Page 2B-M1RROR-HERALD—Thimday, January >7, UT7
Hey, Ground Hog, Rease Don’t See Shadow
If you should happen to
be out wandering In the
country next Wednesday,
there is a good chance that
you might encounter a
group of people standing
around looking at a hole In
the ground. This Is a
seasonal sort of madness
that occurs every
February 2 on Ground Hog
Day In the United States
and Europe by folks
stsindlng around waiting
for the ground hog to stick
his nose out In sesu-ch of his
shadow.
Any school kid or coal
and oil dealer can tell you
that If Mr. Ground Hog
does see his shadow It's
supposed to mean six more
weeks of winter weather.
ITUs custom has bean
going on for a long Ume.
Some cynics claim that
the entire affair has been
carried on for years by
newspaper people anxious
for something to fill up
their pages. But for this
Interference, Ground Hog
Day would have long ago
vanished sus swiftly as St.
Swlthln’s Day, killed off by
Farmer’s Almanac.
Others say that these
tests accomplish nothing
because Mr. Ground Hog
always comes up, just to
get his name In the papers
smd picture on television.
TTiese spoil-sports claim
that with television and
bright spotlights, the
ground hog won’t be able to
see another ground hog,
much leas his own Aadow.
KIMBERLT LOUISE HAMPTON
ENGAGED — Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hampton
announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly
Louise, to H. Ray Howell, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. H.
Ray Howell, Sr. Both families are of Klngn Mountain.
The bride-to-be la a senior student at Kings Mountain
Senior High School and is employed by Plaza Hut. The
prospective bridegroom, a KMSHS graduate. Is em
ployed by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in Shelby.
The wedding will be an event of August 37 In Grace
United Methodist Church.
Ciystal Dawn White
Celebrates First Birthday
Crystal Dawn White,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert B. White of Pat
terson Springs, celebrated
her first birthday Thurs.,
Jan. 20, and was honored
at a birthday party at her
home Saturday.
Crystal Dawn Is grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Belt of Kings
Mountain and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert G. White of
Patterson Springs. Her
great-grandparents are
Mrs. Lillie Gaddy of Ashe
ville, Mr. and Mrs. Gar
land White of Shelby, Mrs.
Dolly Easier and Wallace
Easier, both of Beaufort, S.
C.
ORYBTAl. WERE
LAURA PLONK BALL
Laura Ball
Graduates
From Meredith
Laura Plonk Ball,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John O. Plonk, has com
pleted requirements for
graduation during the fall
semester from Meredith
College at Raleigh.
Mrs. Ball, wife of Gary
Bsdl, has received her
Bachelor of Arts degree In
Religion.
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employees
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Insurance plan with benefits
they can't afford to Ignore.
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And, then, according to
the hlstorlana, there are
some who claim that
ground hogs are trained by
coed and oil dealers and
msmufacturers of long
underwear. They sneer
that the ground hogs have
soold out their professional
Integrity and should be
Ignored.
It Is ths weathermen,
however, who protest
loudest. Ihey have the
moat to lose. They claim
there Is nothing unusual In
the ground hog’s coming
out ofhls hole on Feb. 3. He
Roes it once every day,
they say, like any other
animal, but being very
shy, he sticks his nose out
of his hole, sees all the
people and turns around
and scurries back Inside.
Under these cir
cumstances, they con
tinued, the ground hog
would be too confused to
remember his shadow.
According to historians.
Groundhog Day got stsirted
In Ireland by St. Brlget
who lived under an oak
tree. People shortened her
name to St. Bride and
began to associate her
name and her day in
February to fertility and
made her the patron saint
of growing things. When
crops didn’t turn out right,
St. Bride got the blame.
She was the symbol for an
early spring and since the
beet sign of spring was
wami weather, a good day
on Feb. 3 was a sign of
early spring and end to
winter.
ITie first settlers brought
the groundhog custom to
America. The only
hibernating animal In
England was the hedge hog
and the farmers got the
idea that the hedge hog
would stick his nose out to
see If It was cloudy,
meaning an early spring.
If so, he stayed up; If it was
a cold, clear day, the sun
would be out and the hog
would see his shadow,
realize he was In for more
winter and go back to bed
for another six weeks.
Local cltlsens will
probably be watching for
friend ground hog next
week, hoping that spring Is
around the corner. If
chilling temperatures
continue for the few
remaining days of
January, thia month may
well be the coldest In this
area In many years.
ANNUAL MEETING
Annual Shareholders MeeUng of Kings Mountain
Savings A Loan Assoctatfam will be held In the
Obnferenoe Room oi the Asooclallon Offleea on W.
Mountain St., on Tues. Feb. S, 1177 at 3 p. m.
RUBY H. BAKER, Secretary
p,;ce. Good Mv- S.«u«»»V ^
frtet* •••• ot*» ,
Bob Smith, Jr.
East King Street
Kings Mountain,
N. Carolina 28086
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