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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1952)
Page 4 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 25, 1952 CVisteias criss-cross Far-Off Lands Come to Life YVLETim In Yule Toys M l HI 5? VI Let's help Santa make this the merriest Christmas of all. ' HEPPNER VARIETY W. A. BLAKE c ; 4 j &mUm$s . In the East, a star, and in the hearts of men a great joy, for unto the world is born a Saviour. His blessing upon mankind! HUMPHREYS DRUG CO. (GEOGRAPHY comes down the chimney on Christmas Eve. In the flood of toys joon to spill out into the nation's living rooms will be the touch of many different lands. Beside a teddy bear, replica of Australia's marsupial furred koalas, perhaps will stand a carved wooden farm scene from German Bavaria, a South American gaucho doll, or a miniature pagoda made in Japan. Similarly, the United States, now the world's leading toy maker, sends abroad its wild west cos tumes, Its shiny playtime Irucks and cars and earth-moving equip ment, Its small-scale railroads and sky scrapers to delight children all over the globe. Toy industries In Germany and Japan are on the upswing again. Germany was among the first na tions In the world to make tin horses on wheels, engines that ran, animals that walked, birds that sang. Now U.S. buyers go back to cities such as Nurnberg for the out put of Ingenious middle-aged in ventors. New toys that startle the world often come from Europe. One such is a German duck which, when set on an incline, proudly walks cwn the slope. Another is a recent gadg et from Denmark called a "tippe top,' a wobbly sphere about the size of a small apple that suddenly flips upside down and continues spinning on its stem. Winston Churchill was intrigued by the top when he first saw it. In Stockholm, the King of Sweden, a cabinet minister and an atom physicist, a Nobel Prize winner, got down on their hands and knees at a banquet to study the mysterious flip-flop action. As a mirror of mankind's cul ture, toys reflect the progress of civilization. Yet an amazing sim ilarity can sometimes be seen be tween the toys of long-forgotten eras and the playthings of today. Man of Bethlehem Jesus Christ is a God whom we can approach without pride, and before whom we may abase our selves without despair. Pascal. As the print of the seal on the wax is the express image of the seal itself, so Christ Is the express image the perfect representation cf God. Ambrose. The devotion to the person of Christ that steers clear of the doc trines and precepts of Christ, is but sentimental rhapsody. Herrlck Johnson. This is part of the glory of Christ as compared with the chlefest of His servants that He alone stands at the absolute center of humanity, the one completely harmonious man, unfolding all which was in humanity, equally and full on all sides, the only one in whom the real and ideal met and were abso lutely one. He is the absolute and perfect truth, the highest that hu manity can reach; at once its per fect image and supreme Lord. French. Y 13K f952 SI If It If NATIVITY SCENE . . . This scene Is repeated on thousands of lawns of private bomes and public buildings tn the home towns of the nation during the Christmas season. Chliifmal U out faenJi Q4td miylib&lU HEPPNER MARKET Christmas 'Open House' Was Early Saxon Custom A T CHRISTMASTIDE, the great Ahall of the Saxon lord was thrown open to peasant and noble alike all mingling democratically and exchanging gifts and hearty cheer during a great feast and fes tivities composed of dance and song. With a tremendous burst of shouting, the Yule Log was dragged into the hall and placed upon the open fire pit. These demo cratic Christinas festivities lasted until the last dying embers of the log. In our south, prior to the Civil War, the slaves, following this Sax on custom, would soak a log in the cypress swamps to extend the length of their Christmas freedom. - . H rffif -t- i i i i - i r ?! czx: -ik:-a-:-t:iJ! I II tt tivt t Ciuntiw pmH rtet m to M tomtit. Pit fU "4i rtt rtfhl itfXH, 0 feint Tht ttmphtti pttth k ft Htt htt nf bt, ft ell tee hrnOj tt w. It k MLB Atl FUN wr INN RUN awt DOLL IACN COLS IOVI NOIl NOll NO 00 SLIO SNOW wiAr TUll CANOir CHIU COulT CUhD oi.or hotii Hour MTMH NIGHT MACI MIGN 1ANIA inn TIAIN VIIIN WMITI ANGHJ CANDll CAIOlt OANCfR DASHIIl DONNU FIOCKI OOiMl INFANT FAANAGU SIASON JIUNT HUGH TINMl WUATH CHIMNir HOLIOAT flAISH HANCII TIOINGS .HCd I) a o 50 a l N(ii JJW3 2v5 n iaNy amvin w OHIO Xd 9 4 UH(r I Answer,, THE "STAR" which signaled 'the First Christmas" may be interpreted in many ways. In all such interpretations we must put ourselves as nearly as possible in to the social and psychological frame of mind of those whom we try to understand. The astronomer knows that through the ages the word "star'' has been used to in dicate almost any celestial phe nomenon. We still speak of "fall ing stars" or "shooting stars" which we know quite well are not stars at all. In more ancient times the comet was called a "hairy star" and was derived, from the Latin word coma, meaning hair. The planets were the "wandering stars" as opposed to the "fixed stars," and from the Greek word for wanderer we derive our word "planets." The Star of Bethlehem could have been any of these. It could even have been a "new star" or nova which suddenly burst forth with a many-thousand-fold in crease in brilliance, due to some great stellar catastrophe. These are all explanations of what the "star" could have been. Had it been any of the above, it would have been seen by many peoples, and in literature would have been found references to the appearance of the object which attracted at tention. But nowhere in the litera ture or in the folklore of any of the peoples noted as astute observers of celestial phenomena do these references exist. From this we are forced to con clude the appearance of the star was a sight given only to the Wise Men to see. A heartfelt "thank 'iis.:-..::-:: you" for your Joyalty and patronage in the past. And a Happy New Yea-. 1953 LEXINGTON CAFE Merle and Joe To yon and yours, this Christmas season, we extend our sincere wishes for happiness that will long outlast the tinsel and the tree . . . and live on in ycur hearts through all the days and years to come. STAR THEATER I il mm ISH for May ycu enjoy the true peace the season. Morrow County GrainGrowers lisaSKi.-ab.-:: .. . 53 X&S-EIj&iTTS TZT!:".. t
