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UNION PRESS.COURIER
Christmas season of 1945.
THE QUEST OF HAPPINESS
has ever been the ultimate goal of humen beings.
Some find happiness in one way; some in another;
and many never find it at all. Whatever road. you
may have been taking in your pursuit of happiness,
may your fondest hopes be realized during this
One other thought: we want every one of you to
know that we deeply appreciate everything you have
done for us during the past year.
Westrich Motor Co,
Carrolltown, Pa.
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® Measured by the span of
years, it has been a long, long
time since that first Christmas
night, but it might have been
but yesterday when we meas-
ure the spirit of kindness which
Christmastime releases.
Christmas means happiness,
and Christmas happiness is to
be shared. We want to share
our 1945 Christmas happiness
with you.
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SANTA CLAUS; XMAS’
OBSERVANCE OPPOSED
Christmas is America’s most
celebrated holiday. But it wasn’t
always such. Two centuries ago,
when America was just getting its
start, the Puritans in New Eng-
land outlawed Santa Claus and
threatened to arrest and fine any-
one observing the day.
The Puritans—the same ones
who gave America the Thanksgiv-
ing holiday — disliked Christmas
because the Church of England,
which they had broken away from,
encouraged its observance. A law
of 1689 provided that anyone ob-
serving Christmas would be fined
five shillings. But in 1722 the reck-
less modern generation showea
signs of disregarding the law.
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pleasure.
To you who have stood by us so
faithfully during the year 1945 we
wish a whole world of happiness
pressed into this Christmas season.
Merry Christmas to you and to
every member of your family.
C. A. Sharbaugh Store
Carrolltown, Pa.
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GOOD WAY to keep Christmas
well is to bring joy to every-
one we can. This, we believe, is the
spirit of this community . . .
of the important reasons why liv-
ing here affords such genuine
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The thousands of men still
in service mark Christmas in
many ways.
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Upper: A West
coast naval hos-
pital, typical of
many taking care of
wounded service-
men and women
during the Christ-
mas holidays.
Left: Sgt. Winford
A. Tarver, Arkadel-
phia, Ark., opens
his first Christmas
package in China,
where many serv-
icemen this year
are being remem-
bered.
Right: Silent
Night. There’s a
deep meaning in
“Silent Night, Holy
Night” for the men
of the armed forces
and also a new and
deeper meaning to
the words: “It Is
More Blessed to
Give—.” Fighting
men die even in the
season of peace.
This drawing by
Coast Guard Com-
bat Artist Ken P.
Riley, of Parsons,
Kansas, showing
Christmas Eve at
sea as young coast-
guardsman makes
the great sacrifice,
attracted wide at-
tention last year.
Left: Crew aboard
ship, somewhere in
foreign waters, dec-
orate their Christ-
mas tree.
Lower left: Ladies
of the marines
presents for those
back home.
Lower right: In
Europe, three G.I
Joes from Los
Angeles open their
presents from
home.
grant evergreen. It's in the sweet
joy of planning and sacrificing for
someone you love. It's the remem-~
brance of friendships—the thank-
ful-hearted anticipation of families
reunited.
CHRISTMAS TOMORROW!
IT’S HERE TODAY, TOO
Christmas tomorrow! Christmas
is here today, too, and every day
from now until then. It is in the| Then suddenly the day itself will
music of cherished carols hovering | be here—with its simple, beloved
like a benediction over bustling | ceremony of tree-trimming and the
crowds. It’s in the wide-eyed won- | stocking’ hanging on Christmas
der and unfaltering faith of child- | Eve—the going to church—the
ren, and their merry secrets, so |laughter and light-heatedness—the
hard to keep. moments of wistful solemnity and
It’s in the gleam of candles, and | nostalgic memories—the prayerful
the shine of red satin against fra- renewal of faith in all that’s good.
gold into cottage windows and then
THE FIRST SANTA CLAUS
The first Santa Claus was St.
Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, who be-
{gan mysterious midnight gift
| bearing journeys. In the Fourth
century he was famous because he
was a rich man who enjoyed giv-
ing secret gifts to the poor. One of
his tricks was to throw purses of
| Christkindli,
| lovely angel is said to have come
| from the Far North and it always
| brings to each home
| Christmas
| all the glittering things associated |
Date of Nativity Fixed
By Roman Emperor
December 25 was decreed as
the date of Christ’s Nativity by
the Roman Emperor Julian who
began his reign as a Christian but
reverted to paganism before his
death in 363 A. D.
Julian based his decree on the
opinions advanced by the fathers
of the Western churches.
December 25 was, moreover,
acceptable to most churches and
peoples because the season of the
winter solstice had always been
¢elebrated as a festival period—
Roman Saturnalia, Scandinavian
Yule, the Mithrasian Feast of sol
invictus, ete.
Some Eastern churches, how-
ever, consistently claimed Janu-
ary 6 as Christmas and have con-
tinued celebrating Christmas
upon that date throughout the
centuries.
Each Swiss Canton
Has Own Traditions
Winter beauty and winter sports
reach the acme of perfection in |
Switzerland by Christmas time. For
many of the natives, however, this
glad season signifies in addition a
| period full of sacred mystery and
| the anniversary of days particularly
| specified in ancient legends.
However, the ruddy - cheeked St.
| Nicholas has in some parts of the
country been supplanted by the
or Christ child. This
it visits a
tree decorated
with fairyland and heavily laden
| with gifts.
Forecasting with Onions.
If you want, for instance, to find
out how the weather will be during
the next year, cut,
layers, one for each month, and
fill the same with salt. Those peel-
| ings which contain damp salt the
next morning predict rainy weather |
| for the respective month,
Young people who are anxious to
| learn something about their matri- |
| monial
| drink three times from nine differ-
| ent fountains, when the church bells |
| are ringing on Christmas Eve and |
prospects are advised to
they will then behold their future
mate standing at the church door.
“Zucher Tirggel,” a kind of
Christmas cookie that have been
| made in Switzerland many centuries,
are an essential feature of the holi-
days, particularly in the neighbor-
| hood of Zurich. Wooden molds dat-
| ing back to the 17th and 18th cen-
| turies are still used. The so-called
| “Tirggel sentences’ are very popu-
lar, which depict an entire series of
| some story. The one in the picture
| reads,
“So ists gut Reisen”
“Sleigh riding is fine.”
or
If you are courageous enough to
consult the oracle as to the length
| of time which is still allotted to you
| on earth, take your Bible on Christ-
mas Eve and the first psalm which |
strikes your eye contains in stanzas
| the number of years which you are
yet given to live.
Mistletoe May Mean
Messenger of God
Some say that the word mistletoe
comes from the missel thrush, a
messenger of the gods who brought
the plant to the earth. Actually, the
bird is very fond of the berries and
is responsible for the wide distribu-
tion.
Its Latin name,
means tree-thief.
In Virgil, mistletoe was the golden
bough, by the plucking of which
Aeneas was enabled to descend into
the underworld and return safely.
In ancient Britain it was the sa-
cred plant of the Druids. The chief
nature festival of these forest wor-
shippers was around the oak tree
with the most mistletoe on it. The
Arch-Druid ascended the tree to the
lowest bough on which the sacred
mistletoe was growing. With a gold-
en sickle he cropped the branch and
allowed it to fall in a fold of his
ample robes. The plant was so sa-
cred that it must never touch the
earth. The priest then broke the
bough into many pieces and gave a
twig to each of his followers with
a prayer.
In the language of the flowers, mis-
tletoe means ‘‘give me a kiss.”” This
has its basis from a Scandinavian
myth,
Phoradendron,
Carols Replace Heathen Songs
Carols, it is said, were early in-
troduced by the clergy into England
from Italy, probably soon after the
Norman conquest, as a substitute
for the Yule and Wassail songs of
the heathen origin, which, until then,
had been in use among the vulgar.
Christmas carols were in dance
measure at first. The word carol
comes from ‘‘corolla,” a ring, be-
cause the song was for a ring dance.
One of the newest methods of
food freezing and preservation was
learned from preserving blood
plasma during the war,
with |
on Christmas |
| Eve, an onion into half; peel off 12
Growing as it does, on trees |
as a parasite, it is showy because |
of its huge mass of dense light green |
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make their selec-| e
tion of Christmas|
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% Stealing over the countryside is the blessed
peacefulness of Christmastime. The very air
seems charged with it. Even the birds—what
few remain—appear to share in the general
rejoicing that has come over the world.
We earnestly hope that this Christmas sea
son of 1945 will bestow unusual blessings
upon you and yours . .
your home the soft glow that even Christmas
tree lights cannot bequeath—the full joy of
Christmas seasons long past but forever
remembered. May such a Christmas be yours!
Patton Aerie No. 1244,
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Thursday, December 20, 1945
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Were Used to Distinguish One
Guild from Another at
Market Places
The Union Label is as rich in
tradition as is the emblem of any
other organization in all history.
From the time of the early days of
Rome, when Poppilus organized all
the crafts of his day into guilds,
down to the formation of the pres-
ent system of unions in America
and England, there is evidence that
various groups of organized work-
ers have used some symbol to dis-
tinguish their products from those
of others in the market place.
In any consideration of the his-
tory of the Union Label, the shop
card or the button, these insignia
{ should be looked on as the banner
of a cause, and a glimpse at the
history of the cause is essential if
one desires a clear view of the
label’s purpose and progress. In
fact, the Union Label is the trade-
mark of unionism—the oldest or-
ganized cause recorded. It is the
struggle of workers for a square
deal.
In early Rome, Numa Pompilus
organized guilds of musicians, car-
penters, stone cutters, and other
tradesmen, as natural and sound
social groupings. The guilds persis-
| ted throughout Roman history in
one form or another, and Julius
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UNION LABELS BEGAN :
IN EARLY ROMAN TIME
Ceasar, through his Among craft unions the first to
henchman,
| attain a position of strength com-
plans for social reform.
| Guilds of Saxtons
| rhe guilds, from which our mod. | Brabant at the beginning of the
jo trade unions grew, were those | 12th century. Their products hav-
of the ancient Saxtons, and are to|ing a world-wide market rather
be found in England about the 8th|than a local one, gave the weavers
century in fighting the battles of {unnsital advantages. The guild was
| the workers and common citizens. | then spread rapidly throughout
| They provided the instrument for |Europe. :
|law and order, and a sound social | First Strike Won
| structure. Several centuries later, in 1756,
| ; the weavers, finding apprentice-
These guilds spread to the con- y :
| tinent eh we Sue find Emperor | SPP and fixed wage standards be-
| Charlemagne concerned for ng flouted by employers, carried
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| special privilege system of that|On 2 strike. They hindered other
| day, slitting the noses of all thos
e | journeymen from working much
| who were found to be guild mem- after the same manner of modern
{ bers. Law-making agencies and | Picketing, and won the strike, At
| the courts, however, early came, to | he beginning of the capitalistic
be employed against supporters of | System n England came laws,
| the 1abor movement. | passed in 1802, against guilds and
Violence Used
| trade unions. The struggle con-
| tinued, however, workers combin-
The guild merchants grew out of | ing under the cloak of the Friendly
the Saxton guild and flourised for | Societies.
many years. Merchants and arti-| Since 1824, unions in England
sans, who operated on their own | have enjoyed a sort of recognition
capital, but who were too small to | under law. The struggle of British
win protection of political powers, | guilds paved the way for the Am-
erican present-day unions, which
in turn have given the world’s
workers many useful ideas, not the
least of which is the union label.
| were the weavers, who were pow-
| erfully organized in Flanders and
ty, property and trade from vio-
lence of nobles and ruling classes. |
The goldsmiths’ company was a|
guild of such a character, and the | — re
| germ of the Union Label idea may| TO ERECT LARGE PLANT
| have been planted with the adop- | An entire block of properties in
| tion of their “hallmark” or stamp, | Mt. Union, Huntingdon County,
\ | placed on the gold or silver ar-|has been purchased by the Mt.
| ticles to attest their purity and the | Union Manufacturing Co. for the
quality of workmanship, first used | erection of a modern plant for the
| manufaucture of men’s clothing.
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Christmas
one and all
A Salute
to our friends and a big, hearty Christ-
mas wish to you all, this merry, merry
Christmas season.
Looking back over the year calls to
mind our greatest source of pleasure has
been our contact with folks like you.
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Patton Motor Sales
Patton, Pa.
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