Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A sign of the times is the increasing demand for Geiger counters as Christmas gifts. Manufacturers say people from all over the country are giving as presents the miracle instrument that noses out uranium. If you’re buying a gift for a pros pective uranium prospector you can get him one of these radio activity detection devices at prices ranging from $24.95 to $2000. Most popular model, manufacturers say ( is about the size of a minature camera and retails for about $35. Uranium “hounds” are as varied as the instruments they buy. They range from housewives with in* fants in their arms to geologists and hirsute prospectors — as well as business tycoons, clerks, la borers and society women. An am* ateur uranium prospectors’ club in the East, composed entirely of women, is known as the “Geiger i Widows.” Last year gift Geigers were mailed all over the United States. One woman telephoned the New York office of a leading manufac turing firm from Florida to order, a $1,995 unit as a Christmas sur prise for her husband. THE NEWBERRY SUN December Marriage Licenses Listed The following licenses to wed were issued by the office of Pro bate Judge Maxcy Stone during the month just past. Harvey W. Oxmer to Genelle SheaJy, both of Newberry. David Lever Cromer, Pomaria to Margaret Anette Hawkins, of Prosperity. Herbert S. Fulmer to Ella Kath erine Hawkins, both of Prosperity. Harvey Fulmer of Prosperity to Shirley Rose Comalander of Cha pin. Jacob W. Dowers to Shirley Ann Hlpp, both of Prosperity. Thomas Lee Alexander to Pat ricia Ann Shirley, both of Whit mire. Jimmy Ray Rinehart of New berry to Marilyn Troy Miller of Whitmire. Charles Ernest Dukes to Sara Manning Jacobs, both of Newber ry. SECTION C—PAGE FIVE ’'Behold, 7 bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to off people/' Luke 2:10 A mm CHRISTMAS our wish for you and yours R. E. SUMMER AGENCY General Insurance X2I9 Friend St. Newberry, S. C. MONKEYSHINES . . . The San ta Claus who comes to Junior’s house on Christmas morn has his counterpart in Monkey land. At least that is the implication here as Jocko, garbed as the monkey’s santa, visits “Teddo” a five- month-old java monkey at Ted- do’s home in Brooklyn. From Where Came Christmas Trees? Like so many other Christmas customs, the origin of the tree tradition is not definitely known. One theory holds that the 8th- century missionary Boniface per suaded the Teutons to transfer their worship of Odin’s sacred oak to an evergreen decorated in honor of the Christ child. Popular legend has it that the first Christmas tree originated in Egypt where the first trees used were palm trees. Another story says tha\ Martin Luther decorated a tree with candles to simulate an evergreen shimmering with star lit snow. We do know the Germans did much to popularize the use of Christmas trees, introducing them into both England a fid America. The German Prince Albert, con sort of Queen Victoria, started the custom in England when he had a tree for his young daughter. The tradition crossed the Atlantic with Hessian mercenaries during the American Revolution. Early Saxons named the curious berried tree parasite used as a Yule-time decoration “Mistletoe”, meaning a shoot of a tree. Early Nordics dedicated mistletoe to their goddess of love and started kissing under it as a gesture of friendship and love. (freezing. Cardi Ckridmai (fift OfCngU man Greeting cards are an English contribution to the Christmas ob servance. This simple idea of wishing your friends a Merry Christmas was originated in 1846 by Henry Cole, a middle class Englishman and the idea ^brought Cole great honor as well as knighthood. Cole’s original cards depicted a Victorian family gathered at the festive board and he had a thou sand of them struck off by litho graph. Although the cards met with immediate popularity and brought fame to Sir Henry Cole, it was two decades before Christmas cards were sold generally. Today the demand for cards is so great that many companies spend the full year designing and producing only Christmas greet ings. While today’s mass-produced cards are quite superior to the original cards produced by Henry Cole, neither time nor poets have been able to improve on the classi cal message the Englishman pen ned to the first Christmas greeting cards: “A Merry Chirstmas and a Happy New Year to you.” V* '' - ■ " 1 ( MRS. J. W. WHITE Baby and Gift Shop and Plumbing: ftoMtom*.***;******* y«* > > V > V *'/. i ... ' ' • i , > - : y .■ - . r.r v .m w 5 • > % fr* V; a mm. O 0> • o * • • V<% W" m ifiltii -0: • ilitl f' : ' mmmmgM M 111 Sx&v ••vy •.W.'.W.W.V w fc . 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