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Friday, December 26^ 1947 The Newberry Sum xxxx SING! SING! SING! LET YOUR VOICES RING FOR A CHRISTMAS CHEER AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR -9 WERTZ MUSIC & APPLIANCE CO. IN AT APPRECIATION CHRISTMASTIME Arrival of the Christmas Season reminds us of our obligations to the fine people of this commun ity. We appreciate the excellent treatment we have received and take this means of sending our Greetings to each of you. CLARY CLOTHING CO. »!». a:*****-.:*!*!**»!*>*’»>*>»! i We wish you a JOYFUL CHRISTMAS A season overflowing with happiness and contentment. Compliments of the Season to everyone. Chapman-Hawkins Hardware % The Friendly Warmth of Christmas May it continue throughout the days of the New Year and may you be blessed with a wealth of happiness and prosperity such as you have never enjoyed before. MERRY CHRISTMAS WESTERN AUTO STORE R. P. Medley, Owner HAPPY YULETIDE Wishing you an old fashioned Christmas of warmth and cheer with those you love .. . and happi ness in the coming New Year! SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO. IT’S CHRISTMAS AGAIN! May we express to those of you with whom we have been associated this past year our best wishes for a Merry, Merry Christmas. Our thoughts are with you this glorious day and we give thanks for lasting friendships such as yours. WELLS THEATRE MERRY CHRISTMAS and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR There is no restraint in the heartiness of this year’s SEASON’S GREETINGS . . . the warmth of peace and content ment is everywhere. Joy is in the hearts of all. With good reason, then, we are happy in the belief that this season’s greetings is a reality rather than a wish. Mrs. Wicker Mrs. Goggans Mrs. Carroll Mrs. Ringer CAROLINA REMNANT STORE / IN THE GERMAN alpine districts ' an ancient belief is that cattle can speak on Christmas Eve. No one ever hears them, however, and it is considered sinful to try to listen. Another tradition holds that bees can sing on this holy night. SHOOTING OFF GUNS and gre nades on Christmas Eve to frighten away mischievous spirits is an old cus tom in southern Germany. This col orful ritual has been forgotten in most communities, but it is still practiced in a few places, like Berchtesgaden 1 n the Bavarian alps. The noisy ceremony / dates back to pagan times, when bonfires were kindled to greet the returning sun. On Christmas Eve about ten o’clock members of the Weihnachts- schiessen Verein (Christmas Eve shooting society) pack up their rifles, shotguns, revolvers and hand- grenades, and march to their ap pointed spot in the hills. Then at eleven o’clock they begin firing away into the air, setting off fire works and lighting bonfires. At ex actly half-past eleven all the bang ing stops, and the men quietly go off to their village churches. BRAZILIAN CHILDREN parade through the streets at Christmas time dressed colorfully as shep herds, singing carols. This proces sion is called the pastorinhas, or shepherds’ parade. It is customary for children in Brazil to place their shoes in win dows or doors In hopes of Christmas gifts, but In big cities the tradi tions associated with the North American Santa Claus are coming into favor. Since it is summer in this tropica] country in December, Santa Claus with his fur-trimmed clothes, sleigh and reindeer seems a bit incongruous, however. IN COLOMBIA THEY celebrate Christmas Day with a glorious fireworks display. In almost every village square a huge wooden ef figy of a cow is erected. Men in flre-proof clothing crawl into the cow, and shoot off fire crackers, Roman candles and rock ets, much to the de light of the chil dren. This curious custom is called the Vacas Locas, or fiesta of the crazy cows.” - CHRISTMAS DAY is a holy day in Italy, and people flock to the nu merous churches for the real mer rymaking for Italians comes on Christmas Eve, which is much more of a holiday than Christmas Day to them. As the eve of Christmas is a religious vigil on which no meat is allowed, the feast has to con sist largely of fish. Most Italians choose eel for this banquet. A cer tain large species called capitone is especially popular, though quite ex pensive. * Vfe * #fl , ‘Mw Holly Now Grown In Many Parts of Land Grown on the hillsides of the coastal states from Maine to Texas and up the Mississippi valley to Missouri, holly is a pretty but slow- growing plant. Leaves are evergreen, the mar gins of which are provided with rather widely separated spines. Weak and close-grained, the wood is exceptionally white, making it highly desirable in the manufacture of woodenware, cabinets and inte rior finishing. As a result of scientific discover ies holly cuttings will take root quickly when they are treated with hormonelike substances. Christmas holly has been converted into potted plants. These plants can be set out as a permanent ornament for land scapes. Growth regulating substances— indole butyric acid and naphthalene acetamide—are on the market in liquid or powdered form under va rious trade names. The chemicals are applied to plantings of fresh cuttings kept moist, cool and well shaded. lljerry Christmas Bohemian. Vesele Vanoce. Czech: Stansi Vanoce. Dutch: Gelukkig Kerstmis. Finnish: Hauskaa Joula. French: Joyeux Noel! German: Frohliche Weinnachten Greek: Kala Christougenna. Italian: Buon Natale. Norwegian: Glaedelig Jul. Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia. Romanian: La multiani ou Sanc- tate. Russian: Dudushka Moroz. Spanish: Felices Pascuas. Swedish: God Jul. Chinese: Hsi lo Yeh so chiang sheng jih! In the Calabrian hill country the shepherds come down from the mountains on Christmas and play bagpipes and flutes before the car penter shops in special deference to St. Joseph, the carpenter. At St. Marks church in Naples, dogs are taken along on Christmas morning. The faithful beasts wait outside unti 1 their masters have completed their devotions. AFTER THE CHRISTMAS Eve supper, or Willia, Polish girls lift the table cloth and pick up handfuls of the straw that has been placed on the table. Any girl who finds an unthreshed ear of grain will be married soon and will be prosperous, according to tradi tion. IT IS A PRETTY and humane Christmas custom in Scandinavian countries to hang a sheaf of grain outside the window in some snow covered yard so that the birds may share in the feast. In Sweden and Finland the Christ mas tree is kept standing for some time, usually until January 13, Canute’s Day, when the neighbor hood children are invited in to "plunder” it. It is a matter of great pride to the average youngster to have attended a large number of “piunderings.” ALMOST UNIVERSAL in South America is the custom of the fam ily supper after Midnight Mass, know as Misa de Gallo. As it is then early on Christmas Day, the restrictions on eating meat, and on feasting in general that pre vail on Christmas Eve, are over. THE ANIMALS MUST NOT be forgotten at Christ mas in Norway. Dog and cat get special Christmas fare, sheaves of grain are hung for the birds, and a large piece of suet put on the bird tray outside the kifchen window. On the farms cow and horse, sheep and pig and all the other animals get special treat ment. The tradition of hanging sheaves of yellow heavy - headed grain outside the house in midwinter is as old as our history. Thousands of years ago, in the Stone Age, the belief was that the spirit which lived in the earth and made things grow, fled when the grain was cut. The spirit hid, it was thought, in the last remaining stalks, that was why the peasants laid aside the last sheaf and kept it. Midwinters, when the earth was frozen and covered with snow, and it was dark almost all day, the Stone Age people hung this sheaf near the place they lived. The sp.iii hidhtg in it helped the sun become strong again, and later it returned to the thawing fields to bring the people a new harvest of blessed grain. Q rnatnenl it juliinrj. (Collage J/nJuslrg Those colored glass ornaments that we hang on our Christmas mas trees used to come from Ger many, Czechoslovakia and Poland. A small number were made in Japan. When the war cut off these supplies, American glass manufacturers, who had never bothered with these prod ucts before, turned part of their fa cilities over to making the pretty gewgaws. Mechanical methods were soon developed that could blow as many ornaments in an hour as a European glassblower could make in a month. Thus modern efficien cy may doom this picturesque little industry, carried on in the moun tainous towns of eastern Europe. Ornament making is a typical “cottage industry” in the little vil lages that cling to the steep moun tainsides. Families specialize In cer tain shapes and designs, patterns that may date back for hundreds of years unchanged. The father, using a bunsen burner, carefully blows the thin glass tubing to the de sired shape, with the aid of an iron mold. His son acting as mold boy, removes the hot ornament to a cooling table. Next the mother sil vers the inside, and Anally the daughter applies paint and perhaps decorative designs. traditional There were three wise men from afar Directed by a glorious star. And on they wandered night and day Until they came where Jesus lay. And when they came unto that place Where our beloved Messiah was They humbly cast them at his feet With gilts of gold and incense sweet. i To WISH YOU. (zvery good wish for your happiness ot this joyous Christmas Season And a sincere thanks for your courtesies in the past twelve months. Eugene H. Spearman *J4 I©©©©©©®!©®®©®©©®!©®©©©®®®® Heres Hoping You Always Have a Merry Christmas At this ssason of Peace and 3ood Will, we cannot fail to try to express at least in some measure our appreciation to those whom we have served during the past year. We sincerely hope you will enjoy the very best Christmas ever. So here's wishing you all the joys of Christmas and a New Year of true happiness. May the com ing year reward you with the fullest amount of Health, Happiness and Prosperity! Summers Radio & Grocery College Street Extension Radio Repairs FOUR POINT SERVICE 1— Our Parts and Work are Positively Guaranteed. 2— Immediate Pick-up Service on Notification from You. 3— Prompt Delivery Service—To Your Home. 4— All work done at reasonable prices by experienced Tech- CALL 470 — RADIO REPAIR DEPARTMENT OF THE Wertz Music & Appliance Co. 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