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Beach, North Dakota
December 23, 1943     Golden Valley News
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Thursday, December 23, 1943 THE GOLDEN VALLEY NEWS Wz r.~ think of no freer Yuletide sentiment than the old broil. iar ~MERRY CHRISTMAS.N We never grow tired of eaylng it to our friends nor do we grow fired of hear- ing it from others. It is the one ~mlvet. ml greeting that car~es with it the thought of others and the appreclatlon of free frie~dshil~ and am~iations. -, i " It is this sentiment that forms the background of our thinking of you at this glad time of the year. We want you to know that when we say, # "MERRY CHRISTMAS," we include ['" OAKOTA IMPLEMENT CO. F. D. ItAIGH, Manager Beach, North Dakota ITiflY THE I:HRISTITIAS BELLS RII113 II1 A mOST !HAPPY SEA$OII May the Chr|sfmas bells ring ~vlfh all fhe hopp|ness f hat you so richly deserve, is our Chr|sfmas wlsh fo the people of this cam- reunify. May the flue splrlf of fhe Yuletide linger on fhrough every day of fhe com- ing year as a reward for your fhoughffuf. ness ond klndness. CHRIS. G. JOHNSON Allis-Chalmers Dealer Golva, North Dakota BARBARA ANN BENEDICT ttTHIS 'peace on earth, good wily Z-toward men' stuff gives me a pain," Darl said. He laughed cyn- icnily, looking down into the girl's troubled eyes. "It gets me how you got hooked into it, Pare. Why don't you look the thing squarely in the face and realize it's the bunk!" "You must be blind!" Pamela cried, "There are thousands and thousands of people who give things." "O.K., honey." He smiled. "We look at it differently. The way I figure it. a man never does some- thing for nothing. If he isn't re- warded with material gain, then he's rewarded by having his vanity salved. There's always a selfish mo- tive behind a so-called act of kind- ness, no matter which way you fig- ure it. But it isn't important. What is Important is that it's Christmas and you and 1 are in love and we ought to think of celebrating." "It is important, Darl." Her voice was suddenly vibrant. "It's impor- tant to me to show you that you're wrong. I couldn't be happy with a man who had those .ideas." And then, seeing the expression on his face, her tone softened. "Oh~ I know it seems silly to you--quarreling about something so trite. But to me it isn't trite. Oh, Darl, let me show you how wrong you are!" The streets were festive. Colored lights and greenery showed in ev- ery window. Lighted trees were on every street corner. Pare stopped the car while a group of carol sing- ers trooped by. A girl with a tam- bourine thrust a smiling face against the coupe window. She dropped coins into it and smiled and said, "Merry Christmas." They left the gaily lighted streets behind. Pam turned into a side A moment later, a small middle- aged lady came bustling out. street. She stopped before a house and sounded her horn. A moment later a small, middle-aged lady came bustling out. She carried a basket, Pare opened the door for her, and introduced Darl. Her name v~as Kimball. "Well!" said the little lady. "This is nice. I suppose you're the young man to whom Miss Tripp is en- gaged." "Yes, we're engaged," Darl said. He wondered what she had in the b a~t. She was so poorly dressed, ~afl and apse'axed so tmder- ~es But thi~lke was a sparkle But instead of driving back to the city, Pare drove across the railroad tracks and into the desolate, ill- lighted thoroughfares of Jaytewn. At last they stopped before a di- lapidated tenement house. They en- tered a dark, cold hall, mounted stairs and rapped on a door. A weak voice bade them enter. The room ,ms, warmer than the lmll outside,llghtedw/~ a kerosene lamp. A woman lay ia bed, a child cradled in her arms. Mrs. Kimball mattur-of4aetly stirred up the fire, produced candles and lighted them. Pnmelu straightened thlng~ ia the room with surprising efficiency. The woman in the bed watched from hollow eyes while Mrs. Kimball tin- packed lmr basket, set out a piti- fully small supply of foodstuffs, some strings of popcorn, the green bough of a pine tree, an orange, two apples, a bottle of milk. The sick woman's eyes were ea- ger, grateful as the things appeared. In no time at all the pine bough was arranged on the table, the strings of popcorn draped over it, oranges placed at its base, two can- dles on either side. Darrs forehead wrinkled. He saw the gl0w on Mrs. Kimball's face, the sparkle in he~ eyes. She was poor. She was doing all she rould, and the woman in the bed knew this, She was giving back gratitude and warmth of feeling and love. They left Mrs. Kimball and drove back to the city. They stopped near the park to listen to the carol sing. ers. Pam looked at him, "Did it mean anything to you, Darl? Do you see what I mean?'" of woman in the "It's a self. And aloud thought about It but isn't it nice we as Mrs. Darl Holloway," she THE CHRISTMAS ATMOSPHERE • Among all evenings in the year, and all the days, there is no other evening like the Christ- mas eve, no other day like Christmas day. Whether the eve and the day be dark and stormy, or still and fair, does not matter. The difference iS not in the weather or the season, but in that more subtle atmos- phere which, from generation to generation through all the centuries has been our inherit- once from that first Christmas eve and a day when a new born babe sent its wailing cry from the manger of Bethlehem. t~she world looks different thru Christmas atmosphere. However festive or sad the oc- casion, however gay or gloomy the streets may be, whatever may be our surroundings, the Christmas feeling is there. No one may say just wherein it lies. It is like an unseen halo that glorifies and makes holy every good thought and impulse, while it reveals in darker relief what- ever is tragic, unworthy, or vi- cious. A great disaster on Christmas eve or day shocks us~ as it does at no other season; I a great joy comes in that sweet raiment of gladness that only Christmas brings. Thru nine- teen centuries has this light lin- gered around the hearts of men, and thru all those ages it has not grown din. Year after year slips by and is added to the past. But with each Christmas eve and day our homes and our highways are once more filled with the old sweet joy--the halo from that star which rose over Bethlehem. SACRIFICE ON WAR ALTAR It seems dreadful to think of the many thousands of American young men whose lives have been snuffed out in the hot fires of war. The number of deaths in the armed forces in two years has been less than half the deaths in less than 20 months in which the United States was in the first World War. Military policy in this war is making a great effort to reduce the casualties. Modern medical science and quick transportation save many wounded men who pre- viously would have died. By pro- tecting our men with the most pow- erful mechanized equipment any nation ever had, their chances of getting fatally wounded are a great deal less than they were in the previous war. - - - - ~~4LqE~ M. C. Heckaman Wibaux, Mont. This is a 99% community appreciation " tt CHIIISTMAS REETINGS [ spires us to send you a word of C~e spirit of the Yule- TF comi.ng ye.ar and make th!s corn- I I munity a better place in which to [1 live. ". [ The Season's Best Wishes to .* each of you. Jess Still's RADIO SHOP FOR FI IHt ERFUL IHRlfTMAIt We are happy to offer our best wishes to each of you for the most cheerful Christmas you have ever ex- perienced. It is with reverent appreciation of all ' t~' the blessings that have been made possible by friendghips of long standing, that we ex- tend our best wishes for your happiness on is Christmas day and every day c~ the coming year. SCHULZ GARAGE O~¢CE AGAIN TIIE Yuletide season offers a welcome opportunity to extend cordial greetings and best wishes tb'al[ those whose friendship and patronage we have enjoyed during the year. May we express our appreciation of your consideration.., and our best wishes for ~our Co ilntinued~:~ happiness, i~ DICKINSON'S and Sales Force