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Ukrainian churches, both Greek
Orthodox and Uniate, cling to the
ncient Julian calendar, so their
Christmas Day comes 12 days later
than ours, or on January 6. Christmas
Eve is celebrated with much
traditional ceremony and festivity.
The Holy Supper or Swiata Wecera
la very elaborate, consisting of 13
courses, in memory of the 12 apostles.
Fish, baked, broiled and jellied,
takes the place of meat.
Borsch, or beet soup, is generally
aerved, and stuffed cabbage, filled
With millet or rice. Vareniki, some
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thing like the Italian ravioli, also
la a usual course. Dessert consists
of apecial puddiftg called kutya,
.made of wheat, poppy seeds and
honey.
During the Christmas Eve ?;: ?
per, some member of every Unrainlan
family throws a handful of kutya
or pudding at the ceiling. If it sticks,
the coming year will be a prosperous
and happy one. After supper,
a pltte of braided bread, called
kolach, Is left on the table between
two lighted candles. Legend says
that the spirits of the family's dead
will return at midnight to eat this
bread.
The Ukrainian Christmas festival
lasts three days. In the villages singers
known as Kolyadniky go from
house to house singing the Kolyadky
folksongs relating the birth of Christ
and the events of his life. Thev
usually carry a manger with them,
and in some cases they perform
miracle plays. They are rewarded
by gifts of food or money.
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In the Book of Common Prayer of
the Church of England, the prayer
for the last Sunday before Advent
began with the words "Stir up." The
people of Peterborough took this to
be a reminder that they should start
their plum pudding at that time, and
everybody in the family took a hand
in the stirring until it was ready on
Christmas.''
This indispensable old-time English
Christmas dish was furmety, or
frumenty, which according to oldllme
recipes was "wheat boiled until
the grains burst, then strained
nd boiled again with broth or milk
and yolks of eggs." Frumenty was
the forerunner to plum pudding.
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SPORT SHOTS
BT CHARLES CARPENTER
Western Carolina semi-pro basej
ball league is now Class D. Application
of the present six-member
j group to the National Association of
'Minor Baseball Leagues was announced
last week and climaxed a
six-week 'red-tape' battle with
George M. Trautman's minor league
'office. Hopes are dim that Kings;
Mountain will have a team in the
circuit.
\ Directors of the WC met in Hotel i
Charles in Shelby on Nov. 2 and J
application for admission to the as
sociauon as a Class D member was
filed shortly after it was voted to enter
the professional field. *
Since the first application was I
made, President John Moss has been t
running a busy office answering j
numerous form letters and filing all
sorts of forms.
WC was the 55th member accepted
into the association and I believe |
we are correct in saying that it's
addition gives North Carolina the
national lead in number of profes?
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slonal teams. A 56th member was j
admitted at the same time announ- fj
tement of the WC's approval came. ?Ult?
A trip to Miami for the minor lea- J
gue winter meeting was sandwich- j
ed in the 'red tape' department also. |
Jess Hill, of Forest City, Jack Beamon,
Boger McGimpsey, and J. W.
Beach, of Morganton left on Dec. 2
and 3pent - * i?, whirl with the big J
shots of baseba'.i. 3ports writers,
club owners, managers, scours, prac !.
tically every one of importance- con- l]
nected with the sport attended the ! |
meeting.
Plenty of major owners and managers
had camps set up also, trad- <
ing and looking for player-trades. |j
Among major writers John said j j
he met were Joe Reichler, New York j.
AP, Chick Hosch. Atlanta AP Gene
Plowderi, Miami AP, and Scoop Lati- i
mer, Greenville, S. C., News
Boss Trautman recognized the ,1
WC group at the opening session t
and the party was allowed to sit in A
at all meetings. The minor league J
prexy turned down some applica- <
tions for admission to pro ranks and j i
indicated favoring admission of the :<
league. j'
On Dec. 10 Robert L. Finch, public
relations officer of the associa- I
tion. toured WC parks with Moss I
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The star-touched spell of Christn
.. .it is a gift of enlasting love ar
This real "treasure" never chan]
?it is happiness springing from !
brother?embracing each family
is the almighty symbol of love.
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and left a favorable comment and
Instructions for some members of
the league to get their houses lball
yards) in better order. He said he
saw no reason why the league
shouldn't have a very successful
first year and he felt he could give
a favorable report.
After announcement of the good
news league members are now busy
with details for the coming year,
working oy major league affiliation
and league officers are seeking two1
more clubs to make an eight-member
circuit.
Directors of the league include D.
\rchie Coffey, Lenoir; Clyde Short,
?helby; Jess G. Hill, Forest Ciy;
Roger Saunders, Newton-Conover;
riOgh Beam, Marion; and J. W.
Reach, Morganton.
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Lewis . Walcott fight pictures are
aeing shown at the Imperial theatre
oday and lots of sport-followers
will be looking for the reasons the
judges gave the decision to the
:hamp That fig'ht has really stirred
jp pieruy 01 ooxingtalk over the
lountry. And the last of it will probably
never be heard.
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?Bowl Picking?
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RALEIGH. ? When car-owners go a
to buy their 1948 license plates, they n
1 will find that "there have been some fc
changes ina je." el
For the first time since 1942, next 1}
year's motrists will be able to sport
two license tags ? one on the front
ftnd one on the rear of his vehicle.
1 He will also find that there has been a
a change in license plate rates. t)
Instead of a different rate for ev- ft'
ery passenger car of different weight
as in the past, the new license fee
law, passed by the 1947 General Assembly,
fixes three basic figures ?
$10, $12 and $15 for private passen- I
ger vehicles? and a flat $60 fee for a"
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ern Cal. Fi
SUGAR ? Alabama over Texas.
ORANGE ? Kansas over Ga. m
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COTTON ? SMU over Penn. !
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DELTA ? Mississippi over TCU. ti
DIXIE ? W & M over Arkansas. |
TANGERINE ? Catawba over !
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EAST-WEST ? East over West. ! 3
THE MEANING OF
SIN OUR HEARTS!
kage whose magic never wanes
t, forever new?forever joyous.
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:tering in all hearts at Christmas
?r and child, love of brother for
:he eternal worship of Him, who
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txicabs and other service and "lor
ire" passenger vehicles.
These new rates mean that the
lates for many light or low priced
utomobiles will cost a few cents
lore than in the past, while those
:r the heavier, higher priced vehiles
in most instances will be sli/ht'
less.
Into the $13 bracket fall Cadillacs,
ineolns, and busesi and hearses of
II makes. Also included are Check
Cab, Dusenberg. Pierce Arrow,
oils Royce, Stevens Duyrea, and
ellow Cab, all of which are no Ion?r
manufactured.
In the $12 fee bracket are the
nick, Chrysler, Lincoln Zephyr,
ackard and several tnake^ which
e no longer manufactured, chief
' which are LaSalle, Graham Paige
ranklin. Hupmobile and Reo.
Into the $10 bracket fall all other
akes ? the Fords, Chevrolets, Plylouths,
Dodges, and Studebakers.
The new rales tend to put all
akes of cars on a flat fee basis,
id will greatly simplify licensing
ocedures for both motorists and
censing officials.
On October 1, U. S. Wheat stocks
ere 1,142 million bushels, down
19 million bushels from July 1.
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