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BIKINI CHRISTMAS . . . They
may not have snow, but it’s
Christmas in Miami Beach, too.
Hilda Esteves gets into the Yale
spirit by decorating a pool-side
tree. Helper is Ellen Sweet.
New Year’s Day
Was Not Always
On January 1
New Year’s was not always cele
brated on January 1. In fact,
even today New Years comes on
different dates for some peoples.
Prior to September 14, 1752,
England and her colonies regard
ed January 1 with indifference be
cause New Year’s day was ob
served on March 25.
Today, many people who con
tinue to use the Gregorian calendar
still solemnize traditional feasts,
including New Year, on different
days. The Gregorian calendar
was not presented to the world
until 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII.
The Jews observe a 10-day New
Year season at the time of the au
tumn equinox, beginning on Rosh
Hashana and ends on Yom Kippur.
The Moslem calendar (dating
from 626, A. D.) has 12 months of
the year that begin with the ap
proximate new moon without any
intercalation to keep them geared
to the seasonal equinoxes. As a re
sult New Years and months re
trograde through the entire year
in about 33% years.
Jewish Calendar
Now Reads 5715
The Jewish calendar, which the
Jews adopted during the 15th cen
tury, reads 5715 in relation to 1954
A. D.
Use of the notation A. D. was
inaugurated by Charles III of Ger
many, who affixed the symbolism
to the years of his reign in 879.
Apparently the Egyptians were
the first to figure out any “exact”
measurement of time. They de
vised their calendar about 4,000
B. C. After the calendar, they
turned their attention to estimat
ing dates of the “beginning” and
the Mundane era of Alexander
fixed that estimate at 5502 B. C.
Modern research has developed
a new time clock, which uses the
principle of radioactivity. Wood
samples can be radioactively dated
back as far as 4,600 years.
Birth of the Savior
Was Greatest Event
In World's History
Pleasant as it is to dream of a
“White Christmas” with its carols
and gifts, feasting and merry
making, the sparkling eyes of chil
dren delighting in Santa Claus and
the wonderful Christmas trees,
these things never can symbolize
the tremendous significance of the
day.
The birth of the Saviour was the
greatest event in the history of the
world. In spite of all the back-
slidings, Christian peoples have
pressed forward steadily.
However vicious and corrupt,
the world today is far better than
the world of pagan times; fa
miliarity with the cross and cruci
fixion has abolished legal tortures
and much cruelty—and, if given a
chance, might shame us into ban
ishing the curse of international
viciousness for the sake of Him
who became the Saviour of Man
kind.
Little Indiana
Town Ow&s Fame
To Unusual Name
The little community of San
ta Clans, Indiana, owes its fame
to its unusual name. And at
Christmas time its small post-
office is swamped with mail
from throughout the world by
people who want their letter
postmarked Santa Claus.
In, addition, thousands of let
ters are received at the post-
office addressed to “Santa
Claus, Santa Claus, Ind.”
The notes range from the
wistful to the desperate, re
questing such things as a ma
ma doll, a sled, a sweater, or
a pair of overshoes.
They come from countries all
over the world—small village
in Canada and big cities in
Europe.
NEW YEAR’S EVE . . . And a
very lovely Eve, too, is this
young lady as she warns yon that
time is marching on.
Christmas Today
Is Too Commercial,
Many People Believe
Today we hear many people say
that Christmas has been “com
mercialized” and has lost its true
meaning.
Has it?
Is it wrong this one time in the
year to make the dominate theme
one of giving, rather than re
ceiving?
Giving has always been a major
part of the Christmas theme—the
giving of joy and happiness to oth
ers whether it be spiritual or
material.
It is true that economically no
other holiday or festive season
contributes so much to the wel
fare of the world. The holiday has
hardly passed into the new year
before thousands are at work on
toys and Christmas specialties for
the next year.
Giving will remain one of the
great joys of Christmas for all
time to come. The idea has sur
vived through the centuries and
nothing will ever stop it.
What, after all, brings more joy
than seeing people happy; than
watching children and loved ones
open gifts and express their thanks
in words and deeds?
It is, essentially, the Christmas
story.
Christmas Candles
Are Traditional
For Many Peoples
”7© learn your luck for the year they
say,
Bum a bayberry dip on Christmas
day.
If the flame bums bright and the
light shines clear,
Good luck will be yours through
the year’*.
This old verse is believed in
many lands around the world and
is said to be one of the reasons
that candles in homes are tradi
tional around the world.
The custom is believed to have
started in Ireland. As the Irish
put it: “Who knows, on some
Christmas Eve, Jesus and Mary
and Joseph may come again, not
to Palestine, but to the Holy Isle
on the fartherest edge of Europe.”
And it is the custom that the can
dle can only be snuffed by one
named Mary.
Their first use for Christmas is
not recorded in the annals of any
nation, but that the “Christ Child
Candle,” burned in the window on
Christmas Eve is, according to
an old legend, placed there to
light His way if He makes an
earthly visitation and in atonement
for the night of His birth when
there was no room for Him.
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Bowls and Goals
Now that the bowl picture has
been developed, we are hearing
around the country from the arm
chair quarterbacks who have much
to say about the relative strength
of the teams to be involved in these
annual footbaU extravaganzas . . .
and some of the press and the pub
lic in the Southern part of the na
tion have hinted that this year’s
Sugar Bowl offering of Georgia
Tech and West Virginia could be a
repetition of the Alabama-Syracnse
mis-match of last year ... in an
other bowl. This may be whistling
in the uark, for many have asked if
Southeastern Conference teams of
1953 were up to conference teams of
late yean. And, the argument that
the Mountaineers have not enjoyed
so rigorous a schedule as their
formidable opponent may be offset
by the reality that one platoon foot
ball brings back the 60-minute play
er; that a fine football squad is
making its first trip to the Sugar
Bowl; and finally, that this has
been a year of upsets. But, we’ll
have to wait and see.
HEADS AAU . . . Louis G. Wilke
of Bartlesville, Okla., was elect
ed president of U. 8. Amateur
Athletic Union at convention in
Washington, D. C. Wilke is a
noted football and basketball
authority and a leader in ama
teur and Olympic sports.
Christmas Game
Snapdragon was a favorite
Christmas game in England more
than 200 years ago; it is still play
ed in modified form in England
and America.
The original game called for a
quantity of raisins 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 many 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,
thought 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 sarab is a beetle which
is held sacred by the Egyptians
as the symbol of resurrection and
fertility.
AUDITOR’S 1954 TAX
ASSESSMENT NOTICE
I, or an authorized agent, will
be at the following places on
the dates given below for the
purpose of taking tax returns
of all real estate and personal
property. Persons owning
property in more than one
district will make returns for
each district.
All able-bodied male citizens
between the ages of twenty-
one and sixty are liable to
$1.00 poll tax.
WHITMIRE
City Hall, Monday, January 4,
1954.
Aragon-Baldwin Mill, Tuesday
and Wednesday, January 5 and 6,
1954.
G. M. & R. E. NEEL STORE
Thursday, January 7, 1954, from
9 until 12.
SILVER STREET
Thursday, January 7, 1954, from
2 until 5.
CHAPPELLS
Friday, January 8, 1954, from
9 until 12.
KINARDS
Friday, January 8, 1954, from 2
until 5.
JAMES HOMER CROOKS STORE
Monday. January 11, 1954, from
9 until 12.
A. E. & R. E. REESE STORE
Monday, January 11, 1954, from
2 until 5.
PEAK
Tuesday, January 12, 1954.
POMARIA
Wednesday, January 13, 1954.
ST. LUKE’S
Thursday, January 14, 1954, from
9 until 12.
. O’NEAL
Thursday, January 14, 1954, from
2 until 5.
LITTLE MOUNTAIN
Friday, January 15, 1954.
PROSPERITY
Monday, January 18, 1954.
At Auditor’s Office to March
1st, after which a penalty of 10
per cent will be added.
At Auditor’s Office to
March 1st, after which a pen
alty of 10 per cent will be
added.
RALPH B. BLACK
Auditor Newberry County
33-4tc.
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The Prophecy
For unto us a child is born, unto
us a son is given: and the govern
ment shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Won
derful Counsellor, the mighty God,
the everlasting Father, the Prince
of Peace.
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