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“In the Twelve Days of
Christmas
My true love said to me ...”
The verses are among the
most popular of the Season
They date back to 56? A D.,
when the Church pro
claimed the period of
twelve days, from the Na
tivity to Epiphany, a period
of celebration
It is in fact the big holi
day of the year in most
countries where Christi
anity exists.
In medieval England fes
tivities ranged the calen
dar, day and night. There
were jousts, with knights
in afmor pennants flying,
and lances flashing in the
sun, and wimpled ladies
watching from the stands
. . There was banqueting,
caroling and also “mum
ming” which originally was
a pantomime dance per
formed by groups who were
both costumed and masked
Minstrels and jugglers plied
their arts, made music and
mirth.
In the Middle Ages, when
few people could read, and
entertainment as we know
it did not exist, a minstrel
was of necessity a many
talented fellow. One of
these, in listing his accom
plishments. after noting the
many instruments he can
play, says: i can sing a
song well and make tales
and fables I can tell a story
against any man, I can
make love verses to please
young ladies, and can play
the gallant to them if neces
sary, Then I can throw
knives into the air and
catch them without cutting
my fingers. I can do dodges
with a string most extraor
dinary and amusing. I can
balance chairs and make ta
bles dance, 1 can throw a
somersault and walk on my
head.”
This English minstrel, of
course, had his counterpart
in Europe, where the
twelve days were celebrat
ed too. with feasting, pa
geantry, and song,
In England Some of the
"pretty devices" preceding
the banquets in the big halls
on Twelfth Day are unbe-
Greetings
May old-fashioned joys be yours!
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HENDERSON, N.C.
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peace aid prosperity at Christmastime.
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INMATES STAGE CHRISTMAS SHOW Bu
ford, Ga.: The inmates at the Georgia Training
and Development Centerhereput on a Christmas
show December 17 that featured the warden’s
wife playing the part of Mary. During rehearsals
December 17 morning, the warden, Ray Maynard
(L), watches as they go over their lines with
the play’s inmate director, Tom Paramo (R),
of Mobile , Alabama. The part of King Herod
is played by Donnell Rosser (2nd from L),
of Newman, Ga. and James Fair (3rd from L.) of
Gainsville, Ga., is Joseph.
a time to pause and
take stock..
You can’t see the woods
for the trees” . . so goes an
old saying.
To paraphrase this, “you
can’t experience Christmas
because of the tinsely litter
that covers and surrounds
it."
How easily one can be
come engulfed in the wrap
pings, in the outward and
visible display of the Sea
son . . and lose sight of the
true meaning!
After all, the secular
Christmas is based on
worthwhile things . . . com
municating with family and
friends in various, time
consuming ways..
There are cards to be ad
dressed and mailed . .or
taken to a special mailbox
for distribution. There is an
air ot hospitality you should
lieva ble-sou nd ing confec
tions which included castles
with cannons and ships with
guns which, at. the proper
moment, were fired against
each other in semblance of
a rousing battle
observe 'Only a Scrooge
would frown on this! j There
are fixings-up of the house,
choosing decorations, foods
to prepare . gifts to make
or buy. Even if the pur
chase costs little, there is
the special time for the
special gifts
And who would begrudge
the spending of tirnt on
these happy duties'.’ In fact,
most of us enjoy the doing,
even though we get footsore
and weary and perhaps
foolishly overspend.
Just so we do not lose the
whole point of Christmas,
just so the celebration is not
squandered and becomes
dull, or part of a too-often
repeated pattern
Let us try to salvage the
true delights of Christmas,
as a child would enjoy it.
Not in childishness, but in
childlike wonder, a renas
cence of the joyous spirit
that we sometimes permit
to become jaded
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40! GARRETT STREET
HENDERSON, N. C.
! TO ALL (J OUR GOOD raiENDs
' !•'» always a pleasure io greet you and
BY L. B. RUSSELL
HENDERSON ln almost
every home here Christmas
decorations are already in
place. In many doors wreaths
have been placed outside,
while lights can be seen on
the inside. Evidence of the
Christmas season can be seen
on the main strets in down
town business sections. The
Franklin and Vance County
Ministerial Alliance wall join
in a joint pre-Christmas ser
vice at the Nelson Chapel
Baptist Church in Louisburg
Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’-
clock as announced by the
Rev. Arthur Pool, correspond
ing secreten r . Dr, John R.
Dungee will deliver the Christ
mas message. The Rev. E. L.
Brcdie is the host minister.
The public is invited to these
services.
According to an announce
ment, a Christmas cantata
will be presented at the morn
ing worship service on Dec.
19th at Kesler Temple AME
Zion Church, Giving the spe
cial presentation will be the
minister. Rev. J. W. Britt, and
members of the junior choir
directed by Mrs. J. W. Britt.
The public is cordially invit
ed, says Rev. Britt.
The Youth Fellowship So
ciety ci? the Cotton Memorial
United Presbyterian Church
will visit residents of Pine
Crest Manor Nursing Home
Sunday at six o’clock p. m.
The group will present a short
Christmas program consisting
oi Christmas Carols, prayer
and Christmas meditations
for the benefit of the inmates.
This announcement was made
by the pastor. Rev. W. E
Johnson.
The week-end visitors are
beginning to make their jour
ney in and out of Henderson
for the Christmas holidays.
Mr. Arnold W. Fields, his
wife. Louise and young son,
Milton from Fort Cameron,
liood Cheer,
O? Friends!
§1
A Very Merry
Christmas To AN
PINNY
Feruftera Co.
OF OXFORD AND
HENDERSON
HENDERSON
Ky., are spending the season
holidays with their mother
and father, mother-in-law,
Mrs. Sallie P. Bracey of 618
East Avenue and Mrs. Be
atrice Fields on the Oxford
Rond respectively. Mr. Fields
and his family are extremely
happy in being with their par
ents and will soon return to
Fort Cameron where Is mak
ing a career in the United
States Army.
Miss Bertha L. Royster is
spending the weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
die Royster of 2056 Julia Ave.
Miss Royster is a technician
in the Department of Human
Resources in the District of
Columbia.
The family of Mrs. Hattie
Cooper is very pleased and
happy for her return from
Maria Parham Hospital where
she spent a couple of w r eeks
for minor operations for
throat trouble. Today, her
daughter, Mrs. Nettie Cooper,
who was very jubilant, made
the statement to this writer.
Mrs. Cooper is'an honored cit
izen of this community and
a devout Christian lady. She
lives with her daughter, Mrs.
Hetrie Davis of 231 Ist St.
Also returned from Maria
Parham Hospital is Mrs. Ma
bel Royster, the daughter of
Mr. Willie White of Julia Ave.
These patients are doing
fine. Mrs. Rosa Privette of
Franklin paid a short visit
during the weekend to Mrs.
Mary J. Green of 1907 Julia
Ave. * , *
The fear ot ttie Lord is the
beginning of wisdom: and
knowledge of the holy is un
derstanding.
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Patronage
SHOE CIRCUS
HENDERSON, N. C.
May you and your loved ones'
holidays be filled with
ail the special joys of Christmas
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New Paths To Stardom
Rags to richas? Yes and no.
Robert Guillaume and Leslie
Uggams, who will appear in the
fourtn of this season's Bell
System Family Theatre TV ser
ies, were launched to stardom
from totally different pads.
They will Join other greats
In ‘S Wonderful, ‘S Marvelous,
‘Gershwin* from 7 to 8:30p.m.
Mondav, January 17. on NBC
for the Bell System show new in
its second season.
Guillaume came up by his boot
straps. Miss Uggams is no Cin
derella and never had it rough.
Those early years in St. Louis,
Guillaume said, were “fire and
brimstone.” He worked as a
canuy cook in a cuugn drop fac
tory, operated a streetcar, sold
pots and pans and owned a dress
shop.
In that environment, he learned
to overcome. Doing it the hard
way, Guillaume earned an A. B.
in business administration at St.
Louis University and studied
music at Washington University
in St. Louis. He also studied
music privately.
Miss Uggams, granddaughter
of two ministers, was reared
by middle-income parents. Her
mother was a chorine in Har
lem's Cotton Club and her fa
ther sang with the famed Hall
Johnson Choir.
Shw entered show biz at age 6
In Ethel Waters’ TV show, “Beu
lah,” and followed by singing kid
die songs on the Milton Berle,
Garry Moore and Arthur God-
VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY
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THE CAROLINIAN
RALEIGH, N, C„ SATURDAY. DECEMBER. 23. 1971
trey shows.
Her mother “retired” her
from show business at 12, but
she made her “comeback” at
15 by winning $25,000 on “Name
That Tune.”
Guillaume cracked the big time
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peace and happiness to you and
aii your loved ones about you,
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To our customers at this festive
season we wish all blessings.
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in the chorus of the 1961 pro
duction of “Porgy and Bess”
at New York Center, Then he
took the role of ‘‘Sporting Life'*
in “Porgy and Bess” in Now
York, Vienna, Toulouse, France
and Tel Aviv, Israel.
On Broadway during 1971, he
played leading roles in “Pur
lie,” ' Jacques Brel is Alive
and Well,” “Charlie Was Here
and- Now He’s Gone,” and, at
the Arena Theater, “No Place
to Be Somebody.' 1
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