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Show OREM-GENEVA TIMES Orem-Geneva Times Published every Thursday at Orem, Ulah M. NEFF SMART. Editor and Publisher CLYDE E. WEEKS JR.. Associate Editor Entered as second class matter November 19. 1944 at the posioffice at Orem. Ulah. under the act of March 3, 1897. MEMBER: Utah Slate Press Association National Editorial Association Subscription Rates: One year, in advance $3.00 0 ROOM AT THE INN Pearl Buck, who has spent much of her life in China, and who is famous for her insight into Chinese thinking as well as for her best-seller novels, has f Christmas story in the current Ladies Home Journal, that brought tears to our eyes. Because we want to be associated with her in our thinking exerpts of her story must suffice for the Christmas editorial. Mrs. Buck describes her youthful years in China with her parents and the poignant experiences which Christmas Christ-mas brought to her in that land : "It was on Christmas morning that I knew my parents par-ents could be sifjk with longing for their own country and their own kind .... on Christmas the tree shedj its light across the sea, and in that glory I saw the beloved be-loved land and the people which were my own. It was a magic land and of course it did not really exist. There never exists such a land as the exile remembers on Christmas morning. It is dream country, and its citizens citi-zens are angels." ". . . . on Christmas mornings even yet, especially when the snow falls over our rolling countryside and we wake to a white Christmas, I am homesick for the magic land I used to think America was a land where all is peace, and men are truly brothers. Surely some time? 0 Christmas, come, when our tall sons need not face the darkening future and life cut off! 0 Christ Child,, show us that such things need not be ! We are so skilled in war, so fumbling in the ways of making peace. We choose the easy way, and for this we shall not be forgiven. Of those to whom much is given, much . is expected. At Christmas time I know again what I have always known. In the midst of joy, in the safety of our home., among our living children, I feel the anger of the world descend upon us, who have been given mucfi, and1 yet have not found the ways of peace. The old wise words come back to me again: 'The inferior man blames others, but the superior man ever blames himself.' "I have tried sometimes to tell Americans how human beinfes behave when they are starved, but I cannot get them to understand. One has to see to know. And bitter bit-ter above all is the needlessness of such suffering. China neve? Starves entire. She has riches of food. But she has never in modern times had a government which carries food from one place to another for the people. When will we learn that there need be no starving anywhere any-where in the world? In one country food is thrown away, in another the people die, today, as then. May we be forgiven for not seeking out the ways of peace!" "How many mothers and fathers weep, as we do in our hearts, when we watch our tall boys reaching up the Christmas tree to hang the tinsel and the silver balls! Another Christmas and where will they be? What is this world which we have made where the young can no longer count upon their future? God forgive all of us, how have we let it come to this?" STREET ADDRESSES AND FIRES The newest argument (and one of the best) for making mak-ing the numbering of Orem houses mandatory came Wewnesday when a furnace exploded at Rt. 1, Box 211, Orem. Now we wouldn't know where that residence is, and neither did the fire laddies who were called to answer ans-wer the fire call at that residence at about 1 :15 p. m. The firemen did the best they could. They ran across the street to the postoffice and asked postal clerks where Rt. 1, Box 211 was. The clerks divulged the information in-formation (not available to us commoners) that Rt. 1, Box 211 was in the vicinity of 10th North and 2nd East. Fortunately the furnace explosion did not develop into a blaze and the firemen reached the scene in time to be of service. . If a blaze had developed, we're inclined to think that the trip across the street to the postoffice might have been costly. We could make a better story out of this: suppose it had happened at night when the postoffice was closed. Suppose it was a Christmas tree blaze and there were children asleep in the house! Suppose it were your home ! You'd wish that you had a street address. Exclusive Chain Bar Tread FOR ROUGH WINTER DRIVING Guaranteed More Traction. Longer Life, Safer Grip. For Less - See ERNIE DEAN at O. K. Rubber Welders THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21 1959 OVER A WORLD OF DARKNESS SHINING EHMin.1 i mm Varieties Club Stages Annual Holiday Dinner Members of the Varleies club and their partners enjoyed a holiday dinner and social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marlow Peterson. The rooms were decorated with lighted candles and miniature minia-ture Christmas trees. Christmas gifts were exchanged around a beautifully decorated tree. Games were played and prizes awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Park, Ed Pyne, Gorden Y. Mitchell Mit-chell and Francis Brown, Miniature snow men were given as favors. Club members prepared and served a delicious supper to the following: Mr. and Mrs. Ray Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ercanbrack. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Newell Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Park, Mrs. and Mrs. E. E. Twitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Don Sackett. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gor-don Mitchell, Bishop and Mrs. Reed Burgener, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Brown, Mr. and Mrs. William Jacobsen, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Christensen, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pyne and Mr. and Mrs. Peterson. To Shed Light on the World This Week THESE MEN HAD THIS TO SAY: Mr. and Mrs. David Illings-worth Illings-worth and Mrs. Blanche Nielson were Salt Lake City visitors on Sunday afternoon. Lionel Myers of Riverton, Utah was a visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ferry Nielson on Monday. Orem Forum Views of Local Residents On Items of General Interest 1. Letters published in this column must bo in good taste, must not defame individuals or institutions, must be of reasonable reas-onable length. 2. Letters or postcards must be signed with the writer's true name, however a pseudonym mar be used for publication. Going to the Dogs Editor, Orem-Geneva Times: On account of calls coming from so many people expressing hope that something will be done with the dog problem, I am asking our kind editor to grant us space for a few more statements. Few people care to sign their name. We can't blame them for that. Someone asks if "something can't be done to stop this pois oning?" That would be very simple: just take care of the dogs and there would be no more poisoning. What if this man whom the dogs are driving crazy should attempt to do what he says he will do? Just think what could happen while this "crazy man" is poisoning nogs. A child, or maybe several children chil-dren might be poisoned. Then what? The "crazy man" should be hanged. Maybe so. But that will not right the great wrong that has been done. It would not bring the child or dogs bark to life. The only thing that can prevent .the possibility of such a thing happening is to see that our dogs are not destroying other oth-er people's property or disturbing disturb-ing the peace to which people have a right. There are at least two ways to get favorable action from the dog owners. One is for the owners own-ers to voluntarily provide places where the dogs will be shut up at least at night, and another way is for the law enforcement officers to take care of it. It looks like the ones who insist on Wants Ice Skating Editor, Orem-Geneva Times: With such an ideal location as we have at the Orem city park why can't Orem have an ice skating pond during the winter? There are a lot ofj skating skat-ing enthusiasts in the city, young and old, who would enjoy the use of a frozen pond if it were only provided. Surely the city could arrange to have some of its employees spend a few hours flooding the ball diamond and getting the rink ready for use. Perhaps there is a good reason why this isn't done- If so the public is entitled en-titled to know just why. Skating Fan Tonight and Saturday Iff Starring James Stewart and filmed in Technicolor! 'Special Christmas rates for this program: M 10c-20c-35c Dec. 25 - 26 IS? if iplon., Tues, Wed. IliiiSIij i si. ..ASM WiSf win M. VA S Is I 5? & I 1 m m The BROKEN ARROW JAUES STEWART BABBAIA HALE Si 2 1 1 keeping dogs would be willing to keep them shut up at night. Noise and destruction by dogs is iust about a thing of the past in the larger cities. The law 1 sjf . 1 i mi h'ti taices care oi u. ine neignoors. don t need to become involved. ' fof Can't vou see that the owner of a noisy, destructive dog could be responsible for the death of a ' child? Please "crazy man", try ; fcrf. ...e...i.T. long- fyftgtiTiffitfa will Monday (Chrstmas Day) shows continuous from 5 p.m to hold your nerves a little er. We hope some good come from this meant-to-be-, friendly discussion. Thanks for your support. O. H. Anderson Mrs. Polly W. Harris is home again after visiting her daughter, Mrs. Leah Miller and family in Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright and children were the guests of Mrs. Wright's parents at Salem for the past week. V y rnnn T n U III YOUR FRIENDLY SALMON PHARMACY . WARREN SALMON Registered Pharmacist , 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 mil l in ii i in nti i in it 1 1 ii 1 1 iiij r 1 1 iiMt 1 1 1 m i in Mfi ii i mil li r i u in 111 imi i mitiM 11 1 1 mil n 1 1 imiii i irn iti iiiimi isri mm w of) t. A A happiness match the hrightness of Yulctiile. Mac DONALDS CLOTHING 8th South and State "Regardless of whether or not the Korean contr spreads, we have got to think of civilian defense nermanent basis. It should be arpmnnlicVii on a s . - - i'wi;u Liu nr y,... Certainly the military has no duty towards the civil, in the time of emergency." Gen. JACOB R nwX3 civil defense director for Viriginia. Ka "Our homes, our nation, all the things we believe 1 are in grave danger. This danger has been created bv th rulers of the Soviet Union. The future of civilization A rnrla rY U'Vl O f UTO fr Tn W Vl O f tiro , . months ahead.". President TRUMAN in renort S I?e nation last Friday. irt to the . '. . after the Communist liberation of Western Eu ope, the total steel production of the Soviet Union and it" allies will reach 67 million-odd tons, which means almn t a parity with the amount produced in the U.S " P(.n. JOURNAL OF CURRENT AFFAIRS. Klng 3 "The atomic bomb, properly delivered, almost pre-eludes pre-eludes .... another amphibious operation like the (ml in Normandy." Gen. OMAR BRADLEY. "e "To me the atom bomb is just another weapon . any weapon is inhumane, and I would rather be blown ud with an atom bomb than bayoneted." Professor R0R ERT M. HAWKINS of Vanderbilt University School of Religion. "One of the major problems facing us, as we have tried to make plans for maximum production, has been the total absence of what we might call a bill of materials mater-ials an estimate of the magnitude of our military effort eff-ort .... we have been unable to get an authoritative" statement of defense production goals. The setting of a goal is the first step in any project, whether in business or government." IRA MOSHER, chairman of the National Nat-ional Association of Manufacturers committee for indus." trial mobilization. "We've been extraordinarily forgiving and forbearing with the Russians. We have pretended that the attack of the INorth Koreans was an attack by North Koreans alone. . . . We are pretending that the attack of the Chinese Communists is an isolated act, whereas we know that it is with the consent and direction of Russia. We have turned the other cheek twice and I believe in a limited application of the Sermon on the Mount. But I also believe in the American slogan, three strikes and you're out." Sen. PAUL DOUGLAS of Illinois, combat soldier in War II and nationally known economist. "It is much better to prepare for the fnll goal and be happily surprised if we don't have to go all the way than to prenare for the first few steps and find it is not enough." WALLACE F. BENjNETT, senator elect from Utah upon his return Tuesday from convention of NAM. "There has always been a profound friendship between be-tween the Chinese people and the American people. It is our belief that there is not a single .... American who approves of the aggression against Formosa and the intervention in-tervention in Korea." Communist China's WU, before leaving New York to return to China. -. : i 4 Is .'lik QUITS MAD SCRAMBLE . . . Tired of the hunt for the "almighty "al-mighty dollar," Philip Bartlctt, successful Berkeley, Calif., business busi-ness man, has quit business, has become a minister. Mrs. George Dealing entertained en-tertained on Saturday at a birth day party honoring her daughter Roylene on her sixth birthday. Games and refreshments were enjoyed by the following young friends: Joan Davis, Gale Davis, Terry Boulter , Geniel Hone, Carol Jacobsen, Tommy Hicken. Kay Wilkinson, Craig Dearing and the honoree. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Cluff of Boise, Idaho were here for the funeral services of Mrs-Francis Mrs-Francis Bonnett. Mr. Cluff is brother to Mrs. Bonnett Mrs. Florence Gappmayer was honored last Thursday evening ev-ening at a birthday party. a Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Han sen, Victor, Roger and Pat were Springville visitors on suiimj. I I - A. D We want to say, wit'' deepest sincerity, a very happy noiiaay to you. 1950 flOCCIfJS MARKET 8th S outh and State Ore Orem 8th South and State Phone 0790-R2 HiMHiHimliiiHiluiimimniimiiiimimimiimiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmii ""'""l" IIMIIMIMItllMltlMMirilJI |