Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1958 — Page 26

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WJTnp} bitt 1)0 >x <dZ>est wishes of the season to all our • "**' friends. In the O r S JPFjiA Kr X ’ time » we y°° a eart full of good cheer, a home full °f fr* en< k and loved filfrW' '' ones > and a life filled ■' happiness. May all the "wP I f joys of the Yuletide be la / r*- lastingly yours, to brighten , gAjr and enrich every day. ADAMS POST 43

* W'e want to send our sincere... f y< / U l / YOU L/ ... your way. * < / k At this Joyous Season, we find ourselves ■ thinking of old friends... those who have meant so much to through .. . and those who have become our friends ® since Christmastide last passed this way. -r" ’ rr ‘ ~ " _, g®d wisi+- _ ' Midwest Realty Auction Company . ■ ’■ . • MR. and MRS. J. F. SANMANN DECATUR, INDIANA Mb

Contrary to some belief, the NW Tear doesn't explode around the world In unison with the about* of the marry throat ta Times Square. Actually, by the time the United States rings Me beSS and ehimea 0 greet 1959, thk year will be aupy hours aid la other porta ad the world. The New Tear begina at the starting point of time M>e Admiralty's date line, near the Chatham Islands in New Zealand. From thia point the lino curves east and west of the 180th in such away that it liea always in the ocean. At 12:01, January 1, in the islands, it io atm December 81 in New York and London. Tet, once it leaves the islands, the New Tear mourn like a jet-to AuetralU. Asia, Africa, Bhirope and moot of South America before reaching American shores at Maine. It taken three more hours to get to California. Alaska, the 49th State to enter the Union is also the last to welcome in the Now Tear, some two hours later than ‘California. For moat Americans watching their TV sets this season, the New Tear will begin with the roar of the crowds along Times Square. It will make little difference that the year is eight hours old la Moscow er two hours old in Buenos Aires. "'"""'V <. ' _ . ...... . ... jftiif ■ At this glad time, we extend ■ heartfelt good wishes k> our friends and neighbors. May ■ your Christmas be bright with s J, BCWw the many joys of the season. v ■ Iw DECATUR ■ [Vj PUDUC LIBRARY ■ Bkh ml

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toßememlwr > GRACK mustered a faint smile in an effort to hide her flagging spirits. With aching feet and a mind mom than a little numbed by the repititous questions flung at her by last minute shoppers, aha cared little whether they were satisfied or not. She and millions of other sales girls by New Year's eve cared little for the holiday. Joy over "a naw start" bad ceased entirely for her two years ago. She and Dow had been shopping when a cab jumped the curb and hit Don. Don had wound up hospitalized and paralyzed from the waist down with no promised date that he would ever walk again. Grace had gone back to work with but weekly visits to see Don to break the monotony. Bills rose to frightening figures. No settle-, ment had yet been made from the accident. At times She ached with bitterness. Their plans had been average, a home and family, the usual things for the young. It was hard to reconcile their loss. "Mrs. Wilson, you are wanted outside immediately.’* With this as a background Grace could hardly bo expected to look forward to the holiday. She didn’t even bother this year with a Christmas tree, a custom she had always kept. It was a half hour until dosing time when her floor njancgee's voice cut through the babble of the irksome, can’t make up my mind women that lined her counter. "Mrs. Wilson, you are wanted nut aid* w She left the counter and followed him cut the entrance of the btor#. A sleek black car awaited her at the curb. The manager merely said, "You are wanted at the hospital. Mr. Bloom ordered his car for your use.” “Don’s worse. I know it* She spoke to no one in particular and engrossed as she was she did not notice the grin of conspiracy that the manager and the chauffeur exchanged. They covered several miles before she became aware they were not on the hospital road. "This isn’t the way,” she cried in panic. "The Cresview is east* “My orders are to stop here first” said the driver. He pulled up before a new ranch-type home. “Go on in.” Happy Reunion Grace ran from the car and up the walk. She paused and looked back. The driver had a big grin on his face. She rang the bell and the door opened immediately. She screamed when she saw Don just inside the door in a wheelchair. His voice was calm. "It’s all okay, honey. Welcome to your new home. This is my New Year present to you. I’ve been released from the hospital for good and your store helped me fix up this surprise.” Amazed, she looked about her and there lay many of her things from the room she had been living in. AH she could utter was, "I don’t understand.” Don smiled happliy. "I received a settlement from the accident This is ours. And I have another surprise for you if you think you can stand it" Don Walks He eased himself carefully from the wheel chair and took a few steps. "I have been walking a few steps each day for the past few weeks." All the bitterness that had so long been a part of Grace melted. For the first time she realized she still carried a paper that the manager had pressed into her hand when she left the store. Opening it she read: A very Happy New Year to you both. Select your furniture at the store. It’s on the house. Don flicked a light switch and the room was filled with gay lights from a Christmas tree in the corner. The Wilsons were having a Now fear they'd never forget Glogg, the favorite drink for the , festive New Year table in Sweden, is a claret wine sweetened with sugar andd flavored with almonds, raisins, dried orange peel, cinnamon, cloves and cardamon—usually set afire just before serving.

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ra Christmaa tree came to England from Germany in 1041 when Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg set up a tree in Windsor Ca tie for Queen Victoria. It wi s immediately popular and, while its decorations were at f rst those of the prince’s homeland, it wasn't long before it acquired a distinctive tradition of English origin—that of using Christmas cards, many of them bearing pictures of the royal family, as its ornaments. The first Christmas card is credited to England although there is a considerable disagreement. as to the individual who should bo recognized as its originator. England is also noted far the food traditions it has brought to Christmas. Henry VIII introduced the boar’s head served with an apple in its mouth to the dinner , menu. Another favored English dish , for Christmas was the plum pudding which originally began as a dish called "frumenty,” consisting of boiled wheat, which was strained and com-

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morning shouts “FirstFootlng* and presents a gift for the household to insure its future happiness. Those who leave the house during the day and return must remember to bring some* thing in with them also, even though it is only a stick of wood for the fire, or some food. The personality of the "first footer” had a variety of fcnplications. The most desired one was a man, preferably with black hair. If he was robust and cheerful, it was especially propitious. In return for the luck he brought into the house he was given a good, stiff drink which had to be downed in one swallow. Obviously a good first footer in making his rounds absorbed a considerable amoufit of Christmas cheer, so that the custom generated its own spirit of conviviality.