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PAGE SIX
South of the Border I
It's Posadas at Christmas
Santa Claus, the Christmas tree
and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rein
deer don’t mean much to folks
south of the border. And because
they don’t visitors to Phoenix,
Arizona, and the Valley of the
Sun can enjoy some unusual and
delightful Yuletide treats.
The traditional method of greet
ing Christmas in Mexico is by
means of posadas and pinatas.
Both can easily be seen in the
Mexican sections of communities
around Phoenix or in border com
munities such as Nogales just a
few hours drive south of the Ari
zona sun-fun capital.
Colorful Posadas
The posadas—among the most
colorful of all Mexican celebra
tions emphasize the religious
aspect of the holiday. They begin
about nine days before Christmas. |
A couple representing Joseph and
Mary—usually accompanied by a |
donkey and pilgrims (who are
really guests) re-enact the
search for lodgings prior to|
Christ’s birth. Carrying lighted
candles, they sing beseeching
songs, asking for shelter. The
hosts pretend, for a while, that
they won’t supply lodgings. Then |
—as all hope seems gone—they |
relent. The singers and guests|
enter, and the party begins.
It's a festive time, and usually |
includes a Pinata. This is espe
cially so if there are children in
the group. The piece de resistence
is a large papier-mache container
Friendsville Notes I
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Methodist Activity
Due to Sunday December 29th
being the sth Sunday of the
month, there will not be any serv
ices in any of the four churches
of the charge. Sunday School at
10 a. m., at the churches.
Laurel Run Church of God
Sunday School, 10 a. m.; Wor-
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bringing you full measure of joy, peace and contentment. 1
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here comes Santa Claus with a pack full of cordial wishes
for a Christmas that brings the best of everything to you
; May You Have A Merry Christmas And Happy New Year
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which may take the form of a I
large animal, bird, person or I
other shape. Inside are candy, |
nuts, toys and other treats, and |
the entire thing is suspended by l
a movable string above the heads
of the guests. Guests are blind- |
folded, and one by one try to hit |
the container with a stick. Since |
the “‘stocking’ is manipulated out I
of reach, there’s always much |
laughter at each futile swing. Fi
nally, though, one of the guests
manages to get in a good whack
—and there’s a gay scramble for
the goodies as they cascade over
the floor.
Traditional Dish
Climax of the posadas is mid |
night mass on Christmas eve. It’s
an emotional experience cher- I
ished by many travelers. Then,
to the tune of ringing bells, cele- I
brants go home to a traditional |
dinner of revoltijo, a dish consist- |
ing of potatoes, shrimp, chili,
rosemary, prickly pear and what
ever else the family can afford.
The festivities on the border |
may easily be seen by hopping a |
bus or renting a U-drive car for l
the three and one-half hour drive
from Phoenix to Nogales. Not only
do they form an unusual part of
the Christmas holidays but they
add spice to the myriad of other
events like the Copper Bowl game
and warm sun-filled days that
make the Phoenix Christmas sea
son one of the gayest times of
the year. I
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Iship. 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Praycrl
1 meeting, Wednesday, 7:30 p. m.;!
> Youth Fellowship, Friday, 7:30 p.
- m.
S | Assembly of God
t Worship service each Wednes
|day and Sunday evening at 7:30;
ISunday School at 10:30 a. m.
& Rush Baptist
| Sunday School, 10 a. m, and
| preaching at 11:15 a. m.
| Lutheran Activity
I Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.; and
i worship service, 11:30 a. m.
| The Lutheran Church W()men'
will meet on Thursday evening,
'.lunu;u‘_\' 2nd, at 7:30. All women
I members of the church are invited
to attend.
I A candlelight Christmas service
‘was held Sunday evening, Decem-
V| ber 22, at the church.
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| Accidents Mar
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Happy Holidays
For hundreds of Americans, h
was not a Merry Christmas. For
I almost as many more, it will not
| be a happy New Year. Hundreds
| of families are plunged into grief
I by year-end holiday traffic acci
dents. |
| Don’t let it happen to you.
| Never drive when overtired. Keep
| a window open when the auto-
I mobile is in motion. Car heaters
I keep you warm, but they can also
make you dangerously drowsy un
less counteracted by fresh air. :
Fight “festivity fatigue”’ with
coffee. Take frequent coffee
breaks on long motor trips. |
Talk with others in the car. If
alone, turn on the radio. Monot- '
ony can be a killer. Alcohol and
] gasoline make a lethal mixture.
‘ CHRISTMAS SEALS I
| Christmas seals, the seasonal |
. reminder of the fight to stamp out |
tuberculosis, have been with us |
_since 1904. !
The idea was conceived by a !
Danish postal clerk in 1903, while |
I mailing Christmas packages and |
‘ letters. Einar Holboell mentioned
the idea to his fellow workers and
they thought it would be a great !
help in defraying the cost of fight- |
ing tuberculosis. The idea reached |
King Christian, who approved, °
and the image of Queen Louise |
appeared on the first seals in |
1904. I
A Danish-born American, Jacob I
Riis sold the idea to the Amer
| ican public in a 1907 magazine !
article and a Red Cross worker,
Miss Emily Bissell, started the |
first American sales that year. I
First Christian I
Bible School, 10 a. m., followed
by Communion.
' Santa Appeared I
| Santa appeared at various Sun-l
day Schools in the area and pre-’
sented treats to all attending.
Rotary
A. F. Neil was in charge of th(-|
program at Rotary club on Decem
ber 16. Charley B. Miller, cnuntyl
sanitarian, spoke on “Environ-:
mental Hygiene Work in the Coun
.
Christmas Program
The primary grades presented a
Christmas program, on Thursday
laf!vrn()(m. in the school gym.
The annual turkey dinner was
served by the cafcteria staff on
Wednesday to all elementary stu
dents and teachers.
Classrooms held their parties on
Friday afternoon with homeroom
mothers assisting.
Birth
A son, Byron Eric, was born on
Wednesday, December 18, at a hos
pital at Medina, O, to Mr. and
Mrs. Byron Fike, of Wadsworth,
O. Mr. Fike is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Fike, of Friendsville;
and Mrs. Fike was formerly Miss
Joyee McClelland, daughter of|
']\h‘. and Mrs. John McClelland, of
Medina, O.
Homemakers Christmas Party
| Sixteen members and their hus
bands attended the Homemakers
IChrislnms party at the fire hall on
| Thursday evening. Mrs. Leslie
IGual'(l was installed as the new
president and will be in charge
of the January meeting. Members
exchanged gifts. A buffet lunch
was enjoyed by all attending.
Mr. and Mrs. John Devine left
Friday for Florida for a two-weck
holiday vacation.
Walter Liston, Keeler Glade,
spent Tuesday at the Dunham-
Shoemaker home.
S 'Sgt. and Mrs. Winston Teats
and sons, of Wichita Falls, Texas,
and Mrs. Verdie Teats, of Clay
mont, Del, arrived Wednesday
cvening for a 10-day visit with Mrs.
Teats’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
| R. Fike.
| Mr. and Mrs. Amos Friend and
family and Clayton Schroyer were
Sunday supper guests of Miss Mae
and Russell Schroyer, Oak Hill.
Paul Richter, Alexandria, Va.,
is spending a few days here with
| his mother and sister, Mrs. Arthur
IRichtcr and Sue.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Nicklow
and children, of Markleton, Pa.,
were Sunday evening guests of
! Mr. and Mrs. Amos Friend and
family.
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{ St. Francis of Assissi is remem- I
I bered as a great friend to ani- |
mals. Traditionally, he gave extra
| food to domestic animals because l
' he wanted “all creation to share
in Yuletide happiness.”
I He is also given credit for
| authorship of this Christmas
. prayer: ‘
Lord, make me an instrument
of Thy peace. |
Where there is hatred, let me |
' sow love.
{ Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith. {
Where there is despair, hope. {
Where there is darkness, light. i
‘Where there is sadness, joy. I
O Divine Master, Grant that 1
may not so much seek to be con- I
soled as to console;
To be understood, as to under
stand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we re- |
ceive,
It is in pardoning that we are
pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are l
born to Eternal Life. :
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| Mother's Aid: Get |
' Kids Busy At Play |
I The last few days before Christ- !
mas are probably the busiest of |
the year for the average house- I
wife—and her task is not easier !
because of the excitement the |
coming holiday generates among |
the children in the household. |
Mother will find it easier to get !
things done if she first takes the
time to give the children some- '
thing interesting to do and get
them from underfoot. l
Pre-school youngsters, for ex
ample, will greatly enjoy soap
painting. It’s easy. Add a small
amount of water to soap flakes
or granulated soap and whip
thoroughly. Using dry paper,
children can make designs with
the fingers, as is done in finger |
painting.
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Be Grateful |
For Christmas i
“Peace on earth.” :
How old is this Christmas
greeting! For how many years
has Christmas returned to a
world in which the promise of
| peace was yet unfilled? For how
many Christmases yet to come
will the world be yet awaiting
peace on earth to ALL men of
good will?
The answer is not readily at
hand. Yet, this we know; for this
one single day of the year we can
be grateful for the true meaning
of the holiday we observe.
We can give thanks for man
kind’s greatest gift, the birth of
the Christ Child, and do so with
the knowledge that on His birth
day once each year the spirit of
good will becomes the motto of
all men everywhere. ,
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hopes for your holiday happiness.
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' Poinsettia Thrive
l Poinsettias develop “bloom”™
when the days are short and the
, nights are long. Short periods of
night caused by periods of expo
l sure to artificial lights, however, ‘
| interfere with blooming. Nights
| lengthen the day, and the plant I
| continues to act as though it is
summer.
I Maintenance of normal days
' and nights according to the sea- I
sons help time the plant mecha
nism to bloom during the holiday I
season.
‘ Blooming period of plants al- ]
ready in “bloom” can also be
| lengthened by keeping the plant
i away from artificial light at night.
“Bloom” of poinsettia is bright-
I ly colored leaves that surround
{ tiny creamy white flowers.
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| DIED |
| MRS. MILDRED SLIDER
Mrs. Mildred Slider, 69, of King
wood, W. Va, died early last Wed
nesday morning, December 18, in
| Preston Memorial hospital there
ll‘ulln\\'in: an extended illness.
Born February 6, 1894, in Oak
ll;m(l. she was the daughter of Ih(-l
late S. K. and Margaret Mosser |
I Welch. i
i She was a teacher in West Vir- |
i,:iniu schools for over 40 )'(‘2l]’s!
i;m(l taught in Maryland for several I
! years also.
| A member of the National E(lu-l
I(':ni()n association, she was also a
Emvml)cr of the Retired 'l"o;u'll('rsl
;’uxsocizninn. American Legion aux- |
tiliary, unit 56, and the Methodist |
{ church. ‘
I Survivors include one daughter, |
‘Mrs. Maxine Toothman, Alexan- [
l dria, Va.; one son, Leßoy H. Slid-i
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er, Lorain, O.; six sisters, Mrs. J.
'E. Batten, of Welch, W. Va.; Mrs.
R. O. McCullough, Largo, Fla.;
ers, George Queer, Hammond,
; Ind.; Mrs. William Brown and Mrs.
Ira Barnhouse, both Detroit, Mich.;
and Mrs. Edna Calhoun, Oakland;
one brother, Norris K. Welch, Oak
land; five grandchildren,
Funeral services were conducted
last Friday, December 20, from the
Kiger-Williams Funeral home with
Rev. William Street, pastor, of
ficiating. Interment was in Oukland’
cemetery. l
MRS. LEWIS H. MILLER i
Mrs. Lewis H. Miller, aged 83,
of Mercer. Pa., passed away 'l‘hurs-l
day, Decermber 12, in a nursing)
home in New Castle, Pa., after be- |
ing in ailing health for some timc.l
Deceased was the former Luurul
May Rodeheaver, a daughter of the :
late Ami and Hulda Smith Rode-!
heaver and was born in West Vir
ginia in 1880. |
She was the mother of two sons,
Donald Lewis Miller, Mercer, Pa.,
and Dale Miller, who died whond
fourteen months of age. Also sur- |
viving are one sister, Miss Dessie
Rodeheaver, Oakland, and numer
ous nieces and nephews. |
Funeral services were conducted
December 14, at New Castle, Pa.
She had resided in Mercer, Pa.,’
for -many years. :
WILLIAM O. HUNTER
William O. Hunter, aged 74. of
Frostburg, died Saturday, Decem
ber 21, in Miners hospital in that
city where he had been a patient
one day.
Born in this county, he was a
son of the late William C. and Hen- §
rietta Michaels Hunter. His \vifc,l
l Cora Hanson Hunter, preceded him
in death. He was a retired butcher.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Joseph Delaney. Frostburg;
and Mrs. Patrick Loughney, Bal
timore; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Williams, Frostburg, and seven
grandchildren. g
The body was taken to the Durst
Funeral home in Frostburg. Fu-
I neral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock with |
interment in Frostburg Memorial
park.
U. S. Defense Secretary Mec-
Namara opened talks with the U.
S. officials in Saigon recently.
They are expected to urge him to
tell miiitary junta to spend mm'ci
Itimc on fighting the Communis"
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' awhere family and friends gather to exchange
gifts and greetings, to light the fire, trim the
tree, bask in the warmth of real affection.
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Collections Increase
State Comptroller Louis L.
Goldstein relased a comparative
statement of Sales and Use tax col
lections for November, 1963, and
Fiscal year 1964, to date.
Comptroller Goldstein stated that
| in Fiscal 1964 to date there was an
increase in collections for all ma
’ jor categories over the same period
of Fiscal 1963. Food and Beverage
lcollcctions totaled $6,340,547 in
| Fiscal 1964 as compared to $6,111,-
| 214 in Fiscal 1963, an increase of
13.75 percent.
| An increase is seen in the Auto-
Imotivc category which totaled $2.-
i 908,886 in Fiscal 1964 as compared
to $2,637630 in Fiscal 1963, an in
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f at this glad Christmastide, we wish
for you the great gif'ts of faith renewed and spirit
' uplifted by the joy and promise of His holy birth.
| OAKLAND EQUIPMENT CO.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1963.
Icrmso of 10.28 percent. Still an
other increase is reflected in
General Merchandise which totaled
158.893,183 in Fiscal 1964 as com
| pared to $8,055,488 in Fiscal 1963,
|an increase of 10.40 percent.
| In comparing November 1963
I\\'ith November 1962, Mr. Goldstein
[said that an increase took place in
[all major categories.
| Largest November gains were
IS"“" in the following groups:
| Utilities and Transportation,
| Hardware, Machinery and Equip
'ment, and Building and Contrac
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[unmcrus from the Ruby murder
trial. /
l Russia recentiy had its first real
|taste of Negro-white racial prob
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