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« / i s' Thursday, December 20, 1951 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Three r E welcome , the good fellowship of . * the Christmos Seoson which enobles us to extend our cordial greetings to our mony friends and customti*. Moy the peace ond joy of Christmos continue with you for mony days to come. LYDIA MILLS STORE Jf Zhis Kadiaut Season of (food Cheer-- WHEN GOOD FELLOWSHIP AND KIND THOUGHTS ARE IN ABUNDANCE, WE SINCERE- LY EXTEND TO YOU OUR HOLIDAY GREETINGS. •Chaneys Dress Shoppe Mrs. Ethel Chaney + CHRISTMAS LECTURE . . . '‘New this Is s Christmas tree,** bif brother appears to be toll- Inf the toddler. “It grow la the Urine room only once a year, and it always has a lot of nice presents under it.** Qante3 for c4U Jiake Chridtmad Samiltf Party Christmas is the time for family; fet-togethers. One of the best ways; to make these gatherings memora-| ble for all concerned is to engage in' games which the whole group can play. A nice one to start off with would be a Sugar Plum Hunt. Have one member of the family hide Christ mas candies ahead of time in vari ous nooks and comers around the house. At a given signal everyone starts hunting and gathering the pieces. The one who gathers the greatest number would be given a prize. The Christmas Puzzle is another good one to get things going. Look through some magazines, which are filled with pictures of Santa Claus at this time of year. Cut out enough of these to go around, paste them on stiff cardboard, and cut them into pieces. Then put each group of pieces in a separate paper bag. At the signal, everyone opens a bag and starts putting the puzzle to gether. The Xmas Scramble Contest is good for a group with older children in it. This is simply a contest to see who can unscramble a group 6f words the fastest. Just for fun, see if you can work out the following— astna, erireden, ehsgil, dynca, gosiknct, erte, trepesn, hupnc, alsorc, and niborb. If Santa Misses, Reindeer Supply Will Be af Fault If Santa Claus misses some young sters this year, it could be offered plausibly that he was not able to round up enough reindeer for his yearly trip around the globe. The reindeer shortage has be come, in recent years, much too acute. It has been estimated that wolves have destroyed 500,000 of Santa’s helpers within the last decade or so, leaving an approx imate 50,000. The difficulty of keeping the ani mals alive in a temperate climate makes it unlikely that any of the few remaining will be transported '-IK from their native regions to other lands for the holiday season, as has been done in the past. American boys and girls will have to be satisfied with stand-ins. The few department stores featur ing Santa’s complete outfit this year will be using native deer as substitute for Dasher, Prancer, and company. Cnpland One* QonlcJ* CUnUtmal Olunvanc* Did you know that the observ ance of Christmas was once for bidden in England—the home of the Yule Log, the Carol-singer and the wassailers? During the Reformation many believed the undue jollity of Christ- matf day was sacrilegious. Parlia ment, on December 24, 1652, or dered that “no observance shall be held of the five and twentieth day of December, commonly called Christmas day; nor any solemnity used or exercised in churches upon that day in respect thereof.” This edict proved to be very un popular with the masses of the C topic. It was not until many years ter, however, that Christmas was again regarded as a holiday. In extending our greeting to you, we'd be neglecting something mighty importont if foiled to include o wor£ of oppreciotion for the friendly cooperation ond sincere good will of those we serve — We soy ot once "Merry Christmos" ond Maxwell Bros. <£k Wilkes, Inc. Phone 257 Ginton, S. C. / 1 l i _ j -4- gv- leeeeeeee Y.-ys.-y.-y. e e e e e e • e e • e e e e e e e e • e e e e •< t e e e • e e e e # e e e e e e e e e • e e • t e e e • • e f e e e e e e e e e e # e e • % m • e e e e e e e e • e e e e e e e e e e e e e e t e e • e # e e e e e • e e • e e e e e e e t t e e „ e e e e • e e e e e e • e e e e # e tee# e t e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e # • e e e e e e e e e e • e e e • e e. e # e e e e -d e e e e • tee All over this greot notion of ours, millions of Americons are laying aside their cores and problems to wish their neighp bors a Merry Christmas. It's a glorious custom which we enjoy. i At this merry season we ex tend our thanks to you for your patronage and wish you a Joyful Christmas. Timmerman Motor Company . S * Your Oldsmobile Dealer r l