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Show Bound f f kii with M MC(4 k ; Haw ' XT,Ka;:';t:s ITU'I Ufifcne I Still Exist in Foreign' Countries l Syria jtland used to wait bung Scotchmen of twelve stroke first the rly for of the New rking the coming L As the bell in the church ipie began to toll, he would rush (to the door 6f his beloveds L to be the first to cross her The girl would listen eshold. -- 12.50 ? bridge je first Heaters 14.9; :er foots entering step, welcome it sudden on the floor is " tard, braided have maids blushing I p their hair; the good I laugh, the hearty kiss, Jew Year, . jounced with honest warmth. 13.9; 13.4; The great day of fun and feasting in Syria is New Years, not Christmas. On New Years Day they exchange presents, and children go about from door to door giving the greeting of the 'season, and expecting gifts of candy and money. 4- - , 4 1 VOLUME 37 10c Per Copy HYRUM, UTAH DECEMBER 26, 1947 $3-5- 0 NUMBER 46 Per Year y re bs? as in most northern it is an old be-- j countries, ropean both good and evil, that spirits, a Scotland, cooker , peculiarly Active on New Years acl. On the stroke of midnight, 17.95 ting to the ancient superstition, genii were in motion and could exorcised by appropriate words, id genii were called hillmen or Scot-'ghmen in the dialect of and evil spirits called trolls, jnmers used to wander about the ' ardwake :e hardware trends for 1, la quality Before going to bed on New Years Eve a Syrian child sets out a rJlHE bowl of water and a dish of wheat for the refreshment of the camel who is supposed to bring him gifts. According to legend the camel was the youngest of the animals bearing the Wise Men, and it fell down exhausted by the strenuous journey. The Christ Child, seeing this, blessed the animal and. conferred immortality upon it. In Lebanon it is a magic mule who bears the gifts of the season. difference between 1947 and 1949 can be measured in the imperceptible tick of a clock, in the clasp of a band or in a choruof Auld Lang Syne. It is the sum of the past, gathered in a moment, and perhaps a swift vision of the future. When the New Year pauses on that pinnacle of time to draw its first breath, the distance which separates our dreams from their fuU fillment appears to be but a short step. Yet, in the same instant, we glance back at the past lying across a gulf too wide for crossing. We find ourselves on a pivot of eternity. , ATOMIC POTATOES . . . Takeo Furuno, Japanese agricultural expert, holds plant bearing eight abnormally large sweet potatoes grown in area affected by atomic bomb blast in Nagasaki. Hungary wearing masks and treets, carry-l- g cudgels, reciting this doggerel rse, in an effort to attract the and to drive off jood hogomanay it evil "trollolay" "Hogomanay, Trollolay, Gie o your White bread, Ill hat nane o your grey The real significance of the New Year lies in the fact that it marks a rebirth of the will to achieve, and of ambition ana hope over the world and among the worlds peoples. One of the quaintest New Years customs is the visit of the chimney The sweeps in Hungarian towns. sweep knocks at the door with his broom, and the householders snatch a straw or two from it. These are tied with a ribbon and kept as a good luck charm during the year. ' . We dedicate that renewal of strength to all of you, as we, the - publishers, wish you a most sincere . 'f. &:$ Jl j-- Scotch New Years Toast Jeres to the year thats awal - drink it, in strong and in each bonny lassie that we id to dearly looed, the days o the of year thats awal eras to the friend we can ;trurt, the sorrows of adversity Then blaw; ROYALTYS FRIEND . . . Mrs. Cobina Wright, New Yerk social, ite, is shown as she left for England to attend the wedding of Princess Elizabeth. She knew the bridegroom for 12 years. can Join in our song, and be nearest our heart, ho eidel depart like the year awal for of New Years Day have arisen in Italy in the iarly Middle Ages. In the year 548 bishop reproved his people for the Irinking, feasting, and general wild ime that they were indulging in on holy day the Feast of the of Christ, eight days iter Christmas. He told them to urn their backs on the old, profane tnd evil ways of paganism." In the ater Middle Ages the observances if the day grew more spiritual, through the efforts of St. Gregory Ihaumaturgus and St. Gregory the Celebration eems to Sets r Great. n thats . T touch a pig on New Years Eve brings good hwk, according to Hungarian tradition. In the principal restaurants and safes of Budapest they release a pig at midnight, and there Is much merriment as the diners try to touch the squealing animal as it raees among the tables. Czechoslovakia In Czechoslovakia they forecast the future by little lightboats nut shells filled with wax and floating on water, a wick burning in each shell. If the boat floats toward the center, its owner will take a journey during the New Year. If two boats come together, the owners will be married within the year. New Year in a New World 4;" ' H , ' ' ..5- C iiM 5 SURPRISE FLIGHT . . . When Howard Hughes, multimillionaire sportsman and industrialist, took his gigantic plywood flying boat out on to the waters of Long Beach harbor, he was only supposed to be making a few taxi runs. But on the third rim, surprising the thousands of cheering spectators, he put down the flaps and the worlds largest airplane crept into the air and flew for about a mile at an altitude of 70 feet. At bottom left is shown the immense tubular interior of the flying boat. The beach balls are to give added buoyancy in case the hull springs a leak. Howard Hughes, who was the center of interest in the senate war contract investigations last summer, is shown bottom right looking over the array of instruments on the panel of the plane. ANOTHER DECORATION . . . Gen. Hap Arnold, retired chief of army air forces, received a new decoration, this one from the Chinese government for achievement in military aviation. JET Jr , 10,75 ... OF NEW YORK FISHERMANS PARADISE , . . When torrential rains and high tides flooded areas around New York, they provided, among other things, an opportunity for a photographer to snap a picture of a fellow catching fish on the sidewalks of New York. The angler is Johnny Palm and the fish came from the flooded Fulton fish market, complete with rigor mortis already set in. SIDEWALKS low-lyin- g BIT OF OLD CHINA Authentic wedding dress, with an original headdress from Peking embroidered with seed pearls, makes Virginia Lee look like an emperorc bride. |