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Seniors Hear Choir

STON^ HARBOR - The Seniors annual Christmas party drew over 85 to (festivities highlighted by a performance frotn the 65-voice choir of fiddle Township High Schwl.

All the Seniors then plac-

ed gifts in huge plastic bags which Sam Schettinger and Vernis Pilert delivered to the Woodbine State School for delivery by St. Nick on

Christmas morning.

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Doing MORE...With LESS!

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A WREATH FOR ALL SEASONS

To begin this homemade holiday decoration, amass a goodly supply of pretty evergreen cones,’ acorns, nuts, seed pods, and gum-tree "balls”. You will then need to oven-dry your supply’of cones. Simply bake them on aluminum-foil-covered cookie sheets, at 150 o F, for about 15 minutes. The "base'\of your wreath should be jigsawed from very thin board. After yoU've cut a hoop the size you want, take a drill-with a 1/4* or 3/8* bit-and bore numerous holes at random. (They’ll allow you to wire the foraged baubles in place). To begin the creative part of your project, take the end of an-approximately 12-inch length of fine wire and. working from the back of the wreath board, push it through a hole near the ring's inner edge. Then fold the wire tip over and twist it... to form a "knot" that won't pull back through the hole. Select a number of small, sturdy, nicely shaped cones (enough to go arouflf the inner and outer borders of the garland), hold one df them-perpendicular to your wreath and with its bottom layer of "petals" under the inner edge of the hoop-next to ihe wire "knot", and wedge the cone onto the thin rim of the wood. Next, secure the decoration against the inside of the ring by runniig the wire out around the cone and back down through' another hole... so that the working end of the strand winds up, again, emerging from the underside of the wreath. Then simply put another cone In placepushing it tightly against, and actually enmeshing it with, the first—and continue.the pro<*dur?, adding wire as needed, around both the inner and outer edges of the hoop. When the borders are finished, choose a spot to aerve as the top of the wreath, bend hooks in the ends of a 6inch length of coat hanger ... and fasten the wire tips through holes in the board to form a hanging loop. Nefct,' split a number of white pine cones into lengthwise halves and wedge them (flat sides down) into the space left between the two "border" rings of smaU cones ... until the entire surface of the wreath is covered. (This layer should fit in place snugly enough so as not to need wiring.) To be really artistic, you might want to add a "flower" here and there by cutting away all but the two or three basal layers of "petals” from a squat cone. Glue an aconute the bloom’s center . . . wire the brittle blossom in place ... and surround it with symmetrical groups of nuts, small cones, etc. When you're satisfied with the balance of your design. fill in all of the “holes" with alder seed pods, tiny hemlock cones, actfrns. and so forth ... all glued in place. Finally, to hide the network of wires on the wall side of the decoration, glue a felt cover to the hoop's back. > You may also want to protect jand shine) your finished wildcraft with a light roat of clear acrylic. The result will be a wreath that is so pretty you may never take it down! Fo* FREE additional Intormation on wtntar projacti of on THE MOTHER EARTH NEWS* mAeanna. aand your namo and ad4r«ta to Doing MORE With LESS', car* ol thia papaf Ank lot Rapr.m No 803 A Gam* ot Skill" '