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PIERRE, S. D. Thcr6
a light on her Christmas tree, yet
Mrs. Ray J. Hummel has so many
admiring visitors she has them
register.
It takes this Pierre housewife,
working alone, several days to
decorate it But she always has
scores of volunteers to help take
it down.
Mrs. Rummel’s attraction is a
"Mother Goose” Christmas tree—
decorated with more than 200
brightly colored cookies
Lots of Work
Every character out of childhood
fairyland adorns the tree. Each
year it takes three or more days
erf baking and icing artistry to
make the ornaments.
There’s Red Riding Hood, Little
Bo Peep (complete with crook),
Goldilocks and the three bears, the
Cat and the Fiddle and the Cow
jumping over the moon. Jack Be
Nimble is jumping over a candle
stick.
There is ample reason why there
.•me so many helpers to take down
the tree. All of the ornaments can
be eaten and Mrs. Rummel invites
the children in for the occasion.
They draw slips of paper to de
termine who gets what character.
Mother Hubbard’s cupboard may
be bare but that doesn’t matter.
It’s edible itself.
Mrs. RummsI started the Mother
Goose Christmas tree in 1938 when
she lived in Neligh, Neb., and her
children were small. The number
of storybook subjects she had to
design and decorate grew as the
number of children her offspring
invited in for the dismantling en
larged.
Although her own children are
bow grown, she’s never bad the
heart to stop.
It's Fun To Mako
Christmas Candle
To make a big Christmas can
4k, melt four cakes of paraffin
wax until they are just soft
enough to stick together.
Insert a piece of cord for a wick
between the second and third.
Then melt a fifth cake of paraffin
completely, beat it to a froth and
spread over the four cakes that
you have stuck together. You wSl
have a large snowy white candle.
If you want another color, just add
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No! jus! "Thank You" ... but
warm and persona; greetings
and best wishes
POK, A
Edward and
Tenora Rockney
Frontier Shop
a colored wax crayon to the par
affin you arc melting for the out
side froth.
Place the candle on a saucer' and
artmnd its base place pine coses, i
bolly or anything suggestive of 3
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Naval Station
Births
Tammy Lou, weighing 4 lbs
3H ozs., was born on Decern be;
2 to Bessie Lou end Donald
Charles Jackin., CS2, USN.
Brenda Elizabeth, weighing .7
lbs. 11% ozs., was bom on Decern
ber 16 to Carrye Maye and Samuel
Elzie Ruffin,, CS1, U5N.
LIBRARY SOLID Y HOURS
The Public Library will be clos
ed December 23, 24 and 25. It will
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ri be closed December 30,31 Hi<
January 1.
It will be open frona < to B:§5t
p in- on Thursday and Friday, and
from 10 am until 12 noon on Sal'
urday each week during the hob
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Kodiak Laundry
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