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Easter Customs Stem From
Old Religious Practices
M’iny.'of the traditions and sym
6ols o£ the Easter season—from
gaily-hued eggs to cheery Easter
greeting cards — stem from cen
turies-old religious customs and
practices.
The menagerie of fuzzy bunnies,
fluffy lambs, perky chicks, lilies,
dogwood and the like, has an in
teresting history.
As a feast-day of ithe rebirth of
A1 life, Easter pre-dates Chris
tianity. The name itself comes
from “Eostra” — an ancient god
dess of Spring yho once changed
her pet bird injto a rabbit. This
led to our present “Easter bunny.”
Even colored eggs go back to
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the ancient Persian sun worship
pers. They thought the world was
hatched from an egg on the first
day of Spring. So, they celebrated
the holiday by handing out dyed
eggs as good luck charms. Later,
Christians exchanged eggs as sym
bols of affection. It was when
sending eggs a great distance be
came impractical that the custom
of sending Easter cards was born.
The conventional Easter flowers
—lilies, daffodils and tulips—are
also a result of ancient traditions
with special meanings.
The lily is associated with the
Easter season because of a Judean
legend that wherever the risen
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Saviour walked, the white blooms
sprang up in His footsteps.
Daffodils are another favorite
of the Easter season because of
their resemblance Id a trumpet,
the musical instrument most often
mentioned in the Bible.
And the tulips were believed
during medieval times to symbol
ize the Resurrection.
The lamb, Biblical symbol for
the flock of Christ, is especially
united with the Easter season.
The association gains further im
petus from a story concerning the
first Passover. The Angel of
Death, it was said, withheld his
hand from smiting Hebrews who
had sprinkled the blood of the
Passover lamb on the lintels of
their doors.
The chicks and ducklings which
are pictured on many of today’s
children’s greeting cards, have
been favorite Easter figures for
many centuries. They symbolize
the renewal of life in the Spring*
time.
Another deep-rooted legend of
Eatt.er is that of the larkspur. It
concerns a garden where Jesus
loved to walk and a little bunny
who waited three days and three
nights for Him. According to leg
end, when Christ came to the
garden on the third day, He gave
the bunny a loving smile.
Later, when Jesus’ friends came
fn the garden, '‘.;hey found a path
o' lovoHr flowers. These flowers
were larkspurs—and to this day
o-A mav see in the center of each
Vrwsom jrm«e of the 1'ttle
Hinny w'm wanted three days and
♦’”-ee nigh!s to greet the Risen
Lord.
our seemingly modern cus
tom nf donnin? new clothes for
Faster is also centuries old. It :s
a residt of the age-old desire to
“-r^T-ure u’l" at a time when all
retire is b’oonrng with new life,
"f'-o rVne<-e an(j North American
Tnd»;-,ns. for example, always cast
o<t the’r oM aooarel in the Spring,
rr»d the Roman Emoeror Con
r*nntine introduced the custom to
t>;s royal court in the fourth cen
turv. when to honor the Feast of
Christ’s Resurrection, he decreed
elaborate ceremonies at which his
entire court appeared in new
robes.
Thus, from the blending of re
ligion, folklore and superstition,
the cherished cudlms and symbols
of Easter have come down to the
20th Century.
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Bridge Club To
Hold Tournament
The Kodiak Duplicate Bridge
Club will hold its Spring Open
rairs Championship Tournament
Sunday, April 24. There will be a
roast beef dinner for all players
and their guests following the
tournament. Entrance fee for
players of $2.00 will include din
ner, but there will be a charge
of $2.00 for guedts at the dinner.
Tournament reservations close
cit 1:30 pm., April 24, and play
begins promptly at 2:00 pm. in
All electrical appliances,
washers and dryers.
Reed’s
Appliances
—SALES & SERVICE—
Ph. 2502
(Next door to the Doghouse)
the Al_ska Room of the Officers
Club, Naval Station. Dinner res
ervations must be made not later
than 12 noon April 23. All inter
ested persons may call Mrs. C. B.
HueiJier at 540 or Mrs. D. L.
Meghee. Jr., at 6883 for reserva
tions.
Winners will be awarded mas
ter points and trophies.
Saturday
Rhonda Fleming is co - starred
with Guy Madison in Allied Ar
tists’ "Bullwhip,” filmed in Cin
emascope and De Luxe color.
Miss Fleming is seen as a beau
tiful half-breed who marries a
stranger as she must have a hus
band to claim an estate.
Sunday and Monday
"Kathy O’,” the story of "a
magnificent brat,” who gave a
big-headed big shot the kick of his
life . . . taught a feudin’ famly
about fun . . . and a sophisticated
lady about love.
Patty McCormack is the love
able brat who achieves all this.
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Dan Duryco, Jan Steiilng and
Mary FickeLt combine to bring 10
life on the screen this story about
show business and the people in it.
Tuesday and Wednesday '
Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins
and Bur] Ives «tar in 'he Vista
Vis:on fionization of the Pulitzer
Prize winning play of Eugene
O’Neil, "Desire Under the Elms.”
In the New England-set drama
of greed, infidelity and murder,,
Ives portrays the famous Ephraim
Cabot, the rock-hard patriarch
hated by his sons; Sophia Loren
is Anna, his beautiful but rapa
cious young wife; and Perkins is
seen as Bben, the son who covets
his father’s wife and farm.
Also on the same billing is “Ad
venture in Steel.”
Thursday and Friday
Jeff Chandler and Orson Welles
are starred in “Man in the Sha
dows,” Universal - International
western melodrama. Portraying
roles of sheriff and cattle baron
respectively, the two provide ac
tion as opponents.
Chandler is chronicled ns the
courageous sheriff who opposes
the despotic domination of the
nearby ranching empire and wins
out despite overwhelming odds.
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