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stories that shed light on Christmas The good St. Nicholas would often make hia ap pearance . . . riding jolly among the treetops, or over the roof* of houses, now and then drawing f^m^a?mficentPresents a bfeeche?i pockets, thi iW'"* the? down rites ?f h'3 favo* Diedrjch Knickerbocker's h%ory ?f New York, by Washington Irving Gen SsS '^?mrebf * ? ? th^md fthe anKel said unto them. fear not for behoid I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to a? people. For unto you wi born.this day in the city ass&ssar^i ? LukeJI, lOandll A miner's Christmas 18-?er "I the Cookies, bnffli POr'<' ,eIk' antelope, buffalo, grizzly bear, squir [! ' prr?lr'e. d?t? and moun tain rat, then swan crane and quail. ' Crane .England's Henry V lift ed the siege of Rouen jus long enough to permi food to get through fo^{ Christmas celebration. There is no record of early8 r .blrthdate. Some early church scholars urged that it be celebrated in January. Others press ed for March. April, or a-s Luke re w'ere' in the fields at night watch "JK over their flocks the Nativity must have ? curred during a warm sea son. In winter, the sheen "lept in folds. n86,) The industrial revolu tion sharply rut back the [fad't'oiial twelve days of Oh u.st mas. Massac h usetts. in deference to the Puri oi1" ^adition, didn't de clare Christmas Day a le gal holiday until 1856 Rut 11 the agricultural south where December was a slack season, the slaves thLr?'Kn- a-v as long as ke?u h -maS ,0K could be mwl th K ~ sometimes moie than a week. Hessian soldiers had in reduced the Christmas thp p Aniericans during the Revolutionary War but d was 1856 before the' hrst tree was put in the fS."OUo*' bv Pr*?ident Franklin Pierce. Several thousand years earlier, the Egyptians brought date palms indoors during their winter solstice rites, to demonstrate life triumph ant over death. The Ro trimmed trees with Ss-a.st.jf From all of V us to all of you, best wishes for a happy Yule! BEST Insurance Agency 529 Harris ITS TIME TO GREET OUR MANY FRIENDS AND WISH THEM THE BEST! * to all of you from us Mr. & Mrs. Israel Mann May the gladness and cheer of the HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON Bring much happiness to you I C.P. Long Bait & Tackle k ? ' -" - ? ' to? - "* ' ? ,. *?*??'.'. ?' " '* '' &**><??>?' l' .? ?\?. **" *.jff vfrX .'i T THE NEWS-JOURNAL RAEFORD, NORTH CAROUN THURSDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1970 SECTION I. PAGE TK - The Hoke High School Chorale will appear on a television show featuring choral groups from across the state to he aired Dec. 23 at 7 30, Several decades ago an enterprising songwriter used a beautiful melody by Frederick Chopin as the basis for a song we still occasionally hear today. "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" was one of Perry Conto's biggest hits. Flundieds of thousands of people have sung, hummed,or heard this as a pleasant song. Yet I wonder how many have ever stopped to think of the plaintive message behind that beautiful tune? As Perry ("onto sang the song, it all sounded veiy beautiful, but when you begin to considet the words by themselves, there is nothing beautiful about the experience of which they speak. Life. says, the song, is a "race." a "wild goosechase" of chasing one "rainbow" after another. Paul also saw life as a race, but he saw it in much more positive leims. He dcscubcd life in leims that could easily be understood by any first century A.I), sprols fan: "I piess on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of (iod in Christ Jesus." He had been even more pointed in Ins allusion to tunning in I Corinthians 4>: "So inn that you may obtain it (the pii/el" 124b.>. Later the writer of llebiews would also urge:"... let us run with pcisevercncc the iace that is set before us..." (IMF So. lite might well be likened to a race, ratliei than a stance. Foi Jesus did not say. I am the position, but "I am the way..." and the first name given to those who followed the resunected Loid was "followers of the Way." Cluistianity was not intended to be a fall ? out - sheltei. country club, or asy lum lot the fearful, but a people of God on the run m the midst of a great race. Whether that race is a "wild goosechase" or the winning of a crown of laurels depends upon the way we tun it. Russ lloyle. my track coach in high school, had a maxim which he never tired giving to his runners: "Don't look back!" That mav seem an unimportant principle, but it you've ever done any competitive running you know that giving in to that urge to look back can cost you the race. The act of turning one's liead. even ever so slightly, can throw the runner's body off ? balance, may break Ins stride and lose a valuable second that may win or lose the race.-The momentary diversion may also cause a runner to stumble or waver. "Don't look back" is a vital instruction for the athletic runner. It is also important for this race we call "life." Paul knew this: "...forgetting what lies behind, and straining forward to what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal..." Failure to emulate this can cost us the race. We may become impaled 011 the past, forever looking over our sliouldcis to what we have left behind Not only must we not look back, we must keep our eye on the goal. There are times in a race when the body says "I'm exhausted; let's quit." Often the only thing that keeps us from giving - in is the lure ol the goal before us. We put up with the pain and exeition ol the moment for the sake ol what we will receive when wc finish. So it is with life: it we keep oui eye 011 the goal we can keep going even though the body. mind. 01 spun counsels quitting. Life need not be cithei a " 1 a l race" 01 a "wild goosecliase." If. like Paul, wc remember to look ahead instead of behind and keep oui eyes on the prt/e. it can be "the gnit r;ce." It is our sincere utsh that happiness and prosperity find then uay into the homes of our friends and remain tilth them throughout the coming year CLARK'S GULF SERVICE 401 SOUTH Hope your Christmas is up to par in every way! ARABIA GOLF CLUB THE BROWN HENORIX FAMILY Hoke HighDowns Clinton The Bucks downed Clinton 74 ? 57 Friday night in their first conference match ot die season. The Hoke l ive jumped off to an early 14 point lead and then hit a cold spell in the second quarter. During a three - nunute period without a lield goal by the Bucks, the Clinton Dark Horses took command ot the shooting, outscoring Hoke 18 to l> in the second quarter. The Bucks held a two ? point lead at the half. Sparked by the shooting ot Russell Davis and James McLeod. t he "Bucks came back in the second half to take over the game. Davis dumped in tl> points in the last half of the game and McLeod added 14. The two Bucks were high V eterans Corner I DITOR'S NOTt: Below are authoritative answers by the Veterans Administration to some of the many current questions t r o m j or m e r servicemen and their laniilies. Further information on veterans benetits may be obtained at any VA office. 0 ?? I a in 20 years old. attending college and drawing SI75 per month War Orphans benefits. Will niv benefits be discontinued when I marry in December'.' A - No. It otherwise eligible, you may still draw the War Orphans benefits even though you marry. Q -? May I obtain a G.I. home loan as investment property only .' A ?? No. the law requites that you live ill it as your home. Q ?? My brother is drawing 100 pei cent disability from the VA due to service ? connected injuries. He is planning to move to Mexico City. Will hi> pension be discontinued it he lives anywhere outside ot the I nited States ' A No it will not. He may live outside the I tilted Slates and continue to receive \A benefits. While there are some exceptions. Mexico I ity is not scorers lor the game with 22 points each. David Wood had 13 points. I littton s Jackie Robinson scored 15 points. Hobby kirby and Vincent Harper were both in the double figures with 14 and 12 respectively. Kaelord s JV's dropped thou game to Clinton 58 to 42. The Bucks will play a home I ita iu e J .1 n . 5 a g a i n s Rockingham. They now hold; conference record of 1 ? 0 am a 4 ? 4 record for tlie season. Kaetord (74i - McLeod 22 Davis 22. Howell I .V Wood 7 G. Hollingsworth 5. B Hollmgsworth 2. McGregor 2 Clinton (57) -? Robinson 15 Kirby 14. Harper 12. McCalloj <>. Grice 4. Piatt 3. Parker 3. Eejotce! HM Block Income Tax Service 529 Harris wish you the good cheer of this holiday season And may the New Year bring to your family success and lasting happiness. Quality Motors
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