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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1963
NOTICE
The Colored Barber's Asso
ciation of Moore County wish
es to announce that there will
be an increase in price for all
barber work beginning Jan. 1,
1964.
please see list of prices
which will be posted in all
barber shops.
dl2,19p
BILLIONS NOW SENT ANNUALLY
Christmas iPaHs Came Late In Yule
Customs; Origins In England Noted
Many of today’s Christmas tra
ditions began somewhere in the
dim past but the practice of ex
changing greeting qards is just
a little over a centuiy old.
In 1848 William Maw Egley, a
“starving” young EngUsh artist,
came up with the idea of design-
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Open Till 7 P.M. Until Christmas
JEWELERS
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ing a Christmas card and repro
ducing it on pieces of pasteboard
for the public to buy.
Egley’s card showed a family
Christmas dinner, formal dance,
skating, carolers, alms-giving, a
Punch and Judy show and other
aspects of a celebration resembl
ing the one in Charles Dickens’
“The Christmas Carol,” published
a few years previously. Unfortu
nately, Egley’s friends were not
enthusiastic about his idea.
New Year's Apology
The “daddy” of all holiday
cards was designed and etched in
1812 by J. A. Boemer, a young
Londoner, who wanted to apolo
gize to friends for his failure to
pay a New Year’s Day visit. Mr.
Boemer’s card made it clear he
was tied to his home by depicting
him with his coat caught in the
locked doorway of his house.
In 1843, Sir Henry Cole, a busy
English “missionary” of culture,
hit upon the idea of sending out
little missives at Christmas. John
Calcott Horsley of the Royal
Academy, famous for his cam
paign against nude art, designed
the cards and Sir Henry sent out
1000 to friends.
In Early 1860's
It wasn’t until the early 1860’s
that cards were issued for general
distribution by a large English
publishing company.
Christmas greetings were in.
troduced into the United' States
by the Marcus Card company of
London. They became popular
immediately, and in 1874
Louis Prang, a German immi
grant, started a Christmas card
business at Roxbury, Mass.
At the turn of the century, he
ceased publishing rather than
compete with imports flooding
the market. For the next decade
or so the custom of exchanging
cards fell out of fashion.
For Everyone
Only after World War One did
American manufacturers begin to
achieve success in the card busi
ness. Then inexpensive printing
and lithographing processes
brought Christmas cards within
everyone’s reach.
Despite its relatively recent
start in this country, the custom
has caught the fancy of the Amer
ican public to the extent that it
sends billions of Christmas cards
every year.
The cards from regular manu
facturers fall into two categories:
general and religious. For 1962
based on what is printed rather
than actual sales). 70 per cent of
the cards are general and 30 per
cent religious. In 1948, by con
trast, about 90 per cent were
general and 10 per cent religious
—an indication that religious
cards are growing in appeal. In
terestingly, these figures hold
true in every part of the country.
Santa Popular
In the Truman years (and let
the social and political historians
put these statistics in their I.B.M.
machines for weighty conclu
sions). Christmas cards show
ing winter scenes, floral designs,
cherubs, children (other than
one’s own, of course) and candles
led Santa Claus in popularity.
With the New Frontier, Santa
Claus designs have jumped into
first place, followed by such other
motifs as boldly printed greetings
without pictures, by animals and
birds, candles, Christmas trees,
ornaments and bells.
Images on religious cards are
naturally more constant from year
to year. According to the Greet
ing Card Association, Madonnas,
manager scenes and the ’Three
Wise Men have always been the
front runners. Then come Bibles
and rosairies. choirs, cherubs,
shepherds and' angels.
A survey of the Christmas card
counters in department stores re
veals immediately that there is
a commercial card for everybody’s
tatse.
For Good) Cause
For several years, the noncom
mercial cards have moved for
ward in popularity. A number of
nonprofit institutions are discov
ering that Christmas cards pay.
Heading the list of cards that
enable one to wish a merry
Christmas while supporting a
good cause—are those sold by
the United States Committee for
UNICEF— The United Nations
Childt-en’s Fund.
Museums, religious institutions
and other groups also issue such
cards.
Robert Lee Beck
Of Robbins Dies
Robert Lee Beck, 64, of Rob
bins died Saturday.
Funeral services were held
Monday in the Mt. Zion Metho
dist Church with the Rev. Foster
Loftin and the Rev. C. M. Upton
officiating. ’Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Survivors include his widow,
Bertha Ritter Beck; one daughter,
Mrs. C'arthel Garner of Robbins;
five sons, Fred L. of Ramseum;
and William W., R. Mack, A.
Jack and Jimmie L., all of Rob
bins; one sister, Mrs. Rufus Law
rence Seagrove; and 17 grand
children.
With The Armed Forces
Dennis R. Foster, machinery re
pairman third class, USN. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie F. Foster
of Long Point Road, Vass, and
Marine Lance Cori>oral Earl
Jones, son of Mrs. Bessie Jones,
880 W. Connecticut Ave., Southern
Pines, are participating in a co
ordinated U.S. and' Government
of the Rebublic of China am
phibious exercise titled “Big Dip
per” while serving aboard the
attack aircraft carrier USS Kitty
Hawk along the southern coast of
Tadwan.
The exercise involves some
3,000 Navy and Marine Corps
personnel, 20 ships and 100 air
craft of the U.S. Seventh Fleet.
These forces conducted amphi
bious and airborne landing assault
over separate beaches, to destroy
and expel a hypothetical aggres
sor force which has attacked and
invaded Taiwan.
“Big Dipper” is similar to those
exercises conducted periodically
by units of the Seventh Fleet
with SEATO and other allied
nations in the Far East to im
prove their proficiency in coordi
nated amphibious warfare opera
tions and to maintain working re
lationships with allied nations.
Marine Corporal Gerald W.
Sanders, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
B. Sanders of Route 1, Eagle
Springs, has been graduated from
the Non-Commissioned Officer
School, Division Schools Center,
First Marine Division, Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
'The course is designed to in
struct selected' Non-Commission
ed Officers , in the effective
methods of leadership and the
training of subordinates and it
also stresses general military sub
jects such as weapons, map read
ing, first aid and military tactics.
Marine Private Samuel C. Hart-
SelL son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy S.
Hartsell of Route 1, West End,
has completed four weeks of in
dividual combat training at the
First Infantry Training Regiment,
Marine Corps Base, Camp Le-
jeune.
While with the regiment all new
Marines are trained in tactical
and combat skills needed for
battle. Emphasis was placed on
the small unit tactics—the four-
man fire team and the 13-man
squad.
Ronald W. Cook, personnelman
third class, USN, son of Mrs.
Mable L. Cook of Route 3, Car
thage, recently reported aboard
the Navel Training Center, Bain-
bridge, Md.
He will be assigned to a staff
at the training center, where he
will assist students attending one
of the several schools.
STAR-VIEW
DRIVE IN THEATRE
U.S. Highway 1 between
Southern Pines and
Aberdeen.
CHILDREN UNDER 12
FREE
FRl. . SAT. - SUN.
DEC. 20 • 21 . 22
BEACH PARTY
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Color
'At Sprott Bros. I
INTERIOR
Decorating
Assistance
.. On The House!
Professional help with your decorating orob-
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gladly assist with furniture selection or co
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on carpeting and draperies, too. No obligation.
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Phone 771-4218
Sanford. N. C.
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