Kingsville Record (Kingsville, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 28, 1932 Page: 3 of 8
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Dec. 26, 1932
THE KINGSVILLE RECORD
Page Three
®SOdITY.
• Mrs. Curtis Huffman
Kingsville Music Club f j red and green randies completed
Cbristmss Party the refreshment course
One of ^he most delightful events A special feature of the occasion
of the season was the Christmas was the amusing program present-
Dsuclng Doll. Miss Doris Gwln; Christmas Time Is Near, Song Mattie B. McLeod, Mrs. May H. I
party given by the Kingsville Mu-
sic Club last Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Win. M. Lan-
drum.
In the spacious entertainment
rooms where a large group of
members assembled for the after-
noon's pleasure, the motif of the
season was handsomely displayed.
In one corner of the room stood a
brilliantly ornamented Christmas
tree and flowers and gleaming red
tapers occupying prominent places
added notes of beauty and color. In
the dining room the beauty of the
Yuletide was further expressed.
The table, lace spread, was cen-
tered with a large holly wreath
wherein bloomed colorful Christ-
mas-light flowers. Tall red taperd
placed at each end of the table
shed a soft glow over this t^eas-
ing ensemble. Dispensing hospi-
tality here were Mrs. Hobart Barn-
hill, who poured a spicy fruit
punch and Mrs. Leland Davenport
who served sandwiches. Dainty
ed by Mrs. J. V. Chandler who in
a more seriouB vein first turned
the thoughts of the club members
to far away lands and thelr^tnirlous
customs of celebrating the Yule-
tide season. Various members told
of the customs of Italy, France,
England, Germany, Holland, Greece
and others. Lovely music was
heard from a quartette composed
of Chas. Stahl, T. L. Arthur, Bill
Blair and J. E. Turner, who sang
a number of familiar Christmas
carols.
Then at the unexpected appear-
ance of old St. Nicholas the fun
began. Santa Claus, cleverly im-
personated by Dr. A. C. Jones, had
brought with him a group of his
famous dolls to entertain the
Kingsville Music Club. A doll or-
chestra composed of Mrs. G. I.
Gilliland, Mrs. H. T. Collins, Mrs.
L. A. Fritts and Mrs. W. G. Eu-
banks, led by Mrs. Robert Mar-
shall rendered the music while the
Baby Doll, Mrs. Chandler; the
Jumping Jack, Mrs. i.anarum ana ( by Group,
the Boy Clog Dancer, Mies Lucille Dolly's Christmas, Margaret
Kring, regaled the audience with Burt.
funny antics. Each doll character Signs of Spring (Daniel Rowe),
was gaily costumed and their im- Erwin Dube.
lust Be Happy. Sofig by Group.
personation quite skillfully given.
Hostesses for the afternoon | Dolly's
were: Mrs. Chandler, Mrs. D. G. Brosette.
Cage, Mrs. L. C. House, Mrs. Char- j Just Mother's Little
Stahl, Mrs. G. P. Hulbert, and
Mrs. J. F. Ellis. „
In lieu of gifts to Tie distributed
among each other as has been the
custom of the club at previous
Christmas parties, the membei%
brought gifts of fruit or money
which were donated to the soup
kitchen at the Mexican Ward
School.
Dickcss. Mrs. Georg!" tWreron
Mrs. Pauline Jester, Misses Mll-\
dred Pecaut, Cortnne Hamlll and
Grace fiailey.
Miss Doshs Dowdy Hostess At
Present. Lnella Jean j Charming Hospitality
A charming hospitality of the
holiday season occurred last week
Girl (La
Verne Tanner), Margaret Allison, , .__,__. _ .
Dorothy Mae Craddock. Margaret 1>0*ha TP°^y e" er'
, ' , . i tained with a tea. Thursday after-
A -ev , noon from 4:30 till 6:30 o'clock at
The Old Clock in the Cornor . _ , „ , „ v, ,
... ... the home of Mrs. J. C. Nolan com
(Frederic W Root), Lawrence aflil ,, _
pllmentlng her mother, Mrs. 8. C.
Erwin Dube.
Knitting Bong, Song by Group.
Santa Bells, Song by Group.
Dowdy of Searcy. Arkansas.
Christmas Program
A Christmas program was pres-
ented at the Methodist Church
Tuesday, Dec. 20 by the pupils in
Expression and Plano of Grace
Robinson and Pauliue Arnst.
The program was as follows:
Up on a House T°P. Song by
group.
My First Piece, (Robert Nolan
Kerr) Lawrence and Erwin I)ub«. Laura Lee Blair was typical
Dinner Party Given Compliment
ing Out-of-Town Visitor
Among the many lovely court-
esies extended Mrs. S. C. Dowdy
of Searcy, Arkansas, mother of
Miss Dosha Dowdy, was the
charming dinner purty given In
her honor last Tuesday evening
with Miss Frances-Alexander and
Miss Helen Hunnirutt acting us
hostesses.
The dinner held at the home of
Indian
Xcw Year’s
▼ ▼ ▼
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DR. E. A. BATES
HR soft whits snow has
covered the hills sod in
the valleys the song of the
robin and the cricket la
no longer heard. Even
the purr of the little
brook In the nark-housed
vllluge is silenced by
r
M W.
year
; •- '-amber'-
A Suggestion, Anna Baker, Lu-
ella Jean Brosette, Margaret Burt.
A Christmas Worry, Dorothy
Mae Craddock.
Bed Time Story, Song by Group.
Little Drummer Boy (Wallace A.
Johnson) Lawrence Dube.
Somebody’s Piicture, La Verne
Tanner.
of the Christmas season tn theme
und decoration. A small Christmas
tree handsomely ornamented, form-
ed an effective centerpiece and
smaller trees marked places for
each guest. The personnel of the
guests Included besides the hon-
oree: Miss Dosha Dowdy and the
hostesses, Mrs. J. C. Nolan' Miss
i Welcoming the caUers were
j Miss Dowdy and the honnree and
; Mrs. J. C. Nolan. A house party
composed of Miss Edith Cousins, | the finger* of the overhanging tee
Miss Helen Hunnlcutt. Miss (Truce I and the quiet hour hui come to the
Bailey. Miss Corinne Hamlll and | soul of the red man.
Miss Ninon Yeager assisted the ; y At ,ucb „ Mm# ,n Ulldwln,eri
hostess in entertaining the guests. | wheD the lnoon fu„ „ ralllnlKhti
Miss Mattie B. McLeod, Mrs. Paul-j New York Indian and his kln-
ine-Jester, Miss Frances Alexan- j folk prepare for their ceremonial
der and Mrs. Georgia W. Bergeron Gj tj,e New Year
in turn, presided over the a«trHC-| ceremony cenfor9 aroaad h„
tlve tec. table. Lace spread, it held | ^ ni the d no
-h c«*rterpiece of red carnations, otlier anll[ial lia8 an oqual hol(1 on
around which were placed tall red the hetrt.llrlnfl, of the ,ndlan. The
tapers in silver holders The ] ^ ()u„y tencheB hlm the 8ver.
Christmas molit was emphasised >0Ugh| virtue of loynlty. Then, too,
in the refreshment details of which t|,e dog n[one knows the trail to the I
Hie individual cakes frosted with ;nn,| heyond the sky when the life
u holly wreath and berry Vleslgn trall8 of the ro(1 men nre ended
were particularly lovely.
In the living room the sugges-
Thua It vena In the olden dnys that
the Six Nations selected a pure
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Clusters of red carnations In low
bowls were added touches of color
and beauty and tall tupers gleam-
ing at vuntage points furnished
the Illumination.
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group of her friends with a de-
lightful Christinas party at her
home Monday evening h! 8 'clock.
Untiring and Jirldge games provid-
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The hoslesH uhhIMi'iI by her
mother, Mrs. G. K. Sims, her aunt,
Miss Kvu Lee Jackson and her
sister, Mrs. John Coo of Houston,
served an appetizing refreshment
course. Tho entertainment rooms
featured an attractive Christmas
theme in the decorations.
• Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Manning are
In Austin for a Christmas vacation
visit wl'ii Mrs. Manning's parents.
Mr. und Mrs. Thiele.
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Mr. and Mrs. Itobt. ErkVhqJf
left Saturday afternoon for Goliad
to spend Christmas with her par-
ents. Mr. Eckharflt returned home
Monday und Mrs. Eckhardt will re-
main for several days more,
APPT New Year!" we cry
with the best Christian
Intentions, and In so do-
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Lit* of what Is perhaps the
►'Yj' Oldest pagan festival
Y" ‘I known to man. ft'or New
_J Year’s day ends the Yule-
tide festival, fnmllinr to our Aryan
ancestors as HweMor-tid, or ‘‘the
turning time.”
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thing Is thought to live; thus to
the animistic savage the lightning
nnd the falling trees are living and
unfriendly things trying to hurt hjfin.
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man's development the sun was re-,
gnrded In the same light—a# a rea-
soning being—and since the sun fur-
nished primitive mnn with his very
means of existence he mine to wor-
ship It
Even today there nre tribes who'
during an eclipse turn out with
great clamor and shoot arrows Into
the nlr, under the Iroprcaslon they
ure attacking the mounter who Is de-
vouring the sun.
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man watched with growing fenr
the yearly drama of winter—tha
death of vegetation and the appar-
ent weakening of the sun. Perhaps
this time It really would die and
leave him cold—helpless I
Then when hope hnd almost fled
would come the great day of the
turning time, the day when the sun
turned hack and became gradually
stronger thnt In due time green buds
might spring forth.
The world was saved and man
rejoiced during that season of
llwcoior-tld, lighting great bonfires
symbolic of the sun's warmth, and
offering gifts to Freya, the Mother
goddess.
Our modern personification of the
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Lighted Great Bonfires, Symbolic of
the Sun’s Warmth.
the Eddas nnd early Celtic mythol-
ogy, the Important part It played tn
the Druidic rites, and Its modern as-
sociation with Christmas, may have
been the mysterious nature of the
plant’s birth, springing ns It does for
no apparent reason nnd with no vis-
ible roots from the body of nn oak
tree.
Although New Year’s day Is men-
tioned ua nn Important festival hy
Tncltus In the First century, It Is
not referred to as a Christ Inn feast
day until well on in the Sixth cen-
tury. It was then thnt the date of
Jnnunry 1 was universally nccepted,
nlthough even now In countries such
ns Russia and Greece, where the
Gregorian rather than the Julian
calendar Is In use. the occasion Is
celebrated 12 dnys Inter than Is cus-
toinnry with us.
In Imperial Rome the day was
dedicated hy Ntuna to the two faced
god Jnnua, tn whose honor men were
wont during this festival to forget
old grudges nnd to whom they would
offer sacrifices of cakes, wine and
Incense. And as a tribute to this
two fsced god—this god who could
look back at what had passed, and
forward at what was to come—
Julius Caesar named the month of
Jnnunry.
In Englnnd It used to be the cus-
tom to save n part of the Yule log
to light the New Year’s fire. In or-
der thnt some mysterious continuity,
reminiscent of the pagan vestal
fires, should remsln unbroken.
According to another old legend,
the first pitcher full of water drawn
from a spring on New Year’s morn-
ing was supposed to possess re-
markable properties, and maidens
need to sit np all night to obtain
this "cream of the year."
We still sit op to "see the New
Year In."
So. when the bells ring out at mid-
night and we rush Into the street,
shouting and slapping strangers on
the hack, and performing what we
think to tie very original antics, let
ne remember »»•«» people acted In
precisely the same manner and did
exactly the same “original" things
at the festival of the Satnrnalla In
pagan Rome more than 2.000 years
ago.
For there la nothing new under
the ann.—Boston Herald.
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