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Friday, December 21, 1945 THE NEWBERkt sun 1.1 in inii.'ii miiim I B, MODERN INDUSTRY SERVES THE SPIRIT OF OUR CHRISTMAS In a busy world, card has assumed ; w, EST WISHES A Merry Christmas and A Happy and Prosperous te-r 5 i New Tear. W. H. DAVIS & SON >.5.5s»iSsSi».3:3.3) S*Siai35*»l>i*S**!»lXJ«>i»;*»>» MERRY ristmas It is with grateful appreciation of \our courtesies during the past year that we take this means of expressing the compliments of the season. Mis- ^ takes and problems of the last twelve months are of minor importance at this y'ad season and we look forward to the future with every confidence and anticipation. A very Merry Christmas to you, and you, and you! R. A. FEAGLE R. C. FLOYD Southern Cotton Oil Co. “ a 305 wiriionmib It occurs to us that the idea! and spirit of Christmas should be of three hundred and sixty-five days dura tion. So, right notv, please accept our sinceresl Best Wishes for every day of the New Year. NICHOLS STUDIO i* 1 A « £ n % % % a 1 I * r, | 8 H 8 8 8 * 8 * I 8 8 * i * 1! £ 1 I 8 8 g a R B ti s L D NICHOLS JUANITA SHEALY CYNTHIA MARTEN the Christmas definite place among Christmas customs and tradi tion — servihg the spirit of friendship, echoing the j>rom- ise of peace and good will. Reputedly, the first Christmas card, properly so- called , was dis patched in 1845 when W. C. Dob son, one of Queen Victoria’s favorite painters, sent lith ographed scenes inscribed with greetings to his many friends dur ing the Christmas season. I In 1846, John Calcott Horsley, Roy- 1 al Academician, designed a card for Sir Henry Cole. Thus the cus tom of sending Christmas cards seems to have been inaugurated— although, even as far back as Queen Anne’s reign, it was customary for children to write Christmas pieces. Such "Christmas pieces” were speci mens of handwriting with elaborate ly engraved borders designed to rep resent some current event or subject studied by the children during the year, and were sold in shops and at bazaars until about 1840. Christmas cards were introduced into the United States during the 1870s by Marcus Ward and Company of London and for a short while the English firm enjoyed a monopoly of the market. The name of Louis Prang is out standing in the history' and develop ment of the modern Christmas card industry. Mr. Prang, an exile from Germany following the revolution of | 1848, introduced the art idea into American public schools via the Prang method of education. In 1874, Prang invaded the Christmas card field. Prizes were offered for the best designs and perfected litho graphic processes. LET'S BE CHEERY The urge to make Christmas more gracious lies deep-rooted in the hearts of Americans everywhere, as they pause to ob serve the Christmas season. May happiness be yours to enjoy this Christmas and may it and give you guidance the inspiration to meet the coming year with a cheerful heart. Frank Lominack’s Hardware taiaa»»i>di»amai3i3i3iaii»>,3i3i3i3i3t3.3)a3i3i3aia»3»3;3}»8Siaaai3i»i3>»i»i3n»»Mwa»fcai>7 W. E. TURNER, Jeweler Switzerland Kept Xmas for Refugees Switzerland "kept” Christmas last year for the 20,000 refugee children who were being cared for within her borders as Europe celebrated its sixth wartime Christmas. From France and Belgium, from Holland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and far distant Greece they had come—many of them orphans, many children with out a country—traversing Europe by circuitous routes. Guided by peas- ME H R I CHRISTMAS . * <r- . Bfj We wish you a most merry and happy Christmas and may the New Year bring you Peace, Joy and Prosperity. Extending our Sincere Wishes for a CHRISTMAS OF GOOD CHEER and a NEW YEAR OF HAPPINESS Summers Radio & Electric Appliances 1506 Main Street Phone 259 Toys for refugee tots. ants, Red Cross workers, Wehr- macht guards, and older children they arrived on foot, herded in cattle cars, traveling in groups, A fraction of the millions of inno cent victims of World War II, these refugee children were supposed to remain only two or three months so as to give other youngsters a chance to recuperate in neutral Switzerland. But in many cases, repatriation was delayed—parents were scattered or dead, battles still raged in areas whence the children had come, so they were allowed to remain and Switzerland, crowding them to her bosom, welcomed many, many others. FENNELLS, Jewelers M A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 8 A A WISHING YOU A | Christmas Jleblep Christmas was once abolished by an act of parliament in Eng land. That was in 1644 when the Puritans under Oliver Cromwell governed the realm. The Puri tans’ disbelief in hoiiday enjoy ments was so intense that parlia ment ordered Christmas to be ob served as a strict fast day. No roast beef, no plum pudding, no wassail were permitted. • • • Although turkey is the essential feature of Christmas dinner to day, the bird was unknown in England in the 16th century. In troduced from America, it came into its present popularity in the early 1700s. * • * In several states of the Union there is a definite law forbidding anyone from interfering with a child’s belief in Santa Claus. * • • Some European peoples have a superstition — dating from an cient times—that animals take on the power of speech at Christmas time. • • • Lewis Carroll wrote his famous book, "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” as a Christmas gift for a little girl who was the daugh ter of one of his friends. Hope is justifiably strong as another Christmas draws near—that out of the mistakes of the past will come a better understanding of the prob lems of others, truly worthy of the sentiments men voice at ChristVnas. Greetings to you, one and all J. B. COWARD OtJOltS YULETIDE And a Prosoerous New Year WLfytvtbtv pou are $kxcp Cfjrtetmag anb a peaceful Jleto Jear J. DAVE CALDWELL REAL ESTATE