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our customers and friends . . . and to thank yeu for
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We hope you have as many things to be thankful for as
we do. We are thankful for good health, for a good business,
and most of all we are thankful for the many friendly
customers who favor us with their patronage. We shall
always strive to merit a continuation rf your confidence.
May you have a fine Christmas.
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For 364 days of each year, it is our pleasure
to say this to our friends after we've served
them. And now on this brand new, 365th day,
it s a pleasure to say thank you for every*
thing and extend our heartiest best wishes for
Christmas.
MORGAN & SON
Christinas Carols
Spring Up From
Many Places
From the first angelic chorus,
“Glory to God in the Highest,” the
sound of voices raised in song and
rejocing for the birth of Christ
swells across the ages. Today,
carols from many lands and many
epochs fill the air at holiday time.
Sources of some carols are lost
in the past, but many can be traced
to interesting origins.
"SILENT NIGHT" . . .
A broken organ inspired “Silent
Night.” So that the people of the
parish might have a song at Christ
mas, Father Joseph Mohr, an
Austrian priest, wrote the carol,
and his organist composed the
music. It was sung on Christmas
Eve, 1818, to guitar accompaniment.
"FIRST NOWELL" . . .
First published in English, “The
First Nowell” is believed to be pri
marily a French carol. The French
word “Noel” comes from the Latin
word meaning birth; “Nowell” is
the anglicized version. Both mean
Christmas or a “shout of joy” for
the birth of Christ. Tune is a
medival shepherd song.
"adeste' fidelis" . . .
“O Come, All Ye Faithful” or
“Adeste Fidelis” may have been
written by the 13th century writer
and teacher, Saint Bonaventure,
but its exact origin is a mystery.
There’s no secret about is popu
larity today. It has been trans
lated into 120 languages, and there
are more than 40 English versions.
" O TANNENBAUM" . . .
Most familiar of many Christmas
carols originating in Germany, “O
Tannenbaum,” or “O Christmas
Tree,” celebrates the evergreen as
an emblem of immortality. It has
added familiarity in the U.S., since
the tune is used for several college
songs for the state song, “Alaska,
My Alaska.”
"MERRY GENTLEMEN" . . .
An old English carol that some
times suffers from a comma out of
place is “God Rest You Merry,
Gentlemen.” The meaning is not
“God rest you, merry gentlemen,”
but “God keep you merry, gentle
men.
"HERALD ANGELS SING" . . .
Charles Wesley, who during his
lifetime (1707-1788) wrote hundreds
of hymns, was inspired to write
“Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” as
he walked to church on Christmas
Day and heard the London church
bells chime.
Nativity Scene In England
Displays Colored People
LEICESTER, England — A
crib was unveiled outside the
Methodist Church here today with
Joseph, Mary and Jesus depicted
as colored people.
And the traditional three wise
men were:
An American getting out of a
fur-lined car — to represent
wealth.
A Russian, arriving by rocket,
to present the benefits of science.
A Nigerian, to represent tradi
tion.
The crib was designed by Fred
erick Reeves, a nephew of the Rev.
Ambrose Reeves, former Bishop of
Johannesburg who was forced to
leave South Africa because of his
stand again apartheid (segregation^
The Rev. Arthur Kirby, press
officer for the Leicester Free
Church Council, commented:
“This crib will shake people
out of their cosy ideas about
Christmas.”
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ST. JOSEPH’S
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Christmas Eve. Dec. 24
Christmas Carols from 11:30
pjn. to midnight. »
12:00 pjn. Midnight Mass W
Christmas Morning
9:00 a.m. Sung Mass —
Children's Choir
10:30 a.m. Mass. Christmas
Hymns. Eskimo Choir