Carols Through the Ages A Brief Christmas Carols History
Voices rise in Yuletide songs across churches homes and streets tracing carols from early anonymous composers through 1521 prints to modern renditions. Legends about Silent Night and the manger scene mix with notes on Mele Kalikimaka and the evolution of caroling traditions.
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Francis Wade
Charles Wesley
Felix Mendelssohn
Sage Watts
George Frederic Handel
Joseph Mohr
Harlein
Austria
Father Mohr
Garry
Christa Cnstom
St. Basil
Mulian
Greece
St. Hasil
St. Francis of Assisi
Vilagers
Grecchlo
Christ Child
Silent Night Intersections and Christmas Wishes
A Rock Valley police report notes an accident Friday at 14th Street and 18th Avenue involving Neil Krogman Sioux Falls and Paul Pederson Rock Valley. Damages: Krogman 220, Pederson 200, Pederson cited for failure to yield. No injuries. Community Christmas greetings and reflections follow.
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Rock Valley
14Th Street
18Th Avenue
Neil Krogman
Sioux Balls
Beresford Edges Rock Valley In Rough Wrestling Meet
Rock Valley lost 32 to 14 at home against Beresford as junior varsity wrestlers posted several scores. Santema finished with 4 points, Meendering 15, Van Noon 1, Plueger 4, Kempema 12, Van Maanen 8, with others recording pins and points in a tight meet.
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Rock Valley
Beresford
Vanity
Santema
W. As Santema
L. M. Yollink
K. B. Meendering
Wik
Hamann
R. Yates
D. Mulder
Pin
Plueger
Li P van Noon
Li M. McGill
T-pu
J. Pedersen
L. B. Klein
N. Kempema
Weerd
R. van Maanen
Milles
D. Past
Plo
Rock Valley Rockets
Orcs College
Maurice -Orange City
West Lyon
Rockets
Feld
MOC
Rocket
Dennis Lange
Dave Ranshaw
T Kaufman
D. Lange
de Giant
Brinkman
Ranschau
G. Lange
Pederson
Holst
Feekes
Dunlap
de Vries
Labbers
van Roz
Two R Y Students Practice Teachers
Rock Valley College freshman Lubach Ceara works as a teacher’s aide at Knoxville High under Central’s Education Department. The TAP program provides four to six hours weekly in elementary and secondary schools to bridge student teaching with reality experiences and ease the transition before student teaching begins.
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Lubach
Ceara College
Rock Valley
Gentral
Knoxville
Buchelle Bramer
Central
Department of Education
David van Abbem
Juntos
Gekatoosz
Bremer
Post Office Holiday Hours Announced for Christmas Weekend
Postmaster Paw Beamer states holiday timings for the office during the Christmas weekend. Dec 24 closes at noon by presidential order. Dec 25 closed all day. Dec 26 no mail deliveries except star route. lobby open 2 am to 8 am.
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Paw Beamer
Chrismas Haliday
Nixon
Ruth Van Voort Named to Director's Scholarship List
Ruth Van Voort of Roca Valley was among students at Northwest Vocational School Sheldon listed on the Director's Scholarship for the first term of the 1970 71 school year. Miss Van Voort earned 4 43.5 grade point average.
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Ruth van Voort
Roca Valley
Northwest Jaws
Sheldon
Miss van Voort
Philip Boma Receives Pro Deo et Partia Scout Award
On Sunday December 20 Philip Boma son of Mr and Mrs Hany Boma received the Pro Deo et Partia emblem for church and country service at Que Savior s Cusheran Church. The two Boy Scout church award honors his church grounds work posters publicity usher Sunday School leadership visitation and social service discussions. Scoutmaster George Keizer and Pastor Seland presented the award as Lutheran Church bodies cooperate with the Boy Scouts to recognize devotion to the church total program.
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Phi Suma
Hany Boma
Que Savior
Cusheran
Valley Manor
Hope Haven
George Keizer
Seland
Scous
Nacional Youth Agency
Medand
Central College names 345 to first Dean's List
Evelyn Van Zanten of Rock Valley earned a perfect 4.0 GPA among 345 Central College students named to the first Dean's List. The college notes Dean's List criteria require at least 3.99 GPA for at least three terms. Central College is a four year Reformed Church in America affiliated institution with campuses in Paris Madrid Vienna and Metida Mexico.
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Evelyn van Zanten
C.E. van Zanten
Rock Valley
Central College
James W. Graham
Evelyn
Central College U
Heraatts
Tetmain
Pella la
Campunes
Paris
Madrid
Vienna
Metida
Mexico
Central
The
Reformed Church In
America
Vocational School Plans 22 New Courses This January
The Northwest Vocational School adult education department announces 22 new courses starting in January, joining 182 cooperative courses with nineteen area Community Schools. Brochures will be mailed December 28 to 421 residents. call 924-2587 for brochure copies or enrollment details.
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Adult Education Department of
Northwest Laws Vocational School
NIVS
Area LY
NOVS
Sbove
Natural Gas Prices Rise for IPS Customers in December
Iowa Public Service Company announces Northern Natural Gas increases wholesale gas prices effective December 27 1970. IPS must raise its gas rates by the same amount, about $3.37 per month for the average home user, subject to Federal Power Commission approval and ongoing intervention. If successful, refunds will be issued. Past adjustments in 1969 were reduced and refunds issued after FPC action.
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Iowa Public Service Company
Norhern Natural Gas Company
Federal Power Commission
1P3
Northern
IPS
FRC
Nwo-Tbirds
FPG
Yodeling Yule custom in Austrian Tyrol Christmas rite
The Aus tran Tyrol tradition features a Christmas Yodel or song with no words. It may be improvised or set to a familiar carol tune as part of Yuletide celebration.
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Austran Tyrol
Auto Fire Reported at Manass Home
The Rock Valley fire department was called to the Maninus Maassen home to extinguish a minor car fire Thursday. A backfire ignited the carburetor wiring, causing about $40 in damage.
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Rock Valley
Matinus Maassen
Fire destroys hog house at Huisman farm near Rock Valley
A Sunday blaze at the Mate Huisman farm two miles west and one south of Rock Valley destroyed a hog house. Fourteen sows were killed and an unknown number of piglets perished. The Rock Valley fire department responded. Dollar loss was not immediately determined.
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Mate Huisman
Rock Valley
Iowa Licenses Expire December 31 1970
Iowa Conservation Commission urges sportsmen that all hunting fishing and trapping licenses expire December 31 1970. New licenses for 1971 are available from county recorders and other authorized depositors.
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Iowa Conservation Commission
Iowa
Fragmentary remark on gender and development in early life
A partial, unclear line suggests a discussion of male behavior toward a woman and a claim tied to age around six months. The text is fragmented and lacks full context or identifiable subjects, making precise interpretation difficult.
Dulces de almen dea sweet pas ay from Spain
A traditional Spanish Christmas treat dulces de almen dea features a sugar nour egg white and almond mix. The compact pastry is prepared as a festive holiday sweet popular in Spain.
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Spain
Christmas greetings and customs through the ages
The article traces the origin of Christmas greeting cards from about 125 years ago in England and describes related traditions. It covers card popularity, evergreen trees, carols, legends of St Basil St Nicholas Santa Claus and gift giving from ancient times to the present, and the symbolism of light at Christmas.
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England
Evens Varlier
Kelvin Van de Kamp Receives Deaf Communication Award
Professor John Gonzales presents Kelvin Van de Kamp with a completion award in the course Man Use Communication for the Deaf. Kelvin the youngest student excelled in finger spelling and signing and chose to use manual communication to help his deaf sister Carol.
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Kelvin van de Kamp
John Gonzales
Kelvin
Carol
Christmas cards of eighteenth century Europe moods
Most popular cards in late 1700s Europe carried no explicit Christmas meaning. Styles ranged from manger scenes and religious images to landscapes, flowers, and playful subjects like kittens, with nonreligious motifs far outnumbering sacred depictions.
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Europe
Selective Service Hours Shortened in Orange City
The Selective Service Office in Orange City Louisiana will be closed each morning from December 24 until January 4 2971 while the secretary is on vacation. The office will reopen with an assistant from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. each day.
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Orange City
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Queen's College
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Assisi
Liberius
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Ruth van Voorst
Philip Boma
Isft
Rev
Phil Buma
Mrs. Bumer
Harry Bum
Voc
Bill Serk
Bert Blick
Art Halder
Theyre
Mace Klomp
Gerrit Harmelink
Huisman’s
Jesus
Santa Santa
RE. Nicholas
Asia Minor
Chris
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