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There will be a slight admission charge. Everyone please attend. Also don’t forget about the Christmas Dance, December 22, from 8 pm -12 pm. The admission is only 25g. Music will be by that popular and up and coming band “Robin and the Hoods.” Mysterious Teacher W? is a teacher at RCHS whose great sense of humor brightens (his? her?) class. One of??Ts favorite topics is “George the Beagle.” Last week’s Mysterious Person was— Stuart Henry.
December 23,1965
“Christmas is getting too commercial!” This modem complaint, while it may have force, is somewhat lacking in originality. “I hate the crafty arts of giving presents,” said the witty Roman poet Martial, who lived and wrote from about 40 to 104 A.D. “Gifts are like hooks.” His complaint was expressed in a series of poems written for a wealthy patron, at the time ,of the Saturnalia, the pagan festival from which cam many Christmas customs.
Martial, however, was not always averse to presents. After listing a large number of small gifts, such as toothpicks, figs, napkins, which had been delivered to him, he pointed out that it Would have been much easier for the messenger to bring him “five pounds of silver plate”.
25 YEARS AGO
December 18, 1980
An influenza epidemic hit
93.8%