The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 24, 1947 Page: 5 of 22
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THE NOCONA NEWS, Nocona, Tex,
To Our Friends and Customers
NOCONA CREDIT BUREAU
Mrs. W. G. Williams
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the pig’s head is
water all night,
and the brain and
the day being thus observed
Roman church since 487, and
Anglican church since 1549.
The jap.mese it is said, have con-
cluded that war-making does not
pay and that the American ideal of
tile good neighbor is the best policy.
If you know what a man does you
do not need to know what he says
to judge whether he has religion.
CURHTMAI
CIEETINCI
New Year’s Day Ante
dates the Birth of
Christ by 452 Year
New Year’s Blessings
Ancient Swiss Legend
According to Swiss legend, the
Holy Family is abroad during the
hour of midnight mass on Christ-
mas Eve.
Therefore, a bowl of fresh milk
is placed upon the dining table
and each member of the house-
hold carefully lays his spoon upon
the table cloth.
The person who, returning from
church, finds his spoon has been
moved may anticipate special
blessings during the coming year:
for surely Mary and Joseph have
rested within the abode during
their Flight into Egypt and the
Virgin used that spoon to feed the
Infant Jesus.
Brawn Takes Place of
Boar’s Head on Noel
Brawn has largely been substitut-
ed for the boar's head for the Christ-
mas and New Year's celebrations.
For this dish
toaked in salt
scraped, cleaned
syes removed.
It Is boiled until tender enough
:o remove the bones. The meat is
picked from the bones, chopped tine,
seasoned with red and black pepper,
iloves, mace, nutmeg and salt. It
Is then pressed into a brick or loaf
form and served cold.
The custom is believed to have
originated with the ancient Romans.
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The birth rate on farms in 1946
was apparently the highest since
1929. There was an increase of
2,360,000 in farm population in 1946
over 1945, and of this number
773,000 were babies born during the
year.
The celebration of New Years on
January 1 began in 452 B. C., and
therefore, contrary to logical reason-
ing, had nothing whatsoever to do
with the birth of Christ.
The ancient Roman calendar be-
gan in, and with, the month of
March: there were ten months, the
last six of which were named Quin-
tills, Sextilis, September, October,
November, and December—or, the
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth
and Tenth months respectively. Nu-
ma added two months. January and
February, placing the former at the
beginning of the year and February
at the end. In 452 B C., February
was placed between January and
March: thus establishirtg the order
of months as of today. The ancient
calendar year did not correspond to
the solar year and by the time the
days of Julius Caesar roiled around
the actual and calendar equinoxes
were months apart: a situation ■
which Caesar set out to remedy.
Caesar’s astronomers and calen-
dar experts fixed the calendar year
at 365 days—and because they esti-
mated the solar year as of 365'4
days—an extra day was to be add-
ed every fourth year. This Julian
calendar was effective, by decree
of Caesar, on January 1, 46 B. C.
Actually, the earth goes around
the sun in 365 days, 5 hours, 48 min-
utes, and 46 seconds: and by 1582
A. D., the Julian calendar was 10
days behind the sun. Pope Gregory
XIII remedied the situation by or-
dering that the calendar play leap
frog and the intervening days be-
tween October 5 and October 15,
1582, were lost forever.
In order to prevent repetitions of
the sun running away from the cal-
endar and vice versa. Pope Gregory
decided that a leap year should be
omitted now and then: hence only
those years divisible by four—ex-
clusive of years numbering the cen-
turies—should have 366 days, and
the century-marking years shall be
leap years only if divisible by four
after the ciphers have been omitted.
The Gregorian calendar has been
officially adopted in most countries
of the civilized world: however,
many creeds and peoples still cele-
brate their religious and traditional
festivals in accordance with ancient
calendars.
Pre-Christian Roman inaugurated
the new year by offering sacrifices
to the gods, exchanging greetings,
and bestowing gifts. During the
early Christian centuries, New
Year's festivities persisted and be-
came so boisterous that the faithful
were forbidden to participate there-
in.
After December 25 had been es-
tablished as the day of nativity, the
church made January 1 a religious
festival honoring the circumcision of
Jesus:
in the
*n the
Coloring the Flames I
To have colored flames In the
Christmas flreplace there are a
number of different chemicals
which may be added to shellac as a
carrier. Small pieces of wood may
be painted with the mixtures or it
can be mixed with sawdust. The
following colors and chemicals re-
quired will give excellent results:
Violet, potassium chlorate; yel-
low, potassium nitrate; orange, cal-
cium chloride; yellow, sodium
chloride or salt; red, strontium ni-
trate; apple green, barium nitrate; '
emerald, copper nitrate; green, |
borax; purple, lithium chloride.
Bowl Game Feature of
New Year's Since 1916
Since 1916 the Rose Bowl football
game has been played annually on
New Year’s day as a cofeature of
Pasadena’s Tournament of Roses.
The championship team of the Pa-
cific Coast conference invites an
Eastern contender selected from
among the teams which have made
the best records during the autumn
playing, thus making the game one
of America's outstanding intercolle-
giate sporting events.
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It things continue to develop,
youngster must be a member of
minority group to have a chance in
the good old USA.
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Perry, F. L. The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 24, 1947, newspaper, December 24, 1947; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1216970/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.