The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1955 Page: 3 of 16
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THE GIDDINGS, TEXAS. STAR
The Lomamanui Newspaper With Community News — Written and Edited Just for YOU:
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Even Christmas has caught up
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Jolliest wishes for
a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
M. F. Kieke
W. E. Marburger
Leslie Williams
3 Richard Spinn
COUNTY JUDGE
COUNTY CLERK
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DISTRICT JUDGE
SINCERE
HOLIDAY
GREETINGS!
SEASON'S GREETINGS
Ernest Moerbe
John Knox
Mrs W E Schneider
R. J. Hejtmanpk
Richard E. Folkes
COUNTY SURVEYOR
Tax Assessor-Collector
CO. SUPERINTENDENT
CHARLES E. KOST, Deputy
DISTRICT CLERK
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Our heartiest wishes
Our warmest
for a Merry Christmas!
Wishes to All!
John S. Simmang
Oliver F. Sump
Woodrow A. Spacek
Homer Simmons
Oscar W. Urban
C. E. Keng
Commissioner, Precinct 4
Commissioner, Precinct 3
I Justice of Peace
Commissioner, Precinct 2
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Commissioner, Precinct 1
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Brightest wishes for a
JOLLY CHRISTMAS!
May your holiday
be brimming with
Joy and Happiness
BRIGHT DISPLAY . . . Long noted for its pleasing Christmas
decorations, Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, which boasts more
floor space than any other structure in the world, presented this
gala Christmas greeting to the people of Chicago.
with the atomic age. A sign of the
times is the increasing demand for
NEW YORK SPECTACULAR .. . Among the brightest Christ-
mas displays anywhere is the annual Rockefeller Center arrange-
ment. In this display flickering bulbs are set Into 300 giant red
and white tapers in the channel gardens while the tree, symbol
of peace and good will, lights up the surroundings.
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Harvesting Trees Big
Christmas Business
While the sale of Christmas trees
to the consumer is conducted en-
tirely in the few weeks just prior
to Christmas, the harvesting, pro- 1
cessing and shipping of the trees |
may begin as much as three
months before Christmas.
Approximately 25 per cent of the !
retail price of a Christmas tree is
the stumpage price; trees retail- |
Ing for about 25 cents per lineal
foot will be worth about 0 cents <
on the stump and could wholesale
for from 10 cents to 15 cents per |
lineal foot. Total number of trees
distributed in the United States
is about 30 million
There are at least 10 important
Christmas tree associations and
groups representing the industry
in the United States and approxi-
mately 5.000 individuals and firms
are registered as retailers and
wholesalers of Christmas trees in
the United States
Merry
Christma
May the blessings of the
Holiday bring you —
A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS!
PEACE ON EARTH ... Musto
is an important part of Christmas
observances everywhere and
there la something about the
spirit of Christmas that makes
young voices sing out loud and
clear, with a heart full of joy.
say it so well —
MERRY CHRISTMAS
WE SING-OUT
OUR WARMEST WISHES
THAT YOUR CHRISTMAS
MAY BE MERRY!
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We wish you
A VERY
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
COUNTY TREASURER
a TELL ME, TELL ME. . . Th
£ lovely lady has succeeded 1
9 bringing Old Santa into view b
s gazing into her crystal ball, ye
5 It seems that the vision isn’t clea
Z enough to foretell the gifts the
% he is bearing. Oh, well, Christ
atrasresreprexerrorroprerer? mas is on’s a short time away.
Vernon A. Goodson
County Sheriff
Good cheer! Good luck!
May happy days be yours!
May this Holiday be your
HAPPIEST EVER!
Mistletoe, the most popular New
Year's and Christmas green, has
been an emblem of purity, friend-
ship and goodwill since ancient
Greek times. Ancient Britons rep
vered it as a symbol of protection
from evil spirits. :
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Burning of trees on “Twelfig
Night" is an outgrowth of the spes
cial observance by early Christiang
on the last day of a twelve-day
celebration of the Feast of the
Nativity of Christ 1
s SAVE THE TREE
8 If your tree holder is the type
# that allows the butt of the tree to
2 rest in water, you can help keep
9 needles from dropping by, dissolv-
$ Ing plant food in the water. If you
" use a pebble or rock-filled pail to
s support the tree, cover the pebbles
s or rock with a plant food solution,
s Use one teaspoonful of plant food
I (or one plant food tablet) to each
J gallon of water in the container.
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Greetings From Your County Officials '
• e xoag Geiger counters as Christmas gifts.
VR(VR*EEHOHOHOHHOHOHOHOHCL C DOHELOE SKAECTE Manufacturers say people from all
s S over the country are giving as
$ presents the miracle instrument
I that noses out uranium.
; If you're buying a gift for a pros-
: pective uranium prospector you
4 can get him one of these radio-
R activity detection devices at prices,
§ ranging from $24.95 to $2000. Most
9 popular model, manufacturers say,
g is about the size of a minature
1 camera and retails for about $35.
? Uranium "hounds" are as varied
s as the instruments they buy. They
9 range from housewives with in-
1 fants in their arms to geologists
8 and hirsute prospectors — as well
9 as business tycoons, clerks, la-
5 borers and society women. An am-
F ateur uranium prospectors' club
5 in the East, composed entirely of
9 women, is known as the “Geiger
Widows "
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Observance Grew
With Christianity
The observance of Christmae as
we know it today is one of joy
and peace, making it difficult for
us to realize that the holiday has
not always been universally recog-
nized and observed.
When Pope Gregory sent out
missionaries in 601 A. D., he told
them to let pagan converts weave
the harmless features of their fes-
tivals into the spiritual fabric of
Christmas observance.
The popularity of the Christmas
observance grew with the progress
of Christianity, but there were set-
backs Abuses of Christmas
reached such a pitch in fuedal
England that the Puritan Pail.a-
ment outlawed the holiday in 1604
The observance declined until the
middle of the 19th century when
Charles Dickens published his
heart-warming "Christmas Carol."
“ Last year gift Geigers were
• mailed all over the United States.
% One woman telephoned the New
We wish you the blessings of A York office of a leading manufac-
9 turing firm from Florida to order
this Christmas Season s a $1,995 unit as a Christmas sur-
5 prise for her husband.
HOHOERFHOHOHOHOHOHOHOE 2 VHLOHLHOFRHVELELOELHOHOHOE £
2 MONKEYSHINES... The San-
% ta Claus who cornea to Junior’s
o house on Christmas morn has his
3 counterpart in Monkey land. At
s least that to the implication here
9 as Jocko, garbed aa the monkey’s
8 santa, visits “Teddo” a five-
8 month-old java monkey at Ted-
E do’s home to Brooklyn. •
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May all your dreams,
come true at
Christmastime!
PAGE 3 THUR DAY, DEC. 22, 1955
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