The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 20, 1944, Image 10
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THE CLINTOM CHRONICl!
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Dr. Charles L. Allen. Acting
Dean and Director of Research,
Medill Sch(>ol of Journalism,
Northwestern University, who Is
. now conducting a state-wide
}j poll of public opinion for the
South Carolina Press Associa
tion to learn [-What the people
of the Palmetto State think of
their weekly and dally news
papers. and bbtain suggestions
for publishing better papers.
This Gallup-type poll extends
into all sections of the state,
representative names having
been submitted by the Chatnb-
, ers of Commerce and Clemson
’v College. Dr Allen will address
the S. C Press Institute in Col-
umbia at its opening session
Fridev noon, Januarv It. and
reveal the fuldings of this uni- J
versitv public opinion poll
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
CORPORATION
To the Stockholders and Creditors
of Masonic Temple, Inc.,
Clinton, S. C.
Please Take Notice: That the
Board, of Directors of said corpor
ation does hereby call a meeting of
yre stockholders of Masonic Temple,
Tnc., Clinton, S. C., to meet at Pra-
ther-Simpson Furniture Company
store at Clinton, S. C., on January 22,
1946, at seven o’clock P. M., for the
purpose of considering a resolution
that said corporation shall go into
liquidation, wind up, its affairs, and
dissolve.
B. H. BOYD, President.
„i C. F. WINN, Secretary.
; December 17, 1945. 10-4c
. FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 8th day of
December, 1945, I will render a final
account of my acts and doings as
iEexcutrix of the'•estate of Henry
\ Macon Dunwody, in the office of the
Judge of Probate of Laurens County,
jat 10 o’clock'a m., and on the same
(day will gpply for a final discharge
from my trust as Executrix.
Any person indebted to said estate
i is notified and required to make pay
ment on or before that date; and all
persons having claims against said
estate will present them on or before
said date, duly proven, or be forever
ibarred.
BEULAH TAYLOR DUNWODY,
Executrix,
MODERN INDUSTRY
SERVES THE SPIRIT
OF OUR CHRISTMAS
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Thursdoy, December 20, 1945
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<; new Year!
Seasons
We welcome again the opportunity of the Christmas
season to say to each of you. our friends and cOVlpipers.
“Thanks!”
May the season be one of joy and happiness, and the
New Year one of health and prosperity and an abundance
of good things;
PAGE’S BEAUTY SHOPPE
Mrs. K. 0. (iofr (Page)
Mrs. Dudley Ray (Ruby) Mrs. Gary Holcomb (Hazel)
The world changes, It's Ifue, but there is
something which kds v %itlmoad the test of
time unchanaed—CHRISTMAS,.
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Here, ot least, is something steadfast, some
thing secure, something which binds us to
gether more than any one thing. Christmas,
with its spirit of hopa, of peace, and happi
ness will cgittifiuf indefinitely.
May the spirit that makes Christmas the
greatest day of all days be yours throughout
the coming year.
WE ARE GRATEFUL
4We thank you for the business given us during the
p«fcft year. Your patronage and good will we deeply ap
preciate and prize highly.
'^/e hope to have the opportunity of seiwtflg you again
through the New Year and it shall be our constant de
sire tp serve you still better.
BENJAMIN 6- S6NS
In a busy world, the Christmas ;
card bas assumed a definite place :
among Christmas
customs and tradi-!
lion — serving the i
spirit of friendship, 1
echoing the prom- [
ise of peace and
good will. |
Reputedly, the
first Christmas
card, properly so- 1
called, was dis-^i
patched in 1845
when W. C. Dob
son, one of Queen !
Victoria’s favorite
painters, sent lith
ographed scenes
inscribed with
greetillfcS' to his
many friends dur
ing the Christmas season.
In 1846, John Calcott Horsley, Roy
al Academician, designed a card
for Sir Henry Cole. Thus the cus
tom of sending Christmas cards,
seems to have been inaugurated— |
although, even as far back as Queen
Anne’s reign, it was customary for!
children to write Christmas pieces. 1
Such “Christmas pieces" were speci
mens of handwriting with elaborate
ly engraved borders designed to rep
resent some current event or subject
studied by the children during the !
year, and were sold in shops and at :
bazaars until about 1840. j
Christmas cards were introduced
into the United States during the i
1870s by Marcus War^ and Company
of London and for a short while the
English firm enjoyed a monopoly of
the market.
The name of Louis Prang is out- j
standing in the history a^d develop- j
ment of the modern Christmas card
industry. Mr. Prang, an exile from
Germany following the revolution of
1848, introduced the art idea into
American public schools via the 1
Prang method of education. In 1874,
Prang invaded the Christmas card
field. Prizes were offered for the 1
best designs and perfected litho- !
graphic processes.
Christmas Customs of
World Accumulation
By ELIZABETH BOYKIN
With internationalism the hopt
and prayer. of all of us, whatever
our political faith, it is particularly
stirring to think of the internation
alism of our Christmas. It is not
only an international celebration but
the midwinter holiday is one that
man has commemor$ted since long
before the Christmas era, almost as
far back as we can trace his story.
At fl«t the midwinter holiday was
S\ celebration of joy that the gather
ing darkening of the days had
stopped and that t)ie days were
growing lighter an'd longer again.
Early man had a terrible fear that
there might come a time when there
was no light left on earth.
The Christian era likewise was
ushered in with a symbolism of light
in a dark world and so the celebra
tion of Christ’s birthday was set at
this midwinter time in the fourth
century A. D.
But the church regarded aa
heathen the use of lights and ever
greens to decorate for Christmas
festivities. A vigorous effort was
made to suppress their use and Ter-
tullian writes: “Let the heathen
kindle lamps—they who have no
light. Let them fix to the door, posts
laurel branches to be burned, but
thou, oh, Christian, art a light in
tHe world, a tree that is evergreen.
Make not a pagan temple of thy own
house door.”
Symbol of New Faith.
But the love of man for light and
for evergreens, even to symbol
ize his new faith, persisted and dur
ing early American times, efforts to
suppress the idea were still being
made. Massachusetts in the 17th
century enacted a bill reading,
“Anybody who is found observing by
abstinence from labor, feasting or in
any other way, any such day as
Christmas Day, ^hall pay for every !
such offense five shillings.”
But eventually the evergreens and
the lights were accepted as a part
of the Christian celebration of Christ- 1
County Bought 177.71%
Of Bond Quota.
Laurens county bought $1,355,-
994.0 worth of Victory bonds or
177.71 per cent of Its-quota of $763,-
000 in the drivt* which closed last
wee, according to a report made by
D. Patterson, county bond chair
man. ,
The county, however, fell short of|
its $ bond quota,, having bought
$17|$0O worth on a quota ofl $235,-
0001 dir 73.53 per cent, he said. The
average for the state was 60.06 per
cent.
Mr. Patterson said he felt that Tie
was able to make a gratifying report
and wished to express his thanks to
all those who assisted him in the
drive.
Prevent TB
PROFESSIONAL
NOTICE
I find itj ffecessary tto consoli
date my two Opto^flfewy offices,
and wish to let my patients, who
have been examined in the Clin
ton office, know that all case rec-
6rds of eye examinations, glass
es, etc., will be at the Laurens
office, 116 East Main Street, af
ter December 22nd.
I will be in the Laurens office
daily from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30
p.m. except Wednesday, when
the office will close at noon. Ap
pointments may . be made by
calling phone 794, in Laurens.
I appreciate your interest, co
operation and patronage for the
past twenty-three years, and
hope to continue serving you as
in the pas.t.
FELDER SMITH, O. D.
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CHRISTMAS CARDS—In attractive
boxed assortments. Buy early. The
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CLOSING NOTICE
We wish to advise the public
that our plants will be closed
on Monday and Tuesday, De
cember 24 and 25. We will re
open for business December 26.
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Switzerland Kept
Xmas for Refugees
Switzerland “kept” Christmas last
year for the 20,000 refugee children
who were being cared for within her
borders as Europe celebrated its
sixth wartime Christmas.
From France and Belgium, from
Holland, Italy, Hungary, Poland,
Czechoslovakia, and far distant
Greece they had come—many of
them orphans, many children with
out a country—traversing Europe by
circuitous routes. Guided by peas-
Toys for refugee tots.
ants, Red Cross workers, Wehr-
macht guards, and older children
they arrived on foot, herded in cattle
cars, traveling in groups,
A fraction of the millions of inno
cent victims of World War II, these
refugee children were supposed to
remain only two dr three months
so as to give other youngsters a
chance to recuperate in neutral
Switzerland. But in many cases,
repatriation was delayed—parents
were scattered or dead, battles still
raged in areas whence the children
had come, so they were allowed to
remain and Switzerland, crowding
them to her bosom, welcomed many,
many others.
mas and they even acquired a Chris
tian symbolism. The holly ber
ries came to represent the drops of
Christ’s blood, the leaves his crown
of thorns, while the mistletoe berries
became symbols of Mary’s tears.
The gay home customs of Christ
mas are likewise an accumulation of
many lands and many cultures. The
American Santa Claus developed
from Holland’s St. Niclaes while our
Christmas tree came from Germany.
England gave us the tradition of the
flaming plum pudding and many
of our most beloved carols. Mexico
is the homeland of the poinsettia,
and the Latin countries of Europe
gave us the creche and many of the
loveliest of the religious pictures that
we like best on Christmas cards.
From Sweden we have the gracious
gesture of the sheaf of wheat on the
. gate posts so the birds can share
the holiday and the custom of gin
gerbread cakes in animal shapes.
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Christmas was once abolished
by an act of parliament in Eng
land. That was in 1644 when the
Puritans under Oliver Cromwell
governed the realm. The Puri
tans’ disbelief in holiday enjoy
ments was so intense that parlia
ment ordered Christmas to be ob
served as a strict fast day. No
roast beef, no plum pudding, no
wassail were permitted.
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Although turkey is the essential
feature of Christmas dinner to
day, the bird was unknown in
England in the Hth century. In
troduced from America, it came
into its present popularity in the
early 1706s.
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In several states of the Union,
there is a definite law forbidding
anyone from interfering with a*
child’s belief in Santa Claus."
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Some European peoples have i
superstition — dating from aht-
cient times—that animals take on
the power of speech at Christmas
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Lewis Carroll wrote hi^ famous
book, “Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland,” as a Christinas ^i't,
for a little girl who was the daugh
ter of one of his friends. !
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