The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 24 December 1968 — Page 6

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The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

Tuesday, December 24, 196 8

THE CHRISTMAS STORY

At that time Emperor AuitiiNtus sent out an order tor all the citizens of the Empire to register themselves tor the census. - When this first census took place. Quirinius was the governor of Syria. Everyone, then, went to register himself, each to his ow n tow n. 1 Joseph went from the town of Nazareth, in Galilee, to Judea, to the town named Bethlehem, w here Kinit David was born. Joseph went there because he himsclt was a descendant of David. He went to register himselt with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him. She was pregnant, and while they were in Bethlehem, the time came tor her to have her baby. 7 She ^ave birth to her first son, w rapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger - - there was no room for them to stay in the inn. * There were some shepherds in that part of the country who were spending the night in the Helds, taking care ot their flocks. ■' An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone over them. They were terribly afraid, ’"but the angel said to them: "Don't be afraid! lor I am here with good news for you. which w ill bring great joy to all the people. " This very night in Dav id’s tow n your Savior was born-—Christ the Lord! This is what will prove it to you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 Suddenly a great army of heaven’s angels appeared with the angel, singing praises to God: “ "Glory to God in the highest heaven! And peace on earth to men with whom he is pleased!” l " When the angels went away from them back into heaven, the shepherds said to on another. Let us go to Bethlehem and sec this thing that has happened, that the Lord has told us." So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and saw the baby lying in the manger. Luke 2:1-10

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Poems

The following poems are recent writings by the Rev. Wilbur V. Day, a retired Methodist minister who makes his home at 811 Shadowlawn Ave. Rev. Day was born near Fillmore in 1901. He has served the church for 43 years, 24 of them in the Northwest Indiana Confer.

ence of the Methodist Church. For many years he has written poems at Christmas and used them on greetings to friends and relatives. Many of these poems have been published in the communities where he has served as pastor.

by Wilbur V. Day On a star lit night in the long ago, When the heavens were all aglow, And gentle shepherds watched their flocks, An event occurred that stopped all clocks. All was B.C. before Christ came, And all is A.D. as we now proclaim, How important that noble birth, Which promised peace to all the earth. Wise men followed that brilliant star, As they journeyed from that land afar, Even the Angellic Chorus did sing, Heralding the birth of The Newborn King. So, again as we celebrate that wondrous birth That wafts goodwill throughout the earth. We wish you great joy, and much good cheer, During this season and throughout the New Year.

The Chri stmas Light by Wilbur V. Day Bright the light that lit the sky As shepherds scanned the heavens high, The night of our blessed saviour’s birth Which gave new hope to all the earth. How radiant again the stars do shine Lighting up that great event divine, Building new faith in your heart and mine During this wondrous Christmas time. Into this world’s darkening night Come, O Child of divinest light, And light heavens descending dove Fill all hearts, O Light of Love. The Hill of Christmas Christmas, the hill of the human heart, Where all of the finer emotions start, And our memories journey to Bethlehem town Where the baby Jesus came lovingly down. Down o’er the hill the Angels did sing Announcing the birth of The Newborn King, And coming from that land afar The wise men followed the Bethlehem Star. It was the Star of Hope for all to see, Promising salvation for you and me, For When Christ comes into our hearts to dwell Then all the world can sing Emmanuel.

Santa Steers Cargo Planes For Men in South Vietnam

By NAT GIBSON TAY NINH, South Vietnam (UPI)—In South Vietnam, a combat infantryman can color Santa Claus camouflage green and call him a C130. The Hercules is an ugly cargo plane shaped like an oversized cucumber. It lumbers across airstrips and lurches into the air awkwardly. Its four engines, however, carry more power than any 12 reindeer that ever lived. And the pilots bring the soldiers the best yuletide gifts of all— ammunition, food and mail from home. On an around-the-clock basis, these planes dip onto warscarred airfields to service allied oases deep in Vietcong territory. Sometimes these flights are milk runs. Sometimes they are not. "They like us to get in and out in a hurry,” loadmaster Theodore Murack, 23, of Lidg-

erwood, N.D., said. “They don’t like us to stay on the ground long because we tend to draw mortar fire.” The C130s are the infantrymen’s lifeline and the Vietcong do not like them. Whenever the Communists get a chance, they try to knock one out of the air. Murack’s regular plane crash-landed at one of these fields recently, and he joined another C130 crew, led by Maj. Conrad J. Luecke of Escanaba, Mich. They were nominated to service a small American outpost near here, whose short airstrip stretched outside of the Allies defense lines. It was a tough field to land on and the threat of sudden Vietcong antiaircraft fire was a constant danger. To avoid the threat, Luecke circled high and nosed the Cl30 down like a fighter plane in a “maximum effort’’ landing.

"Maximum effort means there is no room for anything to go wrong,” the eo-pilot, Capt. Edward Petlak, of Chicago, said. "If it does, we crash.” At Christmas, mail bags become the most constant factor in these cargoes. And there is always an instant grin when the infantrymen see the plane belch the bright red bags from its rear door. Getting the mail to the soldiers is hard work for the C130s five-man crew. Their normal work day is 12 hours long, and it might take them anywhere from modern airports, such as Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut Air Base, to forward coast bases under seige. “I like the work real well,” said crew chief Warrell Law, of Pittsburgh, Pa. “But, I would rather be home at Christmas.”

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Purdue to hold annual poultry clinic in January

Livestock and poultry will be discussed at Purdue University, Thursday, January 9, during a week-long Farm Science Days at at the University, January 6-11. A look at some of the important problems and questions facing poultrymen today will receive attention at the annual Poultry Servicemen’s Clinic. During the morning session opening at 9:30 in Room 206, in Memorial Center, topics will include egg prices expected .during the next 12 months and considerations on expansion, does it pay to cull, when the flock should be disposed of , force molting, and if Indiana should be doing more. W.J. Stadelman, Purdue animal scientist, will preside. H.G. Diesslin, director of Indiana’s Cooperative Extension Service, will speak at the noon luncheon in Room 250, Memorial Union. Role of the serviceman in disease prevention and control, intestinal infections of poultry and programming disease prevention and control in replacements and layers will be afternoon subjects at the clinic. David D. Jackson, Purdue Extension poultryman, will be in charge. Meeting at the same time pork and beef producers and sheep and draft horse breeders will start their conferences with beef program registration at 8:00 in the

Memorial Center’s East foyer. First session will start at 9:30 in Rooms 302-306. T.E. Graham, of Graham Farms, Inc., Washington, will preside. Spotlighting the session will be a panel discussion on supply and demand and how it will affect the industry. Kenneth Monfort, Monfort Feedlots,Greeley, Colo.; Tony Cunha,chairman animal science department, University of Florida, Gainsville, Fla., and Woodrow J. Aunan, director, American Meat Institute Foundation, Chicago, will serve as panelists. R.E. Sneddon, American National Cattlemen’s Association, Denver, will speak on improving the position of the beef and cattle industry at the 12:30 luncheon in the Memorial Union’s south ballroom. Berl Buis, Marion, president of the Indiana Cattlemen’s Association, will preside at the luncheon and at the association’s business meeting immediately following the address. Problems and opportunities in the pork industry will be the central thought at the swine producers session, beginning at 9:15 in the Memorial Center’s Fowler Hall. A variety of subjects, ranging from winning the battle against TGE to management as a factor in controlling baby pig scours,

Expert explains

Yule Tree custom

NEW YORK <UPI) — Although only a century-and-a-half old in the United States, Christmas trees have a history that is measured in centuries and reflect two of the most hallowed of Christian verities— the Garden of Eden and Christ as the "light of the world.” Christmas trees, as a result, are among the more popular symbols on Yule cards. Dan Drake, general Christmas editor for Hallmark Cards put it this way: "Most people equate the Christmas tree with the warmth of Christmas.” The tree first was seen in medieval miracle plays, which were produced as religious instruction for the illiterate of the age. A play about Eve’s eating the forbidden fruit was enacted with only one prop on stage, that being a single, apple-laden fir that became known as the Paradise Tree. The play ended with the promise of the coming of Christ and was presented just before Christmas, usually to prepare the faithful. At about the same time, persons also decorated for the Christmas season with pyra-mid-shaped frames of lights, symbolizing the birth of Christ as the light of the world. In some countries it was customary tc decorate these pyramids ivith tinsel, glass balls and a :andle on top. Manuscripts from Germany, lating to the 16th century, in he Hallmark research library record the first efforts to combine the Paradise Tree and the Christmas light pyramid. To remind people that the tree was no longer sinful, that the tree reflected the “sw T eet fruit of Christ’s salvation of mankind,” cookies and other good things were hung on the tree. The first tree was thought to have been brought to the United States by Hessian soldiers during the American Revolution. They were homesick and needed a tie to their homeland.

Authorities estimate more than 40 million trees will be decorated in American homes this Yule season. News quotes By United Press International PANMUNJOM, Korea — Lt. Cmdr. Lloyd Mark Bucher, skipper of the USS Pueblo, insisting that his intelligence ship was in neutral waters when captured by the North Koreans: “We were accosted on the open seas and we were captured on the open seas.” MIAMI — Part-time deputy Milton Buffington, describing the capture of Gary Steven Krist, accused abductor of heiress Barbara Jane Mackle, on a tiny muck-covered island near Miami: “We tur led the light on him and there he was, crouched down on a log, just sitting there. Mac (Deputy Richard MacLeod) held the light on him and I handcuffed him ... He didn’t do nothing. He just obeyed what we said.” NEW YORK- David Eisenhower, shrugging off with a laugh questions about how big a family he and his new bride, Julie Nixon, wanted to raise: “W’e’re talk that over later.” PANMUNJOM, Korea—Maj. Gen. Gilbert Hume, charactering the document he signed in order to obtain the release by North Vietnam of the 82 survivors of the USS Pueblo: “The usual garbage they have been putting out.” Pope comments VATICAN CITY (UPI)—Pope Paul VI said today America’s Apollo 8 moonflight was a “feat going beyond every ordinary limit of human fantasy and activity.” “Let us pray for a successful and fruitful outcome of their daring scientific enterprises and let us invoke the help of God for the astronauts, for all those connected with them, for the human race,” he said.

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are included in the morning program. The Indiana Pork Producers Association’s luncheon and annual meeting at noon in the Memorial Union’s north ballroom will feature the Rev. J.G. Wick, Lafayette, as speaker. Orville Chamberlain, Urbana, vicepresident of the association, will preside at the business meeting and awards presentation. Panelists representing the central markets, country hog markets, cooperatives, packer, producer and Indiana Pork Producers Association will discuss how we plan to improve hog marketing in the next five years during the afternoon session commencing at 2 o'clock in the Memorial Center’s Fowler Hall. Beginning at 9:30, sheep breed associations will conduct their meetings concurrently in Memorial Center rooms. Then at 1:30 p.m. the Indiana Sheep Breeders Association will meet in Room 302 of Memorial Center for an annual business session and election of officers. Hi Overton, Yeso, N.M., rancher and pres'ident of the National Wool Growers Association, will discuss “What U.S. Sheepmen Need To Do.” The Indiana Draft Horse Breeders Association will conduct its annual meeting at 1 p.m. in Room 212, Memorial Center. J.H. Furbay, lecturer, author and commentator, will address the annual Indiana Livestock Breeders Association. The banquet, arranged for 5 p.m. in Memorial Union’s north ballroom, will include entertainment by the Purdue Varsity Glee Club, trophy and meat animal awards

and portrait presentations. The Association’s Ijoard of directors will meet at 8 p.m. in Room 210 Memorial Center.

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