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THURSDAY, DEC. 22, 1960 THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA SECTION C—PAGE 7 1 $ $ s M I I s s I £ ft ft $ ft ft ft I ft i ~Mciy ike btessinq of Christmas bring jog to gour home 1 NEWBERRY BARBER SHOP Caldwell Street CITY BARBER SHOP 1416 Main Street s* if & & v s? s? 5? 5? I? if if 50 50 50 50 50 5? 50 50 50 50 50 ! y s y y y y i y y y y y y ! y y y y ! y y y y y so y y y y y y i y y i 50 ^ i <w»! W j y y y y i y i y ! y y ^ i y y y y y y y y y y M y y y y y y y y y * I I y 5 Our very best wishes co out to you at this holiday season — along with our sincere thanks for your patron age in the past! Ill mmU WERTZ MUSIC AND APPLIANCE CO. 932 MAIN STEET PHONE 470 Newberry, South Carolina CLARA D. WERTZ David Bowers Bill Mason Mabel H. Slaton Rachel Bedenbaugh Edward L ominack Earl Hamrick y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y 3 y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y HERE THEY COME . . . The Christmas parade has come to be a tradition in most American cities and crowds gather all along the way as beautiful floats pass in review, many of them laden with toys and reindeer and, somewhere in the lineup, old Santa Claus himself. The symbol of Father Time is considerably older than the popular conception of Santa Claus. The Santa that we recognize today is of somewhat recent vintage when compared with Father Time, who is traced to Greek legend. Father Time, complete with scythe and time-worn brow, comes to us as a descendant of the Greek god Cronus, lord of the universe. But, whereas Father Time is considered somewhat venerable, Cronus, like many of mythology’s earthy gods, was not altogether an ad mirable fellow. Bad Habit According to legend, Cronus was warned that one of his children would dispose of him. To prevent such a hap pening, he developed a habit of swallowing them at birth. His wife, Rhea, upon the birth of their child, Zeus, hid the infant and presented Cronus with a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes. Everything ended happily. Cronus disgorged the stone —as well as the previous children he had swallowed. Zeus later, as prophesized, dethroned his father and settled on Mount Olympus where he ruled as chief god of the Greek pantheon. Symbol Emerges Through the years, Cronus’ name became confused with the word “cronos” which means time. Eventually, someone placed an hour glass in his empty hand and, together with the scythe, the popular image of Father Time was presented to the world. The New Year Babe is not quite so easy to date, al though it is known that a baby was paraded as a symbol of rebirth during the ancient Greek festival of Dionysus, which would make the Babe symbol almost as old as that of Father Time. A chief ceremony in the Eleusinian Mysteries also featured the image of a child. More recently, a 14th century German folk song de picts the New Year Babe as we know it today—the sym bol of a fresh, New Year. MAGIC HOUR . . . This is an old photograph, hut it is a scene that is repeated year after year as thousands of merry makers jam into the streets of Times Square to await the magic hour when the old year passes and the New Year is born. BETHLEHEM RECREATED . . . One of the most popular of all Christmas decorations is the Nativity Scene. In settings such as the one above at the New York Botanical Gardens, the Nativity is recreated with life-size figures. In the arrangement above, three shepherds are shown approaching the holy birthplace. by Tom Dorr REMEMBER THAT SQUEAK WE KEPT .HEARING IN THE CAR? YES# DID VOU FIND IT?] THAT THING'S BEEN DRIVING ME CRAZY. r ) I XT WAS THE REAP. I BUMBER, PATHER„BUT YOU CAN PORGET IT. __X BACKED INTO A POST AND KNOCKED IT OFP. Season’s Greetings