The Dallas Post "s
VOL. 74 — NO. 50
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12,
1963
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What Christmas
Stands For
In a few weeks wewill be celebrat-
ing the birth of the Christ Child, an
expression of the wonder and joy of
God’s love through the gift of His
Son to the world. “God so loved the
world that He gave His only begot-
ten Son.” The gift of Christ is the
assurance of the love God has for
all humanity, changing the course
of history. The brightness of that
historic event shines down through
the centuries, even conquering the
darkness of evil, sorrow, tragedy
and doubt. Love in action is the
clue to Christmas. First, there must
always be the upward look of grati-
tude for a God who cares. Then
there must be the outward look that
puts our own love into action to-
ward those around us. This is the
deeper meaning of every card,
every joyous family gathering.
This is the time when all the love
lying dormant in the soul comes to
life.
I feel that—*‘ Love in Action,” is
a divine clue as to how the world is
meant to be run— and also the di-
vine explanation of why it has
failed to run as it should. Only a
love that will leap every barrier of
race and class and nation, only a
love that will go into action on a
global scale, can answer our pres-
ent needs. What Christmas stands
for is what the world cries for.
by Rev. Andrew Pillarella
Trinity United Preshyserian
James Kozemchak immortalized this Winter Won-
derland last year, on a day when frosthad rimed the
trees and slowed down the brooks to a trickle. The
Back Mountain abounds in beautiful scenery, and
SNOW.
never more breath-taking than in winter, when rugged
stone walls contrast with the pure white of the driven
GREETING G
The Festival of the Lights, Chanukah, falls this year in mid-December,
with the first candle lighted on December 11, the last on December 18.
To Mrs. Lyle Slaff, the Dallas
Post is indebted for material on
this joyful festival which revolves
around children in the home, and
is accompanied by small gifts.
Traditionally, the father and the
children light the candles, one for
each of the eight branches of the
Menorah. On the last night, all
eight candles are ablaze, in addition
to the ninth candle at the top.
The festival stems from 165 B.C.,
when a successful revolt saw the
Jewish people purifying and reded-
icating the Second Temple in cele-
bration of the right to freedom of
worship.
The Dallas Post salutes its many
Jewish friends, who celebrate
Chanukah at this season of the
year, when Christmas is in the air
and the world is filled with holiday
spirit.
Dallas Sr. High School
Chanukah Chanukah, the festival
of lights.
Chanukah Chanukah, with such
delight.
Chanukah Chanukah, from days
of old.
Chanukah Chanukah, when no one
is bold.
Chanukah Chanukah, the festival
of lights.
Chanukah Chanukah, with such
delight.
Chanukah Chanukah, with such
joy.
Lots of presents for girl and boy.
by Scott R. Saffian
Dallas Elementary
Thank Yui
We, the staff of The Dallas Post,
give special thanks to the students
who submitted artwork which has
been reduced in size and used
throughout this section.
On this page and on page five,
there are paintings done by Bill
Zigenfus, Sara Bobo and Charles
Doron. Carol Samuels of College
Misericordia and Cheryl Kestler
and Mark Dymond of Dallas Sen-
ior High School did most of the
drawings on page ten.
We still have fine paintings
by Karen Harvey and Eva Sue
Szela and a sketch by Carol
Samuels to be used in the next
tabloid.
India, Land Of
Great Beauty
India! Does that build up visions of Bengal tigers, cobras, elephants,
and Buddhist monks in your minds? That’s not all - - - India’s made
up of, as you probably know, much more than that.
India is a land of great beauty
and diversity. More a continent
than a country, it is the size of two-
thirds of Europe without the Soviet
Union.
Naturally, in the great expanse
that stretches from the Himalayas
to Cape Comorin, the tapering tip
of India, the climate varies, (the
temperature ranging from well be-
low zero to high above onehundred
at times).
To a country as rich in diversity
as India, the seasons are particu-
larly important. They have been a
vital part of India’s folklore and
literature down the ages. Abracing
cold sweeps over most of India
from November to February and
is followed by a short spring. Then
comes the hot weather broken by
the powerful monsoons. Along the
coastal areastheseasonal contrasts
are less sharp.
India has been the cradle of
many great religions of the world.
Many other religions have also
come to the country from across its
vast land and sea frontiers, the
chief being Christianity and Islam.
They continue to flourish, having
absorbed from the land, a spirit of
tolerance.
~ India has a long and glorious 7
past. Its civilization extends
a
back to many centuries before the
birth of Christ. When the Aryans
came to India, about 2000 B. C.,
they found a highly developed ur-
ban civilization in the Indus Val-
ley. More recent excavations have
revealed that the Indus Valley Civ-
ilization flourished also in many
parts of India, and had intimate
cultural contacts with the Sumerian
peoples of the Tigris-Euphrates
area. Layer by layer, was added
the contributions of succeeding
dynasties and rulers, each leaving
its impression on time.
With the advent of the British in
the eighteenth century India entered
the modern age as a colony. The
British gave the country a common
system of law and administration
and deeply influenced its political
and economic life. When India
gained its independence on August
the 15th, 1947, the government
was called upon to bridge this gap
of nearly two centuries. India
answered with her Five-Year Plans.
These plans are co-ordinated na-®
tional programs of development
which lay down specific targets of
every major sphere of social and
(Continued on page 7)
Happy Holiday
This is YOUR holiday tabloid.
Many of you have contributed to
it, writing your favorite recipes,
unearthing old-time jingles, bring-
ing favorite quotations from a book
that you loved as a child, and want
to share with today’s children.
You children have contributed
your own poems. Probably it isthe
first time you have been in print,
and what a thrill that is!
Nobody expects verses written by
children to equal those written by
Robert Frost. But holidays belong
to children, and children must be
included in the Holiday Tabloid.
So. . . meet your neighbors and
your neighbors’ children in this
issue.
Try out some of your neighbors’
recipes in your own kitchen.
Find your pastor’s message in
these pages.
Study the making of a Christmas
wreath or a piece of holiday crafts-
manship, bits of knowledge that
your neighbors are willing to share
with you.
The response has been so over-
whelming that the Holiday Tabloid
is not able to absorb all the wealth
of material.
If late-comers find that their offer-
ings are not in print, we remind
them there is another holiday issue
coming late in December, when
everything that could not find a
spot in this tabloid, will be used.
So, happy holiday for everyone.
And a hearty vote of thanks to
the schools and the churches and
the College, and all the marvelous
people of the Back Mountain who
have made this issue possible. . .
not forgetting the advertisers, those
businessmen of the community who
underwrite the expense of a special
issue by advertising in the Dallas
Post.