FUNERAL HELD FOR
MRS. MARY DOBBINS
Funeral services were held, at
Deep Creek Friends church Mon
day afternoon for Mrs. Mary Etta
Dobbins, 76, who died in her sleep
at her Winston-Salem home Fri
day night. The services were
conducted by Rev. Charles Stev
ens and burial was in the church
graveyard. She had made her
home in Winston-Salem 35 years.
Survivors include: two sons,
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rn MERRY CHRISTMAS ||
W IN STREAMUNEO DRESS
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WS and abundant prosperity in the coming year.
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We wish you all the joys of the Christmas Season and
sincerely hope that the coming months will bring you a
large share of happiness and prosperity.
The management of this organization is joined by every
employee in extending this Christmas Wish.
REECE BARBER SHOP
E. T. Reece, Mgr. Elkin, N. C. Phone 84
I BEST WISHES FOR A
1 Merry Christmas 1
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JgS wishes to say Merry Christmas to the friends and
K patrons who have made the past year so worth- e?
while for us. May the New Year bring you every fl
Happiness, and may your Christmas be bright and raj.
merry! ®
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Don't Fail
TO GET YOUR
CITY AUTO LICENSE TAGS
Before January 1, 1941. These Tags
Are on Sale at City Hall, SI.OO
DIXIE GRAHAM
City Tax Collector
A. C. and E. W. Dobbines, both
of Winston-Salem; one daughter,
Mrs. Espie Essex, Winston-Salem;
one brother, E. E. York, of Boon
ville; one sister, Mrs. Lydia Shu
gart, of Boonville; eight grand
children; and two great-grand
children.
Touching
The play last night was cer
tainly a sad one.
Yes, even the seats were in
tiers.
THE ET.KTN TRIBUNE, ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
SANTA
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Santa Claus often steps ont of his
reindeer sleigh these days to make
faster time, or to go where the
sleigh cannot go. Here he Is in the
person of Capt. William Wincapaw,
veteran New England pilot, ready to
take off from the East Boston air
{port with another load of Christmas
gifts for the lonely lighthouse keep
ers and Isolated islanders.
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This is how Santa Claus comes to
Son Valley—on skis. Here is the gay
St. Nick speeding down the snowy
jaAopes and right into the chimneys of
the residents and visitors.
In lands of no snow Santa can be
expected to use this novel method
of bringing Yuletide Joy to those
Who celebrate on the beaches. This
warm-weather Santa who skips so 1
nonchalantly over the deep bine sea I
happens to be Phil Danbens-Peck, 1
famous Olympic games swimming ,
champion.
Mistletoe Has Known
Long, Eventful History
Of all the Christmas greens, the i
best-loved, probably, is the mistle-1
toe, which likewise has experienced
the most eventful history of all
plants.
In the days of pagan worship in
England the mistletoe was chosen
for great honors, being cut from its
host, the oak tree, with golden axes.
It was gathered for the people and
a bit given to each person to ward
off illness. I
But the plant paid dear for these
honors for when the Christian church
was established it was not allowed
in any church because of its pagan
association, and it is told that
preachers even would stop in their
sermons if a tiny bit were spied and
the service waited until the offending
bit of green was removed.
In later centuries it became again
the symbol of peace and friendship
and has since been tacked on the
doorway as a token of friendly greet
ing.
Yale Log Cake
This year you may want to make
a "Yule Log Cake." It's quite sim
ple. Spread over a Jelly yfoll a jel
lied fruit nut mixture. Roll quickly
and wrap in waxed paper. Then
chill until set. Cover with chocolate
French pastry icing. The "bark"
can be made by making grooves
with a fork or pastry tube. You'll
want some "knot boles" in your
Yule Log Cake. Small white and
green candles will do the trick. The
"log" should be kept chilled until
time to serve.
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Christmas Card Was Invented
By a Man With Many Friends
CHRISTINAS cards are almost as
much a part of Christmas as
Santa Claus himself, yet they have
been in use less than a century.
According to most records, the
first Christmas card was designed
in 1846 by Mr. J. C. Horsley, a
prominent member of the Royal
academy of London. It was pro
duced at the request of Sir Henry
Cole, a man with many friends.
Sir Cole wondered how he could
express his personal Christmas
greeting to a thousand friends
spread throughout England. After
dismissing the thought of visiting
each personally, or giving presents,
he decided to send them each a
card by maiL
One thousand hand colored cards
were prepared with a picture show
ing a jolly family seated at a huge
Put Proper Postage'
On Christmas Mail
Unsealed Christmas cards will
carry for one and one-half cents
postage. These cards may bear a
simple Inscription, which must not
be in the nature of personal corre
spondence. Examples: "Sincerely
yours," "With Best Wishes," "Mer-
Christmas." Be sure the weight
La Befana, Penitent Old Woman,
Brings Christmas Gifts in Italy
Santa Claus doesn't visit children
in Italy. It isn't because they are
all naughty, but because there is
no Santa Claus—in Italy.
No one runs down to a well deco
rated tree on Christmas'morning to
look for presents. Brightly colored
La Befana still carries her pres
* ents for the Christ Child.
flowers decorate the room instead of
Christmas trees, and presents are
not exchanged until January 6. ,
On that night, an old, old lady, La
Befana, walks from house to house
and leaves a present beside each
little child she visits.
Exactly 1,940 years ago, accord
ing to the Italian legend. La Befana
I was very busy sweeping her kitchen
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dinner table. Each member of the
family was looking into a brimming
glass which he held in his hand.
When these cards were distribut
ed, they raised a furor among tem
perance proponents throughout the
country. The disturbance focused
nation-wide attention on the new
greeting card.
It was not until several years lat
er, however, that the first litho
graphed Christmas card made its
appearance. Originality was almost
completely lacking. The greeting
was invariably "A Merry Christ
mas" or "A Jolly Christmas." De
signs seldom had anything to do
with the season, but contained pic
tures of birds, flowers, animals or
children.
America soon adopted the British
custom, and the Christmas card was
born.
of the card and cover does not ex
ceed two ounces.
Letters may not be enclosed with
Christmas packages. Such enclo
sure would make the package first
class. In fourth class or parcel post
packages, written greetings such as
"Merry Christmas," with identify
ing names, may be enclosed. Books
may bear simple non-personal dedi
catory inscriptions. They are carried
at a special rate of one and one-hdlf
cents per pound.
when several men dressed like kings
stopped in front of her cottage. They
asked her where Bethlehem was,
but she had never heard of it |
The men told her about a baby
which had been born in Bethlehem,
and mentioned a star which had
been guiding them. The old lady
wished she could accompany them
when they left her in search of the
infant Jesus.
But La Befana stayed home. It
getting too dark out, and be
sides, the baby could wait until
tomorrow. Later that night she no
ticed the sky quivering with light.
The clouds seemed to take the form
of angels. All thought of sleep left
her. Rising, she carefully wrapped
two gifts for the Holy Baby, then
ran out into the night in the direc
tion the kings had gone.
Fast as she hurried, she had not
reached Bethlehem when the star
disappeared and dawn filled the
sky. She frantically asked the way
to Bethlehem, but po one could tell
her. •
And so La Befana has constantly
traveled since that day, searching
for the Christ Child. On the Epiph
any, 12 days after Christmas, she
goes from house to house, looking
into the faces of babies. With each
she leaves a gift, hoping that at last
she will give her presents to the
right child.
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Bk Season's Greetings to Tg
Christmas be ynr
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Merry
Christmas
AND A
i Happy New
Year! '
CASHWELL'S
Elkin, N. C.
OnsL TYlomsmi, fibta&SL !
It Stop unwrapping your gifts just long
enough for us to say "Merry Christmas"
v and "Thank Y0u."... We hope you get
I everything you have longed for and a wj
lot more, too. % ■ «5
SO ONCE AGAIN— 1
MERRY I
CHRISTMAS I
• AND A
HAPPY NEW YEAR! J
8-BALL POOL ROOM |
Dan Hudspeth, Mgr.. Elkin, N. C. fo
Your associations have made
the past year happy for each
of us and we trust these
friendships may continue for
many years to come.
May Christmas bring Joy,
Peace and Contentment, and
may the New Year be filled
with Health and Prosperity.
HARRIS
ELECTRIC CO.
Elkin, N. C.
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Thursday. December 26, 1940