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PORT PERRY STAR ~ CHRISTMAS EDITION -- 13 Stained Glass Sheds the beginning of a 'scale «drawing in precise colors \ including - Romanesque, By- zantine, Gothic, Renaissance, J Romantic and modern, - Until the late Gothic peri- od, artists believed that a stained glass window should be decorative rather than PF pictorial. With the Renais- sance came a trend toward illustration rather than de- sign. : In succeeding years, the balance has shifted between the traditionally decorative X') CHRISTMAS v May your holiday be as bright and cheery as your , Christmas tree. * : x & ® ---- w - & [% - through the development of actual-size paper patterns and on to such final steps as firing, glazing and cementing. What It Shows The art of stained glass windows reflects nearly every artistic style and movement -of the past several centuries, and the more pictorial styles. LN. How It Continues A relatively small band of artists keeps the art of the stained glass window alive. In a, discussion of stained glass art in North and South America, the Americana lists some 24 artists working in stained glass, in studios throughout the United States, as well as others in Canada, Mexico and South America. ) Among them are revival- ists, who work in terms of the earliest traditions of stained glass. Other artists take the contemporary ap- proach, but their use of free forms carries out the belief that light and pattern, rath- er than illustration, make a picture in stained glass. MERRY (aX GENERAL STORE SEAGRAVE 1 Let Santa go modern if he likes . . . but the sentiment is for your loyalty. Everyone's singing out in merriment and joy, announcing to the world that it's Christmas! And it's our time to thank you, customers, for your patronage. GORDON A. PRENTICE ESSO DEALER . | been inspired by an old : old-fashioned, still. __} Warm greetings and thanks Carol Can Be Ton gue-Twister "On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree." . So begins "The Twelve Days of Christmas," a tra- ditional and favorite song .of the holiday season. The ballad tells the story of the gifts a lover sends to his lady on each of the 12 days from Christmas to Epiph- any. gor ¥ The first gift, a partridge in a pear tree, may have drinking song, "A Pie sat on a Pear Tree," say the editors of The New Book of Knowl- edge. - As a ballad, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an example of the "number chain formula" in folk songs. As a carol, it is of the type that marked the change from formal hymns in Latin to musical poems in the vernacular of the people. The song can be sung in a variety of ways. In Great Britain and the United States, it often becomes a game song in which each person, following a leader in repetitions, must pay a forfeit if he misses a line. Sometimes the descriptions of the gifts turn into mouth- defying tongue twisters! In Germany The celebration of a West German Christmas is filled 'with tradition, foremost of which is the Christmas tree, dating back 400 years. Until recently, trees were trimmed with candles, and although artificial lighting for tree or- naments has been introduced, the candles are still preferred by many. thanks and good i! wishes to everyone at Christmas, SIEBARTH AUTO BODY AR C1 [AL RATA Ce wale A kA he , CALE ER avi BEESON 4 HI! MERRY CHRISTMAS "AY, Here comes Santa to brighten - your holiday. " Merry Christmas! And thanks for your patronage. <b Toombs Insurance Agency Santa is busy spreading Christmas cheer, and once, again it's our time to thank friends and customers for their loyal patronage, t / Conway Gardens AA (1) Wl EN) . ks Al + . AA 0 0) \ WN ha = |: NA) \ i )! [! \] A ' hd 3 is 4 A RAZ 'Rn BRE Cre ert tH] . td At this joyous time of year we extend our greetings to our friends, whose confidence we highly value. Thank you. DON CARNEGIE MEN'S WEAR het A RA I Tw eA nes iy Fad? SRO, TAO {33 > 14 Wp oe: OY hE, 2 SPH 4 ERA ; Cp fe 1 po 2 (IRAE RA 4 h foriit id > A 2 y AR rd 2 6 J ' 02d ot (pV. . 8 4 o // xX In appreciation of your patronage... ~ Best wishes to customers and friends for a holiday filled with the happy sounds of laughter, Merry Christmas. GEORGE STONE AGENT FOR H. KEITH LIMITED Sy nine fost Ae =r i a ry EER Rs ov NG Zo fi I i.