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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
2
A poetic New Year greeting depicts Time as a stately figure arising with courage and grace. He proclaims his role as friend to endeavor foe to wrong and bearer of aid to the sad and afraid, offering blessings, sunlight, and new beginnings. Time promises to erase old errors and lead to peaceful lands.
The article recalls Dutch colonial and 19th century American customs of open house on New Year’s Day with punch and social calls. It notes metropolitan papers listed at home notices, the influx of visitors, and later abuses leading to the decline of public open houses.
The article lists annual holidays and observances for 1945. Key dates include Lincoln’s birthday February 12, Washington’s birthday February 22, St Patrick’s Day March 17, Easter April 1, Mother’s Day May 13, Memorial Day May 30, Father’s Day June 17, Independence Day July 4, Labor Day September 2, Columbus Day October 12, Armistice Day November 11, Thanksgiving November 23, and Christmas December 25. The year 1945 is not a leap year, so February has 28 days.
Many Mexican families still observe the old clock system on New Year's Eve. A clock atop a lighted candle surrounded casket is stopped at midnight and buried in the garden to symbolize the year’s passing.
The small British colony on Han son Island in the Chathams, 414 miles southeast of Wellington, New Zealand, will be among the first to greet 1945. Located just east of the international date line, the source notes that all time is reckoned from there.
New Year celebrations in Scotland include the Wassail bowl with savory liquid and apples, recalling old customs like apple tugging and the lambs wool decoction. On Monday after New Year’s, often called the big Day, Scots share gifts, feast, and friends unite to drink a cup of kindness for Auld Lang Syne.
A storytelling grandmother narrates an ancient legend from Indian lore about winter clouds. The bear in the sky breathes moist air to shape clouds into playful forms—bears, wild cats, hills, and funny figures—bringing smiles to children during midwinter celebrations. Dr. E. A. Bates, Cornell.
Traditional New Year customs included druids gifting sacred mistletoe branches and Saxons feasting on gifts and festivals. Romans brought gifts to the emperor, adopted in England by Henry I. Elizabeth reportedly sourced jewels and wardrobe from gifts, while 1692 nobles sent purses of gold to the king. Tudor and Stuart eras saw gifts to friends with best wishes. ladies received gloves or pins, sometimes wrapped in money giving rise to "pin money."
The President has long opened his home to the public on New Year’s Day. From the start of the Republic Washington began this custom and, seven years into his Philadelphia presidency, he maintained it as a public welcome.
A brief devotional verse asking for courage and faith in the new year. The speaker seeks charity over wealth, desiring kinder thoughts to live hour by hour and bear small trials with faith.
English New Year celebrations shifted from December 25 to January 1 after William the Conqueror’s coronation on January 1, altering medieval calendars and feast day practice.
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