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1 F, i I 1 I WWWWSrW»'^WW!W’«r»?fr«?«r««JWsr«!«i«’iSr«^’8r«’^ Leland Basinger Gerald Basin Bl To Our Many Friends and Patrons Corner Main & Elm fifr k* is*fri-j*iSwift ft A vBBRRBMf Christmas Greetings It’s Our Pleasure at This Time of Year to Wish All Our Friends A Merry Christmas! The Master Feed Mill Miller Buick Sales We service and repair any make of car wl rer Donavin Sommers Wayne Badertscher ,UFFTON, OHIO w ftift ft A ft?n Kjeftta ft ft ft'iw tsj* v Merry Christmas 1 I I c. ,1 Vk BLUFFTON, OHIO nan *W ftiw ■_ MERRY 0101 YMHOVl I) CHRISTMAS V-'- THE TRIPLETT ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT COMPANY THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1950__________________________________________________ THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO_____________________________________ ______ _________________ \GE FIVE TO ALL Santa Claus Makes a Stop Out West Alfalfa made up about 39 per cent total hay production in the United ■ates in 1950. FRIENDS PATRONS REICHENBACH GARAGE W. Elin Street Bluffton Peace and Good Cheer with you and yours happy Christmastide. May abid this SIDNEY C. STETTLER INSURANCE Phone 194-W Bluffton, Ohio 1 1 Ckriitmai Oree Jb 150 tyearA Old Jn T)kij Country, A put CHRISTMAS TREE will be up in two out of every American homes this year. Yst the trimmed Christmas tree, as it is known today, is only about 150 years old in this country. un in two nut nf pvptv tlthree The Pilgrims forbade Christmas celebrations on the grounds they were pagan. A Massachusetts law in 1689 subjected anyone to a fine who observed the day by feasting, refraining from work or in any other manner. It was not until near the end of the American Revolution that the Christmas tree took hold. German immigrants, homesick for the tradition of their native land, put them up. The custom of the lighted Christ mas tree, some historians tell, originated with Martin Luther. He was fascinated by evergreen trees, glistening with starlit-snow, point ing to the heavens at Christmas time. So he brought an evergreen tree into his house and lighted it with candles for his children. Another old German legend cred its St. Boniface with the origin of the Christmas tree. Having con verted some oak tree-worshipping Druids to Christianity, he took them into a forest, cut down an oak and pointed to a stately fir along side. “Take this tree,” he said, “into ycur homes as a sign of your new worship. Celebrate God’s power no more with shameful rites, but in the sanctity of your homes with laughter and love.” Mistletoe Has Come Long Way Since Days of Druid Worship The mistletoe has come a long way from the days when it was worshiped by the British druids to its present status as a criminal killer of forests. However, its use as a symbol of love, peacemaking and goodwill survives to this Christmas intact from the pre Christian days of the ancient Scan dinavian light god, Balder, whose palace stood in the Milky Way. The beloved Balder, so the myth goes, was slain by a mistletoe ar row but was restored to life at the intercession of the other gods. Cus tody of the mistletoe plant was then entrusted to the goddess of love who ordained that henceforth anyone passing beneath its bough should receive a kiss in token of love, not vengeance. Held high, it never could be evil. I I 1 I I I I I I I o ■f 'I ■I ■I !r I I if I I I I I E I I MERRY CHRISTMAS Phone 132-Y if I if i i I ■I H. F. Klingle INSURANCE and We MEAN it! SUTIES Cleaners Bluffton, Ohio .........................................................................................................................**hiPt*iwmtoWanmiit*wmw*mw V* V A5 A* .♦ 1 RING OUT, BELLS OF CHRISTMASTIDB a message of hope and of good will to all men. For this is a seaso^ of hope as long as men turn to the age old teachings of the Prince of Peace and peek gain not in taking but in giving and brotherhood just so long can mankind hope for a better future. HARVEY M. BAUMAN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR 117 E. Kibler I Bluffton I s r,1• v Bluffton, Ohio I I i 3 I i i I I i I I I I I ring out