The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 15, 1949, Image 3
Thursday, December 15, 1949
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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Mrs. Blalock
Hostess for Bridge
Of Ckriil’t flat wily
b
While December i* now the morith
lb which Christ’* birthday is cele
brated by Christians all over the
world, research and study show
car-! that Christ’s nativity has been cele
brated in January, March, April,
.rangements were effectively
ried out.
_ 1 The program was led by Mrs. May, September and October, by
Mrs. Francis BlaloclT gave a des- Julian Coleman on “A Child Shall various peoples,
sert bridge Thursday for members, Lead Them’’ .Mrs. Ethel R. Pitts And although few people know it,
of her card club. , read the Scripture. Appropriate se- it was for the purpose of substitut-
Two tables were appointed for lections of Christmas carols were, ing a Christian festival for pagan
refreshments in a seasonal setting sung by the assembled members, ones of Romans and Druids that
featuring many green potted plants. During the evening the hostesses' celebrations of Christmas in Decem-
Cake, coffee and saltod nuts were, scrved a decorative plate consisting, ber were popularized,
served before cards. ' At the eon- a sa l a d couise, fruit cake, with) ^j 0 historian pretends to fix
elusion of the afternoon’s progres- Russiar) tea. Later toasted nutsj actual date of Chirist's birth
were passed.
A social hour was enjoyed at
which, time each guest was present
ed a gift b’ a “circle sister”, each
Bridne Cluh member Kinging a gift to be dis-
x-iuu tributed.
sions score awards w^nt to Mrs.
J. B. Arnold and Mrs/H. M. Luk-
stat. /
Club
Enjoys Meeting
Thursday Mrs. R. P. Hamer was Mrs. Pitts Hostess
hostess to members of her bridge
club for a number of afternoon
games.
Snapdragons with arrangements
of berries and evergreens were de
corative in the card rooms.
Prizes for cards were won by
Mrs. Carlisle Neely and Mrs. Mor
gan Milford, a club visitor.
To Louise Best Circle
On Tuesday evening the Louise
Best Circle of Broad Street Metho
dist church met at the home of Mrs.
Lewis Pitts, with Mrs. B. B. Ballard
and Mrs. William R. Pitts, Jr., as
sistant hostesses.
A short business session was held.
When cards were laid aside the after which Mrs. Ballard gave a
hostess served a salad course. Christmas story ‘The Littliest An-
gel”.
Drop-In Given For Members of the circle exchanged
U . •» . j c • j Christmas gifts during the evening.
iNeigflDOrhOOd rnenos The hostesses served a salad
Mrs. Frank Miller and Mrs. R. [course with Russian tea and cake.
G. Murphy entertained a number) The Christmas motif was effect-
of neighborhood friends Friday of- ively carried out 'with the home
temoon with a drop-in at the home decorated in seasonal arrangements.
of the former.
Groups were invited at 3:30 and JuU* RnwIanH Hnttecc
4:30 for a delightfully informal ,V ' rS * R0W,ana nOSTCSS
hour.
Greenery with red berries and
holly anl many red lighted tapers
made a/Iovely yule tide setting for
the occasion.
Guests were invited into the din-
To Bridge Club
Mrs. Jasper Rowland was hostess
to members of her bridge club on
Thursday afternoon assembling
players for two tables
. , Before the games pie and coffee
ing room where refreshments of were
sandwiches, decorated in the holi
day motif, fruit cake, cheese dain
ties, and salted nuts were served
with coffee or hot punch.
Mrs. W. C. Shealy. Mrs. A. B
Blakely and Miss Margie Miller
assisted the hostesses in entertain
ing.
W. S. C. S. Meeting
Held Monday
The Woman’s Society of Christ
ian Service met Monday at Broad
Street Methodist Church with Mrs.
Lewis Pitts, the president, presid
ing
Mrs Perry M. Moore was high
score winner with Mrs. James Sloan
receiving second honor. Floating
prize was won by Mrs. Preston
Thompson, a club visitor.
For the occasion the hostess’ home
was attractively adorned with sea
sonal arrangements.
Music Club Enjoys
Christmas Program At
Training School
Last Wednesday evening
bers of the Clinton Music club with
their guests gathered at the State
or the date at which Civ Ltr .as
became a general festival.
About all that Is known is tha
during the fourth century tne fea‘'t
of the Nativity was observed in all
western world churches at differ
ent dates.
The confusion resulting from cele
brations in seven months of the
year caused the western church
authorities to meet in 340 to set
a definite date for the celebration.
The eastern churches did not co
operate until the sixth century when
December 25 was set as the day to|
be observed.
The question has arisen in
numerable times as to why
December was selected as the
•Hfmonth for rejoicing. The answer
Is that this month was chosen
in order that a Christian fes
tival could compete with those
of the pagans, because Decem
ber was noted for Its feasts
and holidays In nearly every
civilised land.
Greeks, Romans, Saxons and
Scandinavians all took part in the
celebration of theae festivals which
had originated before the birth of
Christ.
From the Saxons eanao the cere
mony of burning the Yule leg. The
3axons burned great bonfires in
\onor of their god Thor. From the
tomans came the ghrlng of pren-
nts. for this custom M* been traced
o the Roman Satmnle.
It may seem strange to claim that
the pagan riotousness might bej
the forebear of the Christian holiday
of goodness and love, but inter-
mingled with that which was objec-
Venable, were thing* that have
^one strairht to the hoerta of peo
V.e throui hnut the Christian world j
mem-
The meeting opened with the.Training School for an evening of
singing of Christmas carols. The Pre-Christmas festivities.
scripture reading was "The Shep
herd’s Story from Luke” and was
read in unison by the group.
After processional by the State
L
It's difficult to understand, but
Training Schoo choir T) Come All ^e genial spirit of Christmas,
m t ^ e |Banta Claus himself, hasn't always
had it easy. There have been oc-
Mrs. Pitts presented the program singing of Christmas Carols,
using "Christmas” as its theme, j The second part of the program.
The devotional was closed with, with Joe Shay at the piano, was
prayer. A short • business session'as follows!
was held to conclude the meeting., “Some Enchanted Evening,” three gpme examples:
easier.* when laws or traditions or
tagulations have put certain curbs
the old gentleman. Here are
i parts by State
choir.
“It w’as The Night Before Christ
mas,” poetry choir with proper pan-
the tomime by "I” and "St. Nick” (in
was the poem.) In tap and ballet “Snow”
Training School
December Meeting
Baptist W. M. U.
The December meeting of
Wbman’s Missionary Society
held Monday afternoon at the First)"Santa Claus” eight "reindeer” ap
Baptist church. ipeared.
Following a short meeting of the! The third part of the evening was
circles. The Patterson circle took
charge of the program, with Mrs.
L. E. Cason presiding. After the
hymn "It Came Upon the Midnight
the social hour.
The hostesses were as follows:
Miss Lois Blakely, Mrs. Robert
Black, Mrs. Wm. Brooks Owens,
Clear ”, Mrs. W. R. Anderson. Sr., Mrs. Julian Coleman, Miss Luva
gave the devotional, followed by a McDonald, Mrs. James Pitts, Miss
prayer by Mrs. Cason. Others tak- Norma Hallett.
ing part on the program were Mrs.
S. W. Sumerel and Mrs. Clarke B.
Johnson. Mrs. R. P. Wilder con-
ciucted the business session and
Mrs. Johnson closed the meeting
with prayer.
Mrs. Arnold Hostess
To Church Circle
The regular December meeting of
Garden Club Hears
Talk on "Hollies"
Units of the Clinton Garden plub
held a joint meeting on Tuesday
afternoon in the Presbyterian col
lege auditorium with a large num
ber of members and guests in at
tendance.
Mrs. Wm. P. Jacobs, vice-presi
dent, presided, over a short business
the Sarah Glenn Circle of Broad
Street Methodist church and the session. The guest speaker for the
annual Christmas party was held ( afternoon was Dr. George Bellin-
on Monday evening at the home of grath, dean of Presbyterian college,
Mrs. J. B. Arnold. Mrs. Clifton who spoke most interestingly on
Adair, Mrs. S. M. Warner and Mrs. I “Hollies,” including English, Amer
In Newark, N. J., Str^a is re
quired to pass * stiff physical ex
amination before he can sene m
a department store. And even then |
he is barred from kissing any of
the children who perch upon his
knee.
In Charleston, S. C., charity San
tas have been forbidden to make
a pitch on public streets on the i
grounds that children flocking in to :
see , them may create a traffic
hazard. And in Washington a few
years ago, when the postmaster
general was asked to print a Santa
i Claus stamp at Christmas time he
Bill Abrams were assistant hos- ican, Chinese, and Japanese varie-, proposal with a scorn-
tesses.
The home was beautifully deco
rated for the yuletide featuring a
large tree in the living room with
multicolored lights, bowls of holly
and evergreens with red berries.
Elsewhere in the home seasonal ar-
Relieve t*
Chest Colds
ties, exhibiting sprays of each. He| ^ ..j should gay not ,.
told of their history, cultivation and
propagation. I
A beautifully decorated Christ
mas tree, garlands and a miniature
Santa Claus featured the decora
tions on the auditorium stage.
PEierniATKS
Into nppar bron
chial tubas with
special soothing
modtcuial vapors.
STIMULATES
chest, throat and
hook anrtacas Hke
swarming, com
forting poultice.
At bedtime rub throat, chest
and back with Vicks VapoRub.
Relief-bringing action starts
Instantly . . . 2 mays at once!
And
Penetra _
tton for boors
lathe night to
bring relief.
special
ac-
ntly . . . Z ways at c
It keeps up this spt
trating - Stimulating
iVSKS
Belk Employees Given
Christmas Dinner
Among gala social affairs of the
holiday season was the. dinner Mr.
and Mrs. D. B. Smith of this city
and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Chandler
of Laurens gave orf Tuesday even
ing in the Presbyterian college din
ing hall honoring the employees of
the Clinton and Laurens Belk
stores.
For the occasion the ^hall was
transformed into a veritable Christ
mas scene with a beautifully dec
orated and lighted tree, a large
snow man. garlands of greens and
wreaths adorning the snow covered
windows and doors, and miniature
Christmas scenes adding attractive
ness.
Tables, where covers were laid
for eighty, were arranged in the
Shape of a horse shoe arid adorned
(Continued on page two)
Outside the U.S.A., Santa has
;rd trouble, too. In Montreal, Can-
an influential organize ti'r
>ihi against holding of the c:t v ’s
•lual Santa Claus parade on the
i. nd that it was “merely a dis- '
f grotesque and vulgar buf-
nery ” A prominent Journalist in ,
ue Janeiro fostered a move- !
M to do away with Santa Claus
Noel) in Brazil and substi- >
ate a toy-bearing grandfather
ndian. In Mexico City the minister
<f education recommended that the I
\ztec god Quetzalcoatl, instead of
H. Nick, should bring gifts to chil-
Jren.
In the field of opinion, Santa haa
ancountered some detractors. A
Prof. Ivan E. McDougle, sociologist
«t Goucher college, Baltimore, do-
dared: ‘The Santa Claus myth has
ived too long. Parents should sub-
ititute philosophy”—whatever that
*
A Toronto psychiatrist got in his
•last “It should be made clear to
■hiidren,” he said, “that Santa
Haus la not necessarily a real man
ny more than any other character
ut of a story boak.”
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