The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1, Friday, January 2, 1948 Page: 7
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FRIDAY JAN 2 1M8
IF yfE IIAD OUR
I WAY ABOUT IT 1948
WOULD BE A BIG
BUDGET OF GOOD
NEWS FOB YOU
ACCEPT OUB BEST
WISHES FOR YOUR
HAPPINESS IN THE
YEAR TO COME
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Cur Proclamation for
1948
The New Year presents a chal-
lenge We accept that challenge
pledging to do our utmost to
make this a better community In
1948 Your friendship has en-
abled us to play an outstanding
role in the past we look forward
to a continuation of your good-
will in 1948
Canadian Food Bank
In looking forward to the
future and a continuation of
our pleasant relations
with you we have raised our
sights once more and can
promise you even higher
standards of service and value
than In the past
We wish you an abundance
of health happiness and
prosperity in 1948 and a de-
lightful New Years holiday
Hubbard Saddle
Shop
SEASONS GREETINGS
GOOD NEWS
FOR THE
NEW YEAR
Hobdy Motor Co
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HEMPHILL COUNT NEWS CANADIAN TEXAS
Many Unique New Year Customs
Still Ejtfst in Foreign Countries
Scotland
Young Scotchmen used to watt
eagerly tor the flr t stroke of twelve
marking the coming of the New
Year As the bell In the church
steeple began to toll he would rush
up to the boor of his beloveds
home to be tha first to cross her
threshold The girl would listen
for
The first foots entering step
That sudden on the floor Is welcome
heard
Ere blushing maids have braided
up their hair
The laugh the hearty kiss the good
New Year
Pronounced wlfi honest warmth
In Scotland as In most northern
European countries It Is an old be-
lief that spirits both good and evil
are peculiarly active on New Years
Eve On the stroke of midnight ac-
cording to the ancient superstition
all genii were In motion and could
be exorcised by appropriate words
Good genii were called hlllmen or
hoghmen In the dialect of Scot-
land and evil spirits called trolls
Mummers used to wander about the
streets wearing masks and carry-
ing cudgels reciting this doggerel
verse In an effort to attract the
good hogomanay and to drive off
the evil trollolay
Hogomanay
Trollolay
Gle o your white bread
111 hae nano o your grey
Scotch New Years Toast
Heres to the year thats awaI
Well drink It In strong and In
stria
And to each bonny lassie that we
dearly looed
In the days o the year thats awaI
Heres to the friend we can trust
When the sorrows of adversity
blaw
Who can join In our song and be
nearest our heart
Nor depart like the year thats
awaI
Italy
Celebration of New Years Day
seems to have arisen In Italy in the
early Middle Ages In the year 513
a bishop reproved his people for the
drinking feasting and general wild
time that they were Indulging in on
a holy day the Feast of the Cir-
cumcision of Christ eight days
after Christmas He told them to
turn their backs on the old profane
and evil ways of paganism In the
later Middle Ages the observances
of the day grew more spiritual
through the efforts of St Gregory
Thaumaturgus and St Gregory the
Great
Syria
The great day of fun and feasting
in Syria is New Years not Christ-
mas On New Years Day they ex-
change presents and children go
about from door to door giving the
greeting of the season and expect-
ing gifts of candy and motroy
Before going to bed on New
Years Eve a Syrian child sets out a
bowl of water and a dish of wheat
for the refreshment of the camel
who Is supposed to bring him gifts
According to legend the camel was
the youngest of the animals bearing
the Wise Men and it fell down ex-
hausted by the strenuous journey
The Christ Child seeing this
blessed the animal and conferred
Immortality upon It In Lebanon It
Is a magic mule who bears the
gifts of the season
Hungary
One of the quaintest New Years
customs is the visit of the chimney-
sweeps in Hungarian towns The
sweep knocks at tho door with his
broom and the householders snatch
a straw or two from It These are
tied with a ribbon and kept as a
good luck charm during the year
To touch a pig on New Years
Eve brings good luck according to
Hungarian tradition In the princi-
pal restaurants and cafes of Buda-
pest they release a pig at midnight
and there Is much merriment as the
diners try to touch the squealing
animal as it races among the tables
Czechoslovakia
In Czechoslovakia they forecast
the future by little llghtboats
nut shells filled with wax and float-
ing on water a wick burning in
each shell If the boat floats toward
the center its owner will take a
Journey during the New Year If
two boats come together the own-
ers will be married within the year
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
EVERYBODY
We Inow of no botlor way to begin the New Year than by
extending our thanVs to our friends for their generous patron-
age We hope that we can be of still greater service to
yon in 1948 and may the best of everything be yours
Nolen Hardware and
Furniture Co
THE
NEW
YEAR
and may
the Year 1948
bo streamlined to your want
and chockfull of blessings
Thanks a million for your
patronage during the year 1947
Malouf Abraham Co
It may bo a good thing as some main-
tain to stop and take stock at the end oi
tho year to review to analyzer and to
resolve greater accomplishments In the
Hew Year
With 1948 Immediately ahead of us let
us remember only the best forget the
worst and look confidently ahead May
this year hold for you more blessings
than any that has gone before
Truebloood Motor Co
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Miller, Othello Ontje. The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1, Friday, January 2, 1948, newspaper, January 2, 1948; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47536/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.