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Show V THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH I ; r ffi NEW YEAR Omens of good and bad luck always have been associated with the New Year, all founded more or less on the supposition that su-preme power was vested in an un-seen deity who could bring good luck if properly appeased, and mete out punishments if offended. Among the old superstitions are many quaint customs that have been observed for centuries and have come down almost to this day and age. They include: To bring Rood luck, one must wear something new on the first day of the year. This is an old English belief. In some parts of England and Scotland it is believed to be un- - (,? JANUARY T lucky to leave the house on New Year's Day until some outsider has entered in. There is also an old superstition concerning the weather told in an ili legend as follows: "If New Year night wind bloweth south, It betokencth warmth and growth ; If west, much milk, and fish In sea; If north, much cold and storms there'll be; If east, the tree will bear much fruit. If northeast, flee it, man and brute." It was considered unlucky also for one to make a present on New Year's until one had first been re-ceived. O Under the teaser headline: "Watch for the political scoop of the decade!" The Eastwood News, of East Syracuse, N. Y., launched one of the most interesting pro-motional programs ever conducted in that area. It turned out to be an dection to determine the winner in a contest to name a baby "mayor," with the "Babycrats" versus the "Cribicans" in the balloting. Shown at right is Syracuse Mayor Frank J. Costcllo confer-ring with the winner, "Mayor" Elaine Potts of Eastwood. 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Belt's Eml.k.n FOOD TONIC I be n ftodar .t Tour drug .tore MORE than ust a tonii SPORTUGHT : 1 I Lo, How the Mighty Have Fallen! By GRANTLAND RICE- - ' He took his turn, out-lining an excuse. He figured he was beaten so be couldn't see the use. But u ben be made bis little play, it took a lucky swerve, A sudden, unexpected hop a g curve, And straightway they all raved about bis "courage" and his "nerve." He started in with bulldog jaw to make a winning fight. He started in to see it through as any stalwart might. But when he cut in with his play, it took a hard luck bound, And so they rose and branded him a "quitter" and a "hound." Just write this in your little book, all set for early call "Dame Fortune is a cockeyed wench who makes or breaks them all!' The Other Side of the Picture ANY NUMBER of words have spilled lately about the clory of Notre Dame the grandeur of Army the great-ness of Oklahoma and the gilded for-tune of California. Here were the centers of all the cheering the homes of the loud huzza. We began to look around to find out how the other The 1949 story of this quartet of teams is sad and somber; I hate to repeat what I found. Harvard, Holy Cross, Colgate and Indiana played 38 games this last fall. Each won a game. They lost 34 and only won four. As a rule they were mu-rderedwreckedannihilated. Now these are not unknown universities. They are quite important universities. Oddly enough, Indiana's only victory was over Pittsburgh, the team that beat Northwestern, con-querors of Michigan. I might add another great univer-sity to this list Columbia univer-sity coached by Lou Little. Colum-bia lost her last seven games. I see where Gen. Dwight Eisen-hower says Columbia should have a winning team. How can you have a winning football team minus foot-ball players? You can't build up a top football team by maintaining a scholarship blockade against good football players, most of whom are not the best st.ud.en.ts in the world. The Most Valuable Player The turmoil and the shouting, one way or another, over the selection of Ted Williams as the most val-uable player in the American League for 194!) is fading out. But here is one detail that will be re-membered by those conducting this poll this is the matter of waiting until the two big league races are over. In this last season the poll was ended with a week left to go. This was like calling a horse race In the stretch with half a furlong left. It is a very simple matter to wait until the final play Is over. When Ted Williams was voted the most valuable player, it looked as if the Red Sox were sure to win. Up to that point Williams had been a big factor in the pennant race. He was then the leading hit-ter in the league. He was in front with runs driven in. The judges who failed to give Rizzuto a vote must have been covering basketball or the races. They certainly saw no ball games or looked at no rec-ords. Or they would have select-ed differently. Ford Frick, not only president of the National league, but formerly one of the best of all baseball writ-ers, agrees with this idea of post-poning the poll thoroughly. "They should wait, of course," he said, "until the season is over. Suppose we started awarding pennants with five or six games left to play?" siae uvea. Grantland Rice t can remem-ber the day when Harvard, Holy Cross, Colgate and Indiana were notable foot-ball names. In the reign of Percy Haughton, Harvard was the best team In the country, not even barring the Big Ten, the far west or the south. You remember Mahan, Hardwick, Brlckley, Bradley, Felton, Casey on and on. I recall the year when Andy Kerr and his Colgate squad were the prides of the East unbeaten un-tied unscored upon. And unin-vited. Holy Cross often has been tough competition especially under the direction of John McEwan, the great Army leader. And it was only a few years ago short years when Indiana was the pride and con-queror of the Big Ten as Bo n and his "po' little Indiana boys" finished far in front. As I reviewed the record of these four teams for 1949, I recalled cer-tain lines "I'll say on this terrestial ball Nations and markets rise and fall--But football wobbles most of all." Nations Have Own Hew Year Customs .Almost every nation on earth has welcomed the New Year with some form of ceremony, not, how-ever, on the same date or in the same way. The Druids celebrated the New Year on the shortest day of the year, the time, in their belief, when the sun which had turned away in winter then turned homeward, bringing with it light, warmth and good cheer. The superstitions that cluster around the day began way back in the time of these sun worshippers when the priests led the people to the forests of the gods for small sprigs of mistletoe which would bring them health and prosperity for the year. So important was the event the people marched in processions to the groves, led by the priests, and there the mistletoe was cut with sickles of gold. U.S. Public Holidays All State-Proclaim- ed New Year's Day always has been actively celebrated in the United States, and from Colonial times to the present it has been a day of great significance. The Presidents have received the public at great receptions on that day, and the custom of visiting friends and relatives is one which has survived until the present. In the "gay nineties" this vis-iting back and forth attained a tremendous vogue and the young blades of the city and town looked forward to the event with the keen-est anticipation. Still New Years' Day seems to be growing even more in popularity and the average American feels "lost" unless he has some plans to "go somewhere" and "do some-thing" on New Year's Eve. Two-Face- d Janus The name January Is de-rived from the two-fac-ed god, January. In mythology he was origi-nally the god of light and day, but be gradually became re-garded as the god of the begin-ning of things. The beginning of the year was sacred to Janus and a festival in his honcr, called Aginia, was celebrated. At the beginning of any Important undertaking his advice and assistance were ought. H0 E53B By Harold Arnett THIS SlPTER APPLIES AN f '. Z T ' ' ' J (ff j EVEN COAT OF ASHES j .' MIV OR SALT TO ICY SiPE- - I,-- - $ J JiMI WALKS. A SQUARE TIN - . 'J JXA CAM IS PERFORATED VI"11 JCK OM ALL SIDES AND klfS) FITTED WITH METAL BANPS FOR WHEELS. THE J i f X HANDLE IS MADE BY Vtv DOUBLING AND TWISTING 5?V HEAVY WIRE. A SQUARE K'Avt?rS ' LOOP PROVIDES A HAND Stjg , -.- - jffl I ZTa' STEEL RUNNERS OF ICE aT?""' A SKATES CAN BE PROTECTED rVvTW xll FROM NICKS BY CUTTING rViJfa RUBBER BANDS ABOUT JM WIDE FROM AN OLD INNER fef TUBE.. STRETCH IT LENGTH- -. WISE OVER THE RUNNER. . g Lincoln Held Significant Reception On New Year's One of the most significant New Year's receptions ever to talie place at the White House was held by President Lincoln In 1863. It was at noon, January 1, that secre-tary of state Seward carried the emancipation proclamation to the President for his signature. "1 have been shaking hands since G o'clock this morning and my right hand is almost paralyzed," the President said to Seward. |
