The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 30, 1948, Image 12
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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Thursday, December 30, 1948
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PRE-INVENTORY
WELCOME '48 . . . There’s a lull in the party. Everybody waits and
watches the clock. Then it arrives—1949 at last! Here’s a candle for
the New Year. May it be the brightest, happiest yet.
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/^N’E cf the best places to be on
New Year’s Eve is right at home
—provided you have a party. Suc-
cessful parties depend upon a bit of
p:. r planning. You must have a
theme for the party, and a program
to keep your guests amused.
i‘. e are a f<■ good themes for
a N v. Year's Eve p.uty at home:
•'A Ca’endar Sovi-al."
‘‘New Year's
Jamboree," “Father Time Party"
ana ‘‘Around the Clock.’’ It will be
fun if you tell your guests the theme
of your party when you invite them
so that they will come in fitting cos
tumes. The^bcst costume ought to
win a prize.
There are many games you'll en
joy playing until midnight. At mid
night, of course, comes ‘‘Auld Lang
Syne," and the first snack of 1!M9.
COUNT THE HOI KS—Put into a
large paper bag numbers cut from
all the old calendars you can find.
The figures should range from 1 to
12. Have players "count ofl’’ and
even numbered players form one
team, odd numbers the other. Each
person draws a numbbr from the
bag. The person who gets twelve
“hours" first, scores a point for his
team—he lays his numbers aside
and draws again when the bag
comes around The player must
achieve his "12 hours” by drawing
the number 12 or by adding the
numbers he has picked. 2, 4, 3, will
make the "12.” Play until one team
scores 10 points.
TIME TO SING—This can be great
fun. Select two leaders and let each
A. D. Era Started
By Charles HI
The notation A.D. (from the Latin
Anno Domini—in the year of our
Lord) was started by Charles III
of Germany, who affixed it to the
years of his reign in 879.
The Christian era begins on Jan
uary 1st in the middle of the 4th
year of the 194th Olympiad, the 753d
year of the building of Rome, and
in 4714 of the Julian period. The
era, and its system of dating the
years proceeding the birth of Christ
and dedicating the succeeding years
to His greater Glory, was invented
about 532 by a monk, Dionysius Ex-
tingius—sometimes called Denys le
Petit.
Introduced in Italy during the
sixth century, the system was not
extensively employed until its use
was prescribed for bishops by the
Council of Chelsea (Middlesex, Eng
land) in 816 and made its debut in
world affairs under the sponsership
of Charles III.
chose a singer for his “choir.” When
the guests are all divided, hand
them these words and give them ten
minutes to compose a tune for the
verse. They must sirtg it when com
pleted.
I wish 1 wi’Z a little clock
That didn't have a chime
Or strike or nothin’ all day long, '
But just be tcllm’ time.
I'd run on slow time all my life;
I'd never run on quick,
And if they didn’t wind me up
I wouldn't even tick.
PASSING TIME—Provide a dou
ble set of small tokens symbolic of
the months of the year. Calendars
for January, hearts for February,
rabbits for March, paper umbrellas '
for April, maypoles, roses or pic
tures of a bride for June, flags for
July, picnic pictures for August,
schoolhouse pictures for September,
turkeys for November, Santa Claus
; for December.
Prepare two large cardboard
sheets on each of which you have
! marked in black crayon twelve
squares and above the squares, in
correct order, the names of the
months. Each leader of a team is
given a small tray containing a
year of jumbled month tokens. On
the word “go” the leaders start
their months, one at a time, down
their respective lines. When they |
reach the end player he puts them I
in their proper places on the cal-:
endar. The side that finishes first
wins.
‘Pin Money’ Began
As New Year Gift
“Pin money!’ is a New Year’s wc-
preSsion. 7
It all started back in the time of
the royal Stuarts of England when
gift-giving \in New Year’s day was
in fashion. Gloves were considered
appropriate gifts for most people,
but if a gentleman had saved a little
"extra,’’ he gave the money to his
wife or sweetheart for pins which
were very expensive at that time.
The popular “p.n money” phrase
\f\ our language has survived both
the expensive pin and the New Year
gift-giving custom.
Methuselah’s Life
Had Longest Span
Methuselah, the Hebrew patriarch
who lived 969 years, has become
synonymous with Father Time be
cause he lived longer than any other
man in recorded history.
Nothwithstanding Methuselah’s di
rect descent from Seth—the third
son-of Adam and Eve, born after
Cain had slain Abel—and the fact
that he was the grandfather of Noah,
it has been said longevity is Methu
selah’s only claim to history’s com
memoration; and even this claim
seems to hang by a slender thread,
considering that longevity was the
rule rather than the exception among
the patriarchs.
The fifth chapter of Genesis re
cords that Adam lived a total of 930
years; Seth reached the age of 912,
and Enos—the son of Seth—died at
905. Cainen lived 910 years, Mahala-
leel attained the age of 895, and
Jared—grandfather of Methuselah
—lived 962 years, only seven years
less than his grandson’s record.
Enoch, Methuselah’s father, seems
to have been the exception to the
rule—since he died at the age of 365.
Mexicans Bury
The Old Clock
i To observe the death of the old
year, x many Mexican families ob
serve the “old clock” on New Year’s
Eve by placing a black box sur
rounded by lighted candles on the
living room table. A small clock is
Placed on top of this casket. The
clock lays in state until midnight,
then it is stopped, placed in the
casket and buried in the garden.
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