The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 23, 1970, Image 20
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Mary was, like it had always been
Christmas when she was alive.
At Yuletime, ue extend to you
our wish that merriment may brighten your
happy home, all season long.
MAXWELL FURNITURI
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Greetings
Hope you and your family share
an old-fashioned Christmas decked
with friendship, fellowship, festivity.
Johnson Bros. Supermarket
800 South Broad St. 833-2422
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Darkness closed in on the
park, shutting out everything but
the circles of light around the
street lamps in the distance. The
snow was falling heavily now,
soft and wet Sam Smith sat on
the bench, alone, looking at, but
not really seeing the snow that
whirled about the lights on dis
tant avenue.
It was Christmas Eve, a lonely
time in the park. Everyone had
something to be doing, some
where to go. Everyone but Sam.
This was the thing he had
dreaded for months. The first
Christmas. He had told himself
that it wouldn’t be this way. He
had made plans, had thought
about how he would prevent it
from happening. But, none of
them had worked out. Everyone
else had plans of their own. He
knew it would be that way. When
you have someone to look after,
or when someone looks after you,
there is something to do. When
you're all alone, it’s different.
Almost eighty years old — who
wants to go to a movie — alone?
Who enjoys dressing up and
going to some fancy restaurant,
to make conversation with a
waiter, perhaps 7
No, there’s nothing. Christmas
is no good at all. Not without
people. And Sam Smith had no
one.
A Wish
Sam came to his feet with
effort and slowly began to walk
It was always Christmas where
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spiritual glory of
the season be yours.
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AUTO SALES
("I wish 1 were with you,” he
said.) And, he said it over and
over again.
He was walking now along
the avenue. People stepped aside
to let him pass because his path
was straight and his eyes turned
neither to right or left.
He walked on, unseeing, un
aware. Then, suddenly, roughly,
his arm was captured in a strong
grasp and he was halted.
"Hey, dad, you all right 7 You
been drinking or something?”
Sam shook his head. A blue
uniform. The flash of a badge in
the reflected lamplight. “Me . . .
me? No, no, officer. I . , I’m
allright. Nothing wrong with me
Just taking a short walk.”
The image came into focus
now. A big, smiling man. Funny,
thought Sam, if he had a beard
he could pass for Santa Claus.
The policeman laughed. Even
laughs like Santa, Sam concluded.
“Now look, dad. Maybe you
ain’t been nipping. But, if 1 hadn't
grabbed your arm you would
have stepped right in front of
that delivery truck Wouldn’t I
have had a nice present to de
liver to your family 7 Bringing
you home in a box 7 "
No One
Sam straightened his shoulders
“I have no family. There’s no
one. I’m alone in the world.”
Sam saw a glint in the man’s
eye. "Alone, are ye 7 No family 7
I have no family. Lost a wife and
child to the sickness. But, I’m
not alone. No one is ever alone.”
“I am I have no one.”
"You have the whole world
Look at the people you see
around you. Think of the people
you see and know. They care
about you. Some more than
others Some sincerely, some
with indifference But, it’s hard
to be all alone in the world Even
if you try.” The policemen waved
his arms "All these people you
set around you. They’re my
friends I don’t know them all
by name, but they are my friends
until I know differently.”
Sam smiled. "You're saying
that I don’t have to be alone?”
The policeman waved his arm
again. "Somewhere, where you
live, where you walk, in the
church you attend, someone is just
as lonely as you, just as eager to
make a friend Go make yourself
a friend, friend.”
"Yes, a friend ” Sam turned
and walked away, toward the
bright lights and the soundi of
Christmas music on every corner.
He wondered if the folks at the
rest home had missed him yet.
Maybe he would go back after
he found his friend.
Gin HINTS FOR
THE LAST
MINUTE
SHOPPER
The college man in your life util
find the hand electric presser highly
useful. For the young lady, one of
the portable electric hair dryers, or
perhaps one of the inexpensive
pocket burglar alarms. And for the
home, the interval timers which
turn on the lights. If there’s a
workshop, the variable speed pg
saws arc not terribly expensive. For
the woman of the house, consider
replacing the old toaster with a
very useful electric toaster—broiler
One Man's View Tells
What Christmas Is About
And in despair I bowed my head;
“There is no peace on earth,”
I said,
“For hate is strong, and mocks
the song
Of peace on earth, good will
to men.”
Then pealed the bells more loud
and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth
He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right
prevail,
With peace on earth, good will
to men.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Madonna, Child
Inspire Glass Art
Through Ages
STAINED (.LASS WINDOWS
by the hundred* depict *eeiie*
of the Nativity. Perhap* the
moM favored ‘■object for these
window* i* the Virgin Mother
and C.hild.
IN MEDIEVAL TIMES, stained
glas* art reached its peak. \
simple sincerity charncteri/.e*
early windows, such as the Ma
donna and Child window shown
above, at right. V medieval art
ist whose name is lost in his
tory designed this window for a
church in Switzerland. Illustra
tion from Chicago Vrl Institute.
VS V LIVING VIM. stained
glass continui- to he the no-
dium for creations picliiring
Madonna and < hihl — lor ex
ample, the scenes from stained
glass windows shown above. Il
lustration at the left is from a
window designed hy the New
Jersey arli'l George ''piers, for
the Episcopal Church of the
Epiphany in Vllcnd.de. V J.
Modern interpretation ol the
Madonna and < hihl. renter. i>
from a stained glass window de
signed hy Emil I rei, for s l.
Peter's Church in Kansas < itv.
Mo. Ill Ustratioiis from I iicvi lo-
prdia Vmericana I'Hi').
ESPECIVLIA DESK.NED for
this newspaper, and for the
pleasure of its readers, is the
feature illustration, a Na
tivity scene which expresses the
traditional mood of stained glass
art in rnnlemporary lernis.
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ART WINNER Madonna by a Lilv Pond a water col
with pastel blue dominating, was done by Lemuel Patole
Bombay. India was a winnlm in the annual Christmas Art con
test sponsored by the Committee on World Literacy and Christ
lan Literatures
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A joyous Christmas
mas tradition for Mex
ican boys and girls is
the breaking of the
pmata, a decorated
earthen jar.
Sometimes, the pih-
ata may be a caricature
of people or animals.
The pihata is sus
pended by a rope that
can raise or lower it.
Each child is blind
folded and usually giv
en three chances to
poke at the pihata with
a stick.
When it's broken,
the pihata releases a
bounty of delicious
fruits, sweets, nuts and
toys.
The children scrab
ble to claim as many
goodies as possible.
A magical season fJI of
dreams come true ... that's what
Christmas is. We wish you much joy.
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Sir Henry Cole was the first man
to sign and mail cards to his friends
celebrating Christmas. He was thi
first director of the South Kensing
ton M useum and in 1843 he com
missioned John Calcott Horsley to
design a card The artist drew a
typical family dinner scene and
1,000 copies were lithographed and
hand-tinted.
Some of the cards were mailed
to friends of Cole. The rest were
offered for sale in a London shop.
So one seemed to realize that a big
business had been launched by this
simple gesture of thoughtfulness.
The only comments at the time
were that a great artist pictured a
drinking scene as a part of the
spirit of a religious holiday. Shock-
tng!
Bank of Clinton
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This is the season of good cheer when family and friends
gather to celebrate the holiday amid sounds of music and
laughter, the smell of good foods to eat, presents for all. To
faithful friends old and new we offer a “Merry Christmas”
and our thanks for your generous consideration.
Lawson Furniture Co.
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“Drive A Utile — Save A Lot”
0, come all ye faithful
Let every heart rejoice in the spiritual
blessings and inspiration
of the season. And may great joy
be yours at this most happy, holy time.
Lowmon Lumber Co
SporUabnnr Rood
CHRIST
May the Star
that blazed
in the heavens
on the night
of His birth
shine upon you
and yours,
bringing much
Christmas joy.
883-3835
GRAY FUNERAL HOME
RALPH F. PATTERSON, Owner and Manager Clinton
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