Jag 8! 33 Finc inancial Aid to o Your Church | : oh ————omo oS Approprite for Thanksgiving Can God Be Thankful That We're Americans? By LEWIS QO. WELLS Millions of Americans will ex piess their thanks to God this hanksgiving day for His bless- ings. Families will gather round the banquet tables, say grace and devour great helpings of turkey, stuffing. cranberry sauce sweet potatoes, pumpki n pie and other! traditional holiday foods As it shoul d Thanksgiving will be a day of joy and family re. union for Amércang But will it 4. the same tne be a day on which God could be thankful for Americans fF er.ainly the gratitude these | Hen women and children express’ to God will be from the heart! and will be appreciated by Him | They will mean every word they | pray. They will be jist as sin- cere as if they were in churc on Sunday But I wonder if it might not be appropriate at Thanksgiving | time to do more than pray Might not it be a fine thing for | each of us to ask curselves HG aod having Deen so Bood to me. | I wonder if 1 am doing sno ugh | for God” i Many of those who ask such a Question, will find that the ans. | Wer is “no”, if they have cour | age to face the facts Consider, for example. that at least 12 major Protestant de. Bominations receive avVerajle an- mual contributions which amount 6 less than one dollar a week per member . Furthernore, I find it inter. Ing to note that Americans nd twice as much money for @ndy as they contribute to re- gion, four times as much for xo, five limes as much for Shtertainment, and seven times 5. much for alcoholic beverages’ # is true in spite of the fact that Americans without a doubt the : wold Kenerous people in et 5 that most chareh. are token givers They don't . this because they have at analysed their giving habits and few have been taught the great inspirational a hidaughter of Mr and Mrs | Hollen of And Jesus in His final com mand and injunction to hie fol lowers said: "Freely ve have re ceived, therefore, freely give” Telling a rich man how to get $ to heaven, the lard said: “Reli! ail that thou hast and come. fol- | ow me’ St. Paul also spoke on the] sudject of charitable and cheer. ful giving. He warned the Cor | inthians: And if 1 distribute all] my goods to feed the poor and! if T deliver my body to he burn- | ed, vet do not have profits me nothing UTAHVILLE ' Miss Charlotte Hollen Weds Pvt. Lemoine Kruis charity, iti At a candlelight ceremony atl ‘The Pentecostal Church at Hol tlentown, Miss Charlotte Hollen (Gilbert Hollentown became ‘the bride of Pvt Lemoine Kruis ron of Mr. and Mrs Fred Kruis former Utahville residents, now of Van Ormer. on Nov. 18 at - i{ Bb Mm Rev. Wyant officiated at the ceremony before a setting of white carnations and fern and candlelabra. Traditional wedding music was furnished with Mrs Wyant xs pianist and Miss Ma- rion Hollen, sister of the bride. | sang "To My Bride” Rev. Walsh iprayed as the couple knelt at the altar Given in marriage by her fa. ther, the bride wore a gown of avion net over while slipper sa- tin with a jacket effect bodice closing with tiny buttons, a round collar. long sleeves pointed at the wrists and full skirt fNowing into a cathedral length train er il lusion veil was held by a head piece of seed pearis. She carried a white Bible overisid with five gardenias and a ribbon cascade Mra. lorraine. Dillon, sister of the bridegroom, was the matron of honor, wearing a full length pale pink taffeta gown Her headpiece was a matching band of flowers and she carried gar denias with pink sating stream- ers The bridesmaid, Miss Dorothy Hollen, wore a full length pale green taffeta gown with match ing headpiece of flowers and carried gardenias with green sa lin streamers Pvt. Patrick Kruls of Coa ipa served as best man and rs were Carl Kruis, cousin of the bridegroom, and Michael Hollen, brother of the bride. A reception was held at the home of the bride. Pvt. Kruis Is serving with the U. 8 Army since Sept. 4 and in mation at Fort Jackson Ca Ao SHE Disabled Veterans Thankful, Says Milt Stoltz. Local Heat UNION PRESS .COURIER ; ’ TI SA —— So ———— HOLIDAY STORE HOURS: Other “Big Buys” In Meats and Poultry Young Tender ... 3 to 4 Ih Avg. Roasting Chickens .. 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