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Scene From Top O’ The Hill By: Jack Kelly Merry Crristmas! * Off hand, that appears to be a rather trite manner in which to begin a Column. Possibly it is. However, 1 spent a lot of • time trying to f.gure out a different opening but came up with a blank. The reason was ob\ ions to me because what I wanted to do was wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and no one has ever yet devised a better way of expressing it. The more I thought about this greeting, the more it annoyed me. In the greeting you just can’t exclude people. It is sort of like the “love” demanded in Christian Charity: love thy neighbor. You hate the sin but must still love the sinner. As long as you are under forty, you ignore such a Commandment. Maybe you don’t but, if I recall, I did. Nowadays, I realize that the Rules which have stood for centuries have a lot of merit to them. I realize that they were made to simplify things, not to make life tough, as I used to think. As a matter of that I think that the teaching on the subject is in error, not the subject itself. For example, too often sermons are delivered in which the “Road to Hell” is explained as an attractive high way, wide and direct, and fas cinating Generally they sound !ik*» a Public Relations pamph let for a new section of the In ter-State. This is definitely not a true picture. I know that the person reading th is article never took any steps on the “Road” in question but , Greetings 1960 f Time molds customs; progress brings change, but the New Year is forever the season of A hope and promise. Sincere best wishes. Roberts Chevrolet-Buick, Inc THE YANCEY RECORD that reader might just have an acquaintance or two who took a mis-step or a wrong turn and found himself therein. If so, that acquaintance and myself might just sit down sometime end discuss my theory because a personal friend of mine assur es me the “Hoax” is rougher than somewhat. All of which brings me back to my opening wish of a Merry Christmas. You see. In that wish are included the folks who have stuck to the straight and narrow as well as my fellow wrong turners who have trod the con demned road. As a matter of fact, to you folks, whoever you are, I add the word “Very” to your Merry Christinas. Frankly, for this Christmas * Column. I had contemplated writing a versified Greeting. Using everybody’s name and so forth. Then my common sense took over, as it occasionally dees, and I realized that I would for sure leave out someone’s name and thus, inadvertantly, offend someone whom I liked and mess up their Crristmas by having then, angry at me and mess up my own by having giv en offense without intention to do so. My Daddy taught all of us Kellys to be intentional In pur offensiveness. I don’t re commend Daddy’s teaching but I liked his summation “Any thing I’ve done that I’m sorry for, I am glad of.” Gramatically, he was wrong because he not only aided a clause with a pre position, he also ended the sen tence with one. Possibly my Pappy confused himself with Charles Dickens who, in his de servedly famous Christmas Car ol, opened “Marley was dead to begin with.” In any event, I threw out the idea of a corny poem which could only have been dignified with the term doggerel, and, if you miss seeing your name in a dreadful not written poem, pleaes accept my personal greet ings and, of course, one from Blanche, the gal who married me. We almost argued over who wished the people in Burnsville the merriest Christmas. I won because mv greetings, I assured her, included everyone in Yan cey County. She dahned that hers did too, but, since she is net writing, and I had not gives her a ballot, I didn’t let her vote. As a youn ester, I recall hear ing older folks mention the fact that they got-the-Wues around Christmastime. Older folks (hen meant anyone over thirty-five. I couldn’t imagine anvnne feel ing sad at that time of (he year. Nowadays, I understand it. It is sad, aibeit, a nice, p.easant sad ness. Its nostalgic. All by your seif, you can “remember the lime.” Different than meeting a friend you haven’t seen for years and you both remember-the time together. Christmastime you remember the times that you could have done a little better, could have made a little more effort, could have furnish ed that little bit of Charity that might have caused someone else to have been different. No one knows most of these things but yourself. Particularly, I think, do you recall the memory of persons, family or friend, who were or should have been very We hope that you pre on the way to I'• . a year of increasing success )f * an d lasting happiness. We are grateful V for many pleasant associations during •' )f the past year. '» F. Robinson Furniture & Appliance And General Mdse. Social Security Office Closed For Holidays The social security district office in Asheville w.U not be open Saturday, December 23, or Saturday, December 30, reports James E. Robertson, district manager. While the Asheville office is normally open Satur day mornings it will not be open - on these two Saturdays wh.ch precede the Christmas and New Year holidays. Mr. Roberts n has also issued a reminder that in some instan ces it may be advantageous for a person to file a claim in Dec clcse to you, and who deserved that extra portion of yourself that you withheld from them. That’s why people like to “give” at Christmas. Christmastime is rightly a re ligious time. Ccmmg.as it does right before New Year’s Day, it furnishes us tte time to sort of our conscience, pin point our faults and reach a de cision to make some very splen did New Year’s Resolutions. It is a fine thing to do. Makes us all feel better, then, as soon as New Year’s Dav passes, possibly a week or at most a month lat er, we can all forget our Reso lutions and not feel sad until next Christmas, at which Urne the Resolutions will last a little while loneer we hope. Merry Christinas! THURSDAY, DEC 21, 1967 ember rather than in January or later, and suggests that those who may be eligible for benefits in 1967 even though employ ed contact his office to see whether action should be taken in December. Regular week-day office hours are from 8:15 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. Holiday Greetings Another Christmas and anoth er Year will soon be here. It la not poss.ble for me to see every* one in Mitchell and Yancey Counties, as mud) as I wish I could. So I figured the best way to reach you with my little mes sage was through the press of our two wonderful newspapers. I am only speaking for my self, however I feel sure the re mainder of our small Staff feels the same as I do when I ray the people of Mitchell and Yan cey Counties (I work both coun ties) are and could have bees the most wonderful people to work for and wltr that could be found anywhere. To say that we enjoy our work and enjoy working with you would be putting it very mild. I wish and hope for each of you in Mitchell and Yancey Counties a happy Christmas and a happy prosperous New Year. Sincerely your Sanitarian and servant. District Health Department, by Jake F. Buckner, R. S. Dis trict Sanitarian, Spruce Pina, N. C. Box 206.
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