THE NOME NUGGET
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Christmas, 1958...
FTHE SPIRIT OF HUMILITY, the Alaskan people
should count their blessings, the greatest of which
is freedom, as they think of the slavery and helpless
ness of hundreds of millions of individuals in other
parts of the world.
Let us remember some of the things that make life
worth living here in the far north:
The right to go to church, build new churches, in
which to worship.
The right to read any newspaper, in any language,
any books or any magazines.
The right to buy our gifts here, in other states, or
any foreign country we desire.
The right to congregate with our relatives and
friends, without fear.
The right to travel when and where we please.
The right to petition for full citizenship and have
that wish granted by the will of the people.
The right to pray for “peace on earth, good will
to men,” sometime on Christmas Eve or Christmas
day — this Christmas — 1958.
To our Fellow Alaskans:
MERRY CHRISTMAS !
of high happiness, deep contentment, gifts galore!
MORGAN and SON
Christmas Begun
By Worshippers To
Offset Pagan Revelries
The exact day of Christ’s birth
is not known, perhaps because no
one thought of celebrating until
400 years after He died. The Chris
tians decided on December 25 to
counteract the revelries of the Ro
man celebration of Saturnalia,
which extended from December 1?
to 24. The Saturnalia, which ori
ginated before the birth of Christ,
honored the god Saturn, the sow
er. It was a time of uproarious
feasting, dancing and games, which
the Christians detested because
they considered Christmas a time
for religion.
Gift giving was a popular cus
tom of the Romans during Satur
nalia. The most common gifts of
this time were statuettes made in
the likeness of a god.
The Romans also used bells to
discourage evil spirits in early
Britain — and in some parts cf
Europe today — Bells were rung
for an hour on Christmas Eve to
announce the death of the devil.
Then at midnight, great joyou3
peals signaled the birth of Christ.
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Holly and Evergreen come from
the Roman Saturnalia. By trim
ming their homes with this green
ery, the Romans believed they
could keep out evil spirits. The
Christians at first rejected the
custom, but later adopted it reluc
tantly because an untrimmed
house marked them as Christians
and next in line for the gladiators.
St. Francis of Assisi is believed
to have arrange the first Nativity
scene, setting it up in a church in
Greccio, Italy, in 1223. He used
live cattle and donkeys and life
size images of the Christ Child,
Joseph and Mary. Soon, the use
of small figurines to represent the
Nativity swept the Christian
world. .
May the true, deep j
meaning of Christmas
make the season
bright for you and yours.
May Jesus Bring You A
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
Our Savior’s
Lutheran Church
S. S. PROGRAM
December 24th, 7:30 P. M.
CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE
11 A M.
"Find the True Meaning of
Christmas in the Church of
Your Choice."
Pope John XXIII Uurges Peace In
First Pontifical Christmas Message
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Living Costs Equal
July Record High
WASHINGTON, UP) — Living
costs edged back up last month to
their record peak of last July.
And, at the same time, average
earnings o f factory workers
climbed to record heights.
Influenced chiefly by the high
er prices for 1959 automobiles, the
cost of living index rose two
tenths of one per cent between
October and November to 123.9 per
cent of the 1947-49 base. This
equals the record reached last1
July and is about two percent
higher than in November of last
year.
The after-tax earnings of the
average factory worker with three
dependents rose to $78 14 a week.
For the single worker it was
$70.93. These were both new rec
ords, about $1.30 per week higher
than in October and about $3
above November, 1957.
Buying power of these earnings
rose substantially, too, in Novem
ber, but worker dollar purchas
ing power still is below the No
vember, 1949 level.
Mike Nixon Named
To Coach Redskins
WASHINGTON, OP) — Mike
Nixon, backfield coach of the Red
skins of the National Football
League, today was named head
coach to succeed Joe Kuharich.
Nixon’s appointment was an
nounced by George Preston Mar
shall, president of the Redskins,
shortly after Kuharich’s appoint
ment as ead football coac at Notre
Dame.
Nixon, who was a start at Pitts
burgh in his college days, began
coaching at Pittsburgh in 1936.
He coached at the University of
West Virginia in 1940.
NOT TIME TO JUMP !
EVANSVILLE, Ind., — If the
mysteriously motivated thief who
stole a clock and a parachute from
the Von Behren Manufacturing
Company plant decided it’s time
to jump, he may find out too late.
Owner Allen von Behren said the
chute is very old and probably
will split if it is used
> By FRANK BRUTTO
VATICAN CITY, UP)' — Pope
John XXIII, in his first Christmas
address, urged the world to Chris
tian unity and peace Tuesday. But.
he said his plea was not likely to
be heard in Commusist-ruled
lands.
The 77-year-old ruler of the Ro
man Cathclic Church asked men
of faith to put aside military and
violent thoughts.
Then, in the next breath, he
warned them to be vigilant “in
the night that is darkening” and
ready to defend Christian prin
ciples against the “insidiousness
of the enemies of God” — a clear
reference to atheistic Commu
nism
The Pope paid tribute to his
predecessor, the late Pope Pius
XII, who during his long reign
delivered 19 Christmas messages
to the world in which he invar
iably pleaded for peace and
Christian unity.
The new Pontiff said man’s un
willingness to submit to the grace
of God in unity and peace “was
the most terrible problem of hu
man history and of the lives of
individual men and people.”
Pope John said the broken uni
ty of “the heredity of Christ” con
tinues to be a grave problem, but
that his own efforts would be un
flagging toward “those dear, sep
arted brothers who bow to the
name of Christ and read the Holy
Bible.”
Then the Pope added, in a sharp
criticism o f Communist-ruled
lands, “in many parts of the
world there is no ear for this in
vitation to unity and peace. In
those areas the most sacred con
cepts are suffocated or have been
suppressed.”
LINDA CHRISTIAN REQUESTS
SUPPORT FOR DAUGHTERS
LOS ANGELES, lfl"i — A former
wife of Tyrone Power estimates
his estate at five million dollars.
Linda Christian made the esti
mate Friday in a Superior Court
request for $650 monthly support
for each of her daughters by Pow
er, Romina, 7, and Taryn, 5.
Miss Christian filed the petition
after the court named her grar
dian of the children. A hearing on
it was set for January 16.
E & B Construction Company