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SAVE THE TREE
If your tree holder is the type
tha; allows thr butt of the tree to
i i y; i.i w;.lcr von can help keep
o'er f-om dropoing by dissolv
n. ; lr.n; f id in th? water. If you
mi, ;. ij!: e or rock-filled pail to
i i i : th '.roe. cover the pebbles
in in a w'h a plant food solution.
Use or. tea .poonful of plant food
ior i UK plant food tablet) to each
gallon of water in the container.
I Mistletoe, the most popular New
I Year's and Christmas green, has
been an emblem of purity, friend
j ship and goodwill since ancient
Greek times. Ancient Britons re
. vered it as a symbol of protection
! from evil spirits.
.
) Burning of trees on "Twelfth
Night" is an outgrowth of the spe-
, i a 1 observance by early Christians
on the last day of a twelve-day
I celebration of the Feast of the
i Nativity of Christ
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GUESS WHO . . . Everybedy is
faapenoBatinr SaaU ; er M rs.
Baats these y Here BlhU
Eataves gtvea her tneerseMttoa
et lira. SaaU CU mm while
II may set resemble tsesisj
eele facsimile, tte gttMsea
peek em Httte'e beeh may ghre
Grandfather. Frost
Is Russian Santa
lies Curtain it's Grandfather frost
whe delighte th cbjOdreii. ,
i Orendfather Ftoet ixJSjr nt ae
tor from the Moscow stage) was
revived by the Russiaae two years
age. Through most of the month
ef January thousands of Russian
children dance around fir tree hi
: St George's Hall end may shake
band with Grandfather treat the
.'Russian Santa CUwa. '..v.
Orendfather Frost entertains the
children with the aid of singers,
dancer end variety artists from
the theaters.-Last year, 'for the
first time, American correspond
cuts were admitted to the Kremlin
to see one of the gatherings, c
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TT .vie", .ea always
-f-1 t C" s i "'Jents in
f t i or v' t r tree.
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K , By Edit Wrlh
ONE evening in London's pea
i ,:iout) fog. a taxi crawled
along the curb in Jermyn Street
and glided to a halt in front of
' the .:' 'L'Apertif restaurant, "inat
Will be three and sixpence," the
driver said. The Honorable Ne
ville Compton - McFarlane gave
. him lour shillings and went inside.
"Good evening, sir," the head
waiter Louie greeted him cordially
Without familiarity, "it is good to
aee you again."
"It is good to HE back, Louie,"
the tall slender man replied and
passing a well kept hand over
his graying hair, he added: "this
is bad night, I am worried."
"Her Ladyship will be here,"
Louie reassured, "she has never
failed you." He escorted his illus
trious guest to the usual table In
a far-off corner where the lights
were' dim and the noise of the
When he looked again, her
dark eyes were aneetlening bis.
elite of London's New Year cele
brants seemed only an echo.
"Two Martinis' very, very dryT"
Louie inquired. A brief nod was
the answer. McFarlane kept the
entrance in check with his deep
set gray eyes. Nervously he
smoothed the tablecloth, lit a ci
garette and carefully inserted tt
into a gold holder. When he
looked up again., her dark eyes
were Questioning bis. V
4iy darling," he got up to seat
her opposite' himself. "I did not
"You were not -supposed to,"
she answered honestly, slowly tak
ing off her gloves. "Did you
bring that letter, Vil?"
"Of course, my dear." He ex
amined every cherished feature
of her beautiful face; the dark
brown hair smoothly drawn away
from her temples, the delicate
coloring, the mouth always a little
open, the long dark lashes now
shading her eyas. "You are more
lovely than ever," he said simply.
. Gently they clinked their glasses.
"Read it to me now, please,"
Axelle asked, her voice barely a
whisper.
Hesitation
A moment's hesitation before his
hand tightened over the parched
paper.
"Date and everything?" be
looked at her.
"As always," she replied breath
lessly. It was a familiar routine, opening
the letter, but there was always
something wonderful and new
about it. His hands trembled
slightly.
"January 1, 1947," the began
steadily and read the letter to the
end! 'My undying love, dearest
have Faith with me, Vil.' , He
looked up and wanted to kiss away
the tears in her eyes. The letter
simply told of the love and devo- 1
tion of a man for a woman he
had searched, tor in forty drifting
years of a lifetime and that would I
not be defeated in the face ef every
known obstacle that human society
can devise, The pain and suffering
had long sinoe gone, but there re-,
mained, in bom ef them, a .humble
gratitude toward each other, '
l MeiMftrfet ; . t ? ' v-.
"Hear Heart' he lit a cigarette
for her. "do yon remember ihat
night at Lugano, when we took, a
cabby along the . lake and you
kissed the horse right on the nose
and you laughed until tt hurt? And
later on the balconyT I have teen
you happy, but neve happier. ,
"And Cocbenfi's little bar to
Paris?" ee asked him.' "Let's
walk, : daring." she added softly,,
"we will viuk along the embank
meat in t fog and look at the
lights on L a Thames." They left
nodding smilingly to Louie, who,
taetfuL'y opened the door without
saying a word. .evV-a!,'?:?!
t "An-i form snrreee, they"
are," ; s ' r Jrit Louis
loofc - j i c"i2Enpt Then
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By F. L. Rewley
"F';' loneliest place in the worll
is a sumner resort at Christ
inas time. Joanne Decker watched
i'looini'y as a half dozen men
tiud'd through the snow skirtin
Anowhead Lake. They wojld re
turn in a few hours carrying
Christmas trees on their huv-iy
shoulders. Joanne sigh.d heavily
as the last man disappeared into
the brush.
This promised to be the drea lest
Christmas Joanne had ever known.
Even the postman's whistle failed
to rouse her. It was only when
Mr. Rogers stood at the far end
of the drive waving a letter that a
faint glow of curiosity came to
her eyes. The old postman never
signalled unless he had something
important. Maybe it was a le.ter
from Eddie!
Slipping into a coat Joanne racv-d
eagerly down the snow - covered
path, unmindful of her open-toed
slippers.
"It's from Lynne Grove," said
Mr. Rogers with a grin. '
"Lynne Grove?" Joanne stared
dreamily at the letter in his hand
Then Eddie hadn't forgotten he'!
Perhaps he was even coming back
"Yen got a letter." said Jeanne
acemtingiy. "A nice registered
letter from Eddie Long."
to Arrowhead uake to marry her,
, as he had promised.
"It's for your sister." said the
old man. ."Registered too but you
can sign It"
J' Joann turned the lettei over
' gingerly; on the flap, a bold, fa
' miliar writing, was the name E.
Long So-Eddie Long was Writing
to her sister Mary! And after all
the wonderful promises he had
made to her. She walked numbly
back to the house.
Mary met her at the door. "Did
we get mall?" she asked inno
cently. Accusation
"YOU got a letter," said Jo
anne accusingly. "A nice regis
tered letter from Eddie Long!"
Mary was startled; she blushed
like a schoolgirl.
"I thought so!" Joanne cried
j bitterly. "All these months you've
; been feeling sorry for me because
Eddie stopped writing and you've
kept in touch with him behind my
back. What a hypocrite!"
Mary blinked helplessly.
Joanne ran up to her room and
slammed the door. The radio was
I on; Christmas carols only empha
I sized her loneliness. She switched
' it off. Her eyes settled on a paper
' box under the dresser. Drawing it
; out she scowled at the lovely flg
; urine nestled therein. It was her
' Christmas present to Mary. With
a sob she picked up the little figure
and dashed it to the floor.
Joanne heard the murmur of
serious conversation downstairs.
She hoped Mary was catching tt
Suddenly she decided to teach
them ail a lesson. Christmas or
not she would leave home. She
could board a bus this very morn
ing. She knew exactly where to
go; her friend Betty Giles had
urged her repeatedly te spend a
week-end at their new home in
v SvrpffsM MHit0
The'biis-etaticn was alive with
holiday ' tourists. Joanna felt most
conspicuous tn her Mae-Joans and
red sweater. She gasped a sur
prise when familiar voice asked:
..Where to, Jceraerf,& .s&;h.;
. . Eddie Long's expressive brown
eyes smiled down at her. Ea had
her m his arms before she could
remember any good reason te
resist w-vX';"- ?$.
"Merry Christmas, darfdngl ne
cried as their lips parted. "Tve
waited more than a year for this.
But why the suitcase? Mary told
me you'd be at home for the holt
days; that's why X sent her the
letter announcing my arrival.
' "Mary? I I don't understand,'
f "Wen, tt was supposed te be a
surprise. Last summer, when I
was on my way out here. I met
with an nc-w.t J'try and your
mother kn t 1 1 was lari prtt
tr tl t- : ' -y c i't wart te
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BLUFF
The Rev. Sam Austin filled his
regular appointment at Z i o n
church Sunday morn'mr. A vis
itor, the Rev. Alfred Taylor, de
';vered the sermon.
Mr. Jim Williams returned home
Friday after spending a week witj
his brother, Mr. John Williams,
of Weynesville.
Mies Blanche Wyatt of Meadow
Fork is visiting her brother, Mr.
Edward -Wyett, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pinley
visited, her sister,. Mrs. Rachel
Brown, in Swannanoa, Saturday.
Mrs. Brown suffered a stroke and
is very ill.''
Mr. Woodeon and Iva Hender
son of Balfour were rabbit hunt
ing in BJiuff Saturday. ''
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Kirkpatrick
took dinner Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Finley.
Miss Blanche Wyatt took din
ner Sunday with Willene and Do
ris Iankford.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Waldroup
and family took dinner with Mr.
and Mrs. Dannie Gillespie.
We are proud the Spring Creek
;;:rls won the bell game with Hot
Springs Thursday night.
Mr. Edward Wyatt and Glenn
visited Mr. Melvin Wyatt of
Meadow Fork Sunday.
Mr. Deropsey Woody and Ed
ward Wyatt viaited Mr. Warren
Gillespie Sunday evening.
Let's hope the world remembers
why we have Chirstmas: to honor
the birthday of our Savior. Let's
ail say a prayer of thankfulness
that "God gave His only begotten
Son that whosoever believeth in
Him should have everlasting life."
May your hearts be filled wdth
iov. your 'soul filled with love,
and may the peace of Christmas
descend from above.
Merry Chri$tmas To All-
Robert K. Buckner,
Native Of County,,
Passes Sunday
Robert Kenneth Buckner,. 67,
formerly1 of Madison .County, died
In an Ashevflle hospital Sunday
afternoon, Decetnbei' 16, 1966 af
ter a, short iDnaaa.
Be had lived fa Ferrnlngton,
Mich for M yeaitH ,
i;Tbe body waa returned . to
rVrmington for services and bur-
' Surviving ;aa thfee daugiiUre,
Vra. MeMo jTaekey, .the Misses
Betty' and 3 Venta BueTtner i of
Farmingtoni four 'eons, Lotfcer,
Doyle, Carl and George of Farm
ington; a half-eieter. a, half Anoth
er! 26 grandolildren' and several
nieeee and nephews. r ihij
- HoTeoinbe Tuneral , Home wee
i ia charge - of arrangements. ' ' ;
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THOUGHT F03 TC3 AT .
Ia word.', Ik C-.!an4 chari
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BE WITH US All.
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STAY IN SCHOOL
Throughout the United States
young men are continually drop
ping out of Hiigh School. Some to
po to work, some to enlist into the
Military Services, and some just
to tret out of something they Ihfnk.
they don't like. These young men
have one tiling in common: each
fails to consider the fact that, by -np'titintr
school, regardless of whet
Chey appear to gain, immediately,
they seriously hamper their chanc
es for success in the future. Young
man, remember: One of the m$t
important phases of living in the .
preaent, is planning for the' future.
The V. S. Army, your country's
largest organisation, civilian .; or ,:
military, mve concrete, evidence
(rf th bv instituting its present V
"Written' Guarantee" program,
tpi-hiurel'itt-aininf nroeram ' offer
me to niiTB jsonooi jnraounws
o)iportunittovchoese stheir own! ,
training, f Bydoinr so the Army
is attracting ihe hiehest muUUy"
men to fill, the teehmcal position t
required in modern Army and v
at the same time preparing; them
mentally, physically, and morally s
to take their places as a respect- -ed
member of their community in .
the future. Look to the future
md remember Education today
:s the bar!? for success tomorrow.
. , STAY, IN SCHOOL ".i.,".
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Tt you is born this day in t&ei - .
oity pf David a Savior, who i$
Ckriit the Lord. (Luke t:!!''
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A Christian mother and . Bee "
son were watching a Tietma
parade. When the bands, the' ' ,
fflonta, the elowns, and Sent Oaud '
had passed by, the boy looked ftp. . ;
at hie mother and asked, "Where
was Jesus?" " K;' " ' W t '
The angel messenger' -glorified
Ood at Ohristmae by maling one
Lord Jeaus the center ef his mes
sage; "To you ia bora tf.'s :j .
a Savior, who la Christ t'.e Lord.'
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in tfoe hianger, tJwy c:or":i
predsed God for aJ Cat Uey !
heard and secu -l-w
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