Show 01 n mr rl y k m tn in RU fut A m merry w air earv chri christmas atmas ekx ITH TH 1926 DRAWING RAPIDLY TO A IL CLOSE WE CAN LOOK BACK OVER ITS TWELVE MONTHS AS THEW HAVE PASSED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WE FIND IN THEM MUCH THAT WS WE WILL WISH TO REMEMBER AND BUT VERY LITTLE WE WILL WANT TO FORGET THE HE CHRISTMAS SEASON OF 1926 1026 BRINGS TO US A R RECORD E 0 0 R D OF T TWELVE W E Is V E T MONTHS OF COMMUNITY PEACE OF or COMMUNITY GOOD WILL OF COMMUNITY prosperity AND AN INCREASED COMMUNITY HOPE FOR THE DAWNING YEAR OF 1927 TOURING D 1926 1026 WE HAVE ENJOYED OUR NEIGHBORS OUR FRIENDS WB WE HAVE LAUGHED WITH THEM IN THEIR HOURS OF MERRIMENT AND WE HAVE GRIEVED WITH THEM IN THEIR bereavements A AND N D CONSOLED T THEM H E M AS BEST WE MIGHT THIS IS AS IT SHOULD BE IT IS SUCH THINGS THAT THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS TEACHES US IT IS THE LESSON BROUGHT TO US BY THE MAN OF GALLILEE NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTYSIX YEARS AGO INURING 1926 WE HAVE GROWN BETTER individually AND collectively D WE HAVE EVINCED A GREATER DEGREE OF TOLERANCE OF HUMAN KINDNESS OF LOVE AND FAITH THAN IN ANY PREVIOUS YEAR AND THIS IS BUT BUI BUTAN AN EVIDENCE OF THE increasing betterment OF THE RACE ke IV H A BACKWARD GLANCE OVER THE RECORDS OF 1926 WE filid EVERY GOOD REASON FOR BELIEVING THIS CHRISTMAS leaion SEASON IS TO BE THE BEST WE HAVE EVER ENJOYED WS WM KNOW THAT THOSE BLESSINGS FAITH HOPE LOVE PEACE THAT WERE BROUGHT TO THE RACE WITH THE DAWN 0 THE CHRISTIAN ERA ARE WITH US TODAY IN DEGREE HAN EVER BEFORE WE KNOW WE WILL RECEIVE A GREATER NUMBER OF HEARTY XMAS GREETINGS A GREATER NUMBER OF FRIENDLY SMILES AND WHAT COMES TO US WILL COME TO EACH AND EVERY individual IN OUR Y ING OUR MERRY TO EACH AND EVERY ONE t V I 1 v ml UTAN 4 deap t t S am all owl 11 wo k admi A Smi |