Show 8 I Il p t. t r t i r ctt D I II I I r ITH ITH TH 1926 drawing r raPI rapidly Y t to toa o a close we e et I t can look back over its twelve m months s as as c f I they have e passed i in n t this is community and ana t J we find in in them much that we ve will viiI wish vish t to to If remember and but very ve little we e will well want t to forget t. t o The Christ Christmas as season of 1926 brings to us a record vj of f vel t twelve elve e m months of c community peace of co community mun k 1 r goo good will of community prosperity e a and an In increased creased d. d j 7 community hope o for the d dawning awning year o of 1927 During b 1926 we ve have enjoyed our neighbors our 1 friends friends' we ve have l laughed with them in in their their t hours hours' y of O merriment a and nd d dve we ve have grieved with them in i in n their bereavements and consoled console them as best we might This is is as it should shout be e. e It is is such things that th len lenthe t the spirit of Christmas teaches us It is is the lesson brought to to us by the Man of Gallilee 1 ee nineteen hundred hun h e. e dr dred e and an twenty twenty six six years year ago During 1926 we have grown better otter individually and collectively we have evince evinced a greater degree of tolerance of human amen kindness o of love eve an and I faith than in in any previous year an and this is is but an evidence o of the increasing betterment o of the race With a backward glance over the records of 1926 we ve fin find every goo good reason for believing this Christmas Christ Chri st st. I mas season is to be e the best we have ever enjoyed I We know now that those blessings faith hope love pea peace that th t were brought to the race tote with the dawn d wn awn of the Christian era are with us today oday in in greater degree than ever before We T know knol owe we ve will rec receive ive I a greater number of hearty Christmas greetings a greater number of bf friendly smiles and w what wha at comes to us us will come to each and every individual in our our iti community including a our Me Merr Merry Ty Y Christmas to each ch and every one THE Hl HE PUBLISHERS I t 5 l i u r I 7 Copt Copyright 1926 1916 1 d r n |