Many Homes These Days
Have Two Christmas Trees
iif Rtrrm o emm
ctate Hone Demonstration A*int
SAftri'Y FIRST?Nov.days many!
homes, rural and urban, have two'
C hristmas trees These fetterou
peofU are sharing and doing much
to build the Christmas tpir ^ for
all the people In their neighbor
hood and for the passers-by. The
fcrowtac tree In the yard won't he
hurt, say our tree expert specia
lists. 11 a tow precautions are oh
served. Use only electrical fix
tures designed for outdoor use.
Fifteen watt bulbs are bright
enough?the stronger ones may
burn the needles
The Christmas tree for the In
side of the house should be freshly
cut. an Inch above the original cut
is the tree has been cut for sev
eral days. Anchor the tree In a
pall rf water the entire time it
is in the house The tree holder
can be pieced in the pail of water
without much difficulty
GOOD READING ? Governor
Luther if Hodges recently had Ihia
to say about the Importance of li
braries to our goneraj well-being.
' At a time jyhen an Informed citir
eory ia most essential to our demo
cratic well-being, it is appropriate
that we give special attention to
our libraries, the bulwark of our
freedom. Here in North Carolina,
school, college, special and public
libraries, with bookmobiles, pro
vide books and other Informational
materials for reading for all peo
ple." The "1997 Good Reading for
Home Demonstration Clubs" has
Just been distributed to the coun
ties. It is a guide to good reading
for home demonstration club mem
bers. and can be found In your
local home agent's office, local li
braries. and on the bookmobiles
Why not add a good book to your
Christmas gift lUt In your family? I
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Yule Programs
Set At Cecil In - ?
Several Places
By MRS. J. ElHiAR Bl'RNF.TTE
Community Reporter
The Christmas program at the
Riveiside Baptist Church will be
ueitl Monday night. December 24,
beginning at 7:00 o'clock.
Panlomines will be presented by
the different age groups with the
adult choir furnishing the musical
background
Following the program will be
the excange of gifts and'treats
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The Laurel Grove Baptist Church
will present their annual Christ
mas program Monday night. De
cember 24, beginning at 7 30
o'clock
A play. "Chriatmas In Deed' will
be given by the Young People and
Christmas poems will be given by
the smaller children
The choir will present a special
muaical program of Christmas
music as a part of the program.
The exchange of gifts will com
plete the program
Wry All'in Burnctte, S.N., son of
Mr. and Mrs. J Fdgar Burnette,
has been discharged from the Navy.
He has served In French Morocco
during the past two years where
he was connected with Naval com
munications
PFC Billy Warren Is spending
ihe Christmas holidays with hi*
parent*. Mr. and Mrs Willis War
ren. Upon the termination of his
leave he will return to the Air
Force Base; at Gary. Indiana. |
Amoii? right senior student niirs- ;
": leaving fropa Memorial Mission
Hospital Tuesday by plane for
Torrance State Hospital, Torrance.
I'a., was Miss Rose Ann Warren,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Warren, The students will receive
thirteen weeks of special training
in psychiatry.
S Sgt. Wayne Shipman arrived
Thursday from the Air Force Base
at Alex.. La., to spend a few days
leave with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs Theodore Shipman.
The W M.U. of the Riverside
Rant 1st Church met Monday at
7:00 p.m. with Mis. Claude Single
ton as hostess The regular pro
gram was presented by the mem
bers and gitts were exchanged
The pastor, the Rev George Me
haffev and Mrs. Mehaffev were
special guests at the meeting. They
were presented gifts by members
of the Union
A special offering for the Lottie
Moon Christmas offering was
taken
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Jerry Recce returned to his home
Thursday from the Haywood Coun
ty Hospital where he underwent
surgery.
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Mr. and Mrs Ed Howell and
Zelma Jo Howell. Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Pruett and Cash Phillins at
tended a Christmas party with rela
tives at Black Mountain on Thurs
day evening. Around twenty-five
I guests attended.
The saw mill at Cecil closed
F-idav. December 21, for the
Christmas holidays. Operation at
the mill will be resumed January
I 1.
[ Miss Grace iCrwin. a senior at
! Western Carolina Cnllcee. is spend
| iro the holidavs with her parents,
the Rev. and Mrs. T. E. Erwin.
Mrs. Leonard M. Wright left on
Mondav by plane for Tokyo. Japan
to join her husband. Pvt. Leonard
M Wricht.
Mrs. Wright was the former Miss
Mary Burnett, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ellis F. Burnett. She was
emnloved bv the Southern Bell
Telephone Company in Charlotte,
and is taking a years leave of ab
sence to be with her husband in
Japan.
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Be of good cheer and
have a happy holiday
full of the wonderful
things that come each
year at Christmas.
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THE
CLOTH
SHOP
Main Street
Waynesville
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Permit us to express our sincere thanks ?
for your valued patronage, and to wish
you all the joys of the holiday season.
SHERRILL'S STUDIO
110 Depot St.
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?iuAtma^
CMmoqz
Ilct our thoughts this Christmas
turn to Him who was born
in Bethlehem. Let us remember
and cherish His message.
THE
TOWNE HOUSE
Main Street
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year
To All Our
Friends and Customers
- - - And Sincere Appreciation
For Your Patronage
THE BOOK STORE
Mr. & Mrs. John Matzger
The Christmas Sermon
(jCoattard from Pace 1)
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in it".
Man differs from otheni of Cod*? crvatnrc* In
that he was given a mind with which to think, rea
son and make decisions. Through the tubtle and de
ceptive ways of sin. man was led to aassfl't his inde
pendence through flagrant disobedience In the Gar
den of Eden. Ever since that day, sin h?s led man
to seek his own selfish way instead of seeking to
know the will of God
The spirit of childishness finds its expression aa
we demand our way. We display a spirit of conceit
when we always insist that our decistona are cor
rect Defeat and dismav will always be our lot when
we pit our concepts of right ind wrong against those
of God s. ' ?
In. seeking his own way. man unconsciously de
velops an air of self-sufficiency. He totally disre
gards his fellow man. He does not have time for
Cod. He comes to think of himself more highly than
he ought to think. God does not overrule man's deci
sions of selfishness and self-sufficiency, but simply
lets them take their natural course until ultimate
ly ttiey bring man to the end of his way.
The emphasis that we have placed on our own
way and the lnsistant demand that we be permitted
to have our way have led us to the present condi
tion of corruption, strifte, war and chaos In which
we find ourselves. Our failures should lead us to
see that there 1$ a much better way. "Peace on
earth" is a reality in the lives of those who seek to
know the will and the purpose of God in their lives.
We do not have peace because WE PUT MORF.
EMPHASIS UPON REFORMATION THAN, RE
GENERATION,
In his dilemma, man realises that something must
be done. The tensions and strife of life must some
how be resolved. Some changes must be made.
Limited by his finite concept of things, man has
tried one reform movement after another. Each has
done some good, but none has ever been or ever will
be the tneans by which he shall gain "Peace on
Earth".
In our quest of peace through the means of ref
ormation, we are merely lulling ourselves to sleep.
The devil and his cohorts win another victory
through this delaying action. It Is simply glossing
over the deep-rooted problems of human nature. It
is whitewashing a rotten board instead of replacing
it
The sins of the flesh and of the spirit can never
be conquered through such means. We may deceive
ourselves and others for a brief timd; but we will
be robbed of our effectiveness because of the sin
that is ever present.
Our Saviour put the emphasis unon regeneration
;>t.d not reformation, Changing the exterior with
out changing the heart would be useless. Nicodetnus,
the ruler of the Jews, with amazement and mis
utuli r-t inding heard Jesus say: "Except a man be
t? from above he cannot see the kingdom of
Cod". J. -us was simply saying that man needed a
new nature, a new life principle, a new motivation.
I* inl out of his own personal experience could write:
"Therefore if any man be in "Christ, he is a new
creature: Old things are passed away: behold, all
tillage are became new"
The ne?d of am day itthafwe shall witness more
effectively to the saving power of our Christ. He
does not gloss over and reform an individual but
cleanses our lives and forgive* our sins He .makes
us new creatures in Christ.
"Peace on Earth" is the present experience of
every individual who has been born of the spirit of
God.
We do not have peace because WF. DO NOT
KNOW THE PRINCE OF PEACE.
We are sooo to observe the birthday of the Prince
of Peace. We know many facts about him We are
familiar with the facts of his birth, life, death and
resurrection We ran repeat many of his teachings.
We observe what he has done in the lives of others.
Yet at this Christmas season I would press home
the question: "Do you know Him?"
At this Christmas season. itlll you examine your
personal experience with the Saviour? Thinking
about His experience on the Damascus Road, Paul
was able to write: "Yea doubtless I count all thin?;
but lost for the excellency of the knowledge of
Christ Jesus My Lord . . . that I may know Him".
We' are eager to experience the peace that he
came to give. We want that deep inner peace that
leads to victorious living. We want to live at peace
with our fellowmen next door, across the street and
around the world. In our intense desire and longing
for peace, we have overlooked the only source of
peace, a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus
Christ
Wa arv living in troubled times because we liave
gone at things backward We try to make peace
with one another as Individuals and as nations, but
we do not know the meaning of the peace within
our own hearts. Peace on earth wili only come as
individuals know Christ through a personal accep
tance, a positive enthronement and a definite com
mitment of discipleship to the Prince of Peace.
To know him is to desire that others might come
to know him. Jesus knew the compelling force of a
transforming experience of Grace and told his di
sciples: "Ye shall be witnesses of these things".
We must not, we dare not keep to ourselves the
good news of the gospel of redeeming love and in
finite grace.
The scientists feel that the chain reaction of a
cobalt bomb explosion would mean virtual annihil
ation. The world needs the chain reaction of love,
mercy and grace as it spreads from the life of one
redeemed sinner to another. This will take place as
every Christian is faithful to the witness of his own
experience in the Lord.
Paraphrasing the words of the apostle Paul, breth
ren, mv heart's desire and prayer to God for
Wayneavilia is that the Prince of Peace will live
and reicn supreme in the heart of every individual
and in every home of our community throughout
the coming days.
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep:
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail.
With peace on earth, good will to men".
Longfellow.
Area Christmas Seal Sale
Reaches The Halfway Mark
The Waynesville area drive in
the annual Christmas Seal Sale to
tisrht TB has reached onlv the half
way mark toward its goal of SI.200
Mrs. Sarah Campbell, drive chair
man. announced today.
Mrs. Campbell ureed that all lo
cal residents who have not yet
marie their contributions for]
Christmas seals do so in the near
future.
ThV seals, offered for a dollar
a sheet with two sheets in each en
velope are used by the Wavnes
vilte TR committee to assist coun
I ty residents who alroadv are suf
| fering from tuberculosis, and to
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finance the visit of mobile chest X
ray units to Haywood Countv.
This year and last, two mobile
labs spent about a month in the
county.
Mrs. Campbell reminded Hay
wood residents that 34 new cases
of TB have been reported in the
county this year, and many other
perrons are stiti patient* in the
sanatorium* from the disease con
tracted in previous years. J
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Library To Observe
i
Christmas Holidays
The Haywood County Library
will be cloMd for Christmas holi
days Monday. Tuesday, and Wed
nesday, December 24. 25, and 26.
New Year's holidays will be ob
served Tuesday and Wednesday,
January 1 and 2.
The Bookmobile will not oper
ate on December 24 and 25 or
fanuary 1.
The Bare Facts
NORTH HOLLYWOOD Calif.
Here's a fashion note from this
Southern California town. Signs in
a local department store bear this
warlning "People With Bare Feet
Not Allowed on Escalator."
'^mcerg Good CDishcs
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To you, from oil of us,
our very bust wishes for o holiday
* rich in the true,
dtep meaning of Chrjstmas.
WALKER'S ESSO SERVICE
301 Depot Street
uOMOny We chime in with our best
wishes to one and all for a
h?lW holiday season.
May the joy of this Yuletide shine brightly in
your memories throughout the year to come.
THE SMART SHOP
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Main Street Dial GL 6-8210
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(esrwsrsiQ&s
^ .worship
freedom ... friendships ... loved ones ... hoppy
children . . . the thoughtfulness of those about us
. . . let's preserve all that is Christmas and what
Christmas really means for all the days to come. And
may all these blessings be yours to enjoy.
C. N. ALLEN & CO.
MAIN STREET HAZELWOOD