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FRIDAY, XpCEMBER 25, 1942 TB£ NEWBERRY SUN F0OO00OOOO<XK>OO*X><>(>iX>OOO*>>>XN>X*OC->t>C>>>>>>>:->>XK*<>X><N IT/S OUR PL€ASU'R€ TO GR€€T YOU In the excitement of a busy holiday season, we trust that you will stop long enough to accept our GREETINGS OF THE SEASON. Our own Christmas would be incomplete if we did not rake advantage of the opportunity to wish you all the good things we can think of. You have been con siderate of us in the past, and we trust that we may continue to merit your patronage in the future. Johnson Hagood Clary myjHE miSTK BELLS WlkflJOST Hflppy stflson Pinckney N. Abrams >00000CM>0<H>000CHXHX>O0O0O'>X>*X-0<X**>>X<“X“XX-X~:->>>X>0iX;< "SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT?” Definitely not! When friend- etiipe mean at much to others as they do to us, we assure you that we want to remember them always. Coma what may—war, unrest, uncertainty, disappointments,—. there is one thing American people con foil buck upon without reser vation—friends. Christmas gives us that opportunity to renew these friendships, to pledge anew oiir allegiance to them. May you hove every wish come true, is our Christmas wish. J. K. Willingham • OOOOOOOChXKhX<»<X«XX«-X“X-X«“X“X<”X<-X~X“X<~»X“;«>0< 0000000<>000000<XxX<“>X“X“X“X“X“X-X“X~X“X~X“»X~>»X >, X AMERICA WELCOMES Another year has passed . . . Whether CHRISTMAS it has brought you happiness and pros perity, or disappointment and loss, your life should be the richer because of the experience you have gained ... A New Year is Ahead ... It offers every kind of opportunity. During the coming year )ou can increase those treas ures of life—friends, happiness, and success. You have always had our very best wishes, and now at the Christmas Season we want to give expression to those wishes. May you be very happy on this occasion. Stokes’ Drug Store Dr. J. Edwin Stokes Mrs. J. Edwin Stokes Dr. J. Miller Wessinger Miss Katie Rushton CHRISTMAS STORIES REVEALED IN HISTORY Fortunately, the “idea” in the minds of some to tell the truth to the kiddies—that there isn’t a San ta Claus—isn’t catching on as well as they hoped. Everybody—and this includes the kids—enjoys a good story, especial ly around the Christmas season. Down through the years have come many beautiful stories, jammed with the kindness of the best an humanity. It is from such stories that many of our Christmas customs have come. For the observance of such customs the United States is indebted to many lands. Palestine, Egypt, Tur key, Italy, Germany, England and Holland all have done their bit to contribute to our added enjoyment of Christmas customs and traditions. To the Holy Land, mere than any other, all civilization is indebted for the matchless history of the Christ child. One writer who has investigated the observance of the birth of the Christ Child has noticed one cur- ous fact. That is, Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the church. Irenaeus and Tertullian, early church fathers, omitted it from the list of feasts. According to what Origen noticed in the Bible, only sin ners, not saints, celebrated their birthday. It was in the year 200 A. D. that evidence of the feast of Christmas was first noted. This was in Egypt. And it wasn’t until years afterwards that December 25 was decided upon as being the date for the celebra tion of Christ’s birthday. During that time Christmas was celebrated on various days, one of the dates be ing as late as May 20. Eight hund red years after the first feast of Christmas, church authorities used the term Christes Maessi, from which comes the English word Christmas. This was in 1038. DECORATE CHRISTMAS TREE 1,300 FEET UNDER GROUND About ten years ago, in Isbpe- ming, Mich., timber haulers were on their way to a mine to put up some trussing, found a small Christmas tree on the side of the road which had probably fallen from a truck. One of the men picked up the tree and threw it on top of the timber. At the mine the tree was sent down 1,300 feet into the mine. One of the miners picked it up, put it on the side of the passageway. At lunch time some of the miners decorated the tree with bits of paper from their lunch kits. “Let’s do this every year,” one of them suggested. Since then a small Christmas tree is set up in that Michigan mine pas sageway. And not only the miners, but their guests, gather ’round the tree at 6 a. m., exchange gifts and indulge in small talk for about a half hour before starting their shift. AMERICAN SPIRIT IS NOTED IN TOTS’ HOMEMADE TOYS With a typical American wartime spirit, the people of the nation have started to manufacture many of their own Christmas toys. For instance, in those shops where bits of wood are left from repair work, such lumber remnants can be used for the building of toys. Smoothly sawed off pieces make fine building blocks. Spools and wooden cigar boxes come in for use as toys, too. The boxes can be made into trains, and spools can be used as wheels for them. Spools can even be strung to gether for beads, or lined up for im- mrtation trains to be drawn along the floor by th e baby. TREE OF THE CHRIST-CHILD The Christmas tree has many leg endary origins. One of these legends has it that when St. Boniface was converting the Germanic tribes from their heathen worship of Thor to Christianity, he turned their atten tion from the fallen Thunder Oak, under which the human sacrifices de manded by their barbarous religion had been made, and singled out a young fir tree. Here was a new symbol: a tree dedicated to love and good deeds. With no stain of blood upon it, its tip pointing towards the undying stars, it should be a sign of the new faith: the tree of the Christ-child. No longer was the emblem of faith to be a thing of dread, but set up in the halls of the ..hieftain and sur rounding with friendship and feast ing. In the homes of the tribesmen, the new tree of the Christ-Child honored the birthday of the Saviour and children played beneath it. It be came the symbol of love and sim plicity: for “Unless ye become as little Chil dren, ye cannot enter the Kingdom of God.” In America, families gather around the Christmas tree in the home, throughout the land commun ity trees are lighted and the old carols ar e sung; symbols of the spirit of the Christ-Child — the brotherhood of men. Blessed are the terracemakers for they shall be called the saviors of the soil. The French proverb—“No one has a good market for bad merchandise’’ -is true of farm products as well as_of other things for sale. V/A* fcONOS 111 ■j**i*- Yplp TOP THAT \0%\ ' Letters to Santa Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a baby doll, a big tri-cycle with three wheels and an electric train. Please Santa, bring Ross what he wants, too. Santa, I guess you know me. I am the little girl you were so good to last year. My name is Joan Elrod, route 3, Newberry, S. C. Dear Santa Claus, Please bring me a pretty doll and some pretty clothes for my doll. I am a good little girl. I help my mother. Your friend, Gloria Parks. Dear Santa Claus, I am a little girl eight years old. Will you please bring me a little piano and a little bank and some nuts and candy and fruits. Yours truly, Martha Kyzer. 1400 Poplar St., Newberry, S. C. Dear Santa, I want you to get me a bake set. I am ten years old. I like to read books and a bag of fruit and a bag of nuts and candy and I want a pair of skates. See, I have to work for mother. I hope you don’t get cold up there. If you do, let me know and you can come and see me. With love from your friend, Olive Jean. Dear Santa, I am a good little girl three years old. Santa, please bring me a toy re frigerator, stove, some toy pots and pans and a doll, candy, fruit and nuts, and remember all the little boys and girls everywhere. Thank you very much, Santa. Love, Dell Darby. Dear Santa, , I am a little boy 8 years old. I try to be very good. I am in the second grade, and I make the honor roll. Please, Santa, bring me an air rifle, some shot, a game, some candy fruit and nuts. And please remem ber all the boys and girls and please remember the men in the army, Thank you Santa, and love, Dewey Darby. QUOTABLES FROM NOTABLES What Leaders Say About Agriculture and Rural Life “All would go hungry if farmers made no plans till June.”—Robert Quillen. “In my opinion, quotas are good business, sound in principle, and ef fective in practice.”—-Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama. “If you wish to be happy for an hour, get intoxicated; if you wish to he happy for eight days, kill a pig and eat it; but if you wish to be happy forever, become a gardener.” —Ohinese proverb. “Your activities in producing, pre serving, and preparing food; in mak ing clothing; and your other prac tical experiences in farming and homemaking have prepared you for many tasks important- in peacetime and indispensable in wartime. No other group of rural young people anywhere else in the world has so much worth defending, or is better prepared to help defend what it has.” President F. D. Roosevelt, to 4-H club members. Long before Christianity came to the Anglo-Saxons, December 24 was called Modrenecht, or “Mother night." IN A CORNER OF THE WORLD Where the guiding light of F’eace still is the hope of its people, we pause and look back with pride to new friendships formed and old ones grown stronger. And as we face the future, we are grateful for the folks who have been our in spiration in the past, helping us to strive toward even greater service from year to year. This is our pledge to maintain these efforts that we may continue to enjoy your confidence. ^ Buddy’s Gulf Service College Street Phone 3 TH€ GLOWING CANDLES • OF CHRISTMAS.... Typify the Peace and Contentment of Christmas vx>c«xrc>o<Kxoo<x>ooo<x<<><x>o<x > o<x>oc<>o<HXi<>ooooooooooo^oc<4 = 5,. We sincerely hope that you will receive a large share of contentment and happiness from the Yuletide activities. May you enjoy the as sociations of those dear to you, and may these associations result in the most glorious Christmas that has ever come your way. Newberry Lumber Co 6e tJfofifUf IT S CHRISTMAS Let's lay aside the problems of everyday life—th« cares and adversities that occupy our minds throughout the Other days of the year. Let's celebrate Christmas with a full real ization of the true meaning of the occasion. Let s be happy! Let's be thankful! As you enjoy the spirit of the occasion, please find a place for our good wishes May you spend o most enjoyable season, and moy the New Year be one of happiness and success for you ond yours. Scott’s Auto Supply EARL SCOTT C. V. MATHEWS