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What Easter Means
The Words east and Easter are descendants of a common ancestor,the Sanscrit Usra, meaning ray of light. East is the point of compass where daylight first appears. Usra became, in prehistoric Greek, ausosa, the dawn, which became in Latin
aurora. The word Easter also descends from usra, appearing in the Anglo-Saxon name of a pagan goddess, Eôstre, whose festival was celebrated at the vernal equinox, when the sun rises due cast.
The Christian day of rest was transferred from the jewish Saturday Sabbath to the following day in remembrance of our Lord's resurrection on that day. In honor of his title as Sun of Justice, the day of His rising was called the Sun-day. The early English Christians did what was customary throughout the early Church,
and baptized the pagan custom. They kept the solar symbolism with which the people were familiar, but gave it its full Christian signification. They allowed the chief Christian festival to be called by the name old pagan goddess, lest the analogies between Sun and Sunrise, Christ and the resurrection, be forgotten. And so we speak today not of the Paschal time, as do most Europeans, but of Easter time; not of Paschal day, but of Easter Sunday, the Day of the Sun when the Sun rises due east.
Graham Catey in the Catholic Art Quarterly (Easter *46),
“The Easst joy, the threshold of the light”
Sedulous Scottus
September 14, 1940.
This is how the story began my cousin Miss King wished to give me an antique mirror from her old home. My dear friends the de Schauensees arranged to bring me up here to get it, so just one year ago today we had a wonderful outdoor picnic out on the lawn – all fell in love with the place and surrounding country, and we are now living here in the house, having made many changes and improvements in it. I am happy and proud to have been there first guest in their new home Easterhill Farm. May God always bless and keep this lovely and delightful family.
Cornelia E. Black.
October 12, 1940
A place of quiet in beauty
of restfulness and charm.
No days could be more pleasant line
Than those spent at the farm.
Homer G. Mowe.
Easterhill Farm
Tall pine trees, a jar of jelly,
Brilliant sunshine, gallons of cider
Music and checkers, blackberry jam.
Gracious hospitality, and
is snow brown dog –
Grace Mowe
October 12 – 1940
October 16 – 1940
I have some jelly too
Ain’t this sweet
Mabel W. Hatfield
Abraham Hatfield 10/16/40
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tened sod of Orange County felt strange to the feet of these French sailors after months
of striding across the armored steel decks of the battleship Richelieu. Yesterday marked the conclusion
of a nine-day leave spent near Chester. Pictured left to right are Robert Mellard, host to the men-o'- ' ■warsmen; First Mate Lucien Gthlbert, Sanlord Durland and Petty Officer Yves Denis.—Photo by Conklin.
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2Richelieu Crew Members
Enjoy Holiday in County
CHESTER.—Refreshed by a nine-day holiday at the home of Robert: Mellard on the Monroe-Greenwood Lake Road, First Mate Lucian Guil- i
bert and Petty Officer Yves Denis returned to duty today aboard the French battleship Richelieu, now undergoing repairs in New York.
The young men spoke few words'^ of English but at the home of Mr.' and Mrs. Sanford Dui'land here yesterday they conveyed the im pression that they had had a won derful time in the past few days.
Particularly had they delighted in helping Mr. Mellard in construction of a cabin on his country place. They were pleased with the coiu:- tesies that had been extended them
One other evening they had called at the Chester home of Mrs. A. M. De Schauensee where again they j were welcomed as sons and .spent precious moments in conversation recapturing memories of their be loved homeland.
Neither of the young Frenchmen has heard from relatives in France for more than two yeai-s. Those long months were passed at sea or bot tled up in the harbor of Dakar, from
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the AMERICAN TOBACCO CO-O/thE ORIENT. INC.
