IN MEMORIAM
It is with profound regret that we report
the passing of Robert Lewis "Bub” Thomp
son, Carpenter Foreman, on March 5 th.
Few men were more highly regarded than
"Bub”, who had a good word for everyone.
He will be missed by all Ecustans as well as
his many friends in the community, who
held him in their highest esteem.
Born in Oconee County, South Carolina,
in 1894, he came to Transylvania County in
1938 with Fiske Carter Construction Com
pany, coming to Ecusta in September, 1939.
He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner.
1951 EASTER WILL BE
EARLIEST UNTIL 2008
If for no other reason, the year 1951 will be
distinguished by at least one for sure!
Its Easter—on March 25—will be the earliest
observation of the holiday in the second half of
the 20th century.
The w’orld will have to wait until the year 2008
to celebrate it earlier. That year it will be on
March 23, according to computations at the Adler
Planetarium and Astronomical Museum, Chicago.
The last time it was on March 23 was in 1913.
Although Easter has come to be associated with
bunnies, colored eggs, and spring fashions, it pri
marily is a religious feast day. It commemorates
the resurrection of Christ on the third day after
Calvary. As a religious feast it is governed by the
ecclesiastical calendar and is movable, unlike
Christmas which always falls on December 25.
Easter can be as early as March 22 and as late
as April 25, a variation of 35 days. The last time
it was on March 22 was in 1818. It next will be
that early in 2285. It fell on April 25 in 1943; it
will not do so again until 2038.
The method of fixing the time of Easter is com
plicated and dates back to 325 A. D. In that year
the council of the Christian Churches met at
Nicaea (Nice) in Asia Minor. Besides setting
forth the Nicene Creed, a summary of the belief
decided that Easter should be the first Sunday
after the Paschal full moon, which occurs upon,
or next after, March 21, the vernal equinox.
Travel underlay this decision. In early times
Easter was a day of great celebration in big cities
and Pilgrims journeyed on foot or in crude trans
ports to take part. They needed moonlight to help
them find their way at night, so the reckoning of
the Easter date was worked out for their con
venience.
If the paschal full moon falls on a Sunday,
Easter is observed the following Sunday. The
paschal full moon is the l4th day of a lunar month
reckoned according to an ancient ecclesiastical
computation and not the real, or astronomical,
full moon.
The 20th crentury had an earlier Easter twice
before. In addition to March 23 in 1913, it fell on
March 24 in 1940. It will be on March 23 again
in 2008 and March 24 in 2391.
Just in case you want to know when Easter
Sunday is next spring here is the formula; Easter
Sunday is always the first Sunday after the Full
Moon which happens upon or next after the
Twenty-first day of March, and if the Full Moon
happens upon a Sunday, Easter Sunday is the Sun
day after. Because of this Easter Sunday can never
fall earlier than March Twenty-second nor later
than April Twenty-fifth.
AN IDEA THAT SAVED MANY STEPS
The story goes that a housewife using a vacuum
cleaner on the third floor blew out a fuse. When
she got to the cellar she found there were six
fuses and she couldn’t tell which one had blown
out, It might take six trips up and down the
stairs to check all the fuses.
She thought for a moment, went upstairs and
plugged in the vacuum cleaner, listening at the
cellar stairway as she replaced one fuse after
another. When the hum of the vacuum cleaner
reached her ears she knew that she had inserted
the right fuse and saved herself several trips.
Often thinking will bring about easier and safer
ways of accomplishing important jobf. Remember
that all the better ways have not yet been found
for doing the jobs in this or any coripany. Your
suggestions are always welcome.
What counts is not the number of hours you
put in, but how much you put in the hours.