BRONSON WATER DELIVERY
| Christmas Once Wandered
I All Over The Calendar
Christmas was once a movable
feast. The eastern branches of the
Christian church usually cele
brated it in April or May; West
ern Europe sometime in January.
In 337 A.D., St. Cyril, bishop
of Jerusalem, set out to make the
date universal. With the permis
sion of Pope Pius Junius I, he
appointed a commission to deter
mine, if possible, the precise date
of Christ’s nativity. The theolog
ians of the Church finally agreed
upon December 25, and since the
year 354 this date has been cele
brated.
Members of the Greek, Russian
and Ukranian Orthodox churches
in the 20th century observed the
date of January 7.
Mary Brown Nunan plans to
leave her home in Wenatchee,
Wash., after the holidays for a
European tour which will take
her to England for the coronation.
Mrs. Elnora Benawa, formerly
a teacher with the ANS here,
writes from Gladstone, Oregon,
where she has been nursing since
leaving Nome.
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To greet you at Christmas and with
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Sincere Thanks
for your Patronage, Friendship and
Goodwill.
WALLACE HOTEL
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Britain’s New Coinage
Will Bear Likeness Of
Queen Elizabeth II
LONDON — A royal proclam
ation announces the issue of Brit
ain’s new coinage, the first to
bear the likeness of Queen Eliza
beth II.
Britain designs new coinage for
each reign. A profile of the mon
arch appears on all of Britain’s
eight coins, which range from the
little used farthing (worth about
half a cent) up to the half-crown
(worth 35 cents), and the Crown
piece which has since become a
rarity but can be obtained on
request at banks.
The first coins minted will bear
the date 1953, year of the Queen’s
forthcoming coronation.
Samples of the new coins,
which have been eagerly awaited
by collectors all over the world,
will be sent to nearly every coun
try. '
The coins show Queen Eliza
beth in profile, wearing her
crown, and facing right. Profiles
of the reigning monarchs have
been used on coinage in Britain
for the last 1,300 years.
It is tradition for each reign
ing sovereign to face, on the
realm’s coinage, in the opposite
direction to the preceding mon
arch. The Queen’s father, King
George VI, faced left. The word
ing around the new coins is in
abbreviated Latin, and may be
translated as “Elizabeth II, by the
Grace of God, Queen of Great
Britain, Defender of the Faith.”
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found a Christmas greeting from
E. B. Larson, formerly with the
Covenant Church at Unalakleet
where he spent 15 years and is
responsible in a great measure
for the development and interest
in gardening in that area.
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A bountiful,
marry Christmas
to oao and all.
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Helen
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NORTH STAR BAKERY
and LUNCH