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Mrs. L.M. Lester 22 ft Harris A \<e. HOKE COUNTY LIBRARY NEWS... I 334 N. MAIN STREET 1 RAEFORD, N.C. PHONE 875-2502 I ? MRS DOROTHY CANE RON I SUPERVISOR Long Overdue Booki The library is announcing a new *' plan to help our patrons remember OVERDUE BOOKS. Starting next week those who have LONG OVERDUE BOOKS will find their name's in our library column to help them remember they are OVER DUE. Not all names will be published at one time so watch our column each week to see if your name is there. If so, please keep in mind to bring the overdues back. There are books, records, pamph lets. and magazines in our OVER DUE listings. Front Door Wreath On the front door patrons will see a lovely pine cone wreath made and given to the library by Miss Beth Johnson. Beth teaches kinder garten at the Scurlock school ' system and lives with Mrs. Cameron. We do appreciate the wreath very much and our patrons are enjoying it. also. Reminder of Film Showing Young folks, don't forget!! There will be Christmas films and music at the library Thursday, Dec. 22 -- 10:00 a.m.-l 1 :45 a.m. and starting again at 2:30 p.m. until??? Again, we would remind mothers who will be picking up their youngsters, there will be a library meeting of all the staff at 12:00 noon and the ? library will be closed from 12:00 2:00 p.m. Typewriter* Given Some time ago we announced our need for typewriters to help out ? with our student needs here at the library, and found our "library news" is being read. In response to this need Mr. and Mrs. Paul ' Dickson and Mr. and Mrs. Henry David Smith have given typewriters to the library. These stay pretty busy. It's so nice not to have to turn someone away for lack of a machine. A very special "Thank You" to these nice folks. Year Winding Down Like you. when we look at our calendar we see the year is winding ? rapidly down. It is a time to remember all the blessings of the past year as we look forward to the next. But before moving again to a New Year it is very fitting that we pause and lovingly celebrate the birth of Christ who we look to with LIBRARY HOURS 1 MONDAY 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. t TUESDAY thru SATURDAY 9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. r SUNDAY 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. . BOOKMOBILE J CALL 875-2502 FOR SCHEDULE - grateful hearts for all gifts of life especially His own. God bless all of you with His presence and make your Christ mas. 1977 a very special one. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! The Hoke County Library Staff. BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE WAYSIDE: The bookmobile will not run on Dec. 2bth due to Christmas Holidays. This run will be made Jan. 23. 1978. PHIL1PI AND ROCKF1SH: The bookmobile will not run on Dec. 28th due to Christmas Holidays. This run will be made on Jan. 25. 1978. Service Personnel Private Levern Lide, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Lide, Route 3, Pine Grove Trailer Park, Raeford, recently completed training as an armor crewman under the One Station Unit Training (OSUT) Program at Ft. Knox, Ky. OSUT is a 13 - week period which combines basic combat training with advanced individual training. During the training, students learn the duties of a tank crewman, including the firing of the tank's armament and small weapons. They also receive instruction in field radio operations, map reading and tank maintenance and repair. Pvt. Lide entered the Army in August of this year. He is a 1977 graduate of Hoke County High School. Navy Seaman Recruit Stephen H. Caughlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Caughlin of 216 W. Donaldson Ave., Raeford, recently participated in exercise "Unitas XV11I" in the Southern Hemis phere. He is serving as a crewmember aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Mahan, homeported in Charleston, S.C. He was one of more than 1,000 Navymen taking part in the annual exercise, which included circum navigating South America. "Unitas XVI 11" was the 18th in a series of combined U.S. and South Ameri can naval exercises. It was designed to promote a high state of preparedness and cooperation be tween the various naval and air forces that protect the southern sea lanes of the Western Hemisphere. U.S. forces, along with navies of Argentina. Brazil, Chile, Colom bia. Ecuador. Peru, Uraguay and Venezuela participated in the training operations, including antisubmarine and antiair warfare, surface gunnery and communi-' cations exercises. During the cruise, he and his shipmates transmitted the Panama Canal and visited Peru, Chile and Colombia. Participating ships crossed the Equator twice, cruised 24,000 miles and visited 22 South American cities during the 4Vi month exercise. A 1976 graduate of Hoke High School, Caughlin joined the Navy in September 1976. Background Scripture: Micah 2:1-12; Micah 4 through 5. Devotional Reading: Micah 7: 14-20. The Old Testament prophets spoke of a better day to come, a day when God would save his people and fulfill his covenant with Israel. The prophet Micah proclaimed: It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains... and people shall flow to lt...(4:l) It was a wonderful prophecy, but there was still one problem: When would these "latter days" come to be? The prophets gave clues of various kinds, but no certain answer. Thus, when Jesys was born in Bethlehem centutl^ later there was no precise way of proving that the time of fulfillment of the promise was at hand. Christian writers and apostles later reflecting upon the birth of Jesus were convinced that in his birth the promise was fulfilled. Paul, writing to the Galatians. says: "...when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son. born of woman..." (4:4) So Christmas is a celebration of the keeping of God's promise that had been long cherished by the people of Israel who walked and Energy Conservation Now -J endured in the strength of it. The ^ prophet Micah had seen the little 7 town of Bethlehem as the focus of ^ that fulfillment: \ But you, O Bethlehem Ephrat- ' hah, who are little to be among the ^ clans of Judah, from you aha! come -) forth for me one who i> to be ruler ? in Israel, whose origin Is from of , old, from ancient days (Micah 5:2) ' Micah painted a picture of hope, torseeing a time when men would ^ "heat their swords into plowshares, . and their spears into pruning "* hooks," when "nation shall not lift ^ up sword against nation, neither ^ shall they learn war any more; but v they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree..." 7 (4:3.4) ) Yet. although Jesus has certainly ?}( come, it is also obvious that the x times Micah forsaw have not. This is why. for some, Christmas is a "7 time of depression for, despite its pretensions, the season of Christ- ^ mas may seem an empty, false ^ celebration. Christmas "cheer" T may hardly last for the day and the brief "Peace on earth" goodwill is ? soon replaced by "business-as- ^ usual." When, then, are those 7 "latter days" people have looked and longed for? Have they come or 4 are they still to come? The answer. I believe, is that in 7 Jesus we see the vision of the ' fulfillment that began in his incar- 4 nation and continues until all ^ persons accept the "Good News" of ' Jesus Christ and permit God to ^ fully live in them. Christmas is a ^ time when we climb up to the v mountaintop to view the Promised ? Land of God's Kingdom which lies "i1 before mankind in "the latter ^ days" when what was begun in ^ Bethlehem will have been com- * plcted. y Thrifty Cobbler's Semi - Annual Clearance Sale Ladies Shoes Up To 50% OFF M * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ?* * * * * * X * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 24 Ladies Boot Special ! ! Regular $46.00 SALE PRICE $30.00 LARGE GROUP OF LADIES HANDBAGS NOW ON SALE ! ! 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