The Mail-Journal, Volume 3, Number 43, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 December 1964 — Page 28

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL

Smiles Brighter And Hearts Lighter As Community Greets Christmas

Season’s Sights, Sounds Proclaim It’s A Joyful, Peaceful Time By ANNA MANG It s Christmas, time to greet a friend, wrap a gift, help the needy. It’s Christmas, time to sing a carol, light a candle, trim a tree. It s Christmas, time to send a card, surprise a neighbor; delight a child. ItS Christmas, time to welcome visitors, spread the festive board, gather the family together for everything good from food to fellowship. a Most of all, it’s Christmas, time to say a prayer, count many blessings, rejoice. It’s Christmas, time to celebrate anew the very first Christmas all-, the Birthday of Christ. It’s Christmas, and throughout this ; community the sights and sounds of a joyful, festive season appear. All | through the town, twinkling lights, | fragrant flowers and greens and a mvriad other decor ations show to i every beholder the jglad spirit of : Christmas. Bells ring out and voices | sing out, proclaiming the wonderful news. Christmas is here. And because Christmas is here, steps are lighter, smiles are brighter, hearts are merrier. On the way to Christmas, there been hours when <■ thing seemed ’ just too rectic—too many plans to make, too much to do, too little time. But as the great ( day arrives, there is time to pause. 1 to see and to treasure the glow and the glory of Christmas. Then it is dear that every moment of preparation. every personal effort to make " Christmas more complete was indeed well worth it. MOST MEMORABLE No two Christmases are ever alike — but this one. surely, must be the most memorable of all. Each year it seems so, and each year it’s true. I Even Christmas Is more delightful | than tlie last, if only because it is env - itched by one more memory of Christmas past, Memories and tradition' mour. - to make the Christinas customs of today Most such customs began so } long’ ago that their exact and accurate origin is hidden in the mists of time, and several theories may be put forward*to explain why and how each custom developed Happily, the. wreath of legend and lire’wovrn about Christinas is pleasing rather than confusing. Especially at this '• ason. a touch of the magical and mystic a; is more to be welcomed than a deluge of precise fact-1 ual detail, and one of the special : charms of Christmas customs is the hint of mystery surrounding them. JOR DECORATION Candk-s. apples, colored papers — ! these were among the early tree or- , riaments Later, individual countries developed their own tree decorating ideas.,? Straw windmills and birdcages appeared on Lithuanian trees, while the I ° ■ ! s' s' Sound-r,.c. an' roun:rie/vverv as var$h nets and/ninnature flagTlk* mixlvrn array of tree oma men!' is vast and imaginative, but even 80 many families like to add I their own personal “old-fashioned” touch to the tree. with decorations such as paper chains and strings of! popcorn or cranberr IJGHTING CANDLES Martin Luther, the Reforma * collectors with decorating the ! lighted Christmas tree, lie lit can-I dies and placed them on the boughs of an evergreen-—a custom that would ( be frowned on today when fire safety j |s the rule in Christmas decorating I By lighting the candles and decking the tree, be hoped to show his . family some small reflection of the gio and inspiration of the heavens I om the first Holy Night WHY A TREE? Why a tree at Christmas’’ One early legend says that all the trees burst into bloom on the night Christ was bom Folk tales of ancient times tell of a huge tree in a forest, lighted with many candles, some of which were straight and some bent. At the top was an infant with a halo. The tree was meant to represent humanity, the candles, people good and bad; and the infant, the Baby Jesus. Another explanation links today's Christmas tree to ancient feasts of the winter equinox, when trees .were adorned with trinkets. St. Boniface, an English missionary to Germany, is said to have told converts that the fir should be their holy tree, replacing the oak. sacred in Druid tree worship, and thus beginning the custom of a decorated fir. Many are the legends, but one thing is certain. Nowadays Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the tree. CHARLES DISHERS TO OBSERVE 25TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Charles (Bud) Disher of 634 north Huntington street, Syracuse, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on December The children of Mr. and Mrs. Dtsher will hold open house in the home fnxn 2 to 5 pan. No invitations have been sent, friends and relatives are invited. The Dishers were married December 9, 1999 The chddren are Michael Dteher of Battle Creek. Mich. and Carolyn at home. They have two grand--a- v* CfMKSTeD. Read the CLASSIFIEDS!

Thursday. December 3, 1964

Little Towns Os Bethlehem j Celebrate ' Several states all over the United States can boast of having their very awn little town of Bethlehem. In New England for example [ there's a place named Bethlehem in j New Hampshire, and another in Connecticut j Moving across country, Bethleaems are found in Pennsylvania, ..laryland, Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia, Indiana, and lowa. People from nearby communities and neighboring states flock to Bethlehem, Conn., every Christmas to have their greeting card envelopes imprinted with a special seasonal message, then mailed from the town ) post office. i Last year due to the demand.there . were ten different greeting designs available for Christmas card senders. . Creche Is Constructed Also contributing-to the holiday atmosphere in Connecticut’s semi-offi-cial Christmas town, is the creche constructed by nuns at a nearby Benedictine monastery. In the creche which emphasizes I the primitive simplicity of the Nativity, are life-sized figures of the I Virgin and Joseph, dressed in peasant garb, and a crib with the Christ . Child covered by a bright patchwork quilt. At Christmas the nuns also make and offer for sale liturgically-inspir- ; ed tree ornaments. Each Christmas. Bethlehem, Pa., is the scene of an impressive candlelight carol and communion service. Traditional Since 1741 Celebrated, complete with organ I and orchestral music in the Central Moravian Church it has been a tradition since 1741. when Count Nicholas i von Zinzendorf, holding a lighted candle. led- his people into a cabin and named their settlement Bethlehem n honor of the Christ Child. Decorated trees also play an important part during Bethlehem's naUor.allv famous Christmas festival on I the Hill-to-HiH bridge connecting various parts of the city. Every Christinas since 1951. a 60- ’ foot star erected by townspeople has guided visitors to Bethlchern. Ga. I On Christmas night a carol service is held beneath the star. Estate Os Mrs. Rafter Appraised An inventory appraisial of the estate of Mrs Clara Louise Rafter, lake Wawasee. resident who died August 1964, sets a total value lof $97,213.11. Os this amount $37,000 ;is real Estate, and $60.213 11 is pers< rn.il property. Mrs Rafter- had lived at Lake W, r.vasce for several years. Heirs are five nephews. one niece and three grand-nieces, all out-of-I State residents. For All wXf Your eSggJ Printing { Needs Contact tM W The Mail-Journal W i 6 i If you don’t? h re what A* tvS-Tt > you want-j 7 IAPVET?TISE j Jxjlk

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