PHOTO BY BIU FA
Bulbs and flowers, like these tulips, are Easter symbols of awakening and rebirth.
Symbols Of Easter Old And New
BY BILL FAVER
Most of us are aware of Easier as the principal
festival in the Christian Church.
Easter is the oldest observance by
Christians other than Sunday it
self. Like many other church cel
ebrations, Easter was transformed
by the early Christians from an
age-old pagan festival and given
new meaning after the resurrec
tion of Christ. Many of the sym
bols from the pagan festival re
main, though they, too, may have
new meanings. Some of these
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symbols arc very familiar to us along the coast.
Easter took its name from the Saxon goddess,
"Oestre," who was goddess of spring and associated
with the springtime sacrificial festival. The moon hare
was an animal sacred to the goddess and thus became
associated with the springtime event. Bcowolf re
ferred to a similar Indian goddess named Kali.
Bunnies, eggs, shells and flowers were tied to the
festivals before Easter became a Christian observance.
Easter bunnies and eggs have been inseparable. Eggs,
as a symbol of rebirth, were laid by the Easter bunny
the night before Easter for those children who had
been good during the year. Beginning as an early
German custom, the Easter bunny has continued with
little change, though many of the eggs in the Easter
basket have turned to chocolate and marshmallow!
In some of the 16th century churches eggs were
viewed as symbols of fertility. One observance was
"creeping to the cross" with eggs and apples, the sym
bol of fruition. This was a penitential experience in
which carpets were laid on the cold marble floors of
the churches and participants crawled on hands and
knees up the aisle to the altar cross.
Flowers, particularly bulbs like tulips, daffodils,
lilies, hyacinths, and narcissus have long been associ
ated with springtime and Easter. Long before floral
commercialization, these symbols of awakening, re
birth, and resurrection were appropriate for spring and
Easter. For ages the arrival of springtime flowers has
been eagerly awaited, just as we do this year!
Other symbols associated with Easter and Spring
arc butterflies, baby chicks or ducklings, sunrises and
shells. The metamorphosis of the caterpillar changing
into a beautiful butterfly is symbolic of resurrection
from the grave. Chicks and ducklings are probably
outgrowths of the egg themes or rebirth. Shells were
more a sign of the quest for eternal life and new life.
As we welcome springtime and new and old
friends Ihis Easter, we have the opportunity to expci.
ence some of the symbols of Easter that have had
meaning for people down through the ages. Look
around you and celebrate the newness of life in this
new season.
LOG 92.351 MIIFS
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Deputies Answer 1 ,005 Calls
Brunswick County sheriff's de
puties answered 1,005 calls in Feb
ruary, 89 of which were domestic
disputes, according to a report from
the sheriff's office.
Officers made 30 arrests as pros
ecuting witness, served 1,085 civil
papers, one juvenile petition, 368
local warrants, 15 foreign warrants
and four mental and inebriate pa
pers. Officers summoned 165 wit
nesses.
They found nine windows or
doors open, made 181 investiga
lions and served 336 hours on duty
in court and 31 hours off duty in
court No fires were discovered and
no arrests for being drunk and dis
ruptive were made.
The department logged 92,351
miles on 6,051 gallons of gas and
took 10 trips out of the county.
Officers traveled 1,206 miles in the
transport van.
The department recovered
54,052.97 in property during the
month and held 22 crime prevention
meetings.
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C19>1 THE RWUNSVrtCX BEAOCN
Winnabow Man Says Chimney
Fire Caused House To Burn
When Winnabow resident Mi
chael Stringfield's home burned in
January, a local fire chief said a
cracked flue liner in the fireplace
was the cause of the blaze.
Now Stringfield is suing the man
he says built the fireplace, asking
for more than $50,000 to pay for the
home that was under construction,
but about 90 percent complete when
the fire occurred Jan. 15.
Stingfield filed a lawsuit in
Brunswick County Superior Court
Friday against Eddie A. Bryant of
Brunswick County.
Stingfield was building th?. hnmc.
himself off of Bell Swamp Road at
Route 1, Winnabow. Neighbors re
ported the fire around 4 a.m. and 12
volunteers from Winnabow and Bo
livia fire departments responded.
Brunswick County Emergency
Management Coordinator Cecil Lo
gan reported the fire had probably
been burning two or three hours be
fore it was discovered. Logan said
Stingfieid had apparently used a
wood-burning heater insidr the
home to keep it warm so a floor
covering could be put down.
Stringfield claims he contracted
with Bryant in March 1990 to build
the chimney and flue.
According to a report filed by
Winnabow Volunteer Fire Depart
ment Chief David Short Sr., the
cause of the fire was a cracked flue
liner that ignited a wall behind the
fireplace. Short referred the fire for
further investigation to the Bruns
wick County fire marshal, Logan.
A copy of Short's report was in
cluded with the lawsuit Stringfield
said he told the defendant about the i
blueprints for the house, which cal
led for a two-inch space for insula
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cent walls.
The lawsuit claims the flue liner
cracked and ignited with a wood
wall stud, which was touching the
flue, and a wood board that was left
in the wall near the flue. It claims
the touching wood stud and board
was the direct cause of the fire.
Stringfield claims the chimney
was built in violation of the county
building code ana that the defendant
was negligent in his work on the
chimney.
He is asking for a jury trial.
Police Seek
Missing Man
Southport policc are searching
for a man missing since Dec. 29.
Joseph Ephraim Swain, 69,
was reported missing to the
Southport Police Department by
his sister, Elenore Swain, also of
Southport.
Southport Police Del. Danny
Holland said his office has re
ceived information that Swain
was last seen in the Shallotte
area in late January in the com
pany of a female.
Swain is described as a black
male, 5 feet 8 inches tall and
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has a medium brown complexion
and gray hair, Holland said. He
also goes by a nickname, "Joe
Mundy", Holland said.
The family is trying to locate
the man.
Authorities are asking that
fuiyone with information about
?wain contact Det. Holland at
the Southport Police Depart
ment, 457-7911, or the Shallotte
Police Department.
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