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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-12-12, Page 8FLOOR . COVERING With Your New Kitchen A GIFT FOR ANY. LADY — A cosy quilted cotton brunch coat makes a gift she will want to wear right away on Christmas morning. This new fitted style from Diamond Tea Gowns is in a demure floral print. FOR THE LITTLEST ANGEL — Fashionable pant suits for little girls in washable quilted cottons are given Christmas charm with red ribbons and lace trimmings...gifts bound to be worn right away on chr,istma's '‘ .• /0 Christmas greens have pagan roots Hanover makes -this kitchen in select white birch, in a variety of shades, 5 in 9 'A faitint :The colbuelfeatireed,in,this photo, IS Honey Beige which is a warm Hell shade. Hanover can provide more than 30 custom features and accessories for your kitchen. Some of the hidden helpers included in this kitchen are — Base Trays for storage of pots, pans and counter appliances — Lazy Susans, ideal for storage of canned goods — Bread Board for cutting — Bread Box built right into the drawer, and many other features too numerous to mention. You may also wish to equip your Hanover kitchen with such features as the plastic or grille doors shown on the upper island units. All these things and many more can make your Hanover kitchen a custom kitchen in the finest sense. IN STOCK READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY! OUTSTANDING FEATURES IN THE • Cabinets — Equipped with Back Panels, • Base Cabinets — Slide out Shelves. • Upper Cabinets — Adjustable Birch Shelves, • Doors — Warp proof—self closing copper hinges. • Fronts — Select White Birch Veneer, • Base Trays — For Pot and Pan Storage. • Drawers — Drawer Guides Hardwood FINISH — Cabinets are oven baked — finished interior and exterior with two coats resin varnish which resists heat — acid — alcohol and normal kitchen wear. Doors and drawers are hi lited for pleasing appearance. FREE ARCHITECTURAL ADVICE KITCHEN 00-* -14 14, megit -10.1nery-----amossir DIVISION 06 GODERICH MANUFACTUkI NG (SALES) LIMITED CAM BRIA titANGLESE GODERICH, ONT. We will come right to your home and see your present kitchen. We will then offer yotr advice;based on our years Of experience in rernodelling kitchens. Gilte us a call today and we will look after you promptly, OFFER GOOD 'TIL DECEMBER 31st , • • r B Clinton Thursday„ Popprnbpr 12, 1900. Now to bei GREAT SANTA! IF YOU REMODEL YOUR KITCHEN .AND INSTALL HANOVER:CUPBOARDS WE WILL SUPPLY THE FLOOR COVERING , 500.00 Remodelling Order - 9 X 12 Cushionflor 1000.00 Remodelling Order - 12 X 12 Corlon by DONNA BORLAND Humber College News Service The use of greenery at Christmas to deck our holiday halls is a custom dating back to pagan practices of centuries ago. Evergreen boughs and berries were originally used to brighten up the home during the otherwise gloomy winter season. The Romans decorated their homes and temples with boughs and garlands of flowers during the winter feast, and they believed that if they exchanged green branches during this feast they would receive good fortune for the remainder of the year. The use of holly in North American homes was introduced by English settlers. Recently, plants with thick waxy leaves such as laurels, rododendrons and boxwood have added to the decoration of Canadian homes during the happiest holiday of the year. In England, garlands were hung outside inns as an expression of festivity, hospitality and good fellowship. It is a British tradition to place a sprig of holly in each beehive during the holidays:This custom was adapted from a legend which claimed that when Christ was born the bees sang a song in his honour and to this day they are still humming it. In some European countries it is customary for a quarreling couple to settle their differences beneath the branch of a holly tree. In Austria a large wreath is hung from the ceiling in the parlour or largest room. The Austrians believe that Sylvester, an ancient and ugly man with a flaxen beard and a wreath of mistletoe on his head, lurks in a dark corner Of the room in which the wreath has been hung. Whenever someone passes beneath the wreath, Sylvdter jumps out and gives them rough kisses and a pug. At Midnight, Sylvester 18 driven from- the houses symbolizing the end of the old year. An ancient eustom in Czechoslovakia, Poland and parts of Germany is the practice of urging the blossoms of the cherry tree to bloom for Christmas. At the beginning of Advent, a branch is cut from the tree and placed in a container of water in the kitchen. It is a sign of good fortune if the branch blossoms on Christmas Eve, and the maid who cut it and cared for it is sure to find a husband within the year, the tradition goes. Decorations you can make Pine cones can be used in so many ways around Christmas time that it's a good idea to have a supply of them on hand. They can be used in their natural state, or they can be given a different texture and a more lively look by spraying them with "Cilux" gold or silver spray. A neat trick is to slip a plastic bag over your hand to protect it while you hold the cone by the stem and slowly rotate it, while you spray. And to make the cones really glisten, dip the edges in glitter, while they're still wet with spray. The cones are then ready to hang on the tree, or better still, arranged as a welcoming door ornament. The cones will look better in clusters, for this purpose, and this is easy to achieve with fine wire...then they are strung on red satin ribbon to form a graceful cascade for the front door. Shopping tip Do you keep a shopping list? If you do, you are in the minority, say home economists' at Macdonald Institute, University of Guelph. There are advantages to using a list. It Saves the time and energy required when you have to make extra trips to buy the items you failed to remember the first time. A carefully prepared shopping list Will save you Money by curtailing impulse buying of items hot on the list.