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SECTION TW(J
Three P’s
PERSONAL AND
PRIVATE PROBLEMS
W
Thii column will attempt to answe*
personal and private problems of in
dividuals who submit their questions
to this column. These inquiries to in
clude family and social problems and
will cover questions that come up in
adjusting oneself to society: economic
questions to include adjustment to busi
ness life and careers. All inquiries
correspondence and names will be held
in the strictest confidence. All inquir
ies and questions should be addressed
to “Three P’s”, care ot The Chowan
Herald. Edenton. N. i\
—Vladimir If. Rellov. Counselor.
To Three P’s:
Now that Christmas is over I
would like to express my feel
ings. As our Christmas giving
has been completed our family is
in debt and it will take us sev
eral months to get out of the red.
Both my husband and myself
have a number of relatives and
friends who each year send us
a present of some kind and of
course presents for our three
children. We are both apprecia
tive of their thoughtfulness and
generosity to us and the children,
but it pla'ces us in a difficult po
sition for both of us feel we must
give gifts in return. My husband
says he does not want to be a j
cheapskate and it results in our j
giving, on a money basis, more.
expensive gifts than we receive. l
I want to curtail our giving butj
my husband says it would place
us in an awkward nosition. Is 1
there any reasonable way that
we may handle this problem and
not have a guilty conscience? >
Mrs; I). G. M.
Dear Mrs. D. G. M.:
Christmas is a joyous time for i
unto man a Saviour was; born and
gifts were brought to the Christ i
Child in the Manger as. an ox-j
pression of joy and gratitude and
it is doubted that the wisemen,
shepherds and the country people
expected any material return
However, at Christmas time peo
ple feel more generous, move
grateful and express their feel
ings in giving. However, if the
giving is done with the thought
in mind that they will receive a
gift in return it is not true (
Christian giving, and it would be
much better to not give at ; !)
than to send gifts on:.the. b.o-is
of an expected return. Yi r
ago, it used to be the custom to
exchange small gifts among the
immediate member- of the i on:-'
ly: to send penny Christina; ;
cards: then hold linen house for
neighborly visits when wine and
Christmas, cookies wete served.
Os course, there was happy gen
eral conversation. Thin- \- . !
Year’s cards were se-;t to those,
who had sent Cl' r:st hi.. -■ cards
and again there wos open house|
with wine and cookies and '-" n j
oral good conver.-ot.- n. The chil
dren received smo'l ... ,!s. >-*.■ it
through the holidavs t o re was a
feeling of good \v h aid rn.eg'T
borliness. Alas and o',ck times
and customs have changed and in
many cases the e ;• . lone ■
the basis of hoping you will r<
ceive something better 'ban yo .
gave. The talk is quae comm •
that Christmas ha.- bee are tu
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commercial reason a few years
igo Thanksgiving was celebrat
ed a week earlier purely on the
basis that it would give more
shopping days for Christmas;
there is some talk of moving
Thanksgiving Day to the last
Thursday of September for the
same reason, more shopping days
to Christmas. However, Christ
mas giving has become a diffi
cult problem and in many cases
it causes more unhappiness than
gratitude. We have become vie- \
tims of what others do and we do'
not want to be left out of the!
swim. Even business uses Christ- j
mas to give on a basis of hoping!
to receive some favorable con-]
i sideration in business and, of
course, it is income tax deducti
ble. Like all human and social
problems we must solve the
problem on a human basis: if the
Christmas season moves you to
the degree that you want to ex
press your feelings by giving,;
give by all means, but do not
expect to receive something in
return, for that is not Christian
giving. Under no circumstances
should you give on the basis of
‘pride” that you can give bigger
and better gifts than you receiv
j ed. That is false pride and the
I spirit of true giving does not go
] with your gifts. Gifts to chil
dren should be overlooked: there
j should be no return except a let
ter of thanks from the children
! themselves, if possible. How
ever, in your case, if your rela
tives and friends want to make
, gifts to you and your husband
, arid the spirit does not move you
' to make similar gifts, be honest
with yourself and do not, but
write a simple letter of thanks.
' Under no circumstances should
| Christmas joy be turned into a
! season of worry and discontent
i because of artificial giving. Think
' it over and be honest and brave
enough to be yourself and not
what vour friends want you to
be. lam sure your husband wil!
agree with this.
Dear Three P’s:
I am a stenographer and work
with a firm that has offices in a
large office building. Every day;
when people are arriving for
work, when they go out and
come back from lunch and when
people go home, the ejevators are
crowded. It is my experience
that every time I use the eleva
j tors the men take off their hats.
] Os course they try to save their
hats from being crushed, and as
a result the men take up more
room than they should; in fact,
several times hats have been
! poked in my face. Is it neces-
I sary for men to take off their
hats under such circumstances, j
Miss Ruth
Dear Miss Ruth:
Men taking off their hats in
the presence of women is a
throwback to the days of chival
v and gallantry, when knights
it armor removed their shields
to ,show their respect for women.
In this modern age and with the)
increasing crowds this gallantry!
is misplaced, and actually in
crowded elevators men removing
their hats show less gallantry
and consideration than if they
kept their hats on. It" is noticed
that in department stores men
do not remove their hats except
in the elevators. No it is not ne
cessary for men to remove their
hats in crowds; it would be more
thoughtful of them if they kept
their hats on. You just ask your
elevator starter to post a notice
in the elevators for men not to
remove their hats and things
will be better.
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j SUNDAY SCHOOL |
LESSON i
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] loved one. or one in need, can 1
express our inward caring and j
assume the mantle of greatness. 1
Our prayer may well be not for
place or power, or what custom
calls greatness for ourselves, but
for hearts sensitive to hear the
call of need and hands skilled tu
; respond.
As Jesus went about giving of
his daily life, he entered imagi
natively into the problems and
needs of persons. That is the
true meaning of compassion—-j
“feeling with.” If a person was
crippled, Jesus felt himself , af
flicted. He knew the dark world
of the blind, the lonely world of
the brokenhearted. He knew the
strange, lonely poverty of the
rich. He bore sorrows on his
shoulders, and was acquainted
with griefs.
It would be a tragic mistake
for us to study the transcript of
Jesus’ life without seeing in it a
clinical demonstration of how
| service leads to the only kind i f
! greatness worth having; great
i ness of inner feeling and light.
l (These comments are based on
outlines of the International Sun
, day School Lessons, copyrighted
by the International Council of
Religious Education, and used by
i permission.)
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announce the birth of a 10-pound
son. Mr. Harrell is a son of Mr.
I and Mrs. L. B. Harrell of Cora
peake and is now a student of
Bob Jones University, at Green
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EJDEIfTON, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JANUARY IS, 1959.
i Weekly Devotional
!' Column
I Bv JAMES MacKRNZIE
This week’s column concludes
an original sermon, “I Resolve
This New Year ...” by George
Nixon, 16-year-old member of the
Edenton. Presbyterian Church.
The greatest resolution by far
to make this new year, and one (
that includes all the others, is i
consecration, or being separated
from sin, and dedicated to the
Lord and His will for us.
First, we should resolve to con
secrate to Him our time. Not
i just an hour or two on 'Sunday,
| but all of our time. And if God
! honors you by calling you into
full-time Christian service, re
spond eagerly to His call.
Second, our 1 talents, or abili
ties. God gives us talents for one
reason, and one reason only: to j
be used for Him and His glory, i
' If God calls us to use our talents j
in a certain ministry, and we do >
not, we shall find out we can’t I
. deceive God, and our talents will'
jbe taken away from us. So re- j
; | solve to give Him your talents.
Third, the consecration of our j
| possessions and we.Mth. Wej
• should give God what we have
. for Hi.s use and glory, I think 1
i this is the reason God does not:
] let us have much money: He ]
[; knows that if we become what 1
this world calls “rich” we shall
forget that all comes from God,
■ and we won’t depend on Him for]
our daily needs. We should also
. give money to God’s work, such!
■ as missions, and orphanages.
Give Him your all, and you will
find complete joy.
Last, consecration of ourselves,
i God made us with one purpose
. in mind, to glorify Him. Paul
I tells us in the wonderful third
E chapter of Philippians, verses 7-
r 16: “But what things were gain
to me, those I counted loss for
Christ. Yea, doubtless, and I ]
count all things but loss for the j
excellency of the knowledge of
Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom
I have suffered the loss of ail
things, and do count them but 1
refuse that I may win Christ, and I
be found in Him. not having mine {
own righteousness, which is o' I
* the law, but that which is
through the faith of Christ, the j
righteousness which is of God by \
faith: that I may know Him, and I
the power of His > resurrection, •
and the fellowship of His suffer- j
ings, being made conformable un-j
to His death; if by any means I
might attain unto the Resurrec
tion of the dead. Not as though]
I had already attained, either j
were already perfect: but I follow j
after, if that I may apprehend,
| that for which also I am appre
i hended of Christ Jesus. Breth
ren, I count not tnyself to have
apprehended; but this one thing
I do, forgetting those things
which are behind, and reaching!
forth unto those things which are
before, I press toward the mark
for the prize of the high calling
of God in Christ Jesus. Let us
therefore, as many as be perfect,
be thus minded: and if in any
thing ye be otherwise minded,
j God shall reveal even this unto
I you. Nevertheless, whereto we
j have already attained, let us walk
|by the same rule, let us mind
] the same thing.” God made us,
jwe belong to Him. Therefore,
! let us resolve this new year to
j give our all and all to God.
i Lord, I am Thine entirely Thine,
Purchased and saved by blood
divine;
With full consent. Thine I should
be.
And own Thy Sovereign right
in me.
Let this be our prayer and
resolution for this coming year,
.and all the years to follow: Lora,
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If .land III) Club
Making Planters
( Ten copper tooled planters
i were made recently at a craft
I workshop sponsored by the Ry-
I land Home Demonstration Club.
The ladies .met in the home of
Mrs. Lester Copeland, club pres
ident.
Mrs. Eugene Jordan attended
1 the craft workshop at Manteo
I this past summer and attended
the class on copper tooting which!
was taught by Burton Simcox of:
Tennessee. Through experience]
and information p. tied at the
workshop, she teujtht tooling ai
the local in her
Each eljdJ *3HjjMwfjehose her
own design 3gHKpi&nter. Af
ter tracing on the
copper, the work' began. Tool- j
ing is fun and the women had;
iiltle trouble learning the tech-'
nique. The approximate cost bf ;
the planter was 52.85.
These planters make wonder- ]
[ i gifts but the fi’-st ten to be 1
made will probably be used to
beautify the homes in Ryland]
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for bottoming stools.
Those attending were Mrs.
Doris Copeland, Mrs. Melvin
Copeland, Mrs. Glenn Langley,,
Mrs. Carson Davis, Mrs. Gordon
Boyce, Mrs. John Raymond Dail,
Mrs. C. C. Copeland, Mrs. T. L
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Eugene Jordan and Mrs. Lester
Copeland.
The devil loves nothing better
than the intolerance of reform
ers. —James Russell Lowell. I
I do not believe you can do
today’s job with yesterday’s
methods and be in business to
morrow. • . —Nelson Jackson.
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1 Thursday and Friday,
January 15-16
Kerwin Mathews and
Julie Adams in
"TARAWA BEACHHEAD" }
Saturday. January 17—
Guy Madison and
Rhonda Fleming in
"BULLWHIP”
tCINKMASCOrU AND 001,0 It
also Three Cartoons
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Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, Januray 18-19-20
Pat Boone, Tommy Sands
Sheres North, Gary Grosby
Fred Clark, Christine Carere
—in—
"MARDI GRAS"
OINKMASOOPK AND OOI.OK
NTKItKOI'HONIO SOOND
Wednesday, January 21
Double Feature All New
Boris Karloff in
"FRANKENSTEIN 1970"
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—also—
Steve Brodie in
"SPY IN THE SKY"
• Coming .. . January 22-23-24
"THE 7th VOYAGE
OF SINBAD"
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