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Show THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1969 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1969 PLEASANT GROVf REVIEW, PLEASANT CROVt, UTAH I fax J Y1 I I Plnncnnt Grnvp Floral 1 u ts wmb -sw w v -mm w B Glenn and Jennie Gilbert I tree is V SXJ trimmed, ornaments X. B7 are glimmering, Santa's Jrf g arrived and everybody's happy! Vf ivj! To all you wonderful people, ti$ff I we send wishes for all the t lJ'M best oj Christmas. fi A e are haPPy 10 know an& At h I 'A toserveyou. ,trfl (Mk. 1 STEVE MURDOCK I AMERICAN FORK W J ' I j Pi... ELLISON CLEANERS . I OLD - - AMERICAN FORK MAKE THIS CHRISTMAS FINE FINISH FOR YEAR What will Christmas be and attentive to your fam-like fam-like for you and your fam- ily. A good place to start la ily this year? It is up to with hubby, when he gets you to decide here and home from work. Have his now. If you feel it should favorite records playing be a time of spiritual en- on the Hi F when he walks richment rather than a in. Preparing some sea-period sea-period of self-indulgence, a sonal or out - of - season bit of Binrnle danninir and dishes for him always goes a lot of determination will accomplish your goal. This may seem to be a large order, particularly as the traditional holiday extras ex-tras mount. Our usual practice is to try to do more, on a grander scale, than we did the year previous. pre-vious. . Then to complicate matters, mat-ters, it seems that each child, friend, and organize ation are having a bazaar, party or program that calls for our wholehearted participation. Despite all these obligations, it is important im-portant that we recognize that if we want to eliminate elimin-ate the extraneous and emphasize the significant, the choice is still ours. The true significance of Christmas lies in the renewed re-newed kinship between people. The familiar music, mu-sic, the beautiful decorations, decora-tions, the gift-giving may all heighten our feelings of goodwill and brotherhood, but what really counts most are the person-to-person relationships husband to wife, parents to children, brother to sister, sis-ter, friend to friend, neighbor neigh-bor to neighbor. It is these close relationships relation-ships that are often cast aside as seasonal tensions mount and the calendar becomes too crowded to give attention and consideration consid-eration to those we care for most. Why not reverse the trend this year? Rather than become the typical over - burdened, harassed housewife, why not become be-come even , more tender THE POINSETTIA " The Polnsettia plant was brought to the United States by Joel Robert Poinsett, first minister to Mexico. Poinsett successfully grew the wild scarlet plant on his estate In South Carolina, and American Ameri-can botanists named the plant the polnsettia. The name stuck, In the U.S., even though It was I a-ter discovered that a German botanist, Karl Willdenow, had earlier described and catalogued the plant as Euphorbia pulcherrlma, or "the very beautiful Euphorbia." Euphor-bia." In other nations, It is known as the Flreplant, Mexican Flame Leaf, Shepherdess, Shep-herdess, and Lobster Plant 1 -Jf' FASHIONED Times change, but the good old-fashioned spirit of Christmas goes on forever, and so do our hearty - wishes for your happiness, and our 1 earnest thanks for your friendly good will. over big. Encourage me cnuaren to make suggestions and participate in the preparations prepara-tions for the holidays. As in all child-participation, their contributions call for diplomacy, patience and the foresight to realize that you'll have to clean up after your little helpers. help-ers. ' Another area which ' Bhould be given added attention at-tention at Christmas la the family-at-large. It is easy and excusable to neglect neg-lect aunts, uncles and inlaws in-laws on the fringe of your consciousness during most of the year. Blood -ties don't always mean good companionship. But, It does seem callous and thoughtless not to help arrange ar-range a gathering of the clan at this time. Tt SI fe ci x Si w t'l rr- I i-l 'I ' j I -n 11. lV?f Jii ' ; lj j) ;!!!! jiKiKS: 3 ' cf.y r -- r lt- ': ' ' ' ''', .....v. 1 T JAY F HARMER; Maybf" -MARK H. JOHNSON, Recorder MARGE WOFFINDEN, treasurer vsj " V Mince Pies and Puritans Mingle in Yule History Mince pies, so long a part of our Christmas tradition, tra-dition, originally had a deeply symbolic signifl-cance signifl-cance . . . The first mines pies were patterned In oblong ob-long shape, after the manger man-ger in which Christ was born , . . The crust represented repre-sented the gold brought by the Three Wise Men; the many spices, the frankin cense and myrrh. On May 11, 1659, the general court of Massachusetts Massa-chusetts Bay outlawed Christraas . . . Anyone celebrating, cel-ebrating, ' stopping work, sewing holiday.' fare or-deviating or-deviating from normal daily life would be fined five shillings . . . The righteous right-eous Puritans were sure they were acting wisely . - w In the quiet dawn of a winter's new day, the Spirit of Christmas descends upon the world, instilling boundless joy and the wann feeling of good wUl towards alL To our many friends, old and new, were wishing that this will be the happiest of Christmases, bright and shining with the fulfillment of long-cherished dreams. It is our good fortune to have so many kind friends and patrons . ...their friendship is one of our most prized possessions. Prayer For Peace From The Moon This is the Christmas Prayer offered from lunar orbit by Apollo 8 Commander Frank Bo man: "Clvt us, 0 Cod, the vlalon which can see Thy love In the world In spue of human failure, "Give us the "faith to trust the goodness la spite of our Ignorance and weakness. Clv us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding -hearts, and show us what each one of us can do to set forward the coming of the day of universal Peace. Amea" WILLIAMSBURG. VIRGINIA Williamsburg, Virginia, has a week long celebration at Christmastime which reflects the earliest traditions of the colonial Virginians. To spend Christmas there, surrounded by a town completely and beautifully restored In Its original form, would be an exciting experience. for how could good Chrlst-tians Chrlst-tians condone the pagan origin of Christmas? Did not such a holiday encourage encour-age excess in eating and drinking? ... It was 22 years before that law was repealed. ) r:. ij . ill ? f tt'-SaS MKMWNMfXMWKvA- jf. -v ' Grove City ' City Councilmen: - .v.' MARVIN GREEN" MICHAEL VICCHRILLI if wmn To all, a wish for a Christmas richly blessed with peace and joy. And to our patrons, our heartfelt thanks for the privilege of serving you. ROBERT'S BEAUTY SALON 1 4 t5 2mzm -ft - n a lj; si Corporation JESSE K.THORNE WALTER REIMSCH I ISESL . PAUL BLACKHURST a .. ; 1 t |