Christmas Greetings
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It's anybody's guess what the futur#
has in store but the past, particu
larly the last year, leaves no need
for guessing. For us it has been
filled with pleasure in serving sucf
swell folks as you . . .
Merry Christmas to You!
“SCOTTY”
AND
CHARLOTTE
PATTERSON
Legend Of
Clirislmas Plants
The plants and flowers that are
now one of the wonderful parts of
the Christmas season are sur
rounded with legends that give
them interesting . . . and as a full
and deep meaning.
Christmas Rose
The story behind the Christmas
rose (Helleborus) is of ancient or
igin. Supposedly a young shep
herd girl was weeping bitterly as
she watched the Wise Men on
their way to take gifts to the
Christ Child. An angel appeared
ANNOUNCEMENT
Bering Sea Club announces that
they will be open from 5 p.m. un
til 1 oclock a.m.
Steaks, Chops, Short Orders,
Sandwiches, Chili Con Came, and
Special dinners by reservation.
They are featuring this week:
Turkey, Fresh Oysters, and Lou
isiana Prawns.
NOTICE
Sealed bids will be received
until 6:00 p.m., Dec. 22, 1950, for
installing of steam-heating system
in Annex adjacent to Nome
School. Specifications may be got
ten from the Clerk.
Board of Education,
Mrs. Helen B. Olsen, Clerk
Pub. Dec. 18,* 20, and 22, 1950.
NOTICE
i
TO REAL AND PERSONAL
PROPERTY HOLDERS
The tax rate on Real and Per
sonal Property of the City of
Nome, has been set at lc (.01) by
the Board of Equalization. One
half of the 1950 property tax shall
be paid by Jan. 31, 1951 and the
remaining half by July 15, 1951.
Board of Equalization
By Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk.
Pub. Dec. 18, 20, 22, 1950
Nome Directory f
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
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Dewey Goodrich, Secy.
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Third Thursday
each month
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Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
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there in the early dawn with a
shining light about her, and asked
why she was crying. The little
girl explained that she was poor
and had no* offering to give the
Babe of Bethlehem. Hearing this,
the angel with shining wings
brushed the ground and it became
carpeted with glistening white
Christmas roses. The young girl
quickly gathered great bunches of
the beautiful flowers and hurried
to the Christ Child. He smiled
and touched his fingers to the
white flowers and the petals be
came tinged with pink.
Poinsettia
A little Mexican waif on Christ
mas Eve had no gift to take to the
Cathedral, so not wishing to enter
empty-handed, she picked a weed
along the roadside and climbed
the steep path to the church. She
knelt and laid her gift on the al
tar, and as she rose to go. she saw
that the poor little weed was sud
denly a beautiful Poinsettia or the
Flor de la Noche-buena (Flower
of the Nativity- as it is called in
Mexico.
Mistletoe
The story of Mistletoe, the plant
that today is associated with the
gay side of the Christmas season,
was originally symbolic of serious
and sacred matters. The white
berries are said to be the radiance
caught from the guiding star when
the Wise Men made their gifts to
the Christ Child. They symbolize
purity and peace. According to
Norse legend, the plant is sacred
and must not touch the earth,
hence our custom of hanging it
high at Christmas. The monks of
the monasteries termed it “The
Wood of the Cross” and attributed
| to it supernatural powers. The
! druids of old Britain made the
gathering of mistletoe a sacred
ceremony. I n Scandinavia, t h e
| plant was so revered and cher
| ished that it was thought that if
! enemies met beneath it in a for*
! est they disarmed and kept a truce
unti lthe next day.
Holly
The legends regarding the holly
also date back to the Druids, who
believed the evergreen leaves of
the holly were proof that the sun
never deserted it and it was there
| fore sacred. Legend says that the
Crown of Thorns was composed
of holly, and that before the crici
fixion the berries were white, but
turned crimson, like drops of
blood.
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