Rappahannock News, December 27, 1951

.VOLUME 3—NO. 8 WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1951 82.00 PER YEAR Mill Alnrap Se A CUfratmaa? At first glance this may seem tQ be a rhetorical question, a foolish question, or a very innocent one. It is not a rhetorical question, for we do not know the answer. We do not ask it foolishly but in measured concern. Unlike Virginia’s famous Santa Claus letter to the New York Sun, it has no Innocence. The answer to that question in is grave doubt. Christmas, with all it stands for, is our most hallowed western heritage. For centuries it has united all civilized nations and peoples. It has shaped their ideals. It has symbolized their commonality, their oneness in diversity. It has linked their destinies more closely than literature or language. Even between countries at war Christmas has remained a bond of spiritual fellowship when all other bonds were severed. The idealism of the west, fostered by the feast of Christmas, birth of the Prince of Peace, put a curb on the cruelties of combat, tempered treaties and acknowledged all men as children of one Father. Now our civilization is threatened, truly for the first time, by a ruthless, robot creed. World communism, monstrous, powerful, militant in its growing immensity, makes all its adherents alien, animal, and unreasoning; with souls blank of compassion—faceless men taught to hate and to conquer. Thfere^s^aosapromise with communism., Should it vanish,and in* generation be forgotten:_or. worae still, our slave children will commemorate it as a day of spurious brotherhood under a red flag. As we celebrate this Christmas, let it be a day of dedication to the tasks before us. Let us face them bravely. Let us welcome each sacrifice, conscious that we in our time are not a rear guard fighting a lost fight but the vanguard of millions yet to dome and that we battle for our beliefs in the knowledge that they make all men free.

U ■' i ' £»' : Jw'iW! / , ; Rappahannock News Published Thursday Morning at Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia Dial Washington 2851 LUCY CATHERINE BOWIE Publisher Entered as second-class mail matter at the post office at Washington, Virginia. Subscription:-$2.00 a year Santa Claus Symbolizes The Spirit of Christmas Our modern Santa Claus is the embodiment of a Christmastime legend dating back nearly 1600 years. Santa is the direct lineal descendant of a distinguished ancestor—St. Nicholas the WonderWorker, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, Asia Minor (modern Turkey), in the Fourth Century. 'St. Nicholas was a favorite among the early Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam, and they named their first church in the New World in his honor. Gradually they Americanized his name from “Sint Nikalaus” to “Santa Nickalaus” and then to “Santa Klaus.” Also, they transferred their giftgiving to Christmas. Dutch children customarily placed their wooden sabots before when they weal to bad; On CkrtoM mam they’d find their sturdy shoes filled with ell meaner of delightful gifts from St. Nicholas. But other colonial children, who quickly adopted the enchanting legend of Santa Claus, had no wooden shoes to lay out invitingly. So they hopefully hung stockings from the fireplace mantels—thus beginning one of our most universal present-day Christmas customs. By 1809, Washington Irving was describing Santa as a jolly Dutch citizen looking very much like Father Knickerbocker. But the famed novelist began to wonder how Santa, on a horse, could get to all the nation’s rapidly-increasing homes on Christmas Eve. So he invented the familiar reindeerdrawn sleigh—and Santa, a cen. tury before the Wright Brothers, zoomed off into the skies. Meanwhile, Santa had been growing smaller and smaller—perhaps from sliding down so many sooty chimneys. The first clear description of a modern Santa Claus—somewhat diminished in stature—appeared in 1828. The Troy Sentinel published A Visit From St. Nicholas, the children's classic by Dr. Clement Clarke Moore with the unforgettable beginning line, “Twas the night before Christmas. . .” Shortly after the Civil War, the noted cartoonist, Thomas Nast, endowed Santa with the erminetrimmed re&coat that is his trademark today. -- FIGHT T-B - BUY SEALS My five-year-old daughter is bossy, stubborn, defiant, and argues so much with her father and me. The subject may be toys, candy, or bedtime. After using up all other resources known to us we usually try a few slaps. We invariably have more trouble. Now our three-year-old son is beginning to copy her antics. My husband says we must be more severe. Then we argue (after the children go to bed). I’m worried that such punishment may result in more resentment followed up by fear or hate. What do yon think? Whether or not your worries are justified depends largely upon the feelings of rapport you and your husband have with your daughter. If the three of you have many good times together and if she feels secure in your affection and in -the-assurance-that you are proud of her, she probably-can take these-occasional slaps and even an occasional argument without its causing a great deal of resentment on her part. I realize, of course, that a brief question or description, such as you have given, does not present an accurate picture of a family group. If your description is accurate, however, and your method of dealing with your daughter is primarily that of arguing and punishing, you have every reason to be disturbed. She is likely to grow in her resentment of and hostility toward you and your husband. These attitudes, furthermore, probably will be accompanied by a sense of guilt, which, in turn, may lead to further undesirable behavior. Many times attention has been directed in this column to the growing feeling of independence that characterizes most five-year-old children. It has been noted, too, that this desire to be independent frequently leads these children to be bossy, stubborn, defiant, and argumentative. Your daughter, therefore, fits this description beautifully! It may well be, however, that in addition to this factor, your daughter has resented the attention you necessarily have had to give to her three-year-old brother. In fact, I get the impression that she may not be too certain of your affection and that she feels that you are disappointed in her. If there is any likelihood of this being true, make special efforts to help her feel that you really do love her and are proud of her. Be understanding and patient. Realize that arguing and spanking do not get at the source of the difficulty. In fact, they multiply your problems. For whatever comfort it may be, let H be said that in six months 'or a year your daughter probably will be much less bossy and stubborn. You will continue to have problems, though! Our first baby is now eight months old and I am interested in finding a book which is written by a respected authority on the development and behavior patterns which may be expected of infants and children as they grow. I need something that deals specifically with each age and with the concerns pf that age (l.e., toilet training, etc.). 1 should also like suggestions for creative activities with the different ages. Have you suggestions, aside from Spoek*s Pocket Book of Baby and Child Care (Pocket Books, 35 cents), which I have? Would you recommend Gesell and his two volumes? The books by Gesell (The First Five Years of Life (Hoeber, 14.50) and Hou are excellent and I believe you would find them helpful. The book by Powdermaker and Grimes entitled Children in the Family deals with the physical and mental and emotional life of babies and growing children and contains many excellent and helpful suggestions. Unfortunately, this book is out of print, but you can probably find it in your public library. A book by Flanders Dunbar entitled Your Child’s Mind and Body (Random House, $2.95) has real significance for parents. She deals specifically with toilet training and other problems of child guidance that are not always dealt with in other books. ' Creative Activities, by Rebecca Rice, published by the Pilgrim Press in Boston ($3.50), would provide you with suggestions in this area. As yon know, there are any number of fine books in the field of child development and the ones mentioned above are simply ones that I am sure yon would find to be helpful. • * • Don't “stew** over your child too much. Dr. Maynard advises fat his leaflet. It's free to renders of this newspaper. Scad a postcard to Donald M. Maynard. S10 Broadway. Nashville 2, Tennessee, for your copy, j A fellow in the county says the old custom of burning the Yule Log at Christmas in a by-gon«day in Virginia meant that as long as the log burned there was holiday. A group of workmen on the farm got a good joke on the farmer by fixing the annual Yule Log in fine fashion. They found on old hollow log and filled it with wet clay. The log burned in the fireplace for many hours-and ran into days. The old gentleman kept poking the log to see if it w e r e burned through, but all he hit was a solid mass of baked clay, designating that the log was not completely burned. The men grot four days holiday before the old man caught on to the trick. o o o Jackie Price got thrown a little teasing recently in the columns of the local paper about having to shovel snow from the driveway at his home. He declares that he is going to sue the Rappahannock News for slander and maligning his good name. He's even gone so far as to say that he will just take over the paper in place of payment. He has his paper policy all set: he’s going to insure subscriptions by writing editorials on everyone Who doesn’t subscribe, and he’s going to derive most of his revenue from what he doesn’t print. He also had some kind of plan for providing cushions on the office desk so he can rest his feet without scarring his shoes. O o o I don’t want to hear a single word about “we don’t have real, old-fashioned winters anymore.” This <past week has been enough winter to last most of us for several years. Before the first day of winter arrived, December 21, there had been more winter than most folks needed. *+ December 21 is a lovely day: it means that from now on, each day will see a. little more sunshine. O O O AH of us at the Rappahannock News extend to all of you the very best in holiday wishes. May the spirit of The Great Gift be in each heart as we repeat the Angels’ song in prayerful petition, “Peace on Earth. . . ” LEGEND OF THE BELLS Old legends say that the reason bells are rung every Christmas is that when Christ was born Satan died, and all the bells in the world began to peal. Pitts Park THEATRE Front Royal, Virginia THURS. - DEC. 27 FRED MACMURRAY ELEANOR PARKER in— “A Millionaire for Christy'* FRI.-SAT. - DEC. 28-29 RICARDO MONT ALBAN — in — "Mark of the Renegade" (Colo by Technicolor) JAMES CAGNEY PHYLLIS THAXTER —in— M Come Fill the Clip” TUES.-WED. - JAN 1-2 DENNIS MORGAN VIRGINIA MAYO —MB— '• “Painting the Clouds with Sunshine” (Color by Technicolor) Yuletide Muftraoki Am them Atari In your eyes at Christinas? Are yon glad that the time is now here? Or is it a time to dement and harass ... “Ill be glad when it’s over,” you jeer! Is it a time of trading and paying (Always much more than you’d planned) ? Is it a time to go somewhere “partying” Or to answer some social demand? Has your Christmas list gone clear out of bounds Matching tired dollars against all your friends? Do you “stuff" rich foods to add extra pounds As a rushing world waits for your cheerless amends? Then Christmas goes lacking at your house and mine; WeVe lost, in the shuffle, all that was fine! —A. M. -*—;- . Mistletoe, in addition to granting romantic prerogatives to whoever stands under it, pledges guests to enter a house in friendship and peace when hung over the door. Washington Theatre Show* start at 7:16 and 0 P.M. One -Show Only Wed. 8:00 GREGORY PECK SUSAN HAYWARD — in — ‘David and Bathsheba” FRIDAY - DECEMBER 28 “Rookie Fireman” Also CARTOON SATURDAY - DEC. 20 “Prairie Roundup” Chapter It “Perils of Darkest Jangle” TUES.-WED. - JAN. 1-2 DONALD O’CONNOR PIPER LAURIE —in— “Francis Goes To The Races” Pitts’ Culpeper Theatres Pitts* Theatre Shows Daily at 7:15 and 9:00 Matiaoos: Tuesday, Thursday at 3:30; Saturday, 2:00 Adults 29c plus 6c tax—35c Children 13c plus 3c tax—16c THURSDAY, DEC. 27 FRED MacMURRAY ELEANOR PARKER —in.— “A Millionaire For Christy” Cartoon - Novelty FRI.lSAT. - DEC. 28-29 * «C JOHN DEREK DONNA REED — in — “SATURDAY’S HERO” t Mysterious Island, Episode 14 Sunday - Monday — December 30 - 31 MARK STEVENS — PEGGY DOW t — in — “REUNION IN RENO” Musical-Cartoon 2 Shows Sunday: 3 & 9 P.M. TUBS.-WED. - JAN. 1-2 LINDA DARNELL STEPHEN McNALLY —in— “The Lady Pay* Off” Also Comedy • Cartoon THURS. - JAN. 3 JOSEPH COTTEN BARBARA STANWYCK —in— ‘The Man wi$ a Cloak” Also Cartoon -- Novelty PITTS® FAIRFAX ! Shows Daily at 7:15 and 9:15—Saturday matinees: 2:00 nad 3:4! Children 18c plus 8c tax—16c Adults 29c plus 6c tax—85c WED.-THURS. - DEC. 26-27 laCTdMfiMMPBOM|IY JOAN BLONDELL —in— '/J ' - ■■•>, “East Side of Heaven” Also CARTOON - NOVELTY MON.-TUES..- DBC.31-JAN. 1 SIX MEN ON A RAFT . . . ACROSS THE PACIFIC! “KON-TIKI” ALSO CARTOON-NOVELTY Royal Mt. Rida* Afaln, #11 FRI.-SAT. - DEC. 28-2» Abo Comedy-Cartoon PIRATES HARBOR, #12 WED.-THURS. - JAN 2-3 •VICTOR MATURE ALAN LADD BRUCE CABOT — in — “CAPTAIN CAUTION” Abo Comedy-Cartoon

One December day in 1897, Virginia O’Hanlon wrote to the New York Sun: “I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, *>If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.’ Please tell me the truth—is there a Santa Claus? The answer to Virginia O’Hanlon’s question, written in a moment of deep spiritual insight by Francis B. Church, stands even today as a testament reflecting two thousand years of faith. It has been reprinted here because it always will deserve to be read again. “Yes, indeed! “Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age—they do not believe except what they see—they think nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. \ “All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. “In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. “He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be*the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe m Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus—the most real things in the world are those neither children nor men can see. “Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there—nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable in the world. 44You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, hsk there ^A> v^9,-CAyeririg the unseen world which not the strongest man, or even the united strength of all the strongest men, that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside the curtain and view and picture the supernal heaUtm., and glory beyond. • ^ “Is it all real?—ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. ~ ** “No Santa Claus! Thank God!—he lives, and he lives forever—a thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood." ft®***'* OEPT. STORE Home of Better Values IN CULPEPER

Christmas Cards Are Not Old Custom Colorful Christmas cards today seem as much a part of Christmas tradition as does Santa Claus. Yet the custom of sending cheery Yuletide cards is only a little over a 100 years old. Post offices are buried under the landslide of Christmas cards every holiday season. More than 1,500,000,000 Christmas cards will :be exchanged in the United States alone .this year, according to an estimate by the National Association *of Greeting Card Publishers. The first known Christmas card was designed in 1842 in London, England, by William May Egley, a 16-year-old engraving apprentice. He printed only 100 copies and sent them to his friends. His quainty cluttered card, printed in black ink on white papei£ showed a formal banquet, a party dance, skaters and a typically English pantomime performance. Underneath the illustrations he wrote, “A Merry Year To You”—still the most popular' Yuletide greeting among all those ever ^composed. THE FIRST CARD Meanwhile, the first Christmas card in the United States had been published by R. H. Pease of Albany, New York. It was a commercial card picturing a family group, toys, a Christmas dinner, a iwassail bowl, and advertising Pease’s store. The card is not dated and since Pease was in business in Albany from 1834 to 1835, it is possible that—this card* was even earlier than William Egley’s. Louis Prang, who issued his first card from his litho shop in Boston in 1874, is known as the “Father of the American Christmas Card.” Within a few years his cards were world-famous for their beauty and craftsmanship and were being sold all over the United States. -T5*-1 County News Notes Mr and ’Mrs. McCreate of Falls Church and family spent the weekend with Mrs. McCreate’s mother, Mrs. Cora Lillard of Mt. Salem Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Miller and son, Newbill spent the weekend with Mrs. Miller’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Rawls of Hanover. Dave Miller flew from Fort Bliss, Texas to meet his family and returned with them to spend the holidays at Maple Springs. Miss Hazel Kesner of Newport News arrived Thursday to spend the holiday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Swindler. S Mrs. L. V. Merill spent Sunday with Mrs. Henry Aylor of Madison._- son._ SALE JANUARY 12,1952 1 o'clock Washington, Virginia Range Stove 2 Sitting Stoves 2 Antique Dressers and 2 Washstands to match 1 Dresser and washstand (marble tops) 2 Beds, springs and mattresses 1 Antique Rocking chair Some straight chairs Antique Picture Frames of all *ypes « Rugs, large and small Curtains and Blinds 2 Oil lamps 1 Floor Lamp, good shape Antique Griddle and Coffee Mill Dishes, of all kinds. • Cooking Utensils Oil Stove " . . Dining Room S uite Small tables Radios, Victrola and records Hoes and shovels, axes 1 Handsaw, 1 Garden plow. Comforts, feather pillows 1 Kitchen Table Many odds and ends Mrs. Ray Fincham JOE JOHNSON, Auctioneer 12-20-3tc Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Keyser Jr. and little daughter, Grace Anne ami Mrs. M. Cheatham and son, Buchsie left on Saturday for New York to spend the holidays with Mrs. Keyser and Mrs. Cheatham’s mother, Mrs. Cora Waldon. L V. Merrill left on Wednesday on a business trip to Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Thornton arrived on Saturday from Athens, Georgia to spend sometime in Rappahannock and ?age counties with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John R. DeBergh and Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Miller Jr. were among those from Rappahannock who attended the Hurt-Hickman wedding in Charlottesville on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Robert Massie and son, Robert Jr. left Sunday for Roanoke to spend the Christmas holiday with Mrs. Massie’s brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mxs.W. J. Kendrick, Jr. —-- ---- DANCE FRIDAY. DEC. 28 SPERRYVILLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 10 ’til ? Music by: Ruth Williams and Her Blue Notes Benefit Sperryville Fire Company Auxiliary DANCE » at WASHINGTON, VA. SCHOOL AUDITORIUM DECEMBER 28 9 ’til 1 Music by VANCE BUTLER And His Virginia Playboys AT 11:00 O’CLOCK A. M. IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE AT WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA f Pursuant to an agreement dated August 1, 1951, made by and between the owners of the hereinafter described real estate and filed in Chancery Cause Number 2128 in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Coiirt °f "Rappahannock County, Virginia, in which Flora K. Sothoron is complainant and Beulah K. Stember and others are defendants, the undersigned will sell at public auction to the highest bidders the. real estate in the Gid Brown Hollow of Hampton Magisterial District, Rappahannock County, of which Lula W. Keyser died seized and possessed containing 478 acres, according to the plat and survey made by J. I. Coveil,. Surveyor, in October, 1951, and more fully and completely described in the bill of complaint filed in said chancery cause, a refereiice to which is hereby made. THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED BELOW WILL BE SOLD AS FOLLOWS: I. The following timber and pulpwood marked and tallied by the Virginia Forestry Service will be sold as a whole for cash and the buyer shall have two years an<j six months to remove the same: A. RED OAK. 756 CHESTNUT OAK ....1342 WHITE OAK.160 YELLOW POPLAR . 191 MISCELLANEOUS. 210 HICKORY . ASH..... BASSWOOD ...... BLACK WALNUT TOTAL . 188 26 22 4 2899 trees Red Oak ’ in the above tabulation includes black, red, and scarlet oaks. “Miscellaneous” includes black gum, elm, beech, cherry, birch and maple. B. A 3-acre stand of pure Virginia Pine marked for a pulpwood cutting, consisting of 1355 trees. C. All locust on said real estate eight inches in diameter and larger, one foot above the ground will be sold and included as a part of said timber. The buyer of said timber will be required to execute a contract agreeing to use due care in cutting and removing said trees and timber so as not to injure the young timber more than is reasonably necessary; to protect the fences on the property and to properly repair any fences damaged; not to damage the roads more than is reasonably necessary and to use as nearly as possible the existing roads, trails and rights of way on said premises and to use due care not to damage any pasture or crop land in removing said timber. II. The land consisting of 478 acres and all privileges and appurtenances, buildings and improvements, except the aforesaid timber, will be sold subject to the rights of the buyer of the timber to cut and remove the same. ' III. The timber and land will be sold as a whole and final sale will be made to the highest bidder only if the land and timbeV as a whole bring more than the land and timber when sold separately. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE THE UNDERSIGNED. TERMS:—40% of purchase price deposit on day of sale. Balance in cash upon delivery of deeds. Auctioneer: J. B. JOHNSON AUBREY H. KEYSER—-Phone: 2566 RAYNER V. SNEAD—Phone: 2241; 2451 Washington, Virginia Agents for Owners

A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR To you and yours . . ^ our merriest greetings and our best wishes for a Joyous Christmas and a Happy New Year. It has been our greatest pleasure to serve you. Our one New Year's resolution is to serve you better through the coming year. LEE ROSENBERG CULPEPER Best wishes for your happiness this Yule-. SOljTHERN STATES FRONT ROYAL SERVICE i r' ' • ' * * Star of Bethlehem Continues To Puzzle Modern Scholars Once again -Christendom sees the Star of Bethlehem and, like the Wise Men of old, rejoices with exceeding great joy. Astronomers have discounted possibilities that the star may have been a natural phenomenon since such phenomena occur too far from the earth to serve as any sort of local guide. Modem opinion is, however, inclined to hold that there , was a Star—although the story probably has been touched by Oriental imagery. St. Matthew suggests that even the Wise Men may have lost sight of the star while they were in Jerusalem; hence, they rejoiced when it reappeared to their vision as they approached the Manger of Bethelem. Come to think of it, astronomers have sought an astronomically authentic star—and found it not; historians have sought an historically human Jesus of Nazareth— and are still arguing whether or not they have found* Him: even zealous theologians, striving to harmonize messianic and eschatological theories with the illusive historical and human Jesus, have somethnes lost sight of the Babe in the Manger Who from His lowly stable draws unto Himself all who are weary and heavy-laden. iPressing close to that sacred Manger, Christendom glimpses the Star of Bethelem once more and rejoices in the light of righteousness and peace which has conquered every tyranny that evil men could think of, the light that shineth in the darkness and shall not fail. r . -- County News Notes Raymond Johnson, R. M. Johnson, and Mrs. C. *B. Johnson were Culpeper visitors on Friday. Amos Hawkins, a student at University of Richmond and son of Mrs. Ertha Hawkins, was married to Miss Ethel Richards in Richmond week before last. Miss Annie Stephenson was din. ner guest on Friday of her brother-in-law and sister, Hr. and Mrs. P. M. Browning, the occasion being Mrs. Browning’s birthday. Misses Bertha Johnson, Nellie Johnson, Bessie Carder, Mrs. J. H. Filling, and H. B. Wood Jr. were Culpeper visitors on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Atkins and family visited Mrs. Atkins’s mother, Mrs. Rossia Clarke, near Washington on Friday evening.^ Mias Mattie Beetor returned on Friday alter several days’ visit with Mrs. John Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice O’Bannon and sons, John and Bobby, and’ Miss lassie O’Bannon were Culpeper visitors on Thursday. ■ Mrs. Albert Burke has retuVned from several weeks’ visit with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burke and her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Burke. CHRISTMAS A bottom* of- theheart wish for Holiday happiness. RAPPAHANNOCK NATIONAL BANK WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA Let us enjoy together the ] blessed cheer and good will of Christmas J. A. SWAN, JR., & COMPANY v CULPEPER, VIRGINIA

with peace and with something of the calm joy of the first Christmas. CULPEPER BOOK STORE cAterry jl Our heartiest P wishes for a grand holiday season RECTOR’S STORE FLINT HILL Our very best - Christmas ^wishes GEORGE C. RAMSEY HARDWARE FRONT ROYAL aA-.*41 Mrs. W. P. Moffett and son, W. F. Moffett, spent Monday in Richmond with Mrs. Moffett's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Lucas. Mrs. Lucas had just returned from a week’s visit in New York with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Desha Lucas, and their infant daughter, Robin. Mr. and Mrs. J. Rodes Brown, Jr. and Rev. and Mrs. A. Paul Thompson entertained at dinner Sunday in Mrs. Brown’s apartment 'in Sperryville. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Thornton, Mr. and Mrs. J. Rodes Brown, Mr. and Mrs. P. Lee Thornton, and Lee Thornton HI. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Miller motored to Charlottesville Friday for their daughter, Miss Louise Miller. Miss Thelma Hawkins Visited Miss Betty Orange on Friday afternoon. Archaeologists' Findings Bear Out Bible Stories Archaeologists’ findings oftimes serve to further establish the authenticity of the story of Jesus. Only recently a group discovered the name of Jesus, carved before 70 A.D. and perhaps by an eyewitness to the crucifixion, among inscriptions on 11 early Christian burial urns found in a cave on the Jerusalem-Bethelem road. The urns may provide the “old. est archaeological record of Christianity" and an historical confirmation of the trial and era -ifixion of Christ, the archaeologists said. A sect of Hebrews, who followed Jesus, denounced Pontius Pilate and mourned the crucifixion of their leader, was believed to have left the writings on Hie urns in the cave. The Hebrew and Aramic inscriptions contained common names like Miriam, Simeon, and Matti. The Creek inscriptions and symbols beside them contained references to Christianity and, it seems probable, to the crucifixion. son mmmm,. \ Mr** Roscoe Bishop, la Arlington. Amy Brown of Culpeper visited her brother-in-law end sister, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dulaney on Wednesday. ft JSf f*:. G. TjHwr -MiH«r.ind sons, G. t Weaver, of were guests Friday of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Settle and Mm. John J. Mifiarat Flint'Sill and Mr. and Mm. W. A. Miller at Mt Prospect. * Again the Miracle of Christmas . . . that in a world torn by war a Child is born to teach us peace. Age-old, yet ever new each Yuletide, His message inspires all the world to strive toward those ideals of good will which were heralded by a star in the East nearly two thousand years ago . . . F. L. WHITE & COMPANY CULPEPER Just as we strive to be one step ahead all year 'round in offering you the finest merchandise . . . WE HOPE WE ARE ONE STEP AHEAD AND THE FIRST TO WISH YOU WE WISH TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPRECIATION WHICH HAS MADE 1951 THE BIGGEST YEAR WE EVER HAD WE HOPE YOU WILL HAVE a^bappy and prosperous NEW YEAR V*.-: ' AND STAY ONE STEP AHEAD WITH . . . LEA BROTHERS Serving the People of Virginia for Over 50 Years WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA

COLLEGE J3TUDENT3 HOME ■Mia* Mary Kay Fincham arrived from Madison college Tuesday.to spend her vacation with her family in Flint Ijjll. Other students from Madison are: Miss Jo Ellen Worth . and Miss Gladys Reid, who are spending the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cary and Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Reid in Washington; Miss Jean Brown is at her home in Sperryville. Pete Estes from Randolph Macon Academy will spend his vacation in Spferryville with his parents, Mr. , and Mrs. Charles Estes. D. E. ' (Dickie) Walker arrived from Fork Union Military Academy to be with his mother and family in the home of his grandmother, Mrs. John Clarke. -rfJ enkins—Dodson Miss Margaret Dodson, daughter of Elmwood Dodson, and William Jenkins were married Friday. Pfc. Hajjwood of Ft. Myer, spent Friday at his home near Woodville and attended the wedding of his sister, “Margaret” that afternoon. --- Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Vannoy of Alexandria and Mrs. Elizabeth Thornhill of Warrenton spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. Walker Jenkins. Stewart—Engel . Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Henning announce the marriage of their daughter, Ruth, to Dr. James If. Stewart of Baltimore on December 12. The couple left immediately for Florida and Havana and will be at home at Old Court Road. Riderwood, Maryland after December 24. ---W —Mr. and Mrs. John Wood and son, Edward Jenner, arrived Thursday at faillermead to spend the holidays with Mrs. Wood’s parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. C. J, Miller, Jr. Mrs. Charles G. Reid, Mrs. C. J. Miller, Mrs. J. W. Critzer, Mrs. Frank Wood, and Miss Mary Miller Wood were shopping in Culpeper on Friday. Miss Bertha Johnson spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Johnson. Petty Officer Harry Smith arrvied Sunday at the home of Mrs. Smith’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George “Kitty” Brown, in Sperry, ville, to spend a 15 days’ furlough with his family. P/O Smith and Mrs. Smith returned Friday to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Brown after spending several days with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Canon Winston, in Louisa, SLEIGHBELLS JINGLING ... NIGHT AIR TINGLING ... ALL PROCLAIM ... ITS CHRISTMAS! You can tell lt!s Christmas, because people are laughing with a little more freedom, and even the Scrooges have a kind word for everyone, and there’s no such thing as a bad boy. That’s the miracle of Christmas .. . and wouldn’t this old world be a wonderful place if Christmas were to last all year long! WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE GENE SCEARCE CULPEPER HELLO THERE! HOPE YOU'LL HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS May we wish you and yours the best of everything for a Merry Christmas. May you enjoy a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year. These are our sincerest wishes for you. CENTRAL HARDWARE CO. * CULPEPER ' School Pageant Postponed Dae to the heavy snow, the Christmas Pageant to he given Thursday evening, December 20, was postponed. The date for its giving" has been re-set for “Little Christmas,” Sunday January 6, 1052. The music classes of the school had worked very hard to prepare that “Little Christmas” would be this program and it was found an appropiate time to give it. “Little Christmas” is not widely celebrated except in the churches. The date of January 6 is taken as the time of the arrival of the Wise Men bringing their gifts to the Holy Child. Through custom, most Americans celebrate the arrival of the Wise Men simultaneously with the birthday celebration on December 25, joining the Angels’ songs with the Star’s appearance and the arrival of the Magi bearing their gifts. _W_ RESCUED PUP, BEWILDERED You’d bo Bewildered, too, if you had fallen in the well! Bodes Brown has three bird dog pups named Bothered, Bewitched, and Bewildered. Bewildered fell in the well, and quite properly, Mr. Brown rescued him. The complaints from Mr. Brown are registered on the following scores: the puppy took 1 o’clock on a cold night as the hour to fall in the well; Mrs. Brown made Mr. Brown go to the rescue; and the well was an old one, located in the cellar of the house. Mr. Brown’s rescuing operations neces- • sitated a hath. Some members of the family have been lead to believe (following Mr. Brown’s colorful comments at the time) that he does not enjoy midnight trips into old wells. Bewildered should be warned that tiie next time he gets into the well he may have to stay. --- C. E. Johnson* Jr., was in TimbervQle Friday on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hawkins are expecting their sons, Lester and Earl mith their wives from Washington, D, C» for the Christmas holidays. . Mr. and Mrs. William Stalnaker of Berryville spent Monday at “Cedar Cottage.” GUESTS AT ROSE HILL Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hall of Rose 'Hill will have as their guests over the holidays, their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. end Mrs. C. O. Kuhn and children, Beverly and Philip of Charles Town, West Virginia. They will arrive at Rose (Hill on Monday and will accompany Mr. and Mrs. Hall to Washington, D.C. for a Christmas Eve dinner with their son-in-law and daughter, Hr. and Mrs. L. P. Callahan. Christmas Hay, Mrs. Hall will have present for Christmas dinner her family, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kuhn and,, children, Severely and Philip, Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Callahan and chil mrs. upfcYKE Hostess to W.S.C.S. The W.S.C.S. of Washington Methodist church met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Updyke on Thursday evening. An auction sale was held and an interesting program given by tfye members of the society. After the business, a social hour was enjoyed and refreshments were served by the hostess. Sixteen members of ' the society wCre present for this meeting. dren, Carroll, L. P. Callahan, Jr. and Philip Callahan. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE CHRISTMAS Although unable to serve you personally this Holt* day Season, I want to thank our Loyal Friends and Customers for their Patronage all through the years, and • V;-'. •Wishing each and everyone the Jolliest Christmas ever and a Wonderful New Year, 1952. JOHNSON’S THE HOME OF BETTER FABRICS E. MARIE JOHNSON And her co-workers MAY B. JOHNSON EMMA HAUL TRUETT LILLIAN WOODWARD RUTH L. LAHMON North Davis Start CULPEPER May all the good thoughts you have spent on others return to you a thousand fold; may all the good deeds you have done be returned to you a thousand times; may you always be true to yourself and to the things in which you believe, without compromise. In these things will you find happiness. And may you always be happy, for in that sort of happiness will you have Christmas all year long. . C. ROY JONES JEWELER CULPEPER, VIRGINIA

Legend of ft* Y*l* Log la Virginia, the old Dominion, •toned land of early American history, there is an old traditidn of the origin of the Yule log that is retold every Christmas. As the family alts around the Yule log and sips their Christmas eggnog on Christmas Eve, the ancient legend is recounted again. One very cold Christinas EVe, when the frosty wind howled across a world of snow, an old man was sitting in his little cabin wish, ing that he had a fire to rwarm him. Suddenly he heard the cry of a , little child away out in tike ceUL The eld man hobbled to the doer The wind and the enow came rattling in and the eld men shivered until hie “oalieet two teef” chattered with cold. *.'A.. - The plaintive cry of the child came again above the whistle of the wind. It went straight to the old man’s heart and he wished with all his power of longing that he might have the strength to go out and find the unfortunate babe. The cry came e third time—end then n wondrous thing happened. A miraculous power filled the eld ■san’s veins. His muscles became strong and tense, his crutch fell bach into the cabin and he stopped HOLIDAY GREETINGS i We wish you a seai son rich in joy, brimj ming with good cheer, i In short— ; Merry Christmas. MARTIN FURNITURE COMPANY CULPEPER frmm kit AfllwU Mt fall* the Hurrying over the now with a spaed ha had not owned sinca boyhood, by and by ha came to a little child lying in a snow bank. Ha bent down and touched the child and a great new strength flowed over him, a strength which seemed to give him wings as he sped hack to his cabin. Arriving there, he placed the child upon the bed, tenderly drew the ragged coverlet about it and then looked to see if there (were a bit of furniture he could use to make a fire with which to warm the little one. At that precise moment a great log rolled across the threshold and into the fireplace. The little child looked at the log with eyes like stars—stars which sent gleams of light that kindled the log with the most brilliant fire the old man ever had seen. The dingy little room immediately was filled with radiance and warmth, and as the light enwrapped the child, he laughed and laughed with a melody like a song from the heart. The old man turned his eyes to where the fire horned end watched the flames leap ini beautiful rainbow tints over the log, and as his old eyes watched, the colors seomed to form the shape of the Cross in the fire. The flames of the Cross leaped higher and higher, blue, red, yellow and white, and as the old man watched this display, suddenly and magically there appeared a table in the center of the room, covered with a Christmas feast such as never before had been spread before his eyes. And never again was the old man hungry or cold, and never after that was there a Christmas in old Virginia without the Yule log and the Christmas Child to give light and warmth. And that is the story of the Yule log as it is told in 'Virginia every Christmas Eve. --W A “handy chest” made from six empty match -boxes will provide a convenient place for many of the small odds and ends which clutter up desk drawers. due six boxes together in rows of three each. Cover with wallpaper or fabric, leaving the ends open. Label the drawers according to their contents. A small pull tab pasted to the bottom of the drawer will make it easier to use. Mrs. Allen D. Johnson, high school home economics teacher, will spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen, in Altavista. Mrs. J. B. Wliliams and Miss Minnie Williams will spend the Christmas vacation with Mr. .and Mrs. F. M. Clarke in Richmond. WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS ... and a Happy New Year! may we join with the carollers on their note of Christmas happiness . . . for every family we have served, and for those whom we will serve in the coming year. A joyous season to you! CULPEPER FARMERS CO-OP Thm Is No N«w« Tonight (Written Dm. 24, 1894, by *• 1st* Htmr L Wife**, ef tha Richmond Tim#*.) ‘Tis the night before Christmas and from the neighboring church the grand hymn, “Tis the Birthday of the King." comes up from the rehearsing choir and reaches the office of The Times iwith its sacred melody. There is no news tonight, for the story of the people today began while shepherds watched their flocks by night and the angelic chorus of “ Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men" made music for the years, and happily for us, both rest tonight beyond the inspiration of men, too pure for the touch of a word and too sacredly sweet for the point of a pen. There is no news tonight, for ‘tis the throbbing of the heart and not the intellectual grandeur of the head upon the throne tomorrow. The future is guided by* one golden thread which connects life to its loved ones gone before, while the past is linked to a thousand strings which vibrate as the harp and flood the soul with melody not new to any heart, yet unheard by any other. There is no news tonight, for the din and confusion of the noisy world beyond is lost in the tumult which recollection recalls and upon which reminiscences ride to the guarded doors of the heart. There is no news tonight, for the fancied scenes of the future and of toil and endeavor are clouded by the brilliant floods of the past, which pours its light upon the picture galley which time has hung upon the sainted walls of memory. There is no news tonight, for this is the only day of the year when the bugle call of duty is lost in the discordant notes of the tin horn in the hands of a boy; lost in the , labor of love as the altar is built in our homes, and lost in the laughter of joy as he gilds the shrine for the passing of the holy day. "Tis the mistletoe, the evergreen . and the holly whose banners are hung above the people today, and While the flag of the country dearest for such days, there is no news tonight, for *tis the birthday of the king. BRIDGE PARTY Mr*. George H. Davis entertained the Washington Bridge Club at her home on, Mt Salem Avenue, on Friday evening. Those playing were‘Mrs. Elisabeth DeBergh, Mrs. Lewfcfj. Turner, Mrs. Frank Moffett, Sr., Mrs. J. E. Keyser, Sr., Mrs. C. T. Bruce, Mrs. J. W. Price, Mrs. B. M. Miller, and Mrs. Wade H. Massie, Jr. At the onclusion of) the game prises were awarded! to Mrs. B. M. Miller for high; Mrs. C. T. Bruce won traveling; Mrs. J. E. Keyser won hingo; and Mrs. Wade H. Massie won consolation. Miss Dorothy Bland will spe&d the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle Bland, in Shanghi. Miss Bland is the commercial teacher in Rappahannock High School. n W*T Tbey*r*AJHI The scarlet poinsettia la a favorite decoration for tile Christmas season. But do yon know how it got its name? The festive plant is named for Joel Roberts Poinsett, American legislator, botanist and diplomat. Although he was a Congressman from South Carolina, an authority on military science and a distinguished Secretary of War under President Van Buren, had it not been for his appointment as first U.S. Minister to Mexico (1825-29) Poinsett might have been forgotten. While south of the border, he was attracted to the large flaming flowers we all k n o w so well, brought some home and developed them. In his honor they became poinsett ias. JAMES ATKINS GENERAL MERCHANDISE SPERRYVILLE, VIRGINIA ^We £xtend! 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Mrs. William Warner Miller Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, December 28, from Washington Baptist church for Mrs. W. Warner Miller, who died Friday, December 21, in Front Royal hospital following an illness of several months. Mrs. Miller, a native of Illinois, spent her early life in Fredericks^ burg, moving to Rappahannock in 1887. Mrs. Miller is survived by her hunband, and two daughters of her first marriage to the late P. B. Richardson, Mrs. G. <5. Callahan of West Palm Beach, Florida, and Mrs. J. G. Surlee of Newport News, and four grandchildren, three boys and one girl, children of Mrs. Surles. Rev. M. E. Sliger and Rev. R. H. Sroggins officiated at the services on Sunday and interment was in the Masonic cemetery at Washington. Pallbearers were C. E. Giles, Downing Wood, W. A. Arthur, Virgil Updike, Dr. J. P. Snead, Herbert Foster, and E. M. Jones. -IfMr. and Mrs. C. O. Calhoun left Friday to spend the holidays in Cumberland, Md., with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Imbach of Florida visited Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Johnson on Friday-enroute to their home in Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Hopkins of Macon, Georgia, are expected to spend the holidays with the latter’s •mother, Mrs. R. L. Rudasill. Red Crow BloodmoMU Set or Comity VUit » s • , <i& Announcment has been received by Mrs. D. D. Miller, chairman of Rappahannock County Red Cross, that a tentative date of March SI has been set for the visit of the bloodmobile. A tetter from an administrative director of the Washington Regional Blood Center states that the Rappahannock chapter has been approved for participation in the blood donor program. The tetters states: “We are setting up a tentative date to visit your chapter on March 21 with, our bloodmobile. We (will conduct a training session for the volunteers of two or three neighboring chapters to which we wiH want to send v those volunteers who will work during the bloodmobile visit. This training session will be conducted by our chief nurse, Mrs. Helen Kemmerer. The place has not yet been selected, but it will be either in Front Royal or Luray.” Joe Shober of^ew York arrived Friday night to spend the Christmas holidays with his family at the home of Mrs. Ertha Hawkins. Rev. and Mrs. Cecil Carder of Wake Forest, North Carolina, wero over night guests Tuesday of the latter’s mother’ Mrs. Ertha Hawkins. J Robert Clear and Pepper Carson of Falls Church spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. George Brown in Sperryville. Our hope, this year as always, Is for lasting peace on earth. GILL IMPLEMENT & TRUCK CO. WARRENTON, VIRGINIA Out heartiest wishes for a grand holiday season E. M. SCHWARTZ SPERRYVILLE Supervisors Propose Rabies Shots for Dogs v / . '{ . s Upon advice from Dr W. R. Johnson, health department official, the Board of Supervisors met Saturday morning and proposed a county ordinance requiring inoculation of all dogs in the county to prevent rabies. This problem arose (when a dog in the Castleton neighborhood was bitten by a rabid fox. It had been hoped that the seige of rabies among the foxes in Fauquier and Loudoun would not spread into Rappahannock, but upon the first sign of the disease being present in the county, the Supervisors have proposed immediate action. ' The proposed ordinance calls for inoculation of all dogs before March 1, 19b 2, recommends that vaccine be given cats; and gives permission to aH citisens to kill any fox suspected of having rabies. Two representatives from Lederle laboratories were present to give information on the latest vaccine distributed by their company. This vaccine has proved to be effective for three years. A standard dose is 3 c.c., no matter what size the animal, and its cost is 54 cents per animal. There is no reduction in cost by buying large quantities; it is still 54 cents for one dose or a thousand. Clinics are to fee set up throughout the county and the county will bear the expense of veterinarian's fee for these clinics. Came Warden C. Ennis Brown and County Agent W. H. Lyne were appointed to arrange the clinics. With each inoculation a metal tag and certificate will be furnished the owner of the dog. No representatives of the hunt club were, present at the meeting. -,---^-■■■ SELECTIVE SERVICE OFFICE CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS The Selective service Office, located over the bank in Washington) will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, December 24 and 25. ; . Outlook Says County May Have Veterinarian Reports from the county scent’s office state that it looks as if the county might have a veterinarian within the coming year. Dr. William Porter, veterinarian of Front Royal has been in the county looking at the new house on the Dolph place, across the road from Dolmont, and guesswork has it, says W. H. Lyne, that the veterinarian must have an idea of living here. Letters, expressing interest in settling in the county, have come from Dr. Wake, at present in Alabama. Dr. Wake will finish his -veterinarian’s training in June. His wife is the former Miss Lauck, * teacher at Amisaville, who boarded with the Rowsies while she was in the eounty. The county agent states that it hi good news in his oars—and many of the farmers agree with him—-in hearing of the possibility of having a veterinarian in the county. There have been many times when it was hard to get a veterinarian from the adjoining counties into thf: county soon enough or often enough. —— W . ■ Miss Belle Strother of Salem is in the hospital suffering from a fall on the iee during the recent snow. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Williams left December 22 for Easley, S. C., to visit Mrs. William’s parents. 'Us Hie J Season, To Be Jolhj pie ’n’ turkey season ... snowball season . . . getting-presents season . . . the season that’s best of all. Well, certainly! It’s Christmas! And we hope you have a fine one. THE JEWEL BOX CULPEPER GREETINGS Here’s to a bright and beautiful I Christmas WATTS BARBER SHOP WATTS BEAUTY PARLOR WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA

ORDINANCE WHEREAS, the recent spread of rabies among foxes, dogs, domestic and other animals in Fauquier and Loudoun Counties has jeopardized the health and safety of the people and animals in Rappahannock County, WHEREAS, there is proof that a dog was bitten by a rabid fox in Rappahannock County, and WHEREAS, it is necessary to enact an ordinance to prevent the further spread of rabies in this County, NOW, THEREFORE, at a special meeting duly and legally called on December 22, 1351, the following ordinance is hereby proposed for passage by the Board of Supervisors of Rappahannock County under the authority of sections £9-195, 29-196, 29-188.1 and 1 .3 c,t the Code of Virginia of 1550:. 1. 1 he owners and custodians of all dogs four (4) months old and over in the County of Rappahannock shall have said dogs inoculated or vaccinated against rabies before March 1, 1952. It shall be unlawful for any person to bring into Rappahannock County or keep any dog over the age of four (4) months in said County unless said dog has been vaccinated or inoculated against rabies. 2. After March 1, ~1952, no license shall be issued by the Treasurer of Rappahannock County or his agent for any dog unless there is presented to said Treasurer or his agent at the time application for license is made, a veterinarian's certificate or written affidavit by the owner or other person that said dog has been effectively inoculated or vaccinated ' against rabies. 3. Vaccine for the inoculation or vaccination regained shall be furnished at cost by the County of Rappahannock and is to be distributed by the Local Health Department and the County Agent for use in such clinics as may be arranged by said Local Health Department or the County Agent. The actual cost of such vaccine shall be paid by each individual hiying his dog or other animal vaccinated. Veterinarian's fees to administer the vaccine shall be paid by the county if dogs are brought to central clinics before March 1, 1952. The date, time, and place of those clinics will be published when arranged. Free veterinarian's services are not available after March 1, 1952. 4. It shall be unlawful for any owner or custodian of any cat or unlicensed dog or any dog not inoculated or vaccinated against rabies to permit the same to run at large within this County. A' dog or cat shall be deemed to run at large while roaming, running, or self hunting off the property of its owner or custodian, and not under its owner’s or custodian’s immediate control. 5. Any cat or known unlicensed1 or uninoculated dog while running at large as above defined may be killed by the game twWrden or police officer or any person of this County or State. 6. All foxes suspected of having rabies may be killed on sight by any person. 7. Any person who rails to comply with or violates any of the terms of this ordinance shall be punished by a line of not more than $50.00. 8. This ordinance shall be effective January 24, 1952. 9. It shall be the duty of the Game Warden of Rappahannock County to enforce this ordinance. Notice is hereby given of the intent of the Board of Supervisors of Rappahannock County to propose passage of this ordinance on January 9, 1952, at a meeting at the Courthouse at 10:00 A.M. on said date, and it is ordered that said proposed ordinance be published once a week for two successive weeks in the Rappahannock News* BOARD OP SUPERVISORS of RAFPAiHANNOCK COUNTY, 12-27; 1-3 VIRGINIA -rf- ' Mrs. B. R. Cannon of Castleton enterd University hospital Thursday for treatment Mrs. Sosa Bishop, who has been staying with her sister for some time, returned home Friday reporting that Mrs. B ringers of Gifts Range v- . -• -j - Ygv<£ si0w#wFran Santa To Ruppert In America on Christmas Eve, there is a merry tinkle of sleigh bells as Santa Claus drives up in a sleigh drawn by eight reindeer. He drives frpm roof to roof, pausing just long enough to climb down each chimney. From a huge pack on his back he fills the children’s stockings with toys and goodies. Gifts that are too large to be stuffed in the stockings are put on the Christmas tree or stacked underneath it. This is Christmas in America—but it is not always Santa who brings the gifts to children in other lands. The Dutch children anxiously await the arrival on Christmas of St. Nicholas. He was the bishop Of Myra, so he is dressed in the traditional bishop's robes of black, wears a mitre, and carries a crozier. He rjdes a white horse and is accompanied by Black Peter, his page boy. Instead of hanging up their stockings to hold the gifts, the Dutch children place their wooden shoes in the chimney corner before going to bed. On the window sills they leave a bunch of hay for “Sleipner,” the bishop’3 white horse. It is customary for St. Nicholas to overturn chairs and leave the room in general confusion for Christmas morning. English children wait for a Santa Claus who closely resembles our own. They also find gifts tied to a green Christmas tree, but this custom has been in effect only since Queen Victoria was a young bride. She married Albert, a German prince, anc^ it was he who introduced this Christmas custom to England from Germany. It is an angel who leaves the gift* in Czechoslovakia. She descends on a golden chord to accompany Santa. In Scandinavia gifts are distributed during the supper hour. They are brought by bowls of porridge on the doorstep for them. Santa comes riding on a goat instead of a reindeer. The birds receive the largest number of gifts in Sweden. Each family places a sheaf of grain on a pole or on the fence posts for the bird’s Christmas dinner. ■ Spanish children place their straw-filled sleeves on the window sills so the Magi may ftfed their horses while they leave gifts. Hie older people fill an Urn of Fate from which the gifts are drawn on Christmas Day. Knight Ruppert, who is the Gorman Kris (Cringle, is . represented by a young girl wearing n golden crown and gowned in n flowing white robe. She carries a small tTM laden with gift* which she jit. tributes. ' ' ' ' J The children of Switzerland have their gifts brought to them by a radiant angel who rides in a sleigh drawn by six reindeer. She brings them goodies to eat as well as toys. And in Poland, at least before the Communists came in, the people called at the parish house on Christmas morning where the priest presented them with “peace wafers,” which symbolized peace on earth, good will to men. The people exchanged Christmas wishes as the wafers were broken and eaten before returning home. As Americans observe t h i 3 Christmas in the comfort and luxury of modern civilization, who among them will pause for a thought of how their forebears kept the holly season? Ah example of Christmas of the past in America is provided in a study of the history of the old village of Kaskaskia, first capital of Illinois, .where the pioneers braved the rigors off* new and unsettled Despite the hardships and dis. comfort... which prevailed in the days of the early settlers of this land, there was hardly a cabin so humble but what its occupants found some way to keep Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. John Paulson, John Paulson, Jr., and Lynn Paulson arrived at Twinland, the home of Mrs. Paulson’s parents for the holidays. Miss Ruth Bancroft from Madison College was an ' over night guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Merrill on Wednesday enroute to her home in Maine. B. R. Cox of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has arrived at his home to spend the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Jessie Cox. REAL ESTATE I hm prospects for All Kinds of Property Outside - Connections W. A. MILLER Local Broker WASHINGTON, VA. Q^LL day, 2851; Nights or Sundays, 2181. DONAHOE’S FLOWER SHOP MRS. C. E. GILES, Agent Phones: Washington 2676 or 2681 AUtkiftUfl^h <4tu J ieadonim ftuMim U IN ALL SINCERITY, WE HOPE 1952 WILL BE THE BEST YEAR OF YOUR LIFE. MR. AND MRS. J. BRADLEY ATKINS SPERRYVILLE J. BRADLEY ATKINS, Atlantic Dealer L. B. DULIN, Atlantic Distributor It’s a pleasure to wish you the most joyous of Christmases! It’s a pleasure to tell you how much we appreciate serving you in the year *ust closing. It’s a pleasure to look forward to providing you iwith “Service When You Need It” HOFFMAN IMPLEMENT SERVICE CULPEPER, VIRGINIA

FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF YQU May your Christmas be filled with all of the good things . . . with joy and peace, gladness and cheer . . . and may you take them with you into the new year. L. B. DULIN, JR. ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY AND EMPLOYEES CULPEPER, VIRGINIA f MAY WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH YOU ... MERRY CHRISTMAS AMD A HAPPY NEW YEAR Tinsel, snow, sleighbells, holly ... *11 let yon know that Christmastime is here. Time for remembering “Peace On Earth” and “Goodwill Toward Men”. MODERN SHOE SHOP “NICK and GAYLE” 206 North Main Street CULPEPER VALUABLE REAL ESTATE SALE Pursuant to a decree of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, entered on the 23rd day of November, 1951 in the Chancery cause of Flora K. Sothoron Vs. Beulah K. Stember, et al, pending in the said Court, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder at the front door of the Courthouse of Rappahannock County at Washington, Virginia, on SATURDAY, JANUARY 5,1952 11:15 o'clock a.m. the following described real estate: All of the land owned by Hubert F. Keyser at the time of his death, consisting of 15 acres, more or less, being the same land conveyed to him by deed dated October 27, 1915 and duly recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County in Deed Book No. 80 at page 19. This land lies in Hampton Magisterial District* of'said County and is bounded by the lands of George Baldwin, John M. Clark and the Shenandoah National Park. Said land has growing $$Jt Oak, Yellow Poplar and other varietiee_of marketable timber, consisting of HMS trees which have been marked for harvest by the Virginia Forestry Service. Terms of Sale: CASH. R. V. SNEAD Special Bonded Commissioner Auctioneer : J. B. JOHNSON I, Jas. M. Settle, Cleric of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, do hereby certify that the bond required of the said Special Commissioner in the said Chancery Cause has been duly executed. . JAS. M. SETTLE, Clerk. 12-20^7; 1-8 Carol. . OM C-^pn, ;m(. Christmas carols express better than anythin* else, hrohehlft* true spirit of Christmas. . The word “carol” itself signifies joy and was originally used to accompany a dance. William Wallace Fyfe concludes that the tenn carol “signifies a song of joy or exultation.” Another definition states: “A carol is a hymn of praise especially such as is sung at Christmas in the open air.” In England, which gave America most of its carols, they were sometimes gay and sometimes convivial until the time of the Puritans, who tried to suppress the Christmas spirit. After the Restoration, the religious nature of the day was for a time almost forgot in the reaction from Puritanism, and the carol was temporarily lost in the songs. mere are many quaint customs associated with the early carolers that might be used today to break the monotony of going from house to house singing Christmas hymns. It was about the 16th century that caroling became a Christmas custom, and is supposed to have been brought to England from Italy by the traveling clergy. The first real Christmas carol is attributed to St. Francis of Assissi who made a model of the Bethlehem manger to help him tell his people the Christmas story. The idea of caroling fitted admirably into the English conception of Christmas as a combination of religions celebration and a great home day with neighborly feeling, so it greran and flourished in that country. Little bands and groups of singers which sprang up in the towns and villages came to be known as “Waits.” A natural explanation of the name seems to be that it refers to watching and waiting, for Christmas Eve is called the Vigil-of Christmas. As early as December 21, which is the dsy dedicated to St. Thomas, mummers and carolers would begin going from door to door, announcing the great feast at hand. It was natural for «n to offer ‘ ^nnstmas xro eholdthese il ana graaually in many placek/tfte custom of giving alms and presents of various kinds was established. This benign custom threatened at one time in England to become a profession and to lose its original simple charm. 'For a period beginning jusfl when no one knows and ending in 1820, there were in London and Westminster companies of licit contributions from the public. The caroler* were often accompanied by entertainers who gave a spirit of revelry to the occasions. The mummers often interrupted the singing to give their interpretation of “St. George and the Dragon.” Tumblers, dressed in bright red, would perform their arts of skill to entertain the onlookers. To you, a full measure of peace ^ and j plenty, i 4 CULPEPER PLANING M to extend to our friend* and customer* our best wishes for a MERRY CHRISTMAS.. • FRONT ROYAL

County News Notes Miss Barbara Swindler of Brentwood, Maryland is spending the Christinas holiday and week with her mother, Mrs. 0. B. Swindler. Richard Beck of Rappahannock High School left on Friday afternoon for Deerfield where he will spend the holiday with his parents. , Mrs. William Curtis and daughter, Susan Anne of Washington, D.C. are visiting Mrs. Curtis’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Racer. Mrs. Eugene Davis was a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller Thursday evening at lit. Prospect. Miss Mary H. Caskie of Richmond spent Sunday with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Miller at Mt. Prospect. , Mrs. Joseph Pause and son, Barney, motored to Washington, D. C., Friday and were accompanied home that afternoon by 'Mr. Jauze, who will spend the holidays at his home near Woodville. Mr. and Mrs. Roswell Bowersett arrived Saturday from Atlanta to spend the holiday -with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James 1C. Settle and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowersett. Ralph Strewn of the Health Department left Saturday to spend the Christmas holiday with his parents in Martinsville. Mr. and Mrs. >HJ. McGehee left Saturday to spend the Christmas holiday with Mr. McGehee’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.C. McGehee in Richmond. Miss Minnie Williams and mother left Sunday for a two weeks vacation in South Carolina with Mrs. Williams* parent*, Mr. and Mrs. Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Browning arrived Sunday at the home of his mother, Mrs. Edgar Browning, where they will spend Christmas holidays. Mrs. Raymond Johnson left Friday to visit her sisters in Ricnmond and her mother, Mrs. Cotten ip Dendron. mm nuLf THIS SOBOL A. W. HALE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR FRONT ROYAL NISH NORTH & SON (AUBREY NORTH) MOBILOIL PRODUCTS HUNTLY, VIRGINIA In Nativity Celebration While December is now the month in which Christ's birthday is celebrated by Christians all over the world, research and study show that Christ's nativity has been celebrated in January, in March, April, May, September, and October by various peoples Although few people know it, it whs for the purpose of substituting a Christian festival for pagan ones bf Romans and 'Druids that celebrations of Christmas in December were popularised. No historian pretends to fix the actual date of Christ’s birth or the date at which Christmas became a general feetviaL About all that it known is that during the fourth century the feast of the Nativity was observed in all western world churches at different dates. The confusion resulting from celebrations in seven months of the year caused tfye western church authorities to meet in 640 to set a definite date for the celebration. The eastern churches did not co-operate until the sixth century when December 25 was set as the day to be observed. The question has arisen innumerable times as to why December was selected as the month for rejoicing. The answer is that this month was chosen in order that a Christian festival could compete with those of the pagans, because December was noted for its feasts and holidays in nearly every civilized land. Greeks, Romans, Saxons, and Scandinavians all took part in the celebration of these festivals which had originated before the birth of Christ. From the Saxons came the ceremony of burning the Yule log. The Saxons burned great bonfires in honor of their god Thor. From the Romans came the giving of presents, for this custom has been traced to the Roman Saturnalia. It may seem strange to claim that the pagan riotousness might be the forebear of the Christian holiday of goodness and love, but intermingled with that which was objectionable, were things that have gone straight to the hearts of people throughout the Christian world, ijte__ -ifFIGHT T-B.— BUY SEALS And Merry Christinas and a Happy and Prosperous 1952 to all our Good Friends and Customers SHIREY’S JEWELRY STORE FRONT ROYAL RUSSELL BROS. FLINT HILL, VIRGINIA MurphqTheatre Bui lding In the spirit of the blessed day we wishyoua com pletely happy Christmas i Phone 387

GREETINGS MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR To all our customers and friends we wish the happiest of Holiday Seasons and thank you one and all for your kind patronage. V ■ LONGERBEAM FURNITURE 1 W. P. JOHNSON CULPEPER BEST WISHES OF THE SEASON | THANK YOU! Because of your friendliness and your patronage this year we’ll have a very Merry Christmas, and we sincerely hope you will, too. » • i A. D. KELLY FURNITURE CO. CULPEPER. VIRGINIA Jog be “■§SBrs this Christ] tas r FIRST NATIONAL RANK OF FLINT HILL Most-Loved Carol Written After Mice Nibbled “Silent Night, Holy Night “AO Is Calm, AO !• Bright" This most popular of all Christmas carols iwas written because mice ate the bellows of the church organ in Oberndorf, Austria 133 years ago. It was in December, 1818, that the rodents did their work in the small Roman Catholic Church of 'Saint Nikolaus in the village in the Salzach Valley. The parish priest, 28-year-old Father Joseph 'Mohr, was desperate. What would a Christmas without music be like for his parishioners, mostly bargemen who ship salt from the near-by mines down the Salzach River? Mohr took hi# . problem to his friend, the school teacher, Franz Xavier Gruber. Gruber played the organ in the little church and knew how much music meant to the men and women,’ and particularly the children of the village. Together they went to (work. On Christmas Eve the two men had completed a simple but moving carol. It was simple because it had to be sung by the two men, a tenor and a bartitone, and accompanied by Mohr’s guitar. They sang their new arol for the little congregation that night at midnight mass. The bargemen and farmers liked it. The children liked it. “I am proud of you. People will sing your song long after we both are dead,” Mrs. Gruber told her happy husband that night on their way home from church. Shortly before Christmas the next year an organ builder came to the little town to check the church organ. Gruber, testing the repairs, began to play the carol. Father Mohr began to sing the words, and Gruber joined in. The organ builder, his name long since forgotten, was as impressed as the congregation. He copied the song and played it as he went from village to village* ^repairing organs for the coming holiday. He carried the song from the rotting hills and valley of Salseeh near the German-Ausfcrian border to the little torwn of Zillertahl, high in the Tyrolean Alps. This Christmas Eve, as on almost every Christmas Eve since it was written, the simple carol will be sung by a tenor and a baritone—simple people, the town butchers-—in the chapel marking its birthplace. —-. Miss Charlotte Golladay left on Friday for her home in Woodstock. U* -•**»> jra. FUSS ELL-YOUNG 1CL CREAM COMPANY ('itlpcptr, Virginia M£r kY CHS!.ref£AS May heaven and nature sing for you this HUNTSBERRY’S FRONT ROYAL WINCHESTER • • • We wish you the old-fashioned holiday happiness withanewand BRADFORD’S STORE FLINT HILL season.

News Among t>t* V Colored Readers Sgt. 1-c Stanley Ficklin and ' Mrs. Ficklin arrived at his home in Amissville on Friday to spend a fu; lough with his parents, Mr. and Mis. George Ficklin. Sgt. Ficklin has been stationed for some time at Camp Polk, Louisiana. He has been in service seven years, and is scheduled for foreign service next year. His overseas duty in World *War II was in Germany. Mrs. William Hunter left Friday to spend Christmas holidays with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Riddick, in Norfolk. ^ Charles Roberts, who has been in the Front Royal Hospital for rome time under treatment, is improving. Mrs. William Timbers was taken sick on Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Clanagan spend Sunday with Mr. and .Mrs. Robert Russell. -rfThe Average American The average American is 30 years old, is married, and has a wife and two children. Futhermore, the Census Bureau said this week, he owns his own home, or, rather, he and the loan company do, but he is struggling to pay off the mortgage. The average man also owns an automobile, a mechanical refrigerator, a radio, and a telephone. He is a semi-skilled worker in the manufacturing industry, with an annual income of around $3,000. The Census Bureau hasn't com* pleted its statistics on education, but it estimates that this average fellow has had at least a year in high school. Here is the way the average is arrived at: There are approximately the same number of males above BO yean of age as there are below 80, so that becomes the average. More than half feha,«pe*family detached dwellings arh’wtriied by the occupants. About half of these are clear of debt, but since the average man is but 30, the census people figure he’s still paying on his*—and will be for some years. There has not been too much of a change, on the average, since 1940, the information man said. We’re getting older. Ten years ago the average man was 28, but he also had a wife and two children. How come the average man of today doesn’t own a television set? The Census man said the census people had thought about that, but the census <w&s taken in April, 1960, at a time wen there were only around 5,000,000 sets. Now, he said, it’s estimated that there are more than 25,000,000 sets. “I suppose he has one by now,” the information man said. Since Christmas shopping has just been completed the average man is broke, and it doesn’t take any Census Bureau expert to tell that! CLASSIFIED ADS Rates: 2c par word first insertion: le per word each additional; 25c minimum; 25c booking charge if less than $1.00. in Memoriae, minimum, 50 cents per inch over 3 inches. _ For Sale _ FOR SALE—Registered Hereford Bull; 7 years old. Sire: Supreme Domino; dam: Panama's B. ■First HF. Raised by Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Rapidan, Va • Registered Angus bull, 5 years old. Sire: Black Cap Lad of Tarkio; dam: Tarkio's Queen Jeanne; purchased from Frank Armstrong, Haywood, Va. • .Both Bulls quiet and not breedhy. • Also 4 Registered bull ealves. PIEDMONT FARM, Sperryville. 11-15-tfc Wanted WANTED—Large or small tracts of standing timber. Call S. E. ■HEN1NG, Sperryville-3821. • lc WANTED — Sc rr 7* iron, metal, rags. Hides. Ci^seiilg. STOKES SURPLUS ft SALVAGE, Front Roym. 6-4-tfc WANTED Sober, dependable man for operating milk collection route. Excellent opportunity for right man to acquire substantial business of his own without investment on his part. SUNBEAM DAIRY PRODUCTS Corp. C L. HOFFMAN WMfc C"IpePer Soil Saver Notes Bf L B. Hnntty The State Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors will hold their annual meeting on January 29 and 30 at the Richmond Hotel, Richmond, according to T. G. Ragsdale, Chairman of the program committee. Ragsdale is i member of the board of supervisors of the Culpeper District, comprising the* counties of Culpeper, Orange, Madison, Greene, and Rappahannock. The activities on January 29 will be rather unique in that the three meals to be served by the hotel on that date will be exclusively Virginia-grown products donated by Virginia growers and processers. The soil conservation district supervisors, their wives, members of the General Assembly of Virginia and friends will attend the meeting. Walter S. Davis, Jr. of League City, Texas, Chairman of USA The Night After Christmas* Note: We have received numerous requests to repeat the following poem—Editor. Twas the night after Christmas, and boy what a house! I felt like the devil, and so did the Spouse. The eggnog and turkey and candy were swell, But ten hours later, they sure gave me hell. The stockings weren’t hung by the chimney with care, The darn things were sprawled on the back of a chair. The children were nestled all snug in their bed, But I had a large cake of ice on my head. And when I finally dozed off in a nap, { The ice cake woke me up when <t fell in my lap. Then for some unknown reason I wanted a. drink, So I started in feeling my way to the sink. I grot along fine ‘till I stepped on the cat, I don’t recall just what occurred after that. When I came to, the house was all flooded with light, Although under the table, I’m as high as a kite. While visions of sugar plums danced in my head, I somehow got up and then back into bed. Then what to my wandering mind should appear, But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. The sleigh seemed to change to a red fire truck And each reindeer turned into a bleary-eyed buck. I knew in a moment it must be old Nick, And I tried to cry out but my tongue was too thick. Then the old devil whistled and shouted with glee While the bucks pawed the earth and looked daggers at me. Then he called them by name, and the names made me shudder When I heard them I felt like a ship minus rudder. Now Egg-Nog, Bacardi, Four Roses, and Brandy, Now Fruit Cake, Cold Turkey, Gin Hickey, and Candy! To the tip of his dome, to the top of his skull, Now whack away, crack away, with thumps that are dull. Then in a twinkling I felt on my roof The prancing and pawing of each cloven hoof. How long this went on I'm sure I can't say But it seemed like eternity, plus a long day. But finally the night after Christmas had passed And I found I really could think good at last. 'So I thought of the New Year, a few days way And I’ve made me a vow that no tempter can sway. I’m sticking to water—don’t even For there’s nothing as tasty and nothing as nice. The night after New Year’s may. bother some guys But I’ve learned my lesson, and Brother, I’m <wise. You can have your victuals, and liquor that’s red But what goes to my stomach won’t go to my head. So a big Happy New Year to you and to all, I’m back on the wagon and I hope I don’t fall. —Russell Kay •iie Oitfo'ai grSoB Conservation Districts, will address the dinner meeting. * Soil Conservation District Supervisors who will attend from this area other than Ragsdale include: L. W. Kipps, Madison Co.: William M. Yager, Orange bounty; James E. Yates, Rappahannock County and Bogardus Worth, Co.; Agent, Greene County. 13th MONTH SALE ECONOMY SHOP Inc. FRONT ROYAL, VA. THREE BIG DAYS THUR. - FRI. - SAT. DECEMBER 27,- 28, - 29 WE ARE CLEARING OUR STOCKS BEFORE INVENTORY HUNDREDS OF ITEMS REDUCED TO COST AND BELOW. IT WILL BE WISE AND PROFITABLE TO VISIT THE ECONOMY SHOP DURING THIS EVENT. FAMOUS >gP jSpfvJ NAN BUNTLEY RAYON SUITS ■ r.‘ v£.rr"..""'” ^r~"-r -?t> • In MeaVWetr Checks end Solids. Exquisitely Tailored for that Smart Look—You would expect to pay $35.00 for this garment -A $16.00 i Reduced to Only COAT - TOPPER SALE Here is the most outstanding ▼alue ever offered. Your famous JEAN HARPER COAT OR TOPPER, in covert, suede or gabardine. 10 COATS, formerly $35.00 NOW $24 JO 25 COATS, formerly $25.00 NOW $18.00 15 TOPPERS, formerly $25.00 NOW $18.00 PLASTIC ALL-LEATHER HANDBAGS Priced For Quick Clearance Get Your Favorite Color and Design, while selection is Complete. Formerly $2.98 ,T.^^yC|9,XP SEE THE MANY VALUES OFFERED DURING THIS TACULAR EVENT AT THE mtf