SUCCESSFUL PARENTHOOD
By
MRS. CATHERINE CONRAD EDWARDS
Awodilt Editor, Parvnis' Magutn*
A small child's religious edu
cation is a day by day absorption
of his parents' reverence for the
and the beautiful in life,
ere and going to Sunday
school and listening to Bible
stories are, of course, a part of
this. But the deepest influence,
in these years before your child
can grnsp the idea of God, is
your own belief in a loving crea
tor. This is reflected in your
everyday hopefulness and kind
liness, in your spirit of fellow
ship with all the people your
child encounters, in your protec
tive attitude toward animals and
all growing things. Given this
sense of reverence, which is a
combination of wonder and
gratefulness, your child will be
ready to believe when he is
older. What he believes isn't the
beginning step? first he must
acquire a capacity for belief.
The next step ? guiding a
child's faith into what you
yourself believe, which is your
privilege and your duty, even if
later he chooses a different form
of worship ? is best accomplished
in the beginning through story,
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art and muaic. Bowing the head,
or making a cross, or covering
the head can be taught as man
ners are taught ? but they have
less meaning for a child than
that Mary loved her baby dear
ly, or that David, with God's
help, could lace up to a giant.
The blaring of Christmas
carols from street corners has al
most destroyed this special form
of family worship. But try to
hold on to it, at least for the
youngest children whom you can
to a degree protect from street
music and too much radio. And
reading from the psalms, or the
story of the Nativity as Luke so
beautifully recorded it, brings
Jby even to the three-year-old.
We don't have to know why
these words gladden childish
hearts ? just let them work their
spell of mystery and miracle.
For that is what the Christmas
observance is designed to pre
serve; that is the meaning of the
catch in the throat which even
the most blase moderns experi
ence ? that the mystery of our
existence may, after all, despite
threats of atomic warfare, be a
vast, scarcely tapped reservoir of
love, of which the Christ and
other great religious prophets
gave man a glimpse.
As a Christmas message, I
should like to quote from an edi
torial written by the Reverend
Howard Thurman, minister of
the San Francisco church for the
fellowship of All Peoples. It is
called, "I Will Light Three Can
dles" ? the candles of joy, of fel
lowship and of hope. We quote
from the first, for little children
respond to joy by their very na
tures:
"Joy may not result frofn a
single fact or a particular series
of events but, rather, it is often
a climate within which the ex
periences of life ttnd their set
ting. There is much in the lives
of those around us, there is much
in our own lives, and there is
much in the terrible facts of our
world which threatens the joy
ful mood, the singing spirit. This
I do not deny. But I still be
lieve that whereever there is life,
there is the raw material of joy.
So even as I look unhappy de
tails squarely in the face, I shall
light the candle of joy in my
heart this Christmas, a candle
that must burn all the year
long."
WHEAT PLANTINGS
Many farmers are cooperating
with the Government in cutting
down their wheat plantings for
fear the bottom may drop out of
the market next summer, ac
cording to the Agriculture De
partment In an effort to avoid a
wheat surplus, the Government
has ordered farmers to reduce
1950 plantings 10 per cent or do
without price supports next
year. Those who overplant their
allotments will have to sell their
wheat on the market for what
ever price it will bring.
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We hasten to beat the old gent
to your house to with you enjoy
ment to Hie fullnt for this season.
CAROLINA PHARMACY
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APPALACHIAN
HI SCHOOL NEWS
Draftsman's Club
The Draftsman's Club has
taken as their project for the
beautification of Mr. Tripp's
homeroom. Various figures and
geometric designs will be painted
on the open spaces of the walls
and ceiling. These figures will be
used for the teaching of mathe
matics. A special Christmas de
sign has been painted around the
mirror representing a large
Christmas candle. The design
was so constructed that it can be
connected to a valentine picture
and a scroll design to represent
a diploma for use later in the
year.
The members of the club, led
by Roy Wood, Lambert Wood,
and Gordon Hartzog are enjoying
their experiences in the club ana
the club ideas and plans are be
ing carried forward very well by
the entire membership.
Mock Convention
December 13, Mr. Hollis's first
period social itudies class held
a mock Republican National
Convention for 1952. Corinna
Shull was temporary chairman
of the meeting.
The keynote speakers were as
follows: Barbara Farthing for
Harold Stassen, Joan Brookshire
for Douglas MacArthur, Betty
Jean Edmisten for Robert Taft,
Helen Hardin for Earl Warren,
Sarah Pitts for Earl Warren, and
Earline Jackson for Arthur H.
Vandenburg.
The roll call by states kept
everyone in suspense. Harold
Stassen won on the second ballot.
Assembly
Assembly program for Wed
nesday morning, Dec. 21, begins
at 11:00 a. m. The program will
consist of a one act play, "A
Song Is Born". This is the story
of "Silent Night" in three scenes.
It concerns the story of Rev.
Mohr and Franz G ruber who
wrote the song "Silent Night."
The chief characters in the
story are Nellie Miller, Harry
Farthing, Jimmy; Holshouser and
Guy Hunt. Fill ins by a musical
group with Mr. Ernestine playing
the violin solo in the play.
The Choral Ensemble will also
furnish a program of Christmas
music, under the direction of
Mrs. Ernestine.
Basketball
Boys basketball team won it
third game in row by beating
Mountain City High 40-36. Hal
stead's boys led all the way and
managed to survive Mountain
City's last quarter rally. Bill
Blackburn led the Boone boys
with 11 points.
Appalachian High took their
4th victory in a row last Friday]
night by defeating Wilkes boro
by a score o i 33-29.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
Expenditures by U. S. busine*s!
on new plants and equipment:
probably will reach $4,400,000,000
in each of the third and fourth
quarters of this year, while total
capital outlays for the year are
expected to be $17,900,000,000
according to the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the
Department of Commerce.
FIREWORKS KILL SERGEANT)
Turnell, Ark. ? Maurice E.
Mims, of Clanton, Ala., a 20
year-old army sergeant, trapped
in a small service station, was
killed when stacks of Christmas
fireworks ignited and filled the
room with flaming explosions.
Two other men escaped injury by
plunging through a glass door.
The fireworks were set off when
a penny package of lighted fire
crackers was tossed on the floor.
They started exploding and hit
a big stack of fireworks. Mims
was trapped behind the explod
ing fireworks and could not es
cape.
Protestant conference bqkls
struggle with Reds is basic.
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Since we cannot shake each one
of you by the hand to give you
our good wishes personally ? we
want to take this opportunity
to express our hopes that this
Christmas and the coming New
Year be one of joy and goodness
for each and every one of you ?
our friends and patrons.
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