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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Page Seven
BIKTHDAYS AND
ANNIVERSARIES NOTED
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1 The Chronicle Extends Greetln*»
To Those Whose Birthdays jmd
Anniversaries Occur This Week.
Mabry McCrary celebrated a ;
birthday December 24.
Harry Robert League, son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Harry League, is celebrat-!
ing his sixth, birthday today.
Sandra Ruth Davis, daughter of
uth Da
.Mr. and Mrs. \ViU;am f)avis, is cele-,
brating her sixth birthday today.
Sgt. and Mrs. Calvin Morton of this
city and the Panama Canal Zone, ob-
: , served their wedding anniversary
!. i December 24. . Mrs. Morton is the
tfomner Mis§ Elsde John.son.
< i ^Today’s^ wedding anniversaries in-
- I elude Mr! and Mrs. B. F. Wingard
and Mr. and-Mrs. LumaS Lake.
• j Mr; and Mrs. Irvin H. Ford of
| Avon Park, Fla., Observed their '
ifirst wedding anniversary december
'27. Mrs. Ford was befor'e marriage 1
' 1 Miss Pearl HeU of this city. . -J
Mr. and Mrs. Fuller Motes of'Ab-
;; beville, celebrated their first wad-1
ding anniversary December 28.
Richard Edward Walters, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walters, will
celebrate bis first birthday Jan. 5.
firH-ris K. Covington, Jr., little son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Covington of
Montoe, N. C., will be one year old
; January *5. Mrs. Covington is th*^
former Miss Catherine Blakely'* of
this city.
Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Spoon,
Jr., observed their first’ wedding .an
niversary December 25.
Clyde H. McCrary, Sr., will ob
serve a britfidqy January 6, and his ‘
son, BiBy, the 5th. _
Tomorrow, January 2. is the wed-:
.ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. |
L. C. Single*.
R. P. Wilder'has a birthday Jan
uary. 7.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Young will
observe a* wedding anniversary Jan
uary 5. \
Andy B. Young,-Jr., is observing
a birthday tod^y. ~
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Nabors will
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observe their wedding anniversary
tomorrow. *'
L. H. Bagwell will celebrate a
birthday Saturday, January 3.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Adair will ob
serve a wedding anniversary Sunday,
January 4. ■
January .6th birthdays wifi include
Mrs. J. H.' Von Hollen, F. C. Pin
son, Karl Johnson, Mrs. A. B. Gallo
way, Sr., and Major Willard L. Jones,
now stationed in Germany.
Mr. and Mrs.' P. B. Adair will ob
serve their wedding anniversary Sat
urday, January 3. *
Mr.' and Mrs: Grady Simpson ob-
sreved the*r wedding anniversary De
cember 24.
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Roddy will ob
serve their Uth wedding anniversary
January 6.
Little Miles and Giles Lawson,
twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Miles L.
Lawson, will be two years-old Janu
ary 6.
,Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baldwin are
observing their first wedding anni
versary foday. . —
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Many Unique New
' , Still Exist in
Year Customs
Foreign Countries
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Scotland
Young Scotchmen used to wait
eagerly for the first stroke of twelve
marking the coming of the New
Year. As the bell in the church
steeple began to toll, each would
rush to the door of Ms beloved’s
home, to be the first to cross her
threshold. The girl would listen for j
“The first foot’s entering step.
TJiat spdden on the floor is welcome
heard,
Ere Pushing maids have braided
up their hair;
The laugh, the hearty kiss, the good
New Year, T
Pronounced with honest warmth."
* In Scptland, as in most northern
European countries, it is an old be
lief that spirits, both good and evil,
are peculiarly active on New Year’s
Eve. On the stroke of midnight, ac
cording to the ancient superstition,
all genii were in motion and could
be exorcised by approprjale words.
Good genii were called hilhnen or
“hoghmen” in the dialect of Scot
land, and evil spirits called trolls.
Mummers used to warder about the |
Syria
The great day of fun and feasting
in Syria is NewjYears, hot Christ
mas. On New ^far’s Day they ex
change presents, and children -go
about from .door to door giving the
greeting of the season, and expect
ing gifts of candy and money.
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streets, wearing masks and carry
ing cudgels, reciting this doggerel
verse, in ah effort to attract the
good “hogomanay” and to drive off
the evil “trollolay”—
“Hogomanay,
Trollolay,
Gie o’ your white bread,
I’ll hae nane.o’. your grey—’’
— ^.Scotch NevLEear’s Toast
Here’s to the ^ear that’s awa’l
We’ll drink it, in strong and in
sma’;
And to each bonny lassie that we
dearly loo’ed,
In the days o’ the year that’s awa’l
Here’s to the friend we can trust.
When the sorrows of adversity
blaw; ,
Who can join iif our song, and be
nearest our heart,
Nor depart— IV* the year that’s
awa’l
Italy t*
Celebration of New Year’s Day
seems to have arisen in Italy in the
early Midd’e Ages. In the year 546
a bishop reproved his people for the
drinking, feasting, and general wild
time that they were indulging in on
a holy day—the Feast of the Cir
cumcision of Christ, eight days
after Christmas. -He told them to
turn their backs on “the old, profane
apd evil 1 ways of paganism.’’. In the
later Middle Ages the observances
of the day grew more spiritual,
through the elVorts of St. Gregory
Thuumaturgus and St. Gregory the
Great
B^ore • going to bed on New
Year’s Eye a Syrian child sets out a
howl of \Vater and a dish of wheat
for the refreshment of the camel
who is supposed to bring him gifts.
Accordihg to legend; the camel was
the youngest of the animals bearing
the Wise Men, and it fell down ex
hausted by the strenuous journey.
The Christ Child, seeing this,
blessed the animal and conferred
immortality upon it. In Lebanon it
is a “magic mule” who bears the
gif.s of the season. * .
Hungary
One of the quaintest New Year’s
customs is the visit of the chimney
sweeps in Hungarian towns. The
sweep knocks at the door with his
broom, and the householders snatch
a straw or two from it. These are
tied with a ribbon and kept as a
good luck charm during the year.
To touch a pig an New Year’s
Eve, brings good luck, according to
Hungarian tradition. In the princi
pal restaurants and cafes of Buda
pest they release a pig at midnight;
and there is much merriment as the
diners try to touch the squealing
animal as it races among the tables.
Czechoslovakia
In’- Czechoslovakia they forecast
the future by little “lightboats”—
nut shells filled with wax and float
ing cn water, a wick burning in
each shell. If the boaKfloats toward
the center, its owner will, take a
journey during, the New Year. If
two boats come'together, the^ own
ers will be married within the year.
HERE I AM! 1&48 has arrived in
a burst of glory, but how it leaves
will depend on each of us. With
all hope and our cooperation to
make 1948 the best year the world
has ever seen.
THIS YEAR
* Build on resolve, and not upon
regret.
The structure of thy future. Do
not grope
Among ^he shadows of old sins,
but* let
Thine . own soul’s light shine on
the path of hope
And dissipate the darkness. Waste
no tears
Upon - the blotted record of lost
y$ars.
But turn the leaf, and smile, 0,
smile, to see • '
The fair, white pages that remain
to thee.
CARD OFJTHANKS
We wish to thank the friendsand
relatives of Mrs. John D. Dominick
for the floraJ^Tributes and all other I
kindneSses^shown during her illness
and death.
—THE FAMILY.
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