The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 29, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 December 1968 — Page 12

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS

The Carols Os Christmas Tie ”’i ■ o< « arols it Uhri tma> Time, is th< favorite listenng of main people. These ‘nauti^ul songs that tell the st<*y of I’hriMmo carry quite a story • hind themselv* - as many have ia en with Us for yea s and ye us Iktwein n w and Christma* we will try t< tell you a little about .everal of the Chnstmas Carols Hark. The Herald Angle* Sing” V nr w th J* -us bn-" •' My Soul." th- hymn is am "in; the ten n-st popular hymns Hth were written by Charl* Wesley, brother of John W* ley wh* <>unded the Methodist Church Niarles was b rn seven days be'ore Ch i-tmas in 1717. wm* the n ■? Samuil Wesley, a clergvnan in th* Church < England. )ne <>f 19 children. Charles at- < nded (>x'o: j University with s brother John, where they both .•.ere active m a religious <.rr*n--7 ‘t.on whr h took i \ eption to ouious practices in the Established Chirr* h Th* \ be ime known a* Methodists, bez~\ / V X r cO Huhnke's Tire Service

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cause o' the pa ticipants* methodi> *1 religious habits Charle Wesley pii^Thed Rome four thousand by n- n I left two thousand ri * . r • t ript Authontie 1, * whether he or Is c X the greater writer < h un • They were. however, ir nxr rival*. Watts empha e 1 Lhe divine majesty, whilr .Jey's theme was the love o J. Hark. The Heiald Angels Sing" was written in 17.19 in Wesley's early productive period, within a yea- after his conversin while the spiritual ' glow" remained fresh On his trip from England to America in 1736. he had so enjoyed hearing Rome Moravian - mung hymns that Im was stimulated to his unique work as a writer of religious aongs. Although the words of this carol were subjected to numerou changes over a period of years, the hymn had been in use one hundred and twenty years before the present tunc came to be is-s-fitted with the words Only in 1*56 did William Haym in Cummings adapt this song to the music from Mendelssohn's "Festgesand. No. 7." which ha 1 been comp ed t> celebrate the anniversary of the discovery of printing. Even though Mendelssohn himself said "It will never do to sacred word ” 'The Hrst Noel” The original Frenuh word were penned by M C tppeau de Roquemaure. However, we owe our English tr inslati -n to John S Dwight (HlB-imi. co-'oundcr of the Harvard Mush d Asso< ia tbn and editor of the Dwight ■ Jourr it of Music. Authorities disagree a to whether thi- song comes fr< ni Fran* e or Engl ind. but ther is some belief th it it originated in France and later traveled ac. oks the Ch <nnel. The composer and author of this carol a-e unknown. but it was probably written in the days when the people were denied a chance to sing m the fhurches. so they sang outside and performed the “carola", a ring dance from which the word carol is derive! Whl> the p<. pie were dincing. tunes and words were made up by ne er more bystanders from the N divity incident*. The r. - counts for occasional maccu-mie. hke the sh< pherds see ng the star < first lino, second stanza* The "First Noel" as we have it today is in the form of a Medmv.il sheppard song. n >ted for it- simplicity It has been called rhymed prose. carried along am! made p pular by the sweep of its music

POINSETTIA* IN WIDE VARIETY Shoppers this holiday season will f.nd the traditional poinsetti > in a w ide variety of colors, ip* s and so ms, says John A. XX I'm lue University extension h me environment horticulturist. The pt zed part of the poinsettia is the cnrlored bracts or leave* and not the true flower which often falls soon after the plant is pun+iased. Wott says. If the small flower parts do fall, the showy bracts still remain quite att-active. In recent year. Interest has developed in the white and pink cultivars These usually have similar flowering characteristics to the red cultivars and also similar lasting ability. Four main cultivars will comprise the major portion of the traditional red cultivars will comprise the major portbsi of the traditional red poinsettia available in Indiana florist shops this year, Wott adds. Barbara Ecke Supreme ha* good red color and excellent bract arize. However, the 1< ives and bracts tend tn drop quite easily and it usually requires more intensive care. It is extremely susceptible to temperature changes as well as moisture (watering*. The cultivar Elizabeth Eekc is a little more rugged, hus a deeper bract color and Ix ttir bract texture. Pau! Mikaeism requrea les care than most poinsettia CUltl-

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vars. It retains the bracts an I leaves well, even though the flower parts may drop easily. The bracts are novmnlly somewhat lighter red and smallei than those found in the pie vi*>usly mention* J Eeke cultivars. A new introduction which is available in limited amounts is Ecke’s Point 01. This new cultivar reportedly has longer longevity than c<hcr cultivars, longer bracts, longrr retention of the flowering parts, and better leaf size and color Both Kcke n Point C-l and Pmul Mikkelsen have strong stemw and do not require staking as do other cultivars. Many tiortsiM are also now

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offering multiflowered plan that have been pinched one* ing the growing process ditionally most poinsettia* been grown and sold three Riem plants per p»t. Wit introduction of new cultiva is now possible to grow a i stem plant, and get tw branches and Howers per Wott points out. The new tivara offer even Dowering the Mems, and thus the । stem plants are equally as as the single stem plants. If you a-e Interested h new colors and forms or p< tia. better order from florist early, for supply n. limited «t ynur area.