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f; HE PLATTSKIOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL AOE SIX Section B Monday. December 24, 1051 Since 1800, West Virginia ha? oduced five billion tons of al. In the U. S. there are upwards of 5,000 companies operating about 8,000 coal min&s. I r If if 7 J i .4 '9 t I I 5th and Main It is our earnest wish that oil that is good shall be yours in the coming Christmas Season. Caldwell's Clothing Phone Mitt r n I FOR THEM THERE HAD BEEN NO ROOM & mmm Here's wishina ft UW I I l " IE yzzooi!tj Here's wishing you the happiest Yuletide Season Kg tww! w you nave ever naa. $5 441 Main Phone 4133 (ft BETHLEHEM The Church of the Nativity Everyone Wants To See Just One 'Good Old' Yule "How I would long to see Just one more 'old-fashioned Christ mas.' " These are familiar words at this time of the year. Before the Yule ' tide season is over, some member of the family, grandfather or grand mother, probably, is certain to pass that remark, as they have done each Christmas of the past And yet. if we search back into the records ... to the turn of the century, tay ... we find that. even then, someone was wishing lor "an old-fashicned Christmas." It is then that we realize that the celebration of the birth of Christ has not changed greatly with the passage of centuries. Basically, Christmas is the same, year after year. It is only the world and the people who are not the same. He may not admit It, but when grandfather first began to raise a family, he overheard his elders musing over the changing Christ mas customs and heralding the approach to "complete commercial Ism" of the Yuletide celebration. Even then they were worried. m rn ran fipnv that Christmas has been greatly "commercialized" since the days of early America. Yet. so has the entire nation. In the days of our ancestors there were none of the vast trading cen ters and commercial marts that we know today. Our very way of life has been ereatly changed with modernization. Our holidays, and Christmas is the principal one, have managed to keep abreast. Still, without reservation. Christ mas is basically unchanged in its true meanina as a celebration of the birth of the Christ-Child re deemer, come to save the world. No matter how great or how small the presents piled beneath the tree, each Christian heart never ceases to remember that Christmas is Christ's day. . To the casual observer, it is just another typical night in Bethlehem, Fhcceotinz. of course, that the popu lation Is more than double, for ail the descendants of David have come to register as ordered by Herod. For many, there is no room. And yet. there is more about this night! And there are some whose faith and wisdom give them eyes to see. Near the hour of midnight, a darkened sky suddenly shimmers with a light of ethereal beauty, and angels appear to sing a great psaim. "Glory tn the highest, And on earth, peace to men of good will." a c-r fir... i'ttt in brilliance near the edee of town, bathing In its light the stable where a Galilean carpenter named Joseph has taken refuge with his bride, a queenly young girl named Mary. For them, there had been no room. The star rests above the humble shelter, sending down golden rays that illuminate the area in a strange, unearthly manner. t- .v, jim anruar a orrnun nt Wnpi. wise men of Persia. They have followed the now resting star and are heavily laden with gifts of gold presents lor a new-Dorn King. Aiong we rt th citizens, led bv aneels. who come to adore. There in the stable, wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger, the Christ-child awaits. yArA7ss GOOD CHEER AMD HAPPIMGSS (M FAIRY TALES and Christmas atnries are a Yuletide tradition It i thus fittine that the story which promises to be America's most popular and long-lived fairy tale is related to the Christmas season. Once upon a time there was a reindeer with a built-in flashlight bulb for a nose. You know, Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer. From a small beginning in 1938, the little animal with the built-in beacon has become as familiar as Humpty Dumpty and Cinderella to young sters everywhere. . First invented as a sales give away Dromotion for Montgomery Ward by Robert L. May, Rudolph was featured in many free booklets before he become associated wltn Christmas. Songwriter Johnny Macks liked the title ."Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer", so he wrote a song about it. He was so sure he had a success that be started his own Publishing company, using "Rudolph" as his first release. Gene Autry made the initial re cording, and that one record sold 2.000,000 copies. Last vear. there were 16 different recordings of the song for sale, ranging from boogie-woogie Dy Sugar Chile Robinson to Bing Cros by, and cowboy singers.. JUST A PLAIN n .... even Knziuttia 0 From One FrlcnJ to Another ART'S BARBER SHOP ART and ROY h I' A A ii BEST WISHES FOR THE . . - MM ST JirST f i 0m, MOM'S CAFE 420 Main Street Phone 218 rir f1 v N-S wSlfC i tit v n i I r Q E SW E welcome 1 AND HAPPINESS Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S. Wetenkamp 818 Ave. D Phone 5176 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS 4 ,i E welcome the good fellowship of the Christmas Season which enables us to extend our cordial greetings to our many friends and customers. May the peace and joy of Christmas continue with you for many days to come. Godot ojPiHGia'. Qbleswed in Mexico- 9l Sptecu&iHf to The plnata, Christmas custom so long observed by the happy cnu dren of Mexico, is gradually spread ing into the United States. Although it performs year-round duty In the land south oi tne boraer, the ninata is busiest during the Mexican Christian festival that lasts from December 16 to January 8. In America, it is used in various part of the country only at Christmas time. The Dlnata Is made of thin, fragile clay, and is filled with sweetmeats and trinkets before being suspended from the celling. Each of the guests, not always onli? lust childrenIs blindfolded and given a stick. The object is to swing the sticks overhead until someone shatters the plnata. send ing the delicious contents pouring out. The plnata is a great aid in mak ing the long Christmas season tol erable for Mexican children. Tradi tion decrees that they must wait until the final day of the 21-day Christmas season to receive their gifts. We hope this Christmas will be your happiest ever FRICKE DRUG CO 106 South 6th Phone 3237 . . A HERALD OF THE KING . . . May yours be extra jolly if i v to reward you for the fine iendships, our wish for you on this gala day. II Ruback Super Market Va 134 N. 6th St Phone 269 Christmas Was Once Holiday That Moved About on Calendar Christmas was once movable feast. The eastern branches of the Christian church usually celebrated it In April or May, Western Europe sometime in January. In 337 A.D.. St CyrO. bishop of Jerusalem, set out to make the date universaL With the permission of Pope Junius I, he appointed a commission to determine, u pos sible, the precise date of Christ's nativity. The theologians of the Church finally agreed upon Decem ber 25, and since the year 354 this date has been celebrated. Members of the Greek. Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox churches in the 20th century observed the date of January 7. IJi ei-l-TR l?Vi ii (vmiwa'AVBi. ft ! i m J "goodwiii to ij S 1 I men" this is the fl H ' J wish on our lips, II "1 the prayer in our W J r$ iX I hearts as we at- I l l tltf I Unristmas nine. IJ I 1 I .1 11 . r 1 c Hopkins County in Kentucky produced nearly 11 million tons tir. tn.i i oflaanffa flreetinKS and Appreciation For Your Business For The fast 10 Years. Muhner "66" Service 310 Chicago Ave. Phone 212 ZJree Jbecoration J4aA c4ncienl Source Jn c4rabian Jeyend When vou fasten the ornaments to your Christmas tree this year you will be commemorating a centuries old Arabian legend that relates how plants blossomed and Dowered ana trees miraculously bore ripened fruit on the eve of the first Christ mas. Tn fart, the Christmas tree itself stems from the story f a Scandina vian "sacred" tree and Martin r.nthpr a German, is said to have brought the first one indoors and decorated it for the Yule season ia the early 16th century. These are only two of more than irnr of lezenas irom wun.li today's Christmas symbols and cus toms stem. According to Jeannette Lee, who has probed their origin ior nearly a dozen years, tne American Christmas ' symbols from candles and bells to kissing under tne mis tletoe have no common nationality. They have come from all parts of the world. Mrs. Lee, who is supervisor of creative art for a greeting card company, constancy utuizes wie traditions and emblems of the fes tival as ornaments for . Christmas cards and Is Just as constantly searching for new ones, inis year. 9mni the hrinht-colored tree ornaments are in high vogue as decorative devices on tnrisuuaa cards. Christmas Helps World's Economy with the total ex- ceptlon of children, have come to believe that ennsunas u too commercial. In a spiritual sense. this is true to some extent. Economically, however, no owe. holiday or festive season contrib utes so much to the welfare of the world. Christmas has naroiy pwu u vsar before thousands into uc " . . , , .t, tnvs and myriads or other Christmas specialties for the next, holiday. Each yea, as i: Christmas trees twinkle on a wintry night, how many of us think of the mtuions wa u gained employment through the Christmas shopping industry? And yei, tu : ; 4. i. ... r statement. Is It too OQ U " " . wrong, once a year. to make the dominate theme one oi givs. er than of receiving? Christmas. and the spirit of Christmas, has en dured wars and great cnaos uuwuBi. centuries as a time oi jojruB and happiness, and giving has al ways been an important part of the festivities. The picture of the family united, with presents opened, and chUdren wrapped tn ine jojuuauc ,, , hood's greatest emoUon is still, and will remain, the Christmas story. STIBAL VARSITY Joe J. and Freda sv -j m r t. nn vs. iv r II j . - Ttiinnlt has rjrs- 1 Tne Biaie ui i- - - duced more than three wiuon tons of coal since 1800. To wish you a very merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year and to express the hope that our present cordial relations may continue for many years to come. PLATTSMOUTH STATE BANK Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. DEPOSITS NOW INSURED FOR $10,000.00 .or Pi M p ft fa of coal In 1949. I