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I; ! MERRY CHRISTMAS THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER MERRY CHRIST i ft, snra : lHH3 thug of you THIS CHRIS W jJJ Qre wisring you heaps of cheer and hoping these wishes will bring you joy every day of the year. May your voyage through the days ahead carry you over pleasant ways to a new and full contentment. FARMERS EXCHANGE East Waynesville A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens ARLEY was dead. Scrooge knew he was dead. Scrooge und he mere partners Scroo'je mis a tight-fitted hand at the grindstone, a squeezing, wrenching, graspingt scraping, clutching, covetous, old tinner! i Once upon a time on Christmas Eve old Scrooge sot bitty m hit counting-house. "A' Merry Chrittmas, uncle. God save you!" cried hit nephew s cheerful voice. "Bah!" said Scrooge. "Humbug!" One day when asked to give to the poor for the festive sea son, Scrooge replied, I help to support tlie poorhnnses they cost enough ; and those who ere badly off mutt go there." i if, I I I U TIMES CHANGE 7 . .' . . . AND WE WITH TIME BUT NOT THE WAYS OF FRIENDSHIPS -. : . ' tf; a-) sfflson's GRECTIRGS May the New Year . 1 bring you a full .. measure of ' prosperity R. C. GUNN HENDERSON'S "WHERE THE TOWN MEETS" For Your Convenience, Open Christmas (We Are Open 365 Days in the Year) A FTER dinner that nigh.; Scrooge went home to bed. A disused bell that hung in the room started to suing. It was succeeded by a clanking noise as if tome one was dragging a heavy chain over the casks in the cellar. It crime through the door, and passed Into-the room. It was Marley! Marlefs chain was made of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds and heavy purses wrought in steel. The Chosl informed Scrooge, "it is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellowmen; and if that spirit goes ntl forth in Hie, it is condemned to do so after death. It is doomed to winder through the world and witness what it cannot share. "You will be haunted by Three Spirits. Without their visits, you cannot hope to shun the path I tread. Expect the first when the bell tolls One Scrooge awoke and the curtains of hit bed were drawn by a small, elfish creature. "I am the Chnrt of Christmas Vast," it said. The Ghost and Scrooge went to a bare room when a lonely boy was reading rear a feeble fire: Scrooge wept to see his poor forgotten self as he used to be, and glanced anxiously touuids the door. It opened: und a little girl much ounger diun the boy came in and, kissing him, addressed him as her "Dear, dear brother." "I came to bring you home, dear brother!" said the child. "Home, for good and ull. Home, for ever and ever. Father has sent me in a coach to bring you." Announcement Of Closing Days at FSA Offices in Courthouse The Farm Security Administra tion offices located on the second floor of the courthouse, will be closed on December 24 and 25, and will re-open on December 26 and continue through December 29, ac cording to Yates Bailey in charge. Then again on December 31 the office will be closed for a two-day oeriod, and will re-open on Janu ary 2nd, it was learned from Mr. Bailey. .; ir. Sgt. Howard Hyatt Will Be Home For Christmas SSgt. Howard Hyatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hyatt, who has been stationed in Tokyo, has ar rived in the States and will join his wife here at the home of his oarents and will spend the holi days in Waynesville. When his fur lough is completed he will report l.o Washington, D. C, for his next assignment. smsm We realize more t ever how much itmeon nave the friendship QOOd Will Of fnL, I I Please accept our cere thanks nnd cur & wishes for a Prcsper NEW YEAR wmm,. Washing Wicker When washing wicker furniture add one tablespoonful of household immonia to one quart warm water. Apply with a brush, rinse with a loth wrurtg out of clear lukewarm vvaler. Launder Gloves Washable gloves should be laun- iered frequently because severe (oil makes rubbing necessary and ubbing injures the finish, affects he dye, and may roughen the sur-ace. I THE HAYWOOD COMPAN1 Phone 639 W3S i :eni, s. ft, WHEY stopped at a warehouse door. It was Ferizwig's. A fiddler came and tuned like fifty stomach-aches. 77ipi danced and ate. Scrooge found himself by the side of a fail young girt. "It muttert little," the said, softly. "To you, very little wiumer iooi nas aisptacea me; ana it can cheer and com fort you in time to come, at I would have, I have no just cautt to grieve." 'What idol has displaced you?" he rejoined. "A golden one." 'Spirit!" said Scrooae. "show me no mnrol r..n.l,., , . home. Why do you torture me?" 3 !icrn"He had no occasion to be told tliat the bell was agair s&u upon the stroke of One. ih$fr Now his bed became the very enrt nml writer nl n f.7n.A ui.ri j ruddy light, which streamed upon it when the clock nroclaimei me nour. Living green to filled it that it looked a perfect grove 0 9 1 IP tlf fh&l&l nt'' ftVM I?3cl brlr mi-i ms f L5lgf L-l. kvp i insimas JietL re dzL are ycLYLCjiruj Jnerr'dij IN EASY state upon this couch, Uiere sat a jolly giant. am. lhe just l Christmas I'rcscnt," said the Spirit. Spirit, said Scrooue. 'conduct me lrlwro vn, v'i ' Perhaps it was the Spirit's symputhy with all poor men that M him straight to Scrooge's clerk. On the threshold of the door the Spirit smiled, and stopped to bless Hob Cratchit's dwelling. In came Hob, Tiny Tim upon his shoulder. Alas for Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch. Master Peter, and the two ubiquitous young Cratchils, went to fetch the goose, with which they soon returned in high procession. There never was such a goose. Hob said he didn't believe there ever was sKch a goose cooked. "God bless us every one!" said Tinv Tim. QCllOOGE was taken from Cratchils by Christmas Pres- enl to another end of town. It was a great surprise to Scrooge to hear a familial hearty laugh. Scrooge recognized it as his own nephew's, tie said that Christmas was a humbug, as I live1" crlct Fel nlhew " lhe Pony. "Ue believed it too." the bell struck again. Scroogelooked about his bedroom once more, and beheh . ,, arapea ana hooaed. He went with thi . ..u... ., an uoscure part o the town, and inu, the pres ence of a man. nisi as a woman ,dth n t 11 She explained that the blankets belonged to Scrooge, bu, ttCintT nonet . .. 7. I. . ... i is uu Mu.i inn itnviy jo WHO CO 1(1. Scrooge shuddered at the revelation that this would b, his fate in retribution for hit unkindnesscs during life. u luM inner to nave hu fate reversed, Scrooge sau the Phantom shrink, citllapsi mi" iiieiiKlle down into beditost. 1 ES! and the bedpost was his own. ' 1 he bed was Ins mvn, the room wus his own. Vest and happiest ol ull, the time before him was his own, to make amends in ' llunning to the wuidmv, he. opened it and put out his hcud, callint to a hnnnv iirrhin in rU 0 "J) you know if the Poulterer's have sold the prize turkey?" ; s hanging there now" Scrooge had the turkey delivered to Bob Cratchit's. Scrooge then went to church and m the afternoon he ttent to his nephew's house V" A""r w e roHe- I have come to dinner. Will you let me m, I red-' J Let hint in! It is a mercy they didn't shake his arm off. He was at home m five minutes. Nothing could be heartier. ...And it is pleasant to remember old friends, and to wish them, in a genuine sort of way, all the joys of a Happy Christmas. HFY May Health, Happiness and Prosperity be yours, not only on this day, but every day throughout the years to come. ROYLE & PILKINGTON CO., Inc. '-: Hazelwood,' N- C. B. B. rilarskl, Aviation Machin ist JLatc, first class, U. S. navy, who is now stationed in Memphis, tV I TcniL, at the naval base there, will v ,eT here with his Hi-&4WH&Q4&H&w4 young daughter, Gale , Tr Jal 'fciraiinnrinniniinniif f, t,A b;:rlo,a.Lj v i I "I fI1T fe f3". Tll ne1 Trning- Pob was "fh"" minute behind his time. Boh f ' t?.'Uml IOr,Sf lh",g ?,y fc",?cr- And before." taid Scrooge! leTpl Bob u dig in the waistcoat: "I am about to raise your talary!" eH ' " 1 , leaping from his stool, and giving St"?? IV Tr "f aut " mort; and to Tiny Tim. uho did not . umki lis uecumm am rooa a irwnn ni onrtrt n mvufii - i - . . . . city, tott or WougA i iooi oM rT ' ewo w P'V k". or any oiAV good oU B. R.Pilarski,AMMlc, Expected This Week Lt. Charles F. Nichols Home on Terminal Leave Lieut. Charles F. Nichols, Bon Of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nichols, of Waynesville, who is servitg PilarsVJ at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Hyatt. with the U. S. Navy is home on terminal leave. A graduate of the local town ship high school and State col legc,Lt Nichols has served for the "past 45 months in'the navy. Buy an extra Victory bond. It's your safest' investment. fl una v n May your share of happine t thi glad Christmastime be brightened by the knowledge of our appreciation of your fine and valued friendships. May you enjoy the associations of those dear to you, and may their companionship continue through the years to come. Happy Christmas to all! r i v FARMERS FEDERATION Roger Medford, Manager Wajrnesville, N. C. MA To Our Hundreds Of Customers and Thousands of Friends We Say Merry Christmas And May . 1946 Be Prosperous HAYWOOD ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION Waynesville, N. C.
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