Williamston Stores Are Filled With Brilliant INew Gifts
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Sau l a Claus In Town
Willi A Full Gift Bag
Additional Goods
Unpacked Daily
By Local Stores
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Santa Claus has come to town,
his groat gift bag overflowing
with glittering, glamorous uni
useful things for giving; his -yes
1 winkling a heart warming in
vitation for everyone to lose no
time in coming downtown to see
his wonderful collection of Mid
Century Gifts
Santa Claus has come to town
very- early indeed this year—far
in advance of the exciting holi
day itself to give everyone the
best possible opportunity to
choose wluit they will give to
their loved ones and friends with
care and coiisjderal inn
Santa has eoti.e to town early
so that none need lark the ehance
to make the 19I>0 Yuletide the
most perfect in all history for
their friends and loved ones
A great corps of assistants lias
unloaded the Contents of his ov
erflowing pack, spread them on
gaily bedecked couplers and
shelves in stores of our city, u
await your admiring inspection.
Tonight, show windows scintil
late with myriad sue, estions for
giving that you will find multi
plied ten fold inside the stores
themselves tomorrow, when you
go down town to see for yourself
And this special supplement to
your favorite newspaper is
brought to you with the coopera
tion of Old St Nick and his as
sistants to give you a preview of
his collection and to help you
chart your course through the
Christinas gift wonderland that
awaits you.
There are several reasons, es
prcialh important this year, why
Christmas gift shopping should
fie started without delay.
First is the fact that with one
out of almost thirty of our men
folk in the armed forces this year
there is a heap of mailing that
must he done early to make sun
all gel their gifts on time
This means it's wee to shop
early.
Second, while the vast pr.iduc
tiveness of our nation has In-ought
us an amazingly bountiful array
of exciting, beautiful and practical
gilts, there are many more pen
pie to give them to than ever be
fore.
Interest in some of the newer
and more exciting gifts is so high
stocks may disappear quickly and
those who delay their dropping
may he unable to get delivery
in time for Christmas day
Gilt List Longer
Third, with alinrst everyone's
THE BEST
GIFT UE ALE...
Your Portrait
For those Noll love the liest
...and want to please the
most ... give a portrait of
yourself, ( '.all or drop in for
in appointment now while
there is still lime lor "helot e
Christinas'" delivery.
ROYAL
Photographic
Coaler
WILUAMSTON, N. C.
Phoiu* 2876
VO IK CIM’INTMAS DOOKVVAY
is .i happy prophecy of llic glad
holiday cheer that reigns within.
The wreath that can be lighted
is designed by Stanley VVesscl.
gift giving list longer this year
titan ever before, everyone is go
ing to need more time to shop for
the perfect gilt. And there is so
mill'll to do before Christmas day
to prepare the home for the won
derful occasion.
Hotter start Christmas Gift
Shopping immediately.
The ingenuity of Old St. Nick,
aided and abetted by the resource
fulness of American industry and
liOth Century progress in the de
velopment of new materials and
tlu' application of traditional ma
terials to new uses, has transform
ed what once were considered i
pn siae items, into glittering lew
gifts, and has brought into ox
lstencc new de\ices for work sav
ing, and entertainment for ihe 1
whole family.
There are extra special treats;
for all the younsters in toylund i
this year, where new plastics have
made possible the production of,
sturdier longer lasting toys that
will mean longer lasting joys for
the children.
Toyland is characterized this
war hy amazingly realistic repro 1
duct ions in minature of almost
every device used in the practical
world that excites the imagination
d' children And they are working
models which not only will de
light but will instruct young girls
and buys
Life like Dulls
riayland is peopled with dolls 1
that act, talk and actually toddle
hue real live babies and many
have soft to the touch skin tex
tures that will make little girls
m|c ■1 with happiness. There are
big dolls and little dolls and cha
racter dolls and of course western
dolls too.
There is glamour in gifts for the
rirls- the older girls who prize
glamour so much and the mature
girls who look forward to Christ
mas as a glamourous occasion j
that will make gifts of beauty as
well as gifts that will be cherished >
for their usefulness.
There is glamour also in the
gifts for men this year as well as
the essence qf the practical which
they prize so highly Wearables,
gadgetry and sports equipment
furnish endless choices to suit
every personality.
This too is a year when gifts
for the home will be high on the
list because they can contribute
sn much the year' round to make
the occasion a memorable one.
This is the year when Santa has
come to town early to help you
make Christmas gay and happy
and lasting for all of your friends
and loved ones.
Key Itselils Key j
To Giving A Car
Key to the most exciting way to
give a new automobile to someone
for Christmas is the ear key it
self. Put it in a little jewel box
Wrap it as carefully us you would
a fine watch Put it under the
I tree.
I Then, when the surprised re
I cipient opens the box, make sure
■ there is a little message, in ad
dition to your love, that tells him
or her that ‘ this little key will
really take you places, if you’ll
just step outside the house and
j find the door it opens.”
Make It A Perfect Christmas For All
I)d you want to make this cum
in,; Christmas the best and hap
piest that you have ever exper
ienced'' Then you'll take Santa's
advice.
Don't lose a single moment.
Don't be lulled into careless think
ing by a glance at the calendar.
We know Christmas is several
weeks away yet.
I letter .start your Christmas
shopping early! Start now
Don’t lose any time.
As tt mailer of fact you can
star! immediately, while you are
holding this special section of
your favoi ite newspaper in your
hands.
To help your start Christmas
Clift planning list without delay,
is why this Clift Guide is being
brought to you early by Simla
with the cooperation of his en
thusiastie- corps of home town
aides.
Pore over its pages Study the
many faeinating gift suggestions
you’ll find in if, with thought of
your friends and loved ones in
mind.
Head the announcements of our
leading stores as published in j
'this scetion They arc all ready
I with their preparations to help
you start your Christmas Shop
1 pin ft early.
We're till going to need more
i time this year to complete out
Christmas Gift Giving lists, if we
want to make sure that no one
is forgotten.
Mo;)t families arc bigger this
year Ilian ever before. Remember
the burn her imps of babies, the
greater number of marriages that
have taken place (luring the past
several years.
Many of the babies of yester
year are crown children now and
you won't want to forget them.
More marriages have expanded
our Circles of 1>. th relatives and
warm friends.
We don't want to forget any of
them.
And very, very important in
deed, are the gifts we must choose
for our men in the foreign ser
vices.
Some are in foreign lands, some
camps, many are on ships and in
in combat, some closer home in
the air.
No matter where they are we
do not, want them to be without
a i’il'1 from us for Christmas That
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: means especially early shopping.
The expansion in our gift lists is
[ going to put an extra heavy bur
j den on our stores this year. The
■ supply of some eagerly wanted
j gifts, may be exhausted before
! the late shoppers can get around.'
to them.
Those who shop early will find
i frresh, unbroken assortments of
• gifts from which to make their
j selections.
Those who shop early will find
clerks less harried and less hur
ried and therefore better able to
| help you in choosing the gifts
you want to buy.
Wise Christmas shoppers will
make it a point to be in the stores |
tomorrow to look over the win- !
tierful collection of gifts Santa
has brought to town.
Wise Christmas shoppers will
make it a point to select at least
one gift a day -maybe more—and
tuck them away for giving on
Christmas day.
This is the way to make sure
that for your friends and loved
ones, that Christinas 1950 will be
bright and gay.
SHE'S TUNING IN ON
('HKISTM AS in happy antici
pation of all the wonderful
tiling's to come on the Great
Day. Ilcr Motorola “Itadio
l.arm” clock may very well
have hern an early gift arrival.
ki;i:p :iick warm and phkt
TY us a gilt shortie robe she'll
wear lor lounge, and (if she's
very young) for study. Above,
a ouilled knee-length eoat in
pastel rayon erepe over inateh
ing pajamas by Weisinan.
PURSE PROUD she is, indeed,
with a Yule gift handbag that
makes lor smart accessorizing
with every thing, everv day.
City Flair handbag in suede by
Bienen Davis.
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Wrapping Beips
Hake Impression
It’s not the Rift but the wrap
pings that often make the most I
important impression of ali as to j
whether the holiday token was se
lected "especially for you” or hur
riedly chosen with nary a feel in;; i
for the recipient’s tastes and per j
sonality.
With the many new papers, rib 1
bons, slickers and tags in ovi-1
dence this year, gift wrapping,
can and should be happier, more
personalized experience for all
giver and receiver alike than
ever before.
For instance, if you've die men
folk’s gifts on hand, keynote their
pipe-and-slipper masculinity with
simple dramatic wrappings Unit
feature broad, yet Christmas-eol
orl’ul stripes or monotoe scroll
work motifs of green, gold or red
all sturdily, in a holiday-mood,
tied with wide red or green vih
bons.
Then, for the ladies, bring thoii
fomininty to the fore with tin
selly papers of silver, gold or mul
ti-hued bubbly prints that have
delicate ribbons tied round about
with a multitude of bows. Or play
up to their appreciation’of whim
sy with little pine cone corsages
nr tiny dolls you’ve made your
self, clipped onto their gift pack
ages.
THAT Oil) WILD WEST
Ml SIC sounds gayer than ever
on Christmas morning with this
ukulele and minature spinet de
signed to delight every young
cowboy and girt.
AND 'ROUND HER NECK she
will wear a nrettv scarf you so
thoughtfully give her for Christ
inas. Wide or narrow, long or
short, a scarf is always a prized
gift. The rose printed satin
scarf above is by Glentex.
HANKERING FOR HANKIES?
Then pamper him this Yufe with
an entire wardrobe of them.
Colorful prints for sport, crisp
whites for dress-up occasions,
monoKrammed styles to show
you had just him in mind.
FOK SAFE KEEPING, a bill
fold she'll value for its looks
and safety aids. By Buxton
Exchange Christmas Gifts
i:xc H ANGIN’G GIFTS OX CHRISTMAS MORNING means a
host of pleasant surprise: and the good feeling that comes only
with giving. Here, he offers his tokens of the l>av to a happy and
just a trifle curious young lady. Roth are wearing earlier gift
arrivals, a weskit for Her, a sleeveless pullover for llim, both
made to look exactly like real fur of Avisco rayon.
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A LINGERING HOLIDAY MEMENTO to send those special peo
ple on your list who deserve more than just a Christmas card, is
this sweetly scented sachet that tits right into an envelope and
serves as a lasting token as well as extendin'? a say holiday greet
ing. By Gonrielli.
Tlic joy of receiving tvill l>e
two-fold for the kiddies when
their gifts are wrapped vvitli their
happy interests in mind. Ribbons
that say “Merry Christmas,” ov
erlays of crisp cellophane, papers
with Santas and reindeers pranc
ing about, all of them can express
your loving thoughts of them and
insure the younger set a truly
joyous Yule
Coordinate Wrappings
If you'd like to personalize your
gifts with patterns identical to
these of your Christmas cards,
there are coordinated wrappings,
stickers, tags and Christmas cards
keye d to most every mood of eve
ry member of the family. And
this includes everything from
jolly snowmen scampering about j
a sign reading “from both of us"
to youngset themed motifs dud .
feature Charles Dickens’ Tiny !
rim.
Above all, let your choice of
wrappings this Yule make that
ittle sticker reading “Don't Open
Until Christmas”
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See Our Selection Of
Toys For The Children
Lilley’s Toy Shop
||: J. H. Lilley N. llaiighton St.
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Legendary Story
About Christmas
In an old song about the twelve
days of Christmas the fifth day
is marked by the line "the fifth
day of Christmas my true love
sent me five gold lings " In many
parts of Europe December sixth
is St. Nicholas Day. and acord
ing to the Jewelry Indusdrv
Council, this is the day that he
gives presents to the good child
ren and a switch for the bad. Af
ter this day until Christmas the
children go about carrying good
luck switches. The idea is to use
these switches on their elders and
collect Christmas gifts in return.
IKUK Sfctt!!
Make Certain All
Presents Will Be
Ready Christinas
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Park anil Address Carefully
All Presents To Re
Soul By Mail
First on every Christmas Gift
Shopping list this year should be
the gifts that you are going to
have to entrust to Uncle Sam for
delivery. 1
If you want to make sure that
they reach their destine.tic»i be
fore Christmas Day, then don't
wait until the last minute. Every
thing now points t i the heaviest
burden of Christmas mail in his
tory.
One cardinal rule to remember
is that, the further the gift has to
travel the more time should be
allowed for the postman to make
the delivery.
Best plan is to double wrap the
gift. Do it first in gay gift wrap
ping, after making sure that the *
gift will not rattle around in its
box.
Then put the "gift wrapped”
package into a corrugated con
tainer < f sufficient strength and
.^•curely enough bound for you to
be sure that the package will not
be damaged en-route.
And finally, have the package
weighed carefully and be sure you
have enough postage on it.
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It's A Record For
This Christmas
For music lovers at Christina,
time there is a limitless number
of gifts to choose from in the form
of records, and albums of records
Whether tastes run to classical 01 ►
popular music, you can’t go
wrong Similarly there are special
records and albums for giving to
children.
Since Classical music lovers, us
ually lavish their affection -in a
single composer or school, be sure
►,-to snegk a peak at the collection
before you ntakt your gift choice
If yout-.ee a lot of Brahms, you'll
be on the beam if you choose more ^
Brahms.
Dovers of lighter music often
devote themselves to schools of
arrangement or execution of their
favorite type of music Thus, you
may find a lot of Eddie Condon in
tin' Dixie-land-enthusiast record
library. More of the same type is
the rule here.
In choosing dance records, also
consider the tastes of 1 hi' individ
ual, though here, almost every
thing is welcome.
The field of recorded music for
children is specially noteworthy
for two facts. Most of it is done
on unbreakable plastics. R. C. A
has a wide selection also in color
ful plastics making them espe
cially good Yule gifts Some other
companies are making children’s
records exclusively, they are now
so popular
Finally, be sure to find out what
type of record player your gift
prospect has. If his or hers plays
33 r.p.m. or 45 r.p.m., records, be
sure to choose these and vour gift
will be distinguished for tone and
ease of handling.
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I CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKES I
JS Fruit rich cakes made by Bamby and Bell attractively •**
^ packaged for Christmas giving as well as for home use.
t HOLIDAY FRUITS I
^ Oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, grapes and apples for ?•*
‘gi holiday meals. *
1 CANDIES AND MIXED NUTS I
IP Hard candies chocolates, and nuts of all kinds. Also
iN! candy filled stockings for the kids.
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§ D. L. Hardy Grocery |
■g. Highway 64 Williamston, N. C. jK
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