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Show The Christmas Spirit In Our Community The spirit of Christmas is more than a spirit of giving. It is more than a mere evchange of material things. It is a matter of spiritual values, a sort of glorified combination combina-tion of the realization that "the gift without the giver is bare," the resolution resolu-tion to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" and the desire de-sire for "peace on earth, good will to men." Especially should this be true of the Christmas spirit of our community. com-munity. When we have planned for the gifts that we are to give to members of our families and our friends, we must not forget that there is another which should receive a gift from us. It is our community, by having active :nterest in affairs of government by ailing the board of education and the eachers in maintaining the highest standards of education in our schools, by actively supporting our churches, by centering all of our trading activities acti-vities here, by taking pride in the appearance of our homes, our yards, our streets and our parks, by being an active proponent, and not an obstructionist, ob-structionist, of any movement which will make our town a better place in which to live in short, by building up our community in every possible way. For the one best gift to our community is cooperation. And when we have given this to our community, let us not forget the gift as soon as the holiday season is over. Instead let us carry over the Christmas spirit into every day of the year so that each succeeding Christmas Christ-mas will be a happier one for all of i us because each of us has done his 1 share in giving our community all the good things in life. |