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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.
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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
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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.
MAY 1961 BE THE BEST EVER!
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