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The Southport boys basket
ball team received good news
this week when Foxy Howard
took—and passed—a make-up
exam to become eligible for
play. He had been counted on
by Coach Pete Lee as one of
the men to make his “run
ning game’’ go.
Southport plays Nakina here
Friday night in a double
header.
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The Bethlehem Star...
Was It An Actuality?
By BILLY ARTHUR
Was the Star of Bethlehem,
seen only by the Magi at the
time of Jesus’ birth, an actuality
or a myth?
Science has a very plausible
answer.
Some people superstitiously
maintain that science always con
tradicts religion. There are others,
including noted theologians, who
do not share that attitude. And
they cite the Bethlehem Star as
an example.
me annual Christmas show at
the Morehead Planetarium in
Chapel Hill correlates the re
ligious account of the star with
a scientific explanation which
takes much of the mystery out of
this strange glowing light that
led the Wise Men to the manger
at Bethlehem.
Was that light in the heavens
a star ?
Today scientists believe it was
not a star in the scientific tradi
tion, but rather a rare conjunc
tion or close passing of the
planets Jupiter and Saturn.
They base their conclusion on a
careful study of written records,
eccelesiastical, scientific, historic
and philosophical.
■tuven tne isioie supports their
conclusion. It reads:
"Now when Jesus was bom in
Bethlehem of Judea in the days
of Herod the King, behold, there
came wise men from the east to
Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is he
that is' bom King of the Jews?
for we have seen his star in the
east, and are come to worship
him.’ ”
Scripture further tells us that
the star went before the Magi
until they reached the place of
Jesus’ birth. This is how they
found the Christ child.
For almost 2,000 years men
have been puzzled by the Christ
mas star. Ancient astronomers
did not record a strange light in
the sky at the year 1 B.C. nor 1
A.D.
There is no evidence that any
one but the Wise Men saw the
star. Shepherds in the desert
didn’t, astronomers didn’t, gov
ernment officials didn’t. Only the
Magi did. Why?
Today’s scholars believe the
reason was that the star was not
a true star but instead ws a
rare triple conjunction or three
time passing of the bright planets
Jupiter and Saturn. It is now also
believed the Magi were Persian
astrologers who would see mysti
cal significance in such a phe
nomenon.
However, practical thinkers do
not attach such mystical signi
ficance to a triple conjunction,
because science can explain it
thoroughly. When viewed from
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the earth, Jupiter and Saturn
pass each other in the sky. Triple
conjunctions of Jupiter, Saturn
and the earth take place every
125 years. The last one occurred
in 1941.
So, the next question is why
there are no written astronomical
records about such a rare event
taking place in 1 A.D.
Because, according to some
scholars, the conjunction that at
tracted attention almost 2,000
years ago appeared not in the
year 1 A.D. but in the year 7 B.C.
Therefore, they believe it possible
that Jesus was bom in the spring
of 7 B.C. or 6 B.C. They substan
tiate their beliefs and findings by
referring to the major tax col
lections of the Roman empire at
that period.
The Gospel of St. Luke refers
to this time, but the exact year
was unknown till 1923. In that
year a tablet was found in a
Roman ruin near Ankara, Turkey,
that contained an inscription re
lating to three great tax collec
tions during the reign of Caesar
Augustus. They were in 28 B.C.,
8 B.C. and 14 A.D. The first and
the last were not in the time of
Herod. He represented Rome only
during the great tax of 8 B.C.
Because it would have taken
almost a year for the tax decree
to reach Galilee, it is conceivable
that Jesus was bom a year later
in 7 B.C. and that year would
coincide with the year the planets
seemed to pass each other three
times to form the bright “star.”
Because of the versatility and
accuracy of the Zeiss instrument,
that can be duplicated in the
Morehead Planetarium at Chapel
Hill.
Another effect shows how—
from our angle of vision from
the earth—it could be that the
planet Saturn and Jupiter met,
and how one seemed to turn
backward in its orbit to meet the
other.
They first met on May 29 and
again on December 4 in 7 B.C.
and for the third time in Feb
ruary of 6 B.C. when the planet
Mars came up to join Saturn and
Jupiter, and the other two seem
ed to move backward to meet
Mars.
This is called retrograde motion
by astronomers. It is the same
motion that makes it seem, when
one is riding on a train, that a
slower train on the next track is
moving backward though going
in the same direction as the fast
train.
When the second meeting of
Jupiter and Saturn occurred, the
Magi consulted folklore and de
cided that the great sign in the
heavens meant that a king was
to be bom to the Jews, so they
traveled to Bethlehem.
Despite careful search and
study nothing else is known to
astronomers that might have been
taken by the Magi as a sign.
Many people neither know or
care that the same thing—a
triple conjunction—happened in
1940-41. But the astrologers made
much of it then, as the Magi
must have done 19 y2 centuries
ago.
If, then, there was a real event
in the sky that could have been
interpreted by the Wise Men as
a sign, it was probably the in
teresting triple conjunction of
Jupiter and Saturn. It would have
served to send them on their way
to discover the meaning of it.
Of course, there will always be
those who will prefer to believe
that the Star of Bethlehem was
a miracle, given only to the eyes
of the Wise Men to see.
“But,” as the narrators ask in
the Christmas program at the
Morehead Planetarium, "is it
after all important to know what
the ‘Star of Bethlehem’ was? The
important facts are that Jesus
was born, that He dwelt on Earth
for a time with men, and that
His teachings have altered the
history of the world.”
New Residents Enjoying Life
At Boiling Spring Lakes
The following interview took ,
place in the tastefully appointed
living room of one of the three
bedroom, model brick homes, lo
cated eight miles from Southport
and situated on the pineclad, roll
ing acres known as Boiling Spring
Lakes.
Anson Lewis, country gentle
man and land proprietor: "Why
did I buy out here? First of all,
by choice. We own a comfortable
home in Southport, which we are
retaining and renting. We came,
we saw, and we liked what we
saw, you might put down.”
"We” are Anson, Mrs. Lewis,
the former Gladys Galloway of
Varnumtown, and Mr. Willie Gal
loway, father of the hostess.
“Were they attracted by the
beneficent peace and the lovely
solitude of Brunswick County’s
newest city?”
Anson: “The peace, yes. But
I hardly think secluded is the
right word. I am sure that a city
will not be long in the growing
here. Already we have some fine
neighbors around us.”
"Being that Mrs. Lewis is not
here to speak for herself, would
you care to go out on a limb,
Mr. Lewis, and state your wife’s
views on the new homesite?”
Anson Lewis: “Ordinarily I let
her speak her own piece, but on
this subject I feel quite safe to
put words in Gladys’ mouth. She
says the surroundings suit her
fine. As a Varnumtown native,
my wife hates cities. She purely
loves to lie in bed here at night
and listen to the wood sounds”.
“How about Mr .Galloway?"
Anson Lewis: "Well, he’s an old
Varnumtowner. Does that answer
your question?”
“Not exactly. Mr. Lewis. How
do you reconcile the fact that,
here you are expecting a great
rush of Boiling Spring Lakes
residents, while you state that
heavenly peace, far from the
madding throngs ignoble strife,
exert its spell upon those near
and dear to you?”
Anson Lewis. “What is this,
some kinda double talk? Man, the
great crowds are not here yet.
I live in expectation, while the
rest of my family live in peace.
That way, everybody’s happy.”
End of interview.
Conclusions drawn: Boiling
Spring Lakes will grow and grow.
In the meantime the great new
residential area passes through a
phase during which absolutely no
growing pains are suffered. The
15,000 acres will hold 50,000 peo
ple with no more discomfort that
the unloading of a four-passenger
automobile places upon, say, Goth
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HALLSBORO—Hallsboro’s Tig
ers boys won a 67-30 cage victory
over the Bolivia Bears here, Tues
day night, after the Bolivia girls
had bumped the Lady Tigers of
the local school, 45-27.
Aveline Skipper had 31 points
and Steve Mintz hit 10 to pace
the Bolivia basketeers, while Bar
bara Young hit 15 and Melvin
Brown had 21 for the Hallsboro
teams. Ronald Faircloth and John
ny Jf ormyuuvai each added 14
for the winning: Tiger boys.
Bolivia, coached by Frank
Hogge, held a 10-5 lead in the
girls’ game at the quarter; then
saw the Lady Tigs catch them,
13-13 at the half. A 21-5 third
quarter won for Bolivia.
Coach Mack Edwards’ Tiger
boys jumped out front, 17-7 in
the first period and led, 26-14 and
42-22 at other turns.
GIRLS: Bolivia (45)—Skipper
31, Sellers 11, Bunce 2, Lewis,
McKeithan, Rabon. Subs—Knowl
es 1, Willetts, Wescott, McLelland.
Hallsboro (27)—Young 15, Hayes
4, E. Godwin 4, Barefoot, Love,
Soles. Subs—Creech 4, S. Godwin,
Ward, Dew, Caffee, Prescott,
Yow.
BOYS: Hallsboro (67)—Powell
1, Brown 21, R. Rhodes 6, Fair
cloth 14, J. FormyDuval 14. Subs
—-D. Rhodes 7, John Hines 2,
Miller 2. Bolivia (30)—Steve
Mintz 10, Morrie Watkins 3,
Thurston Sullivan 8, Jackie Potter
5, David Cook 3. Subs—Bill Hick
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Two Twin-Killings
Southport Cage Teams
Get Off To Good Start
The basketball season got off to a rousing start
here in Southport during the past weeke.nd as the
locals won a pair of double-headers, from Dixon on
Friday night and from Hallsboro on the following
evening.
In the Friday night fracas the
Southport girls staved off a last
quarter rally on the part of the
visitors to earn a 41-36 victory.
The Southport boys went on a
scoring spree for an 80-67 deci
sion over the Dixon boys.
After playing it close during
the early going, Southport moved
ahead of the visiting Dixon sextet
during the second and third quar
ters for a 36-18 margin at the
three-quarter mark. The fourth
period rally on the part of the
visitors failed to catched the home
team.
Jean Cochran led the local scor
ing with 17 points, closely fol
lowed by Frances Smith, with 15.
Sally Ward had 9 points for
Southport.
Sandra Foster led the Onslow
county sextet with 19 points and
was high scorer for the game.
Ann Mirret had 10 points, Doris
Owens 6 and Velma Evans 1.
Patty Jenkins, Charlotte Evans,
Linda Spencer and Lydia Long
were Southport guards; and Fran
ces Edwards got into the game at
forward.
Pat Melton led the Dixon de
fenders.
The boys game also got off to
a close start, with the score being
tied 7-7 before the Dolphins got
the range. Big Donald Dixon
made 13 points in the first half
to help give the home forces a
41-24 lead at intermission.
Coach Pete Lee started C. E.
Murphy, Clive Dosher, Rodney
Garner and Frank Rogers with
Dixon, and they put on a dazzing
first-half exhibition. When Dixon
and Dosher got into foul trouble,
Jerry Spencer and Ed Harper
moved in as relief. During the
game ther Southport coach used
Don Hardee, Kenneth Phelps and
Chuch Smith.
The all round play of Garner
was outstanding, while the floor
play and fast-break tactics of
Murphy also stood out.
For Dixon Bill Banks was out
standing and turned out to be
the game’s high scorer with 33
points. The floor play of Paul
Sheppard was a feature of
Dixon’s play.
Southport outclassed the Halls
boro girls Saturday night to win
62-22. as Sally Ward and Jean
Cochran tied with' 22-points each
, for high scoring honors. Fresh
man Frances Smith added 18.
The local lassies held a 26-9
lead at half-time and the visitors
did little to close the gap in the
final two periods. Playing defense
for Southport were Patty Jenkins,
Charlotte Evans and Linda Spen
cer, starters, all of whom man'
aged to stay free of fouls. Lydia
Long, Cynthia Sherrill and Mar
tha Mallison got in for some
game experience, as did Frances
Edwards as a sub forward.
Mary Alice Bryant, who start
ed out as guard but moved to
forward, led. the Hallsboro scoring
with 8 points, Pat Hayes had 6,
Eloise Godwin and Barbara Young
had 4 each.
The boys won by a score of
66-45, with Dixon leading the
scoring with 22 points. He was
followed by Rodney Garner with!
13 and Clive Dosher with 11. >
Also contributing to the scoring
were C. E. Murphy, again the
quarterback of the Dolphin at
tack, with 10; Frankie Rogers;
with 5; Church Smith with 2; t
Rip Howard with 2; and Kenneth*
Phelps with 1.
Ronald Faircloth led the tall *
Hallsboro team in scoring with 20;
points with D. Rhodes adding 8.;
Melvin Brown, Johnny Formy
duval and Richard Miller each had
4 points.
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