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ntchkishvIas Mud ftom Editorial Page) ' l thf Readers Digest 'ff that touched of Christmas for us 4istinas morning my lit lM downstairs open fT.jraees before anyone bribed. Tornysm Zui her singing the 'jrthday song. "Happy ( Christmas Moraing. Vunttsed, that while She & of festivity in the air fused as to the occa 'sbesang on I realized , ,ho had been confused, .Birthday. Dear Jesus, the caroled, "Happy Birth- T'is after all the heart of We rejoice in the hap Tothers. With the mantle , coming down on this arid this Christmas, after bloodshed and tears, we in His Heaven, He will, as .down on Mankind, have a birthday." If we do not K season with joy, with a cheat ourselves, no mat r snail our part, we may ijjon His happy birthday; pdour hearts. ipy Ending lourtroom YORK -John Hughes, 27 i driver, was sullen and taihe entered Bronx mag , tourt recently on bigamy i but he left in smiles schildren. his wife and an ,oman he is charged with igbigamously. life, Florence, who made ?e hired a lawyer to de j, sobbed that she did not i press the charges. Magistrate Samuel Orr set tt 19. for a hearing an,d HO bail. Florence offered ib the bail. Alice A Mex of Chicago. Hughes was charged with (illegally last month, en- court. The two women & and wept. is was freed in bail and i children, Joan, five, and Jr., two. tugging at his he walked out of court t two women. YES, VIRGINIA Buck In 1897, little Virsin.a Ollaid,,,, n,u the r,,HWi letter to the editor ot tin- New y0ik Sm, -i ..m K . , . , J 6 L r you see , n The Sun It s ,.,,ase Ml . lh7VnthL ? u n,f ( ,aus?" The editor wrote a mwspapTarid horary classic , ren.y , le ,,,llllish p!( , , K reprint J "S, indeeii: Virginia, your hu!e inends are wrone The have been greeted by .he kePt,e,sm f n k.pt.ca: aK,. thev do not believe except what tins si-e- ah,. i t i, n u ...hi a " . i """ nitii nuuilll(t IBU . Al. . . " " """Prenensive t their little minds. All minds. Virginia, whether they be men s r chi!dien are little "In' this great universe ot ours, man is a mere insect, an ant in his intellec . as compared with the boundless world about him. as measured by the intelligence capable ef uaspma the uhule r truth -md knowl edge. "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus -He exists as certainly as l,,e and Penc,, and devotion exist and you krtow that they abound and give to ., I e ,.s highest beaut v and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the wor.d if there were no Santa Claus! It would bo as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then. ,K poetry, no romance to make toler- TMXIS,en,'e,- i St,"ll11'1 ,UUl' n t'llj0",t "' 'Pt in sense and sight. Tife eternal light with whieh childhood fills the world would be extinguished. "Not believe in Santa Claus! You micht as well not believe in fairies' on Christmas Even to catch Santa Claus. but cun ,f tbev did not see on Christmas Eve to cacth Santa Claus. but even if thev did not see Santa Ctaus coming down, what would that p,0v7 Nobodv sees Santa Claus, but that Is no sign that there is no Santa Claus-the most real things in the world are those neither children nor men can see "Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn'' Of course not but that s no proof that they are not therenobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable "in the world "You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise- inside but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest mar,, or even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. (Inly faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside the curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. "Is it all real?-ah Virginia in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. "No Santa Claus' Thank Cod!- he lives and he lives forever a thousand years from now, Virgina. nay, Vn thousand vears from now he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood " Don't Worry About What The G.I. Will Eat On Christmas Day If that CI el yours husband. ! son. brother', or friend ;n i:n Army post. (;..np ,' station in the' southeastern states on Christinas, he's poin;; to eat iiirKr . and plenty ! of it. i That's the word Irom Colon"! j .Matthew II. Joiw. Qunrlcr'naslcr. j Fourth Service Command, wh, i points 10 i:ie master menu com piled as a guide for mess sergeants in all Army mess halls, which spec ifies 100 pounds of turkey for every 100 men. That soldier may he newly in ducted and in the process of train ing. He may be assigned to a post r he may be at a separation cen-'i'!- sweating on! his discharge. But. :f lies U.ne on Christmas day for dinner he il get an opportunity t, stuff himself with turkey with all the tianiinin . Here menu: Christmas dinne! To our faithful old friends and our cherished now friends, we say LMfiRRT May the New Yeor be a happy and thriving one for you, and may it be our privilege to odd to its success. Hazelwood Lumber Co. Hazelwood, N. C. Fruit Cup Uoast Turkey Pressing. Gravy Cranberry Sauce Mashed Potatoes Green l'eas Mashed Squash Lettuce Salad French Dressing Celery, Olives, Pickles Hot Rolls and Butter Hot "Mince Pic and Cheese Coffee Candy. Assorted Fruits, Nuts Gardenia Bush To Keep Son's Memory Fragrant CAMP WHEELER. Ga In the spring of HH3 Lieutenant Harold E. Winn picked a (lower from a gardenia bush here and pinned it on his mother's coat. A few minutes later he said good-bye and was off to the wars. At St. Lo lie was killed in action. The " saddened mother. Mrs. George Winn, of Marion, Ky., re cently wrote army officials here that memories of her son were now closely woven with the frag rance of gardenias. "If I could but have a plant of the gardenia to grow outside my house," In r letter said. The army lost no time in find ing the precise plant from which the young lieutenant had picked the farewell gill to his mother. An entomologist was called to in spect the bush. Then it was packed, ISO pounds, for delivery to Mrs. Winn recently. Lieutenant William H. Pearce, on detached service at the Infantry Replacement Training Center from the 5th Red Diamond Division, at Camp Campbell. Ky., will present it to her. Buy an extra Victory bond, vour safest investment. It's gssl r?i& fcKsfc m.. nr I CHRISTMAS GREETINGS ! Cp IF IF EE 3? Deer CrdsKfcl Door Of State in Plate Glass I)URlLMAfl 'etght-pbrnt dew recently smashed through a plate glass door of a fltiir on Ctpwlahd street at Worth 13urharh Flvt Points. Luckily the building had been vacated last wek Ry th radio repair shop thatjiad occupied it, and only the building itself, owned by L. A. Tomlinson; wan damaged. The deer evidently was wounded by the crash thfouih the door as blood was spatteried with the fctass on the floor inside, instead ot rom Ing out through the door, the nerv ous animal crashed the plate-glass window and headed untiowli Man gum street in a mad rush, ripping through a fence at a nearby resi dence, He was sighted again about ah hour Later two blockj away near the corner of Rovboro and Dowd ttfeets Poltae were called at 4.30, tiave up the ueaieh at 5 o cioL-k. t'liliw ofhevjs supposed tlie deer hid tome from the Cump Butner reservation. 0. P, A. Trouble NEWARK. N. J-diarles It Shaw, an engineering manufactur er, if 143 Broadway , has a Christ mas stock that includes 2 H(K) new tricycles. l.(X)0 scooters. 600 doll carriage and 100 wagons. He also has plenty of imlential customers. But he's. not doing much business. Mr. Shaw rant make a sale until Hie Office of Price Administration has approved his price list. After several encounters with official re quirements, he Mibmitted his defin itive price list Dec. 3 Now , he has been informed by OP A he can com mence selling if twenty days pass with no objections to the p.-i-es. Sgt. Arthur W. Buff Discharged From AAF Seigeaiit Arthur W. Buff, of Hay wood county, who was Inducted In the service in July, 1942, at KoTt l)ix. has received his discharge from the service. Sgt. Buff is the sea of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Buff, of the Maggie section. lie received his discharge from the Air Forces at the Separation Center of Newark. N. J., after which he went to Elmer, N. J., to join his wife before coming to Haywood county. He received his training at the following posts before being sent overseas: Atlantic City, Madison. Wis., where he attended a radio mechanics school and from there was sent to Orlando, Fla., for an advanced radio course, later to Kearns, Utah, and Seattle. Wash. He has served in the Aleutians for 24 months and altogether had 39 months in the service and is ",stltid tp wear the Atlatle-Pacffle ttaator rfbbon with on tattle star for the battle of Attn and Kisha, rhe s&ud eonduot medal, the Amer Iwin theater and the Victory medal After his return from overseas he was sent to the air force redis tribution station In Miami Beach, and then to Walterboro, S. C. He plans to muke his home in New Jersey, where he will be employed by the Hocking Glass Corporation, a position he held at the time he entered the service. Bridge Shower A bridge shower is practicable for the serviceman's bride-to-be who Is unsure when or where she will set up housekeeping. Gifts can be cards, pencils, tallies, bridge cloth, napkins. Whale Trouble In New Jersey BELMAR. H. J. Reatdctats ot Hit aif A rear Bradley Beach, an noyed by the presence of t o ton, fifty-eight-foot dead whale which was stranded Ton the beach during a storm early h the week, enjoyed visions of relief when Wednesday' storm get the rtrlcass adrift, but not for long. The whale again went aground In m Inlet of the Terrace Lagoon. New they must wait until the weather Im proves, whereupon a Coast Guard cutter will tow the whale to sea. Sceril Industry Scotland Is planning to develop n seaweed products industry, in which British resenrcli is ontstar.dinc. CARD OF TtlANRS We wish to thank our many friends for their sympathy and kindness, and the beautiful how ers during the illness and at the time of the death of ot darling little daughter. MR. AND MRS J W. PARKINS And Family, Clyde, R.F.D. No. 1. A I Jtv iiiiii, i) ii It x x vv - if- . z ' 1. - --Rt lnMf . . .... a L - - - - i & 't--iL 1 Merry Christ mas We extend to you our Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year. 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