Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wi THE NEWBERRY SUN —— ■" — FRIDAY DECEMBER 26, 1962 — dirishnas rvvv\/v^A brings a little bit of heoven tb our daily lives, good fellow ship and kindness which strengthens our confi dence in each other and makes us all feel hap pier and more friendly. When you awake on Christmas morning, we hope that it will be your pleasure to enjoy one of the happiest days of your life. F. J. HARMON GARAGE 935 Friend Street ■s>< Newberry Christmas is a time of greeting and words of appreciation. So, here are our good wishes \ and a hearty thanks for your patronage. V W. H. STERLING 1708 Vincent Street Newberry ' j Ak A MERRY * X m GREETING In keeping with the Christmas spirit we extend our wishes to one and all for the best of everything. FENNELL’S 1505 Main Street Newberry mm Mim / vM*. We gratefully extend best wishes to all our friends. May this Holiday Season be bright with the smiles of your loved ones. Enjoy this happiness throughout the years to come. Newberry DRIVE-IN THEATRE Newberry -> THIS IS • • t- ' i * % PTV II \ WiL. Wi ■ m * Christmas is a tree with bright lights and tinsel and the Star atop. It is a tumble of gifts, wrapped with pretty ribbon, beneath its green boughs. It is the light and faith in little children’s eyes on Christmas morning. It is the choking feeling of jt>y in mother’s heart as the packages are opened. It is the tear that wells in dad’s eye and he tries to hide it with a grin. It is the remem brances of many other Christmases by grandmother and grandfather, un dimmed by golden time. It is the sermon of the Story of Bethlehem. The hymns of the choir, the candlelight service, the softness of children’s voices, the peace and goodwill that can come into men’s hearts. Christmas is the .big tall tree in school, the only tree some of the children can call their own. It is the striped candy cane. sh\ It is the joyful music of chimes and church bells, the carols from the record shop, the spirit of the season that makes strangers friends. It ts the garland arid the candle in the window, the cards on the mantel, the wreath on the door, the mistletoe hung for Sis. It is sincerely in a band- shake, the wishes, of glad tidings, the vocal meaning in the hello from neigh bors. > « Christmas is a light. A light that vanquishes darkness; the light of charity. Christmas Game • • Snapdragon was a 1 favorite Christmas game in England more than 200 years ago; it is still played in mi dified form in Eng land and America. The origihal game called for a quantity of r&isins to be deposited in a large bowl or dish. Brandy or some, other spirit was poured over the fruit and ignited. The by standers then endeavored to grasp a raisin, by plunging their hands through the flames. A carol, called “The Song of Snapdragon,” ac companied the game. God Bless Christmas “There are mahy things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,” returned the nephew. “Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come around,* as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleas ant time; and, therefore, uncle, though it had never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I say, God bless it!”—Charles Dick ens, “A Christmas Carol.” The Prophecy Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is bom, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, the mighty God, the ever lasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Serving of Boar's Head One of Old Christmas Customs Of the customs that grew up around the Christmas festival in Merrie England, the serving of the boar’s head was one of the most stirring. It endhres to this day a*t Queen’s college, Oxford, where the 50-pound tusked head—a lemon in \Je\ *» its grinning jaws—is borne in on a great silver dish, escorted by trumpeters and candle bearers. In the olden days there was an appropriate chant, half carol and half ritual, that the gentlemen used to bellow at the moment the dish troubled the board: Then set down the swineyard, The foe 'to the vineyard, ' Let Bacchus crown his fall. Let this boar’s head and mustard Stand for pig, goose and custard, And so ye are welcome all. Notice! WE WILL BE CLOSED Thursday, December 25th CHRISTMAS DAY Friday, December 26th Urge Motorists To Use Care In December 'Tis the week before Christ mas and all through the streets all the shoppers are stirring— so look out, Motorists! The Motor Transportation As sociation of South Carolina re minds Yuletime drivers that De cember is a month for caution as well as revelry. More pedestrians die in December than in any other month, according to the record. This situation is found equally in city and country. “Any way you look at it,” W. W. Akers, Jr. President, Motor Trans portation Association of South Carolina, said today, “December is a peak month for traffic acci dents . . . many of them fatal. “Just as December is the peak month, the hours between 4 and 8 p.in. are the day’s peak hours for pedestrian deaths. Several hazards make this »o: 1. In most of the country, it gets dark between 4:30 and 5 p.m. 2. Most people are going home after 4:30—and they’re in a hur ry. 3. Bad weather, not to mention darkness, makes for poor visibility . . . it’s {larder for drivers to see a^id avoid danger. “Add to these factors the Christ mas rush and seasonal gaiety to dull people’s normal caution and you have the stage all set for a rash of traffic accidents.” Mr. Akers urged drivers to be extra cautious in shopping dis tricts during the next few days, and to bp wary of overburdened shoppers crossing in mid-block. He also urged them to be patient with heavy streams of foot traffic and he pointed particularly to the danger and discourtesy of trying to force a right turn under such conditions. Under most con ditions the pedestrian has the right-of-way. : X CO®?’! V*-' , «-V : r . 4’ mr f- - 'XVv'^ ill £r'\ \ IE •f£. X*/-; -4 In the true, friendly spirit that dominates the world at this time, we extend our wishes for a fully happy Christmas and a most prosperous New Yes liig J. ELLERBE SEASE : v CASE FARM MACHINERY Dl NEWBERRY RECAPPING . • ' •‘^srfga : Ml "r -i a Swell W-v - , j.i* * v , < - " K- X . BP ■ ry How do we know? Well, perhaps It's because we've been doing basiness with the fine people of this com munity long enough to know they're the finest and cer tainly deserving of the best Christmas ever. h !/ For your enfoyable friendships in the past we are grateful. Merry Christmas! d'Nr-A ?W- ■****!£&■ m Farmers Ice & Fuel Co. ;r ■ NEWBERRY J Federal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF NEWBERRY '-V.v-v ' '* '* ■' -•■i-v-- hcvv-.')' fft-J.r j x \ ‘su*; ' George W. Martin, Mgr. Vance A. Martin Fred Hentz George O. Graham John Miller Eddie Miller f ^ James Kinard R. B. Dawkins Leroy Williams Andrew Lark 618 Drayton Street Simpson Burton, Sr. David Coleman Jim Jones Robert Taylor Ozell Counts Curtis Bates Charles Koon Phone 155