Milford chronicle., 1957-04-19
EASTER, 1857

EASIER, 1891
Easter, the principal ecclesiastical event
of the year, gets its name from Eostre,
Teutonic goddess, whose festival was cele-
brated in the Spring. Her name was given
to the Christian festival, as it was she, ac-
cording to legend, who opened the portals
of Valhalla to receive the White God and
the Sun God, representing purity and light.
The history of Easter, which is a sym
Dol of the Resurrection to us, is interwined
with many religious customs and obserV-
ances dating back hundreds of years and
before the time of Jesus Christ. However,
Christians haze utilized various customs and
traditions 20 create and color this obsery-
ance in the real spirit of Jesus rebirth.
The Easter egg, for example, came to be
associated with Easter because eggs were
forbidden to be eaten during Lent and on
Easter Sunday they were traditionally serv-
ed. The Easter egg, though, had dated back
to the Egyptians and Persians, and also the
Greeks and Romans, who ate eggs annually
IN their Spring festivals Eggs have long
since been connected with new life, as was
the rabbit, a most prolific animal, and the
rabbit was eventually to be used in chill
dren'S tales, as another emblem of fertility
or new life.
Jesus arose from the dead on the first
day of the week, and Gentle Christians have
held ever since that Easter should be ObSerV-
ed on Sunday. Jewish Christian for many
years observed the day on the date of the
Passover, regardless of whether it was Sun
day or not.
In any event, it is appropriate that Eas-
ter comes in the Spring, when the renewal
of life is so apparent about us all. Sunrise
services in our churches-an observance of
recent origin in most chIrches-symbolize
the Resurrection at sunrise. Today this re-
ligious practice is observed in practically all
of the churches as a symbol of hope, lnSp1r-
alton and faith.
SPEED TRAPS
With Americans turning increasingly to
the roads in their quests for vacations and
break in the routine, or monotony it is inn
portant that the driving public be protected
from communities which seek to gain finan-
ciai reward by sticking motorists unreason-
ably every time they can possibly be caught
in violation OF some slight traffic law.
One of the main arteries of traffic in the
United States at this time of theyear is the
highway system between the Northeast and
Florida, which carries SO many New Workers
and other Fasteners, to Florida. The main
highways along this route are 3Ol and No.
/, and No. seems to be carrying less traffic
than 3O1 along much of its course.
Reports in recent weeks indicate that
speed traps are being operated in North
Carolina on No. / and perhaps in several
other states, and those who operate motor
courts, restaurants, filling stations and the
towns themselves, ought to be interested in
the manner out-of-state guests are treated
in these situations.
At one location, along Highway No. 1, in
North Carolina motorists are funeled in and
out of a busy court during day and night
hours, and the judge is, as expected, always
on hand even during the late hours of the
night, to remove a little money from the un-
lucky motoriSt.
Many of these motorists are stopped for
going few miles an hour over the speed
limit, in perfectly good weather 1t is OBJ
vious to motorists so ensnared that they
have run into a speed trap and that the
main object of the attack is not to encour-
age safe driving or enforce the laws, but to
get as much money out of the traveller as
possible.
Such racket, whether carried on on
Highway No. / in North Carolina, or else
where in another state, will-in the long run
do the state, the community and the bus
mess establishments of the area irreparable
harm.
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