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Brevard Hi News |
B. H. S. STAFF
Editor-in-Chief_Frances Walker
Associate Editor_Vivian Smith
Society Editor_Carolyn Kimzey
Photographer __Patsy Austin
Business Manager, Bruce Glazener
Advertising Managers:
Jim Newbury and Edwin Gallo
way.
Reporters:
Josephine Curto, Dorothy Gallo
way, Pat Griswold, William
Thomason, Theodore Carland,
Gene Hall, Nancy Jane Loftis,
and Lucretia Campbell.
JUNIOR PLAY DATE GIVEN
The annual Junior Play will be
presented Friday, Dec. 10. The
curtain rises promptly at 8
o’clock.
Appointed stage managers are:
Boyd Oliver and Patsy Austin.
Johnny Summey and Mary F.
Gaither are the advertising mana
gers. Josephine McGaha is in
charge of properties.
A poster contest will be con
ducted and prizes awarded. All
students are urged to enter and
the posters will be distributed
throughout the eounty in schools,
places of business, industries, etc.
—By Gene Hall
■“WOMANLESS WEDDING”
PRESENTED BY 8TH GRADE
The assembly program last Wed
nesday, which was in the form of
a “womrmless wedding”, was pre
sented by Miss Powell’s eighth
grade boys. Preceding the cere
mony Mary Ann Daniels sang a
solo, “I Love You Truly”, accom
panied by Alfred Neuman.
The wedding procession entered
through the rear doors of the au
ditorium, passed down the aisle,
and assembled on the stage where
the very amusing ceremony took
place. The minister read the mar
riage vows from a Sears Roebuck
catalog, and the ring was a large
do-nut.
Those taking part were: the
bride, J. O. Brooks; the groom,
Robert Hunter; maid-of-honor, Cul
len Bryant; the best man, Jack
Bryant, flower girl, Charles John
son; minister, James Johnson; and
father of the bride, Pat Holden.
The program closed with Miss
Whitesides leading the students in
the singing of several patriotic
songs including the “Victory
Polka” and “This is Worth Fight
ing For”.
—By Dorothy Galloway
NAME FOR ANNUAL CHOSEN
The name, “Brevardier”, sug
gested by Jimmy Newbury, was
selected by the staff as the name
for the Brevard high school an
nual. He was rewarded with a box
of Schrafft’s candy. The annual
is expected to be on sale the last
month of school, and everyone
who is buying one on the install
ment plan will be expected to
have their first payment in by the
beginning of the Thanksgiving
holidays.
Since Gene Franklin, the circu
lation manager, has moved away,
there have been many changes
made in the staff. The entire staff,
at present, is: Vivian Smith, editor
in-chief; Anna Rathje, associate
editor; Bruce Glazener, business
manager; Frances Hendricks, as
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sistant business manager; Margue
rite Scruggs, circulation manager;
Verena Lewis, Carolynne Sluder,
and Douglas Brown, assistant cir
culation managers; Bob Norwood,
advertising manager; Pat Griswold,
literary editor; Josephine Curto,
assistant literary editor; Spalding
McIntosh, art editor; Mary Ann
Daniels, sports editor; Jimmy
Newbury, humor editor; Bill
Shambiin, picture editor; and Mar
guerite McCann, and Jeannette
McCal!, typists.
—By Vivian Smith
HERE AND THERE
In the classrooms, as the clocks
tick off the hours, there is another
sound. Not the dull drone of stu
dents at work, but a livelier busier
sound, for it is the far reaching
buzz of gossip. Oh gossip, how we
love you! If a B. H. S. student is
offered his choice between either
food or gossip, he always takes the
gossip. Our gossip is far juicier
and tastier than any steak you can
find anywhere these days, an’ I
ain’t kiddin’!
Where did Anna R. acquire the
nickname “Honey”? Her interest
has suddenly changed from New
Jersey to Florida. Inconsistent is
not she? Next thing we know it
will be the moon—well up in the
air anyway!
A little birdie, my pet parrot
to be exact, flew through 3rd floor
one afternoon not so long ago and
lo and behold, it heard Johnny
S. ask Mary Frances Gaither for
a date. Of course, you got it, Jim
my?
Vivian S. doesn’t like publicity,
so I will try my best to leave out
that interesting tid bit about her
and that dashing right end . . .
oh my, I wasn’t going to tell you
about that, was I?
Spalding, Spalding, hay, you
Spalding H.! Who was the good
looking senior girl you esorted
home from the pep-meeting last
Wednesday nite? From the look
on your face, I must be right.
Don’t you agree, Joyce M.?
Why does Ty M. play football
so much better when “Kat” H. is
on the sidelines?
Speaking of “Kat” H., it seems
that she and Jason O., along with
William T. and Lois Ann O., are
the main characters in Saturday
nite drugstore romances. I thought
the good old boys were gone for
ever, but apparently they aren’t!
Verena L. is the current “foot
ball sweetheart.” She worries and
cries more over the wonderful
heroes than the rest of the school
all put together. It must be due
to her motherly instincts!
I’ll be back in a flash with more
trash!
—By Sally Snoop
“Bully Beef” in tin cans, tradi
tional soldiers’ food, now is to go
entirely to troops in action, ac
cording to a recent announcement
by the Combined Food Board.
A ten-pound colony of bees j
needs 60 pounds of honey and 4
or 5 combs of pollen stored in the
hive to cany it through the win
ter. A soldier eats six times in
weight of food during the winter,
also.
Next Year Will Be Different
NEXT year will be different. Not only the weather, and markets,
and the needs of the country. Our jobs will be different, too.
Because next year we’re going to do those jobs differently—and we
hope better!
We, whose job is producing goods and services, have been making
resolutions like this for years. And we’ve been keeping them! For in
our kind of business, you either keep on finding better ways of doing
things, or—you go backward! And if enough people do that, the
thing we call progress bogs down.
That’s why farmers keep on trying new seed, and fertilizers, and
machines, and strains of stock. That’s the reason industry carries
on research—another name for a constant search for new knowledge
and better ways to do things. Because most of us have been doing
this for years, America has had the highest standard of living in the
world. And it’s the reason, too, that American production is doing
so much today to bring victory.
After the war, America is going to need more than ever men with
the courage and enterprise to invest time, money, and hard work in
the search for better things. And if America’s producers understand
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Greeting Cards
First Used#in
* Victorian Era
Th» custom of sending greeting
card- is perhaps the youngest mem
ber in the family of Christmas tradi
tions, although the ideal was ex
pressed by the Excelsis Deo of the
angels.
Until authorities at the British
museum recently discovered a draw
ing depicting four scenes of holiday
celebration—early Victorian style
dated 1842, J. C. Horsley was ac
credited with having created the first
commercial Christmas card in 1843.
The 1842 creation was an elaborate
affair. Drawn by W. M. Edgley, it
includes scenes of a dinner party
featuring the plum pudding, a group
of carol singers, a crowd watching
a Punch and Judy show, a panel of
silk-hatted and cane-toting ice skat
ers, dancers doing a Roger de Co
verly—the Victorian Conga—and evi
dence that the poor must not be
forgotten.
It is impossible to say whether or
not Mr. Horsley was aware of Edg
ley’s masterpiece, but Horsley had
a friend, and thereby hangs the tale.
Sir Henry Cole, a man with many
friends, was confronted by the task
j of sending them a cheery holiday
j greeting. The quill pens in use a
I century ago sputtered and were ir
ritating, so Sir Henry spoke to
Horsley about the matter. Horsley,
a member of the Royal Academy in
London, was agreeably impressed
and turned opt an appropriate de
sign inscribed simply, “A Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year
to You.” m \
Edgley and Horsley made begin
nings. According to research au
thorities the custom was taken up
in America about 30 years later dur
ing the 1870s when Louis Prang, a
Boston lithographer, printed a cata
logue of Christmas cards.
No matter whether the greeting
is the elaborate descendant of
Edgley’s drawing, or a simple good
wish offered in friendship as worked
out by Sir Henry and Horsley, or
the glorious echo of the angels’
enunciation, send that Christmas
card to the boy in the service—and
to his loved ones keeping faith at
home.
Woman’s World
This is no place for a man—take
Bobby’s word for it. But Sis doesn’t
care. She knows exactly what she
wants for Christmas. In fact, she
already has her hands on it. And
that smile on her face comes as
close as anything could to denoting
complete satisfaction with conditions
in general.
Hearty Eating Cheered
English at Christmastide
In old England they had many
dishes which we seldom hear of now.
There was “frumenty,” a dish made
of wheat which is still sometimes
served in Yorkshire, ale posset,
Shropshire “wigs,” and carroway
buns dippsd in ale. Yule doughs or
“dows” were eaten everywhere, and
in Coventry they made their famous
Godcake. Tansy, too, was a favorite
dish. This was made with eggs
and cream, flavored with the juice
of tansy, an extremely bitter, aro
matic herb. In addition there was
Christmas brawn, “connynges” in
gravy, and a host of dishes that
have since died out.
Christmas vtas never a national
festival in Scotland, but at this peri
od of the year new “sowens” were
always eaten. These were made
from the husks and siftings of oat
meal mixed with molasses, and to
all accounts were delicious.
Mince Pies for Luck—
That’s British Tradition
One of England’s gay Christmas
traditions centers around its delec
table mince pies. It seems that each
mince pie eaten between Christmas
Eve and Twelfth Night will ensure
a whole month of good luck In the
coming year. *
That works out to just about a pie
a day for 12 days, to cover the cal
endar year — a stunt that would
seem more likely to cause chronic
dyspepsia than good fortune. But
these aren’t the pies we Americans
are accustomed to—the English
mince pie is about the size of a
doughnut. To eat a dozen in as
many days is no trick at all, when
two or three of them can be gobbled
with a cun of tea.
OLD CLOTHING
(From Front Page—Second Sec.)
club are boosting the campaign
in Brevard and home demonstra
tion clubs are promoting it in the
county.
Elsewhere in this issue, the
Whiteway Dry Cleaners are mak
ing an urgent appeal to the pub
lic on behalf of the government.
“As cold weather approaches,
millions of people in conquered
Europe, China and Africa are
without adequate clothing and
many of them will freeze to
death,” Mr. Wyatt stated.
“You can help prevent many
deaths from cold by going through
your closets and getting out your
old discarded clothing and contrib
uting them through this drive.
“Shipments will be made by the
government and this program will
also help in the promotion of our
peace plans.
“The drive is short. You only
have 10 days in which to co-ope
rate. Don’t delay. Do your part to
day and you will enjoy both
Thanksgiving and Christmas a
great deal more.”
Everything is wanted except
Let Christmas Renew
Hope for the Future
Open your hearts and minds to
the spirit and sincerity of Christmas
Greetings, both between intimates
and our outside friends Forget
present difficulties and live again
the Christmas of innocent and better
days. Let it renew hope for the
future, with a resolve that the best
impulses of our nature shall assist
the character building of the real
lesson of the Christmas season
Wandering Souls Entertained
It is still customary in Ireland to
burn candles in the windows and set
cups and saucers on the tables for
the entertainment of wandering
souls from Purgatory, who are be
lieved to enjoy coming home for
Christmas.
hats, caps, shoes, gloves, garters,
rubbers, overshoes, collars, sus
penders, belts, spats, leather leg
gings, rubber coats, brassiers,
slippers, etc.
Ministers, teachers, and all
civic organizations are urged to
co-operate in boosting this drive.
Color blindness is found pre
dominantly among males.
Timely Hints For
Farm Homemakers
BY RUTH CURRENT
If not for this year, then for
next, line a stone crock with grape
leaves, fill it up with little green
tomatoes' and dill. Use the same
strength brine as you would for
cucumbers. The finished product
resembles small green olives.
Use a transparent ruler for mak
ing hems or measuring button
hole^, it will make the sewing
job much easier.
If your scissors develop a catch
when you’re cutting, borrow an
old-time trick from the tailors,
open them wide and draw them
over your hair in the back, turn
them over and do the same with
the other side. This oils the blades
just the least bit, enough to make
them work smoothly.
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Store all table fats in covered
dishes in the refrigerator. Place
them on the shelf next to the
freezer compartment. Keep them
away from foods with strong fla
vors and odors.
Return them to the refrigerator
immediately after using, and do
not leave cooking fats standing on
the stove.
Save pork, beef, and ham fats
for cooking eggs, seasoning vege
tables, and for baking beans and
peas. Store them, covered in the
refrigerator.
To save chicken fat, strain it
and pour it into a bowl, and allow
to congeal. Remove the congealed
portion and store, covered, in the
refrigerator.
Some of the old cattle drives
from Texas to the northern plains
involved 8000 cattle and took four
or five months.
It is estimated that nearly 9,
000,000 eggs will become inedible
in North Carolina this year be
cause of improper production,
handling and storing, — enough
eggs for 24,660 soldiers for a year.
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