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Show ORjOI-GENEVA times Lone Goat Holds Riflemen At Bay for Five Minutss WANAQUE, N.J. If it's news when a man bites a dog, then it must rate a press paragraph or two when a lone goat holds 50 armed riflemen at bay, and then chases them, rifle and all, off the lot. That's what happened during a private shooting match at a target range here. The 50 rifle enthusiasts, gathered for the match, all ran for the protection of their cars when the goat got after them. The animal had held the riflemen rifle-men at bay for five minutes when one shooter, braver than the rest, finally drove him off with rocks. Why didn't anyone shoot? Bob Elwood, of Paterson, N. J., who was there, explained that the goat belonged to the range-owner's neighbor and he had requested that everyone hold fire. Emergency Measure A ripped hem will stay put Indefinitely In-definitely with an application ot cellophane tape. It's also effective over boles In pants pockets until a real mending job can be done. LILLY PASTRY SHOP 407 W. 1 South Provo Phone 3782 let us give thanks to-oether to-oether for 4 the priceless gift of Christmas a. V ROBINSON'S APPLIANCE Your Frigidaire Dealer 480 West Center Provo Phone 2830 HIGHLIGHT the HOLIDAYS with a box of CHOCOLATES mi (tan caaraii nil ui cut IU 7 WiJMM jy i - Santa, (cctcd It's difficult to understand, bul the genial spirit of Christmas, Santa Claus himself, hasn't always had it easy. There have been occasions oc-casions when laws or traditions or regulations have put certain curbs on the old gentleman. Here are some examples: In Newark, N. J., Santa Is required re-quired to pass a stiff physical examination ex-amination before he can serve in a department store. And even then he is barred from kissing any of the children who perch upon his knee. In Charleston, S. C, charity Santas San-tas have been forbidden to make a pitch on public streets on the grounds that children flocking in to see them may create a traffic hazard. And m Washington a few years ago, when the postmaster general was asked to print a Santa Claus stamp at Christmas time he rejected the proposal with a scornful, scorn-ful, "I should say not!" Outside the U.S.A., Santa has had trouble, too. In Montreal, Canada, Can-ada, an influential organization fought against holding of the city's annual Santa Claus parade on the ground that it was "merely a display dis-play of grotesque and vulgar buffoonery." buf-foonery." A prominent Journalist in Rio de Janeiro fostered a movement move-ment to do away with Santa Claus (Papa Noel) in Brazil and substitute substi-tute a toy-bearing grandfather Indian. In Mexico City the minister of education recommended that the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, instead of St. Nick, should bring gifts to children. chil-dren. In the field of opinion, Santa has encountered some detractors. A Prof. Ivan E. McDougle, sociologist at Goucher college, Baltimore, declared: de-clared: "The Santa Claus myth has lived too long. Parents should substitute sub-stitute philosophy" whatever that is. A Toronto psychiatrist got In his blast. "It should be made clear to children," he said, "that Santa Claus is not necessarily a real man any more than any other character out of a story book." "Big Inch" The "Big Inch" is a pipe line 24 inches in diameter and 1252 miles long, carrying crude oil from Texas to Pennsylvania. A truly Merry Christmas to our good friends and neigh-V bors. 'Jm. ITED SALES AND SERVICE Authorized Dealers easonc Ksfrceiinas I I 1949 BONNETT Phone 303 IfCMt H00UCIJ COMPANY iYOlUTIOH Christmas has rolled around once again and Santa Claus with round red cheeks, jolly smile and chunky figure looks the same as he did nearly 90 years ago. His creator was Thomas Nast, one of America's greatest cartoonists. cartoon-ists. During the early 1860's he was asked to illustrate Clement Clark Moore's poem, A Visit to St. Nicholas, better known to us as " 'Twas The Night Before Christmas." Christ-mas." The result was Santa Claus as we know him. Santa's creator was born in Bavaria in 1840, son of a musician musi-cian in a Bavarian army band. When he was a fat little boy of six, Thomas' father left Germany Ger-many to enlist In the United States navy, and Thomas' mother brought the boy to New York to live. Along about the time stocky Tommy Tom-my was 15 he landed his first job as an illustrator for Leslie's Weekly at $4 a week. By the time he was 20 he was sent to England by the New York Illustrated News to sketch the Heenan-Sayers fight, an outstanding out-standing sports event of the day. In 1862 he joined the staff of Harper's Weekly and began the series se-ries of emblematic drawings which continued throughout the Civil War. From those he created certain trademarks that have been the inspiration in-spiration of cartoonists down to the present notably the Republican elephant and the Democrat donkey Famous as the political symbols are today, Nast's Santa Claus probably prob-ably holds first place in the hearts of Americans. Before Nast's day, a few artists had drawn Santa on one occasion or another, but could not seem to agree on how the old gentleman should look. Nast changed all that. He located Santa's home at the North Pole and gave him a sleigh drawn by reindeer. He drew the familiar, fat, merry old fellow with red cheeks and white beard, dressed in red, wearing a cap and boots, carrying carry-ing a pack of toys and smoking a short pipe. ; The artist then gave Santa a spy-glass so that during the year he might pick out the good children from the bad, and also a big book in which to write their names and keep their records. This conception of Santa Claus first appeared in 1863. Since that time, the pictured Santa has been the same, although the spy glass and pipe seem to have been dropped by the way. GOAL GO. Provo how uso in rw HEW Dtrnuus 1 WHY BOTTU la OCDflt. Sill Uime 7o Conslanl J)n llie C?e?e!rattons Of dliriil attvittj Whilei December is now the month in which Christ's birthday is celebrated cele-brated by Christians all over the world, research and study (how that Christ's nativ.ty has been celebrated cele-brated in January, March, April, May, September and October by various peoples. And although few people know it, it was for the purpose of substituting substitut-ing a Christian festival for pagan ones of Romans and Druids that celebrations of Christmas in December Decem-ber were popularized. No historian pretends to fix tbe actual date of Christ's birth or the date at which Christmas became a general festival. About all tfcat is, known is that during the fourth century the feast of the Nativity was observed in all western world churches at different differ-ent dates. The confusion resulting from celebrations cele-brations in seven months of the year caused the western church authorities to meet in 340 to set a definite date tor the celebration. The eastern churches did not cooperate co-operate until the sixth century when December 25 was set as the day to be observed. The question has arisen innumerable in-numerable times as to why December was selected as the month for rejoicing. The answer is that this month was chosen in order that a Christian festival fes-tival could compete with those of the pagans, because December Decem-ber was noted for its feasts and holidays in nearly every civilized land. Greeks, Romans, Saxons and Scandinavians all took part in the celebration of these festivals which had originated oefore tbe birth of Christ. From the Saxons came the ceremony cere-mony of burning the Yule log. The Saxons burned great bonfires in honor of their god Thor. From the Romans came the giving of presents, pres-ents, for this custom has been traced to the Roman Saturnalia. h may seem strange to claim that the pagan riotousness might be the forebear of the Christian holiday of goodness and love, but intermingled inter-mingled with that which was objectionable, objec-tionable, were things that have gone straight to the hearts of people peo-ple throughout the Christian world. Blue Mounds, Wis. Imbedded in the ceiling of the Cave of the Mounds is the fossil of a six-foot-long cephalopod 411 million years old. In other wordl, the big fossil was 300 million yean old before the day of the dinosaur. The cave is located 25 miles west of Madison. Wis. FADEN Delicatessen and Restaurant 22 N. University Avenue Provo, Utah Phone 3727 Srvd with cKe, cracktra and tnacla, an ordinary vtnr bcom an axlra-ordinary axlra-ordinary occasion wht Fithtr Bttr become- part of th mtnu. WESTERN DISTRIBUTING CO. PROVO, UTAH May the ioys f of the season be completely fT anoyom it AMERICAN CHRISTMAS SCENE . . . Symbolic of our nation at this festive season of the year is this picture of little Etlui Gorman, 4, daughter of a guide at the Statue of Liberty, as she admires a Christmas Christ-mas tree on the porch of Newell M. Foster, superintendent of the statue staff on Bedloe'a island. Over her shouldrr. Miss Liberty herself her-self stays right on the job, blazing her message of peace and good will. Set 1tfi tie 'Pint December 24 this year, the tradition tradi-tion of the Christmas tree in American Amer-ican church services will be 88 years old for it was back in 1851 that -a Lutheran minister in Cleveland, Cleve-land, Ohio, lighted the first tree at such services. The minister was the Rev. Henry Schwan, pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church on Cleveland's York street and his action brought on a storm of controversy which lasted several sev-eral years. This was caused by the fact that the Christmas tree had so long been associated with pagan observance of the season that many conservatives beyeved it had no place in Christian ceremonies. However, some of Rev. Srhwan's congregation, especially espe-cially the children, thought the beautifully - decorated tree, glowing with candles, was Just the spirit of the Christmas season. sea-son. But the objectors had their way and they were determined that Rev. ! Schwan's tree was to be the last of the Christmas trees erected in America. Through the years that followed, the minister did all in his power to learn of the origins of the Christmas tree tradition in order that he might show that the .tradition was far from the "heathen" ceremony It had been called. He wrote countless letters to friends and acquaintances all over the world; he questioned strangers and made long notes of their conversations. con-versations. And, when he learned that a particular part of the world already had Christmas trees, he would mark that place on a large map which hung in his study a SpcakiiT SPEAKING OF CHRISTMAS . . . Throughout the world wherever Christmas is celebrated it is customary to place a lighted candle In the window . . . The legend is that candles briginally were set out to light the Christ child's way as he made his visits through the children . . . One H; 1 t -J 1 r "-us ' we ii . .it. 1 rw-. r saw a near tragedy in Virginia City, Nevada . . . Two friends celebrated with a terrific round of festivity . . . Just as dawn was breaking, they embarked on a perilous promenade over the town's rooftops . A policeman, mistaking them for burglars, drew his revolver and prepared to shoot but a passerby stopped him . . . Had he fired and the bullets found the mark, the world would have been deprived of two great humorists Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne) and Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) . . . Mince pies, so long a part of our Christmas tradition, originally had a deeply symbolic significance . . . The first mince pies were .patterned in oblong shape, after the manger in which Christ was born . . . The crust rep resented the gold brought by the Three Wise Men; the many spices, the frankincense and myrrh . . On May 11, 1659, the general court of Massachusetts Bay outlawed Christmas Christ-mas . . Anyone celebrating, stop ping work, serving holiday fare or deviating from normal daily life would be fined five shillings . . . The righteous Puritans were sure they were acting wifely for how could good Chr.stians condone the pagar! origin of Christmas? Did not such a holiday encourage excess in eating and drinking? ... It was 22 years be'ore that la was repealed. Merry Christmas! t It a 7ree U gfaxd dark green tree where the tradition was established, a light green one where Christmas trees, at least, were known. Pastor Schwan made his search for knowledge of the Christmas tree almost crusade. cru-sade. But as Christmas time approached ap-proached in 1852, Rev. Schwan had not found enough church .support for the tradition to light another tree at his Christmas service that year. So, with great regret, he resigned re-signed himself to the end of hit hope of establishing the custom. But on December 24, he received from the pastor of one of Cleveland's Cleve-land's older churches the present of a new tree. Rev. Schwan realized Immediately that the present meant the acceptance of the custom by a churchman far more influential than himself, and his sadness vanished. van-ished. There was a Christmas tree In the York street Zlon Lutheran Luther-an church that year and once accepted in Cleveland, the custom cus-tom spread all over the United States. York street where Pastor Schwan's church once stood Is changed now and long ago was renamed re-named Hamilton avenue; and the first tree, decorated with candles and a gold star at its top, has given way to trees with brighter, more colorful decorations. But the tradition of erecting and lighting Christmas trees, which Is observed throughout the nation, is the same tradition which Pastor Schwan Introduced to this country in the town of Cleveland nearly 100 years ago. explanation of the custom of hang- ing stockings on Christmas Eve i recalls the baronial halls nf Fntfbinrl ij where huge fireplaces were con- l: stantly In use . . . Each Christmas a special log, the Vule log, was I thrown on the fire . . . This log burned steadily as long as the feasting feast-ing and celebrating continued. Naturally, Nat-urally, it burned with a pungent odor and stockings were hung over the fireplace to absorb some of this odor and to protect the owners from evil spirits , . . Christmas Eve, 18C3, TuuiXH People rfxt rfU tSU U Say "S Rojdestvom Xnstovym." That's what a Russian would say to you if you were in Russia on Christmas day and he wished to extend ex-tend the season's greetings. The phrase is the Russian's way of saying: "Merry Christmas." In the past, the Russian's Christmas Christ-mas was closely associated with his church; but how the day is observed ob-served now that the religious life has been subjugated in the Soviet, one would have to be behind the "iron curtain" to know. But it was not always like that. In other days, the Russian Christmas Christ-mas was much like the Ukrainian. There was a Santa Claus known as "Dedushka Moroz" and there were traditional gifts of red boots for children and golden slippers for young girls. In certain parts of the country the "baboushka" (grandmother) was the legendary dispenser of gifts. According to one story, she repented of unkindness and ever since has tried to make amends by distributing gifts to children at Christmas. Janet Sundblom and Mary cou Hawkes spent the weekend n Logan. .3 A. vt WICK SWAIN'S BarberShop 0" 0"( A $10.00 deuosit will hold A Piano For 1 Youth and old i 'c will be served with a Merry Christmas tnis vear t l CHINA CITY CAFE 35 North University Ave. Provo PROVO FOUNDRY & MACHINE CO. 400 EAST 9th SOUTH PROVO, UTAH PHONE 215 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1949 VINEYARD Malicent Walls 0893 Jl A Christmas program will be presented at Sunday School on Sunday mornine. The leaders have charge of the pro gram, mere will be no class-work. class-work. A one-act play, "Under the Spreading Christmas Tree" was presented in mutual on Tuesday evening as part of tne Christmas Christ-mas program. The M Men, Gleaners and the Youth Chorus group, under the direction of Oscar ameson, will go caroling on Christmas Eve and Christmas night. Santa was In attendant nt the Christmas partv eiven for the children of the Junior Sun day School and Primary on Wednesday afternoon in the ward hall.. A program and games were enjoyed and a treat given the children. 1 mi u,i ttout The fliiKer of an old g'.ove can b put over the end of the curtain rod when freshly lnundertd curtains are being put up to avoid their catching and tearing on the rod For Our Allies in World War II, this country sent overseas 5,8(10 locomotives and (14.000 frefghf cars -s 1 - " --- Christmas! C r |