The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 69TH YEAR, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, December 27, 1957 Page: 6 of 12
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Lucia Day Calibration
Opens Sweden's Season s
Celebration of Lucia Day on De
cumber II Inaugurate* the Chrlab
mat teaton In Sweden. It take* Iti
name from St Lucia, or Lucy,
martyred tor her faith and vir-
ginity In Syracuae In AD. and
vtneriWd ky th* church rich De-
cember II
The prettleat blonde in every
home, office, factory. village and
town It elected a "Lucia" and
vttlta the tick, lead* eamivelt and
urocetaloat and altandt banquet*
andbaUa accompanied b, her
"handmaid***.”
The indent cuatom eotncldee
with the winter eolittce. when the
<un iwtnft toward the earth once
more and tha day* befta to
-nfthen
-Black Mori*” la tha aom#
given to police petrol wagoa.
Fridayi December 27,1957
The Dublin Progress
.7 Mr. and Mr*. Joe Barr and Billy
were In Dublin laat Saturday to
vlait his father, Fred Barr, who
underwent surgery laat week.
Egg Nog Custom Dates
Back to Early Custom
The cuatom of Inviting frlendt
and relative* In for cocktails or
ogg nog during the Holiday reason,
to popular In America today, dates
bade to tha old English practice
of “wassailing." In Elizabethan
times, no calibration was complete
without the wassail bowl filled to
tha brim with pungent ale—a
cheery invitation to ah to coma In
and help celebrate the Yule. Then.
CHRISTMAS
W CAROLS
Miaa Janyce Ouyger, who la at-
tending Tarleton State tpollage, 1*
spending the holidays with har
mother and slater, Mra. Madeline
Guyger and Becky.
mug* in a toaat to Christmas, the
merry cry of ‘What Halil" "Was-
aalll“ would ring Joyously through
the hall ’ 7.
laming
Although America has contributed more than Ha share, our Christ
moa carols, both old and new. have come down to us from many land*
Our early settlers brought wtgb them the carols ol Europe Perhaps
the most universal carol la “6 Come, All Ye Faithful” (Adette Fidelia)
which has boon translated Into hundred* of language* and dialect* and
belongs to no one nation
Germany was responsible for Luther's hymn lor children, “Away
In a manger, no crib for a bed . . . “ England provided “God Hast
Yon. Many Gentlemen ..." And from France earn# the beautiful
"Cantkpsa da Noel" or "O Holy Night"
Three of our greatest carols wore written by American* "It Cam*
Upon A Midnight Ctear" wai written by Edmund H. Sear*, a Massa-
chusetts Unitarian minister, In IMS. Dr. John Henry Hopkins, Jr.,
Episcopal rector from Williamsport, Pa., composed the word* and
music for "W* Thro* Kings at Orient Ara.” Author of "O Little Town
of Bethlehem” was Phillip Brook*, a young Ifeiecopa) minister who
later became bishop of Massachusetts. He was Inspired to write the
poem after a trip to tha Holy Land.
Although noo-rellglou*, tha rollicking “Jtngla BeCs" also earn* from
tha pen of a churchman, John Plerpolnt, almost a century ago.
To <U of you who hm favored os with
your patronage, we extend
our greeting* for a
Very Merry Giristmai!
LIQUID OR TAiLITf
Faust Inter Co
BLESSINGS at
CHRISTMAS
M<*4 tkie |—Jolidatj Reason mark a Merced
Loginning of J04 and contentment — not
jurt at tkir CLrirtmdt time. Lot for alwatjt!
To express our appreciation of long-established friendships k
our greatoat privilege at Christmas. We take pleasure la wishing
you, our many loyal customers, all the happiness you have
brought to us through the years. May your holiday be a merry
one, laden with the blessings of tbe season.
%fL~———
Guy T. Jones, Manager
Cecil M. Campbell, Market Manager
Joe George Chick
Grade Maikell
Evie Nixon
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Jackson, Albert S. The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 69TH YEAR, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, December 27, 1957, newspaper, December 27, 1957; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth593486/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.