It l? our linear* hop* that th^Joy of tho first Christmai may abitU with yog fortvor. 1 ffUvitt. I Beaufort Plumbing & Supply Co. Boiufort, N. C. ? To all our friends _l_o we extend our best wishes for a wonderful Christmas, one filled with good cheer and Russell's Glass Shop 903 Shepard St. Morthead CKjr, N. C. It is our siHcor? with that tlw spiritual beauty and festive joy of the Christmas season light up your days with bright hope and happiness. Sound Appliance Co., hie. 1406 Bridges St. Phone PA 6-4452 Morebead City FUEL K IDS /? 1 *\ IN HOMES THAT USE OUR. OU. HE LIW6ERS, SMART 6AUTA CLAUS. TO WARM HIS FINGERS Take a permanent holiday from a chilly house. Turn to your quality fuel oil for comfort all the winter through. .woaeHEAn c/r * HO&TH CAQOL /A.'A Children with Pets Elaine Hatseli, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Halsrll, entrred her dog Tiny in the Beaufort Christmas parade and pet show. Tiny had a Christinas package tied on his back. Sam wa? the biggest pet in the Beaufort pet show. Sam and his matter, Teddy Barnes. are thown here tnt before 8am vaa Mini the winner. Teddy ia the son of Mr. and Mn. Theodore Barnes. Old-Timey Tree Lights May Be Found in Antique Shops Some Christmas ornaments are ptssed along from one generation to another, and these make unique decorations for the tree. If there are no holiday display pieces in attics and closets, how ever, you can find them in antiques shops and shows. Glass Christmas tree lights made in Germany, England and France in the lttO'i and '90's were used to fhield candles, and these in (lowing emerald, amber, ame thyst, cobalt and ruby are the most popular. German Christmas ornaments of wax, plaster, unglazed pottery and spun glass dating from about 1850 are popular also. Some elaborate blown glass ornaments are frosted outside and decorated inside with a manger scene. Tin ornaments bent into various shapes with colorful pits of glass on them date from the 11th cen tury. French eup-shape for ? Ulida? fall of fan Ml fewivity. MITCHELL'S CAKfENTBt SHOP rat - Morebead CU J, N. C. The First Christmas Crib Bath Christmas lime Father El mer Landaer, TOR. director of laymen's retreats it the Francis can monastery at Loretta, Pa., re members Lockwood Phillips, pub lisher of THE NEWS-TIMES, with I Christmas card that carries not only a personally written greeting but also a message of religious seasonal import. Father Elmer was pastor of St. Egbert's Catholic Church, More head City, prior to 1950. While lay ing the foundations of a strong church here, he made many staunch friend? outside of his con gregation. This year Father Elmer's mes sage. an adaptation from Jorgen sen's St. Francis of Assisi entitled. The First Chrislmrs Crib, follows: After his trip to the Holy Land and his visit to Bethlehem, Saint Francis of Assisi had a special de votion to the feast of Christmas. He often said of this day: "If I knew the Emperor, I would ask him that all be ordered on this day to throw out corn to the birds, especially to our sisters the larks, and I would ask that everyone who has a beast the stable give it a specially good meal for love of the Child Jesus born in a manger. And this day the uch should feast all the poor." In the year 1223 Francis himself celebrated Christmas iu a way which the world had never seen before. In Greccio he had a friend and well-wisher who had given him and his Brothers a wood-grown cliff above the city. Francis now had this man called to Colombo and said to him: "I want to celebrate the holy Christ mas night along with thee, and now listen how i have thought it out for myself. In the woods by the cloister thou wilt find a cave, and there thou mayest arrange a manger filled with hay. "There must also be an ox and an ass, just as in Bethlehem. I want for once to celebrate serious ly the coming of the Son of God upon earth and to see with my own eyes how poor and miserable He wished to be for our sakes." His friend attended to all Fran cis' wishes, and at midnight of Christmas Eve the Brothers came together to eelebrate the festival of Christ mat. AH carried lighted candles, so that it was as light as day under the dark vaulting of the rocks. Mass was said with the manger as altar, so that the Divine Child under the forms of bread and wine should Himself come to the place, as bodily and discernibly as lie had, been in the stable of Bethle hem. For a moment it seemed to Fran cis' friend that he saw a real! Child lying in the manger, but ( looking as if it were dead or asleep. Then Brother Francis j stepped forward and took it loving ly in his arms, and the Child smiled at the Poverello, and with its little hands stroked his bearded chin and his coarse grey habit. Yet this vision did not astonish Francis' friend. For Jesus had been dead or asleep in hearts these many years, until Brother Francis had by his voice and his example restored the Divine Child to life in the world. As the Gospel was sung, Francis stepped forward in his deacon's vestments. "Deeply sighing, over come by the fullness of his devo tion, filled with a wonderful joy, the holy one of God stood by the manger . . . And his voice, his strong voice, and glad voice, clear voice and ringing voice invited all to seek the highest good." Brother Francis preached on the Child Jesus. "With words that dripped with sweetness, he spoke of the poor King who is born in the night, and who is the Lord Jesus in the city of David. And every time he would name the name of Jerus, the fire of his love overcame him, and he called Him instead the Child from Bethlehem. And the word Bethlehem he said with a sound as if of a lamb that bleats, and when he had named the name of Jesus, he let his tongue glide over his lips as if to taste the sweetness this name had left there as it passed over them. The holy watch night only ended late, and everyone went with joy to his home." ?Adapted from Jorgensen's St. Francis of Assisi Donald Fenton holds Alvin the cricket to ? (mall cafe hit father, Donald Featon Sr., ftraagM from Japan. Afvta wa? the amallest pet in the Beaafort pet show. Court