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© : Now In Its 73rd Year”
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Editor and Publisher—HOWARD W. RISLEY
4ssociate Editors—MYRA ZEISER RISLEY, MRS. T. M. B. HICKS
Sports—JAMES LOHMAN
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Circulation— MRS. VELMA DAVIS
Editorially Speaking:
Unjustified Kid Gloves
: One of the difficult domestic problems with which
‘the last Congress wrestled was the huge post office deficit.
‘The result was a Postal Service Bill creating increases
“in various classifications of mail rates. Newspapers, for
example, will pay three 10 per cent increases with the
first to take affect on the first day of the coming year.
ne However, Congress wore kid gloves when it came to
W~=-iblications of the Rawal Electric Cooperatives. Formerly,
| aycording to Editor and Publisher, these publications paid
.a’one half cent rate. The new bill gives them a special
‘rate of about one-eighth cent per copy.
~~ The general manager of the American Newspapers
‘Publishers Association states that there is “no justifica-
tion for this special privilege.” Another comment says,
“So REA groups will now be able to enjoy a financial
advantage for propagandizing against their prime target,
the investor-owned private power industry. Meanwhile,
the publications of the private power industry will be
~compelled to pay the regular rates to tell their side of
the story.”
no There are 28 REC publications. Their circulation is
about 3 million. They carry advertising. They are all
actually engaged in attempting to extend the REA scheme.
“And no one can say the REA co-ops, or anything connected
with them, are poor and struggling enterprises in need
“of special help. The REA movement is big business—
rand it is a big business conducted with government loans
.at below-cost interest rates, plus other special privileges,
‘including tax advantages, which are denied to private
.enterprise.
= The least one can ask is that the REA co-ops operate
‘on precisely the same basis as do comparable utilities in
“the production and distribution of electric power. This
“means paying the same costs — whether those costs be
taxes, interest rates on borrowed money, or the mail
“charges on their publications. This country’s rural elec-
trification problem, was solved long ago — more than
95 per cent of all farms are using central station power
or have it available. There is no longer an excuse for
“giving the co-ops special privileges,
THERE WAS NO ROOM AT THE INN
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a
decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be
taxed.
_ And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
_ And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of
- Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called
Bethlehem (because ke was of the house and lineage of David.)
~~ To be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, being great
with child. :
~ And so it was, that while they were there, the days were
accomplished that she should be delivered.
fou And she brought forth her first born son, and wrapped
him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because
ere was no room for them i in the inn.
'
~~ And there were in the same country, shepherds abiding
in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the
glory of the Lord shone round them; and they were sore afraid.
~ And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
~ For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a
Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
© And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the Babe
| wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host, praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will
toward men.
| And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from
them into heaven, the shepherds said, one to another, let us
§ now go, even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which has
come to pass, which the Lord has made known unto us.
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph,
and the Babe lying in a manger.
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It Happened
30 Years Ago:
Dallas Post was hard up for news.
It advertised that “King of the
Jungle” would start as a serial the
following week.
Andrew J. Sordoni was elected
head of Lake Protective Association.
McKendree Grange defeated
Bloomingdale Grange in play com-
petition at Dallas High School, with
its play, “Dead Expense,” becoming
representative of Luzerne County at
Harrisburg Farm Show.
F. D. R. selected Dr. Raymond Mol-
ey of Columbia University to act as
his advisor, in an audience with
President Herbert Hoover, prior to
inauguration.
Dallas Township seniors gave
“When a Woman Decides” at the
Himmler Theatre. In the cast were
Arthur Keefer, Marjorie Kitchen,
George Shultz, Jean Bogert, Peggy
Lancio, Elizabeth Girvan, Robert
Girvan and Anne Cobleigh.
Shavertown was still talking
about becoming a Borough. Officers
suggested were: Burgess, Charles
Dressell; tax collector, Harry Bogart;
Councilmen, Herman Bauman, Al-
bert Belford, William Hunt, Charles
Huff, Rev. W. H. Stang, Ernest Kel-
ler, A. George Prater; constable, G.
Harold Lloyd.
Anyone who wants to hear the
entire story of Thomas Bennett and
his son Andrew, who with Lebbeus
Hammond were captured by Indians
following ‘the murder of Lt. Boyd
after extreme torture, will find it
in issues of December 9 and 16,
1932.
Drawn for jury duty were Peter
Staub, Ray Knecht, Charles B.
Gregory, Lee C. Hessler, Ernest
Johnson, Simon [Schneider, Marvin
Bronson, Ira D. Cooke, Eugene Laz-
arus, Adam Stock, Clyde ULaBar,
Doyle Roberts, and William Yinger.
The State was painting crosswalks
in front of rural schools, to. remind
traffic of the children.
It Happened
20 Years Ago
Donnie Besecker’s part in Dallas
high ‘school scrap drive made head-
lines in THE SCRAPPER, national
publication of the War Production
Board, with 600,000 circulation.
Mr. and Mrs. James Franklin cele-
brated their Golden Wedding.
George Anderson, captain of Har-
veys Lake steamboats for many
years, died of a stroke.
Used automobile tires were still
flooding Lehigh Valley express office
in Dallas.
Pvt. James Smith, whose annual
pre-New Year dip in Harveys Lake
always got him front page recogni-
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1962
Only Yesterday
the army.
Married: Fern Anderson to Sgt.
Richard Templin. Mrs. Mae Curtis to
Thomas Bunny.
Died: Mrs. Mazie A. Cook, 78, Dal-
‘las. A. A. Neeley, 82, Idetown. W.
Penn Saxe, 69, Carverton.
Servicemen heard from: Floyd R.
Young, Texas; Chuck Lamoreaux,
Fort Bowie; Albert [Salansky, Camp
Hood; Tom Templin, Fort Knox; An-
tonia Kozemchack, Iowa; Paratroop-
er John Sydlowski, Marine Barracks,
N.C.; Willard Shaver, Guadalcanal;
Frank Matukitis, San Antonio; Harry
Rogers, England; Bill Renshaw, Ray-
mond Kuderka, New York; Lewis
Button, New Cumberland; Joseph
Elias, Colorado; Jack Pembridge,
Fort Sill; James Knecht, Fort Knox;
Neil MacIntyre, Pacific Coast.
It Happened
0 Years Ago
Kingston Township Ambulance |-
Association elected Martin Porter
president of the newly formed group,
arranged with Louis Cottle to in-
struct thirty volunteers in techni-
ques.
Plans for switching some rural
mail deliveries to house-to-house
delivery in Dallas were under way.
City mail delivery was scheduled to
start early in 1953.
Commonwealth Telephone Com-
pany was showing a film, “Your Mag-
ic Messenger,” the story of the com-
pany’s advancement in this area.
Dallas Bank declared an extra
dividend. Clifford Space was named
vice president.
Dr. Michael Bucan, direct from the
North Pole by way of Labrador, was
the subject for a Know Your Neigh-
bor.
Humane Association was planning
to move its quarters from Huntsville
to the William Lance barn at Chase.
The Library installed an Anthra-
Flo furnace.
William L. Philo, 64, Huntsville,
dropped dead in Dr. Mascali’s. office,
victim of a heart attack.
Little Bill Phillips, working over
the radio, had already passed the
$10,000 mark for benefit of Betty
Petroski, Luzerne high school girl
whose back was broken in an acci-
dent near Lehman, when twelve high
school students struck a bridge in a
borrowed truck.
‘Married: Joan Anderson to Rich-
ard Haughwout.
Died: Patrick Curry, 69, Carver-
ton. W. E. Robbins, 45 Birch Grove.
Mrs. Bertha M. Strange, 65, Shaver-
town.
Fares on Wilkes-Barre to Dallas
buses were upped to 32 cents, zones
changed.
‘Mrs. Herbert A. Smith headed ‘the
Book Club. Tr
tion, expected to forego it. He was in
Christmas Present
One of the nicest Christmas
presents any Dallas High School
Senior can hope for was received
this week by Richard Ratcliffe, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ratcliffe,
140 Goeringer Avenue, Shavertown.
He is one of a number of seniors
in the Class of 1963 at Dallas High
School to be notified of their ad-
mission to college next fall.
He will also receive a scholarship.
Ricky received his notification
this week from F. Gardiner F.
Bridge, Director of Admissions,
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.
where he will be enrolled in the
Class of 1967 for four years of
liberal arts and a graduate degree
in Electrical Engineering.
Active in church work he is or-
ganist at Prince of Peace Church
and representative from the church
in the Episcopal Young Churchman
group.
In high school, he is student
manager of the Basketball Team
and has charge of Vigual Aids. He
has played bass for four years in
the High School Band and is a
member of the American Guild of
Organists.
His real hobby is electronics and
for a number of years he hag had
charge of the loud speaking system
at the Library Auction and has
made himself an indispensible part
of the Auction set-up.
The gracious note he received
from the Director of Admissions at
Trinity is reproduced here.
Trinity College
Hartford 6, Conn.
December 13, 1962
Mr. Richard W. Ratcliffe
Shavertown, Pennsylvania
Dear Rich:
This is one of the most pleasant
things I have been able to accom-
plish recently. In keeping with
your request for an early decision
on your application, I am just de-
lighted to bring you good news.
I am happy to inform you that
the Committee on Admissions hag
accepted your application for ad-
mission to the College in the Class
of 1967. On behalf of the Com-
mittee, I offer you my congratula-
tions. You are indeed a fine candi-
date, and it was a pleasure to re-
view your credentials.
I know that you will continue to
have an exciting and successful
| year at Dallag Senior High School.
However, in fairness to you, I
should mention that your admis-
sion is granted on the condition
that you complete your work dur-
ing the remainder of the academic
year at the level you have accom-
plished up to this time, We will
expect to receive your midyear
grades at a later date. These will
be reviewed as part of our normal
Admission To College Make Nice
From—
By
to hang on the mantelpiece.
The manger remains,
, tuaries.
generation.
Poor little Baby Jesus. We
time there would be room at
story, that there would be
the Star.
the earth.
We swayed with the Wi
camels, journeying over the
lowing the Star, by-passing
homeward trek.
her Child.
the stockings,
and as new as Time itself.
Mamma left us, filled with
knew that in the morning there would be simple gifts in
but for tonight it was enough that the
Story was the same Story, deviating not a particle, as old
Pillar To Post...
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Anybody would think that a column about Christmas
would be the easiest thing in the world to write, but that
is not the fact. Everything has been said so many times,
what is there left to talk about?
But after all, Christmas is always new, though in this
family there are no new small white stockings this year
unchanging through the cen-
And the story of the Christ-Child, new to each
When I was a little girl, everything centered about the
starry skies and angels singing in the heavens, and the
Star standing over the place where the Young Child lay,
warmed by His mother’s love and by the breath of the
kindly animals gathered about His lowly resting place.
children followed the travels
of the Holy Family even unto Bethlehem, hoping that this
the Inn for the weary young
mother, but knowing, as Mamma neared that point in the
no room, and that the Baby
would be born in a stable and laid in a manger.
We pictured the gentle cattle, drawing back from the
manger to make room for the Babe, and we followed the
shepherds stumbling down the hillside pastures, following
We heard the Heavenly Host, saw them appear-
ing through a cleft in the heavens and hovering above
se Men of the East on their
trackless waste of sand, fol-
wicked King Herod on the
We wept with the Holy Family as Joseph guided mo-
ther and Child into Egypt when danger threatened.
Would they escape this year?
crossed, with sanctuary ahead for a young mother and
One more river safely
radiance. My brother and I
By The Oldtimer
We like to think of Americans
as well nourished, particularly since
we have a surplus of many whole-
some foods. However these surpluses
are sometimes built up by low con-
sumption as well as by high produc-
tion. One such item in surplus is
milk,
In a list of per capita consumption
of milk and dairy products in seven-
teen countries in 1960 and prior
years, prepared by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, the United
States ranks third from the bottom.
The difference in consumption is
substantial. In Ireland, which shows
the ' highest rate, the consumption
is well over ‘twice as much as ours.
New Zealand and Denmark show
about twice our rate. Sweden con-
sumes about 50% more than we do.
For Local Boy
just delighted that you are so keen-
ly interested in Trinity. Mr. Ed-
wards sends his personal regards.
We look forward to hearing from
you soon. If you have any ques-
tions, please get in touch with us.
Sincerely yours,
F. Gardiner F., Bridge
Director of Admissions.
Poet's Corner
1 WAS DREAMING OF
CHRISTMAS
I was dreaming of Christmas,
Of years long ago.
I could still hear the sleigh bells,
As they moved on the snow.
I was dreaming of Christmas,
When I was a lad,
And could see the Christmas tree
And my dear old dad.
And my little brother,
As he looked at the tree,
And my dear old mother,
As she looked back at me,
I lived it all over,
In just one night,
When all the toys were kept out
of sight.
We hung up our stockings,
And then went to bed.
Waiting for Santa,
With sleigh bells and sled.
Although Christmas comes, _
With snow and sleet,
I would live it all over
And think it a treat.
Submitted by
John A. Shotwell
Shavertown RD 5
Honor Roll
(Continued from Page 1 A)
Connolly, Thomas Conaghn, Nancy
Crispell, Judy Dana, Peggy Darrow,
Anne Davies, Brik Dingle, Daniel
Dorrance, Lucy Fleming, Charles
Garris, Cynthis Garman, Charlotte
Gelb.
Matthew Gillis, David Haines,
Sally Holvey, Robert Huttman, Don-
na Imatt, Thomas Jenkins, Karen
Kaschenbach, Helene Kuchinskas,
Sally Lancio, Joan Lawson, John
Layaou, Eric Mayer, Caro! McCoy,
Rosemary McCuley, Michael Messer-
smith, Barbara Metzger, Jane Mit-
chell, Robert Nicol, Elizabeth. Otto,
Nick Perella.
Cynthia Powell, Richard Prutz-
man, Catherine Reese, Diane Reese,
Susan Pattison, Jay Pope, Thomas
Shaver, Judith Stasko, Karan Stein-
hardt, Cindy Supulski, Paul Turner,
Sally Walk, Susan Weiner, Kathy
Woychick, Dennis Wright, Albert
Williams, Gary Williams, Susanne
procedures.
Zekas, :
In seven of the seventeen countries
the 1960 rate is an increase over
their pre-war average. Our rate is
declining.
In this country, statistics cover-
ing the use of dairy products are
available for over fifty years. During
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Rambling Around
that period there has been a big
change in the milk business. In the |
early part there were a lot of family |
cows, we had one as recently as
about forty years ago. It is possible |
that the official statistics might
show a rate too low for those years.
In recent years milk business is |
highly organized, with the number
of people accumulating records
greatly increased, which ought to'
make for more accurate records.
In computing per capita consump-
tion, it is mecessary to use an esti-
mate of the number of people as
well as the amount of milk products
they use. Changes in either may ac-
count for more or less fluctuation
from year to year. In general, fluid
milk consumption increased up to a
peak of 335 lbs. annually, per person
in 1945, since which it has declined
steadily to 287 lbs. in 1960. This is
an overall estimate for the whole
country. There is a' wide variation
between sections of the country, be-
tween states in the' same sections,
and between different cities in the
same state. Consumption of some
other dairy products has also declin-
ed.
No official explanation has been
seen, showing why the rate has
dropped, but a few reasons are ap-
parent to anyone. One of these is a
substantial increase in price of all
items over the years. While it may
be argued that all other prices are
up, this does not encourage a family
with children to buy a lot of high-
priced milk, especially if the parents
recall when it was cheaper, Average
retail prices have moved up and
— D. A. Waters
BE I RN ER ER ES RR RE HS
cents per quart in 1913-14. It ‘rose
to 16.7 cents in 1920, then moved up
and down to 10.7 cents in 1932.
Since that time it has increased
practically every year to 26.0 cents
in 1960. This fluctuates also by
months. The 1960 prices ranged
from a low of 25.5 cents in May and
June, to 26.4 cents in the last quar-
ter.
There is a wider fluctuation in
the price of butter. From 38.3 .cts.
per lb. it rose to 70.1 in 1920,
dropped to 27.8 cts: in 1932, rose to
a high of 86.7 in 1948, them down
and up to 74.9 cts. in 1960. This has
been affected by oleomargarine
which sold for 42.3 cents in 1920,
dropped to a low of 13.2 cts. in 1933,
then up and down to 26.9 cts. in
1960. It is colored since 1950.
Cheese ‘has followed about the
same range from 22.1 cts. in 1913,
to 58.2 cts. in 1959. Special process-
ing and packaging increase this fig-
ure substantially. Evaporated milk
sold at 14.5 cts. per can in 1919,
dropped to 6.5 cts. in 1933, then
rose to 15.7 cts. in 1960, the only
item still selling anywhere near the
older prices.
Ice cream in packages remained
i about the same for pints in the per-
| iod 1950-59. Recently in half gallon
containers it is a lot cheaper than
| before in packages.
No doubt the heavy advertising
campaigns of the big name brands
of soft drinks are making serious
inroads in the demand for fluid milk
for drinking. While I have no statis-
tics, the baskets at the supermarket
show very large quantities going out,
and many bottles are seen being re-
turned, Canned and frozen fruit
drinks probably reduce milk drink-
ing also. 3
Another thing making a substan-
tial decrease in demand for milk
and dairy products is that they con-
tain fat. This is not a large amount,
the average standard fluid milk
showing about 3.5%. However,
many women desiring to retain a
slender figure, cut down on milk.
And there is a theory, so far un-
proved, that certain fats accumulate
and cause in turn an accumulation
of certain harmful effects in the
body circulatory system. This re-
duces the
and butter. Annual per capita con-
sumption of butter has dropped from
17.8 Ibs. in 1909 to 7.5 lbs. in 1960.
The above figures, but not the
comments, are from The United
States Department of Agriculture.
The national averages quoted do not
exactly apply locally but the trends
should be the same,
Last week, New Jersey reduced
the store price of milk in gallon
down with big changes from time to
time.
Fresh milk, delivered, sold for 8.9
containers to 87 cents, formerly run-
ning from $1.02 to $1.08. This looks
like a move in the right direction.
Babson Was 86 Percent Accurate
Wroblewski, Sharon Yalick, oy
The Dallas Post will publish “BABSON’S BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL
twenty years. It holds the best and
on U. S. Future Business.
Forecast For % Accurate
1962 86
1961 83
1960 80
1959 84
1958 86
1957 88
1956 85
1955 84
1954 86
1953 84
FORECAST FOR 1963 early in January.
A careful checking of the Babson Predictions made in the BUSINESS
AND FINANCIOL FORECAST FOR 1962 upholds the remarkable average
of the past years by being 86% correct!
Below is the score for the last
highest record for Annual Forecasts
Forecast For % Accurate
1952 88
1951 86
1950 81
1949 80
1948 91
1947 93
1946 95
1945 87
1944 91
1943
94
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demand for both milk j
_ DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
3
IMPRESSIONS
L
It was in hope of another good
story that I headed for the Inn on |city of David,
the edge of the city last night.
It was unuslly quiet, much more
so than the night several years be-
fore when I stopped.
As I stepped into the dimly lit
interior, several occupants at tables
looked cautiously at me and re-
turned to their evening meal.
Making myself comfortable at a
table mear the open fire place, I
ordered something to eat from the
innkeeper.
As I ate the others left, one or
two ‘at a time, presumably to re-
tire and I found myself alone,
drowsy from the day’s travel, the
food, wine and warmth of the fire.
I was aroused by the Innkeeper
who inquired if we hadn’t met be-
fore
eral years before on a very mem-
orable night.
His eyes lighted and I knew that
he recalled.
Eagerly he pressed me to tell
what 1 saw and heard as if he
doubted that it could have happened
in his humble surroundings.
Knowing that Archelaus was King
now and did not share the veng-|
ence of his father for the event
of that might, I felt for the first
time 1 could tell the story that I
feared to report years before.
I recalled that on a night similar
to this, I came to the Inn early
and was the last to secure lodging
because of the numbers pouring
into the city to pay a tax recently
imposed by the Emperor.
Each of us pushed and shoved in
the noisy crowded Inn for the ser-
vices that we wanted and failed to
notice at first the discussion going
on at the door. However, as I
circled the crowd, I overheard you
(the Innkeeper) telling another
dust-laden traveler ‘that there was
20 room in the Inn.
I noted the traveler's weary wife
outside, astride a donkey and ob-
viously borne down with the
weight of an expected child.
It was obvious that even though
one of us were to sacrifice our bed,
this would be no solution since sev-
eral of us shared every available
bed in the place. Taking up a
lantern, the’ travelers were directed
by you to the stable where some
warmth and dry straw were. avail-
able.
After most of the occupants
of the Inn had settled down for
the night, there was a slight com-
motion in the yard outside and 1
went out to learn the cause.
I was met by men in: the simple
dress of shepherds but who seemed
unusually excited. They had come
from the stable and all talked at
once. I finally quieted them and
the one who appeared to be the
leader began to relate a most un-
usual event.
He told how that very night as
they were settling down on the hill-
side, suddenly a brightness shown
in the sky, and a figure appeared
out of heaven. To quiet their fears,
he told them that he was an angel
of the Lord, and not to be afraid.
“I bring you ang all people good
by Robert G. Aldrich
I told him that we had, sev-|
if
news of great happiness. In the
today, for you is
born a Savior who is Christ the
Lord. This will be a sign for you;
you will find the babe wrapped in
loose clothing, lying in a manger.”
The shepherd went on ‘telling how
the sky was suddenly filled with
heavenly people praising God, sing-
ing “Glory to God in the highest
and on earth, peace and good will
to men.”
shepherds went from the hillside
into Bethlehem and seemed drawn
to this Inn where ‘they had just
seen the babe lying in g@ manger,
as the angel had predicted.
The shepherds were anxious to
tell others of this great wonder and
I could detain them no longer. 1
glanced at the stable which appeared
quiet now and seemed not to in-
vite my intrusion. As I returned
to the Inn, I glanced at the sky
in wonder for the heavens were
brighter than usual and one star
ed over the Inn.
A sleepless night remained before
me as I pondered the mystery of
what I had heard and seen. Of one
thing I was sure, this was not a
story I could report, for few if any
would believe it.
I stayed on at the Inn to report
news surrounding the collection of
the Emperor's tax. A few nights
later I had the good fortune to in-
terview three wise men from the
household of the King.
They spoke of following the star
after reading the predictions of the
prophets and of seeing the babe.
They knew this was the child fore-
told by the prophets, and had paid
homage to him, and brought gifts
of gold, frankincense and myrrh
and were mow departing from the
Kingdom. When I asked why they
were leaving, they would only say
that “Herod the King, also knows
of the child who will be King over
all. Herod fears for his position.”
As I left the Inn the next morn-
ing, I met and introduced myself
tremulously to the occupants of the
stable who were hastily preparing
to leave.
The man, Joseph, and his wife,
Mary, appeared endowed with some
great responsibility of which they
were unsure of how best to handle
but yet there was the glow of some
divine guidance about them.
In the conversation, Joseph would
peared to him the night before,
directing him to leave the coun-
try to escape ‘the wrath of Herod.
As Mary rode away, tenderly hold-
ing the child, with Joseph walking
beside them, I realized that for
their safety I could not report this
story.
I looked across to the Innkeeper
and I asked him if he thought this
child would return to guide man
to his destiny.
As he nodded, he faded from my
eyes and I realized that the bright-
ness of day shown into my room.
I had been privileged to take part
in the Christmas story through the
medium of a beautiful dream.
How To Enjoy The Holidays
Without Injury Or
“Care, Courtesy and
Dying
Moderation —
But mainly these three,
Will get you safely through Christmas
' Into 1963.”
drive yourself.
decorations.
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Don’t over indulge in food or drink.
Don’t ride with drinking drivers and don’t drink-
Encourage the kids not to drive on slippery roads.
Follow fire precautions with your Christmas tree and
Keep the garden hose hooked up in the basement, and
the fire extinguisher i in handy reach.
Keep your tree in water;
Watch out for sledders.
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dry trees are fire bombs.
Never leave young children alone or with immature
baby sitters at Christmas.
Keep matches out of reach around the tree.
Have the firemen’s phone number handy, plus a plan
~ for escape from the house — just in case.
“Care,
Courtesy and Modera-
The Average Man
When it comes to a
question of trusting
Yourself to the risks of the road,
When the thing is the sharing of burdens,
The lifting the heft of a load,
In the hour of peril or trial
In the hour you meet as you com,
You may carefully depend on the wisdom
And skill of the average man.
Tis the average man and mo other
Who does his plain duty each day,
The small thing his wage is for doing
On the commonplace bit of the way.
’Tis the average man, may God bless him!
Who pilots us, still in the van,
Over land, over sea,
as we travel: :
Just the plain, hardly average man.
So on through the days of existence,
All mingling in shadow and shine,
We may count on the every-day hero,
Whom haply the gods may divine 2
But who wears the swart grime of his calling z
“And labors and earns as he can,
And stands at the last with the noblogtr ts
The A average man, .
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most prominent appeared suspend-
arn,
pains
only say that an angel had ap-
who had intently listened to me
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