The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 25, 1969, Image 6
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