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Show VIA Ted Kaye almost laughed eat load at the bitter me of the other puieegm the driver told them the Mg bai was itrudod fa the omen mountain ww wwiMy e BOUdib Tod didst core ahoutfhe He want "going delay. hoae"for Christmas as meet December 4, UN Country Christmas - - - It Left The Stranded Bus Load Singing fellow passengers were. He waa going to Xing City to take anew Job and he had a week to get there. He fallowed the othera aa they filed out of ttwi bua and ran the abort dtataoeo lata the general etoee. eager to the fity of the wtar hie of the- - stove and relaxed. Just thought yon might youngsters about Now, this en heartily and had happily a scene In King City Re wee suddenly conscious give me a hand. I ain't stopover that is such a Dott- said1 goodbye to the old cou the bus roared Into town ier to you Is a real occasion I used to be, at tha country store. with all of the pane ngwi of the fact that Ben Flow- ter atom aa quickly as poa near eibie. Sember Graep ers wu shoveling more coal into the stove ana that the the They gathored eboet awakened him. mdse had stove, quiet, Ob Two youngsters wen sleeplivloua el one another, on a pallet in one corwrapped In hla own unhap- ing ner. An old nun puffed on thoughts. py hie on the apposite of A Mg man, elderly, yet the pipe stove. No au slu wu aa enter n ramrod, straight ta eight ed from a hack room. Where is everyone?" Welcome, folks, welcome Gone to church. Little com so much Nice to have mission up the read. Minis-te-r pony on Christmas Eve. earns down and Mri putting ea the Mg cof- invitationa to a specialluuad serfee pot and making aosne hot vice. Med to wake yon, chocolate for the khhHee but a sound sleeper, Don't go reaching for your eon. youre In fact, I kad to sum This'll be compU-mea- this etove door five or six wallets. of Ben Flowers, who times to wake you." wishes you ono and all a Why? Merry Christmas. If any of to want make phone you calls, reversing the charges, of course, phobo's out in the kitchen. Now, just make yourself to home. There wu mad rush to ward the kitchen. Ted found hiiwie m unoccupied ni pot-belli- Oas u out will you?" ed ts tun Come along, for us. Wo Just fotta have Someday soon ha would singing Christmas carols and a tree. eon. and that's all write the Flowwi and tell ahoutlag Marry Christmas" Own la to it" them that theyd made quite to everyone in sight like Christmas followed fl the kitchen. The oM After that it was Just like mu pointed to n Christmas Christmas. Ted and Ben tree resting against tha bade Flowers finished the tree, then retired to the kitchen porch. Cut that tree and brought to drink coffee end watch It down from the hlU. Tuck Mrs. Flowm prepare a meal tartar, end mo out for sun. Help Christmas dressing. cnmbeTies, all the me get it la, win yen?" You'n putting up a tree Brianof Ted remeofoered ai Christmas during hla part on Christmas sneraiag?" childhood days. Yep, flrat one In The chnrch-grer- s returned years. Me and m to Flowcn t out of the habit ion, not had (tad that lfrs. a small gift wrapped folks sr any for each one ring any actually two gifts were left over, because she had erred hi her conn of thoee in attendance. No one seemed to notice. It was an unusual Christmas dinner-ser- ved In the Ted through on early ' ites. morning, Ted always paper remem-ho-w everyone had eat-- A Vttk gfrTa curiosity has lad to of Christmas philosophy that hasj felt ta Dumber In 1897, Virginia OHnJott wrote a tatter to the New York Sun. Pan day of mp Ittle Meada uyj papa nqv, yon ue It if the SUN. life a.'PloeM teB me the tenth is then a! If BoceoeewebaHevetherepIywlthltsineaaateofkeen, Bm s . , JV spiritual fnelght denru reading again and again m show It hen. It waa written by ftanclaE. Church, n writer for tha old San. Basalt ins ft indeed! "VfigMi yoar Mb friends era wrong. They haw been iffneted bf the gopBchw of a sceptical ags they do not ihsHfw except think see they they nothing can be Dttis minds." their is fttcb notconpnbsfisible by "Ml mink, VligWe, whether they be mens or childrens ws Ittie. In this great universe of oun, men is a mere insect ait in Ns intellect ss compand with the boundless world' May love and hope dwell within your heart at Christmas arid throughout the year ahead, tout Urn, as measured BOBEDT B. ACOCK Diitrlct Agent FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP DEAN SHAFFER. 8 PIIONE SPENCER WINN EAT G. BURT. IS2-I9- I4 - aee-io- S tt 852-145- 1 852-18- M Wot Oneida, Pratoii by the intelligence capable of grasp-log the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virgjnie, then is a Santa dam "He exists as certainly as love end generosity and devotion exist and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and Joy. Ales! how dreary would be the world if then were no Sente Claus! It would be as dreary as if tiiere-weno Virginias. Then would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should (have no enjoyment except in sense and sight The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would bis extinguished' believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe firiktasRsneryooeri liot tks bst if NL L"Not papa to hin STAB'S HABKET US W. ONEIDA nie Season's lsst to youl &MQS01I Packing Co. PRESTON PHONE OPEN WEEK DAYS 8 a.m. to 8 SUNDAYS 19 a.m. to 2 pjn. pjn. men As we close smother year at MHOS AG - tory of oour store his- we wish to sincerely thank the many people of the who vaffley have mae our recent expansion program Aa a tremendous we look forward to another year one that we know win bring more growth we wish our isHxirnttek an tha Again most successful In the success. hi 852-15- 49 CLOSED CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S to watch in all the might get your Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if chimneys on they did not see Sente Claus coining down, what would that tlw most real things in the prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus world are those neither children nor men can see. "Did you ever see fairies dancing on tha lawn? Of course not but tbits no proof that they are not there nobody can conceive or imagine ell the wonders that are unseen and unseeable in the world." "You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world vjKch not the strongest man, or even the united strength of ail ti:s strongest men, that ever lived, could tear apart Only faith, fancy poetry, love, romance, can push aside the curtain and view and picture tlw supernal beauty and glory beyond. "Is it all real? ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding." "No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever a thousand yean from now, Virginia, nay, ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. JBjjftWf. Dicktm 1 I "You , even many wonderful Mends the Merriest of Christmases and (he Happiest of New Yean. I NEIGHBOR! SELLO, The Best of Everything to You for your kindness to the May your Christmas be bright and merry. Thanks to all our friends for their loyalty. 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