Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1948 — Page 12

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I * A s) I—o X z '~" / * Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers was chewing on his fingernails. He had just been indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury at a senate committee hearing. Donald E. Blodgett of Evanston, 111., was extending a hearty welcome to two visitors from St. Niklaas, Belgium, Mr. and Mrs. George Smet. They had shielded him from Nazis when, as an AAF pilot, hi; plane was shot down in 1944. President Harry Truman was wondering what he should do with a brand new spaniel pup. One of his friends in Missouri had sent it to him. The dog’s name was Feller. Lt. Glenn Davis (Mr. Outside of the West Point Blanchard-Davis backfield combination) was sulking in his tent. The army had refused to permit him to resign so he could play pro football. Henry Agard Wallace was being progressive. He announced that he would run for president in 1948 on a third party platform of “peace and abundance for all.” Congressman Clare E. Hoffman of Michigan was being difficult. He set up a barren Christmas tree outside |jis office and placed a sign on it reading “Nothing for the home folks. They've sent it all abroaji.” New Yorkers were calling grumpily for St. Bernards and brandy kegs. They had been presented with 25.8 inches of snow by a 16-hour blizzard. Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault was beaming with happiness. He had just married a Chinese girl, Ann Chan, in Shanghai. ■X- - - jgSfrfcX ’•X i l JpjßMySwt I •* iKRsa/ PRESENT . . . This puppy is as ! happy as his master. Experts say that a pet is an ideal gift for chilI dreu, ■ YuletimeThoughts ! Heywood Broun once said, "Christi mas is not a date. It is a state of i mind.” i No man lives today who does not I seek, in some way, to follow a guidi ing star. — It was Christ who. by his volun- • tary acceptance of the role of servi ant, has been elevated to the royal • j purple and seated at God’s right i I hand. • I ~ i At few, if any, times since Christ j was born have all the people of the i earth needed faith, trust, and peace J as much as they do now. , — have More Pigs i j During the past 10 years, the aver 1 age number of pigs saved per litter 1 j in thia country has been going up

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’Tis Time for Singing in the Night, Gifts and Laughter and Candlelight WTS. | A drawing from an English publication of the time of Charles Lamb (1*75-1834) who wrote many glowing things about Christmas By CHARLES LAMB It is the happiest time of the year. It is the season of mirth and cold weather. It is the time when Christmas boxes and jokes are given; when mistletoe and red-berried laurel, and soups, and sliding and school boys prevail; when the country is illumined by fired and bright faces; and the town is radiant with laughing children... But look! what thing is this, awful and coloured like the rainbow, blue and red and glistening yellow? Its vest is sky-tinctured! The edges of its garments are like the sun! Is it: A faery vision Os some gay creature of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow lives, v And plays o’ the plighted clouds f No—it is the Beadle of St. 's! How|Christmas and consolatory he looks! How redolent of good cheer he is! He is corna-copia —an abundance! What pudding sleeves! What a collar red and like beefsteak, is his. He is a walking refreshment! He looks like a whole parishfull—important—but untaxed. * f X- 7 1 kiKjr'x I $n you c n . Christmas lad New im~( — y VJ/ £ & H?L CO. X q:wc.’ -V i !*\» W® 1 pr < I ■ j/x ■ /yf 11 . (GUHIMfiS m As we think of all the good things that we would in wish you this Christmas, ■ we cannot help but feel that K this sentiment is inspired by ? J your good will and friendship ■ maintained through the years. lllgg IDEAL HRhB dairy bar k JmJb Mb'

Mail Carriers Walk Many Weary Miles LOADED ... A familiar sight on the streets this time of year. He wishes he had Santa’s reindeer to help with the load. Give a thought to the foot-sore mail carrier, who probably trudges more weary miles during Christmas week than does old St Nick himself. His mailsack will be even heavier this year than in 1947. Last December, the nation's postal service delivered 5,009,000,000 pieces of mail. They expect to break that record this Christmas. You can help spare your mail carrier’s bunions—and incidentally speed delivery of your own Yuletide letters, Christmas cards, and packages—by heeding the Post Office Department’s suggestions: 1. Shop now—get your Christmas mail and packages off as early as possible. 2. Wrap your gifts carefully. Address them plainly—Aunt Susie may be able to decipher <your handwriting, but not all postmen carry magnifying glasses and crystal balls. Register valuable letters. Insure valuable packages. 3. Be sure to put the full address on each piece of mail Include city zone numbers. i Send your Christmas cards by first-class mail. Put a three-cent stamp on every Christmas card and seal the envelopes. They are more personal that way, and if your friend has moved, the card will be forwarded. Third-class mail doesn't have that privilege. 5. Remember that Air Mail for tetters and Christmas cards is only a nickel, and it will get them to distant points more quickly—especially if you. slip up on Suggestion No. 1. W’Vrfa I LOO The bell, the world's oldest and simplest musical instrument, is the world's most universal Yuletide symbol. Each nation has its individual symbols of Christmas, but the bell will be found somewhere in the traditions of every one. Bell authorities claim that Pope Sabinianus gave us the first church bells in 604. The custom has grown until there is no use of church bells so widely known as the ringing of the chimes to herald the advent of the birth of Christ. In recent years the ancient bell has “grown up" into the carillon, a highly sensitive instrument on which Christmas carols seem to find their most perfect expression.

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The World Day of Prayer in 1949 will 'be celebrated on March 4. Each year the number who participate in this significant day grows larger. In connection with Wisconsin’s celebration of its 100th anniversary, the people of the state this summer sent a shipload of gift parcels to Denmark. The 31st annual meeting of the Na'lonal Lutheran Council will be, held in New York City from Feb. I 1 to 4 next year, it was announced' here by Dr. Paul C. Empie, execu-j five director of the Council. Ses-j sions will be held in the Church! House at 231 Madison Avenue.

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The first group of immigrai part of the 205,000 displaced j sons who will enter the Uni States under a two-year reset ment program, consists of 491 man and Greek Catholics, 161 j e 75 Russian and Greek Ortho Church members, and 68 Pro tants. The religious preference 18 is not stated, It is reported that Poland's ligious population is shrink rapidly, as indicated by the toll j Ing statistics: Roman Cathol a decrease from 22,900.000 in 1 Ito 19,500,000 at present; East : Orthodox, 430,000 compared n ! 4,(700,000 a decade ago; Prol i tants, a drop to 250,000 from 7 1000 at that time.