Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 25, 1952
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KEEPING
CHRISTMAS
Henry Van Dyke
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Ourincere good
wlehesj go out
to you.
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
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Merry Chrlatma.-
for you.
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HEPPNER
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CHRISTfllAS
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We offer our best
holiday greetings and
plodge you a bright
, J and merry
HEPPNER
AUTO PARTS
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Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people,
and to remember what other people have done for you; to ignore what
the world owes you, and to think what you owe the world; to put jfour
rights in the background, and your duties In the middle distance, and
your chances to do a little more than your duty in the foreground; to
see that your fellow-men are just as real as you are, and try to look
behind their faces to their hearts, hungry for Joy; to own that probably
the only good reason for your existence is not what you are going to
get out of life, but what you are going to give to life; to close your
book on complaints against the management of the universe, and look
around you for a place where you can sow a few seeds of happiness
are you willing to do these things even for a day? Then you can keep
Christmas.
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FULL REHEARSAL FOR THE BIG DAV . . . Robert wanted Nick,
the dog, to have dinner with him at his private table, but Dad and
Mom were not enthusiastic until Robert demonstrated that Nick's
table manners are impeccable. He did It with a dress rehearsal,
which you see here. Nick seems to be enjoying nonchalantly an
after dinner cigarette.
'Lord of Misrule
'Hodcning Horse'
Make Noel Jollier
A DIFFERENT playtime ob
servance for your Christmas
festivities is the game "Lord of
Misrule."
When your guests have all ar
rived and have been greeted by the
music of the minstrels and the
song of the carolers, it is time for
the most honored guest of the eve
ning to arrive. With much fan
fare the "Lord of Misrule" Is an
nounced. He enters with great
pomp and ceremony and takes his
place as the master of ceremonies
for the evening.
The Lord of Misrule comes to
us from the Tudor courts where he
was elected annually to reign over
the Christmas festivities. His
word, during the festivities, was
law, and the ridiculous commands
he laid upon the guests had to be
obeyed.
At your party, the Lord of Mis
rule will command each guest to
do his bidding. He 'may call for
singing, dancing, panomime, imi
tations and stunts of all kinds.
Failure to do the bidding of the
Lord of Misrule results In the pay
ment of a forfeit. And here an
other unusual note may be inject
ed. The forfeit, Instead of being
paid to the Lord of Misrule may
be paid to another Christmas
character, the "hodening horse."
It was the custom in Kent, Eng
land, for young men to go from
house to house with the hodening
horse, an imitation of a horse's
head attached to a long stick. Two
lads, forming the body of the horse,
were hidden from view by a cover
ing of cloth resembling horse's
skin. The hodening horse was ac
companied by paraders who rang
the bells throughout the town and
begged for money or food.
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ALLERGIC TO WHISKERS . . .
Not all little hoys who love
Santa Claus this time of year
have a sublime trust In the old
gent. This young man obviously
wishes he were somewhere else.
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Chemical Solution
Protects Christmas
Trees From Flames
To fireproof your Christmas
tree, which is still a hazard even
with electric lights, select your
tree four to six days before you
intend to decorate it. Then weigh
the tree and buy one-fourth as
many pounds of ammonium sul
fate as the tree weighs. This chem
ical is available in most stores
that sell seeds and fertilizers.
For each pound of ammonium
sulphate use H4 pints of water to
make the flreprooflng solution.
Mix the solution in something tall
and narrow that will hold the tree
upright. Then saw oft the tree
diagonally so as to give a large
cut surface. Set the tree in the
solution in a cool place, away
from . the direct sunlight, and
leave it there until most of the
solution is absorbed.
Ifou Can Make a ig.
CliriitmaA Candle
You can make a big, long-burning
candle to fit into your Christ
mas decorations if you have a
number of odds and ends of part
ly burned candles around the
house. Melt them and pour into
cardboard containers and remold.
Use ice cream cartons, oatmeal
containers or others. Use plain
cord for a wick. When the wax
is beginning to set, tie the wick
to a pencil and suspend it in the
wax. Let set hard, remove car
ton and there is a nice candle
for your table.
1 B.C. and 1 A. D.
Were Not a Year Apart
According to our calendar, one
would naturally assume that be
tween the year 1 B. C. and the
year 1 A. D. there should be a
year called zero. As a matter of
fact, no such year exists, as far
as historians are concerned, and
the year 1 A. D. follows directly
fter the year 1 B. C.
A person born in 3 B. C. would
not be five yean old at 2 A. D.
but would be four years old when
one is calculating data in that
period. When adding B. C. and
A. D. years, It Is necessary to al
ways subtract one to compensate
for the year zero omitted between
1 B. C. and 1 A. D.
Why Christmas Candles?
On Christmas Eve the Christ
Child wanders all over the earth
seeking deserving people people
who are. kind and thoughtful of
others, and people who have loving
hearts. Lighted candles are placed
in the windows by such people so
that He may not stumble and fall.
In the course of His search He
visits every castle and hut, no mat
ter how rocky and rough His path
may be.
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fast wishes to alL
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
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