Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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n FRIDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1948 THE NEWBERRY SUN /. 0TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND friends We Will Be Closed For The Christmas Holidays From Friday, Dec. 24 Through Saturday, January 1st. DAVIS MOTOR COMPANY w nwnwxn • v\N\W\\\NN\N PKNVXNWNW Va K i WELCOME AN AGE OLD CUSTOM Christmas has always been a time of friendliness and good cheer. One of the oldest traditions is the simple well wishing to one's friends for a Happy Christmas. This year we send to each of you that wish fourfold. . . MERRY CHRISTMA S Newberry County Bank NEWBERRY, S. C. JOANNA, S. C. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Mail Carriers Walk Many Weary Miles LOADED ... A familiar sight on the streets this time of year. He wishes he had Santa’s reindeer to help with the load. Give a thought to the foot-sore mail carrier, who probably trudges more weary miles during Christ mas week than does old St Nick himself. His mailsack will be even heavier this year than in 1947. Last Decem ber, the nation’s postal service de livered 5,000,000,000 pieces of mail. They expect to break that record this Christmas. You can help spare your mail carrier’s bunions—and incidentally speed delivery of your own Yule- tide letters, Christmas cards, and packages—by heeding the Post Of fice Department’s suggestions: 1. Shop now—get your Christmas mail and packages off as early as possible. 2. Wrap your gifts carefully. Ad dress them plainly—Aunt Susie may be able to decipher your handwrit ing, but not all postmen carry mag nifying glasses and crystal balls. Register valuable letters. Insure valuable packages. 3. Be sure to put the full address on each piece of mail. Include city zone numbers. 4. Send your Christmas cards by first-class mail. Put a three-cent stamp on every Christmas card and seal the envelopes. They are more personal that way, and if your friend has moved, the card will be forwarded. Third-class mail doesn't have that privilege. 5. Remember that Air Mail for letters and Christmas cards is only a nickel, and it wiM get them to dis tant points more quickly—especial ly if you slip up on Suggestion No. 1. /St5l V The bell, the world’s oldest and simplest musical instrument, is the world’s most universal Yuletide symbol. Each nation has its individ ual symbols of Christmas, but the bell will be found somewhere in the traditions of every one. Bell authorities claim that Pope Sabinianus gave us the first church bells in 604. The custom has grown until there is no use of church bells so widely known as the ringing of the chimes to herald the advent of the birth of Christ. In recent years the ancient bell has “grown up” into the carillon, a highly sensitive instrument on which Christmas carols seem to find their most perfect expression. Yule time Though ts Heywood Broun once said, “Christ mas is not a date. It is a state of mind.” No man lives today who does not seek, in some way, to follow a guid ing star. It was Christ who, by his volun tary acceptance of the role of serv ant, has been elevated to the royal purple and seated at God’s right hand. At few, if any, times since Christ was born have all the people of the earth needed faith, trust, and peace as much as they do now. When we celebrate the birthday of Christ we ought not to think of Him only as a child. Those who think Christmas is only a festival about a child, for children, veer away from facing Him as an adult. CHRISTMAS ‘PUTZ’ The Christmas “putz” is a decor ative feature in many Bethlehem, Pa., homes during the Yuletide season. It is a representation of the birth of the Christ Child in the stable at Bethlehem in Judea. The residents of Bethlehem, Pa., follow this custom, which was brought to this country by early Mo ravian settlers, and spend months arranging the exhibit. The word “putz” is short for the German “putzen" meaning to ar range or decorate. Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers was chewing on his fingernails. He had just been indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury at a senate committee hearing. Donald E. Blodgett of Evanston, 111., was extending a hearty wel come to two visitors from St. Nik- laas, Belgium, Mr. and Mrs. George Smet. They had shielded him from Nazis when, as an AAF pilot, his plane was shot down in 1944. President Harry Truman was won dering what he should do with a brand new spaniel pup. One of his friends in Missouri had sent it to him. The dog’s name was Feller. Lt. Glenn Davis (Mr. Outside of the West Point Blanchard-Davis backfleld combination), was sulking in his tent. The army had refused to permit him to resign so he could play pro football. Henry Agard Wallace was being progressive. He announced that he would run for president "in 1948 on a third party platform of “peace and abundance for all.” Congressman Clare E. Hoffman of Michigan was being difficult. He set up a barren Christmas tree out side his office and placed a sign on it reading “Nothing for the home folks. TJhey’ve sent it all abroad.” New Yorkers were calling grump ily for St. Bernards and brandy kegs. They had been presented with 25.8 inches of snow by a 16-hour blizzard. Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault was beaming with happiness. He had just married a Chinese girl, Ann Chan, in Shanghai. mm PRESENT . . . This puppy is as happy as his master. Experts say that a pet is an ideal gift for chil dren. Home-Sick Tailor Cut First Tree To August Imgard, a home-sick immigrant tailor, goes the credit for introducing the Christmas tree to America. Imgard came to this country in 1847 to visit his brother in Wooster, Ohio. With the prospects of a dis mal Christmas for the first time away from his native land, August decided to bring to his newly adopt ed home all the Christmas spirit and festivities he had loved so much in Wetzlar, Hessia. To his young nephew and niece he would show' how ■ Christmas was celebrated in the old country. First, he needed a Christmas tree. This is the way he described how he got it: “I walked up Apple creek, . . . When I got to where the trees were I found the water so high I could not get across. So I walked along until I found a tree fallen from bank to bank and crossed on that. I cut a tree and carried it to the falltn log. But to get across this time I had to tie the tree to my neck and crawl on hands and feet. People looked at me with consider able curiousity when I walked through town with my tree.” Adept with scissors, Imgard cut his own paper adornments and a local tinsmith fashioned a shiny star for the top. Christmas Name For Three Islands Although Santa Claus doesn’t live on any of them, there are three is lands in the world named Chtistmas. One is the largest atoll in the Pa cific ocean. It was discovered in 1777 by Cook, and annexed by Great Britain in 1888. The island is about 100 miles round and less than 100 people live on it. They earn their livelihood by cultivating the island’s coconut groves. Another Christmas island is locat ed in the Indian ocean, 200 miles south of Java. It is 12 miles long by nine miles wide. Surrounded by ocean depths of 14,000 feet, its own highest ground reaches more than 1,000 feet above sea level. It also belongs to Great Britain and a few hundred Chinese, Malays, Javanese, and a few Europeans are engaged in the shipping of phosphate of lime. Christmas island in the Little Bras d’Or, Nova Scotia, 30 miles southwest of Sydney, is a tiny fish ing island of 1,400 population. MS l Wi X X’""” M 4 4 Newberry Coca'Cola Bottling May the season be one of utmost joy '>*. filled overflowing with every happiness your heart may desire . . . that is our * Christmas wish for each of you. B. C. Moore &£Sons, Inc. NEWBERRY, S. C.