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7/ie Little School Bell
By EVELYN I'OKRZYWA
The little bell lay in the woods
rusty and neglected. He had been
scorched by (he sun and drenched
by the raifi. His handle, which at
one time had been painted Mack,
was now a -Jirty gray. It had been
a long time since anyone had rang
hi/n.
At one time he had been rang
four times a day, at the beginning
of school, recess, lunch time and
dismissal. He had been a school
bell and a happy one. Now he was
so rusty that even if he were to
be rung, his ring would not sound
as beautiful as it had a long fiine
ago.
The little bell had been manu
factured when cou"try and otic
teacher schools were dominant.
He had been happy each time the
teacher had picked him up and
gooe to the door. Ding! Ding! he
rang. Time for school. If was a
happy life for the little bell.
The years passed on and with
their passing, modern inventions
had come into being. THe little
bell still sat on the teacher's desk
but he was now silent. The chil
dren now attended classes by the
buzr of an electrical system. The
only time the little bell was picked
up was when teacher dusted her
desk. Life t>a<i really changed for
the little bell.
Then, one day the children came
to school dressed In their Sunday
best. Most of the parents and the
important school Officials wore
there also. At first the little bell
thought there was going to be a
celebration until ke noticed the
sadness on the people's faces. It
waa on this day Ui? little bell
learned there would be no more
school taught ifi the little sCNpol
house, ft was being vacated tor a
more modern school.
The teacher was cleaning out hef
desk after everyone had gone. "I
won't be needing this anymore,"
she thought, is she picked up the
little bell and threw him in the
wastebasket. "My, oh my," thought
the little bell, "I must really be
out of date." Ttfis tittle bell.wjs
carried out with the rest of the
trash, where he was found by a
little boy. The little boy kipt him
a few days then lost him la the
The little bell lay in the woods
year after year, rusting and ne
glected. H* could always tell when
Christmas was near because he
could hear the people come Into
the woods for '"hristmas trees.
Each year he had thought that
Maybe one of them would find
Mm but no one noticed him. "Peo
ple don't have any mere use for a
school bell," he thought. "1 may
ai well gat used to the idea."
There was a strong wind and it
tfaa very cold a few days before
Christmas. Two men came into the
vtoods looking for a Christmas tree.
"I want a small tfee for Bobby's
room," said ottt of the men. "He
i! ah Invalid and has to stay in
moat of tha time. I think a
tree *H8 brighten his room."
"B certainly would," replied (he
other man, pointing toward a small
eHtf. "This ode looks nice," he
Mid. The man cut the tree down
rind when he bent to piek it tip Me
noticed the handle of the little beH
sticking oat fr6m under aAme
brush. "What hare wtr here!" he
rtelaimed aa he picked up the
little bell.
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"Why if It isn't I school bell,"
he remarked. "Haven't Seen one
of these in years. I will take it
home for Bobby. With a little paint
it will make a wonderful present
for him. lie ean keep it on the
table by his bed and whenever he
needs anything he Can ring the
bell."
The m*n carried the little bell
home, where he painted its handle
a bright Mack and the rest of it
silver. On Christmas Eve after
Bobby was asleep he placed the
bell o>n his table.
"What a tute little bell," ex
Claimed Bobby, upon waking and
seeing it on the table Christmas
morning. Picking it up he gate
it a shake and the bell went ding,
ding! "What a beautiful sound,"
said Bobby to mother, as she en
tered the room.
"Listen, mother, to the bell.
Isn't it beautiful?"
"It certaiftly is," replied mother.
"I wonder what it is really saying
when it goes ding, ding?"
The little bed smiled happily to
himself. If she only knew, he
thought. At one time my ding, ding
meant time tor school. Time for
recess, lime tor lUAch, time to g?
horte. Then when I was found by
the littW boy my ding, ding meant
happy playtime.
Hight now my ding, ding means
Merry Christmas and I am grate
ful for being found. It wds a nice
Christmas for Bobby and the little
bell.
Members Write
Oriental, N. C.
Dec. 2, 1958
Dear. Sic:
I am * little boy almost 4 years
old. My mother and daddy are Mr.
and Mrs. Ronald Keel. My first
daddy U dead, but 1 love my sec
ond one very much. My hobby is
following him around and "help
ing" him work.
I have a big brother in the Coast
Guard and a big sister in high
school. I'll be glad when I'm big
enough to go to school.
Joseph (Joey) W. Sadler
Box 493
P.a. I was I years old when the
pictar* I'm sending you was taken.
Beaufort, N. C.
Nov. 28, 1958
HeHel
I am a little boy three years old.
I will be four Dec. 27. My name
is fUfftiOnd Lawrence Jr. My
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Lawrence.
A member
Raymond Jr.
Happy Birthday
UHU Gray P titer, Davis, 11
year* old <od*7
Jail* Lewis, Morehead City, trill
be i yetri old tomorrow
Five More Join
Birthday Club
Well, isn't this nice! Five new
Birthday Club members this. week.
They are Louie Gary Piner, Da
vis; Raymond Lawrence Jr., Bet
tie; Joseph William Sadler, Orien
tal; Viola Mae Bllis, and Julia
Marice Lewis, both of Morehead
City. Happy to have you with us!
It's so much fu* to receive a
birthday card when your birthday
rolls around, why don't you join
the Birthday Club too? It costs
absolutely nothing. Just fill in the
blank on this page and mail it to
the newspaper.
If you have a picture of your
self. send it along. It will be run
in the Happy Times, free.
We have so many nice boys and
girls in the club, let's have some
more. We'll be looking for you!
JalU Marice Lewis
Joseph WUliam Sadler
Highest
TEXACO
QUALITY
J. M. DAVIS
Dtairltater
Teuc* Product*
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t. Girl's name
I.To4o
12. Troubled
14. la what
way
11 Ceremony
11 Part of a
play
17. Be inter
ested
11 Rubber
tree
19. Coin of
Macao
20. Sack
21. Exist
22. Corrected
24. About
26. Turk, title
of honor
27. Have a
chair
28. Seed
covering
20. That which
cannot be
done
St. Nef stive
J*. Turl
35. Chest bone
36. Net any
37. Measured
4i.Uk*
41. Ill-bred
person
41 Staff
43. Tuber
44. Mind
46. Is able
47. Border J
46. Nephew
of Abraham
49. Mother
hood
61. Watch
closely ,
62. Anger
53. Diner
DOWN
1. Substitute i
ball team
S. Type of
sheer linen I
3 Before:
prefix ll
Solution to Friday's Puzle
4. Frozen
water
5. Neon
symbol
B. Thought
less
?. Fishing
device
B. Public
announce*
ment
I. Captain In
"Moby Dick"
June bug
11. Be under
obligation
IS. Talk wildly
17. Mass. cape
19. Accumu
lated
20. No longer
active
22. Past
23. Drop bait
lightly
24. Baseball
term
25. Cook in fat
26. Bright
28. Child's
napkin
29 Tavern
30. Low
31. Drunkard
32. Cover
37. Spring
month
38. Rain spout:
Scotch
39. Keen
40. Woodland
deity
41. Whale
43. Death
notice
44. Palm leaf
45. Young rna?
46. Wheeled
vehicle
47. Literary
fragmentj
49. Musical
note
50. Concerning
Raymond Liwrenee Jr.
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Letters to Santa
Morehead City, N. C.
Dear Santa,
I am seven years old and this
is what I want for Christmas, a
toy truck, truck and boat, battle
I ground set and a popeye guitar.
Merry Christmas!
Marshall Lee
(All letters to Santa are forward
ed to the North Pole, so get them
in as soon as possible. As many
will be published as space allows.
? The Editor).
My Kittert
I am in the second grade. I go
to Smyrna School.
I have a kitten. He is gray and
white. When I want to find him he
surprises me when I look for htm.
He licks me when I wont him.
Doiua Jo Baldwin
(Donna Jo is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Baldwin,
Marshallberg).
Danha Jo Baldwin
Too Much floo-La
Richmond, Va. (AP) ?Osteopaths
here report that grownup experi
ments with the new plastic hoops
(designed as children's playthings)
produced some sprained backs. One
physician said he would not recom
mend anyone older than Elvis
Presley experimenting with them.
Tuesday ? Wednesday
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I WOULD UKS TO JOIN
THE NEWS-TIMES BIRTHDAY CLUB
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Letters to Sartfd
feeaufort, N. C.
Dea Santa,
I am a little girl 7 years old -
Please bring me a tiny tear doll
with a play peft, a stroller and
some dishes. I love you Santa
Claus.
Love,
k ay Yvonne BrMgers
P.S. Please bring me an ironing
board.
Sean O'Casey, the noted Irish
playwright, was once a railroad
track laborer.
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