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ADDED.? Mother Nature added ice to the Christmas decorations along King Street, to give last-minute shoppers the real holiday spirit Snow and Ice clung t? the decorations to give them added beauty the week end be fore Santa Claua visited Boone. ? Staff photo. Old Christmas Eve Observed In True Mountain Traditions Old Christina* Eye will be celebrated at King's X on Sat urday, January 5th. There will be a few fireworks of the non noisy kind: rockets, flying 1 saucers, Roman candles. alar showers. Neighbors and friends of King's X are invited. Many will come an hour or two be fore dark to help set two bon fires to keep us warm until the fireworks are over. "Old Christmas"? Tbe Sixth Day of January ? used to be kept in the mountains. It was considered a "holy" time, a day "to keep quiet-like and think on The Lord." In Old England the qight of January 5th, the Twelfth Night of Christmas, was the last of the Christmas season revels, when merriment reaahed its highest This date is also the "Epiphany" of the church calendar, and "Three Kings Day" in parts of Europe where it is still observed as "the" Christmas and, following the example of the.,. Jffyree Kings, the time for giving gifts." Other mountain traffftltMi connected with this date are: that on the stroke of midnight on January 5th cattle would kneel down and seem to pray for the Christ Child, that a great star would rise, that eld er buds would bloom "and the next morning you'll see then all curled up tight again." And Jonas Denies Candidacy Lincolnton ? Rep. Charles R. Jonas, R-N.C., reiterated last week that he is not now a gub ernatorial candidate for 1964.' But he Left the door open for an anouncement in about a year. Jonas, preparing to return to Washington for his sixth term in Congress, said hp has not given serious consideration to the possibility of becoming a candidate for governor. "I don't have to cross that bridge for another eight to 10 months," Jonas said. "And I don't believe in crossing bridg es before I come to them." Jonas said he is aware of the speculation concerning the pos sibility he might run for gover nor. For dmt, he aii "I'm net a candidate, I'm not seeking no mination. I've got all I can do trying to get this district or ganized. I don't have a candi date for governor,. I'm not pro moting anybody." He said by this time next years "the situation should be fairly crystaliied, but it's too early now." the old sacred soag "Joseph and The Angel" says, "On the Sixth Day of January his birth day sfoftU be, when the 3t*rs and the mountains shall trem ble with glee." Non-Farm Jobs S?t Ntw Record tUleigh-^fctal no+ferm ?n ttament cUmb?i t? ? record tweaking average ?i 1.249 900 in North Carol In* during 1S02, according to a preliminary re twf released today by the Stgte Department of Labor. SjUte Labor Commissio**r Frank Crane laid Tar Heel am plfliyTPfflf yyfrmH high er in 1962 than the 1,200, HO average tor *61 Crane sai4 the 1962 figure is subtact tf minor change when employment reports for the month of December become available In mid-Jsnuary. "Fhe preliminary figures for 1962 are based upon the first eleven months of the year, he said. Crane said factory employ ment in the State climbed 18, 600 during the year, rising from a 1961 annual average of 5M, 008 to ?CT,?0* ill MOB. Non - manufacturing employ ment (HMiudtflg trade, con struction, mining, service in dustries, utilities and govern ment) increased 21,400 during the jrwr, rising tram # 1M1 average of 700,100 to 721,900 in 1862. DOUBLE FEATURE St. Helens, England ? Her third twins in 34 months ware born to Mrs, Mary Pendergast, 27, of St. Helens, recently. "I suppose it must run in (lie family," she said. ~I hsve twin sisters, one of them with twias of her own." SEALTEST COMTBOLS THE PURE, FRESH FUVOR FROM GROVE TO TABLE picked fresh ..... ? . Sealtest Orange Juice is made from select oranges from the best Florid* groves. Sun-drenched, tree-ripened and picked when they're bursting with juicy goodness. squeezed fresh SeeKest does the squeezm' in i4c ninn mj6%Ua *' ? in Ti9 own yivm ? ? ?JVfniiv 11 iu oranges are at their peak of freshness. Nothing added, nothing ^ taken away. Just the pure, true goodness nature put there. rushed to your table Sacttest Oraoga Juice is rushed from Florida to you? ready to pour ?rifM from the carton. No can to open, no thawing, no mixing. All you do is enjoy the pure, fresh, wholesome flavor. NEW! GOOD 'N COLD "VAOWPT TUMM?M MADE UKE A VACUUM BOTTLE? BUT UNBREAKABLE Whit I zestful wiy to Mrve Sesltest Orange Juice. New "Vtcroa" tumblers keep cold and refreshing <mn,(iri(jip t? Nt! Ww'JM'?IW * like? their |ay orange end white colors, their stiin resistance, their safety in dishweshers. Get yoor toxr 6-ounce tumblers now-a $2.76 value for only $1 .00. SET 4 fB* ?NU N4P .I'm ?ndQ?lng the from ? ??1tin ili t? H?gl < oMar mplrM March SI, 1M3. vow ahm niMgM > ?? II II i I II i I II' I III OPEN ALL DAY WEDNESDAYS OPEN EACH FRIDAY EVENING *Tll 8:00 p. M.
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