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At a social gathering I noticed among those present a tall, white haired man with little pince-nez glasses and a big smile. So 1 walk ed over and shook hands with Ber nard Baruch. being careful to speak in the general direction of his ever - present ear-phone, a gadget he is actually proud to wear. 1 told him I always enjoyed writing about him in my column. The eldee statesman and native of Camden." S C. who in his 84 years has been adviser to President*, and park bench philosopher for the millions, smiled again and said. "I enjoy it too ? when you say something good about me?as for the rest? you can just leave that imprinted!" ? 3 My barber is an Italian-Ameri can, and typical of trade, is not hard to get to talk To the tune of his busy clippers, he sounded ofT into my left ear about Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio. "You see, we Italian-Americans like to keep our women pretty much at home." he informed me. "It's a custom of the old country. Now that there Joe. he's a nice-a fellow quiet. He don't want hisa wife to be messln' around these New York streets gettin' her skirt blowejj up by a wind machine?even if it is for a high-priced movie. No sir that kind of marriage won't work ?f<?f if-, anyway." ? 3 Talk ig with Spring Byington just before she appeared as star in the n? wr CBS television show, "De ceintx ? Bride," I learned that she keeps no scraphook of clippings front her long career-r-the only actress I have met who does not do this. Her secretary -and daughter ?came over about this time and I asked her if her mother's first name, "Spring" was real or a stage name. It is real, she said, then 1 tried to wisecrack by asking why then the show was not named "June Bride" instead of "December Bride", Spring Byington has been a favorite actress of mine ever since 1 used to enjoy her many movies. She told me that being in a television show is entirely different from appearing in movies. Anyway, she seems young in heart !n both media?something a lot of us need in these anxious days. 3 As a contribution to helping the handicapped, I am glad to report ?hat my recent column about a blind hoy, Bill Stanly, has brought hcarl - warming response, From here to Kentucky where he lives, folks have shown a noble attitude of helpfulness. The foundations to whose attention the column was brought by thoughtful readers, have swung into action in a way that gives me a new respect for their effectiveness. Even Helen Keller has become interested?and what is most important?it looks as if Bill Stanly is goin to get some real helo out of it all. From his blind world. Hill tftanks you?and so do I. ?? ? .J?.? Joe Smith says that he would like to see some other baseball team besides a New York one win !he world series. But the facts are. hard as they hit out of townees, I hat other teams have their chance -as Cleveland did?and look what happened. ('Folks out Ohio way would rather not looki And regard less of what Grantland Bice wrote ibout the important thing being not winning hut how you play the game, that old score at the end of the game is usually what counts-? 'n the records and bank accounts, at least We folks here would like to see a change too Why not Balti-i more or Chicago as champs, for' Instance? Anyway, the players themselves just work for the New' York teams. They live in the Caro linas or Indiana or Texas or Ten-1 nessee or somewhere similar and just gravitate here when they make good somewhere else ?-3? - - \ \ Gotham Gatherings: for what ever it means. Louis K. Wolfson of Florid^ who is trying to get con trol of Montgomery-Ward has re tained as his public relations coun sel David Charnay of this city front man for John L. Lewis . an actor who plays a postman on a television show here received a card saving he was doing a fine job and signed "Your Postman" . . , it used to be that when sky scrapers were built here, the 13th floors were omitted. Now most of the new buildings are including the so-called unlucky 13th stories. HOPS FOR A HAPPY CHRISTMAS FOURTEEN-MONTH-OID Craig Batchelder smiles as his mother, Mrs. Barbara Batchelder, plays with him in his crib at their Newbury port, Mass., home. Both were stricken with polio last June. They are now taking exercises five times ? week, hoping they will be able to have Craig's baby sister come to live with them by Christmas. Chinese - Americans Give Christmas Oriental Flavor By JANE EADS WASHINGTON ? Though the celebration of Sun Neen, or New Year's," is always the most im portant of Chinese festivals. Chris tian Chinese observe Christmas as1 most American families do. This is true of the more than' 117.000 Chinese living in the Uni ted States, especially where there are children. There is the tree, ex change of gifts, turkey dinner, even the singing of old carols. However, in Communist China there is no celebrating, not even ' of the beloved New Year's, which | for the Chinese arrives Jan. 24. j one week before their old year j ends. Then the god of the kitchen | ascends to heaven to report alt! virtues and vices of each member of the family. I Chinese Ambassador, Welling-, ton Koo, a non-Christian, and Mrs.. Koo. who is a Catholic, usually; spend the Christmas season away | from Washington in warmer cltm-! ate. Miss S. H Tan, wife of the Chinese minister, savs she and her husband and son, Henry. 17, an en- ; gineering student at Yale Univer sity. and many of their friends have i a turkey or roast duck with all the trimmings "iMy hobby is cooking, and my first interest is in American j dishes, "Mrs. Tan told me as she emerged from a classroom at the YWCA where she's been conduct ing classes in the preparation of her native Chinese recipes. Mrs. Tan prefers a Chinese New Year's dessert for Christmas ?eight treasure pudding. This is a concoction of one pound glutinous rice boiled until water is evaporated and mixed with 1 -2 cup of suet and V4 cud of sugar, cooked very slowly until rice is done. Also used are one-third cup of blanched nuts and same of lotus seeds 'obtainable at local Chinese grocers' and cooked with 2 tablespoons barley: cup of drag on's eyes or raisins, 8 cut-up lirUhf'W 1 ?? !? utt honni o/1 dot/... l ' , r- - JIUMVJUVI uaic.i, ' ' J j cup candied cherries and small amounts of candied orange peel and green candied fruit. You arrange a thin layer of the rice in a well-larded mold, then place some of the fruits and nuts in rows or designs and press them into the surface so they'll show lat er on. Over this you alternate oth er layers of rice and fruit and nuts. Then you place the mold in a steamer, let steam about 30 to 40 minutes and turn out on a hot plat ter This dessert got its name from the small objects some Chinese put in the pudding. These include the dragon pearl, a charm against fire; Chinese coins, a sign of pros perity; little books to ward off evil spirits and so on. Transactions In REAL ESTATE Beaverdam Township Lola B Gentry and husband to Howard Miller and wife. Fines Creek Township Fred E. Ferguswn and wife to Frank Ferguson. Frank Ferguson and wife to Fred E. Ferguson. Pigeon Township Gaston Burnett and wife to Ralph Blalock and wife. Dillard li. Grant and wife and others to Ralph Blalock and wife. The Hawaiian Islands wereun known to the Western world until 1778 when they were discovered by C'apt James Cook. State Agency Wins Award For Travel Publicity The North Carolina News Bu-, : i cau won the second place grand award of the Midwest' Travel | Writers' Association for "the most effective overall travel promotion of an area in the world in 1954" | First plaee grand award went to I Miami Beach, Fla. The awards were made at the annual meeting attended by 75 Midwest travel edi tors at the Chicago Press Club to day. Charles Parker, Director of the State News Bureau?a division of the State Department of Conserv ation & Development?received the North Carolina award, which was the second in two years for the North Carolina publicity agency. In 1953 it won the top award for the best travel promotion of an area within the United States. This award was marie for 1954 to the New York State Department of Commerce. The North Carolina prize was in the Grand Award, unlimited field for the entire world, which was open to all common carriers and state and national .travel promo tion agencies. The top award in this field was won last year by Pan American Airways, which this year won the award for the "most effective travel promotion job by a common carrier". The 1954 award for the "best travel news and photo coverage of an area outside the United States" was won by the Hawaii Visitors Bu reau, and the Union Pacific Rail road won the award for the "most original 1954 idea in travel promo lion". Honorable mentions were award ed the State of Kentueky, British Travel Association and Trans World Airlines.. The staff of the prize-winning North Carolina News Bureau con sists of Charles Parker, Director. | Miriam Rabb, Miles Hughey and j Evelyn Covington in news, feature and publications production; Se bastian Sommer and Gus Martin, photographers, and Penny Stam atelos and Margaret Underwood,' secretaries. . The Midwest Travel Writers' As- \ sociation is composed of newspaper and magazine travel editors from the Canadian border as far west as Iowa and as far south as Kentucky and east to include Ohio. Special entries are not considered. but awards are made through ballots of travel editors on the basis of over all performance during the year by travel promotion agencies through out the world. Fred Burns, travel editor of the Cincinnati Times-Star, is president of the association: Leonard R Barnes of Detroit Motor News is vice president; Pearl E. Hafstrom. travel editor of the South Bend. Ind., Tribune, is secretary, and Edgar Jones, editor of the highway Traveler Magazine, is treasurer j Directors are Frank Cipriani. Chi-' cago Tribune: Paul D. Aird, De troit News, and J. Gordon Hecker, j Milwaukee Journal, The Association is four years old. and its awards are the only ones made on an international basis in the travel promotion field. Thus , they are regarded as the "Pulit zer Prizes" of travel news and t feature writing. All A Mistake PARK RIDGE, 111. (API ? The oar was borrowed, the night was cold and dark, and the lock was frozen. The situation had Earl Aykroid sweating. After two hours of failure to un lock the car with help of passers f by who used fire on the keyhole, [wire through the ventilating win dow and a by-pass for the ignition, he saw it was the wrong car. The borrowed car was parked one car behind and the key unlocked: it and started it with hardly no i effort at all. . The Simplon tunnel between Italy and Switzerland is rated as the world's longest railway tunnel j In Top Form ? aawm?MUM??^m ALFREDO MENDOZA. world water ski champion, is shown at a Florida lake resort, tuning up for the Mexican water ski tour nament to be held at Acapulco December 10-12. Alfredo shows the form of a champion by tak ing Joan Faye Brown along for a ride. She is Florida's "Queen of Light." (international) Greetings! SENECA, S. C. iAP)?A Seneca youth received the latest edition from a book club, "No Time For Sergeants." In the same mail came the young man's draft notice. 1 Smart Driver Say, 'Mn Thank Yon' Wh n 0 ^ Drink Before Ta:- jpg ^ RALEIGH ? "vvnen ilie smart driver is offered 'one for the road' he says 'No thanks?I'm'driving!'" That advice came this week | from Assistant Motor Vehicle* Commissioner Joe W. Garrett as lie discussed the Motor Vehicles agen cies plans for traffic safety through the Christmas holidays. "11" any driver doubts the wis dom of my words." said Garrett, "I ask him to visit his local morgue jr funeral home and view some if the results of drinking and driv !ng. I believe one such visit would ?onvince anv skeptic that drinking and driving are a fatal combination. "It takes strong proof to con vince some motorists that they may not only kill themselves by drink ing and driving, but also endanger ? he lives of innocent victims, "According to the National Snfe 'v Council, the driver had been drinking in one out of five fatal accidents in this country in 19">3. Here in North Carolina one out of I 1 I be -11ipr ,i I I ' ? ,J 1 J i t It h: ? ? 1 ' "all WOUll 1 "1 I ' "? irl tab i 1 trip 1 I ' t" I' 1! .,J t-their ?' pai, ,nl hk. 1 1 1 ? : I .. J I l*iRht all ' I piece. 1 T1IE FLETCHER SCHOOL OF l> \\TIN INVITES PARENTS AND CHILDREN TO VISIT OUR STt itlil IN Waynesville At 102 Main St. SATURDAY CLASSES ARE NOW SI \IMI\?. SEE THE FLETCHER IIAM I 111 Ml SATURDAY. 7:00 I'. M. 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