THE ECHO
December, 1948
The Story Of The
Christmas Seal
Everyone knows that money col-'
Jected from the sale of Christmas
.seals each year is used to fight the
dread disease, tuberculosis. Never
theless, few persons are familiar
with the story of the first Christ
mas seal.
It was in December, 1903, that a
Danish postal clerk named Einar
Holboell was sorting stacks of
Christmas mail in a musty, old-
world post office. As he worked far
into the afternoon, his mind was
filled with thoughts of Christmas.
The spirit of the season was in his
heart.
Suddenly Einar had an idea.
‘“Why,” he mused, “couldn’t all
this mail be used to serve a double
purpose? . . . Why couldn’t each
letter bear a Christmas Seal—a seal
which would save lives?”
Einar’s plan was adopted the fol
lowing winter, when the world s
first Christmas Seals were sold in
Denmark, and proceeds were used
to aid children suffering from tu
berculosis.
Three years later a group of doc
tors in America, facing a deplor
able need of funds to continue their
treatment of eight tuberculosis
patients, appealed for help to
Emily Bissell, a welfare worker.
She suggested that Christmas Seals
similar to those sold in Denmark
be introduced in the United States.
Emily, though no artist, had the
will to accomplish her purpose. She
sketched a seal bearing the mes
sage “Merry Christmas” and or
dered several thousand printed at
her own expense. The seals were
sold locally the same year and $3,-
000 was raised to further the cam
paign against tuberculosis.
The following season, in 1908,
Christmas Seals were distributed
on a national scale. Today the seals
are a Christmas-time tradition. Tu
berculosis, at one time the first
cause of death in this country, has
dropped to seventh place as a re-!
suit of the co-operation of all
Americans who buy seals each
year.
Have Daisy Dachshund Ready For Christmas
k
Daisy Dachshund is as cuddlesome a toy as a tot could wish for.
She’s a blue ribbon winner in her calico coat brightly printed with
rosebuds. Floppy ears, movable legs, a wonderful tail that doubles
for a handle, and coal-black eyes are her chief assets. Daisy
doesn’t take long to make, but if you want to be sure to have all
your Christmas gifts made in time, better start now. (Directira
leaflets for making DAISY DACHSHUND, No. E-251, may be ob-
tained at the Library.) _____
TESTED RECIPES
Corn|e.Y*
Eben S. Morrow, just released
I from the Seabees, and Mrs. Mor
row have announced the birth of
twins, Spencer Macfie and Mary
1 Ashe Morrow, on Sunday, Nov. 4th.,
at Transylvania hospital. Mr. Mor
row, before entering service, was
1 in our Meter Department.
* « *
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Allen
I are the parents of a 7 pound boy,
John Marshall Allen, bom Novem
ber 24th., at the Presbyterian Hos-
I pital in Charlotte. Mr. Allen works
1 in the Ecusta Boiler Room.
Do You Know That?
Mistletoe was regarded as a
sacred symbol of hope by the an
cient Druids? Whenever enemies
met under the mistletoe, they
would drop their arms, forget their
antagonism and embrace. From
this practice grew the modern cus
tom of kissing under the mistletoe
The Christmas tree is claimed to
be of German origin. It is said that
the early Christian missionaries to
Germany, in order to convert the
barbarians there, introduced
Christmas-tide with much merry
making and song, and at the same
time adopted the heathen custom
of placing a green bush over the
door during the mid-winter festi
val.
The custom of sending Christmas
cards to one’s friends originated in
England in 1845? In that year W.
C. Dobson, one of Queen Victoria’s
favorite painters, sent lithographed
copies of a greeting card to his
friends.
Santa Claus really lived in the
fourth century? The story goes
that good St. Nicholas learned that
three young women had no suitors
because their father was too poor
to provide them with dowries.
Thereupon he filled three bags
with gold and threw them into the
rooms of the young women, who
were soon happily married. Unex
pected gifts were thereafter at
tributed to St. Nick.
The first Christmas Savings Club
DEEP-DISH HONEY APPLE PIE
cup bran cereal
IMi cups sifted all-purpose or
cake flour
Vi teaspoon salt
% cup cold water
6 cups sliced, sour apples
cup honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
V4 teaspoon lemon rind
V4 teaspoon salt
V4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons butter or fortified
margarine
Crush bran; add flour and Vz
teaspoon salt.. Reserve V* cup of
this mixture in a bowl;'cut short
ening into rest of crumb mixture.
Blend water and the reserved mix
ture; add to crumb-shortening mix
ture, while mixing with a 2-tined
fork until blended. Form this pas
try into a ball; roll out on lightly
floured board -to Va inch thick
ness. Cut strips 2% inches wide
from pastry to line sides of
10” X 6” X 2” baking dish, allowing
3/4 inch at top for fluting. Arrange
apples in baking dish; com
bine next five ingredients; pour
over apples. Dot with butter; ar
range % inch pastry strips, lattice
fashion, over top. Seal edges; flute.
Bake in hot oven of 450 degrees F
for 40 min., or until apples are
tender. Serve “as is” or with plain
or whipped cream. Serves six.
NOTE; Nutmeg may replace cin
namon.
bag; add next five ingredients;
chill. Pour into tray of automatic
refrigerator with control at cold
est setting. Pour 1 tablespoon wa
ter on bottom of freezer compart
ment; slide tray over water before
it freezes. When frozen portion
amounts to half the contents of the
tray, beat well. Return to freezer.
Repeat this process two or three
times during freezing. Just before
ice is firm, beat egg white foamy;
add sugar gradually, while beating
until stiff, not dry. With a fork,
fold this mixture into ice. Return
to freezer compartment and freeze
firm enough to spoon out. Serves
four or five.
NOTE; To vary this dessert, ar
range orange and grapefruit seg
ments, or a combination of fruits,
in sherbet glasses and top each
with a small scoop of this cider
ice.
YOUTH
SPICY CIDER ICE
Vi teaspoon whole allspice
1 inch stick cinnamon
3 whole cloves
IVi cups cider
1-3 cup honey
1 cup orange juice
1-3 cup lemon juice
V4 teaspoon nutmeg
Vi teaspoon salt
1 egg white
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Tie spices in cheesecloth bag.
Heat cider; add spice bag. Boil
uncovered, 30 minutes, or until re
duced to cups. Remove spice
was proposed by a treasurer of
the Carlisle Trust Company, Car
lisle, Pa., in 1909 and placed in op
eration by that banTc the same
1 year?
DATE INDIAN PUDDING
14 cup corn meal
% teaspoon salt
teaspoon cinnamon
Vt. teaspoon ginger
V-h cups milk
1-3 cup molasses
% cup pitted dates, cut up
Combine corn meal, salt, cinna
mon and ginger in top of double
boiler; add 3 cups of the milk and
the molasses and cook over boiling
water 30 minutes, stirring occa^
sionally. Pour mixture into a
greased or oiled qt. casserole
and bake, uncovered, in a slow
oven of 300 degrees F., stirring
once after first 10 minutes. Con
tinue baking 10 minutes; then stir
in cut-up dates.' After 10 miniites
longer pour in the remaining Vi
cup milk over the pudding and
stir slightly. Continue baking,
without stirring, for 2 hours long
er. Serve warm with top milk or
vanilla ice cream. Serves five or
six.
NOTE; If preferred, ’/i cup of
seeded or seedless raisins may be
substituted for the dates.
Youth is not a time of life—it is
a state of mind. It is not a matter
of ripe cheeks, red lips, and sup
ple knees; it is a temper of the
will, a quality of the imagination, a
vigor of the emotions; it is a fresh
ness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a temperamental
predominance of courage over
timidity, of the appetite for ad
venture over love of eas«. This
often exists in a man of 50 more
than in a boy of 20.
Nobody grows old by merely
living a number of years; people
grow old by deserting their ideals
Years wrinkle the skin, but to give
up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul
Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear
and despair—these are the long,
long years that bow the head.
Whether 70 or 16, there may be
in every man’s heart the love of
wonder, the sweet amazement at
the stars and the star-like things
and thoughts, the undaunted chal-
iege of events, the unfailing child
like appetite for what next, and
the joy and game of life.
You are as young as your faith,
as old as your doubt; as young as
your confidence, as old as your
fear; as young as your hope, as
old as your despair.
EXPLAINING TASTE
Man (at lunch counter); “Take
this coffee away, sister. It tastes
like mud.”
Waitress; “Well, it was ground
only thia morning."
Physical Lab. News
By ANNIE LOU HAMLIN
Well, folks, here we are once
more after a few months’ silence.
Louise King’s husband has his
discharge and is back at work in
the Inspection Dept. What’s this we
hear about you buying a home,
Louise?
Gladyce Teague spent a few
weeks in California with her hus
band but they are now back in
Brevard. Hurry back to work,
Gladyce, we are missing you.
We welcome Randall Lankford
back to the Lab. Randall recently
received a discharge after serving
31 months in the army- He was ov-
erseas 23 months of that time.
Millard Teague and Jake Hollis
have bought adjoining lots in Bre
vard and are now building their
new homes.
Merry Christmas to you all and
may Santa be good to y°“-
December. 1945
PAGE SEVEN
Alarming) Isn’t It?
Did you know that
our boys in the service lost their
296,00?“civili^s were WH^l^ere
Srooo^cafes w^e due to Acci-
d«“tS? , ,
Even though the rate of fatale
ties on the home 2?
greaUy reduced during the past 2
Pears, there is still room for mi
provement in every ^
Accidental deaths totted 95.W0
during 1944 and 42,500 of
were civilian workers.
Yes, 1944 was Just An Averag
Year • But 95,000 lives unnec
irrify ;nded or 9,800,000
sons suffering the pam of
bruised flesh and ^5° ®
cannot be dismissed lightly as
usual thing.”
Let’s forget for a momen
terrific economic iniP^'^t 0
S _ K900.000,0»i “
nore, even, the loss 0
because men Icilled
dentaUy, could not
Let’s remember, for e
the woman riding f „ on a
field with her two children
liorse-drawn ^ake. The ra ,
pretended, was their >
horse their ^-jghtened
laughing and shouting . .^grd.
the horse and it
The children were thrown
the mother fell under
She was dragged
until the horse tired. Wixn^j^
bones shattered, h e
pierced with straw, her
gled, she lived Lj. fler
days before she avef'
family did not think this an
age year. . ... high
Let’s remember, too, ^ . „t,
school boy, popular, hrillia'’^
seemingly headed for country
career, driving ^long (jriv-
road at night. The th greater
ing again urged , „ovvhere."
speed. Suddenly, ‘ crasbj
a barrier loomed. A rending
Long months in the ho P
THE ECHO
SUGGESTIONS
age and interests
HAZARDS
a hop®!®®® Had Y
finally his return home, a pgr
cripple! He is one of the / of
woius “productioYiie out on
“economic loss, or ^ car thus causing
lays” can P°®!‘*^Yhe factoid. • ‘ to allow for
man crippled in ■ ' a t-:. ,. .
tor and a demiw»^- „
think that will be f ‘;ed po- i„
The attendant list ..^.Qug
“Couldn’t I,” he a®’'
your tire»7"
The
Hand to
Mouth"
Age
VP TO 2 YEARS
The
Explor.
«Kve
Age
2 TO 3 YEARS
Pretend
3 TO 4 YEARS
' Beginning
of
Creative
Beginning
of
Dexterity
« To a YEARS
Special,
ization of
Tastes
and Skills
« OLDER
Avoid »m«II toy* whieh m»y
be iw«llow«d,... flamm»ble
okj«ctt . . . toy* witl) im»ll
removable p«rt« • - • P®'*®"*
ous paint on any object . • •
stuffed «nimali '»ith gU«S- 'iw
button eyet.
Sturdy rattle*...
:aiubU^quealTy;;.^^^
handles . •. »«*'» ^
Avoid anytMng with iharp ot
rough edget which will cut or
scratch ... objects with small
removable parts . . . poison*
ous paint or decoration . . .
marbles . . . beads . . . coins
. flammable toys.
Sand bo* with bueUt, sho^jl od
spoon . . . P«9 • • :
wooden aiiim*!* • • •
wagons to push *rou««l • . • *'P*
proof kiddie e«« «nd
targe crayons ... wckmg
horse ...
Avoid toy* which ore too
heavy for child's strength •..
poorly made objects which
may ceme apart, break or
splinter . . . *h«rp o» cutting
toy* . . . highly flammable
costumes . . . electrical toys.
Avoid shooting or target toy*
which will endanger eye* • , •
ill-balanced mobile toy* (tri
cycle*, wagon*, ete.) which
may topple easily .. • poison
ous painting sets... pinching
or cutting object*.
Avoid Bon.«pproved electrical
toy* . . . anything too 1yg_*
or • complicated for child s
strength *nd ability ... *h»fp
edged tool* .. • pco^V •"”*
*k«t«* . . . eonduetlble kites
... *hoeti«8
Small broom and
... toy telephone ► . *
simple wrap-around cioMHtl . • .
doll buggies tni furniturf ...
dishe* . .. minutufe
. . . trucb and iftetort •« •
electrical train .. . drum ..
tume clothe* . . . buildtofl bloctt.
Avoid air rifle*, chemistry *ets,
dart games, bows and arrows,
dangerous tool* and electrical
toy* UNLESS used under par
ental supervision . • . motor
scooters . . . non-approvcd
electrical toys.
national SAhgry COUNCIL
SrS?Iight"e‘5ht*d.!!^^^
;k;t;s!“:'.l:;;r.d to
. ,. kites . .. equipment for pUy-
in’g .tore, bank, filling rfatioi.. etc.
. . . playground equipmeM . .
kite* . . . punlf* «"• SJIUm! 'and
sewing ^
doll equipment.
Hobby materials. «rU
photography, com and j
lections, puppet .how* • •
instruments . . . Sy" .‘P®'!:
equipment . . • "’odel
struction building *et* .. • ,
«,ain with
tories approval . . . bicycle . •
science sets « • •
Your Headlights
Recently?
SJ^wn?pima\ent disabi^^^^^ ^ With wming of the winter
in a better than average J jiful, shorter S
Let’s remember the b ^ for us travelhi j to °
bright-eyed girl, almost re j^g^ cars
Sersarten! »‘,3tV
and mother. Yet she w^ejtb
in
®ither*in ‘th'"*
and mother. Yet sne , ^gju. afternoon ""°™ing or in the
in the kitchen and scald^^^^^^^
in the kitchen ana ter tJia; This bpin, »
SSV"”' “
light is '^'^0
Dv a Kciuv Vi. - -
she tipped over. Scr® ^
Then silence. She is on y ^
10,100 accidental d
bums, or 32,000 hom
causing us sometimes to
ow for proper clearance.
ill 1loVi4- ^
ipped over. oi burning'", headlights are
s^Lce. She is only propS^""^ that they are in
a accidental f^/ggtbs1‘ght is bui^
is clean li “'“S and that the glass
cidents automobile ac-
SrboTXwVd at might as well not
the mother disabled in untol joy in m
bile accident-^ach brings^ mu^o din that it can-
distress, suffering and gvei^ ^ two feet away. Proper
tion. It is yo*r your protStion » "®«ssary
h«dv’s iob to stop .roy, tection nf ft ^ ^or the pro-
badys job, w ^ NEWBUK^ctor- ,ear " «r coming from the
tg. I'ghtT fix^^M^ your
SUPER SEBVi fe ixed. Newspapers of the
tor and a demitas ^^jjjgiy. ustrial Commission.
CHRISTMAS SEALS
Happy Sailing In *46
With the New Year just around
the comer, I wish to talce this
portunity to say a few words to the
entire personnel of Ecusta, Cham
pagne, and Endless Belt.
First, I wish to thanic each of
your personally for your wonder
ful co-operation in our safety prO'
gram during 1945. Due to your
interest and manifestation in acci
dent prevention worlc, the _ fre
quency rate for personal injuries is
the lowest we have had since the
mill started operations. This is in
deed something to be proud of, ana
has eliminated untold suffering
and loss of wages throughout the
mill. The fact that Ecusta has the
best safety record of any North
Carolina Pulp and Paper Indust^,
and stands second among 25 mills
in nine Southern states, is a feath
er in every individual’s hat.
To each of you, I sincerely ex
tend very best wishes for a Merry
Christmas, a Happy New Year, and
a Safe and Properous 1946.
H. E. Newbury.
CONFIDENT OF RESULTS
The totally bald man wallced
into the drug store: “Have you a
hair restorer that really restore.
Clerlt; “Here is a preparation
sure to do the trick.”
Bald Head: “All right. I’ll take
it, and you might as wdl wrap up
a comb and brush, too.”
It’s Different Now
I used to think ’twas “tom®yrot”
The way those fellers screech
Of safety and accidents--
And scored the chaps that prea
I used to work for pay day—
it pTecework-all for speed.
Nor cared a hang for danger.
Defied the signals heed.
But since I lost my finge^
a«h loafed at home a sp®l*
wfh wife and kids a’crying-
I-ve learned my lesson well-
I know it pays to listen
To what those fellers say,
1-ve learned to work with saieiy
and
I preach unknown.
This Happened Here
FINGERS CAUGHT IN RO^^
While trying to strai^g^^
turned edge on the P P ^ the
having made a spli« °
rewinders in the P , Angers
St. T., —ed ^
ally alert and «ref machinery,
ing around moving
Especially when near
rolls.