PAGE FOUR jni ißylili 1 fi mb| • BPjptejH ■■ Jr - - mII f IBBWlfil I |P GREETINGS FROM MISS 195* ... The little girl personifies s S brtoht sad shining year abend as she bums the last page sf a Ut- R ; tesed and tern I*sl. Millions throughout the nation are preparing to welcome the New Tear with prayers for an enduring peace. Lillington Club GaityJ)eco rated Lillingtaa’s Community House, bfautiftllljudecorated for the holi day sjasorh was the setting for the partyr-Mrs. Harvey O’Quinn Os gave on Thursday night "honoring Miss Betty Sue Spenc£ bride-elect of Saturday. Appcoxintately 50 guests from Qtamerg Fuquay Springs, Spring Lake and Raleigh ga The joyous peals of t tfcVygy Yuletide bells find their V ‘jrjjjp"- cheerful echo in greeting* i % t 0 our fr' cn< k » very v os— “* * 'coats OE n. p Jj ""SI SI I I MMM ,«■mi ■ "—' 11 jSfiLm * V&V* jWSSni ®diK^§M|hl^ENf .1/- JKar- > *I9L I WTg ■ * |" i‘*xZ mm IS! IHB w, f '' JK3Bm fiJifi j9Hn| w*.&p s '** * ' •—. ***** *** mm JTW2 . . /Vi- VI I J were invited for the miscellaneous shower and bingo party. Miss Spence, who is a student at Meredith College, Raleigh, is to be married to Tommy Stephens of Raleigh on Saturday, December 22 at 4:30 p. m. at Antioch Baptist Church. The honoree is the dau ghter of Mrs. G. B. Spence and the late Mr. Spence. Refreshments of green and white bridal creatn, decorated cakes and nuts were served from a refresh ment table decorated in the Christ mas motif. I P XresentSm I py Willard Ohrau Parting THU REASSURING WRIGHT ot the nickels and dimes, to his I packet took Hie bite out el the I raw Saturday afternoon. Surveying toe street from the eminence of three dollars tor toe first time lit j his eleven years, Jimmy Sands 1 thought it was a pretty nice world 1 after' all After enjoying this sense of pros perity for a few seconds, he reraeim 1 bered that he'd have to hurry it he wanted to hide the Christmas present before his mother woke up from her nap. A frown came aver his face ga he glyneed around to boats Us pup- Mika wasn't any where in sight Ha started to whistle, fat Us ! attention was caught hy little I Sammy Farr, big-eyed with tidte ; meat put fright, running toward him. “Hay. Jlmmyl” called Sammy. “They took Mika!" Jimmy’s heart sank. Ha knew who they meant, hut he had to make aura. “Who took him?" 'Tie dogcatcher. Mike tried to run away, but they caught him down at the comer.” little Sammy wiped Us nose on a ragged cuff. “I didn’t have time to bide him like we always did be- A boy of eleven couldn’t ery to toent of a eeren-year eld. aa Jimmy blinked away the tears. fora when that old dogcatcher cam* around.” “I shouldn't have left him gown here by himself, but 1 didn't want to wake Mom up." Jimmy sat down on the step and buried hia taco to Us hands. Sura, be thought, they'll hasp Mike five days before they gat rid of him, tori a license wil} Qosttwe dollars and a baM Then he straightened up; h§ had three dollars in his pocket, three dolls?* all Us own, that be had earned by running errands, selling Junk, and saving the tow pennies that Us mother had given him to? sandy- If he bought a license tor Mika, ha wouldn’t bp able to boy the now purse for Us mother, hot ho could Mqr n nice handkerchief or some thing with the fifty sent* that ha would hdvo left A hay of eleven couldn’t cry in fipmt eg a seven-year-old so Jimmy hitokod away the tears that came whan fa thought of fussy, playful Mika bring tossed into a pea full of big snarling dog*. “I wonder if they’ll toad him «fa«?" ■ SENSE OS’ SHAME kepi re, Stunting when Jimmy thought «* «* felllt’l shabby old purse, fat'd had ft aa tang aa ha could ramamhas, am) fa fad a*ao her SICB antral tiwififi U* toafawntmm the ahfar Wtofe mm with toe gou fatlfad clasp tfat was fit Hoff borg*a window Ho had heon look tog,.* Sfarfar am*.*h*i£t wrifa'* fa right to apfad that .a®"®! ISfiSf'iTSirtfi: zr* ~ Jtoamywoi glad tori Sfen m and UfajßmM fafht .;< » jgy mrifaa wdtod at fan tor-toato faym “Didn't yew aosaa gfafar ■-#»* fat sass e*fa- ««t tat 3^ ! ta her voice mads THE DAILY BECORD, DCNIf, ft. a i Pt: » BpPßy 'i*'’.-. * '-‘j f .^mnyß l 1 I*w :'Wm* ■wlp' * 1 *'.-i ' JaiKm * fa g i fa WKmBBBBBSBSm ! CHRISTMAS LECTURE .. . “Now this is a Christmas tree.” big brother appears to be tell ing the toddler. “It grows to to# Hving room only once year, and it always hag a Ist of ntco presents under it." ; Qamei lot <?///. Make Christmas 3amity Party. \ Christmas 1? the time tor family get-togethers. One of the best ways i to make these gatherings memora ble for all concerned is to engage lit games which the whole group can play. A nice one to start off with would ha a Sugar Plum Hunt- save on* member of the family hide Christ mas candies ahead of time to vari ous nooks and corners around the house. At a given sign*! everyone starts hunting and gathering the pieoas. The one who gathers the greatest number would fa gi ven A prise. The Christmas Pugste Is another good one to get things gn|Mg. Look through somo magaiines, which am filled with pictures of Santa Claus at this time of year. Cut out enough of these to go around. Rrido them on stiff cardboard, and out them into pieces. Then put each group of pieces to a separate papa* bag. At the signal, everyone opens a bag and starts putting the psixale fa father. The Xm»» Scramble Contest la good for a group with sfa children in it, This is simply a contest t* see who can unscramble a group of words the fastest Just to* fun, aep If you can work out the feßowtog— astna, erireden, ehsgfl, dyne*, goslknct erte, trepesn, hupsfa alaorc, and niborb. If Santa Misses, Reindeer Supply Will Be at Fault If Santa Cleut misses tome young sters this year, it could be offered plausibly that fa was not able to round fa enough reindeer for his yearly trip around the globe. The reindeer shortage has be come, in recept years, much too acute. It has been estimated that wolyes have destroyed 500,000 of Santa's helpers within toe last decade or so, leaving an approx imate 50,000. The difficulty of keeping the agb mala alive in a temperate dimate makes R unlikely that any of tfa tow remaining will be transported tooA* their pative regions to otfar lends for tfa holiday season, gs has faen done fa tfa past American boy* and girls will have to fa satisfied frith stand-ins. Tito few department stores featur ing Santa's assnplete outfit this year will fa using native deer gs substitute tor Dasher, Printer, sod company. Smfkftd 6«e* CLtHimnl OiuutoH M ©id ype know that toe tfato gXM es Christmas was once for ridden in England—the home ri Saa*p'fa^9 During '- the Reformation many ; jjr&ausptm I f I£Y w WWfa defagetoi, pone carries more of the afatfae W traditions and ssieeiattone of good rating and festivity tfan mince pie. Many Writers give credit tor fa esigtesttos fa Germany, while ethers elates that its beginning Is test lg tfa anpato el history, English literature dating to toe 15th eewturp Is foil ri references tg this Christmas favorite, aa essentia] part of Yule tide celebration* to England- Old superstition* held that any peseon refusing t* eat mine* jde would fa unlucky tor the coming year. Should fa accept the inritaticu, and part*he of mine* pi*, fa wouM have toe earn* number ri happy months during to* ye»r as tfa number gt fauses at which fa ate mince ". Pto } The oriental character of the spice* and Havering was said to j represent to* rich gifts of tfa wife men to tfa Chris* Child. | LIGHTING UP ... Trie nut* tody ten'* trying t* fans tfa eh* \ die M brih engs-efa fas* emnto I to get tfa New ¥**» oil to * good start. Nay It atari, and r finish, tfa same way for yon. * ft piTs wamwim - v v. i, Vlt.f * <fw« Vv'dtl* to i -il’iuv; .-JO s. 1 i *w tjm I Sc 5 '* ‘fa* - :J it Vjk -i #S 9 S * Beß l Wm r S r ■ IBM « ® t ■ 3 ' I Am 4LL good mats' 1 rot A HAPPY HOLIDAY SHASOH KELLY'S DRUG STORE UlHngton, N. C. m cphstmAs S E A#< »f t>»f Got 4 lNy * l n , »»loyfafa hrtktoy rrvMrii i irr * iBSBBLd TT 1 ?!: . a. * Bs> . ' <=_ jL- ■ /rife X*«. - . w. . vefafadfcL . UV Aw fat : - lLdgA Art fafajkj |. 7i IBPr r fIIIQS ♦ ♦ ; l \ "W J hi a ilwrlMwlwwty-piJjipy |! ‘ 1 l"' fat *** I I I I ' j Tfm I | ! if ™ I , DIVQTION . . , Chriatmaa Is net an much g fas* ri raoriring gg R to g sane tor ghfag. Tfaag pt«7«v% grA^Ar’ , ‘" BLIND BUT VALIANT oR» fai tntifi Sail la Jr Btt.’taflt’as'* -mep, ~sV , w,ate, ,a VI svl i bH[ DORMAN'S JEWELRY Coats, N. C. a jjj: flUf ahlb ill ' T7 ’ JBBt f - V' j. I - ¥ : ■t I tU 1. »-e _A. M mgL^ \ and add the ttMuei Ami K \ \ wtth Peace and Good Forfatw. 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