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■5-Tfc' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1954 !■?. pfe:,/-, » • '- v » ‘c '""" HT In grateful appreciation for your friendship, as shown by the fine pa- / tronage you have given us, we wish you a Merry Christmas. Shealy’s Hillcrest Florists Mr. and Mrs. B. Eugene Shealy 2003 Drayton St. Phone 592 May the best of all life’s blessings and the warmth of the Yuletide cheer be with you this glad season. \ . •: ristmas The Wallace Home 721 Caldwell St. WE WILL BE OPEN CHRISTMAS DAY ■a k n m r / . ^ i VI . 1 .h< ai^ n ; a I ; I ' A; mme. 7 7 v ■ rismas NEWBERRY ELECTRIC CO-OPERATIVE, Inc. 1 . * \ V .-# v ■ - ' ■ A u’>'V ■''f "V^T : ■ ■ ■ ■V .V'-.?? ^ • 'V '• ■ • 1 ;; • ’ j _ .. * v . • o." r. • v ' THE NEWBERRY SUN V ■ N7 :■ ■' JcT ill PAGE FirstToSee Every New Year Residents of Chatham Islands, New Zealand, are always the first to welcome in the New Year. This particular distinction is brought about by the fact that the Islands lie just east of the starting point of time—the Admiralty’s date line. It is made to curve east and west of the 180th meridian in such a way that it lies always in tbo ocean. The year 1955 will leave tho islands and race westward along the equator at a speed of 1.000 miles per hour. At 12:01 on Jaap uary 1, 1955, in the islands, it will still be the last day of the year 1954 in New York and London. The milkman will be making his 7 a.m. rounds in New York and Big Baa will be striking the noon hour for Londoners. By the time the New Year reaches the howling mob in Times Square, the Chatham Islanders will be preparing to set down to their, New Year’s day feast. OLD TIMES Before the revolution, New Year’s was a gay time in Russia. In some cities the streets were decorated with flags and lanterns and thronged with merry-makers. New Year Gatherings Are Ancient Tradition Gathering with family and friends to celebrate the New Year is a custom older than when the date January 1 became accepted as the first day of the year. Watching the old year out and the new year in is one of the old* est and most universal of all cele brations. The ancient Romans got together, although they celebrated the New Year in the spring, to wish each other health, wealth and hap piness in the days ahead. And, long before this time, the Vikings built huge fires at the turn of the year to propitiate their fierce Norse gods. Feasting Important To World Observance Of New Year Feasting is as important a part of a New Year celebration as of Thanksgiving, with a good meal on the first day of the year sym bolizing that there will be plenty throughout the days ahead. The New Year's day banquet differs as one travels around the world. An important dish among the Spaniards is sopa, rice cooked with olive oil, tomatoes, vegeta bles and meat particles. Africans partake of cous-cous, which is composed of wheat grains, lamb and vegetables. Pickled greens, raw fish, roast bird and shrimp fritters are menu headliners in Japan, with pickled chrysanthe mum petals considered a special delicacy. The Swedes temper their feasts with a special drink, called glogg which is a claret wine sweet ened with sugar and flavored with almonds, raisins, dried orange peel, cinnamon, cloves and carda mon. It is usually set afire before serving. Feasts in England and Western Europe are similar to our Ameri can menus, chief difference being in the choice of side dishes. Tur key, duck or goose make the pop ular roast in England and in France. Latin countries bedeck their holiday fowl with truffles, chestnuts and olives and (me might find snails on the menu in France. Merry Christmas! It Can Be Wished In Many Languages “Happy New Year!” As the year 1955 rolls westward from the Admiralty’s date line, { these words will ring out in many languages. Should you be in gay Paree, the greeting you’d hear would' be “Bonne Annee!’’ Down in sunny Italy, they ’ say “Buon Capo d’Anne!” which doesn’t sound too different.* In Spain, it’s “Feliz An#. Nuevo!” If you have relatives car friends in Germany, th£y may write, “Eia Glueckliches Neues Jahr.” If so, they wish you a Happy New Year. The Swedish and Norse greetings; are different from the ones above, although they are almost the same. The Swedes say, “Got Nytt Ar,** and the Norse “Godt Nytt Aar.** Any way you hear it, though, it seems the same. The three words j mean not only Happy New Year* { but imply best wishdk for all the i days ahead. I Uxt. A&mjt: — MERRY CHRISTMAS an* . ' eff wan* . j&l a vanu no U a ■ * m mm up I _ BELK-BEARD COMPANY US ■ WHITS MOTOR COURT Highway 76 Newberry, S. CL May the old time spirit mf Christmas fill your heart today. J. F. Hipp CONTRACTOR & Building Materials y t naewMHMMr W -WLi. -U. -U. 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