The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 26, 1941, Image 10
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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 2t, 194L
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J. RAY DAWKINS
COUNTY TREASURER
CHRISTMA;
GRIblsT I NIB-i
and
BEST WISHES
for your Happiness
in the New Year
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Your patronage through the years past is evidence of
the confidence you have in our organization, and we
trust it may continue in the same amicable way for many
years to come.
G. B. SUMMER & SONS
FURNITURE
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In The Christmas Rush ....
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By WILLARD HARTWICK
They had been doing' their Christ
mas shopping together, and stood
with burdened arms waiting to Hoard
a street car for home. Again and
again they joined the lineup of would,
be passengers only to see the car
move off without them.
“Look here, Mrs. Young. I think
we’re crazy to try to get home in
this crush,” said plump Mrs. Older.
“Let us go to the Purple Tea-room
and have dinner and rest till the
crowd thins out a bit.”
“Oh, I couldn’fTK mat,” almost
wailed pretty little Mrs. Young. “I
simply must get home. Teddy would
be so annoyed if he got home and
found me out and no dinner ready.”
“But you could phone from the
tea-room,” said Mrs. Older.
“Teddy wouldn’t like it,” objected
Mrs. Young. “He would say I
shouldn’t have stayed shopping so
late.”
“What nonsense,” scoffed Mrs. Ol
der, with the license of an old friend.
But Mrs. Young was firm. She
was going to get home before Teddy
if it were at all possible.
However, after a few more in
effectual attempts to board a car,
during one of which she spilled her
parcels on the pavement, Mrs. Young
reluctantly accompanied the hobbling
Mrs. Older around> the comer to the
Purple Tea-room.
Under the ?pell of the purple-and-
gold shaded lights, the two weary
women ordered srubstu-t al dinners.
Mrs. Young’s body relaxed Into
ease, but he” 'H'<t did not. She
ought to be at home. She wanted to
be at home. Heme was the place for
married women at ir.eal-time.
“Teddy and I promised each oth
er when we were married that we’d
never eat dinner apart if we could
possibly avoid it," she murmured.
“I hate to be the first to break that
promise—I know Teddy wouldn’t.”
“Well, six months is quite long
enough to keep a promise like that,”
asserted Mrs. Older. You might just
as well settle down and enjoy your
self.”
But Mrs. Young couldn’t smile oi
even pretend an enjoyment she
didn’t feel. She wanted to be at
home preparing a cozy welcome for
Teddy. Just at her most homesick
and contrite moment, she raised her
misty eyes to the wall opposite and
read on a little framed card—“If
you want a taxi call Main 0000.”
Se rose to her feet, the light of
decision flashing across her face.
“I’m going to ring for a taxi to take
me home,” she said.
“Don’t be foolish,” admonished the
rather disgusted Mrs. Older.
“A taxi will cost you quite a bit
and you said you were broke.”
“I still have that $10 bill Teddy
gave me to buy a Christmas present
for myself. I’ll use some of that—
and I can get h< me in time to get
dinner.”
Mrs. Young gathered up her nu
merous parlels and on her way out
she met a waitress carrying in her
dinner. As she stopped- to take her
check off the tray she noted hungrily
what an unusually attractive meal it
was.
In an amazingly short time the
summoned taxi whirled her home
without notable incident—except the
smash-up that occurred in the $10
bill when it came into collision with
the taxi fare. Mrs. Young found that
she had just 25 minutes to the good,
and she did a meal-marathon that
broke all records.
At the exact minute of Teddy’s
usual arrival she was ready for him
with a smile on her face. Ana just
then the phone bell rang. She
could hardly believe her ears when
she heard Teddy telling her over the
wire that he would not be home to
dinner.
“Go right ahead and have your
own dinner, dearie,” Teddy said, and
his voice didn’t sound a bit regret
ful. “Iv’e had an extra hard day, and
I don’t feel like standing all the way
home, as I know I would have to do if
I got on a car at this hour. Older
and I are going to drop into the Pur
ple Tea-room for dinner. By-by,
dearie.”
WRAPPING SMALL GIFTS
BUY
UNITED
STATES
SAVINGS
BONDS
AND STAMP ’
ON NAi k Vr YOI R POST OFFICE OR
America On Guard!
Above is a reproduction of the
Treasury Department’s Defense
Savings Poster, showing an exact
duplication of the original “Minute
Man” statue by famed sculptor
Daniel Chester French. Defense
Bonds and Stamps, on sale at your
bank or post office, are a vital part
of America’s defense preparations.
Honolulu, Dec. 16.—Lieut. George
Welch, 22-year-old army flier from
Wilmington, Del., told today how he
shot down four Japanese planes at
tacking Hawaii on December 7 and
landed with three bullet holes in his
ship, one just behind 1 tne pilot’s seat.
“All hell broke loose before I
knew it,” Welch recounted in an in
terview approved by the army.
“The air was full of Jap planes.
I picked out the nearest one and
went after him. I blazed away but
nothing seemed to happen at first,
but then I got a good bead on him
and the next thing I knew he was
going down in flames.
“I looked around for another plane,
discovered I was over the pineapple
fields of Wahlawa and nearly out of
ammunition, jc I went Jhack to the
field.
“About that time Lieut Kenneth
Taylor (of Hominy, Okla.) came in.
He’d shot down_a bomber, too, and
was low on ammunition.
“We loaded up with all the rounds
we could carry and took off again.
Taylor bagged one more but got shot
through the arm and had to come
down. I went over Barbers Point,
and shot down three more bombers.
When I came back to the field I had
three bullet holes in my shop, one in
the propeller, one in the motor and
another just behind the pilot’s seat.”
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May the Light oj Happiness
Shine for You on Christmas Day
And Throughout the New Year
Eugene S. Spearman
DHmg (Hljnattnas from ©Iff S’pwtator
Well, H yon couldn’t eat liver pud
ding Friday and Saturday of last
week you might as well forget it.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! We can all
be merry mthout forgetting—or neg
lecting tb<- serious obligations.
CHRISTMAS IS THE SEASON
OF GOOD WILL. Mere giving is
not the best demonstration of the
spirit of the great occasion; the
heart must be in it.
Not far away is the NEW YEAR—
1942. All the world is either at war
or leaning dagerously over the
brink.
America will turn all her magnifi
cent energy into waging war. We
were attacked; we are still being at
tacked and the attacks will be repell
ed by all the irresistable might of
the world’s most powerful nation.
Winning the war will not be easy.
Long months and hard fighting will
be required, but the vast hordes of
China, the remarkable military prow
ess and stamina of Russia, Britain’s
staying powers and America’s dash
and vigor will eventually bear down
the scales in our favor. Then, again;
a righteous cause is already half
won, for who is Hitler when the God
of Battles leads His people?
Let us produce our food. Most farms
can' have wheat, oats, chickens, eggs,
potatoes, hogs, cows, vegetables, corn
and lots of other things.
The Dutch seem to have some of
the old spirit left. They are in the
fight against the Japs, too.
Very soon our legislators will be
back in harness. Even the war will
not hold back some who will plead
for more appropriations. Perhaps
it would be a good idea to adjourn
until April so as to see the effect of
the taxes on business and individuals
before proceeding with our annual
appropriation bill. Ordinarily the
annual appropriation bill is not a
grave problem until April, but this
is the year for a short session.
The News and Courier is arguing
for a sit million dollar session, some
thing akin to the famous bill of 1933.
But ha'. The News and Courier for
gotten that more than half at six
million is needed for WELFARE;
and the welfare of WELFARE is
most urgent and important Doesn’t
it certify workers for the W.P.A. and
select selectees for selective service
with the C.C.C.?
The News and Courier la losing
sight of the important new services
since 1933.
The Japanese must be fighting ac
cording to plan, but then plan seems
to be vulnerable. In various places
—all far from Japan and far from
one another—she is attacking Ameri
cans, British and Dutch. She cannot
hope to terrify the Americans nor
can she hope to escape British and
American submarines if she ever
gets control of the places she is at
tacking. In the meantime there is
China, still unconquered, with mil
lions of people who hate the Japanese
and will gladly join in campaigns
(Continued on next page)
An unusual way to wrap a num
ber of small gifts that are to be giv
en in a good-sized Christmas box is
to tuck each, one in an envelope made
of either plain red, holly, silver or
gold paper. Wrap each gift first in
plain white tissue paper, folded in
envelope style, and seal the flaps of
both the inner and outer envelopes
with contrasting seals. Patterns for
the envelopes can be cut from ordi-
ary envelopes by tearing one apart
and either enlarging on it or trim
ming it down.
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May your share of happiness at this
glad Christmastime be brightened by
the knowledge of our appreciation of
your fine and valued friendshipa.
May you enjoy the associations of
those dear to you, and may their
companionship continue through the
years to come.
Happy Christmas to aU!
Thomas H. Pope, Jr. Felix B. Greene, Jr.
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/ I ppreciatinc to the fullest extent
the cordial relations existing between us
in the past, we take this opportunity to
cordially wish you an old fashioned
( Merry Christmas . j |
May the Happiness and Good Cheer
which we hope is yours this Christmas
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never cease in the days to come, and may
the New Year bring each of you the
Prosperity, Health and Real Happiness
you so much deserve.
BEST
WISHES f, Ac
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B. C. Moore <Sl Sons