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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1951)
LIBRARY; Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 20, 1 951 Page 1 w. ns )52 )52 n. 'ill ar- ily ar. is 'ar warn fe-ana uqftCK) wui , . kwfflSKT It ft- tt IT i - J ix A heartfelt. "Merry Christmas to all of you. good friends TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. Illllll Illlllllilllllllllllllllllllllillllllilllll I IlilllllllllllllllllllllllllHilillllllill IIIUIIIIIIIHI kV ... II. Lexington Implement Co. kahAa ms4twvv- illlllllllliilllillllllllllllHlllllllllill I Illliiiiiiiii i ii mm Our hope, this year as always, Is for lasting peace on earth. I . Jt For our many good friends ve wish only that they may share fully In it. i --r :vrrr5- ji iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii Come, alt ye faithful, a . V ' Joyful and triumphant, 4 J l?4SlFll Come ye..., come ye to Bethlehem- LWJW 1 r "ilfl t. " May you have fmsfw Wl -xm a lifetime o ' yXil 'mW WW of happiness L SMI4 ' ;y inn Christmas XltXfAt HEPPNER CLEANERS THERE ARE almost as many Christmas legends and super stitions as there hava been Chrlst mases. Countless customs from the Old World . have been absorbed through the centuries Into the cele brations that we participate In to day. A few, however, have been passed down from one generation to another, remaining always the same. The Indians of Canada, for ex ample, believe that the deer kneel In prayer each Christmas Eve. An early missionary probably, is re sponsible for the idea, but It still lingers and wily Indians have al ways attempted to catch the deer in the act. In England, it Is believed that the bees express veneration for the nativity by singing in their hives at midnight. The bee hives are al ways adorned with holly sprigs for the Yuletide season. In Europe it was custom for a young girl to creep to the family woodpile on Christmas Eve and pull out the first stick that her hand touched. If the stick was a straight one, with no knots, tradition said that she would have a good husband Farmers in Europe also gave torches to their children and sent them singing into the apple orchards and the fields. The mice, caterpil lars and moths were said to flee before the approaching songsters In early Germany it was a belief that water turned into wind during the hour before midnight on Christ mas Eve. EVERY AVERAGE American home will have a Christmas tree this year. Traditional and sym bolic as the trees are, they present a great fire hazard, and should be carefully watched. Remember that when you bring a tree into the house it Is going to dry up. A freshly-cut tree will not take fire any easier than the evergreen trees gtowing outside, but the hazard Increases by the hour. For this reason, it is not wise to put up' the tree too early before Christmas day or to leave it too long after the 25th. Trees of all kind will become highly inflam mable at the end of a week. Families, clubs, churches or or ganizations that wish to keep their trees up longer than a week should take special safeguards to keep it reasonably safe. The tree can be kept fresh by setting it up in a pan of water. Cut off the base of the tree at an angle at least one inch above the original cut and keep tt stanaing m wi during the entire period it remains In the house. It may be necessary to add water from time to time to keep the water level above the cut. pi.ip the tree well away from stoves, radiators, and other sources of heat. When you smoke, stay away from the tree. Also be sure that the tree is secured in utu a way that It cannot fall. Do not put It near a doorway where it might block an avenue of escape, should a fire occur. Christmas Was Once Holiday That Moved About on Calendar Christmas was once a movable feast. The eastern branches of the Christian church usually celebrated it in April or May', Western Europe sometime In January. In 337 A.D., St. Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem, set out to make the date universal. With the permissien of Pope Junius I, he appointed a commission to determine, If pos sible, the precise date of Christ's nativity. The theologians of the Church finally agreed upon Decem ber 25, and since the year 354 this date has been celebrated. Members of the Greek, Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox churches in the 20th century observed the May the peace the season be all your hearts HUMPHREYS DRUG STORE THE REXALL STORE piiiiigiHiimniMiunniiiiiiiimiiiuiiitiBiiHiiiiiiniiiniiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiii liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin wmtsmmm. Ma'mmtm mSJJ 7tHOW5 V. THOMPSON BROS. GROCERY nd an ' a oo on ,er 52, ill ut to Id er lh 2. he sd. re ut P d Is w, to al e rs is n- , to c-n-ti-If 10 e- of In 32 n. iy ie 11 52 i- Jl e- 8- ie )e ;h r- it m :k r, d m is. is k is iy id h i2 r- n it y i- ie n n r- s, )r d Jf ie iy y A incr wish for a fin holiday to everyon in " town date of January 7.
