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7 A Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, December 22. 1949 Joanna Young People To Present Play On Christmas Day , The young people of Joanna Bap tist church will present the play, “They That Sit in Darkness,” ^ by Borothy Clarke Wilson, on Sunday, December 25, at 7:30 o’clock. Characters of the play are as fol lows: Miriam, the outcast, Betty Anne Thomas; Ruth, daughter of the innkeeper, Dorothy Carr; Mary, the mother of Jesus, Norma Whelchel; Joash, the innkeeper, Wallace (Bud) Carr; Joseph, the carpenter. Barron O’Shields; Amon, a servant, Horace Kammi Jr.; Esther, girl of Bethle hem, Myrtle Murphy; Rachel, girl of Bethlehem, Claudette Parrish; Re becca, woman of Bethlehem, Betty Rowe; Sarah, woman of Bethlehem, Audrey O'Shields: Ramah. woman of Bethlehem. Carolyn Thomas; Na than, a shepherd, Johnny Buchanan; Homar, a shepherd, Gene Floyd; Jonathan, a shepherd, Jimmie Clarke; Abel, a shepherd, Bobby Hair; the First Ki,ng, J. D. Johnson; the Second King, Mackie Templeton; the Third King. Harold Willingham. The play is under the direction of Mrs. James B. Mitchell. The stage arrangements and decorations will be planned by LeGrande Shealy. Mrs. Carson Nabors of the Joanna schools will serve as pianist. The public is cordially invited. Joanna Mills To Be Accepted In Central League BABSON’S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE At a meeting held in Ware Shoals during the past week the four old members of the Central Carolina textile baseball league voted to ac cept Joanna as a fifth club for the 1950 season. The action was taken provided a sixth team can be ob- , tained to join the league. Members of the loop last year were Watts, Ware Shoals, Riverdale and Clinton. Another meeting of the league officials will be held in Jan uary, Dr. R. H. Parks, president, has ,announced. Babson Park, Mass., Dec. 16—I have just returned from a day spent walking the streets of Boston look ing for Christmas presents.I suppose that the store dec orations and exhi bits are worthwhile but somehow they make me a little sad. Perhaps it is just because I am getting old. Cert ainly, today’s ex citement does not give as much joy to i my grandchildren as the much simpler Christmas gave to me when STAPLES — Arrow, Markwell and other standard machines. Chronicle Publishing Co. Phone 74. • At thi* Holiday Season we desire to express our sincere appreciation for our pleasant relationships and extend to you and yours best wishes for a HAPPY CHRISTMAS Burriss - Harrison Furniture Company West Pitts Street - X : K ■'i h 4 <0/ t r W' ' ' 1 1 was a boy. When I talk about San- jta Claus to them, they say,—"Now, ; Grandpa, you know that there really \ isn’t any Santa Claus!” Perhaps this | feeling indicates a sign of prog;ess; : but I wonder. What Would Je^us Say? i I wish Jesus could have accom panied me on this trip around the ; big department stores: and this I say in a respectful manne*. Of course, I do not know what He would say,—'Whether He would be sad and -critical, or whether He would enthu c e with the cr°wd. Probably He would not object to our people having expensive presents if , it were not for His children who are starving to death in Europe and Asia. He surely would be thinking ! of them and wishing that money being spent here for so many useless gifts could be spent on food and clothing for His children abroad. When I was a bov, the leading store window would have a man?er with a representation of little Jesus with His mother-, Mary, leaning ov er Him. The department stores es pecially made an effort to connect Jesus’ birth with the Christmas Hol idays. As I became older, there was less about Jesus’ humble birth; San ta Claus was featured in place of Jesus. His mother and the three wise men. But this year some large de partment stores are forgetting both 'esus and Santa Claus. They have in their wondows wild animals which wag their heads, shake their paws and talk,—animals which have been Matured in the comic strips. I won der what this trend will lead to! Danger Of Expensive Toys Illustrating the inflation that is creeping over the nation, are the toys being exhibited in the store windows. It was not many years ago when five dollars would be the max imum which one would pay for a child’s toy. To my great surprise 11 find today many toys being sold for twenty dollars. In fact, I fear that the main difference between a man and a boy is the amouunt which he pays for his toys! We should not forget, however, that “as the twig is bent, so the tree groves’’. This means that when the child is started with such expensive toys he will later demand propor- ticnately expensive things in cloth es. motor cars, college education, etc., as he grows up. Some Hopeful Si^ns A vicious inflationary circle which could get beyond control may be started by these expensive Christ mas toys which we now give our children. When a boy, I was per fectly satisfied with an orange in the toe of my Christmas stocking, with a few fifty cent toys and a bag of hard candy. Furthermore, there simple gi f ts may have meant as much sacrifice tp m y parents as the expensive gifts of today’mean to the modem parents. We now have bumper crops, and almost full employment. When 1 think of the wonderful research work now being freely done through out the nation, I feel that we all should have a merry, merry Christ mas. Let us sh6w our gratitude by giving a big Christmas present to our charities and to our Church. MY PURPOSE 4 4 To be a little kindlier With the passing of each day; To leave but happy memories As I go along my way; i To use possessions that are mine In service full and free; To sacrifice the trivial things For larger good to be; To give of love in lavish way That friendship true may live; i To be less quick to criticize, More ready to forgive; 1 ' To use such talents as I have That happiness may grow; To take the bitter with the sweet. Assured ’tis better so; To be quite free from self-intent Whate’er the task I do; To help the world’s faith stronger grow,' In all that’s good and true. God grant to me the strength of neart. Of motives and-of will. To do my part and falter not Thy purpose to fulfill. —Author Unknown. WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUBUSHING CO. A CHRISTMAS STORY Many years ago there lived a country boy who learned that there uas more joy in giving his Christmas money than in spend ing it. His name was Eben Holden, and this is the story as he told it. "I ’member one year, the day before Christmas, my father gin me two shillin’. I walked all the way t’ Salem with it. I went into a big store when I come t’ the city. I see so many things I couldn't make up my mind t’ buy nothin’. I stud there feelin’ uv a pair o' skates. They wus grand, all shiny with new straps an* buckles. I did want ’em awful, but I didn't have enough money. Purty soon I see a leetle bit of a gal in a red jacket lookin’ at a lot of dolls. She wus ragged, an’ there were holes in her shoes, an' she did look awful poor and sickly. She'd go up an put her hand on one o’ them dolls’ dresses and whis per, “Some day,” she’d say, “iome day.” Then she’d go to an other an’ luss a minnit with its clothes an’ whisper, “Some day.” Purty soon she ask if they had any doll with a blue dress on for three pennies. “No,” says a woman, says she, “the lowest price for a doll with a dress on is one shillin.” The little gal looked as if she wus goin’ to cry. “Some day, I’m going to hev one,” said she. I couldn't stan’ it. and so I slipped up an’ bought one an’ put it in her arms. I never’U fergit the look that come into her face then. Wall, she went away and set down all by herself. It was cold an' that night they found her asleep in a dark alley. She wus holdin’ the little doll with the blue dress on. Hie leetle gal was half dead with the cold and there wus one thing about it that made her famous. She hed took off her little red jacket and wrapped it with tender care ’round the little doll. “Did she die and go to heaven?” Do you ask? “No,” said he quickly. “She lived an’ went there. Ye don’t hev to die to go to heaven. Ye’ve crossed the boundary when you begin to love somebody more'n ye do yerself. If it ain’t nobody better’n a rag doll." —Irving Bacheller in “Printopics.” ■ SEASON'S GREETINGS Joanna Stores (Division of Joanna Foundation) JOANNA, 8. C 1 VOQR CHOtCt ONLY 7 A W££K i BEST GIB BUYS $ at HAMILTON’S 2 GREAT PARKER PENS Semational New Parker "21" Parker, maker of the famed “51”, brings you the remarkable new “21”. Looks v and writes like pens costing twice the price. Choice of colors. Choose now for Christmas. New Aero-metric Parker "51 »» Erawi :: Mr. % wtrrr.i.. ■■ . 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