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THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1944
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Merry Christmas!
For centuries writers have tried substi
tutes for "Merry Christmas” as a greeting
at this season of the year but there is no
holiday greeting that says or implies so
much.
At this Christmas time we should never
lose faith in the eternity of Christmas and
we should never lose sight of the light
which falls from the star of Bethlehem.
“Peace On Earth, Goodwill Toward
Men”, was the heavenly message when the
Prince of Peace was bom, and despite all
the strife and turmoil in the world today,
that remains the heavenly message to all
men everywhere.
Perhaps there is not a home in Wilkes
county that does not at this holiday season
keenly miss the presence of some loved one
who is away and engaged in war. But
there is consolation in the fact that they
are fighting for the cause of right, to free
people from oppression and to prevent the
forces of evil from ruling the earth.
Th*e many readers of this newspaper in
foreign lands will not read this until well
after the Christmas season is passed, but
to them we extend the greetings and well
wishes of the people of Wilkes county, and
each and every one of them can be assured
that they were remembered in the thoughts
and prayers of the people back home on'
this anniversary of the world's greatest
event.
Y. M. C. A. Would Lessen
Juvenile Delinquency
(Guest editorial by Dr. David E. Browning,
pastor of the First Baptist Church)
Life takes on a new meaning in every
generation, and the sad thing about this
sociological change is that youth gets
caught in its cross-currents and becomes
bewildered and confused. They are plung
ed into new situations without adequate
preparation. Their parents never passed
through such fervid thrill-mad adolescence.
Most of these adults spent their childhood
in the country, where work kept them
properly occupied.
Young people are faced with much to in
trigue them. The lash of thrills and
temptations is hurled in tremendous stimu
lation. And all the while the total time
available for leisure is growing. The five
day week will probably have extension in
the next decade. What will we do with
the young people’s time? A community
can ignore its young people and their need.s
and reap a burdensome problem in delin
quency. Healy and Bronner, in a study of
4000 juvenile delinquents, found at least
three-fourths were made so by failures in
the socializing process. They were not
surrounded with environmental conditions
and directed and controlled recreational
life, which would help insure a growth of
well adjusted individuals.
The citizens of North Wilkesboro would
respond to any disaster by immediate help
and reconstruction. The need for organiz
ed recreational life in North Wilkesboro is
an immediate necessity. I believe the citi
zens of this town should, without hesita
tion, raise the funds for a Y. M. C. A. for
the following reasons:
1, The adolescent years are a period of
social development and adjustment. These
needs can, in many v^aya, be met by a
properly functioning Y. M. C. A.
2 ^Recreation is like religion, one of the
universal expressions of the human race.
Play* is the expression of inner desires and
Impulses. "Qualities of Christian charac
ter like courage, dependability, good will,
honesty, obedience, humility, may be built
BP through directed recreation". Good
clean sport is as much a spiritual develop
ment as religion. It develops the same qual
ities that religion seeks to develop. Human
contact and fellowship are the soul of re
ligion, Jind the spirit of sacrifice for the
team and devotion of lovalty that are given
in spirts develop spiritual qualities of the
highest religious teaching”.
8. It is dangerous to neglect or turn over
opportunities in developing young people
to commercial agencies. A Y. M. C. A.
fosters a knowledge and skill in integrating
recreation and other wholesome activities
of life.
Training children is becoming a com
munity problem. The citizenship of North
Wilkesboro tomorrow will be as strong,
honest, progressive, and wholesome as the
present generation of young people is now
preparing itself. To neglect this group is
to promise ourselves community prob
lems tomorrow.
As a nation we can boast of wealth and
imtional progress We own 88 per cent of
al
^1 automobiles, 78 per cent of all insur
ance, 74 per cent of all telephones, 58 1-2
per cent of all the wealth in the world; and
we are only 5 1-2 per cent of the population
in the world. But somebody is murdered
in the United States every 45 minutes—
300,000 murderers in the United State.^.
The largest group of criminals is 23 years
of age. Divorces are increasing five times
faster than marriages. Wealth and pros
perity selfishly held go hand in hand with
neglect and ruin. North Wilkesboro can
boast of a significant wealth per capita
person. If it is not invested in community
character training now, the post-war
years will yield statistics that will add up
to sbame and blighted lives. Let the citi
zenship of North Wilkesboro pledge it.s
support to the development of fine Chris
tian citizenship.
•y
DWIGHT
NICHOLS
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ing)—^Wkat'a bar name.
IDLK CHAlinBIU-
"Wb*t do yon want, a wbola
wlgT” asked the waiter ot a mag
who complained that he teund
three hairs in his soup. . . . Some
are classed as brilliant when they
are only reflectors, reflecting bril
liancy from sbmeone else. . . .
Charity may t)egin at home hot
more often it ends there. ... A
good politician is one why says
nothing in the greatest possible
number of words. . . . Old timers
say they can remember when a
flat tire was a nuisance Instead of
a catastrophe. . . . Won't some
body please whoop It up for our
anti noise campaign?
^tBATBS DBMARD—
A youth idling in a local de
partment store saw a salts girl
take a paektga from nnder the
counter and sell it to a yonsg
lady who had Jnst walked into the
Btors.
The youth Immediately walked
Up and said: ’Til take one of
tb«n, too”.
With the wrapped package un
der his arm he said as he walked
ont: ‘Til buy anything that they
keep under, the. counter”.
'3S‘JS£
American war casualties have been re
ported at 509,195 and in that total, there
are 108,000 dead—men who have given
their lives on land, on the sea, in the air and
under the sea, in defense of their country.
In the remaining 401,195 casualties, there
are hundreds of men who are crippled,
blind or otherwise handicapped for life.
The cost of war in material values is negli
gible when compared with the cost in hu
man values: life, limb and suffering.
• UFEY lEHEI WAT
WALTER E. 18ENH9UR
ffiddenite, N. C.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
At this blessed season of the year we
wish to extend our hearty Christmas greet
ings to all our readers throughout the land.
May the blessed Savior draw near to each
and every one of you, and may this be a
time of sweetness, peace, love and joy in
your hearts, even though there is much
sorrow, suffering, anxiety and disappoint
ment abounding throughout the earth.
However, it is possible to love God and all
mankind to the extent that we can have
deep and sweet peace in our souls, though
the billows of world strife roll about us.
We know that many of our dear readers
have given up loved ones, either in death
or to the service of our country, and this
has cast a shadow over your lives and
homes. We sympathize with you. Our
prayers go up in your behalf, and in behalf
of your dear ones. Let’s place them in the
care and keeping of God, so far as our part
goes. And let's advise them to read often
the 91st Psalm and live in it. God promises
marvelous, wonderful, glorious protection
to His saints and followers in this beautiful
sublime Psalm. Praise His holy name for
ever. How good He is to His children! We
should worship, reverence and adore Him
at all times and under all circumstances of
life. Hallelujah!
And I wish to take this opportunity to
thank my readers for all their kindness,
love, prayers and helpfulness to us. The
readers of some of the publications, and
one especially, have sent us offerings all
through the year to help us meet our ex
penses; and within the last few months
they have sent around $400.00 to enable us
to publish a book which we have written
entitled “Lost Gems of The American Peo
ple”. We greatly, GREATLY appreciate
this. The book will be ready for sale in
the near future. Quite a number of our
readers have stood by us faithfully through
the years with their tithes and offerings,
for which we thank God and thank them.
This has enabled us to continue our work
of spreading the Gospel through the print
ed page and column, reaching tens of
thousands of people with the blessed truth
of the Gospel. To God be the glory.
Again, Merry Christmas to you, dear
readers. Merry CHiristmas. And as Christ
mas goes by and you enter into the New
Year, may this same sweetness attend your
pathway all along life's journey to Heaven,
if you are a child of God. 1 shall appre
ciate hearing from you personally if you
care to write me, but enclose a stamp for
reply.
IN TODAY’S MAID—
North Wilkesboro
December 8, 1944.
To The Editor of Fool Column:
Dear Mr. Nichols:
Since I became your 14th read
er, I hare seen and heard many
strange things. As I journeyed
afoot between the two towns last
Monday, I paused on the bridge lo
look at the beautiful water, when
at some distance down the river I
saw an object floating up the
stream. As It floated near where
I was standing on the bridge. I
saw that the object was a large
mill stone and that there were
three men men riding on it, as H
floated up the river. On looking
closely at the men I saw that one
was a blind man, one had no arms,
and the other one was naked. As
they were about to pass where I
was standing the blind man looked
down In the water and saw a
pocket knife in the bottom of the
riv^, the man that had no arms
reached down and picked it up
and handed It to the naked man
and he put it In his pocket. I
don’t know whether you will be
lieve this or not. I wouldn’t be
lieve it myself If I hadn’t seen It
with my own eyes.
i Yours sincerely,
READER NO. 14.
(Editor’s note: Writer of the
above letter is assuming too much
In claiming to be the 14 th reader.
He or she evidently does not know
that a number of the original
readers have succumbed to acute
diskustitls. And don’t blame
your delerlum tremens on this
column. More than likely It was
some of the local klckapoy joy
Juice).
HINTS IN 80I!(aS—
One lad says members of his
tlmily let their wishes be known
as to what they want for Chrlst-
imas by the songs they sing. He
said he has been singing "A Bi
cycle Built For Two” because he
wanted a bicycle and he thinks his
dad in going to get It. And he
said that his sister has been
singing “Dancing With a Dolly
With a Hole In Her Stocking’’ and
Is going to get a pair of hose and
a doll. But she says his mother
may not do so well with her hint
ed request. He said she has been
y
A
AND A NOTE
We know you are busy—so’s everybody
else. Wc just want to remind you that here in
(his community are the finest folks in the
world, and we are hoping that you will remem
ber (hem well in your Christmas Eve travek.
Our friends here are deserving of all good
things. Please don’t forget them!
The Little Grill
Pete Antonakos, Prop.
THIS OODU) BE—
Don't go grousing on your way,
letting your anger smolder:
Never travel through the world
with a chip on your shoulder.
Should someone make a swipe at it
and miss, I tell you that
The blow might knock your head
Oft—then where would you be
at? —rW. R. Shaw
OONSOIiATION?—
A minister was trying to con
sole a man who had lost his wife:
Minister (continuing kindly)—
My brother, I know that this is a
"PEACE ON EARTH"
In these troubled times of world
unrest and strife, Christmas brings
home to us the realization that “Peace
on earth, goodwill toward men” is
more than just an empty phrase.
It is the foundation of all the teach
ings of Him whose birthday we
celebrate. May that spirit go with
yo.'j throughout the days of the com
ing year.
N«mi Wsmfciro, N. C
Wilkes Furniture Exchange
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