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SECTION 8 PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, DECEMBER SS. MOT Ifellt! It m our desire that our friendship may go forward through the yean* a« endur ing »« that spirit which makes this season of good fel lowship live through the ages. EPTING AUTOMOTIVE, INC. ^ 2505 E. Main St. Phones 021 & (i0(> % Newberry. S. C. « M ttiistsoistsiBiasiasistStSiaast >«>«»»)»>) REMEMBRANCE like a candle shines kri^htest 4. 7 ^ i I * *.' . t ! , *. N v sme («S ei * a A A A A A A A A i A A § A A A A SJlSSTraSS w \\?i ?pi ?rn -7 -■ 1J 'iDjj - ,JJ I^AIN STREET PURE OIL David Long and Ralph Griffith John Campbell 1729 Main Street Newberry, South Carolina A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Phone 48 $ s A tctctctctctctcttictc* MEW YEAR 719 ^ My I*’. I.. Kowley '»' HE uUI yyar waa prepRrinff to 1 drag itself out Tho Now Year, with it* optimistic' din, was watting in the wing* in less than aU hours 1957 would be gone forever, Mark Dennison crouched behind hia newspaper. Not much ioat. he told himself. He peered alyiy around the edge of the paper to aee what his wife was doing. Margaret sat quietlystaring through the big window. She’d been like that a lot lately. Listleaa, and older somehow. Mark hid behind the paper again, but hia eyea re* fuaed to focus on the print. He waa thinking of the Margaret he used to know -the one with the dancing eyes; the girl who had a amile for everyone. She wasn’t smiling now. Mark guiltily cleared hia throat: “Honey, do you need anything from the drug store? I’m going for some tobacco.” \ “Ticket*?” protested Mark. “I don’t want any . . Margaret didn’t turn her head. “No. Run along, Mark. I’ve got a couple of phone calls to make.’’ Her voice was flat. Mark was un easy on the way to the drug store. Something was wrong and he could: .’t put his finger on it. Per haps A1 the druggist would know; A1 had an answer for everything. “Sounds like a simple case of the doldrums,” said A1 a few min utes later. “By the way, Mark, where are you and Mrs. Dennison going this evening?” New Year Once Top] Holiday in Russia Welcoming in the New Year in Pre-revolutionary Russia was a rousing affair—a booming 100 can non shots fired at midnight. In Petrograd, now Leningrad, the streets would be jammed with merrymakers. After the booming cannon ushered in the New YeaA the Czar would formally receive the good wishes of his subjects On New Year’s Day the winter palace was open to society. Fes tivity reigned throughout the city and hospitality and charity were the watchwords from palace to cottage. Ovsen Influence The mythical Ovsen was sup posed to be around at this time. He was usually depicted astride a boar, symbolically associated with the pork served for New Year din ner and the symbolism of Aryan descent. Ovsen’s name (similar to the French word for oats) suggests his influence over matters pertain ing to the harvest. Since earliest times Russian boys were accus tomed to go from house to house encouraging everyone “across” the gulf between the Past and the Fu ture Year, while scattering oats and other grains in petition for a bountiful harvest. New Year Observed Around the World New Year traditions are uni versal, although there may be cal endar variations or differences in the race and creed of the ob servants. The Chinese, for example, be lieve in getting the New Year off to a good start by paying up all their debts on New Year’s Eve. And the English claim it’s a good idea to start a savings account on January 1, since what you do on New Year’s Day is indicative of what the ensuing year will be like. A round loaf of bread dipped in honey symbolizes Jewish hopes for a smooth (the roundness of the bread) and prosperous (the honey) New Year. The same spirit of hospitality and sociability that makes the Wassail Bowl such a success in Scotland prompts Armenian house wives of Persia to get up early on New Year’s Day and set about baking the traditional New Year cakes. The baking must be done early, for the New Year is the day for visiting and entertaining. NEW YEAR FIRST First to welcome each New Year are the residents of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. LOMINICK’S DRUG STORE “One of Newberry's Good Drug Stores” Main Street Newberry, S. C. I | \ i % V V » % ¥ ¥ I If ¥ % A A May the peace and hope that shone so many years ago light your way during this holy Holiday Season. ir~ \ sn© BOOZER & NICHOLS PHONOGRAPH COMPANY 1105 Caldwell St. Newberry, S. C. A A s I A % A A g S A A A A g A A A Here's wishing to our many friends in an old- . S fashioned way . . . that the many blessings of Christmas time, linger long past Christmas day . . . GILDER & WEEKS Drag Stores NEWBERRY, S. C. JOANNA, S. C. A A A 2 2 New Year's Was Once Spring Affair The celetwruUon of the New Yemr waa once a Spring affair tn Egypt and Rome, Ancient Egypt uaed the overflowing of the Nile aa a calendar and celebrated the New Year accordingly. ’Ihe Babylonians began their New Year In March, and the early Romans followed the Babylonian pattern. Bearing thia in mind, the custom of invoking the goda of fertility at New Year’s time—the origin of which ia loat in antiquity—aeema logical and appropriate. Roman Maaka The Humana were accustomed to hanging tiny maaka of Bacchua upon treea and vinea, the idea be ing to Impart fertility to every aide of the tree to which the maaka were turned by the wind. In the old daya, Roman youtha went from houae to house singing and wishing everyone a prosper ous New Year. Scottish lads always had a howl ing good time going about on New Year’s Eve switching the trunks of trees and petitioning “a good, howling crop.” Reflecting the fear of starvation, peasant families in various parts of the world baked a special New Year’s cake which they dashed against the door; members of the household hastened to pick up a piece ana eat It, prayerful that neither hunger nor want should en ter the house during the ensuing year. 'First-Footer' Brings Luck to Household Probably one of the moat wide spread of the early New Year’s superstitions concerned the “first- footer,” the first person to cross the threshold on New Year morn ing. Women and light-haired men were considered unlucky “first- footers,” as were people who walked pigeon-toed. In some villages the superstition was taken so seriously that a dark haired man was given the job of acting as first-footer. Going from house to house, he would be first to cross over the threshold, thus preserving the good fortune of the community. Anglo-Saxons, believing that something might happen when the New Year burst in, often climbed upon the roof on New Year’s Eve so as to have a good view of any such event. And we modems manage to make plenty of noise, presumably because our primitive ancestors believed that noise would keep evil influences at a distance. By Shirley Sargent ■ HEY found each other on New Year’s Eve. Joe had come to the party because there was noth ing else to do and because you were expected to celebrate the coming of a new year. To be gay and happy. Instead he was bored with the raucous confuskxL Joe was watching the dancers whirling in prescribed fashion when he saw the. girl in the green formal. She wasn’t Hollywood-beau tiful nor was she the wholesome type, but she had beauty. A radi ance? No, Joe answered himself, as she whirled off in the arms of a tall athletic guy, she was too subdued for radiance. He had seen enough to make him forget his boredom. He had seen the pale, round face framed by black hair. He had looked into her big, dark eyes. Wish Granted When she reappeared, she looked directly over her partner’s shoul der at Joe and her eyes were imploring. Joe did not dare to hesitate for fear of losing his cour age, but quickly threaded his way through the dancers and cut in. One second he was tapping her partner’s muscular shoulder, the next she had drifted into his artns. She laughed. “You were star ing at me and I did need res cue.” They danced wordlessly, solemnly. He hardly dared look at her, worrying now that he had misread the look in her eyes. nn5SB5 i ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ To oil oiir loyol frionds and customers. May this joyous season be filled with '■ * ' v .^'1 contentment and happiness. Maxwell Brothers & Lindsay FURNITURE 1313 MAIN STREET NEWBERRY, S. C, r\ TO ALL OIIR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS ¥ ¥ As another year rolls around express our thanks for your past patronage and wish you all » « • MERRY CHRISTMAS! T. Roy Summer, Inc. The Man’s Shop T. Roy Summer, Jr. Mrs. T. Roy Summer, Jr. Wyman Shealy Mrs. T. Roy Summer, Br. Lester Lee Bedenbaugh Jim Cook Betsy Summer