The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1965 Page: 6 of 18
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Mr and Mrs Jack Jlerring
and family of Norton and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Herring and
family of Miles will spend
Christmas in the home of their
mother, Mrs R. H. Herring.
Mr and Mrs. Truman Haupt
and children of Rockdale, and
Mr. and Mrs Bennie Ray Jobe
of ApiariWo will spend Christ-
mas with Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Caudle.
Mr and Mrs. Doyle Hubbard
will spend Christmas in Cole
man in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Windham.
Christmas guests In the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Forman
will be Mary Jo Forman of Bal-
linger, Mrs. Mary Forman and
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jameson of
Coleman.
Big
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Guests in the Lloyd Herring
home over Christmas will be
Susan Herring of Dallas, Lt. and
Mrs. B C. Switzer and children
of Killeen, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Brown of Fort Worth, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Switzer from Mon-
ohans, and Mrs. S. P. Yantis of
Bangs.
Pare 6—Section One, Thursday, December 23,
The Ballinger Ledger, Ballinger, Texas
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Mike Black, a student at Tex
as Tech in Lubbock, is home to
spend Christmas with his par
ents, Mr and Mrs Ross Black
Jr.
Spaclout attractive room*
Beautifully Redecorated
Fine Food at Moderate Prices
Beat Beverages Served In Denver
Unsurpassed Service
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ALAN T. MeDONOUSH. Mar.
HOME BAKE
ROLLS
The Buster Parrishes
Ballinger
Appliance & Hardware
Mrs. and Mrs. Marvin Fant
and daughters from Miles, and
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Kurtz and
Bernie Machann will spend
Christmas Eve in-the home of
Mrs. Lillie Winchester and fam-
ily
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THEY FIGURE IN ANY OFFICE. That* new Uundarwood-
Olivetti adding figuring machine* perform beyond simple
addition. They subtract, give credit balance, multiply,
calculate discounts and percentage*.
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Mass that
brother of
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in 1739.
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mown, but
hakcspeare.
So if you should go
his Christmas season,
ither carolers of years
of the people of Charles
ime in their beaver hats and
Mrs. Myrt Power
Qbtrict Clerk
Louise Decker
County Home Demonstration
Agent . \
Felix Itz
County Surveyor
Melvin Mapes
County Commissioner
C. T. Parker
County Farm Agent
may the joys of the
Season be with you!
wishing you Peace!
Price Middleton
County Auditor
Christmas guests in the horn"
of Mr and Mrs. Elery McWii
liams will be Mr. and Mrs
Frank M McIntosh and Mary
lan. and Helen B. Davidson of
Houston, and Mr and Mrs
James McWilliams and familv
of Big-Lake
W. E. (Buck) Elkins
County Superintendent
The STUDIO 44 is a nsw idea in typewriters far the home
or for professional <>*•». Portable-light and portable-priced,
it is a compact t‘ ndard, with all the basic features of
full-size machines ’nd m^ets the most rigid performance
requirements of }»> •«-held, school, studio or office. Let
us demonstrate h'
Clyde Chapman
County Commissioner No.
I). G. Posey
Runnels-Concho Veterans
Service Officer
Pat Pritchard
County Commissioner No.
W. II. Rampy
County Judge
Pannell Legg Jr.
County Tax Assessor-Collector
on your next trip to
Denver—for Christmas shopping,
holiday fun, shows, night
dubbing—fine dining—for a gay
stopover en route to aki resorts!
Setting the mood for
your trip— the warm welcome
at the Albany—nearest
everything you want to see
or do in Denver!
0. L. Parish Jr
County Attorney
Earl A. Cope
Justice of Peace, Precinct 1
garded as the father of caroling
as we know it, according to
World Book Encyclopedia. In
1223, St Francis placed a creche
(miniature Nativity scene) in
a hermitage in Grecchio, Italy
Aftar this many churches be-
gan displaying a Nativity scene
at Christmas, and soon the peo
pie began acting out the Christ-
mas story The actors composed
carols to sing with their Nativ-
ity plays and after the plays
they would stroll down the
street, singing. In that way,
street caroling was born.
Joseph Mohr, a pastor in Ob-
erndorf, Austria, composed
‘Stille Nacht,” or “Silent
Night,” on Christmas Eve, 1X18
Franz Gruber, the local school
master and organist, composed
the music the same day, and
the hymn was sung
time at Midnight
night.
Charles Wesley,
John Wesley, wrote
Herald Angels Sing!
Phillips Brooks, a noted Boston
clergyman, wrote “O Little
Town of Bethlehem” in 1868 af
ter visiting Bethlehem.
Though not a carol, Handel’s
noble “Messiah” is a Christmas
tradition It first was performed
in Dublin in 1742 “Joy to the
World,” written in the early 18th
Century by Isaac Watts, was
set to the music of a segment of
the "Messiah.” "While Shep-
herds Watched Their Flocks hy
Night," written in 1703 by Na
hum Tate, was set to music tak
n from ‘Siroe," an opera -by
Handel.
No one knows who wrote ”Th»
First Noel.” It first anpnared in
print in 1833 in a book called
‘Christinas Carols Ancient and
Modern,” and is believed to be
Dun F. Atkins
County Sheriff
Mr and Mrs Carley Watkins
and family of Midland, and Mr.
and Mrs ,1. B. Morgan and fam-
ily of Denton are Christmas
guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin Patterson.
Frankie Berryman
County Clerk
Holiday guests at the W. C.
Witt home will include Gerald
Witt, a student at Xngelo State
ollcge, San Aug -Io; Paul Witt
i student at Southwestern I'm
versify, Georgetown. Col. and
Miss A V. Kinslow and family
from San Antonio. Mr. and Mrs
Ross Kinslow and family of
Temple, and Mr and Mrs. War
ten Shotwell and daughter of
I a mesa.
Mr and Mrs. Steward John
son of Colorado Springs, Colo
rado. have been visiting with
Mrs. Johnson's parents Mr. and
.Mrs. Ted Caudle and other del
atives.
Miss Joy Jarvis of Houston
,|x-nt Saturday night visitiry
uith Suzanne Middleton, who is
al home for the holiday’s with
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Price
Middleton. Both Miss Middleton
and Miss Jarvis are students at
Texas Tech, Lubbock
Marvin Sailing
Commissioner. I Twine* 1
of “God Read Ye
men.” also is un-
he lived
Christmas caroling is almost
as old as Christmas itself —
though not in the form we know
it.
An early historian wrote that
in the Second Centusy the bish-
op of Rome urged his j>eople to
sing “in celebration of our
Lord.” Christmas hymns go
back to the Fifth Century, when
most of them were written in
Latin.
St. Francis of Assisi is re-
Fresh Idea, from
Al RD'S
A Useful Gift
A Typewriter or Adding Machine
Mrs. Lucius Smith ar.i
daughters from Columbia
sissippi, are here to
Christmas with h< r parents
Mr. and Mrs Bill Clark
Our heartiest greetings to you and w
Mrs. 11 C. Thomason of
Lake, Mr and Mrs. Nolan
lison, th' ir daugntcr and grand-
daughter from Dallas, Mr and
Mrs. J. L Cook and sons, Mr
and Mrs Leon Shields and chi)
(Iren of Ballinger will sp. nil
Christinas with Mr. and Mrs. J
R. Whitworth.
(His Jacob
Count? Treasurer
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cutaway coats, of English vil-1 tian Roman Empire who, before
lagers in hose and jerkin, of caroling as we know it existed,, i
good St. Francis, and of the I sang "in celebration of our
priests of the time of the Chris-1 Lord,
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Perry, Richard H. The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1965, newspaper, December 23, 1965; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1180174/m1/6/?q=music: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.