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Show Chinch feeders send Christinas holit THE SUMMIT COUNTY BEE M, U7I 2 owaa, Ptek H0 ! ' world the to Joy mmm When 1 think of Christmaa and what it means to mo, I think Of the question I have often been asked: How can I find meaning in the celebration of Christsus?' In attempting to answer this question, I seem always to revert to the same For whaf reason? "Jov. to the world I echoes throughout the Christian world as hundreds of millions of Christians celebrate the birth of their Savior. But It seems that so many are so busy being Joyful that they forget what they ere being Joyful about. fawHWl, First; get to know Jesus ChrisUreally know Him. . To do this, it is appropriate that we celebrate His bMh, but also oar thoughts must turn to His file. Learn everything you can about Hhn. Fy-- . . Conform your life tofls teachings. ' Invito His spirit into your home. Christians should take time out to meditate what the birth of Christ means to them. They celebrate the the 8on of God greatest Gift of all to atone for the sins of the world. . - - So gift giving Is wonderful. But people should quit permitting comer-clallsto become Its dominating factor. m Christmas began from a pagan feast, and today the Christians seem to be making Christmas pagan themselves. 8anta Claus Is fastly Over the centurlee they have come to celebrate the birth of a Man with methods contradictory to his teach Inga. Fourth Century. Children begin wearing out the pages of the wish book In early fall, dreaming of all of the things they are going to get and not give for ...of joy .Christmas. u Adults have made the holiday of once sacred hymns and church services a time of year to try and outdo the Jones. Many spend the remainder of the year trying to get out of debt, paying for the gifts Santa Christmas came to be In the fourth century when Christians made the Roman festival of the birth of the unconquered sun on Dec. 25 Into the commemoration of the birth of thS unconquered Son of God. . A word from thoC.O. - s' ' .. C - -- ! By Mu Pratt srvatisu Ofllcsr . - i really didn't like Us fefher. But in these days of outspokenness, these comments are Church Also, many parents are so busy trying to provide the best for their children that they spend little time badly need to learn participation with adults. iU regular play hour can help establish family harmony better than anything else. All kinds of games and projects can be developed which everyone can eqjoy. This helps to develop a feeling Of group solidarity which is essential for the equality it promotes and ' for the harmonious atmosphere it creates. "When parents and children have flu together, few serious problems of discipline arise." ECHO A formal presentation of a historical plaque will be made here Sunday during the weekly Young Adults meeting in the Echo Church House at S p.m. building was declared a Utah State Historic Site in 1971. Now being used by The century-ol- d the Young adults, the youth feel it appropriate to place this plaque on the building during. Ms' 100th birthday and during the Bicentennial of the USA, leaders of the Young Adults say. An entertaining program will be part of the presentation, said Diane Louder, Coalville, earlier this week. Miss Louder la the Vice Chairman of the Young Adult organisation in the CoaMM Utah Stake. The Special In- terests groups in the Coalville, Utah Stake met Friday evening in the stake center for their Christmas party. This is the first time the organization of single adults has met on a stake-wid- e basis, uid Stake Pres. Reed E. Brown he spoke to them. I hope this won't be the last time," he continued. u Following a meal of turkey and trimmings, was entertained by vocal selections from Gary Richlns and Bryant Stevens of Henefer sang Christmas duets for those present. Mrs. Carl (Shirley) Bearden, Henefer, then read a Christmas story, "The Other Wlsemsn," to them. Then Pres. Brown spoke. Pres. Brown is over the Spedsl Interests Organization of the Coalville Region, consisting of Coalville, Kamas and in COftlVlIlO Morgan stakes. The stake presidency and bishoprics were guests of honor. The bishoprics ate at tables set up by the Special Interest group of their ward. The stake provided the turkey and dressing. The wards provided the trimmings. Wards participating were Coalville I, Henefer and Hoyts-vlll- e. The banquet was under tiro direction of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph By Mollle Oliver Today was a very busy day for some of the Senior Citizens as there was quite a lot of activity going on. There were 47 South warming Christmas stories, assisted by Lola Staley who read poems and presented Christmas gifts to each' of the members with words. Carol's daughter, Karen, Silent Night on her tf, small organ. Everyone enjoyed the stories, and Janice had her house decorated so as to give us all the Christmas spirit. She served luscious carrot pudding, punch and various kind of homemade candy.' Those present were Judy Crittenden, Joan Lewis, Janice Johnson, Carol Hobson, AlUeoe Zubek, Wanda Bristow, Barbara O'Hara, June Toole. Eyvonne Oswald, Mabel Larsen, Edith Bond, Sandra Jaussl, Marie Wilde, Joan Naylor, Lores Bkmqulst, Donna Keyed and guests, Lola Staley, Karen Hobson and Denise Pice. A card was signed la sympathy for Pres. Marjorie Boyden, whose mother had Just passed away. . . -- ' . Pace, Hoytsville, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dearden, Henefer. Paces are the stake leaders of the Special Interests organization, and Dearden is the high council representative. The high council representative acts as the of the stake presidency and organization. u Coalville Young Adults celebrate Christmas . Christmas tree stood on the stage of the cultural hall. Other "A festive decorations displayed. . ,f Summit Senior Citizens met at their building in Kamas Dec. 9. The men as usual were busy playing pool and the women visiting, playing bingo and . cards. At 1:15 p.m. all got In their cars and went to South Summit High School cafeteria for lunch. R was a most dellghtfel meal consisting of pressed turkey, potatoes and gravy, buttered roll, carrots and peach with cottage cheese for salad, milk and for dessert plum pudding with sauce and whipped cream. A hearty thanks to the ladies' that prepared this fine meal; All sang happy birthday to Res Gtnes and Florence Mitchell. Plans were discussed for our nest meeting. Raad E. Brown, FNsIdswt ECHO Young Adults of the led by brant r'iercy. Sneri Coalville, .Utah Stake held a, Martin, the fiancee of Farrell Christmas program in their Schafer, played and sang, Ill Sunday' meeting In the Echo Never Forget," a song composChurch House. The youth ed by her sbout the mission of hated Individual talents one Christ. LuAnn Bowen road the poem, on 'with another. Then they-sa-t Oh Christmas." Hull DeHart the knee of Santa's helper, Glen Don't Involve Brown, to ted him what they told the story watned for Christmas- - and to Me." Piercy then played Sireceive a-- gift made by Mrs. lent Night" on the piano. Debbie Laws told the story Santa" Brown. The program consisted of about the Least of These, My stories, poems; phis, vocal and Brethern." Pam Smith played "O Holy Night" on the violin. instrumental numbers.' ' It began with The Ballad of She was accompanied by Piercy the Harp Weaver" read by Mike Brown, the high council gichins. Then Sheryl Warner representative of the youth played "Hark, The Herald group, then shared an experAngels Sing on. the piano. ience of the importance of Kaleen Johnson followed by sharing oneself. He teaches the reading a' poem ..entitled group weekly at their S o'clock . -- "Christmas. MarvaOvard then told a story of Christmas giving. 4 Melon leand Marcia. Sim later sang, Let There Be Peace On Earth." They were accompan- - CaaMBeUtahStaha ...of peace Christmas is a great Christian holiday wherein we commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ We owe much of what we know about the birth of Jesus in Bethiehem of Judea to the writings of Luke. Among other things, Luke tells us that at the time of the birth of Jesus fat a stable there wen sheohers in nearby fields watching their flocks by night and that an angel came to them. The angel told them of the birth of the Savior and then he said "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men. Jesus Christ has been called "The Prince.of Peace, but there hasn't been peace M earth among the majority of God's children since Christ's birth, hi fectthere has been a very noticeable absence of peace. We might ask what went wrong with the angel's proclamation of Peace on earth. There is nothing about the mission of the Savior that will produce peace among people or nations automatically. Time enough, Jesus' message to the world was1 one of peace, but to .make it effective, men and nations have to live the principles He taught and adapt their lives to fee laws He proclaimed. So for there has been a relatively small part of the earths inhabitants sccepting these truths with the necessary commitment to nuke them bear fruit; hence, there has been little peate on earth except in the lives and hearts of Jesus' true followers. You might ask, What can I do to bring about peace on earth?" in Echo Sunday were also . South Summit Senior Citizens meet in Kamas Poems, stories, gifts at Literary Club The Coalville Literary Club met at the home of Janice Johnson Dec. 8. Carol Hobson read aeveral timely and heart- ' SP1 ,nter0St 9KUpS tllkkO great events. He declared, For behold, this is my wofk and my (dorr, to to pass tty Immortality and eternal fife of man. bttng " We ahbuld mkkf it a daily practice, bnd particularly darling tills holiday season, to gather our families around us In love, and kneel in ptajer, and pour out our souls in gratitude to our Heavenly Father for the birth, Atonement and resurrection of His Son, the God qf this LantL We should thank Him for the opportunity of our ttfo beyond this mortsl existence, and the possMtiy, if we keep' IBs commandments, of eternal life with God and Jesus Christ We should thank Him for the principle of repentance that allows us to perfect our lives. We should express our love to Him for the establishment of His church and kingdom upon the esrtfa and a living prophet's direction in achieving this goal. . ut So my wish for you this Christmas is many houfs in the best school'' anywhere for learning to be a parent your own home with your own children. for ' ' es their parents. sometimes heard. And the tragedy of the situation is that the person who says such things may be telling the truth. It's a reflection of a great gap in the education we receive. Where in the world do aduha go to learn bow to be parents? Some parents read Dr. Spock. Others get hints from ladies magazines. Mom adults watch instructive TV shows. Many go in desperation to the friend next door for advice. The PTA initiates lessons in parenting." Some classes in community schools, colleges and high schools are taught Yet that delicate, complicated relationship between parent and child too often seems to meet with disaster. I like what one writer has to say about the subject. It's this: It is easy to play with the baby or the toddler. But in so around, especially Christmas morning, (hie of the K) basic remember Jt's.stifl a firearm. .. commandments in firearm fifFirearms aren't la unique C hey is wg f&lcjWL your flman v ' piece of machinery ih this World ftntll you iHtend to shoot. Third and probably the most of ours, they are just a piece of metal with wood or metal misunderstood is the law and attached, and just like a humber how it affects kids and firearms. of the Utah of other tools are capable of Section " Code divides juvenile into three killing or injuring someone. A .lot . of other mechanical catagories as far as gUn devices fall into the same handling and hunting are for exconcerned: Youth under 12 . category-automobilample. A mechanical device yean si aga an net permitted to when arm. by an untrained hunt. Youths 12 and 13 years of person is deadly, the same with age must be accompanied by a afiieaf.. parent or guardian when huntng ' Alone there is hothing'.raore any form of wildlife protected or mech-b..mot jackrabbits and varmits . harmless than something " enter r.person and included. Youth 14 and IS must all sorts of problems can arise. be accompanied by a person 21 In both autos and firearms it is years or older to hunt any form theNperson that kills not the Ht wildlife. In addition youth 12 years or device itself. One of the 'first things you'll (rider must have passed a hunter ' want to do Christmas morning is safety trainning course to hunt to try it out. One of the first protected wildlife, those which rules of szftey is be familiar with have seasons and bag Omits your firearm. Hour many of us placed on them. The passage of to a hunter safety course does not would step Into a eliminate the requiremeht'that If to we had never Ogden go been in on e? Firearms are no youth of 12 to 16 be accompan' different, Know ydur firearm, ied by an adult. Remember when your son or the action, the saftey, the sights or scope and how to unload it daughter wants to go hunting or This should be learned not only just shooting he or she must be by the user, but by moo .as 16 years (rid to go alone the same age he or she can take the well sbe'q. in charge of the ' house and thats Where the guns family 'car alone. Lets keep those Christmas are stored. , ..Second keep firearms and firesrms safe in your sons or ammunition stored seperately. daughters hands as they were Dont leave either one lying in the box under the tree. . many homes we find that before long the children are playing together and the parents go about their own business. "The breach widens to the point where adults are on one side, correcting, admonishing, fighting with the children; and on the other side, the young ones are united together against experience to hear somebody tcU you that he in Echo Sunday , the first 22, shotgun or that long awaited big game- - rifle, lets With Christmas upon us lots of kids will be receiving firearms under the tree. Whether it be . . Fthfitlw Atwlitlwi COALVILLE J - J. McCarty to bo presented u . ' . be this way. Christmas can still be celebrated In- a simple manner. And If one's budget permits, that family could let their kids try out Christmas by giving something to those who are needy. These memories will long outlast those of broken Executive Secretary Historical plaqpe For He aired this Son, and' the Virgin Mary gave birth to Him, making it possible for Him to have a mortal body. As He went about His ministry, He performed many miracles He taught the people of. IBs mission upon the earth, and concluded His ministry by Hia infinite atonement How grateful we should be as we, the Bring and thoae who have laid their mortal bodies down, have benefitted by these J It need not toys. . Son. for firearm gifts Best school is.your own home It's a shocking . ' - nt Utih ' Krtbw safety rules Appreciation becomes lost. And the tradition of gift giving began by the magi nearly 2,000 years ago becomes a tradition of greed Instead of love. (Sinter Claes In Dutch) evolve from a Fourth Century saint of Turkey Into a benevolent magician. Qyer .the years his place of residence has (Changed as has his purpose for existing. we celebrate this Christmas season, our Once again, hearts seem to fill with more love for each other, mors forgiveness, more gratitude, more dedication to improvement attitude. and more of a Christ-lik- e It is such a Joyous occasion. It is, without doubt, the most heralded and celebrated event in the history of man the birthday of our Lord and Savior; Jesus Christ As we ponder the impact of this great event our hearts should be flUed with sincere gratitude to our Eternal Father in Heaven for IBs love for us in sending His only begotten - brought. Santa Claus made his way Into the Christmas scene through the protest-asettlers of New Amsterdam (New .York). They made S. Nicholas By Dr. Daryle Ask for IDs conmankmsMn. And then.. .what can you expect from all this? You will; begin to fed that peace which paaaeth all understanding referred to in die scriptures; but dent stop than. Introduce that peace toyour family. Then think of the biesaings that wfll result. As spokesman for the thrqe and one half million members Saints, our wish of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y for you this Christmas is that you might have peace. We pray you will find happiness during this sacred season. We express our gratitude for all that heaven haa bleaeed as with. We reaffirm and do testify that Jesus dM come...that He was born here on earth.. .and that He Uvea. He brought with Him a plan for peace.. .a plan of lumpiness. Our prayer is that you might experience those feeflng in abundance at this Christmas time. It Is time Christians remove from their celebration of the birth of the Unconquered Son the paganism which dominated Dec. 25 before the he already hasn't becoming, become the central figure of the annual holiday In the OSA. People begin celebrating as soon as October, when festive decorations begin appearing In stores. This surely Is not done as a love of Christ but for a love of money and materialistic things. If of prayer meeting. Mrs. Brown and her children had made felt stockings filled with Christmas treats for each one there. s Refreshments were served. ' Most of us can do very Uttlp to establish peace In the entire earth, and little to bring peace to Our nation. But in our community we can do much more end in our neighborhood we can have a very great influence for peace. And in our family we can change much of the strife there to peace. Within ourselves we can bring about peace If we will live the principles set down by fee Prince of Peace. The peace that is most valuable to us is the peace that ie closest to us. First, peace Within ourselves; second, peace In our family; third, peace with our neighbors, etc. The population of the- earth consists of individuals, families, neighborhoods, cities, etc., and the only way for the world to have peace is for each part of it to be at peace. This can become a reality as we all accept and live the laws of Him whose birth we celebrate this Christmas. - second-cla- ss matter October Entjrtd 1923, at the poet office t Coalville, Utah 84 undr A1 01 March 2, 1879. PuMI avary Friday at Coalville, Utah. Seoondn pottaga paid at Coalvlllo, Utah. 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