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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
48
Darkness filled St. Marys School corridors as the high school sodality began its Christmas candlelighting procession last Friday night with carol music echoing through the building.
A lively school pagecurated look at students Ned Elaine and others with plans for nail clipping a gold coffin gift bracelets and car talk. The piece recalls a candlelight procession at St Josephs Hall led by socialists and the Senior Octet singing O Holy Night as Sodality frames a Christian charity message.
St Mary s High School mixed choir of seventy three boys and girls will perform Mis a Brevis in four parts during the Christmas Midnight Mass at St Mary s Church. Sister Frances Joseph directs with Miss Earline Schnelle at the organ, and Mrs Calvin Bierschwale playing carols before and during the Mass. The Mass will be broadcast on KNAF with Rev Edward Bartsch translating prayers into English.
Editorial from St Marys High School extends best wishes for a joyful Christmas and a blessed New Year to all POW-Wow readers.
Catholic students urge true Christmas spirit beyond parties and gifts. They value peace, joy, and reverence, highlight nativity symbols, and stress receiving Christ in Holy Communion at Midnight Mass as the source of real joy.
Sophomores hosted a Christmas party for 130 students at St Joseph's Hall last Friday night. Santa entered to Jingle Bells and gifts circulated around a fifteen foot Christmas tree. Guests played at thirty card tables with holiday centerpieces while punch cookies candy and toast nuts were served from a pine cone and holly decorated refreshment table.
Three educational films were shown to the student body this week. Norman Sakswig demonstrated typing techniques emphasizing natural finger curve, wrist position, rhythm, and snap strokes. Roy ersting and Emil D. Brodbeck’s Basic Motion Picture Technique teaches ten essential filming skills. The third film Radio Broadcasting Today analyzes current broadcasts, noting more bad programs than good, and the FCC’s impact on radio.
A terse aphorism notes that ignoring one’s proper duties leads to bondage of the will. The line contrasts natural instruction with imposed obedience, urging fidelity to inner compulsion and rightful work.
A school Christmas party unfolds with candy aromas and festive decorations. Students anticipate gifts under the tree as Santa and Rudolph surprise the hall, ending with a secret moment shared with George Gold.
The brief notes more coverage of the St Marys pow wow, with emphasis on participants, schedule and highlights from the event on page four of the edition.
Leeds Music Corporation dedicates the popular song One Little Candle to the 1952 Christmas Seal, honoring the charitable campaign and its fundraising efforts. The dedication highlights the music publisher's support for the season's cause and its public acknowledgment in the press.
Advertisement urges readers to shop Fredericksburg Publishing Co. Inc for complete Little and Big Golden Book selections along with other children’s titles offered by the publisher. Numerous title ranges highlighted to entice buyers.
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