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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1960)
UtftMt CAXmXTtMtl TtttrtArr. PBbr VJ.gg MRS. GRANT RIGBY WRITES TWELFTH NIGHT HISTORY rUK uakuun v-uuo is.!fis Kirht burning of Christmas !wi and pwni ed annually by the ! t-n riub Mill be observed m day, January 6 tl 4 pm. on tha Omar Fuetmann lot tom rrom ih dtv tark. The community U Invited lo participate. Christmas tree should be piacca in a run-i-nt-ni i.lsre fur fathering by Thursday. Jan. 3, f Ml on the Rietmann lot The following Informal ton on Fplphany Twelfth MS" mv tvaa contributed to the Harden Club by Mr. Grant Rig fnrmrrlv of lone, but HOW I resident of Salem and a teacher in th state School for the Blind. The Feast of Fplphany which comes 13 daya after cr.ristmas, or on the Festival of the Three Kings tlhe Magi). In the bc?in nlng the early church celebrated thia Hmv malnlv at a commem oration of the baptism of Our l,rrf uhlrh wii suppose to have taken place exactly thirty years after hla birth. This was regarded at Ills "birth of the Spirit" and was mentioned by Clement of Alexandria In 1M. Also celebrated at this time was the first miracle, the turning of water Into wine at Cana. That January 6 was celebrated In honor of both hie birth of the Virgin and of the Spirit Is shown by a letter preserved by John of Nice. In which a bishop of Je rusalem wrltea to the bishop of Rome saying that the faithful met before dawn at Bethlehem to celebrate the birth from the Vir gin In the cave; but before the hymns and lections could be fin- Uhed they had I' hurry tt Jofdsn. 13 miles from Jerusalem, to celebrate the baptum. Hy tn sequence neither - .fr.n . tin -ration could b kept fwlv ni1 rrt' ercntly Therefore the writer begs the iv.j to ! In the art hives of the Jewa brought to Rome after the destruction t-f Je rusalem and a certain from them the real dt t.f Christ's birth. The fi found In the works of Jurphua that Christ was born on December 25- Cradually the birth t.f Jesua In Bethlehem came to he celebrated on ivcember 23. in trie western church It supplanted the fcreat pagan festival of the tun wor-hlppert. In Europe and England as the tun waned, the sun worsmpi-ers hull! creat bonfires to revive the weakened aun and give him new life. As the Church thread these countries It supplanted the Daean beliefs and substituted the Christian festival. Constantlne had been a mem ber of the sun cult before Ills conversion and some feel that It was his Influence which led to the references to our Lord as the Sun of Righteousness and sim ilar terms referring; to Him as the true Light of the World, etc. Later In the Western Churrn. th Eulohanv came to be pe- culiarly associated with St. Mat thew's story of the visit of the Magi to the Infant Christ. Since the Magi were Gentiles, miracle plays much used as teaching de- ices In the Middle Ages empna- siyori ai Enluhany that Christ came to be Saviour and Redeem er of all men everywhere. ptvause the Church felt It wise .i m.j ; It ft.rrt the af lrt ru l, n... i Landing them eiadually. many .f the id customs linger. Ihum, !, Tfar.'rs-t" a an !nul .tinner given by n employ- er lu ins oiajiri'jir. iii. - with a tet on Twelfth Night at whlilt a fake with a bran burled In It was a lret feature. The ben king was he who had the fortune t have the ulu-e of cake In which was 'he Un. This in.-imnh was inater of the revel, the lord of misrule, and caused much nerrlment. In olden time his c .! f duty had been to M-rforrn maglcil ere monies to lnure K"d weather f,.r the coming year; later he an nounced the date of Easter a moveable feast on Twelfth Night. Th- rustom of exchanging presents a!o hsd been an old eiiii.m of the Roman Saturnalia. Ttie Magi brought gifts to the In fant Christ, and gradually the people began exchanging pres ents In Christ's name Twelfth Night (12 days after ChrMma is an ancient custom ui.iiv ndetirated In Kngiana on ending the civil holi days. Legends say that the wise men visited the t ririsi i nuu .i.v. after his birth on tne Twelfth Night. lone Schools f EVELYN JtrSEH Nw that Ch:itmat vacation It her f-r us students, we ll try to let ju In on alt the hapjwn lr.glng that we mled giving you for the entire month of Dec. We hope that each and every one of you have hsd a Joyous and Mrry Christmas. Th first nine weeks .f the ear placed aeveti lune High stu dents in the hwor roll and alx on the bonorablt mention. Honor roll atudenta are: Snion. Jean Martin and Kenneth Smouse; freshmen. Arleta McCabe. Tom llelmblgner, Judy Sherer. Steve Unlstrum. and Merrie Jo Mor rln. To be on the honor roll. one must have a grade point average of at least 3 20. Honor able mention students are: Jack Crum. Evelyn Jepsen. Llnds Halvorsen, Marvin Padbcrg. Bill Akcrs. and Barbara Bishop. Grade point average for honor able mention is 3.00-3.19. Basketball games during De cember marked tone's record as three wins and one loss, tone traveled to Fossil on December to lose their first game, but on the 10th. St. Joe traveled to liina t elve lone their first win St. Joe played ht for us on December 16 and Arlington o fame our euet en the 17th Both of the later games were klri fr tr.e Csrlfrssl Th league games do not begin un til after the new year. Con "ratulat Ions to Mr. J'e lUusler. who became the father of another daughter on the 13tn of Decemter. She U namei RheI DeIote. and she Joins four sister ant one brother, Mr. Hausier teaches geometry, bio logy, algebra II and trigonom etry, chemistry and girl phys ical education. We hear, via the grapevine, thit the chemistry class mixed up a few of their formulas and presented Mr Hausler with a box of cigar! ill's okay, they weren't loaded'!) The school Christmas program was held December 22 at 8:00. Both the grade and high school students participated In this pro gram. The high school Christmas nartv was held Friday. December 23. Evelyn Jepsen lead the group In singing Christmas carols and two special numbers were given. One by the men teachers sing ing half of "Deck the Halls" and all nf "Jov to the World." the other number was a tenor sax- Taul Miller visited friends at Powers over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. George Miller and Paul spent Christmas day In Stanfield with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Klncaid. On New Year's Day, 1818. the White House was thrown open for the first time since the War of 1812 for a public reception. tw If all our wishes for you come true, you'll rate 1961 as the most satisfying year of your life. May you enjoy the beet A health and much happiness . . . make solid progress in the direction of achiev ing your most cherished ambitions, fro one end of the venr to tl-e other. I THANKS to all our friends for their patronage dur ing the past year, and A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL THE FRANCES SHOP, Inc. WM. C. and FBANCES STRAM Pendleton, Ore. f phone solo by Jean Martin, Mr;!n Morgan was the piano act-ompanut. After th ainglng. Mr. and Mr. Santa Claus. Mar vin PadN-rf and fcvelyn Markk. along wllh their heljer, the frehmn class, passed out the gift. The Christmas dance, sponsor ed by the high school band was held on December 2X The dame band ma.1 thrlr first appear ance of the year and everyone really enjoyed them. As we look on. we see that l0 la almost gone and we are looking to a new year with hopes that It will be Just as happy and prosperous as the one whUh we tire leaving WIIrN THIS iiArrnNs, riio.n is and Well I'rint Some For You In A Hurry!! to All of OUR CUSTOMERS Id Morrow, Gilliam and Grant Counties. Your friendship and patronage over the past year and the preceding 45 years we have been doing business with you is high ly valued. 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