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COOL£EMEE BOYS SIGN COLLEXrE GRANT- IN - AIDS —Shown above are three of our local boys with their signed Grant-In-
Aids in Football at Appalachian Slate Teachers College at Boone, N. C. The picture was made last Friday at Davie High School. Left
to right, seated, are Earl Shoaf, Ronnie Foster and Nay rex Bamhardt with Coach Sullivan and Coach Bob Church of ASTC standing.
These three football stars visited many colleges but their choice *as with Appalachian State. They all played four years of outstand
ing high school football with fine individual records. Coach Jack Ward, of Davie High School, is high in his praise of the three
stars and declared he was certain they would be an asset to the football program at Appalachian when they enroll in the fall of 1966.
(Photo by (Photo & Gift Shop)
It's "Merry Christmas"
All Through The Town
Merry Christmas!" In these two familiar words, often heard and often repeated, there
lives and glows the meaning of the first of all ChrisUnases, on that Holy Night nearly
two thousand years ago. As the happy this community, like many hundreds
of thousands of other towns and cities around the world, proclaims the spirit of the season
in ringing bells and happy carols—community light and festive decorations.
Through all the celebrations community, church, family—the simple words of greet
ing run like a glowing thread, weaving together into one joyous whole all the many glorious
things that Christmas stands for "Merry Christtmas!" The words remind that Christmas is
traditionally a time of merriment, a time for family and friends to gather together.
"Merry Christmas!" The words remind that Christmas is, indeed, more than merry. The
lights and the laughter, the fun and the feasting are but the surface symbols of all Christ
mas truly means. It is a time of giving and sharing, a time to remember others, not only fa
mily, friends and neighbors, but all mankind, and especially the less fortunate among us.
As gaily wrapped packages make their way to Christmas trees around our town, the
gifts once again recall the spirit of giving that began with the gold, frankincense and myrrh
of the Wise Men, and the fragrant evergreen trees represent the message of the Christ Child,
the inspiration of life eternal.
"Merry Christmas," we say, and with the words we seek to share our reverent wonder
at the age-old story, our joy in ever-present blessings.
About Trees...
On the night Christ was
born, legend says, all the
trees burst into bloom.
Thus began many stories
about the Christmas tree.
Early folk tales described
a huge tree in the midst of
a forest. The tree held ma
ny candles, some straight,
some upside down. At the
top was an infant with a
halo around his head.
It was believed that the
tree represented humanity.
The candles, up and down,
symbolized people, good
and bad. The Infant was the
Christ Child.
Hew Celebration Began
"Merry Christmas!" The words are simple, familiar, even
old-fashioned, yet they still contain a newness and freshness,
a significance to thrill the heart of mankind.
Whence did they conte, these familiar words? As a holy
day nd a holiday, Christmas means both festive merrymaking
and prayerful worship, and both meanings are expressed
in the traditional greeting, "Merry Christmas."
Christmas, commemorating the birth of Christ, derives its
name from the medieval "Christes Masse," the mass of
Christ. Yet, in the first centuries of the Christian church,
there was no celebration of the birth of Christ, no Christ
mas.
The December festivals of those days were pagan in
nature the Roman Saturnalia in Southern Europe, the
Yuletide festival of the winter solstice in Northern Europe.
When, in the fifth century A.D., Christmas began to be
celebrated on December 29, the old customs of the pa.
C festivals were connected with the Christmas
it. The merrymaking continued, but it gained a
deeper meaning, as pagan traditions were hallowed by as
sociation with the Nativity.
T&Ufc ChriHiiw boceAift GliMfcUiuie*"
cocxLEoraa:, n.c.thocsday. December n, i»bs
Sending
Greetings
"Merry Christmas!" The
custom of extending holiday
greetings to friends undoubt
edly goes back many years,
but the Christmas card as a
means of expressing those
greetings is a relative new.
comer to Christmas traditions.
Christmas cards had their
beginning only 122 years ago
in England, but despite the
comparatively recent start,
saying 'Merry Christmas" in
card form was a custom that
quickly caught the public fan
cy.
The wish to say, "Merry
Christmas" to friends and
neighbors is strong,- and the
ways of expressing it are
many. Today's edition of this
newspaper, for instance. is
one big "Merry Christmas"
card, in which businessmen of
this community offer special
greetings and words of appre
ciation to their customers and
friends.
What "Noel"
Means
"Noel," the French word
for Christmas, means "birth
day," "news," or "a shout
ol i/Bf/t' ... .
Cards Tell
Of Chaages
The tradition of exchanging
Christmas cards is a charm
ing part of the joyous holi*
day, and it lias a history oi
its own.
One of tnc most interesting
parts of that history is the
way that greeting cards serve
to record changing social cus
toms, manners and fashion*
through the years, points out
Miss Esther Mooney, cura
tor of the Norcross, Inc.,
greeting card collection.
For instance, an English
card of 1592 shows the for
mality existing between par
ents and children during the
Victorian era. Here a little
girl kneels solemnly at hei
mother's knee, sedately off
ering her a Christmas bouquet
wilh the wish, "May your
life be a Merry Christmas."
Modern cards take a live
lier mora light-hearted ap
proach. Even earlier, greeting
cards began to reflect an easi
er sort of filial relationship
Declare* a 1030 card: "1
cheers 4 a Merry Christmas
ml you* Dad!"
CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS
YULE DECORATION WINNERS
ANNOUNCED
The members off itfae MoanesvilUe Garden CWh,
Moaresulle, North Carolina, selected the wanner* test
night for the Outbade Decoration Contest., sporasaned by
the Recreation Department off I&irtiagtorci Industries,
Goodeemaee.
Tbc first praise wiraraer off Hi* SSQJOO gift certifi
cate was Desnpsey Shaver off Watt Street.
Second priae winner off the I3SJOO gift certificate
was H ML Jacobs off Rocky KnolL
Third priae winner was John Wall off Main SL
for the $15.00 gift certificate.
There were a lot of beautiful outsad? decorations
this year and the judges used a point system ibr
seiaction of the winners.
Retired Famer
Mdlidiy
MOCKS VILLE - Jtow Ma
son. 77, of Mocksvilte, KL 1
died at 7 A. M Tuesday at Ike
Maple Grave Rest Home m
Winston-Salem. He was a
retired fanner and spent most
of his life in Davie Cuun
iy.
Tfae funeral was at 11 A.
M Wednesday at Baton Fu»-
erai CtiapeC Burial was m
Uie Satan MeUtrdcn Churcb
Lecal NMfcer
Talks With Sea
la The Aaartic
A voice from the cold Anirc-
Uc area warmed the heart of
Mrs. Edd Carter last Sunday
afternoon. It all came about
when Hayden Bowers, of RL
2. MocksviUe. whose hobby is
operating a two-way radio set,
called Jack Carter and lo
cated him at his base in the
coldest part of the world.
Hayden then got Mrs. Carter
on the Cooleemcc end of the
radio and mother and son
held a kmc conversation.
Mrs. Carter told the Jour
nal that this wonderful chance
to talk with her son, so far
away, had made this a moat
wonderful and complete
Christmas for her.
Last week the Journal car
ried a picture and story about
Jack Carter from the Anartic.
Mrs.Aiaeellaa
Rites Yesterday
MOCKSVILLE—Mrs Amiee
Wright Ham, 83, of Bloenfon
taine. Republic of South Africa,
was killed in an automobile ac
cident in Kerrvillc. Tex., Fri
day evening.
She was born in Harriss
Smith. Repu bI ic oi South
Africa, daughter of the late
William and Ann Raaff Wright.
She was the widow of Henry
Ham, who died in 1949.
Surviving are four daugh
ters, Mrs. Daphne Slate, wife
of Dr. F. W. Slate of Mocks
ville; Mrs. Grace Human Dur
van, MR. Laura Latagan and
and Mrs. Estcllc Bums, all of
the Republic of South Africa;
a son, Dr. Kenneth Hani of
Downey, California; two sis
ters, Mrs. Daisey Palmer, and
Mrs. Dorothy duPlessis. both of
the Republic of South America.
Funeral services were con
ducted at Eaton's Chapel and
burial was in Rose Cemetery
on Thursday.
FOUNDERS OF UD CROSS
Clara Barton, Civil War
nurse, was bom on Christ
ma* Day in 1821. It waa her
warm thoughts of Christmas
that led her. when she set
off to visit her brother, a
' | " |, 'n| the Civil Wat,
H. D. Club
Ow Fnday eight, December
17. eleven memfaen of the
Home Demawtrauon Club
held their Chnctnws party at
the home of Mrs. Jams Alex
ander. The basement was very
festive with many decorations.
The most outstanding feature
of the decofatiom was the
wny unusual nativity M.ewa.
After the group enjoyed a cov
ered dish supper, they sang
carols by the lighted tree,
played games and eirhawatd
Mrs. Hud Wagner, ar-i ™o.
new members were welcomed
Mrs Nina Gallagher, Mrs
Myrtle Ammons, and Mrs
Mildred Smith.
Jeka R. Hall
Rites Are HeM
SALISBURY - John Roberts
Hail. 56. a construction worker
of Salisbury. Ri. 1 died at 10
P-M Monday en route to Row
an Memorial Hospital He was
born in Pittsylvania Count}-
Va, to James D. and Sally
Moore Hail.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Nellie Poston Hall, four sons.
James. John Jr„ Douglas and
Bobby Hall of the home; two
daughters. Mrs. Steve Pierce
of Cooeemee and Miss Eariene
Hall of the home: his mother
of Chatham, Va.; and a half
brother, WiUard Pruitt of
Chatham, Va.
The funeral was at 2 P.M
Wednesday at Lyerly Funer
al Chapel. Burial was in Oak
dale Baptist Church Cemete
ry.
Mrs. Etchnoa
Burial Friday
MOCKSVILLE—Mrs. Beu
lah Smith Eichinson of Ad
vance died at 4:30 P. M. Mon
day at her home.
Surviving are her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Nat Smith of
Mocksviiie, Route 2; her hus
band, William Eichinson of
Advance and two daughters.
Mrs. Willa Dean Mayhew of
Advance and Mrs. Katie Lee
Shutt of Maryland.
Funeral services will be
conducted Friday at 2 P. M.
at Advance Methodist Church
by the Rev. Carl Haire. Buri
al will be in the church ce
metery.
"Glory to God in the high
est and on earth peace among
men with whom He is pleas
ed."
This is how the latest ver
sion of the Bible translates
Luke 2:l4— a change from the
familiar "and on earth peace,
good will to men."
Sir Isaac Newton, English
phycist, mathematician, philo
sopher greeted his first
Christmas, and his first day,
in Lincolshire, England, in
1642.
Frail and sickly as a youth,
he devoted many boyhood Da
ce rubers to inventing and
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STORY INNK
PARTIES HOI
Christmas parties for the
Story Hour children acre
held on Monday. December 1
20th. at the Recreation Cas
ter. Twenty-sue children at
tended each party. Santa
C'aus visited with the child
ren and gave than lollipops
and bags of fruits, candy 'wri
chewing sum. He was assisted
by Mr. Fred Pierce, Recre
ation Direr-tor.
The party room held a pret- '
tily lighted tree, a Nativity J
scene and other Christmas dec- j
orations.
Debra Broote> brought Cad
dy canes for everyone in the
Morning group and Lynn MQ
ler brought Balloons for eve
rve no in the Af'.ornoon gnr. ip.
The Lcade;-s, Mrs. Scott J«r- ;
dan and Mis. C. W. Sliepliati 1
received many nice gifts fnw*
the children. Eath c'lild re- '
ceived a Christn- as .«* Or
nameni and a toy iu .;»k»
home.
1
Several assisted the 1
leaders. Refreshments of tittln"
Goldfish cheese
Christmas cookies and ceo-1
dies and grape drinks were
served.
Beginning on January 3rd. '
Story Hour m-ill be on |tethi ..
day each week instead el
Tuesday.
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On Sunday morning DSqhhH
ber M, at 11KJ0 the dflHl
speaker will be the ItovtrllMf
L. L McGee of the DmHH
ment of Pastoral Care. BmSmH
Hospital,
Sunday evening at
Kames. a member
■ church, will bring tbe«4g|
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