The Bluffton news. [volume], December 29, 1949, Image 3

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THURSDAY, DEC. 29, 1949
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MASSEY-HARRIS
105 E. Elm Street E.
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The Page
With Our Complii
to
FIRST
born at Bluffton
in the 1950
RING OUT
THE OLD
Joyous bells are echoing
our fondest wishes that
all your dreams of joy
and success come true,
to make this year a
bright and happy one.
TO
OUR THANKS
AVE HOPE TO SEE
Bluffton Farm
YOU FROM ’49
YOU SOON IN ’50
"o the First 1950 Baby
A Toy Tractor
and Combine
with Our Compliments
Equipment Co.
SALES & SERVICE
Schmidt Phone 260-W
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
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the PARENTS of the
1ST NEW YEAR BABE
A Gift Certificate for
5 Pounds Page’s
Ueen-Made Butter
Dairy Co
it, Ohio
Blufftc
nents We Present
the
BABY
immunity Hospital
Baby Derby
A New
Eieacon
Baby Blanket
Flink or Blue Color
Best Wishes for a
Happy and Prosperous
New Year
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Erwin 111 S. Main Street
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the New Year Bells
ing Out A Wealth of Cheer,
ealth, and Success to Our
any Friends and Patrons.
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The Scots have always made a
big fuss over New Years, and no
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HAPPY
Christopher Columbus was the first white man to celebrate
New Year’s day in the western hemisphere.
While his ships were being repaired on January 1, 1493, he
enjoyed a sumptuous dinner with two savage monarchs on the
island of Haiti.
After his meal, historians say, the discoverer of America had
his first smoke of tobacco.
New Year Resolutions Silly
So Say Psychiatrists
In the opinion of some of the nation’s leading psychiatrists,
the practice of making New Year resolutions is “silly.”
They believe that any person going around making resolutions
and informing all and sundry of his decision is something of an
exhibitionist and, in addition, is being childish.
The experts add that these persons “probably never carry
out the resolutions anyway.”
Some agree that New Year resolutions have little value. They
feel that resolutions aren’t the best way of curbing difficulties
and correcting one’s self. They point out that, instead, the best
method is giving thought to what causes trouble and trying ration
ally to correct these faults.
Children especially, the experts argue, should not be encour
aged in “making resolutions.” They contend a “child should be
taught to do the best he can at all times and not save his diffi
culties for any particular time, and attempt to tear them all up
by one superhuman effort that is almost sure to fail.”
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NEW YEAR
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We, in America,
can greet the
New Y ear gladly
and joyously for
all the good
things we know
it holds in store.
Optimism like
this is a tradi
tionally Ameri
can characteristic
but we must
not let our opti
mism blind us to
dangers ... we
must be con
stantly alert to
safeguard our
Happy New
Years to come!
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Bluffton Pandora
THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
wonder. The wassail bowl goes
’round at New Year’s time, filled
with savory liquid and nostalgic
memories.
Traditionally, the wassail bowl
itself should be an ornament of
graceful design its contents should
be vMprm and spicy—with sweetened
wine, ale, sugar, and nutmeg.
Custom dictates that at the stroke
of 12 on New Year’s Eve, the head
of the household should sip the mix
ture and then pass it among those
present. A favorite custom of the
Scots has been to pile into wagons
or sleighs carrying kettles full of
the wassail, cheese and buns. The
party stops at various houses in
the community and the refresh
ments go ’round at each stop with
out paying much attention to the
approaching dawn.
“Open House” on New Year’s
Day was quite the vogue in the
United States around the turn of
the 20th century. Newspapers car
ried columns of 'at home’ notices
announcing the hours during which
visitors would be received. And
having duly received, hosts and
hostesses closed their receptions
and joined the procession of callers
at other ‘open houses.’
Human nature being what it is,
receptions were often ‘crashed’ by
strangers prompted by the acces
sibility of free punch, and a succes
sion of several ‘open houses’ some
times resulted in the most welcome
guests arriving in excessively
boisterous or mellow moods and
contributed to the abandonment of
the publicly announced ‘open
house.’ But intimates still toast
each other around a private was
sail bowl and “drink a cup of kind
ness yet for Aula Lang Syne.
Romans Began Custom
Of Gifts at New Year
Some authorities claim that the
invading Roman legions introduced
the custom of gift-giving at New
Year’s time into England by ‘com
mandeering,’ a la Caesar, gifts and
sums of money from the populace.
Medieval royalty, who were not
as wealthy as they were reported
to be, revived the custom as a
means of replenishing the royal
wardrobes, treasuries and even
larders. Queen Elizabeth relied on
the custom for new petticoats,
mantles, silk stockings, bracelets,
necklaces, precious jewels, etc.
Peers, bishops, clerics, ladies
in-waitinb, physicians, cooks,
everybody contributed.
Oliver Cromwell’s Puritan gov
ernment outlawed the custom, but
it was re-revived when the Stuarts
were restored to the throne. Indi
vidual circumstances governed the
gift-giving among ordinary citi
zens and, since common pins were
expensive in those days, middle
class gentlemen usually gave their
wives and daughters pins or ‘pin
money.’
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Idiomatically, ‘pin money’ has
survived the days of the expensive
pin, while the custom of gift-giving
at New Year’s time has deterior
ated into obsolescence in England
and the United States.
NEW
EAR
DAY
New Year’s Day, aside from its
festive connection, may not seem
very momentous to the average
citizen, but in the past it figured
prominently in the making of his
tory.
It saw the unfurling of the first
American flag by George Washing
ton, and the emancipation of Negro
slaves.
Here is a list of important events
that have occurred on New Year’s
day throughout the ages:
January 1
38 B. C. The era of the Caesars
began.
1349 A. D. Edward III, king of
England, defeated the French be
fore Calais with great slaughter.
1735 Paul Revere born.
1757 Calcutta, India, captured
by the British.
1776 First Union flag of 13 stripes
unfurled by George Washington.
1792 Kentucky admitted to the
Union.
1801 Union of Ireland with
Britain.
1314 American dragoons at
tacked the British who had seized
Buffalo, N. Y.
1815 General Jackson repelled
British when they attacked New
Orleans.
1825 Great Britain acknowledged
independence of South American re
publics.
1863 Emancipation of Negro
slaves became effective by procla
mation of President Abraham
Lincoln.
1907 U. S. pure food law put into
effect.
1913 Parcel post system inaug
urated.
1919 New Year’s day declared a
legal holiday throughout the coun
try except in Massachusetts and
Washington, D. C.
TO THE FIRST 1950 BABY
we present with our
compliments a
5 by 7 PORTRAIT
Happy New Year
To All!
Neu-Art Studio
Leland Gerber
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I Happy New Year
TO THE WINNER
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“BABY DERBY”
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will give a
SAVINGS BOOK
WITH A $1.00
CASH DEPOSIT
THE DILLER INSURANCE AGENCY
Clarence D. Diller, Agent
if “Diller’s Policies Pay”
A Toast
the
to
First Baby
the
of
New Year
To the Happy Parents of the Youngster
Merchandise Certificate worth $5.00
in Trade at Our Market!
Happy Xew Year
to the Community
Hearty thanks to our kind customers for
their friendly patronage of the past .year.
May the New Year be the Best!
Swank Bros. Meat Market
To All Our Friends and Patrons!
this is our way of saying “Thanks,” Bluffton,
for your patronage in the past and it is our
wish that we may continue to supply your needs
in the years to come.
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we give a
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To the PROUD PARENTS of the
FIRST 1950 BABY
in Bluffton’s Baby Derby
we present with our compliments a
S5 Gift (Certificate
redeemable at our firm.
Steiner Chevrolet Sales and Service
204 North Main Street Bluffton, Ohio
TO OUR MANY FRIENDS
During the Holidays—and Throughout the New
Year—We Look Forward to Serving You. May
You Have A Bright and Happy New Year!
Habegger Hi-Speed Service Station
Dick Habegger North Main Street
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