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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1966
Page
5
Robert Marks outlines Santa Claus origins from Saint Nicholas of Myra to modern adaptations across cultures. He notes Dec 6 Dutch Saint Nicholas gifts, the American Santa Claus, Father Christmas in England, Pere Noel in France, and other nations with local gift bringers.
A look at how Clement Clarke Moore, born in New York City in 1779 and a seminary professor, wrote Visit From St. Nicholas in 1823 creating the modern Santa Claus. The piece notes Santa’s red suit, eight reindeer, and North Pole home, with Rudolph later added, and his annual Dec 24 journey. The public clings to belief, especially children, while adults offer few explanations about Santa’s motives or year round life.
The poem laments a doomed romance with Miss Barleycorn, detailing longing, claimed deathly kisses, and a private hell of withered hopes. The speaker questions virtue and fate, noting a widow’s tears and debauchery as the harvest of years amid tortured reflections.
An editor notes a Dec 9 Washington gathering of about 600 businessmen under the U S Chamber of Commerce to discuss whether people should be paid for doing nothing. The debate pits Theobald Tobin Friedman against tax reformers on the goal of full employment and welfare reform.
Executive Director Henry E. Price praises The Enterprise and reporter Ray Hubbard for urban renewal coverage in High Point. He cites East Central Urban Renewal Area progress with new streets homes and a revived ward. notes planned Central Business District changes including Sears Elwood renovation and underground wires. urges broader citywide effort to reach a true first class city in ten years.
Letter from Mrs. Cloe Edwards, president, expresses gratitude for editorial article about the Good Deed Club. Praises kindness, consideration, and the piece on the editorial page, calling it one of the nicest gestures for the club.
A High Point couple shares a Christmas letter from Father Tom, the 1945 acquaintance and former sculptor hopeful priest now aiding flood victims in Tuscany. He describes Florence flooding on Nov 4, Pietrasanta’s relief work, and asks for donations to the Pietrasanta Flood Relief Committee to provide mattresses and food to the homeless and displaced.
Rufus York and fellow volunteers at the Thomasville Rescue Mission plan a Christmas meal for about 22 people with food, toys, and clothing for 15 to 20 families. They emphasize giving help without enabling further problems and hope to share compassion with others during the holiday.
A writer photographer team visited High Point to cover the furniture industry arriving by helicopter then returning to town for the Southern Furniture scene. They ponder Christmas gifts and look ahead to safer driving in 1967 while sharing light comments on laundry humor and grasshopper pie. They note past Christmas weather trends from 1963 to 1965 and hope for mild, dry conditions.
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