New Year Calls
For Celebrations
New Years is celebrated in un
usual fashion in many parts of
the world and as a rule, it is a
time for gaiety and for throwing
off the shackles of another year.
It is one of the happiest days on
the Japanese calendar. Even the
poorest manage to have a new
suit of clothes for this day, which
is spent visiting friends. Celebra
tions sometimes last as long as
two weeks, with three or four days
vacation from work taker, by many
happy celebrants.
FIRST AID CLASS
TO MEET JANUARY 4
Members of the Advance first
aid class are reminded that class
es resume on January 4 at 8 p.m. 1
m May the year bring you
* peace and happiness.
T & T Sourdough Bar
TOMMY & TERRI THOMPSON
Washington Began
Open HouseCustom
Some historians credit George
Washington with starting the cus
tom of receiving friends, and hold
ing “open house’’ on New Year's
Day.
The first president began this
custom in 1790, when New York
was the seat of the government.
He made a practice of opening the
doors of the presidential mansion
for a reception on each New Year’s
Day. Home and foreign diplomats
were invited as well as the local
nitizenrv.
in the basement of the United
Protestant Church. Mrs. Florence
Sandel, RN is first aid instructor.
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YOON LIFE ALL YEAN LONG. WE WISH A
BRIGHT NEW YEAR AHEAD.
Rosina & Johnnie
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Islanders Are
First To See
Every New Year
Residents of Chatham Islands.
New Zealand, are always the first
to welcome in the New Year. This
particular distinction is brought
about by the fact that the Islands
lie just east of the starting point
of time—the Admiralty’s date line.
It is made to curve east and west
of the 180th meridian in such a
way that it lies always in the
ocean.
The year 1955 will leave the
islands and race westward along
the equator at a speed of 1,000
miles per hour. At 12:01 on Jan
uary 1, 1955. in the islands, it will
still be the last day of the year
1954 in New York and London. The
milkman will be making his 7 a.m.
rounds in New York and Big Ben
will be striking the noon hour for
Londoners.
By the time the New Year
reaches the howling mob in Times
Square, the Chatham Islanders will
be preparing to set down to their
New Year’s day feast.
OLD TIMES
Before the revolution, New
Year’s was a gay time in Russia
In some cities the streets were
decorated with flags and lanterns
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New Year Gatherings
Are Ancient Tradition
Gathering with family and
friends to celebrate the New Year
is a custom older than when the
date January 1 became accepted
as the first day of the year.
Watching the old year out and
the new year in is one of the old
est and most universal of all cele
brations. The ancient Romans got
together, although they celebrated
the New Year in the spring, to wish
each other health, wealth and hap
piness in the days ahead.
And, long before this time, the
Vikings built huge fires at the
turn of the year to propitiate their
fierce Norse gods.
ALL BAWLED UP . . . The ex
citement of welcoming the New
Year is fine while it lasts. Some
folks, however, like George here,
want to tuck themselves in after
the year is properly ushered in.
So, please be quiet, won’t you?
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To our many friends
of this community.
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Good luck and good health
in the year ahead.
The Hagens
IMOGENE, AL AND PAT
Happy
New Year
thanks for your good wishes
the past twelve months.
Wasilla Cocktail Bar
and Liquor Store
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