CHRISTMAS EDITION Mistletoe Outlived Sinister Meaning Mistletoe, once usfd as a weapon of death, ia now almost a universal symbol at love and peace. According to Norse mythology, there was a god named Balder, who personified the stpi. Loki, an other god, plotted to destroy Balder. Beider’s mother, when she first learned of Loki’s intentions to kill her son. obtained a promise from all living things that they would not harm Balder. Al) agreed, but the mistletoe, so it was with a mistle toe arrow that Loki Induced Bald er’s blind brother, Hoder, to kill the sun god. ( Higher powers intervened, how ever, and Balder was restored to life. The mistletoe was placed under Frigga’s care, and the mother of Baida saw that it was never again used to do barm. The custom of giving a kiss of love or peace beneath the mistletoe is an assurance that will never again be used as an instrument of evil. MAMA’S LITTLE HELPER DU JUOJN, Hi. dP)—Four-year old Patricia Jackson was picked by chance from among 24 children • ' ' ' " '■■■ . -*•' We of the Steinberg Dept. Store wish to thank our customers for their continuous support in the past and it is our wish that we may be able to serve you in the years to come- Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. STEINBERG'S DEPARTMENT STORE PHONE 2871 ERWIN, N. C. / . 1,,. t L j l p riv IfP^^K]' ■ 0 OL H faithful old friends, to our | § B many new wNS you whose we hope Jm we our for cheerful the ever ) W , HEflp - i s mSSmm ■ ..' r i glgffig 1 l %, sf- mvmm Iron tier v Hi Ison we Dunn, N. t. ■ * "- ■ "■”fjmpQs Iff y X - £ ' ! '“ Santa ClauS, JrtJiana, Received famous fame Christmas Cve, 1882. Although many towns have names directly or indirectly associated with Christmas, there is but one town named Santa Claus, in Indi ana. Except for a lucky break, the town would have had another name and hence would not have enjoyed the annual fame that it gathers around the Yuletide season. The original intention to name the town Santa Fe fell through when the officials at Washington suggested that the town be named something else, since there was al ready a Santa Fe in New Mexico. On Christmas Eve, in 1882, the citizens held a mass meeting to se lect another name, but every one proposed was discarded for one rea son or another. The meeting was about to break up when Santa Claus, making his yearly visits in the neighborhood, strode in to get warm. He was in costume and his arrival put one name in every mind. And so the town was named Santa Claus. to draw the second award from a ) hopper containing some 67,500 II VERR mt fiROUMHD THE WORLD 1 Long before history was recorded the Persians discovered sugar cane and made sweetmeats an impor tant part of their New Year celebra tion, These pagan Persians also made human, sacrifices on the eve of the New Year in the belief that their barren fields would be ferti lized by the gods. It. ancient China it was a custom to make visits shortly after the New Year'had begun. Hilarity reigned supreme in old India and Babylon, where celebration of the first day of a New Year was a very wild affair. The superstitious people believed that during their frolicsome celebra tions the pagan gods were asleep, else conveniently away from home. The Japanese always used holly for decorations at New Year's. It is an old belief that “the prick of the thorr.s on the leaves would scare away devils.” The emperor’s first bath, Hatsumizy, taken early New Year morning, was called a “reli gious rite of cleansing and purifica tion performed by the ruler to bring peace and prosperity to Japan and his people.” Smart children in Belgium gather keys to every room in the house on New Year’s eve, and then lock the elders In their rooms on New Year’s morning, refusing to release-them until promised a portion of sweets. YOU’RE ALL DONE, DAD . . . i' The old man, having served his time and done his duty during 19S1, is ready for rest and re tirement. Young 1952, however, eager and ready for the fray, is reaching out to take the cake— or is It pie? Happy New Year* anyway. “Booster Day” tickets. She drew a ticket that had been turned in by her mother, Mrs. Henry \ Jackson. -H»“ *n* THE DAILY RECORD. DUNN. H. a CONTRIBUTION Joel Poinsett, U.S. Statesman, Noted tor Flower Although he was a brilliant states man, and the friend of four Ameri can presidvits, Joel Roberts Poin sett is famous chiefly because he introduced the M •, SWM Jl v A-i & ‘ . rfrifesfetiT Jo. M_ _ # # a " —a a- r J *■. m _ —_ _ _ _ gs \ /Y A JL m n mr mrkfM Ma m R AJLAtm g 4 A/V. I tXJJt f kJUJLAJi%JUL . - \r B DDOAn CT ni ||JM y f* j c. dkuau si* uunre, w. v>. ~l lll . Il_ - _ —I %• «■» Christmas Helps World's Economy Many people, with the total ex ception of children, have come to believe that Christmas has become too commercial. In a spiritual sense, this is true to some extent. Economically, however, no other holiday or festive season contrib utes so much to the welfare of the world. Christmas has hardly passed into the new year before thousands are at work on toys and myriads of other Christmas specialties for the next holiday. Each year, as the lights of Christmas trees twinkle on a wintry night, how many of us think of the millions who have gained employment through the Christmas shopping industry? And yet, “too commercial” may be an overstatement. Is it too wrong, once a year, to make the dominate theme one of giving, rath er than of receiving? Christmas, and, the spirit of Christmas, has en dured wars and great chaos through centuries as a time of joyousness and happiness, and giving has al ways been an important part of the festivities. The picture of the family united, with presents opened, and children wrapped in the joyousness of Child hood’s greatest emotion is still, and will remain, the Christmas story. HOUSE CLEANED OCT GARY, Ind. im—A burglar liter ally “cleaned house.” Nicholas G. Sisamis told police someone stole $1,101.75 worth of property includ- > W I, «■■!■* i II mm Bible Foretold Future On New Year for Scots The early Scots believed that it was possibie to foretell the events of a coming year by turning to the Bible on New Year’s Day. It was long a custom to place the sacred book upon a table and open it at random, placing one finger on the printed page. The entire chap ter then was read carefully, with the belief that the message it car ried described in some way the happiness or misery in store for the person adhering to the practice. ing cash, war bonds, a fur coat, clothing, Jewelry, linens and a ra dio. 5F 'jljS I For our many 91 _____ friends we wbhu- •- 1 g --*• |f| 19 51 | only that they may" ' ** ,are * ußy *** Ipjß KELLY'S DEPT. STORE ■ Benson, N. C. fll Phone 3716 4 | PAGE THREE SANTA PANICS ’EM 'M B SALEM, Mass. UPt—Three fainted, a boy’s clothes were off and others lost their shoe* the mad rush. Citizens of tlw toric city were not hunting a —just fighting to get into the armory, where a chamber of merce Santa Claus presents. MAIL GOES THROUGH =Vj^H SPARTA, 111. IIP When tnowß blocks automobile travel, a carrier, Waldemar Klopper, on a tractor owner- to JJ£lp carry out the pledge, “the must go through.” He makes rounds riding on -the drawbar.