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THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1962
: WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME
“What Christmas Means To Me”
WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME
By REV. RUSSELL LAWRY Dallas Methodist
Christmas first of all means the observance of the an-
niversary of the birth of Christ who came into this world
to reveal supremely God's plan and purpose for all man-
kind: What is this plan and purpose? It is that we can
know and enjoy eternal life, it is to know that our lives
can be saved from the power of sin, and, it is to know that
our lives can radiate love, faith, hope and charity. If we
“are willing to practice these virtues, to their highest, on
this special day why not practice them every day?
We are all aware that modern observance has become
dominated by commercialism. I believe it is possible to
observe this day and to possess the real Chritmas spirit
amid this commercialism IF in the giving and receiving
of gifts there will be behind them the purpose for which
Christ was sent to this earth.
In the words of Henry VanDyke “Then you can keep
Christmas! And, if you keep it for a day, why not al-
ways? But you can mever keep it alone.”
WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME
By ROBERT DEWITT YOST Shavertown Methodist
- Christmas is God's healing message to the people of the
earth. It is the voice of the stalwart first century char-
acters teaching us how to solve the great issues of the
hour to discover peace within our own hearts.
How we are called by the Shepherds of old to become
concerned for the things of the spirit, to leave our fever-
ish tasks on the hillsides of life long enough to worship
in a place of holiness.
- When they saw the Star of Bethlehem they followed it
“Old restless-
ness, old frailities, old pain from hungers of the soul were
somehow healed.”
How we are called by the Wise Men ofl old to capture
the spirit of adventure, to travel mew roads, blaze new
trails, attain mew goals! Because of their wisdom and
daring: “Their hearts were stirred; their feet had trod
A road to peace; they learned of God!”
Only as we travel with the Wise Men of old will we
find the solace and courage for the “hopes and fears of all
the years” and sing with incredible splendor, “Joy to the
world, the Lord is come.” ;
These people teach us the healing message of God. May
it give fis increased stature, and enable us to lead others
to the Way of the Child of Bethlehem.
WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME
By REV. ANDREW PILLARELLA Trinity United Presbyterian
“Fear mot, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great
joy, which shall be to all people. For unto] you id bod
this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the
Lord.” © Luke 2:10-11.
As the day of Christmas draws migh, let us remember
that it was to a family that the Shepherds and Wise Men
came on the world’s first Christmas. It was in a family
group that they found the infant Jesus.
There should be mo doubt in our minds that the hap-
_ piest Christian festival is Christmas because it is a time
for the family to come together. Christmas is also a time
when we recall the happy moments we had with loved
ones no longer with us.
We should pause for a few moments and give thanks to
God for the season, of Christmas. Think of the Holy
Family now im the world’s first Christmas — this is a re-
minder of God's great gift of His Son to the world for our
redemption and a reminder of God's call to.faith.
Let us journey together im spirit to Bethlehem to hear
the sweetest story ever told . . .. “For unto you is born
this day in the city of David q Savior, which is Christ the
Lord” Luke 2:11. You can make this Christmas a truly
blessed season for you and your family by attending the
Come to claim the Christ Child as
your very own and may His loving presence attend you
and yours throughout the coming year.
WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME
By REV. CHARLES H. GILBERT Retired Minister
The New English Bible puts it in mew words: “God
loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, that
everyone who has faith mm him may not die but have
eternal life.”
That's what made Bethlehem famous. That's what
drew shepherds down from the mountain. That's what
certain easterners jourmeyed to find out. That's what—
with many variations on the theme — I've been preaching
Thank God my parents knew this Christ
and so I knew Him. What it means to me personally.is
this: that what I know I could never do for myself in my
deep meed God has dome for me through Jesus Christ
whose coming we celebrate at Christmas. God loved; God
~ gave; I received.
That's a pretty wonderful story for being so brief,
isn’t it?
WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME
By REV. CHARLES H. FRICK Huntsville Christian
My childhood background was fortunate. When I was
eleven my mother came to me at a country church
Christmas services and asked for one of my ten gifts to
put back on the tree for a poor boy whose name had not
been called. She came a second time. I learned “It is
more blessed to give than to receive.” Today we reverse
the procedure and teach our children it is more blessed to
get.
Fifty-three years ago 'Mrs. Frick brought from Ohio the
idea of the “White Gift Service”. Our children gave, and
. so did the church. The change from a chimney Christmas
in this whole region started then and there. But still we
lag behind the program and spirit of the first Christmas.
The date of our celebration was timed to coincide with
the bestial Roman Saturnalia so that Christians could
honor the King’s birthday unmolested. They were dis-
covered, the church barred and burned, worshippers in-
cluded. The spirit and practices of that pagan festival
are all too prevalent. That is not the road to Christmas!
“Let us go mow even unto Bethlehem and see this thing
which is come to pass.”
WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME
By REV. RALPH A. WEATHERLY
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God . . . That was thel the
Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the
world . . . . to them gave He power to become the sons of
God . . . The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us
and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only begotten of
the Father, full of grace and truth”.
This is the description of the philosopher St. John of
the mystery of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. A poet,
St. Luke, paints His birth in Bethlehem, making thus
each family and home sacred.
M ay all
the joys
of the Yuletide
season be
| yours in great
abundance!
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Every really Christian family gathers actually or in
memory at this holy season to strengthen bonds of loyal-
ty, standing together against the evils of the world, wait-
ing in silence and humble devotion for God's gift of His
Son come to redeem us, — coming) as a Baby left in the
care of Mary and Joseph and the faithful.
Thus all. par-
ents and all homes become sacramental.
With joy and hope, in truth and better love wei may go
anew from worship to bear to others the Good News of
God’s grace.
This I believe with all my heart is the meaning of
Christmas.
Dallas Methodist Choir
Enjoys Christmas Party
Dallas Methodist Senior Choir
held its annual Christmas Party in
the recreational room Friday eve-
ning. Dinner was prepared and
served by the WSCS. Co-chairmen
Alberta Cross and Adeltha Mahler
planned all decorations and enter-
tainment.
Each table had for a centerpiece
a Santa sleigh filled with poinsettia
blossoms, and at each place a mini-
ture sleigh with a white pack con-
taining gift handkerchiefs.
Members exchanged gifts, and a
period of singing Yuletide hymns
followed an hour of popular games.
Specially invited guests were Rev.
and Mrs. Russell Lawry.
Attending were: Fern Coldren,
director of music; Alberta Cross,
Alma Drake, Billie Elston, Grace
Fleming, Adeltha Mahler, Ivah
Mitchell, Diane Myers, Mary Reese,
Edith Shaffer, Shirley Weidner, Dr.
David Kunkle, Arthur Miller, Budd
Nelson, Dick: Oliver, Don Weidner,
and Don Williams. Choir members
not present were Marion Harvey,
Mildred Smith, Robert Brown, and
James Darling.
Lenette Clare Nordfors
Mr, and Mrs. Leonard Clayton
Nordfors, Demunds Road, East Dal-
las, announce the birth of a daugh-
ter, Lenette Clare Nordfors, De-
cember 17 at General Hospital.
They also have a son, Leonard Clay-
ton Jr., a year and a half old.
Mrs, Nordfors is the former Betty
Lou Miller, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Miller, East Dallas. Mr.
Nordfors, originally from Hartford,
Conn., is employed at The Dallas
Post.
Speaks On Holiday Decor
To Newcomers Club
Mrs. Leonard Adamshick spoke
on holiday decorations to members
of the Welcome Wagon Newcomers
Club November 26 at the YWCA.
Mrs. Adamshick, Lehman, teaches
this subject at Back Mountain
Home-Makers Holiday in Shaver-
town.
Mrs. Donald Weber, Trucksville,
was appointed to take reservations
in this area for the Christmas Din-
ner Dance, scheduled for December
15 at Twin Grill Europa Lounge.
Oneys Have New Som
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oney,
Shavertown, announce the birth of
an eight pound, eleven ounce baby
boy at General Hospital on Tues-
| day, November 27. This is their
first child.
Mrs. Oney is the former Joan
Schmall. Mr. Oney is son of Mr.
and Mrs. Amos Oney of Shaver-
town. J
Idetown Men Get
Bucks On First Day
Among those who got mice bucks
early on the opening day of deer
season were: Walter Meade, Idetown
garage man, and John Landis Oak
Hill. p>
Walter got a six-point buck at
9:15. John got his in the same gen-
Raymond Hoover, 54,
Buried At Forty Fort
Raymond Hoover, 54, for the
past two years resident of Orange,
died of a heart attack Sunday morn-
ing after a period of failing health.
He was buried Wednesday after-
noon in Forty Fort Cemetery follow-
ing services conducted by Rev. Wil-
liam Reid, pastor of Orange Meth-
odist Church, of which Mr. Hoover
was a member.
Longtime resident of Wilkes-
Barre, he was a truck driver, em-
ployed in the produce business. He
was a veteran of World War IL
He leaves a brother William, with
whom he made his home; two other
brothers, David and Kenneth, both
of Harrisburg; three sisters: Mrs.
Cora Leventhall, Harrisburg; Mrs.
Harriet Patterson, Glens Falls,
N. Y.; Mrs. Margaret Tressider,
Harrisburg.
The “red kettles” of Christmas”
have been used by The Salvation
Army since 1894.
Contributions to The Salvation
Army Christmas Appeal provide hol-
iday dinners for the hungry, toys for
children, food and clothing for less
fortunate families, and Christmas
remembrances for the sick, for the
aged, for servicemen far from home,
and for many others:
this Christmas?”
want and need.
satisfied in order to live?
should be.
selfish selves.
Saviour.
Christ the Lord.”
and dwelt among us.”
to answer our every need.
Christmas.
By Rev. John S. Prater
A question commonly asked at this time of year is:
“What do you want for Christmas? What do you meed
When this question is asked us, we
usually think of those material things which we think we
But what do we really need this Christmas? What are
those deeper needs which al] men everywhere need to have
We all need love — we all need forgiveness — we all
need to be accepted for what we are and not for what we
We all need a secure foundation which will
not wash away when trial and tribulation come our way.
We all need someone to pull us out of our destructive,
What I am saying is that we all need a
At Christmas time, we hear the words; “For unto you
is born this day, in the City of David, a Saviour which is
Christmas medns that a Saviour has
come! In the words of St. John, “The Word became flesh,
God stooped to our level in order
This is the supreme joy of
Dropping at the H. H. Rymer
home, Lehigh Street, Shavertown,
is like drifting into fantasyland.
Dozens of lovely Christmas ar-
rangements - a sparkle with silver,
tinsel, red and green balls and
poinsettias.
They hang from the lamps in
artistic assemblage, cover tables and
decorate walls.
Jeweled cornucopias, miniature
sleighs with tiny gaily wrapped
gifts, brilliant candy dishes, scenic
wall mats, a snowman on a wee
pedestal, silver trees with unusual
hangings; golden scales and even
the humble dust pan filled with
miniature deer astound the casual
visitor.
Through the doorway beams a
pleasant Santa with a tinsel merry-
go-round spinning overhead, while
an artistic net wreath adorns the
front door.
All these, original in design, are
the products of Mrs. Rymer’s gifted
hands and fertile imagination.
Always a lover of beauty whether
it be flowers or artistic, artificial
arrangements, Mrs. Rymer took
courses from Cornell to enhance her
knowledge of this field. A former
Mrs. Rymer's Fertile Imagination
Develops Unique Christmas Displays
resident of Utica, N, Y., where her
husband represented Magnus Chem-
ical Company, she taught courses in
corsage making and basketry under
the college extension program.
She has a unique collection of
raffia woven dishes in Mexican
motif as a reminder of her teach-
ing days. She has done table ar-
rangements for weddings, banquets
and teas and is always in demand
as decorations chairman for local
church and hospital organizations.
While in Utica, she was a member
of Sequoit Valley Federated :Clubs
and Floral Arts Group and many
are the blue ribbons she has cap-
tured.” Her husband, an excellent
photographer, has taken many
pictures of her displays.
Mr. Rymer, who enjoys helping
in any way he can, provides the
woods for many of basic patterns.
In his spare time he turns out at-
tractive name plates.
The Rymers have lived in Shaver-
town for six years since his retire-
ment. They have many friends
throughout the area and are happy
to be near their two sons, Gene
who lives in Shavertown and Dick
in Kingston,
Ross Walker, Rotary Exchange
Student from Myrtleford, Victoria,
Australia, will tour New York City
from December 27 to 29 as the guest
of his friend, John Landis, Dallas,
and Michael Yurko, Hunlock’s
Creek.
The trip will be John’s Christmas
gift to his new friend.
John and Mike have been making
a visit to the metropolis for the
past three years during the holi-
day vacation.
The boys will attend the Metro-
Fred Anderson Attends
Insurance Meeting
Fred Anderson, Shavertown, at-
tended a regional meeting of Na-
‘Agencies at Coral Rock Steak House,
Chinchilla, last Thursday evening,
Hubert Cherrie of Douglasville,
district manager, and Walker Shan-
non, Harrisburg, state manager of
Pennsylvania and West Virginia,
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Students Have Busy Holiday
Planned In New York City
politan Opera House, Radio City
Music Hall, “The Sound of Music,”
a musical, and a ballet, “The Nut-
cracker Suite.”
They will visit the United Na-
tions, the Statue of Liberty, Cathe-
dral of St. John the Divine, St.
Patrick’s Cathedral, Grand Central
Station, Greenwich Village, Rocker-
feller Center and the Subway.
Riss is presently staying with the
Fred Ecks in Shavertown and Mrs.
Eck reports that he is a grand boy
and fits in fine with the family.
At Geisinger
Frank Wadas, Jr., Holcomb Road
Shavertown, is a patient at the Geis-
inger Medical Center where he sum-
mitted to surgery this week.
conducted the meeting.
Fifteen representatives of sur-
rounding areas were present.
Thursday
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