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Modern Toys

Foster Spirit

|Of Fair Play

| formance of the pageant,

Christmas gifts designed to pro- | Night"—the first having been

mote greater use of the imaginationamong children in the five to eight-year-old group have been planned by'toymakers throughout the nation.

Encouraging the spirit of inde-pendence and fostering group cre-ative play, the new type toys teachthe youngsters to think for them-selves,

| During the five to eight-year-oldperiod when children are making the

transition from babyhood to reality.School days begin for them. Thewise, thoughtful parent selects toysfor them which stimulate groupplay. Dull, to those children, arethe toys that obviously teach a les-son. But interesting are the toys

i that teach a lesson under the guiseof fun and not in the classroom.{Mathematics can be fun if the| youngster applies it to countingchange for customers in his make-believe store at home.

_ “After being in the classroom allday, children want to release all thenervous energy within them. Toyssuch as tricycles, small scooters andjunior bikes are helpful for the guid-ance of all such young exuberance.

Christmas Cards

Are Personalized

Through Pictures

Photographic Christmas greetingcards have been gaining in populari-ty during the past few years.

The possibilities are widespreadas far as the kind or type you wouldwish to send. There can be grouppictures, individual pictures, humor- ous ones, big and small types.

Even the greeting itself can be in-cluded with the picture ofthe per-son or persons through the use of |a large printed card. Humor is in- |jected into the cards by having a |Santa Claus drawn on a large back-ground, with a hole left in the spotwhere the face should be. Anyyoung member of the family needbut put his head in through thehole for the finished effect.

if you are not a good photogra-pher, or have doubts as to whetheryou could take such a suitable pic-ture, you should know at least three

or four persons who are willing totake the picture for you.

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It doesn’t take long to grow a

suitable size Christmas tree from aseedling. That is one of the reasonswhy there isn’t much possibility thatthe mation’s supply of Christmastrees will reacf: a point of depletion,

Many farmers, having some acresof soil not suitable for regular farm-ing turn the ground over to produc-ing evergreens for Christmas use.Many have thus undertaken the es-

tablishment of Christmas tree plan-tations where harvesting is conduct-ed on a sustained yield basis.

Most ef the balsams, spruce, hem-locks, pines, cedars and firs usedfor this purpose are the product ofnorthern swamp lands.

Origin of Yule GiftsThe giving of gifts to the poor at

Christmas time originated with thebelief that the Christ Child some-times came to the door as a beggar. aNYee

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Christmas Play

To Be Repeated

In Connecticut

This year marks the 31st free per-‘Holy

in1912. A family affair, three mem-

bers of the original cast, besidessons and grandsons of others, aretaking part in the 1942 performance.

The villagers don’t take their act-ing, and the play itself, in a light,or casual manner. Even though ittakes but one hour, the play is re-hearsed over and over again, yearafter year. The first rehearsals be-gin just after Thanksgiving whencostumes are taken from the attic,and players begin to drop aroundin the evenings.When the play was first given, it

was held at the town hall which had

a leaky roof. When it rained, wa-ter came down on the lamps, thecast and the audience. Another dis-advantage was the lack of audiencespace. The play had to be giventwo or three times a night so thatthe many villagers from neighboringtowns could see it.Even with a larger and newer

home the play still “packs them in.”As did their parents many yearsago, the audience and members ofthe cast see the same simple sceneof the Annunciation, the Child in themanger at Bethlehem, the Adora-tion of the Magi, and the presence ofthe Angels—all played in panto-mime.A piano provides the only music

for the various scenes, during whichare played the songs ‘‘Holy Night,”“He Shall Feed His Flock’ fromthe Messiah, and Handel's ‘‘Largo.”The music, too, like the pageant it-self, is the same as it was 30 yearsago.

SAN FRANCISCO.—Anything canhappen during the Christmas rushin the department stores here. A re-cent trip by a reporter to the storein search of a story was the causeof him being shunted off to the ‘‘Lostand Found Department.”

There he found a story. Besidesbeing true, it also was interestingin that it gave a slard on the stateof shoppers’ minds during the rushwhen presents have to be purchasedfor those almost forgotten.

Gloves, said the lady in charge,are objects that shoppers seem to

leave most on counters and floors ofthe store. Each day at least a bag-ful of gloves, singles most of thetime, are turned in to the lost andfound department. Considering thenumber of single gloves lost, thewoman suggested that gloves shouldbe sold in three’s.

Animals are also turned in to thelost and found. Also such pets ascanaries, turtles and goldfish. Par-ents buy pets for their children atChristmas time and then, becauseof the difficulty in carrying them, inholdinz them when making change,set them down somewhere and also

forget to pick them up when off insearch for another bargain.

False teeth are also forgotten bythe harried shoppers. Most of thetimes the teeth are turned in fromthe store’s tearoom, the telephonebooths, or the restrooms.

YuletideThis is Christmas! The laughter

of millions of children of a hundredracial heritages mingles with thebells that summon the devout toworship in freedom at altars of theirchoice. Christmas tree lights blazebravely through unshuttered win-dows. Motor cars move to friendlyplaces. There is food in abundance,and general good will over the land.This is Christmas—in America.

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REGENT DEATHSAugustine i. Farabaugh,

Augustine E. Farabaugh, aged 84

years, died on Tuesday night of last |

weck at his nome 1m ailegheny town-ship. runeral services were conduct- |

ed last k'riday morning in St. Mich- |

ael’s Catholic church at Loretto andinterment was in the church ceme-

ery.

Samuel Walk.Samuel Walk, aged about 70, a cob-

bler who lived alone in Dysart, diedunexpectedly at 6:45 on Thursday ev-ening last. A young boy who had tak-

en a pair of shoes to be repaired dis-cavered the cobbler lying dead on thefloor of his home. Conorner PatrickMcDermott said death resulted from

a heart attack.

Mrs. Emma Lewis.

Mrs. Emma (Moris) Lewis, 79, of :

Hastings, died at 10:15 o'clock last

Wednesday evening at her home. Shewas the wife of Samuel Lewis who

survives with these sons: Frank and

Harry ,both at home, and Charles ofHastings. A half brother, W. S. Smithof Johnstown, also survives. A daugh-

ter of Chas. and Anna Lamb Morris,

Mrs. Lewis was born in West Nanti-coke Sept. 14, 1863. She had lived in

Hastings for 48 years. Services were

conducted on Saturday afternoon atthe home of her son, Charles Lewis.

Burial was made in Union cemetery.

Mrs. Sara Lodico.

Mrs. Sara (Mastasi) Catanese-Lo-

dico died at her home in Barnes earlyMonday morning. She was born in [t-aly and was the widow of Joseph Lo-dico who died in 1937. She is surviv-

ed by two children, Mrs. Joseph Bran-

cato, Barnesboro, and Nick Lodico,

at home; two step sons, John Lodicoof Barnesboro, and Jack Lodico, of

Garman; three step daughters, Mrs.

Tony Albanese, of Barneshoro; Mrs.

Mike Lamark, of Barnesboro, and

Mrs. Tony Mazzerese of ionFuneral services will be held Thurs-

day morning in the Mt. Carmel Cath-olic church and interment will be in

the church cemetery.

Mrs. Catherine Bendzala.

Funeral services for Mrs. Cather-

ine Bendzala, 72, who died on Wed-

nesday of last week in the Spanglerhospital, were conducted on Saturdaymorning in St. Bernard's CatholicChurch at Hastings with burial in the

church cemetery. Mrs. Bendzala hadbeen a resident of Hastings for thepast 40 years. Her husband expired12 years ago. She leaves five child-ren: Mary, wife of George Garcar, ofStruthers, Ohio; Catherine, wife ofAnthony Milchak; Elizabeth, wife ofJoseph Seraphin, and Anna, wife ofSteve Batista, all of Hastings, andJulia, wife of James Roche, of Pitts-burgh. Also surviving are two sisters:Mrs, Mary Cisrich, Sharon, and Mrs.Anna Marcinko, Youngstown, Ohio.The deceased was a member of theGreek Catholic League, 72, of Has-tings.

Mrs. Anna Panzy.

Mrs. Anna Panzy, 26, of Bakerton,

died on Thursday morning last in theColver hospital where she had been asurgical patient. She was born in Ba-

kerton July 10, 1916, a daughter ofMr. and Mrs, Jacob Litzin. She is sur-

vived by her husband, Thomas Panzyand these children: Thomas, Jr., Pau-

line, Mary Louise, and Ann Shirley,

all at home. Her mother, Mrs. Sophia

Litzin is living, as are these brothersand sisters: Jacob, Patton; Anthony,

Bakerton; Thomas, with the U. S. Ar-my; George, Bakerton; John, New

York State; Joseph, Wilkes-Barre;

Mrs, Paul Lewarchick, Lakewood, O.;

and Mrs. Nellie Lucher and Mary Lit-

zin, both of New York State. Funeral

services were held on Monday morn-ing in the Sacred Heart Church atBakerton and interment was made in

the church cemetery.

Mrs. Lizzie L. Wood,

Mrs. Lizzie L. (Smith) Wodo, pro-

minent Barnesboro resident, died at

9:30 on Sunday night at the home ofher son, Attorney Frank B. Wood in

Barnesboro. She was the widow of

Rev, James A. Wood, former minis-

ter in Wilmington, Delaware. In addi-tin to Attorney Wood she is survived

by a daughter, Mrs. John E. Lewis,

Wilmington, Del. A son, Dr. James

F. Wood, former Barnesboro physi-

cian, passed away in 1939.Mrs. Wood was born in Eldora,

Cape May County, N. J.,, July 29,

1855, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lo-renzo D.. SmithA number of grandchilren also sur-!

vive. Funeral rites were conducted on |Monday morning at the Wood home

with Rev. J. C. Switzer, pastor of theMethodist Church in Barnesbore of-ficiating. The body was taken to Wil-

mington, Del.,, where additional ser- |vices were held, followed by interment

in Riverview cemetery at Norristown.

Mrs. Frances Campbell.

Mrs. Frances (Costlow) Campbell,

aged 80 years, a resident of Patton

for the past forty-five years, died at

midnight last Friday at the home ofher son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and

Mrs. William Lamont, in Ebensburg.

She had been spending a visit with

the Lamonts when she was taken ill.She was the widow of Frank Camp-

bell, former Pennsylvania Coal andCoke Corporation official, who died

fifteen years ago.Mrs. Campbell was born in England

on May 18, 1862. She is survived by

the following children: Mrs. Lamont,

mentioned above; Mrs. C. A. Tague,

Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Ralph A, Litz-inger, Patton; Jean and John T.

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andandJosephs Gareabell San Jose,ifornia. She also leaves a sister, Mrs.

Charles Bagley, Columbus, Ohio, and |

six grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at ten|

o'clock on Tuesday morning in St. |

Mary's Catholic church, of which she |

was a member, the requiem mass be-Father Florian,|

O. S. B, rector. Interment was made |

in the church cemetery. |

John Ww. Mande,John W.:Maude, aged 80 years, re-

tired foreman of the Century Ribbon |Silk Mill, at Patton, and lay minis-

ter in the Episcopal church, died at |four o'clock on Sunday morning at |

his home at 410 McIntyre avenue, in|

Patton. He had been in ill health for |

the. past ten days.A native of England, Mr. Maude

was born July 27, 1862, a son of Johnand Mary (Taylor) Maude, both de-

ceased. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Hu-

ston) Maude, died 28 years ago. |Mr, Maude came to this country, 54

years ago and for the past 40 years

has been making his home in Patton.He operated a cooperative store in

Patton for a number of years before|entering the employ of the Century|Ribbon Mills. He served the company

for 23 years, the greater number ofyears as a foreman, before retiring

ten years ago. |He is the last of a family of five | Campbell, both at home; Walter E. Campbell, serving with the United

States Army at St. Augustine, Fla.;

brothers and sisters. He is survivedby his daughter, Mrs. Harry Gairth,

of Patton, five grandchildren, and five

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5Eroronsmsasssorasessesssoresesaesasnsions| riety of St. Boniface’s Catholic chur-

He became well known in the north | ch. He also belonged to the Hastingscounty district while serving as a; Volunteer Fire Company and the Loy-

supply pastor in the Episcopal chur- | al Order of Moose, Hastings.

ch. Funeral services were conducted | Funeral services were conducted at

on Wednesday of this week in Holy | 10 o'clock on Monday morning with aTrinity Church, by the Rev. C. A. | requiem high mass in St. Boniface’sThomas, of Barnesboro, and inter-| Catholic church, Rev. Father George

| ment was made in Fairview cemetery. | Brugger officiating. Interment wasinZZ | the church cemetery,

Thaddeus Kibler. | mreWere

Thaddeus Kibler, 66, a well known

| Elder township farmer, died on Wed-| RED “0FILLiT QUOTA

inesday evening of last week in the|

Mercy hospital at Altoona, where he|| had been a patient for one day. He| To date, 148of a quota of 500 kithad resided near St. Boniface on the | Pags of the Susquehanna Branch ofKibler homestead. Mr. Kibler was | Cambria County Chapter, American

| born October 29, 1876, a son of Geo. | Red Cross, already are made, it wasand Magdalene (Thomas) Kibler. | reported at a session of the Branch

Surviving in addition to his widow| on Monday evening in the Americanare eight chilren—Robert, with the]| Legion Home, Carrolltown, and theU. S. Coast Guard, in Buffalo, N. Y.| remaining 52 will be made within aHilary, St. Boniface; Mrs. Waldon| few days.Drass, St. Boniface; Mrs, Bernard| Reports on activities of participat-Yahner, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Simon |ing towns were made from represen-

| Loretto;

| Kibler, both of Akron,

Wess, New Germany; Wilfred and Ri- tatives from Emeigh, Barnesboro,

chard, both of St. Boniface, and Sec-ond Lieutenant Adrian Kibler, sta-

| tioned at Camp Livingston, La.Mr. Kibler was a brother of Mrs.

Margaret Cence and Mrs. Mary Seni-elsberger, both of Hastings; Mrs.

Fred Endler, Elder township; Martin

Kibler, Chest Springs; George Kibler,Thomas Kibler, Tyrone and

Mrs. Carter Spatts and Miss Lena M.

Ohio,

The deceased was a member of the

Holy Name Society and the Altar So-

Carrolltown, and St. Benedict, Miss

Iva Sellers, vice chairman of the Cam-bria county chapter, and Mrs. Harry

Bandell, branch adviser, attended the

meeting.N

Compliments.The State Department of Com-

merce has received numberous com-plimentary letters on the unique

handicraft exhibit at the recent In-ternational Handicraft Exposition inNew York City.