public is invited to at tend, a spokesman for the group said. ovir Vwl (j/ ?i??.4?9c (| y c. (0rl?jQl \JllC CoPo^ If you wish to get as much "color" as po.ssiL-le in your Christ mas observance, here's a novel idea. Fine concs, small kindling or ?hips can be' so "treated as tq give off eolored flames when burned Ip ihe fireplace. Dipped or soaked ir -i solution of various salts of cer tain metals, cone.; or chips W:!, ourn with a distinctive color Concs will not readily absorb water, so salts, must be sus?>er.di in a solution of turpentine. Compounds which produce spe cific colors when burned are: Red ?strontium chloride; grcen?ba Tjurri chloride; blttf-c.retn? -copper oxiqe or coppi-j- sulfate ;ojange?? caU*!i:^n' ili'^-r ?e; 1' v'fider? prtta*. sium fhloricic; and yellow? sodium t chloride^ A second method ? if only conea .are to be used? is to dip the cone? in paraffin and before the paraffin hardens sprinkle with the follow ing chemicals for desired color ef fect: Green ? copper sulfate, red ?strontium nitrate; orange? cal f cium nitrate: and yellow? sodium chloride. downtown stores. According to E. F. Ferris, man ager of Southern Kcll Telephone Company, long distance tele phone traffic is already showing signs it will be extremely heavy during the coming weekend Old Supwsutlcns About Eating Of Mince Pies Many writers stty the mince pie originated in Germany, while oth ers claim* that its beginning is. tost in the anilab gf history: , Nonethe less it was an- essential part of the Yuletide celebration in early England. Old superstitions Bc'd thru au> person refusing to eat mince pu would be unlucky for the coming ver.r. Should - he accept the inVi. ation. and partake of. mince pu uning. the' hohday. season, hi ? ould have the same number o ,iup,>y mtr.Jt.hs ilui: ng the year a . he number of iiou^cs at which hi ate rr ince pie. ? ? ? The production of broilers . in North Carolina during 1954 is ex pected to exceed 57 million, average yield. RUPTMM-EASER DovbU...4.?9 ?r UH N* nraM ? ?m A vtronf . form-flUinf wvhahto ?upr?ort Rac* lac ing ndjuaUbl*. 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