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SEC. A, PAGE 6—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thurs., Dec. 25, 1969 Students of the elementary grades of Newberry Academy, directed by their teachers and music instructors, Mrs. Harry Epting, presented a Christmas Pag eant prior to the close of school for the holidays. Some of those taking part are shown in the above Sunphoto. Memories of Clemson yule over the years CLEMSON - “Already the thoughts of the more romantic are turning toward the mystic mistletoe”, wrote an anonymous Clemson College correspondent in the Dec. 14 edition of The State newspaper in Columbia. “And doubtless the fond hean of many a Carolina girl is beat ing faster as the day approach es when she shall behold a cherished form clad in soldier’s garb”, the writer suggested. It was as good a year for fond heart flutters as it was for football at Clemson. The team had completed its season with a sterling 4-0 record, beat ing archrivals Georgia Tech, 44-5, Georgia/36-0, Auburn, 16-0 and Tennessee 11-0. Christmas was just around the corner, and the correspondent noted that “the faces of cadets (Clemson was then a military institution) clearly show that visions of turkey and cake, rosy cheeks and ripe lips are loom ing up before them.” The year was 1902. One discovers that the spirit of Christmas 1969 is not really so different from the spirit of Christmases past—especially at an institution like Clemson Uni versity with a tradition that goes back three-quarters of a cen tury. In Sarah Broyles Williams’ re miniscences about late 19th cen tury life at Ashtabula, a stately old plantation situated between Pendleton and Fort Hill, the John C. Calhoun estate on the Clemson campus, she recalls “the utter joy of Christmas day, the innocent gladness of the workers. About sunrise a car riage would come up the hill, full of friends, to have eggnog with us before breakfast.” Downing eggnog is still a widespread yuletide tradition, though rarely before breakfast. Rare also today is the custom of making one’s Christmas gifts as did Elizabeth Florida Clem son (daughter of Thomas Green Clemson and granddaughter of John C. Calhoun), who entered in her diary on Dec. 26, 1865: “I made eight little photo graph frames out of pine burrs, acorns, beechnuts and beans. I also made a couple of serpen tine braid trimmings, and three feather dusters.” Incidentally, Christmas gifts she received that year included “some mint candy from Mother and a couple of tame squirrels from the Pickens.” On occasion Christmas was not a season to be jolly, as when a Clemson correspondent to The State noted on Dec. 24, 1897, that “our next commence ment takes place early in Feb ruary, and for that reason the board of trustees decided noi to give the usual week’s holiday for Christmas.” It snowed heavily at Clemson just before Christmas in 1904, an event which contributed greatly to campus excitement about the coming holidays. The cadets were anxious to board the railroad cars for home— there were no superhighways or airplanes then—and R. E. Mill er, Class of ’04, was sufficiently moved to express his feelings with the following poem: “Homeward, homeward the wheels seem to say, As they strike the rails upon their way. . . Back to the ones we love so dear, For that happy time at the close of the year.” Christmas through the years has been a happy occasion for college students, though at times their joy has been tempered by the seriousness of national cris es. As the shadow of the war to end all wars lay across the nat ion and many of America’s young men were fighting in Europe, The Tiger, Clemson’s student newspaper, asked on Dec. 12, 1917: “As you are think ing of Christmas, are you also thinking of trying to serve some one besides yourself?” Snow fell in December 1930 like the stock market the year before. An editorial writer in the Dec. 17 edition of The Tiger wrote: “Let’s realize that our fathers probably have not been so successful the past year due to the general business depres sion. We know that our dear ones back home like to give us everything we ask for. But can’t we make this a good Christmas by staying at home more and spending less money?” The same issue of the student newspaper contained a grocery store holiday advertisement: Eggs, 29 cents a dozen; coffee 34 cents per pound can;orang es, 1 cent each; fresh coconuts, 7 cents apiece; while another ad offered good suits for $25. At Christmas time in 1931 a Tiger editorial expressed a sen timent indicative of the great rallying spirit of the American people during the depression years: “One more day and Clemson ushers in its holiday with a song, a joyous note, and a defiant challenge to the pre valent gloom with which de pression is attempting to en shroud Christmas.” “Adversity,” the editor assert ed, “is a great teacher. It teaches us how to appreciate even the apparently insignifi cant blessings.” On Dec. 17, 1941, just 10 days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, The Tiger stated: “But while we enjoy our turkey and trimmings, it won’t be a- miss for us to pause a mom ent, and think of the Christ mases to come that won’t be quite so pleasant, and of the millions of others that have had no opportunity of observing the hallowedness of this anniver sary.” The times change and stu dents change, but Christmas with its simple joys and mom ents for quiet self-reflection re mains the same. The spirit of Christmas present is, after all, the spirit of Christmas past. 19(9 TAX NOTICE After the Close of Business On DECEMBER 31, 1969 A 1% PENALTY Will Be Added To All Unpaid 1969 TAXES J. RAY DAWKINS County Treasurer TRANSFERS OF REALTY Newberry No. 1: J. P. Adams to Thelma S. Miller, one lot and one building, $5. Nannie Lou Butler to Cecil E. Merchant, one lot and one build ing, 415 Crosson St., $5. Hal Kohn, Sr. to John Henry Wilson, one lot, Harrington Hgts. $5. John M. Thompson to Ronnie W. Sharpe and Velma K. Sharpe one lot and one building, Wells Heights, $5 and assumption of a mortgage. David L. Laird, Jr. and Rheta Derrick Laird to Frankie Mc Kee Bailey, one lot and one building, Dave Drive, $5 and assumption of a mortgage. C. Walter Summer to Betty Somers Holmes, one lot and one building, 2113 Main St., $5 and assumption of a mortgage. John Henry Wilson to Ted M. Willingham, Sr. and Marilyn K. Willingham, one lot, Harrington Heights, $10. Newberry No. 1 Outside: James Dillard to Oscar Dil lard, one lot and one building, $5. Ila L. Lominick to Everett H. Lominick, 1.1 acre, $5 love and affection. Ila L. Lominick to Stanley H. Lominick, 1.1 acre, $5 love and affection. Helen B. Weir to Floyd New man, one lot and one building, Helena Heights, $15,100. Charles A. Cromer toEleanor M. Cromer, one lot and one building, $5 love and affection and assumption of a mortgage. Richard A. Wicker to Faith Emanuel Holiness Church, one lot and one building, $5. Kenneth M. Haltiwanger to Carroll Dale Eargle, one lot and one building, $5 and assumption of a mortgage. Pomaria No. 5: William L. Sease and D. Q. Sease to A. Duane Gilliam and Myrtle L. Gilliam, 3.71 acres, $5. . C. Eric Long to Wayne Long, five acres and one building, $5. Wiliam L. Sease and D. Q. Sease to Ralph B. Wicker and Annie Estelle Wicker, 9.85 acres $5. W. D. Summer, Sr. to Willie Mae S. Eargle, et al, 184 acres, $5 love and affection. Elton Richardson to Randall Elton Richardson, 29.2 acres, $5. Prosperity No. 7: John Turner to Alice P. Har ris, one lot, $5. Everett L. Nobles to Florence Jackson, one lot, $5. Everett L. Nobles to Genett R. Jackson and Lillie Florence Jackson, one lot, $5. WiNTHROP STUDENTS GRADUATE Three Newberry County stu dents attending Winthrop Coll ege recived degrees during fin al exercises December 18. They were: Pauline Livingston, Newberry and Sandra Jean Weathers of Whitmire who received the bach elor of Science degree in edu cation; and Suzannah Force of Silverstreet who received the Bachelor of Arts degree in Ed ucation. ARE COMMISSIONED AT CLEMSON At joint Army and Air Force ceremonies at Clemson Thurs day, 98 University ROTC cad ets were commissioned second lieutenants. Among them were John F. Long and Pope D. Johnson, III of Newberry. It was once custom for peas ant families in various parts of the world to bake a special New Year’s cake. The cake was dashed against the door; members of the household picked up the cake and ate it, prayerful that neither hunger nor want would enter the house during the ensuing year. Holiday Notice We Will Be Closed CHRISTMAS DAY Thursday, Dec. 25th. We will be open as usual on Friday, December 26th. Also, we will be closed on NEW YEAR’S DAY 1 ,1, 1970. We will be open for business again Friday, January 2, 1970. SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK