f casts . . .
Many foods for Ciiristma ; feast
ing have been traditional since
early days of Yu! rn rry-niaking,
although roast y. acock, the fea
ture of the least in medie val Eng
land. is rarely, if ever seen today!
Mince pie, will: its spires and
fruits, is said to symbolize the
riches of the East, from which the
wise men came.
Legend says plum pudding be
gan when an English king and his
men were lost in a forest on Christ
mas Eve. The cook used foods he
had on hand, including part of a
stag, plums, eggs, flour, to make
a single dish all could share.
Peace Ost farth
May ihe Peace and
Jof of the Christ
Child be Yours this
Holy Christmas Day
Assembly of God
Church
XMAS DAY SERVICE
Birthday Party for Jesus
11:00 a.m.
Everybody Welcome
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''isfmns Caro!
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I' b;;\' Chn :tm;is earn I is a
1 • ' <d , vndant of a live
ly folk d i.n
Tie carol started out in the
Middle Ayes as a circular country
dance, called a “carole” in French.
Seme of the early Christians look
ed askance at dancing, however,
and the carol stxm lost its steps.
The lyrics of the songs that had
accompanied the dance began to
change, too, and eventually the
■‘macaronic” style appeared. This
consisted of tacking a Latin phrase
on to the popular lines, so that the
people sang:
Make we joy now in this feast
In qua Christus natus est
They didn’t necessarily understand
the Latin, although it carried on
the sense of the song, but the
stately Latin words gave them a
religious image.
In 1223 St. Francis of Assisi
started the custom of placing a
creche, or miniature Nativity
scene, in the church at Christmas
time. People began to act out the
events of the Nativity—one of the
steps in the development of mys
tery plays — and then to compose
carols to sing with the plays. These
led to the French noels, strictly
Christmas songs, which, in turn,
inspired the English carol.
Carols, both secular and relig
ious, flourished in England until
the Puritans substituted their more
spiritual hymns. These carried
along their less earthy messages
for more than a century, until a
demand for better Christmas mu
sic bi'ought back the carol.
I
ay you be blessed unifi fcace
and (J^ontentmenf on
(l^rislmas IjDciy
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hi Hawaii Spawns
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"!on»mi<*nt;iI Snafu
'• iONOLUI.U !/P> — A tidal wave
didn't hit Hawaii Friday but a
Pre-dawn alert that one was on
the way caused traffic jams, panic
and a monumental snafu.
There wasn’t much that went
rich! after an earthquake in the
Aleutian Islands, 2,000 miles north,
triggered the warning. The alert
lasted nearly an hour before
sloppy-eyed residents could return
to their beds.
Hawaii Gov. John Burns order
ed an immediate investigation to
“rectify the confusion” and gave
thanks that Civil Defense defects
“were brought to light in an situa
tion that didn’t result in an actual
disaster.”
Here’s what happened:
1. Sirens sounded the imminent
enemy air attack warning instead
of the tidal wave alert, sending
many persons scurrying to public
and private shelters.
2. A number of sirens didn’t
work and police had to make
house - to - house searches along
coastal areas to warn sleepers.
3. Burns himself wasn’t inform
ed. He was awakened by a siren.
4. The Civil Defense CIV-radio
system took 15 minutes to get on
the air after the alert. The De
fense Director explained, “well,
someone had to put on a pair of
pants to get to headquarters.”
5. The State Civil Defense Di
rector, Maj. Gen. Robert Louis
Stevenson, directed his agency from
his bedroom. He didn’t have
enough advance warning to get
to his emergency headquarters.
6. Traffic piled up along high
ways leading to the mountains
More than 10,000 persons tried tc
get to high ground at once am
cars were bumper-to-bumper fo
miles.
The Edward Saito family, for
merly of Nome and now statione<
I at Bethel, have Ellen Saito horm
I this year. Recently she did an in
! teresting arcticle for the N.C. pub
, lication, the “N.C. Flag,” on th<
! new Pilatus Porter planes nov
; serving that area by NCA.
j Barbara McKinnis, laboratory
j technician for two years at th<
| MMM Hospital, is enjoying he:
work for the Presbyterian Churcl
! as technician at the Mora Valley
Unit, Cleveland, Ohio.
POLARIS HOTEL
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nnm
Elsie How- i!, ' ,r*.: r nurse •*
the MMM Hr, peT, ; n nur .
in th ■ Far E, ! a' (’ .1, ' : < .p.‘
Kapit Sara.. .k '
Rila Harper, mm < r bu inr -
woman .vho .1.0 ■ b 1 n operatm t; e
Blue Bird MmH. near Seattle
Tacoma Airport for .•< v ral year:
now answers to flu; name **f M:.
Royster and make.-: < r home in
Chehalis, Wn.
Paul Sutherland, pilot of Una
lakleet who aided in many search
es for missing planes, suffered a
head injury while taking off from
Romanzof, damaging his plane.
Due to the weather planes could
not be sent to aid him and a
snow sled from St. Michael eva
cuated him.
When the greeting “Merry
Christmas” was first used, the
word merry did not mean joyful or
gay as it does now. In those days,
it meant blessed, peaceful or
pleasant.
■ ~r. C f rwy Pass-3
r ■); 11;• , known to old
i i i ■!: . Cl >ffncy,
:'• r n; , men’s
h< r • f »r many years,
■ n :>( c. 14 in Seattle.
• mi hi v.\i married
a 1 '<()!, passed away
D-n Brown, old time re-ident
if- • d on I) S’ with his family,
: n -ike:' h: home in Aberdeen,
\\ w \Ir. Brown’s house stood out
m ;’>< (al ly days, as he had large
"■'blow trees in his front yard.
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Blasting off our best wishes
for a h a p p y holiday ! May
Santa fill cour stockings sky
high with everything it takes
to make all your dreams come
true.
LEXANDER
UTOMOTIVE
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JOHNNY READER, Mgr.