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and be very happy. If she saw a gold finch, she would marry a millionaire.
In some countries, if a young woman received a gift of clothing from a young man, and she kept the gift, it meant she would marry him.
In Wales a wooden love spoon was carved and given as a gift on Feb. 14. Hearts, keys, and key holes were favorite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant “You unlock my heart”.
Early valentines were made by hand and were the favorite. They used colored paper, water colors and colored ink.
Pinprick valentines were made bv pricking tiny holes in the paper with a pin to resemble the look of lace.
Cut out valentines were made by folding paper several times, and cutting out a lace design with small sharp scissors which gave a lace look card.
Acrostic valentines had verses in which the first letter in the line spelled out the beloved's name.
Rebus valentines were verses in which small pictures took the place of some of the words. An eye instead of an I, a heart for love and a U for you.
All of these were ways for people to express feelings in a time when expressions of emotions were not fashionable.
One of the valentine sayings we used on homemade valentines was: “Sure as the grass grows ‘round the stump - you’re my darling Sugar lump”.
If you have not bought your sweetheart a valentine, be sure to make her one.
Be sure to enjoy the Winter Olympics now taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah. It has been 22 years since they were in the United States at Lake Placid, New York.
Katharine Desiree Lunchin’bill, “K8” as she likes to spell it. will preside over the 75th Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester this year. She is the granddaughter of Lucille Ball who was Grand Marshall in 1964.
Mrs. Cecil Baldwin visited with Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Baldwin of Kimball on Monday.
Mrs. Theresa Light, Mrs. Mary Clark and Mrs. Cecil Baldwin visited Mrs. Wilma Burke at the Fauquier Hospital. Wilma returned home on Wednesday.
Mrs. Cecil Baldwin, Mrs. Myrtle Falls and Mrs. Mary Clark visited Mrs. Frances
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