North Westchester Times New Castle Tribune, Mount Kisco, N.Y., D e c 19, 1963
A Matter Oi Taste
Original Christmas Decorations
By WILLIAM PAHLMANN
Original table decorations for
Christmas parties or Christmas
dinner can be made of inexpen­
sive dime-store items if you
hav* the patiexce. Here are
soni* ideas.
Cake-Mold Candlesticks
Buy a small, inexpensive cake
or jelly mold and make several
castings out of plaster-of-paris.
(The hole in the mold forms an
excellent candle holder.) Paint
or gild the mold and use candles
in a contrasting color. Arrange
the molds up and down the
length of the table, massed with
green or gilded leaves (illustra­ not all be the same height. Cov­
tion a).
er the styrofoam base with
green leaves (Magnolia leaves
Candle Centerpiece
Dye a large slab of styrofoam ae unusually nice) (illustration
red or green and place on a b). If you substitute anything for
bread board or chopping board. , styrofoam, be sure it is not in­
Buy a dozen dime-store ice flammable. Candlelight should
picks and paint the handles with be above eye level at a dinner
brilliant enamel in several co­ table, so use tall tapers.
lors which you can get at the
dime store also. Attach white Jeweled Ball
candles to the tops of the ice
Cut a large styrofoam ball in
picks with colored cellophane half and dye it your favorite co­
tape to match the ice picks. lor. Make a collection of broken
Plunge the ice picks into the sty­ glass from beer bottles, coke
rofoam at various depths and i bottles, medicine bottles or any
angles so that the candles will colored glass container. The
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
don't have to be expensive.
Here are four original decora­
tions that you can make from
inexpensive dime-store items.
SANTA MARIA
A full-scale replica of Chris­
topher Columbus flagship, the
Santa Maria, has arrived in
New York from Spain for show­
ing at the World's Fair. She
will be berthed 180 feet off­ Special Service
shore in the Fair's Lake Amuse­
ment Area. Authentic in every Set At Center
detail of design and construc­ MOUNT KISCO—
tion, the 110-ton vessel is 90 feet
On Friday at the Jewish Com­
long from tip to stern and bears
munity Center of Mount Kisco
a 25-foot beam.
at 8:45 p.m., Rabbi Sanford H.
Hahn will conduct a special
service in Remembrance of the
Six Million Jewis.
Hostesses for the evening will
will be Mrs. Sanford H. Han,
Mrs. Marvin Diller, Mrs. Moses
Schnaiberg, and Mrs. Leonard
Nadel.
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BETTER BLOCKS
Nickel added to the cast iron
engine-block of a modern auto­
mobile greatly enhances engine
performance tset have shown
that a s little as o n e per
cent nickel in the cast iron will
increase the block's fatigue
resistance, its pressure tightness
and strength, and w i l l help
prevent cracking under high cy­
clical stresses.
more colors you have the better i tion (illustration d). Small,
—amber, blue, purple and snowball-size styrofoam balls,
green. Stick the dyed ball full of j covered in holly and placed up
tfce glass fragments. Place the and down the table look very
ball on a mirror so that the co­ pretty. Votive candles used with
lored glass will make a spark­ holly balls make a charming,
ling reflection. If you have a simple table decoration.
long table, several of the jew­ Easy Garlands
eled mounds on a long strip of
Buy cheap yardsticks and glue
mirror, interspersed with can­ green felt on them. Staple holly
dlesticks, are very effective.
or any other green leaves you
You can make a kissing ball favor to these and intersperse
to hang in an arch or doorway with paper roses, rosettes, rib­
by decorating a styrofoam ball bons or spun glass balls. These
with ribbon and mistletoe (illus­ long hanging garlands can be
tration c). Styrofoam is very hung on the fireplace wall, the
easy to work with and the rank­ door or anywhere you feel the
est amateur can cover a ball need of decoration, without the
with greens. I sometimes put usual muss and bother.
these balls, covered in holly, on Popcorn
a green-painted broom handle, Dye popcorn red, green, blue
cut to a proper length and im­ or whatever your color scheme
bedded in plaster-of-paris or fine is before you string it. This will
gravel in a flower pot, to make give the Christmas tree a new
a floor-size Christmas decora­ fillip.
Hennessy Tells
Legion Auxiliary
Holds Meeting,
Christmas Party
MOUNT KISCO—
At a recent monthly meet­
ing at the Legion Building in
Mount Kisco, Mrs. Maurice J.
Manning, president of the Mos­
es Taylor Jr. Unit 136 Ameri­
can Legion Auxiliary, com­
mended the unit and the post
for cooperation in the Gift
Shop program at Montrose
Hospital. Besides donations
of money and gifts totalling
$500, members served almost
100 hours at the hospital.
Mrs. Douglas Hagen, rehab­
ilitation c h a i r m a n of the
unit, reported t h a t Mrs.
E d w a r d Hokanson, Mrs.
Charles Partelow, Mrs. Albert
Wilson, Mrs. Viola Fox and
Mrs.
Manning were among
the Auxiliary volunteers.
Edward Olim was in charge
of the packaging and mailing
of the gifts. Other post mem­
bers attending were rehabili­
tation chairman Lawrence La
Rocque and Douglas Hagen.
Mrs. Manning extended the
appreciation of the unit to the
color guard for their partici­
pation in three special services
for the late President Ken­
nedy. The color guard, con­
sisting of Mrs. Martin Mar­
shall, Mrs. Milton Cowperthwaite, Mrs. Robert Mulley,
Mrs.
John Cullam and Mrs.
Althea Davidson joined with
the Legionnaires and auxili­
ary members of Westchester
County in the massing of col­
ors and service at St. John
and St. Paul's C h u r c h in
Larchmont. The same evening
they attended a post service in
Mount Kisco. The following
morning they were a part of a
color guard at the Mount Kis­
co Elementary School.
A Christmas party with the
hostesses, was held following
the business meeting.
Maturity To Be Topic
O f Friday Sermon
CHAPPAQUA—
Services for Temple Beth El
of Northern Westchester will be
held Friday at 8:45 p.m. at the
temple.
Rabbi Murray Saltzman will
talk on "The Qualities of Matur­
ity" and Matthew Gottsegen,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Gott­
segen will read a portion of the
Torah as a Bar Mitzvah.
"BOAR'S HEAD in hand
bear I . . . " the ancient Eng­
lish carol inspired this Christ­
mas d e c o r a t i o n , display­
ed Dec. 12 at the annual
Christmas show and sale
or Rusticus Garden club, held
in Bedford's Historical Hall.
Mrs.
John 0. Thayer was
Board
What's
300 Illiterates Live
In Bedford District
MOUNT KISCO—
A course leading to a high
school equivalency certificate is
being considered for the adult
education program in the Bed­
ford Central schools.
Dr. Maurice Hennessy, direc­
tor of the program, reported to
Dec. 11 that a comprehensive
survey is now underway to con­
firm or deny figures which have
been given the department per­
taining to the need for such a
course.
DR. HARRY C. MESERVE, He quoted from memory figures
program director of the inter- received from the State Educa­
faith Academy of Religion and tion Department, which said
Mental Health, has been ap­ that 700 people living in the dis­
pointed chairman of the com­ trict were without high school
mittee on religious resources diplomas. An additional 300, he
for the late President Ken­ recalled were unable to read
nedy's program on mental re­ and write.
tardation, it was announced
Dr. Hennessy said he felt
recently. The committee on there is a great need for such a
religious resources is one of course, which would provide in­
several that will work with struction for adults in courses
Stafford L. Warren, M.D., Spe­ necessary for the successful
cial Assistant for Mental Re­ passing of an equivalency exam­
tardation. As head of the com­ ination.
mittee on religious resources,
A full report on the proposed
Dr. Meserve will advise Dr. program was promised the
W a r r e n on what religious board around the beginning of
groups can do in helping the the year.
mentally retarded and coun­
Dr. Hennessy reported on the
selling with members of their
total
adult education program,
immediate families.
saying that 428 adults are now
enrolled in the 16 courses of the
WEATHER INFORMATION
school.
Every day more than 100,000
"Because I know you are all
people dial WE 6-1212 and get interested in money," he said to
t h e latest weather forcast. the board, "I should say that
Another 110,000 people dial ME we have received $1,623 in fees
7-1212 to find out the correct for the program."
time. During the World Series,
He called the adult education
this same number gives callers program the "Cinderella" at
inning by inning scores.
such times as the Fox Lane
awarded first prize for the ar­
rangement. Julie Farrar, 7, of
Katonah, admires it. — Staff
Photo by Peter Britton.
NEW...
at YOUR
house?
building is being used for other
groups and activities.
The program, he said, could
perhaps be moved to one of the
four elementary schools in the
district where the demand for
space is not so great.
Several times this year it has
been necessary to cancel course
meetings, he said, because all
classrooms were taken.
Extension
Of Bond
Is Approved
SALEM CENTER—
A one-year extension of a per­
formance bond for the Lake
H a w t h o r n e developers was
granted on Dec. 10 by the
North Salem Town Board.
Earle L. Vail, supervisor, said
the planning and town boards
had met about 10 days ago for
an extended discussion of t h e
application.
Mr. Vail said the development
had been started about two and
a half years ago when two
homes were b u i l t . No other
building has been started since
then. It has recently been sold
to new owners who were apply­
ing for the extension.
The first "enveloped" greet­
ing card was a Christmas card.
Greeting cards were not placed
in envelopes until Rust Craft
Greeting Cards introduce the
f i r s t "enveloped" Christmas
card in 1906.
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