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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
1
A nostalgic Christmas letter reflects on scents like bayberry candles and cookies, carols and school choirs, and a blizzard outside. Charles Hawkes shares family warmth, farm memories, and gratitude for friends, wishing love, joy, and peace this season.
The Osceola High School junior class collected 20000 dollars donated to the World Herald Good Fellow Christmas Fund. Every member contributed. Earlier this month the seventh grade class, led by Mrs. Jean Peterson, sent a large box of gifts to a needy Kentucky family.
The piece lists U S towns with Christmas themed names including Christmas in Arizona Florida Kentucky and Noel Missouri Noel Virginia Mistletoe Kentucky Wiseman Alaska and Santa Claus Indiana It mentions Christmas Cove Maine Nazareth Pa Bright Star Holly Grove and Holly Springs Arkansas and notes a Spanish dulces de almendra pastry for feasting and the poinsettia as a Christmas flower.
The article notes most late 19th century European Christmas cards lacked Christmastide meaning. It says manger scenes appeared but were outnumbered by landscapes, flowers, and kittens, underscoring that the greeting card as a concept was relatively new.
The text traces pagan evergreen decorating to winter celebrations and its link to Christmas observances. It notes early Christmas cards appearing around 1878 in the United States, with elegant examples encrusted with blown glass and frosting selling up to three dollars each.
A Christmas meditation on the biblical Nativity as told by Luke and Matthew is echoed in church and home devotions. The simple manger scene with Mary Joseph and the Christ Child inspires awe while hinting at suffering to come, yet Easter radiance shines through.
The piece explains Hanukkah as the eight day Jewish Feast of Lights beginning Kislev 25 and lasting eight days. It notes the Christmas season overlaps with Hanukkah and recalls the Maccabees story of rededication and the oil miracle in Jerusalem.
The piece links Christmas to Christ’s teachings and calls for living by faith evidenced through deeds. It highlights Tony Borgia’s liver transplant appeal in Erie, Pennsylvania, noting community support and large generosity. It ties giving without expecting return to divine love through John 3 16 and Rossetti’s Christmas carol imagery.
Jeanette Wagner was installed as Honored Queen of Bethel 61 Jobs Daughters on December 23 with Chris Mills serving as installing officer. Other new officers named include Barbara Mills as Senior Princess Pam Snodgrass as Junior Princess Debbie Carlson as Guide and Sally Mills as Marshal.
Farm operators must decide if social security tax applies to agricultural wages in 1968. If an employee earns $150 or more in cash or works 20 or more days on cash wages, the employer must file Form 943 with the District Director of Internal Revenue by January 31, 1980. The information session is December 30, 1969, 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. on the second floor of the Courthouse.
The article links the modern Christmas tree to Martin Luther, who reportedly placed candles on an evergreen to imitate a starlit scene. It notes evergreen use in Nebraska as wind barriers and as living trees in Polk County, with over 1.5 million seedlings planted statewide last spring and ample supply for 1980 planting. Government cost-share through ASCS supports tree design and placement.
Osceola reports a fund drive total of 307 dollars for the Prairie Hills Girl Scout Council. A 25 dollar gift from supporters helps boost the campaign for local girls activities and projects.
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