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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1951)
Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 20, 1951 Page 2 m wmmm VDJ" X j Load at old - fahlone) Chfii.tma happiness to ' r )' r-j, all our good JACK'S CHEVRON STATION JACK VAN WINKLE IfpSjlilK f 4 Yi .nun Ui UU111 of thought carries a cargo of hopes for your holiday happiness THE PERSONNEL OF EMPIRE MACHINERY CO. HEPPNER, OREGON In I JiKr? . Art.,? ' 0 i 3 We're putting plenty of steam into our "Merry Christmas" ' O'DON N ELL'S HARRY. CLAIRE AND RUSSELL through the years IT'S LITTLE WONDER mat baint Nick is especially generous to the American people. History proves that the Americans have done a lot for Saint Nickl They have given him a new name, a new face and figure, and a new means of transportation. The original European version of Saint Nick pictured him as a tall angular man who rode' on a bony gray mare. Both the horse and Saint Nick looked as If they hadn't had. a good meal in some time. The early English settlers in this country started giving Saint Nicholas his "New Look." The Eng lish children adopted the legendary Christmas figure from the Dutch, but the English children had trou ble pronouncing "Saint Nickolous." Somehow the name changed to "Santa Kalouf," and finally it was corrupted to "Santa Claus." However this was only the be ginning. In 1809 Washington Irving, In his "Knickerbockers History of New Y,ork," wrote of the Saint as the guardian of New York City. Irving described Saint Nick as a jolly fellow with a broad-brimmed hat and huge breeches. He taught Saint Nick to smoke a long pipe, and, in the story, replaced his shuffling hay-burner with a trim wagon. A short time later, Saint Nicholas' transportation was aided by Clement Moore in his famous poem, "The Visit from Saint Nicholas," written in 1882. Moore, a professor of divinity in a New York theolog ical seminary, gave Saint Nick a sleigh, twinkling eyes, cheeks like roses, nose like a cherry, and a round little belly. Today's Santa Claus Is by no means streamlined, but he is a far cry from the lean, ascetic, som berly dressed fellow who, for cen turies, on Christmas Eve, guided his mare through the streets -of Europe. (Cedars oj! &Ceb ebanon Jre WJl Protect J iky ledgion, aaw On a shelf-like plateau, 600 feet above the Mediterranean, the world's oldest Christmas trees stand where they have stood for centuries. The cedars of Lebanon, 400 of them, are protected by religion and law from harm at the hands of either the Moslems or the Maronlte Christians. The magnificent trees "that sing of the nativity" were venerated aa monarchs among frees long before Judah had her first king. Some of tlium have a girth of 40 feet and a branch circumference of 30). In the days of the conquerors thousands of conscripted Hebrew workers were sent into the Leba nons to take to Jerusalem "cedar trees without number"; the result of one of the first building contracts," between Hiram of Phoenecia and King Solomon. Today, however, the trees are pro tected by law and the department of agriculture of the government sponsors the planting of seedlings, so that the giant cedars will grow forever. St. Francis Made First Crib in Cave St. Francis of AssisI Is believed to have originated the custom of displaying the Christ Child in a crib at Christmas time. He is reported once to have said to one of his followers: "I wish to Celebrate holy Christmas night with you. In the woods near the clois tor you will find a cave where we shall arrange a manger filled with hay. We shall have an ox and an ass just as at Bethlehem. I wish to see how poor and miserable the Infant Saviour became for us. So at midnight, in the small Ital ian village of Garcia, in the year 1200, St. Francis and his followers celebrated mass at the cave and sang hymns in honor of the. Christ Child. L v, ( s , . Ik s 4 71 r4 mi AN AGE-OLD STOBt RETOLD . . . "She brought forth her ftrrt born Son, aud wrapped him in swaddling clothet, and UU Bla In a manger." ti , vfTTtM war Bpeace y y- , v. Peace incur town. ..yes, and peace in out time for all the world... with the Christmas spirit holding eternal sway over all our hearts. Morrow County Grain Growers HEPPNER LEXINGTON IONE McNABB MERRY GHRISTAAS and a cP-o o o 0 II m mi - O I a . o 0 No bemes bot cheerful 0 o ones- that's ear wish o n for ourtowa THE HEPPNER LUMBER COMPANY
