The Three Wise Men and Christmas Gift Traditions
Overview of how gift giving at Christmas evolved from pagan Saturnalia and Yule to Christian practice. Highlights St Nicholas December 6th, and legendary givers like Befana and St Lucy, stressing the enduring spirit of joyful generosity.
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Anya
Europe
St. Nicholas
A. D
Three Kings
Spain
South America
Befana
Italy
St. Lucy
Mrs. Nathan Atkins Celebrates Birthday Surprise
Mrs. Nathan Atkins marked a birthday with a Saturday night surprise supper hosted at Hal Heath's home. Attendees included her husband, children Judy Bonnie Nancy and Dale Atkins, relatives from Dobson Yadkinville White Plains Winston-Salem Mount Airy and Charlotte, and gifts plus a decorated birthday cake.
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Nathan
Marie) Atkins
Shirley Heath
Margie Moore
Lena Mae Gilley
Hal Heath
Judy
Bonnie
Nancy
Dale Atkina
Huldsh Wolfe
Dobson
Rossie Willard
Freddy
Linda Willard
Yadkinville
Preston Carpenter
Brenda
Beulah
Robert Wolfe
Barbara
Danny
Velvet Wolfe
Rex Gilley
John Haynes
Johnny Haynes
Jerry Moore
Cindy Moore
Jill
David Heath
Mount Airy
Karren
Eddie Brintle
White Plains
Larry Adama
Winston-Salem
J. W. Wolfe
Alene Wolfe
Depen
Mrs. Heath
Atkins
Christmas Dinner for Circle Members at Haymore Baptist
Christmas dinner party hosted by the Woman's Missionary Society circles of Haymore Baptist Church at the Noodruft home on Grace Street. Twenty six guests from the Williamson and Belle Sororities attended the festive event in the recreation room with red and green decorations. Mrs. C. R. Stevens gave the invocation and Mrs. Glenn McPeak read a Christmas passage. Miss Carole Woodruff distributed gifts to all attendees before carols and a closing prayer.
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Feng
Noodruft
Grace Street
Williamson
Woman's Missionary Society of
C. R. Stevens
Glenn McPeak
Carole Woodruff
White Sulphur Springs HD Club Christmas Party
White Sulphur Springs HD Club held a Christmas party at Powell's Restaurant with 22 covers. Guest Miss Kathleen Gilleland Northwestern Regional Librarian attended as a guest, and Mrs. George Shelton presided as president with Mrs. C P Gilbert and Mrs J G Cheenwood in charge of dinner.
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Powell's
Kathleen Gilleland
Northwestern
George Shelton
George Miller
C. P. Gilbert
J. G. Cheenwood
Sorority Christmas Ball Set by Gamma Delta Chapter
The Gamma Delta Chapter of Pi Sigma Phi Sorority announces its annual Christmas Ball on Saturday December 14 at the National Guard Armory from 9:00 to 1:00 with Lea Daniels Orchestra. Tickets must be picked up by Friday December 1 and will not be sold at the door. couples may attend. Ticket chairman Miax Polly O'Brien lists member locations for purchases.
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Gamma Delta Chapter
Peta Sigma Phi Sorority
National Guard
Lea Daniels
Miax
Polly O'Brien
Teket
Green Beans with Cheese Sauce for Holiday Meal
A simple vegetable dish uses mellow blue cheese to give zip to mild green beans. Two packages of french style beans are cooked then tossed with a butter almond cheese sauce and served hot with holiday fare.
Perfume Advice for Charm and Harmony
The text stresses using wood perfume freely to enhance charm. Apply to skirt hems sleeves linings gloves and veils with an atomizer and add a few drops to rinse water after shampoo. Consistency of fragrance across toilet water powder sachet and talcum is recommended for harmony and well being.
Glass Gardens For The Ladies
Terrariums enclosed in glass are easy to care for and fit any lighted container. Choose humidity-loving plants like African violet dracaena ivy philodendron pathos and wanderline. Build with gravel moss soil mix and moss lining then seal with glass or plastic film.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Nathan Atkins
Thad Daber
Charlotte
Phil Crawford
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Daber
Mrs. Stewart
Ralph Harrell
Basies
Chedren
Tran
Syore
Giamor
White Sulphur Springs HD
W. E. Jarrell
Oceale Bishop
James
Sorority
Mra
Kent Gibson
Taylor Street
Bobby Haymore
E. Lebanon Street
Leoland Mills
Fairview Avenue
Two Wail
Main Street
Merc
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Ways and Means Committee
HANES
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Holland's Opticians
Blankenship and
McAuley Opticians
Fye
Holland
Opticians
N. Main Street
Sanant Theneins
Mount Airy, N. C
FTD
Woodruff
Woodruff’s Flowers
Church Street