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PAGE EIGHT To Oar easterners aid Friends... In the spirit of friendship and good will of Christmastime, i we thank our many friends and I for your patronage . .. to each and every one of you -- we wish the best of everything! NEW HOME SEWING AND DRAPERY SHOP N. Wilson Ave. Dunn, N. C. ' ( IHflfilllPS fipfifflilllfflfl ! § . gtooouaOy, happy, Christmas time is here again to , our warm our hearts, i and reveoi to us the deep and rich | & % 'i meaning of life We rejoice in the foct ", '■ % ; , I that we have a part in the kindly, meh ilow atmosphere which is the Christmas Spirit. We turn aside from our daily cares to share the simple, wholesome I l°ys of home and friends. We think ■ '~, ■;' !' ■ less about ourselves and more about 1 others and that is the spirit of Christmas.* Herman Neighbors And All The Staff At TAirS GIN NO. 1 mmm _ Mßl . — ,J2ll!£tiL£- OnModernTeaching (Editor’s Note: Mrs. Edith May, sixth grade teacher in the Lilting ton school asked parents in her room to express their opinion of the type of teaching their children were receiving: This is a letter Mrs. May received in reply.) “It is easier,” the parent wrote, “to throw brickbats, than it is to hand out bouquets. This week as our nation observes National Ed ucation Week, as a parent, I for one am grateful for the type of teaching my children are receiving today in the North Carolina Pub lic Schools. “On several occasions I have vis ited the sixth grade in Liliington in which my child is enrolled. Ev eryyone seemed most. interested in his work and I soon found out there was a very good reason. . “Instead of the cut and dried method of teaching, say for exam ple in geography and history, to which I was subjected, I found the students taking an imaginary trip to Japan. “There was nothing vague about what these children learned about the land of Nippon, because their teacher knew how to set off a spark of interest in an unknown place by encouraging them to bring to school every article they could find in their homes that was made in Japan. “When the pupils studied about a countrf in which laantems, fans, bamboo shades are common ob jects, self-expression, imagination and a sense of responsibility in con tributing to their work was display ed by students as they made then own versions of these articles. 'Tiie blackboards soon boasted bamboo shades. Lanterns were hung about the room. Weaving looms held rugs woven in Japanese fashion. Fans were placed on book shelves. All this work was done by the students alone. “Their interest and enthusiasm was amazing as they explained what they had learned to the par ents at the P.-T.-A meeting. “A program highlighting their unit's work on Japan was present ed to the school. The history, re ligion, culture, and the homes of Ja pan were dramatized by the stu dents in such a vivid manner it will stay with them always. “Even the operetta, ‘The Mika do,” based on Japanese life, was portrayed in the students’ own lan guage. The teacher read them the operetta and they wrote the script in their own words. “Japan was not a nation to be studied only, at the history or geo graphy class. Words like ancestor worship, lantern and bamboo pop ped up in their spelling lesson. Native foods were discussed in the THE DAILY RECORD, DUNN, N. O. health lesson. Charting a course from the school house to Tokyo by lane was a problem in arithme tic. , “And best of all, learning was fun! I know because my child could hardly wait to get to school.” A Grateful Parent. Hogs and poultry add 10 per cent more weight on 10 per cent less food when bacitracin, newest of antibiotics, is added to the diet, according to research testing by U. S. Industrial Chemicals, Inc., technicians. (fjiristmas (greetings - S f §r4. < 9 WA Hr i IBMSBfimBM&mM Mb m if W, r » i * 7 j» jfl MM -j * / hristmas is for everyone . Its wonderful spirit reaches V out to men the world over . It is a heart-warming , j season , one in which we cherish the happiness our , ■ r old and new friends have given us over the years. \ So it is with a great deal of sentiment and joy that f five extend this greeting with our good wishes for < v. • . . . ' • <#•» * a truly Merry Christmas. And may the New Year be / p the happiest and most successful you have ever known. All Tie Personnel Os fiISS •Mnsin Un Cmm «. - ■ >v ’ &u4t*m Opt* H&tute? American historians credit George Washington with starting the custom of repelving friends, or holding “open house” on New Year’s day. In the. year 1780 New York was the seat of the. government and President Washington made a prac tice of opening the doors of the presidential mansion for a reception on each New Year's day. Home and foreign diplomats, and ordinary citi zens as well, visited. Washington was said to have ex pressed the hope that the observ ance might continue through the years. His wish was granted, tor it la still a custom at the White House. A Kentucky state commission j' studying the state’s registration t&t&C tot I The Christmas tree, now almost a universal symbol, probably came to America from 'Germany, although tradition has it that Christmas tree* originated in Egypt. The palm tree is supposed to put forth a branch every month, and a spray of thia tree, with U shoots on It, was used in Egypt German writers mention the tree as early as 1605. The German prince Albert consort of Queen Victoria, introduced the Christmas lice in England when he had a tfje for nt* daughter. , laws estimates there are between 300,000 and 400,000 names illegally registered on Kentucky's voting rolls. " I "us Duivint] me tune _ ... . f j unusual New Year's day celebra tion* to be found anywhere. Called "baking the cake”, it was a favorite with Irish peesent*. Proud husbands would Invite all their friends over tq participate in the ceremony end partake of the “gude woman's baking.” When the cake was fully prepared, the eldest son took It and hurled it with alt his force agalnsf the door. Everyone scrambled to pick up the pieces, tor, according to the super stition, he who picked up the first fragment to touch the floor would have a home and a Ntw Year's cake to share the next year. Ouayule is the only native plant grown for rubber in the United States. Peeriey A. Barbour, on his 50th ss a gift to Mr. and Mrs. Barbour and arranged for an important re ception for the presentation. •- Babour then «nnouno6d : that >hg - was celebrating his golden wedding by granting e five per cent Wgtfe Increase to everyone who wdMted tor him. > Cows operate the controls to pel rid of horseflies, with a, machine devised at the University of Ill inois. Pyrenone, a combination of piperonyl butoxide and pyrethrins, is the only insecticide which con trols the pest, and it ia sprayed on the cattle when they step on a treadle in the stall-shaped devjff.
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