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STATE HISTORICAL -'- . CI- T ; j HIXT 4 LOlHt oT. " i COLUMBIA, MO. bZ'A 72nd Year No. 87 mkkI Mrnin! It'sTiiesduv. Iht'emlxM 25. 17J 16 Pages 15 Cents Imsighi Here's how carols grew to tradition By Oafy Anderson BiBneoriaa staff writer The Christmas carol is a tradition to-day, but it was not always like that. At one tune, carols were even banned by the religious leaders of the church. The word " carol" was originally a term for a circle dance. When words and music were added to the dance, a carol became the musical accompani-ment. Eventually, carols came to mean any festive songs Carols further developed through their association with the mystery plays of the Middle Ages These were enactments of biblical stones Most carols were anonymous and were passed by word of mouth from genera-tion to generation By this tune, carols were a mixture of English wassail or drinking songs, religious celebration of the birth of Christ, and songs from the Celtic festi-val of Yule The custom of carolers singing door to door also began in the Middle Ages when strolling beggars went from house tb bouse singing for food and drink. Today, a caroler may be re-warded by cookies and chocolate, but mat is not the reason be sings Carol singing was forbidden m 1647 because the English Puritans of the 17th century disapproved of frivolity The Puritans who founded America also opposed the custom, so caroling in the United States is a recent devel-opment, dating from the 19th century Caroling was revived in England after lfiSO. Many of the carols song today have interesting histories. Perhaps the best known is that of " Silent Night" Leg-end says that mice had chewed holes in me organ bellows one Christmas Eve t m the Austrian village of Obendorf. The church organist was in despair, for all the hymns for evening mass re- quiredaao- rgan Joseph Mohr, the pas-tor of the church, quickly wrote a little song that could be played on the guitar, and that night the soft strains of " Si-lent Night" were heard for the first time Christmas caroling today is often done by church groups, school classes and choirs, and youth organizations Carolers might go to retirement homes and homes of the elderly and shut- i- n, or they might stand on street corners and at malls singing to all who go by Many residential blocks also have a custom of caroling RitaRccd Newborn Kelli Elizabeth is a stocking! ill for her mother, Debbie Nanson Chamber members say city master plan top need ByEisaCastwell fifiscsorfaa staff writer In one of the first public results of a bylaw change, Columbia Chamber of Commerce members recently identi-fied the development of a master plan for the caty as its top priority Prior to changing the bylaws two years ago, the chamber could not take a stand on any public issue Since the revision, the chamber is allowed to take a position, but it can be over-turned by the members on a referen-dumvote " Recently, the chamber has been ag-gressive in petitioning the City Council for changes," said Al Murfin, chamber executive vice president " You can ex-pect to see the chamber becoming more active and viable concerning things that are germane to the commu nity" One way the chamber will become more visible is through an unscientific survey conducted in mid- Octob- er The chamber asked the members to rank 19 aty issues in order of importance to them and to respond to 14 questions concerning these issues The survey, sent to the chamber's approximately 600 members, will be used by the board of directors in deter-mining general policies for the cham-ber, but copies of the results also were sent to several aty officials " It was not intended to be a scientific survey, it was to give the board input from chamber members," Murfin said " The results will be used by the board to form policy " " People often ask the chamber to take a stand pro or con and we don't like to do so without consulting our members The survey will be an aid to the board of directors," said Richard Mendenhall, chamber vice president for operations We did decide as a board of directors that the City Council has more information than we do or the average citizen, and they should, in most cases, make the decisions I think the survey will have as much influence as any group who told the City Council what it feels " Mayor Clyde Wilson, who received a copy of the survey, said he was inter-ested in the way the chamber mem-bers responded to the issues We thought results might be of some interest to them ( aty officials) and at least give them the knowledge of how one segment of the community feels It is simply an informational tool But results may be the basis for developing a policy that would put as in a position to lobby for particular ac-tion, Murfin said Murfin said the chamber received 103 responses I think the responses of the people who did respond are valid, even though the response was small, the people took time with the questions," Murfin said After the development of a master plan, the members ranked, in order, downtown parking, crime prevention, improvement of Route B and devel-opment of a thoroughfare master plan The other concerns were, in order regional shopping mall development, in- de- pth review of aty departments, program to help Stephens College, West Broadway widening. Flat Branch development downtown parking for employees, program to help Columbia College, staggered city council terms, airport expansion, revision of down-town traffic patterns, downtown beau tification development of convention center, acquisition of Stephens Park and establishment of historical dis-tricts An official in the city Planning De-partment said Monday that although the department is not considering a broad master plan at this time, work is being done on separate master plans for the aty ' s five sectors Only the cen tral sector plan has been completed and the northeast sector will be worked on next The Planning Department is doing more work on item five of the survev list development of a thoroughfare master plan for the city A plan was developed m 1968 and the department is in the process of updating it The city also is studying downtown parking The council currently is studving whether to build a parking ga-rage behind the Daniel Boone Countv- Cit- y Building and also leasing the ground at the corner of Walnut and North Ninth streets where the North Village Gym and several other smaller businesses stood before burning last summer The First Christian Church, owner of the property, is clearing the lot The church has agreed orally to lease it to us when they get it done," said Bob Black, assistant to the aty manager The transaction probably will take place in the spring, he said The decision on the garage behind the County -- City Building should come before the spring The city already has interviewed architects to get price esti- - ( See COUNCIL, Page 16) Uiafajteffllifigd Ssosftsfgc ! ks at mail 4 Hostages get Christmas services; Iranians say gifts booby- trappe- d Holiday bundles make perfect stocking stnffers By Eric Johnson Missourian staff writer Betsy Etz gave birth to her third born son Saturday, wrapped him in swaddling Pampers and laid him in a maternity crib And although baby Brian entered the world at Boone County Hospital and not in a manger he was every bit as peaceful and loving as the newborn Christ Ciiild must have been that first Christmas morning Hospital obstetrics nurses won t wrap Brian in a stocking like thev will other babies this Christmas morn He II be home in time for tree trim-ming and Santa Claus in Shelbina 70 miles ( 112 kilometers 1 north of Colum bia Mrs Etz and her husband Jim were elated over their surprise Chistmas present I ve really been waiting for one it s been 10 vears of waiting the glowing mother said as she cuddled Brian We certainlv thank the good Lord since we weren t planning for him The Etzes hadn t expected Brian in two was he came after their voung est son was 10 years old, and he was 22 weeks early Mrs Etz said her other sons Blair 11 and Brett 10 were happy the birth would not delay their Christmas Nev-ertheless Christmas will take a back seat to the arrival of our little one, she said Brett had wished for an earlv arrival because all I wanted to do is see it I ve waited 10 years fortius Will little Brian hav e a stocking wait-ing for him at home'' No, he came so soon we haven t even bought a cnb, Mrs Etz said Unlike Brian the wards newborns who can t go home for Christmas will have stockings waiting for them this morning Following a nine- ve- ar tradition, ob-stetrics department nurses will slip the babes into red- and- wh- ite flannel stock-ings to make a holiday spent in the hos-pital cnb more festiv e More than 13 yards ( 11 3 meters) of stnped flannel is donated each y ear by the Women of Woodcraft, a fraternal life insurance organization I get the material and the girls fin the obstetrics department) help me make them," said Ann Douglas a nurse and member of Women of Wood craft The babes- in- stockin- gs will brighten the ward along with non- flamma- ble wreaths and a tree topped by an angel wearing a surgical mask Nurses' efforts improve bleak Christmas By Shawn Bahhrop Mbsourian staff writer The woman was 35 years old She had six children ranging in ages from six to 16 She had no husband, and she and herchildren lived in a small two- bedroo- m apartment in a housing project It was three weeks until Christmas, but there was little gaiety in this house The woman was dying of cancer. The Columbia Visiting Nurses Association is a certified home care agency which often provides medical service for terminally ill patients and others who cannot take care of themselves Yet sometimes, especially around this time of ear, the group members go a little beyond the call of duty to bring goodwill and cheer to those who otherwise would be spending a quite cheerless Christmas Two years ago, the v isiting nurses association was attending the w oman at home She had been discharged from the hospital to die. saysVNA director Lydia Coad ' She had shared with her children the knowledge of her impending death " The children reacted angrily to the mother, and told her they hated her It was a season of joy and happiness, but there was little happiness in this home It was at this point that the VNA stepped in Ms Coad and the others realized that there was little to be done for the mother But the children still had their lives ahead of them, and the VNA determined that their last Christmas w ith their mother w ould be as happy as possible Wewanted them to remember their last Christmas with their mother as something good Ms Coad says The group used donations from outside sources combined with some from their own pockets, to make the little home come alive with lights and tinsle They brought in a tree and decorated it They each brought a present, and Christinas dinner was brought and served The gifts were, by and large, not practical, but they allowed a young woman a last touch of luxury and her children a last happy memory of their dying mother This example is an extreme case of how far the VNA goes to try and assure a merry Christmas for its patients, Ms Coad say s They often help in other less dramatic ways, finding families or groups to adopt an elderly or lonelv person at this and other times of the y ear to take dinner to them and share it with them on Christmas day And for those who are left alone one of the members makes it her business to buy each a present and deliv er it personallv Every now and then however more desperate cases come before the group That is when everyone pitches in to help out as best they can Such is the case of a 78- year-- old diabetic woman confined to a wheelchair She recently was discharged from a nursing home Before that she had spent a year and a half in the state hospital at Fulton While she was away, caseworker Mary Helen Laughrev sav s, her furniture was careiesslv stored and was destrov ed by water damage She left the nursing home with only her clothes and part of her last month's Social Security check Right now she is liv ing in a housing project where the VNA provides her with nursing and homemaker serv ice Onecommumt: group the Boone County Retired Teachers Association, has already given the VNA a donation which will buv her a new mattress The VN A is looking for other wavs to provide the woman with a bit merrier Christmas, trving to find a group to take her dinner and make her feel wanted TEHRAN, Iran ( UPI) Three American clergymen preaching peace and patience entered the occupied US Em-bassy Monday to celebrate Christmas midnight Mass with the 50 hostages Their arrival was marred by charges that some of the captives' gifts had been booby- trappe- d with The three clergymen, accompanied by the Archbishop of Algiers, Cardinal Ettenne Duval, entered the U. S. Embassy at 11 .05 pm. Tehran time. Foreign Minister Sadegh Gfaotbzadeh told militant stu- den- ts shortly before the arrival of the clergy " bombs and ex-plosive material have been found sn some of ihe parcels and ChnsSroas gifts sent to the hostages in the American den of 3SS." The implication of his statement was that the " enemies" of Islam, the United States, was deliberately trying to blow up either the captors or the captives in an attempt to further blacken Iran's name in the international community The three officially invited American clergymen the Rev. William Sloane Coffin of New York City's Riverside Church; the Rev William Howard, a black clergyman and president of the National Council of Churches, and Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit immedi-ately announced their intention to meet the hostages and con-duct midnight Christmas services The clergymen carefully selected by Iran because of their militant history against imperialism" counseled in various statements that the 51- day-- old crisis could only be solved by both sides practicing " patience and peace " In the first solid evidence the captives had received at least some of the 1 1 million Christmas cards and gifts sent them, their guards released three photographs showing seve-ral hostages opening cards on the floor of their makeshift quarters inside the embassy. In other developments in the hostage situation The United States Monday formally asked the U N Secu-rity Council to impose economic sanctions against Iran for holding the hostages under " intolerable conditions " Ghotbxsdeh officially asked Panama for the first time to extradite Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlsvi as quickly as possible In Panama City, President Aristides Royo said Panama had not received any request for the shah's extradi-tion, but it would refuse it anyway. No snow Youngsters who found sleds under their Christmas trees today will have to wait to try them out There is no snow in the immediate forecast, according to the National Weather Service Columbia s brown Christmas is not unusual Oily 27 of the last 84 Chnstmases since the weather service be-gan keeping records in 1895 were white Although a bit of snow, part of a line of precipitation moving through 1 Columbia fell Monday, it was not measurable The most recent white Christmas was in 1975 when three inches ( 7 5 centimeters) covered the ground The forecast includes a gradual warming and clear-ing trend beginning today as temperatures are ex-pected to reach the low to mid 40s F ( 4 C). The trend will continue at least through Wednesday when a high 8 in the mid to upper 50s F( 10C) is expected. No paper I The Columbia Missourian will not be gKsbftaiied 1 Wednesday so that employees can spend CMstoas 1 Day with their families. S The Misscurian will resume normal publicsfel bM S distribution Thursday 1 1
Object Description
Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1979-12-25 |
Description | Vol. 72ND YEAR, No. 87 |
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Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
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Item.Transcript | STATE HISTORICAL -'- . CI- T ; j HIXT 4 LOlHt oT. " i COLUMBIA, MO. bZ'A 72nd Year No. 87 mkkI Mrnin! It'sTiiesduv. Iht'emlxM 25. 17J 16 Pages 15 Cents Imsighi Here's how carols grew to tradition By Oafy Anderson BiBneoriaa staff writer The Christmas carol is a tradition to-day, but it was not always like that. At one tune, carols were even banned by the religious leaders of the church. The word " carol" was originally a term for a circle dance. When words and music were added to the dance, a carol became the musical accompani-ment. Eventually, carols came to mean any festive songs Carols further developed through their association with the mystery plays of the Middle Ages These were enactments of biblical stones Most carols were anonymous and were passed by word of mouth from genera-tion to generation By this tune, carols were a mixture of English wassail or drinking songs, religious celebration of the birth of Christ, and songs from the Celtic festi-val of Yule The custom of carolers singing door to door also began in the Middle Ages when strolling beggars went from house tb bouse singing for food and drink. Today, a caroler may be re-warded by cookies and chocolate, but mat is not the reason be sings Carol singing was forbidden m 1647 because the English Puritans of the 17th century disapproved of frivolity The Puritans who founded America also opposed the custom, so caroling in the United States is a recent devel-opment, dating from the 19th century Caroling was revived in England after lfiSO. Many of the carols song today have interesting histories. Perhaps the best known is that of " Silent Night" Leg-end says that mice had chewed holes in me organ bellows one Christmas Eve t m the Austrian village of Obendorf. The church organist was in despair, for all the hymns for evening mass re- quiredaao- rgan Joseph Mohr, the pas-tor of the church, quickly wrote a little song that could be played on the guitar, and that night the soft strains of " Si-lent Night" were heard for the first time Christmas caroling today is often done by church groups, school classes and choirs, and youth organizations Carolers might go to retirement homes and homes of the elderly and shut- i- n, or they might stand on street corners and at malls singing to all who go by Many residential blocks also have a custom of caroling RitaRccd Newborn Kelli Elizabeth is a stocking! ill for her mother, Debbie Nanson Chamber members say city master plan top need ByEisaCastwell fifiscsorfaa staff writer In one of the first public results of a bylaw change, Columbia Chamber of Commerce members recently identi-fied the development of a master plan for the caty as its top priority Prior to changing the bylaws two years ago, the chamber could not take a stand on any public issue Since the revision, the chamber is allowed to take a position, but it can be over-turned by the members on a referen-dumvote " Recently, the chamber has been ag-gressive in petitioning the City Council for changes," said Al Murfin, chamber executive vice president " You can ex-pect to see the chamber becoming more active and viable concerning things that are germane to the commu nity" One way the chamber will become more visible is through an unscientific survey conducted in mid- Octob- er The chamber asked the members to rank 19 aty issues in order of importance to them and to respond to 14 questions concerning these issues The survey, sent to the chamber's approximately 600 members, will be used by the board of directors in deter-mining general policies for the cham-ber, but copies of the results also were sent to several aty officials " It was not intended to be a scientific survey, it was to give the board input from chamber members," Murfin said " The results will be used by the board to form policy " " People often ask the chamber to take a stand pro or con and we don't like to do so without consulting our members The survey will be an aid to the board of directors," said Richard Mendenhall, chamber vice president for operations We did decide as a board of directors that the City Council has more information than we do or the average citizen, and they should, in most cases, make the decisions I think the survey will have as much influence as any group who told the City Council what it feels " Mayor Clyde Wilson, who received a copy of the survey, said he was inter-ested in the way the chamber mem-bers responded to the issues We thought results might be of some interest to them ( aty officials) and at least give them the knowledge of how one segment of the community feels It is simply an informational tool But results may be the basis for developing a policy that would put as in a position to lobby for particular ac-tion, Murfin said Murfin said the chamber received 103 responses I think the responses of the people who did respond are valid, even though the response was small, the people took time with the questions," Murfin said After the development of a master plan, the members ranked, in order, downtown parking, crime prevention, improvement of Route B and devel-opment of a thoroughfare master plan The other concerns were, in order regional shopping mall development, in- de- pth review of aty departments, program to help Stephens College, West Broadway widening. Flat Branch development downtown parking for employees, program to help Columbia College, staggered city council terms, airport expansion, revision of down-town traffic patterns, downtown beau tification development of convention center, acquisition of Stephens Park and establishment of historical dis-tricts An official in the city Planning De-partment said Monday that although the department is not considering a broad master plan at this time, work is being done on separate master plans for the aty ' s five sectors Only the cen tral sector plan has been completed and the northeast sector will be worked on next The Planning Department is doing more work on item five of the survev list development of a thoroughfare master plan for the city A plan was developed m 1968 and the department is in the process of updating it The city also is studying downtown parking The council currently is studving whether to build a parking ga-rage behind the Daniel Boone Countv- Cit- y Building and also leasing the ground at the corner of Walnut and North Ninth streets where the North Village Gym and several other smaller businesses stood before burning last summer The First Christian Church, owner of the property, is clearing the lot The church has agreed orally to lease it to us when they get it done," said Bob Black, assistant to the aty manager The transaction probably will take place in the spring, he said The decision on the garage behind the County -- City Building should come before the spring The city already has interviewed architects to get price esti- - ( See COUNCIL, Page 16) Uiafajteffllifigd Ssosftsfgc ! ks at mail 4 Hostages get Christmas services; Iranians say gifts booby- trappe- d Holiday bundles make perfect stocking stnffers By Eric Johnson Missourian staff writer Betsy Etz gave birth to her third born son Saturday, wrapped him in swaddling Pampers and laid him in a maternity crib And although baby Brian entered the world at Boone County Hospital and not in a manger he was every bit as peaceful and loving as the newborn Christ Ciiild must have been that first Christmas morning Hospital obstetrics nurses won t wrap Brian in a stocking like thev will other babies this Christmas morn He II be home in time for tree trim-ming and Santa Claus in Shelbina 70 miles ( 112 kilometers 1 north of Colum bia Mrs Etz and her husband Jim were elated over their surprise Chistmas present I ve really been waiting for one it s been 10 vears of waiting the glowing mother said as she cuddled Brian We certainlv thank the good Lord since we weren t planning for him The Etzes hadn t expected Brian in two was he came after their voung est son was 10 years old, and he was 22 weeks early Mrs Etz said her other sons Blair 11 and Brett 10 were happy the birth would not delay their Christmas Nev-ertheless Christmas will take a back seat to the arrival of our little one, she said Brett had wished for an earlv arrival because all I wanted to do is see it I ve waited 10 years fortius Will little Brian hav e a stocking wait-ing for him at home'' No, he came so soon we haven t even bought a cnb, Mrs Etz said Unlike Brian the wards newborns who can t go home for Christmas will have stockings waiting for them this morning Following a nine- ve- ar tradition, ob-stetrics department nurses will slip the babes into red- and- wh- ite flannel stock-ings to make a holiday spent in the hos-pital cnb more festiv e More than 13 yards ( 11 3 meters) of stnped flannel is donated each y ear by the Women of Woodcraft, a fraternal life insurance organization I get the material and the girls fin the obstetrics department) help me make them," said Ann Douglas a nurse and member of Women of Wood craft The babes- in- stockin- gs will brighten the ward along with non- flamma- ble wreaths and a tree topped by an angel wearing a surgical mask Nurses' efforts improve bleak Christmas By Shawn Bahhrop Mbsourian staff writer The woman was 35 years old She had six children ranging in ages from six to 16 She had no husband, and she and herchildren lived in a small two- bedroo- m apartment in a housing project It was three weeks until Christmas, but there was little gaiety in this house The woman was dying of cancer. The Columbia Visiting Nurses Association is a certified home care agency which often provides medical service for terminally ill patients and others who cannot take care of themselves Yet sometimes, especially around this time of ear, the group members go a little beyond the call of duty to bring goodwill and cheer to those who otherwise would be spending a quite cheerless Christmas Two years ago, the v isiting nurses association was attending the w oman at home She had been discharged from the hospital to die. saysVNA director Lydia Coad ' She had shared with her children the knowledge of her impending death " The children reacted angrily to the mother, and told her they hated her It was a season of joy and happiness, but there was little happiness in this home It was at this point that the VNA stepped in Ms Coad and the others realized that there was little to be done for the mother But the children still had their lives ahead of them, and the VNA determined that their last Christmas w ith their mother w ould be as happy as possible Wewanted them to remember their last Christmas with their mother as something good Ms Coad says The group used donations from outside sources combined with some from their own pockets, to make the little home come alive with lights and tinsle They brought in a tree and decorated it They each brought a present, and Christinas dinner was brought and served The gifts were, by and large, not practical, but they allowed a young woman a last touch of luxury and her children a last happy memory of their dying mother This example is an extreme case of how far the VNA goes to try and assure a merry Christmas for its patients, Ms Coad say s They often help in other less dramatic ways, finding families or groups to adopt an elderly or lonelv person at this and other times of the y ear to take dinner to them and share it with them on Christmas day And for those who are left alone one of the members makes it her business to buy each a present and deliv er it personallv Every now and then however more desperate cases come before the group That is when everyone pitches in to help out as best they can Such is the case of a 78- year-- old diabetic woman confined to a wheelchair She recently was discharged from a nursing home Before that she had spent a year and a half in the state hospital at Fulton While she was away, caseworker Mary Helen Laughrev sav s, her furniture was careiesslv stored and was destrov ed by water damage She left the nursing home with only her clothes and part of her last month's Social Security check Right now she is liv ing in a housing project where the VNA provides her with nursing and homemaker serv ice Onecommumt: group the Boone County Retired Teachers Association, has already given the VNA a donation which will buv her a new mattress The VN A is looking for other wavs to provide the woman with a bit merrier Christmas, trving to find a group to take her dinner and make her feel wanted TEHRAN, Iran ( UPI) Three American clergymen preaching peace and patience entered the occupied US Em-bassy Monday to celebrate Christmas midnight Mass with the 50 hostages Their arrival was marred by charges that some of the captives' gifts had been booby- trappe- d with The three clergymen, accompanied by the Archbishop of Algiers, Cardinal Ettenne Duval, entered the U. S. Embassy at 11 .05 pm. Tehran time. Foreign Minister Sadegh Gfaotbzadeh told militant stu- den- ts shortly before the arrival of the clergy " bombs and ex-plosive material have been found sn some of ihe parcels and ChnsSroas gifts sent to the hostages in the American den of 3SS." The implication of his statement was that the " enemies" of Islam, the United States, was deliberately trying to blow up either the captors or the captives in an attempt to further blacken Iran's name in the international community The three officially invited American clergymen the Rev. William Sloane Coffin of New York City's Riverside Church; the Rev William Howard, a black clergyman and president of the National Council of Churches, and Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit immedi-ately announced their intention to meet the hostages and con-duct midnight Christmas services The clergymen carefully selected by Iran because of their militant history against imperialism" counseled in various statements that the 51- day-- old crisis could only be solved by both sides practicing " patience and peace " In the first solid evidence the captives had received at least some of the 1 1 million Christmas cards and gifts sent them, their guards released three photographs showing seve-ral hostages opening cards on the floor of their makeshift quarters inside the embassy. In other developments in the hostage situation The United States Monday formally asked the U N Secu-rity Council to impose economic sanctions against Iran for holding the hostages under " intolerable conditions " Ghotbxsdeh officially asked Panama for the first time to extradite Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlsvi as quickly as possible In Panama City, President Aristides Royo said Panama had not received any request for the shah's extradi-tion, but it would refuse it anyway. No snow Youngsters who found sleds under their Christmas trees today will have to wait to try them out There is no snow in the immediate forecast, according to the National Weather Service Columbia s brown Christmas is not unusual Oily 27 of the last 84 Chnstmases since the weather service be-gan keeping records in 1895 were white Although a bit of snow, part of a line of precipitation moving through 1 Columbia fell Monday, it was not measurable The most recent white Christmas was in 1975 when three inches ( 7 5 centimeters) covered the ground The forecast includes a gradual warming and clear-ing trend beginning today as temperatures are ex-pected to reach the low to mid 40s F ( 4 C). The trend will continue at least through Wednesday when a high 8 in the mid to upper 50s F( 10C) is expected. No paper I The Columbia Missourian will not be gKsbftaiied 1 Wednesday so that employees can spend CMstoas 1 Day with their families. S The Misscurian will resume normal publicsfel bM S distribution Thursday 1 1 |