Show SPECIAL COUNTY CHRONIClK DECEMBER 25 1986 CHRISTMAS USPS PROGRESS THC RC3SOM lOT the Season flo1 kj ‘ x -- - J "V' i e' Jr i We with you an holiday filled with love and laughter and all the special delights of the season BRUSH WELLMAN MeMe QbGGir Christmas wish for you and all mankind: A ON EARTH! PEACE MILLARD COUNTY INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE Try reading the Christmas story as it might appear someday on the inside pages of the Millard County Chroni- cle Progress And it came to pass that there was no longer any work in Delta Utah so a man named Joe and his fiancee a teenager named Mary loaded all of their worldly possessions into a rusty 1971 Chevy truck and headed south hoping to find work in Phoenix Arizona the "Sunbelt" of opportunity Word had it that there were plenty of jobs in Phoenix in the construction industry and Joe was a carpenter by trade Somewhcte in Utah the heater quit on the old truck An unavoidable chuckholc busted the shock absorbers and Mary seven months pregnant felt every bump in the road as though it was going right through her! They stopped for a day in I lagstaff but Joe was unable to find a job They piled back into the old truck and headed for He doored the accelerator Phoenix and drove further In the distance he saw the lights of a hospital he thought Yes there was the little blue and white sign with the“H” on it But it was too late He pulled off the road and with an excruciating scream the young girl gave birth to a baby boy a small baby boy in the front seat of the ’71 Chevy truck as it was parked along the side of the road! It was the first for both of them Joe did his best to make Mary and wrapping his comfortable around the baby he headed once again for the hospital The truck careened toward the Emergency Entrance and Joe heard one of the residents yell "My God! It’s a unit it to the T joy and peAce The Star of Bethlehem remind a of Hli lore and hope for peace on earth! Lovell Inc Truck Sales & Farm Equipment Hinckley Service v y preemieget Hurriedly they placed immediately!” Mary and the baby on a gurney and rushed toward the pediatric unit Joe sank into a chair in the waiting room and breathed a sigh of relief But it wasn’t long before that sign turned to shocked disbelief and unbelievable anger The message was curt and frightening: “I’m sorry but we don’t room in the neohave anymore natal not one available isolettc!” Joe had no hospitalization insurance and only fifteen dollars to his name The rest of the story you know There’s still no room in the Inn and how much room is there in our hearts? Try writing a Christmas Carol about this And all of a sudden Bethlehem doesn’t seem so far away or so long ago All of a sudden it’s no longer side page news for the Chronicle Progress But what good are stories about desperate people— or filled homeless people-Where is any semblance of a Divine message a Christmas message in all this? I’ll tell you where it is for it is comes to precisely how this us then and now The hopes and fears of all the years our hopes and fears are still met in Him Jesus the are met in an unbelievable Christ event just like this Rev Marren T Fikejs Pastor Della Community Presbyterian Church When the final bell has rung When the last carol's sung Though this Christmas will pass You've precious memories to last With Joyous Sounds of Christmas songs and holiday cheer With Good Friends all around to help us close the year With a Family’s Love that makes days spe- First Capital Title Co Abe and Annett Johnson 61 S Mairi'Fillmore-743-51561 S MaiivDelta'864'4057 5 cial moments so dear With Our Best Wishes to you out there from all of us here Millard County I Chronicle Progress iiiiiiiiiiiiii 3 3 3 iI 3 I 1 Michael D Rose It’s Christmas! Have the merriest yet! Insurance Agency 343 West Main-Delt- a SEARS 246 VV Main-Delt- a 7 £ I I£ G C G £ £G Qualify Thriftily Ace Hardware Ben Franklin |