The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, December 22, 1966, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Text1966 tS «X\ WlO nNWz iMW ''Sr/^ I’ll * * ■ '/ '' ' £.4 [a fl 1 r pX if r* Hl J u vw*/ ^.fe‘T < The Brantley Enterprise ■ V. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome । I ) 1 | M ’966 / I / $ § Remember that jafcX'X ) B » day of all »?'xA / M 4 da x s - I « | ^'O®\ 18 /- ■ v^r «$\ Sr I I I I S J CL g Flower and, Gift Shop « Emory and Effie Middleton 0 AT Nahunta, Georgia & May all the beauty of f . • /J'y yours i " i * ■’ s. A i a • j > : : > : s.„ j • : ‘ « • • Chambless Funeral Home Ruth and Guy Chambless He knows you were good and so do we... Nahunta. Georgia Little Known Facts About Christmas Queen Elizabeth I “pulled rank” at Christmas effective ly: her courtiers were expect ed to replenish her wardrobe. In fact, ladies of the Court presented her with the first silk stockings worn in Europe. During the hey day of clip ^tssiwsjssiwgt^ f Bar | MM I Htssaae... May every joy of this Yule be yours 1966 < P g..-e --. A ^—- ^fl \^>4 I g Wißpaß | ^=W > g ! Jacobson's | Waycross, Georgia I gaasssssassaasassa^ ioliPw KB Hl i!K<^’'i te£mf« ^HHHE ■HRB wSkB K" '!Wi?WR^Ta!' iKuH&ukuK ?vXTvY ra^W»| | 5 >A— I Waycross Drug ® I Company, Inc. | | Waycross, Georgia $ ^SSBS®S!KS»BBSS£'2SS:KSS«J3S£^a per ships, in the 19th century, American seamen used to bring their families rare and costly presents gathered from the Orient: spices, silks, china and teakwood. Appropriately enough, St. Nicholas was the patron saint of sailors as well as children. While American youngsters are putting their gifts under the tree, Slavic children go to sleep on a bed of straw and hay on Christmas eve, to share in Christ’s humble birth. On St. Nicholas Eve, Dutch children fill their wood shoes with straw for Old St. Nick’s white horse, hoping to have them filled in turn with candy and toys. In Italy, children set out their shoes for tht female Santa Claus, La Be fana, to fill with gifts. Central American children enjoy the pinata game: an earthen ware jug is filled with candy and a child is allowed 3 tries to break the pinata with a bat — when he does, the candies are shared by all. Children own a vote of thanks to King Henry VII of England, who popularized gift giving in this part of the world. The joy of that night, 'when the sweet-smelling gifts somehow magically appear is immortalized for children of all ages in a peom written in 1822 by Dr. Clement C. Moore, a Presbyterian divinity pro fessor; it begins, “T was the night before Christmas . . . . Story on First Electrically Lighted Tree The story of the first Christmas tree lights involves a telephone switchboard, a telephone employee and a near tragedy. W. B. Smith, local manager for Southern Bell here, told how all this hapened about 50 years ago. In the days of the early 1900 s, people still lighted their Christ mas evergreens with wax candles. The flickering glow of candlelight on the spicy needles was beauti ful . . but dangerous. One Christmas season Ralph E. Morris, an employee of New Eng land Telephone Company, had a bad scare. His little boy, Leavitt, crawled under the family Christ mas tree and upset a candle. Luckily, it only singed his hair, but his father said immediately, “No more candles!” Without the candles, the tree had no warmth and sparkle, so Morris set about to find a safer way to light it. As a telephone employee, he was able to buy sev eral dozen switchboard lamps. He soldered the little bulbs to a string of wires. Then he wrapped colored paper around each bulb — but not touching the glass — and anchored it to the base of the bulb and the wires. The tree shone brightly. Little Leavitt was delighted — and so was Ralph Morris. Everyone ad mired it. And the idea caught on. Christmas Trees There are many varying stories of how our Christmas tree custom originated. One holds that Martin Luther started it. Ever since that great leader brought a lighted tree indoors for his children, the Christmas tree custom has captured the fancy of children and adults throughout the world. \J OQCf/cLj)OO / I jy _ fl f special /y H Christmas // I w ' s ^ (q ‘ IJ f j ycu -• • u Murray Farm & Garden Store 8 Waycross, Georgia • «••••••••••••••••••••• Yule Tree First Lighted Here by Enemy Soldiers Just as soldiers long for their homeland all over the world today, so did the mer cenaries, as they were called, who aid the British “for pay” in’ the American Revolutionary War. It was Christmas Eve and a group of Hessian soldiers hud dled around their sputtering fire at their camp on the icy banks of the Delaware River. They sadly missed the Ge muetlichkeit, the good cheer, shared by family and friends during the holy season. Soon some of them hauled fir trees and brought them in doors to be decorated with berries and whatever else they could find in the snow. . . . makeshift ornaments that reminded them of happier times. The lighted candles on the trees and, just like at home, gathered ’round the tree to sing familiar Christmas hymns. A few day later these sold iers would be taken prisoner and a harsh world would dis pel the pretty visions like smoke from their fires. But by this spontaneous act, in a strange land, enemy soldiers left an l imprint on the new country which has become part of our own heritage. Especially from Germany come the traditions we cherish so to this day. So important is this custom of decorating trees, a leading greeting card manufacturer has displayed an unusual ex hibit of Christmas trees on Fifth Avenue, New York City. Virually every example of decorated and ornamented tree graced the collection, each decorated by a well-known person . . . including Shake spearean actors, princes of the Church, famous authors and others who give their tree- Ki Best wishes... 1966... fßrantley County? I 8 g g iASC Committee g g g I I 1 & g aX ’ s r\ ■ i I ft-; ! ! i a L, • I P ■ • I ।' I 1 S ' * S W s I 1966 pl g I />X 5! I ° A [ g g — I g May the spirit of the g g season be yours ... | g | | Waycross | Plumbing Company, Inc. Waycross, Georgia em kk ess sagas trimming a special, individual distinction. So, whether you trim your tree with stars and bells and conventional decoration, hang cookies and gumdrops on it, or make it topical with moon men and space-magic, the tree you trim can speak especially for you and your love of this beautiful Season, expressed in a tree that has become in a very real sense your creation. Send Brantley Enterprise for Christmas Gift One of the best Christmas gifts is a subscription for The Brantley Enterprise for your loved one. Your home newspaper would be a reminder of you every week for 52 weeks. The cost is small and the gift would last ALL THE YEAR. Why not put a number of your friends on your Christ mas shopping list for a year’s subscription for the home newspaper, with home news about homb people and home activities? Whether your friends live in Brantley County or far away, you can send them the HOME NEWS every week, in side the county for $2.58, in cluding tax, and outside the county for $4.12 including tax. The price outside the state is only $4 flat. Your gift will be appreciat ed EVERY WEEK for 52 weeks. HOW SWEDES CELEBRATE Christmas in l Sweden is actually the celebration of St. Lucia — and held on Decem ber 13th. On this day the oldest girl in each family rises early, dons a long white dress and crowns herself with light ed candles. Then she wakes the family and serves coffee and cake. I Christmas Sjo? To all our wonderful Ij | friends ... IJ I r ■Sb A. B. Brooker ; & Son ; ] Nahunta, Ga. » if m hW I 11 1W & g I g J. Ws L m g gI g Wj w I I— g ' 7? • ■ s $ g And best wisnes g R a to 011 --- 1956 d s b| ! I! Chancey's § s Standard Station 55 S ® I H J®ass3jßgswassssasgs«is3ast»gts%: is The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 22, 1966 '9^ gree ^ n ^ s * ou - ’m rev « -ft •• vs Nahunta Florist and The Tackle Box Nahunta, Georgia Qjnsw® / N LLIJj —' \ I Z^t2sE&'tX£uJ oX\ ‘ r v^7 ■ . . Prger. *1?66 ’ ’ 1 * May the true spirit of Christmas be with you and yours... • . . > * ■ . ‘ • Lee Service Station And Ambulance Service Hoboken, Ga., Phone 458-3982 । Ortste Si For unto you is 19 66 St born this day in the city of David | a saviour, which I Wj is Christ the Lord... I I I I ■ ■ ■ ■ R. B. Zachry Furniture Co. Waycross, Georgia