Brooks Cross Roads
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Clyde Prevette, Dr. Hackett
Harding and Prof. C. R. Wright
were among those from here who
attended the Duke-Pitt football
game at Durham Saturday.
Miss Beulah Hinson spent the
week-end recently in Greensboro
the guest of Miss Dene Loel, a
former classmate at Asheville
Teachers College.
Mrs. Fred' Money and little
daughter, Barbara, visited rela
tives in Statesville , dur Ing
Thanksgiving. •.
Little Miss June Wallace, small
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C.
Wallace, underwent a tonsil op-;
eration at Davis hospital. States-;
ville, last week. She is doing
nicely.
Mr. Silas W. Paris, of Atlanta,
Ga., was the Thanksgiving guest
of relatives and friends here. -
Miss Audrey Shore, who teaches
at Concord, spent the holidays
with Mr. and Mrs. Miles Shore.
Mr. and Mrs. Roe Spann and
children, of Winston-Salem, and
Mrs. Nan Shore were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Shore on
Thanksgiving Day.
James Blevlns and J. T. West
made a business trip to West
Jefferson Saturday.
The many friends of Mrs. Bob
Burgess will regret to learn that
she is confined in Davis hospital,
Statesville. She had an appendi
citis operation last week and is
getting along as well as could be
expected.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dobbins and
little son, Bobby, attended church
services at Grassy Knobs church
in Iredell county Sunday after
noon and heard a good sermon by
the Rev. Grady White, former
pastor of Oak Grove Baptist
church.
Miss Frieda Boger. of Winston-
Salem, visited MLss Gerry Weaver
on Saturday.
Mrs. Dora Shermer, of North
Wilkesboro, returned to her home
Monday after having spent last
week as the house guest of Mrs.
H. J. Weaver.
Miss Carolyn Melton, member
of the Stoneville school faculty,
visited her parents. Rev. and Mrs.
R. L. Melton, during Thanksgiv
ing.
Surprise Birthday Supper
On Monday night, November
21, Jack Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sol Brown, was honored on
his 15th birthday anniversary
when a group of friends and rel
atives gathered at the home.
A bountiful supper was served
consisting of sandwiches, pickles
and various kinds of cakes and
pies. The table was decorated
with pink and yellow chrysanthe
mums. Thirty-four guests en
joyed the occasion, among them
being the honoree's grandmother.
Mrs. Wid Shore, who is 84 years
old, and her sister, Mrs. Kate
Nicks, who is 87 years old. Mr.
Brown received many useful gifts.
Coins 2000 years old are still
carried as pocket-pieces by native
Bedouins in legendary country of
the Queen of Sheba.
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Role of Santa
For Prisoners
Distributed Money to Charity
Under Name, "Mickey
Finn"
SIOUX CITY, IOWA.—A mysteri
ous Santa Claus whose identity was
revealed only at his death early in
1937, will be remembered here each
Christmas as one of Sioux City's
most beloved characters.
His name was Ed T. Kearney, a
N real estate man and banker who
brought Yuletide joy to hundreds
with anonymous contributions to in
mates of prisons and missions. His
gifts were always accompanied by
poorly written letters bearing the
signature, "Mickey Finn."
A sample of Kearney's unusual
letters has been uncovered in the
note written to the sheriff of Cook
county. 111., in 1930:
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pLesE usE tHe sMal cHecK inClosEd
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enY poße pepUl y,IJ m»Y haV wiTh
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FRm mE.
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dRInK eNy buZe feR tHe roTin sTuf wE
(jlTs now wtL suR kll aNy oNe wHo
dßlhks IT.
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NoW feR i fOnd oUt tHat crUkldNiss
dOn pAy nuN.
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wiShlss uV thEr tßew IrEn aN weL
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mlckeY flNn.
The identity of "Mickey Finn"
was not discovered until Kearney
was in a Sioux City hospital during
his last illness. A daughter, pos
sessed of some circumstantial evi-1
dence, confronted her father with
the question and he confessed that
he was "Mickey Finn." When his
private papers were examined clip
pings were found substantiating his
confession.
The character of Mickey Finn was
created early in the 1900s when Mr.
Kearney was president of a bank at |
Jackson, Neb. He met many bank
ers from over the country at conven
tions and when he started his Santa
Claus role in the person of "Mickey J
Finn," he simply wrote his banker
friends in other cities and obtained
their co-operation in sending the
checks and keeping his identity se
cret.
Ancient Holly
Still Spreads
Holiday Cheer
Jn homes throughout America this
Christmas the holly plant will carry
on its age-old duty of spreading
Yuletide spirit, a custom that dates
back to the pagan tribes of conti
nental Europe.
\ Originally the holly grew wild in
the United States over a range from
Massachusetts to Missouri and
south to Florida and Texas. But. too
much harvesting in northeastern
United States has destroyed much
of the natural growth. Today most
holly is grown from Norfolk, Va., to
Florida within 50 or 60 miles of the
Atlantic coast, and westward in the
Gulf region to Louisiana.
Current popularity of the holly is
a continuation of the custom of the
Druid feasts which honored the mis
tletoe and holly in pagan rites. In
Europe the tribes under Roman rule
sent holly branches to each other as
evidence of good will. Homes and
churches were decorated with holly
laden with crimson berries when the
pagans celebrated the feast of Sat
urnalia, the "turning on of the sun."
Yuletide, the feast made to the
Celtic sun god, Yaioul, finally be
came the celebration of Christmas,
and the holly tree, known as the
holy tree, became the sacred tree
for decorations at our Christmas
festivals.
Holly does not bear berries un
til it is five years old. Before that
time the male and female trees can
not be told apart. There are more
than 300 species of the plant, all of
them native to the temperate and
tropical regions of both hemi
spheres.
Only the American and English
holly trees have rich green leaves.
These are outlined with sharp spines
or teeth, and the fruiting branches
have round crimson berries.
Etehester Badger Feast
ILCHESTER, ENGLAND. - One
of the strangest surviving Christmas
customs is the Ilchester badger
feast, started by poachers in Nor
man times. Soon before the feast
the village lads catch a badger, kill
and dress it. On Christmas eve it
is strung on a spit over a huge fire
in the inn. When it is ready the par
ty attacks it with fingers—no cut
lery is allowed. Singing and toast
ing accompany the feast, which at
tracts practically all the villagers
and nearby farmers.
TWH! WI.THN TRTBTTNH!. FTKIN. NORTH CARWJN*
I CRUTCHFIELI)
Hog killing occupies the center
of the stage in this community at
the present time. Plenty of corn
and lots of big hogs ought to
mean a happy time for every
body.
Mr. Isaac W. Gentry and Miss
Dorothy Mae Corder were mar-,
ried Saturday afternoon at the
home of the bridegroom's pastor,
Rev. T. S. Draughn, with Rev.
Draughn officiating. Mr. Gentry
is the son of Mrs. J. M. Gentry of
the Friendship community, and is
one of the prominent and leading
young men of that section. Mrs %
Gentry is the daughter of Mr. and"
Mrs. John Corder of Little Rich
mond, and is one of the most
popular young women of that
community. We wish for them a
long, happy, and prosperous life.
Rev. T. S. Draughn, of this
place, filled his regular appoint
me nt at Friendship Baptist
church Saturday night and Sun
day, preaching to a large congre
gation at each service. This
church is one of the most pro
gressive rural churches in this
part of the county. Its Thanks
giving offering for the Children's
Home at Thomasville amounted
to $107.63, consisting of canned
goods, clothing, quilts and money.
Several of the members visited
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The following prayer was found in the Chester
Cathedral, Chester, England, during the 18th
century:
Give us a good digestion, Lord,
And also something to digest.
Give us a healthy body. Lord,
With setose to keep it at its best
Give us a healthy mind, good Lord,
To keep the good and pure in sight.
Which seeing sin is not applied
But finds a way to set it right.
Give us a mind that is not bored.
That does not whimper, whine or sigh;
Don't let us worry overmuch
About the fussy thing called I.
Give us a sense of humor. Lord;
Give us the grace to see a joke,
To get some happiness from life.
And pass it on to other folk. Amen.
the Home a few days before
Thanksgiving and carried t.he of
fering to the children. They re
ported a very pleasant and enjoy
able trip.
Rev. and Mrs. T. S. Draughn
were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. N. C. Stokes Thanksgiving
day. O'possum was served in
stead of turkey. Much better!
Don't you think so?
Mr. Charles A. Dobbins of
Winston-Salem, spent Sunday
with his mother, Mrs. J. W. Dob
bins, of this place.
With best wishes to The Tri
bune.
BRANON
Mr. and Mrs. Q. T. Comer, of
Winston-Salem, spent Thanks
giving with their daughter, Miss
Hazel Blundy.
Miss Doris Ruth Smith spent
Thanksgiving with friends in
Yadkinville. 1
Miss Pauline Boles, a student
at Woman's College, Greensboro,
spent the week-end with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Boles.
Miss Beulah Hinson had as her
Thanksgiving guests friends from
Raleigh.
Miss Ethel Swisher spent
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Adams at Hamptonville. Mr.
and Mrs. Adams also had as their
guest Mrs. Annie Adams, of
Bowling Green, Ohio.
A Christmas program is being
planned at Branon Friends
church.
Mrs. Carrie has re
turned home from a Winston-
Salem hospital where she has
been a patient. She had as her
Sunday guests Mr. and Mrs. Taft
Cummings, of Boonville, Mrs.
Rosa Hurt, Mr. Guy Cockerham,
Mrs. Paul Hurt, of" near Boonville,
Thursday, December 1, 1938
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Martin and
son, Bobby, and Mr- M. H. Hilton
and son, Dewey, of Jonesvllle.
■v Miss Hazel Helton, of Winston-
Salem, spent Thanksgiving with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Helton.
Mr. Davis Brannon returned
home Saturday from a visit to
Glasgow, Ky.
Miss Esther Braswell returned
to her home in Qoldsboro Sunday
after visiting Rev. Mrs. I. T. Cox.
A revival began at Branon
Friends church Sunday night. It *
will continue through the week if
the weather is favorable. Rev.
Melvin Hinshaw is conducting the
services.
The desert spineless cactus pro
duces a larger crop per acre
than any other plant known to
man. It is used as a fodde^.
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