filed And Green Symbles Of Season I The traditional colors of the Christmas season are red and green. Yet those colors have meant different things to differ ent people over the ages. Color has been used as the symbol of abstract ideas from time immem orial. In early and medieval Christ ian art colors had a mystic or symollc meaning. Red indicated passion. In its good sense it was a symbol of divine energy and love and the creative power of t|ie Holy Spirit; in its bad sense it was a sign of hate. In that meaning it became an emblem of Satan. Emerald green is often the Symbol of hope and growth in many Christian paintings. Colors played an important role in medieval magic and su perstition. For example, the fa mous '‘philosopher’s store,” which the alchemists thought would turn hose metals into gold and core all diseases, was thought to be colored red, according to the Encyclopedia Americana. Red was also a favorite curative color in more recem superstitions. In Indonesia, the people think a piece of bright red coral will keep Its owner’s teeth in good or der, stud there are pe >ple every where who are sure that a per son owning a luby will live to a ripe old age. Green was a sacred color a mong the ancient and medieval Egyptians who wore it as a sym bol of hope and the joy of spring. The Muslims carried this sym bolism throughout the Middle East, and the faithful, on return ing from the pilgrimage to Mec ca, wear a green turban. May all be calm and #. "0 bright for < you and your loved W: ones... < now, at this happy time of Christmas! Dellinger's JEWEL SHOP IT’S A SAVINGS BONDS HOLIDAY FOR LOVELY MRS. AMERICA Mrs. Lyle Mitchell of San Diego, Calfornia dresses her Christmas tree with the “gift that .keeps on giving,” and even se*s a huge stocking to hold an enlarged Savings Bond—all to help her extend holiday greetings and remind ns that Savings Bondi, make wonder ful gifts for relatives and friends. “Mv husband and 1 practice what we preach. In his job at the telephone company he encour ages his associates to buy Bonds regularly through the Payroll Savings Plan. We also give bonds to each of our live children on their birthdays and at Christinas time for their future education “ she says* * Drive Safely During Holidays Drive with the spirit of Christ mas and avoid becoming one of the unlucky 13 victims who the North Carolina State Motor Club predicts will die on North Caro lina streets and highways during the short Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Since both holidays fall in the middle of the week and will be officially counted as only one-day periods, the club combined its predictions of eight Christmas atalities and five for New Year’s. The state win count its Christ mas traffic deaths from 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 24, through Wednesday, December 25, and its New Year’s fatalities from 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 31, through midnight Wednesday, January 1. However, since many companies are giving their employees at least two days off for Christmas and some three, the over-all total for the holiday season is, expect ed to be considerably higher. ' “Our estimate is based on pasl experience of motorists couplec with current driving patterns,” pointed out Thomas B. Watkins, president of the motor club and the National Automobile Associ 1 atio'n. “The number of fatalities j during the holiday seasoh will be I reduced to the extent that motor ists observe the basic safe driv ing pules." Accident records show that the ! Christmas season claims more 1 lives on the highway than any | other holiday period. Christmas i Eve is the mpst dangerous day of the year and December is the most dangerous month. During the lour-da.v Christ mas-New Year holiday periods i last year, the state counted 43 I traffic deaths and 1,366 injured i in a total of 2,384 accidents. ' Leading driver violations were: i speeding, 42; failure to yield right of way, 353; driving on wrong side of road, 326; and fol lowing too closely, 216. “Christmas won’t be much fun for accident victims,” Watkins cautioned. - “So make courtesy your code rff the road, stay alert and keep your holidaj happy.” . ■_ __— ■-> With genuine appreciation for your many favors % good will, we take this opportunity to extend greetings and sincere good wishes for yonr holiday pleasure. May every festive hour be bright with joys as fresh as the smiling wonder on the faces of ««*»— McGinnis Department Store __u II III ..»■' ■ ' II Snow Scenes Say Christmas Whore the sun shines bright, the air is balmy anil never is heaid the disouraging howl of a blizzard, Christmas is still a win ter wonderland. In northern climes the plaint is, “We just don’t have snow for Christmas the way we used to,” and even in climates where deco ra led palm trees substitute for evergreens and holiday picnics are more likely than sleigh rides, snow and plenty of it seems an essential part of the vision of the, * uiet.rti. Country snow scenes are popu-j lar greeting cards subjects and Christmas illustrations in South ern states, South American coun tries and many other places where snow seldom or never falls. Songs and stories tell of a Christmas world wrapped in win try white. It Was Rainy Season The popularity and persistence of the “winter wonderland" idea seems more remarkable since ‘‘snow for Christmas" must have been improbable, if not impossi ble, as a part of the Holy Night. Kain was more likely, especially on tiie date officially celebrated as Christ’s birthday. December 25 is right in the midst of the rainy season in Bethlehem. Early art depicting the Nati vity and the events following it was faithful to the probabilities. In these paintings, the shepherds watched in fields free of snow, and the Holy Family fled to E gypt under sunny skies, their route marked by palm trees. La ter, snow appeared in paintings of the Holy Night. White Means Purity Part of the explanation may be that white, rather than red and green, was early chosen by churches as the color of Christ mas. White is, of course, the sym bol of purity and innocence, and a landscape white with snow thus becomes a proper expression of the true spirit of Christmas. Other explanations may be found In the origins of Christinas Customs. Many of the yiagaii rites tvhieh were absorbed into the Christian celebration came from Northern Europe and, if not as sociated directly with snow, at least reflected the need for warmth in winter. I he Yule log, for instance, be came a part of the early Christ mases, a-nd certainly an open fire indoors is enhanced by a blanket of snow outdoors. Had Snowy Source Consider too, that a number of modern Christmas customs—the tree and its liehts. for, instance— came from Germany, where cold, snowy winters mignt logicauy contribute to the legends and lore of the season. The firs lighted tree was. supposedly, ere ated nt of ils quota of $155,400.00. George Blanton, Jr„ Cleveland County Volunteer Chairman for the Savings Bonds Program, said in making this release, “Our state is within reach of making its dollar goal for this year. This will be the first annual quota made in North Carolina in the peacetime history of the pro gram. The ’evtra' bonds purchas ed during December can make this achievement possible." ■AtUjeli, bending near the Earth ... in Heavenly chorus sang the joys of the "X. first Noel. May your heart be filled with every Christmas joy. 4 Medical Pharmacy ...cmgood K mtitesH dt tin Yulefide, one of our greatest pleasures is to greet our many good friends with worm wishes for a season rich in the quiet peace of a winter hndfrapo...the jubilant joy of a ringing bell. And may all the happiness of Christinas be yours. VICTORY CHEVROLET CO.