PUNTS
and
PASSES
By BILL
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Punts and passes were very
much in evidence this paet week
end and more gridiron history
wa9 written. Inspite of the fact
that the rains came, so did the
fans, along with raincoats, blank
ets and other means of keeping
dry.
The weather put the skids un
der the hopes of' some of the
team6, but most any one could
have slipped up in all of that
rain and mud. Most of the teams
came through to victory as pre
dicted in this column. One of
the exceptions was State’s vic
tory over Virginia, which we were
happily surprised over. Having
once attended the former univer
sity, our sentiment, perhaps led
us to overestimate the Cavaliers.
■ It appeared to have been a per
fect week end for all of the five
teams in North Carolina with the
exception of Duke. But every
team can’t win and few in the
nation could have defeated Caro
lina at the rate the Tar Heels
played last Saturday. Even such
setbacks of 35 yard penalties all
in one dose did not phase Snav
ely’s defensive and offensive
teams. Neither did the fain both
er the crowd. With 56,500 fans
inside thene were those standing
outside at the half that would
have* paid double price for ad
mission. The 21-0 victory of the
Tar Heels, brought joy to thou
sands of fans as well as sadness
to others. But everyone, who wit
nessed the game was confident
that the best team won.
Davidson, Wake" Forest and N.
C. State, all chalked up victories
that called attention to the fact
that North Carolina has many
teams to be proud of.
More Bowl Talk
With the season nearing an
end and plans for post-season
games in the various bowls,
Southern California came through
to win the Pacific coast champ
ionship and the right to play the
mighty Michigan in the Rose
Bowl game. New Years.
Down south, Alabama defeat
ed LSU and won the right to play
host in the Sugar Bowl.
And here in North Carolina
there was talk that the Tar Heels,
provided they defeat Virginia
next week, might get a bid to one
of the southern bowls!
N. C. Teams to End Season
This week the regular season
.'or N. C. teams will end, bowls
excepted, with four major con
i tests today and Saturday. Last
i Saturday ended Duke’s season,
but the four other members of
i the State’s Big Five will see act
ion.
| Wake Forest’s Demon Deacons,
! victors over Duquense here Fri
I day night, will meet a smootb
j rolling University of South Caro
I lina team at Charlotte in the an
nual Turkey Day meeting of the
I old rivals.
Davidson’s scrappy Wildcats
i will also ring down the curtain
Thursday by invading Greenville,
IS. C., to tangle with Furman
■ University in a Southern Confer
ence game.
■The annual meeting at Char
lotte is expected to be played be
fore a jammed Memorial Stadi
i um.
North Carolina’s Tar Heels will
polish off the regular season by
meeting Virginia’s steam-rollers
| at Chapel Hill in the oldest Dix
ie gridiron rivalry.
N. C. State also will hang up
uniforms after Saturday when it
tackles the University of Mary
land at College Park.
Three North State Conference
games will be on slate for Thurs
day as highlights of Turkey Day.
Va. Vs. N. C.
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NORTH CAROLINA
Christmas With die Pioneers
Held Deep Religious Meaning
CHRISTMAS on the frontier, as
^ new band* of pioneers pushed
ever westward to carve an empire
out of virgin plains and wilder
nesses. was in marked contrast to
the present holiday.
There was more: meaning then in
the words of The Book concerning
shepherds In a certain country
watching their flocks by night The
solitudes, the closeness of the stars,
the virginity of the new world and
that time had stood still. Christmas
in those days somehow seemed
much closer to that first Christmas.
Those bleak plains could be the
ones'the Wise Men crossed, this the
Night and yon sleeping village, Beth
lehem. The faith of the trail break
*rLW*^*t 0f WlM.Men.
On Christmas Eve the pioneer
folks would gather in a crude iittVs
church'or schoolhouae where chil
dren recited their pieces and sang
or a calico doll from Santa Claua.
But that doll, made from spare
strip* of bright cloth, probably was
more treasured than any modem
doll that can say "Hama," go to
sleep and perhaps require a diaper.
Children who received a slate pen*
ell or a shell-box, a little affair
covered with shells and containing a
small mirror, were the special fa
vorites of Santa. / . *
For goodies, no Christmas was
complete without its pans of pop
corn and ropes of molasses taffy.
In rare cases there might be a bag
of candy.
IM THE isolated cabins it wasn’t
* so easy to gdther with one's neigh
bors to celebrate. There were
wolves in the timber and being
caught in a sudden storm on the
pioneer trails spelled death.
Christmas in some places meant
a bobsled ride or perhaps a square
songs about the birth of the Christ
Child. Santa would hand out mos
quito-bar sacks of candy, a golden
1 orange or an apple to each one,
and childhood rapture would make
that meager offering truly a gift of
gold and frankincense.
HOME-MADE sleds and sleighs
skimmed over the snowy coun
tryside with sleigh bells Jingling ac
companiment to the caroling of
“Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells.”
Except in the forest regions, few
children enjoyed the sight of a
Christmas tree. But always they
hung up their stockings, an old
custom of their forefathers.
It was a lucky boy who awoke
Christmas morning to find a new
Jack-knife in his stocking; a lucky
girl who received a string of beads
dance, often followed by a turkey
dinner coating 23 cents.
Gifts, if any, generally were in
the form of utilitarian mittens, muf
flers or home-made boots. For the
women there might be a piece of
Intricate handiwork to which some
enterprising friend had devoted her
spare time for months.
Throughout the holiday season a
candle burned in the attic window,
guiding late-faring travelers to shel
ter—the Star of Bethlehem on the
frontier.
But withal] these hardy folks had
as much fun as their great-grand
sons and daughters who again this
year will celebrate by exchanging
elaborate gifts, dancing to name
bands, feasting with no worries that
tomorrow there may be nothing In,
the electric refrigerator. __
al Duke game written in
tory books, will face a
Virginia eleven in one of
jor battles of Saturday.
Virginia, licked by Pennsylvan
ia in mid season, will tiring a
“team of a million backs’’ to
Chapel Hill to face the high-fly
ing Tar Heels.
While the Duke-Carolina game
has taken over the limelight with
the younger fans in North Caro
lina, there are hundreds of old
grads of Carolina who. $till hold
that the Virginia game is the
“battle of the year.”
last season
is expected
Picking Winners
Here we go for the last time
this season, bowls excepted:
Wake Forest over S. C.
Davidson over Furman
ASTC over High Point
Catawba over Lenoir Rhyne
Texas over'Texas Aggies
’ N. C. over Virginia
State over Maryland
Army over Navy
VMI over VPI
William and Mary over Richmond
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Delia Joines.
In the ahsence of the presi
dent, Mrs. W. H. Huffman, Mrs
W. F Shepherd presided. Th<
subject for discussion was “Cook
ies and Christmas Decorations.’
Miss Ella Mae Crosby, home a
gent, demonstrated the makinf
of,two kinds of cookies, whicfc
were very delicious. She alsc
demonstrated the making of t
Christmas wreath from sage
grass and winter greens.
Members present were Mes
dames Delia Joines, E. B. Shep
herd, Ed Cox, H. L. Austin, Cur
ren Dixon, Raymond P.iipps, J
L. Atwood, Jr., W. H. Perkins
and^ W. F. Shepherd.
At the close of the meetflf?£*tfi«
hostess served delicious refresh
ments. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. E. B.
Shepherd.
The Brethren church held theii
weekly {W-ayer meeting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Reed
with fifty six people attending.
The Rev. Eldreth is holding a
series of meetings in the store
building of Mrs. Delia Joines. A
large crowd has been attending,
considering the rainy weather.
The Rev. Grace Jones and her
assistant, Miss Barbara Arnold
have returned home from a two
weeks vacation in Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. John Goings. Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Goings and small
daughter, Sandra, were recent
visitors at the home of W. F.
Shepherd.
Mrs. W. H. Perkins was in
Galax, Va., shopping'last Friday.
Mr. Billie Johnson, Jr., of
Maryland, is visiting his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Shep
herd.
Mrs. John Atwood, Sr., and Mrs.
John Atwood, Jr., and children,
Carol and Bobby, visited Mrs.
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Last week end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Miles were Mr.
and Mrs. Vaughn Wooten and
sons, Dorman and Don; also Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Hanes and chil
dren, all of Sparta.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spicer
had as their recent dinner guests
'Mr. and Mrs. Left Royall, of De
votion.
Missee Peggy Jean and Patsy
Miles spent last Saturday night
with Tootsie Todd, of Roaring
Gap.
>fr. and Mrs. Franklin Royall,
Howard Royall of Devotion; Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Spencer were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Josh
Spicer recently.
Mrs. Lester Todd is improving
alter^ Jiageriafc illnass. -
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brooks had
as their last Sunday guests Mr.
and Mrs. Odell Evans, Mrs.
•Ethel Brooks and children.*
Miss Lois Caudle spent the
past week end with Miss Juanita
Higgins, of Sparta.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin McKnight
and children visited Mr. and
Mrs. C. S. McKnight last Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Griffith and
daughter, Linda, spent the past
week with Mr. and Mrs. Clay
ton Bennett and family. Those
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bennett
during the week end included Mr.
and Mrs. Arma Edwards and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Fay Ben
nett and Mr. John L. Joines, of
Sparta.
. Lester Fowlef in Elkin last week.
1 Mr. S. C. Richardson has return
| ed home from an extended visit
of several weeks with relatives in
' Maryland and Washington, D. C.
Mr. D. A. Perkins, who has
! been suffering from paralysis for
some weeks, is reported to be im
proving.
Mr. and Mr*. Bernard Miller
and son, Billy, spent Saturday
night at the home of Mr. Jim
Garvey.
Those visiting Mr. and Mrs.'*
M. Weaver,. -Sunday afternoon
were Mrs. Evefette Miller, Mrs.
Paul Kennedy and daughter,
Eleanor also Miss Mint Hash.
I Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Weaver
had as their guests during tie
week end Mr. and Mrs. Noland
Taylor, Mrs. Grace Stafford, Mr.
and Mrs. Worley, all of * Rock
Port, Washington also Mrs.
Frank Phipps. ~
Miss Beulah Cox spent Tues
day night with Miss Virginia HilL
i Mr. Joe Halsey visited Mr.
Howard Halsey and family, Sunfe
day. w ~
Miss Helen Delp spent Sat/
day night with Mr. and Mrs. Char
lie Delp.
Miss Edna Musgroee was^a
guest of Miss Hattie Halsey, Sat
urday nig!.it.
Mr. Lonnie Musgrove made a
business trip to Galax, Va., last
Monday.
Mrs. J. C. Hill had as her din
i ner guests on Sunday night, Mr.
and Mrs. Vent Hill and daughter,
Wanda Dare and Mr. and Mrs.
Cam Hill and daughter, Mary
Ruth.
Messrs. Colonel Brown and
Frank Delp, of Rising Sun, Md.,
spent Sunday night with Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Brown.
Mr. Boss Mabe underwent an
operation pt the Winston-Salem
hospital, Friday.
Mrs. Cleo McMillan and Mrs.
Ruth Loggins spent Saturday
shopping in Sparta.
Messrs. Wayne and Walter
Vanhoy made a business trip to
North Wilkesboro, Monday.
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