CHFistmas Cards Go Caroling
Song of songs . . . Carols take over, even on Christmas cards.
By Vivian Brown
AP Newxfeatures Writer
Ever si nee the first angels sang
their joyous Christinas earol? j
"(I lory to God in the highest . .
melodic themes have been part of
our Yuletide tradition.
Now everything is in readiness
music boxes and church organs are
being tune I. carolers are getting
set to resume their familiar role,
gay little bells are getting ready to
tinkle, even on Christmas cards. |
Many of this year's Christmas
cards have gone musical. Some of !
them carry words and four-part i
harmonies of famous Christmas!
carols, just as they might appear 1
in a hymn book, to answer popu
lar demand.
Strolling minstrels sang Christ
mas carols even baek in the 15th
century. Although publie perform
iinee of Christmas carols was for
bidden by the Puritans in 17th cen
tury England, carols managed to
survive.
Most of today's famous carols
have been written since then.
Some were set to music by famous
composers such as Bach, Handel
and Mendelssohn. Others, like
Silent Night," are the creation of
inspired but otherwise unknown
composers.
"Adeste Fideles," ("O Come, All
Vee Faithful,") probably the most
popular of Christmas carols, orig
inally was written in Latin, but now
is sung in 76 different languages,
I hough in translation the words Jo
not rhyme. Some historians credit
the words to Bishop Bonaventura
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Before the barbecue members
viewed the appliance exhibit in the I
gym w^icre they registered for
Prises Awarded
Winners were B. I). Collins, '
Swansboro, a seven-way floor lamp;
Mrs. Marvin Taylor, Newport, elec
tric wall clock; Mrs. Charles Simp ,
son, Beauiort, table lamp.
Robert Boswell, Beaufort, elec
tric mixer; Clyde Temple. Beau
fort. auto utility light, car polish,
and bottle of spot remover; J. C.
Ward. Newport, electric iron; Hex .
Wilson. Havelock, electric iron; W.
H. Prue, Newport, electric iron.
M. M. Pigott, Straits, seven-tube
radio; Mrs. H. L. Bittman. Have
lock. vacuum sweeper; Mrs. Clar
ence Bafr. Newport, electric iron;
Mrs. Herbert Small, Newport, elec
tric heater and fan; Mrs. Jason
Morris, Straits, waffle iron. Mrs. T.
R. Smith. Morehead City, auto
utility light.
Mrs. Harry Davis. Straits, elec
tric iron; Mrs. Elwood Piner, Beau
fort, electric range; Mrs. Louis
Thomas, Beaufort, washing ma
chine; G. L. McCain, Newport, sev
en cubic loot deepfreeze.
R. G. Temple. North Harlowe,
creosoted post; Mrs. Nellie Potter,
Beaufort, 2 cans of pineapple; Mrs.
N. C. Ebron. Morehead City, deep
fat fryer; Mrs. Lehman Garner,
Beaufort, electric iron.
Mrs. Raymond Ball. Newport,
five-tube radio; M. C. Adams, North
Harlowe, deep fat fryer; Elmer
Garner, Newport, waffle iron; W.
W. Roberts, Newport, case of mo
tor oil, gallon of Prestone, and
four grease jobs.
Mrs. J. L. Henderson, Newport,
electric clock; Otho Duke, sr., New
port, buffet server; A. M. Garner.
Newport, electric water heater, and
Cyrus Hunter, Beaufort, electric
warming pad.
:>f Albano. prominent teacher nnd
writer ol the 13th century, to
[it hers the origin of both words and
tuno is obscure
"Silent Niiiht" was written be
a use some miee happened fo nib
ble at the bellows of a ehurc'h or
Han at Oberndorf. near Salzburg in
Austria, a (pw days before Christ
nas. The young parish priest, j
losoph Mohr. returning from some j
!?riestly duties, sat down that niyht i
n J81R and composed the verses.
Kran/ Gruber, the school master !
ind organist composed the music
he next day. and thaf evening |
midnight mass was blessed with a|
new sons which was sung by
father Mohr with Fran/ Gruber ac !
-ompanying him on a guitar.
"Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"
a as the most popular of the 6.000
poems compose I by Charles Wes
ley. younger brother of John Wes
ley. who founded the Methodist de
nomination. Charles not the idea
[or the hymn from the pealing of
liells as he walked to church on
Christmas morning in 1730. The
melody is from a cantata written
)>? Mendelssohn in 1840 to com
memorate the invention of print
ing. The famous composer ob
served that the music had a "sol
iier like and buxom motion" and
would "never do to sacred woMs."
)ther popular Christmas carols are:
"The First Noel" ... A medieval
shepherd's tune. probably ot
French origin although first print
?d in English.
/'Joy to the World" . . . Written
ay an Englishman named Isaac
Watts in 1710. based on the 07th
Sachet tablets . . . Lavender
scented in little drawstring hags,
ribbon ties.
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arms fire direeted at his unarmed
aircraft, jagged mountain tops, ap
proaching darkness and a rapidly
shifting ground action, he success
fully flew four flights; each time
accurately pinpointing the unit to
drop the supplies within the troops'
immediate reach.''
The veteran combat leader's
most recent Air Medal was award
ed for meritorious achievement
while participating in aerial flight
on April 23. 1851.
Col. O. P. Newman, assistant di
vision commander, who made the
presentation of the awards, com
mended the light aviation section
for its "high level of combat effi
ciency during the 3rd Division's
first year in Korea."
Psalm. Tune is from Handel's
"Messiah."
Deck I he Halls" ... An old
Welsh tunc of obscure origin.
Mozart once used it for a piano
violin duet.
"Away in a Manger" . . . Some
say that Martin Luther wrote this
for his own children, who formed
a domestic choir. Others say that
it was written by an unknown com
poser.
"Good King Wpnceslaus" . . .
Originally a springtime song of
happiness. In Bohemia, where
Wericeslaus ruled in the Tenth
century, street singers used to
make their appearance in warm
weather and sing about the le
gendary king's extreme generosity.
"(.'antique de Noel" ? "O Holy
Night" . . . Written by Adolphe
Adam. French composer who only
is remembered for this beautiful
hymn, though he wrote 50 operas.
"We Three Kings of Orient Are"
. . . The first all American Christ
mas carol composed in 1857 by
.lohn Henry Hopkins, an Episcopal
clergyman who created both the
words and music. It is believed
that it originally was intended for
a church pageant.
'() Little Town of Bethlehem."
one of the most popular of Christ
mas hymns, was written by Bishop
Phillips Brooks while rector of the
Church of the Holy Trinity in Phil
a delphia in 1868. shortly after he
visited the Holy Land. It was first
sung by his Sunday school class
that Christmas to music composed
by Lewis H. Kedner. the church or
ganist.
226 Receive X-Rays During
Visit of Mobile Trailer
The free X-ray trailer brought
to the county by the health de
partment to X-ray special groups
of patients, finished its work Fri
day. The trailer was in More head
City two days and in Beaufort iwo
days. The total numlier of patients
X-rayed was 226 or better than 50
cases per day.
The fifms were developed in ihc
Morehead City hospital and will he
interpreted at the state sanitarium.
The reports will go directly to the
county health department and the
department will notify the attend
ing physician, and where conven
ient. the physician will notify ihe
patient. In other cases ihe patient
will he notified by the health de
partment.
I)r. N. T. Ennett, health officer,
stated that the attendance was ul
ly up to expectation, and bo con
sidered the program in ;?very way
'i success.
Promotes Four-Lane Highway
?I. A. DuBois, manager of the
Morehead City chamber of com
merce. has written managers of
other chambers of commerce in ?he
state urging promotion of a four
lanc highway from Morehead City
to Winston Salem.
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more eeonomieal to build, but re
quires less space and probably
wives off heat Taster. , .
Dr Cooke said his solar heating
system cost le.s than *1.000 to
'""a' portion of the roof of Ihe
Cooke home is raised to form i ?
decree angle. This is necessary,
said the Joctor. so#the sun s rays
will strike the roof perpendicular
|y , ? I
Part of this raised roofing is of
glass. The sun passes through the
glass and hits the asbestos boarding
directlv below it. The boarding is
painted black to increase its ah- 1
sorntive Droperties. |
The asbestos becomes warm ana |
radiates heat to the living room ,
below. In order to utilize this free
heat for other rooms too. Dr. Cooke
adapted a blowing system which
circulates the warm air throughout ?
the entire house. Bv means of
opening vents in the living room,
the warm air is blown outside in
the summer and helps keep
house' ?ool.
Curtain Cuts Heat
If the house should get too warm,
however, the Cookes have rigged up j
a draw curtain between Ihe glass
roof and the asbestos, which when
drawn acts like turning off the ,
furnace. . . n 1
"All last summer. said ?r
Cooke, "we never needed to pull .
the curtains once, for being nex
to the water as we are. the house
never got above 82 or 83 degrees.
In the winter time, unfortunate
ly the sun is quite often obscured
for days at a time. To he pre
pared for this eventuality the
Cookes have installed on oil-burn
ing hot-air furnace. But instead
of the hot air circulating .hrmigh
wall conduits and pouring the
warmth out through vents into he
rooms, the air is forced through tile
ducts below the flooring.
The tile pipes make a sinuous |
circle in a space between the ce- ,
mcnt floor and the earth. It is
separated from the ground b\ a i
mat of felt.
? My wife," said Dr. Cooke, sets
the thermostat at 72 degrees. When
it gets below that temperature, the
furnace romes on." ?
' Since the cold weather et in.
added Mrs. Cooke, "the furnace has
been on once or twice in Ihe clay
"'"The house," put in the doctor,
"usually does not cool olf enough
tor the furnace to come on until
about 9 p.m."
Conservation Factor
The Cookes, who have two grown i
children, have long been interested
in the idea of solar heating as a
n'cans of preserving our coal and j
oil .upplies.
?In areas where there is 70 per j
cent or more annual sunshine.! i
Vaid Dr. Cooke, "solar heating units T
cotild be used exclusively. In areas i
where there is less than 15 per
cent of sunshine, they are not very
practical, although the exper men (
tal house of the Massachusetts In
stitute up in cold New England has
been kept at a comfortable win er
temperature entirely by its water
bath method of solar heating.
? Here in North Carolina there is
about 55 per cent annual sun which
means that solar heating units
could greatly reduce the vearly
fuel bill of the inhabitants.
The Cookes built their home last
February after a year of working
on the plans themselves. Besides
the heating systems it has many
interesting features which are the
brainwork of Dr. Cooke who has
several patented inventions to his
credit.
Gold was discovered in North I
Carolina in 1799. Prior to 1829 HI I
the gold eoined at the Philadelphia
mint was mined in the Tai Heel
state.
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