THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1961 THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina Some Looks At Books By LOCKIE PARKER Charles Dickens daarly loved Christmas. Again and again in his books we have happy Christmas scenes. To him it was a season for hos pitality. kindness, merriment. Continuing this column's cus tom of reprinting some spe- ial Christmas item at this time, here is Dicken's ac count of a family dinner, from "Sketches by Boz." Who can be insensible to the outpourings of good feeling, and the honest interchange of affec tionate attachment, which abound at this season of the year? A Christmas family paAty! We know nothing in nature more delight ful! There seems a magic in the veryi name of Christmas. Petty jealousies and discords are for gotten; social; feelings are awa kened in bosorhs to which they have long been strangers; father and Son, or brother and sister, who have met and passed with averted gaze, or a look of cold recognition, for months before, proffer and return the cordial em- mosities in their present happi ness. cil-cases, for theyounger branch es; to say nothing of divers secret additions to the order originally given by Uncle George at the pastry-cook’s, such as another dozen of mince pies for the din ner, and a large plum cake for the children. On Christmas Eve grandmam ma is always in excellent spirits, and after employing all the child ren, during the day, in stoning the plums, and all that, insists, regularly every year, on Uncle George coming down into the kit chen, taking off his coat, and stir ring the pudding for half an hour or so, which Uncle George good- humouredly does to the vocifer ous delight of the children and servants. The evening concludes 'with a glorious game of blind- man’s-buff, in an early stage of which grandpa takes great care to be caught, in order that he may have an opportunity of display ing his dexterity. On the following morning, the old couple, with as many of the children as the pew will hold, go , , , ... . . to church in great state: leaving brace, and bury their past ani- ’Aunt Margaret at home, dustinj decanters and filling casters, and Uncle George carrying bottles in to the dining parlour, and calling for corkscrews and getting into everybody’s way. When the church party return ’to lunch, grandpa produces a small sprig of mistletoe from his 'pocket, and tempts the boys to kiss their little cousins under it— a proceeding which affords both the boys and the old gentleman unlimited satisfaction, but which rather outrages grandmamma’s ideas of decorum, until grandpa says that, when he was just thir teen years and three months old, he kissed grandmamma under the mistletoe too, on which the child ren clap their hands, and laugh very heartily, as do Aunt Marga ret and Uncle George; and grand mamma looks pleased, and says, with -a benevolent smile, that grandpapa was an impudent young dog, on which the children laugh very heartily again, and grandpapa more heartily than any of them. As to the dinner, it’s perfectly delightful—nothing goes wrong, and everybody is in the very best of spirits, and disposed to please and be pleased. Then the des sert!—and the wine!—and the fun! Such beautiful speeches, and such songs, from Aunt Margaret’s husband, who turns out to be such a nice man, and so attentive to grandmamma! Even grandpa pa not only sings his annual song with unprecedented vigor, but on being honored with a unanimous encore, according to his annual custom, actually comes out with a new one which nobody but grandmamma ever heard before; and a young scapegrate of a cou sin, who has been in some dis grace with the old people, for cer tain heinous sins of omission and commission—negledting to call and persisting iu drinking Burton ale—astonishes everybody into convulsions of laughter by volun- Page THREE ‘Lucia Day’ Opens Season in Sweden Celebration of Lucia Day on December 13 inaugurates the Christmas season in Sweden. It takes its name from St Lucia, or Lucy, martyred for her faith and virginity in Syracuse in 304 A.D. and venerated by the church each December 13. The prettiest blond in every home, office, factory, village and town is elected a ‘Lucia’’ and visits the sick, leads carnivals and processions and attends banquets and balls, accompanied by her “handmaidens.” The ancient custom coincides with the winter solstice, when the sun swings toward the earth once more and the days begin to lengthen. Bookmobile Schedule December 27-28 The Moore County Library will be closed and the Bookmobile will be off the Road on Decem ber 25 and 26. WEDNESDAY, December 27, ROSELAND AND COLONIAL HEIGHTS ROUTE: A. M. Stan- cil, Jr. 9:45-9:55; Larry Simmons, 10:00-10:10; Morris Caddell, 10:15- 10:25; R. E. Morton 10:30-10:40; Mrs. Viola Kirk, 10:45-10:55; Mrs Onnie Seago, 11-11:05; W. E. Brown, 11:10-11:15; Calvin Laton, 11:20-11:30; Marvin Hartsell, 11:35-11:45; Elva Laton, 11:55- 12:05; Addor, 12:20-12:30; W. M. Smith, 1:40-1:50; J. J. Greer, 1:55- 2:20. teering the most extraordinary comic songs that ever were heard. And thus the evening passes, in a strain of rational good-will and cheerfulness, doing more to awaken the sympathies of every member of the party in behalf of his neighbor, and to perpetuate their good feeling during the en suing year, than half the homi lies that have ever been written by half the Divines that have ever lived. THURSDAY, December 28, GLENDON, HIGHFALLS Route: Ernest Shepley, 9:30-9:40; R. F. Wilcox, 9:55-10:05; the Rev. Jef ferson Davis, 10:15-10:25; Presley Store, 10:30-10:35; Carl Oldham, 10:40-10:50; Norris Shields, 11:00- 11:10; Mrs. Helen Maness, 11:55- 12:05; Anne Powers Beauty Shop, 12:25-12:35; Presley Service Sta tion, 12:45-12:55; Edgar Shields, 1:00-1:100; Wilmer Maness, 1:35- 2:20. Kindly hearts that have yearn ed toward each other, but, have been withheld by false notions of pride and self-dignity, are again reunited, and all is kindness and benevolence! Would that Christ mas lasted the whole year through (as it ought), and that the preju dices and passions that deform I our better nature were never cal led into action among those to whom they should be strangers! The Christmas family party that we mean is not a mere as semblage of relations, got up at a week or two’s notice, originat ing this year, having no family precedent in the last, and not likely to be repeated in the next. No. It is an annual gathering of all the accessible members of the family, young and old, rich or poor; and all the children look forward to it, for two months be forehand, in a fever of anticipat ion. Formerly it was held at Grandpa’s; grandpa getting old, and grandma getting old too, and rather infirm, they have given up housekeeping, and domesticated themselves with uncle George; so the party always takes place at Uncle George’s house, but grand mamma sends in most of the good things, and grandpa always will toddle down all the way to New gate Market, to buy the turkey, which he engages a porter to bring home behind him in triumph, al ways insisting on the man’s being rewarded with a glass of spirits, over and above his hire, to drink “a merry Christmas and a happy new year” to Aunt Margaret. As to grandmamma, she is very secret and mysterious for two or three days beforehand, but not sufficiently so to prevent rumors getting afloat that she has pur chased a beautiful new cap with pink ribbons for each o^ the ser vants, together with sundry books, and pen-knives, and pen- JACKSON MOTORS, INC. 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During the past year more people have come here to live, attracted by what they hear or have read of the climate, the sports, the pleasant living, the charm of a friendly, attractive community . . . News of all this appears regularly in the columns of this newspaper and we like to think that The Pilot lends a hand in such good causes. ‘ Fill in and mail this coupon for regular delivery. The Pilot, Inc. Southern Pines, N. C. Enclosed find check or money order to start my sub scription at once. Please send it to the name and ad dress shown below for the period checked. ( ) 1 yr. $4.00 ( ) 1 yr. $5.00 Name Address City County ( ) 6 mo. $2.00 Outside County ( ) 6 mo. $2.50 ( ) 3 mo. $1.00 ( ) 3 mo. $1.25 State Vass Barber Shop George R. Blue Vass, N. C. 180 W. Penna. Ave. OX 2-3211 Wishes You A MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR Closed December 26 FOR FUEL OIL and KEROSENE Phone WI 4-2414 PAGE and SHAMBURGER, INC. ABERDEEN, N. C. m I iniemationAl Unilorm Sunday School Lessons Kenneth l foreM^ HibJp Material: Matthew 2:1-12: Luk< 2:1-20 Devotional Readioft Matthew 1:18*25 Tears at Christmas i essoB for December 24, I9SI Y^HRISTMAS is not always what Vj we expect it to be. We have been to church, we have received presents and given them, we have toured the stores, all decorated for the season, and we have seen who knows how many lighted trees and Christ mas stars. Maybe we went home for Christmas, or if we are older, the younger members of the family Dr. Foreman ^ came to see us. Surely there is little left out of what it would take to make a happy Christmas. And yet the passing of the Day does leave heartaches amidst all the happi ness. This is nothing new; it has been so since the first Christmas. Disappointments Put yourself in the place of some of fne persons who figure in the Christmas stories in Matthew and Luke. Joseph, we know, was a carpenter, no rich man, but not on the b(^ttom of the heap either. We can imagine that he must have wanted, for Mary’s first born, the best of everything. But now the little baby has to be born in a stable, surrounded really by the worst of everything. V/bat may have galled Joseph, and Mary too. was the thought that if it had not been for the wicked Romans, this long winter journey to Bethlehem would not have been necessary. I'he child was robbed of all that Mary and Joseph had plannea for him,—and yet he was by legal de scent heir to the throne of David. The Romans had long since abol ished that throne. Heirs to van ished thrones got no favored treat ment from the Romans. Mary must have been sorely disappointed no less. That her Son was born to be a king, she had no doubt; but a king’s first appear- ruice should surely be more dig nified, if not more splendid, '•■erythias the baby’s eyes feU . —the manger, the cattle, tbs crowds,—suggested poverty, struggle, the lot of the dispos sessed. We know that when Mary went up for the purification cere mony a few weeks later, her offering was one which was al lowed only in the case of people who were extremely poor. Our Own Disappointments If some recording angel went about the country on December 26, asking the same question of every Christian: Did you have a perfect Christmas? he might sel dom get the answer Yes. Yes, it would have been perfect if she had been here. Yes it would have been perfect if I could only forget the terrible state the world is in. There is joy in CMstmas, and it ought not to be a season of tears. But beneath the carols there are the hearts heavy with frustra tion, disappointment, bereave ment, and the sadness of those who realize that after all these centuries peace is harder to find than ever, men of good will too few. Christmas may remind us that in this life we cannot put off joy until aU causes of sorrow and regret have been abolished. Jesus our Lord was bom where and as he was, because of the military power of a pagan people. The first Christmas had its shadows, and they were deep, loy and Tears The Christian’s joy is not built on a make-believe. There are peo ple who can persuade themselves that there is nothing wrong with the world, nothing really bad in it. But this is not the Christian view. We do not deceive ourselves by mere happy-talk. We must not turn thd Christmas-carol record up so loud as to drown the sounds of weeping in the darkness. Christ mas is not a season to forget the woes of the world, it is a time to resolve afresh to do what we can to make those woes fewer. Chris tians can join in every good work for the benefit of the oppressed and the lonely and the victims of man’s inhumanity to man, be cause we believe that God is still on the throne. Christmas should remind us that it is possible to re joice even in the midst of frustra tion, disappointment and regrets, possible to cherish hope even long deferred. And Christmas-tide may even rebuke us: For the troubles of the world, are we not partly to blame? Can we honestly say that we have never caused a single tear in the sorrowing world? Is our Christianity all a matter of carefree carols, or of outstretched helping hands? (Bued OB oatlinoB eaprrlchtod bo the DleUlen of ChrlstlaB Edaostleii, NbUobbI ConneU of the Charehee e( Chrlot in the V. S. A. Releaeed hj Cemiaanltir Freoa Bereiee.) Next Sunday FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH New York Aee« at Soath Ashe flt. Maynard ManEam* MinisUr Bible School. 9:46 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Training Union. 6:30 p.m. Evening Wor ship, 7:30 p.m. Youth Fellowship, 8:30 p.m. Scout Troop 224. Monday, 7:80 mid-week worship, Wednesday 7:30 choir practice Wednesday 8:15 p.m. Missionary meeting, first and third Tues days, 8 p.m. Church and family suppers, second Thursday, 7 p*m. pern.; p.m.: ST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC Vermont Ave. at Ashe Sunday Masses: 8 and 10:30 a.m.; Daily Maas 8:10 a.m. - Holy Day Masses, 7 A I a.m.; Confessions. Saturday, 6:00 to 6:Sf p.m.; 7 :80 to 8 p.m. Men’s Clul: Meetings: Ist A 8rd Fridays 8 p.m. Women’s Club meetings: Ist Monday 8 p.m. Boy Scout Troop No. 873, Wednesday 7 ;30 p.m. Girl Scout Troop No. 118, Monday, t p.m. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH New Hampshire Avenue Sunday Service, 11 a.m. Sunday School. 11 a.m. Wednesday Service. 8 p.m. Reading Hoorn in Church Building open Wednesday, 2-4 p.m. MANLY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Serv ice 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Women of the Church meeting. 8 p.m. second Tuesday. Mid-week service Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal. Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. THE/UNITED CHURCH OP CHRIST (Church of Wide Fellowship) Cor. Uennett and New Uampatiire Carl E. Wallace, Blinlster Sunday School, 9:46 a.m. Worship Service, 11 a.m. Sunday, 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim Fellowsbli (Young People). Sunday, 8:00 p.m.. The Forum. EMMANUEL CHURCH ^Episcopal) East Massachusetts Ave. Martin Caldwell. Rector Holy Communion. 8 a.m. (First Snndaye and Holy Days, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.) Family Service, 9:30 a.m. Church School, 10 a.m. Morning Service, 11 a.m. Young Peoples’ Service League, 6 p.m. Koly Communion, Wednesdays and Holy Days. 10 a.m. and Friday. 9 :80. Saturday—6 p.m. Penance. BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH (Presbyterian) Dy. E. C. Scott, Interim Minister Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship serv^ ice, 11 a.m. Women of the Church meet ing, 8 p.m. Monday following third Sun^iay. The Youth Fellowships meet at 7 o’eloeh each Sunday evening. 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