THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAXE, B.C. May yours be a Holiday Season of fireside warmth and old-fashioned good cheer, ‘Chemical Solution Protects Christmas: Trees From Flames To tireproot your Christmas tree, Which is still a hazard even with electric lights, select your tree four fo six days before you intend to decorate it. Then weigh the tree and buy one-fourth as many pounds of ammonium sulfate as the tree weighs. This chemical is available in most stores that sell seeds and fertilizers. ° For each pound of ammonium sul fate use 1% pints of water to make the fireproofing solution. Mix the Solution in something tall and nar row that will hold the tree upright Then saw off the tree diagonally So as to give a large cut surtace Set the tree ip the solution in a £001 place, away from the direc sunlight, and leave it there unti' most of-the solution is absorbed. The safest ¥ Snyder’s Hardware rion back in your pocket. y to double your is to fold it over and put it Our sincere wishes come in a big package...big enough to contain loads of cheer and good will for all our friends and neighbors, Happy Holiday to all! “4 Williams Lake Pharmacy J. Bruce Magoffin, Ph.c. ‘TIMES SQUARE CROWDS .. . This picture was made from_ atop the marquee of the Hotel Astor looking southward along the “Gay White Wa: New Year's Day Was Not Always On January 1 New Year's was not always cele- brated on January 1. In fact, even today New Years comes on different dates for some peoples. Prior to September 14, 1752, England and her colonies regard- ed January 1 with indifference be- cause New Year's day was ob- served on March 25 Today, many people who con- tinue to use the Gregorian calendar still sol i vew Yi days. Tne Gregorian calendar was not presented to the world until 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII. The Jews observe a 10-day New Year season at the time of the au- tumn equinox, beginning on Rosh Hashana and ends on Yom K The Moslem calendar « (dating from 626, A. D.) hes 12 months of the year that begin with the ap- proximate new moon without any intercalation to"keep them geared to the seasonal equinoxes. As a re- sult_New Years and months re- trograde through the entire year in about 3312 years. The Year 46 B.C. Contained 445 Days Numa Pompiliu’s supposedly created the Roman calendar in the seventh century B.C. It was revised several times, but by Ju- lius Caesar's time it was two months aesai’s experts revisea the calendar in the 16th century there was the problem of catch- ing up with the sun. So two months were inserted between the months of November and Decemiber. As a result 46 B. C. contained 445 days There is no report of the con- fusion it must have caused, but it must have played heck with tax collections and thé like. “a fire occur, y.”’ Scenes like this are enacted every New Years Eve in Times Square, called the crossroads of the world, Guard Against Fire This Yule Season Guard against fire in your home this Yule season. The average Christmas tree can go up in smoke in only a minute or so and that doesn’t leave much time to call for help. A live tree with roots packed in a bucket of earth is the safest. Be sure and keep the dirt moistened. A small tree is safer thah a large one and festive trimmings can make up what is lacking in size. Don’t use lighted candles. (This may, seem an unnecessary precau- tion in this day of electric lights, but lighted candles contribute to tragic fires every year.) Check the wiring for the tree to see that it's not frayed and is in perfect condition’ The switch for turning off and on electric lights should be at some distance from the tree. Don’t-plug or unplug lights beneath the tree. Don't leave tree lights on when it isn’t necessary and especially when the family is away from home. From time to time, check over the tree and see if needles near the lights are turning brown. It they have, move the lights. Watch the calendar. New Year's is the day for the tree to go down. If you should extend the time, don’t leave the lights on the tree for more than a half hour at a that the tyee is secured in such a way that it cannot fall. Do not put it near a doorway where it might block an avenue of escape, should Christmas Candles Are Traditional For Many Peoples "To learn your luck for the year they Say, Burn a bayberry dip on Christmas lay. If the flame burns bright and the light shines clear, Good luck will be jours through the year.” This old verse is believed in is said to be one of the reasons that candles in homes are tradi- tional around the world. The custom is believed to have started in Ireland. As the Irish put ‘Who knows, on some Christmas Eve, Jesus and Mary and Joseph may come again, not to Palestine, but to the Holy Isle on the fartherest edge of Europe.” And it is the custom that the can- dle can only be snuffed by one named Mary. Their first use for Christmas te not recorded in the annals of any nation, but that the “Christ Child Candle,” burned in the window on Christmas Eve is, according to an old legend, placed there to light His way if He makes an earthly visitation and in atonement for the night of His birth when there was no room for Him. eS Praise "pears to be something a Person tells you about yourself that you've suspected all along. FURS —SPECIAL PRICE FOR PETE W. 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