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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, DECEMBER 26, 1930 Truth Aboot Saint Nichch W. CAIXISEN 5L . Saint Mmos ... . y " "my- IffUUUl! H I UNA ULU $ " ..7...........,r7:,.T7T. TA. I ii -mmm uw uiuiuinifl v jcata -villi- I I dren everywhere have loved Na" I Santa Clans. And no won- I der, for Santa Claus Is a . real person, as real as cap tain - John Smith, General Grant, or our beloved George Washington, only his real name--was Saint 'Nicholas. Ages ago the Germans ' called him Sankt Nlclaus, which their children turned Into Sankt Clans the Santa Claua of today. Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of very good and learned man with his arid mother willingly allowed him to study for the priesthood. Thus it came that he was sent to the home of his uncle, Bishop Nicholas of Patara, under whose loving care he was In structed In all the wisdom of the church as known in that day, And now we come. to . the story of how Nicholas, from the kindness of his heart, first brought gifts to chiN dren while they lay asleep. It so hap pened that in the city there dwelt a children, was a Greek who lived in Asia Minor about sixteen hundred years ago, and his life was so spot less and his good works so enduring that lie is even now beloved in all lands. Many churches have been named for him. The parents of Saint Nicholas were rich and respected and lived in a city called Patara at the southwest cor- ' ner of Asia Minor. Long they dwelt together, childless, but at length their prayers were answered and the little son Nicholas was Bent to cheer their loneliness. It is said that from the very first he was the wonder of all ' friends and neighbors, so different was ' lie from other children of his, age. ; At School he was one of the bright ', est and best scholars, and so great was his love for the church, and so anxious was he to serve Christ, his master .in all Jhings, that his father three young daughters. This man had at one time been very rich, but by taking bad advice from one he thought " his friend, lost all "his" wealth. Now he was bitterly poor, and as he was too proud to beg, the family had no longer a crust of bread to eat Good Nicholas heard , of this and bis kind heart was greatly troubled. So ho filled a purse with gold and went by night to the poor man's house though he had no idea how he should deliver his gift without being seen. The moon was shining brightly and by Its light he saw a trellis which was built against the house for a grapevine to , grow upon. This he climbed, and peeping through the window saw the three hungry children asleep on their bed, their cheeks still wet with tears. It made his heart ache to see their distress and tears came into his own ejrs. .Gentlx.drjanplns.the. purse of The First National Bank of Athena CAPITAL $50,000 - SURPLUS $60,000 Undivided Profits over $45,000 A Real Service to the Community Conveniently Located, Financially Sound, Able and Willing to Serve You. Maintains a Complete Trust Department BACKED BY MORE THAN 88 YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL BANKING EXPERIENCE. COME IN AND SEE US ABOUT YOUR BANKING REQUIREMENTS. goI3 on "Hie Hour r3 cTImucd again fb the ground. The next morning the poor man re joiced greatly when his daughters brought him the purse of gold, and for a time the family's troubles were at an end.. When the money was at last all spent, Nicholas again climbed the trellis by night and dropped a second purse, and later a third. You can fancy bow astonished the poor man was at this unexpected help, and after the second purse he determined to watch for the generous giver. This he did and the third time caught Nich olas in the very act The poor man fell upon his knees and thanked him ,wlth tears for his act of mercy, but Nicholas earnestly begged him never to tell who had befriended him. xnrougn tne enuaren, However, tne story became known in the town, and as . the , kind-hearted Nicholas con tinued to help the needy in secret, giv ing away the entire wealth he had in herited from his parents, people soon learned to say whenever a gift had been 4eft . during the night: "Saint Nicholas brought It I" Nicholas continued as he had. be gun, and devoted his whole life to the good of his, fellow men. He visited the sick, and helped the needy both, with money and good advice. Six hundred years later when King Vladimir of Russia came all the wav to Constantinople to be baptized he neara the splendid story of . Saint Nicholas. And from the king and his Russian people the story spread to the Lapps in the far north. These simple folk believed that the good saint lived at the North pole amid the wonderful northern lights, and that he came to them with gifts in a sled drawn by reindeer, the common way of travel in their country.-v So has the story coma down through the years to the chll dren of today. Yes, indeed, St Nicholas, or Santa Claus, as he is better known, was a very real person ! A very good and loving friend to all who needed him I DECLARED ILLEGAL Insurance Question Is Ruled On By the Colorado Su preme Court. HERE was Christmas music everywhere. The pines were singing softly to themselves. It seemed as though they sang great long notes filled with melody. Blue, curling smoke could be seen from the chimneys of houses, and great old trunks of trees made crackling sounds. It was a world of white and dark patches, of lights and shades and of the sounds of the wind and the ice- coated trees. It seemed Hire a background of mu sic to Frances and Floyd as they walked up beyond the town to the woods to gather Christmas greens. They wanted a great many greens. The house expected them. Every pic ture wunted Its spray of green behind it, every window wanted Its wreath, and the house v.anteil its big tree, and Its little one for the center of the dining room table. "You're' coming to Let your voice say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy New Year" to the folks at home IT WILL mean so much to someone! The cost is low. And even lower, if : you call "station-to-station" the term used to describe inter-city calls when you will talk with anyone who answers. "Information" will gladly give you the number if you don't know it It's easy to ' make an inter-city calk - C - The holidays are here Why not telephone your Yuletide Greetings? Why wait until the last-minute rush on Christmas or New Year's Eves? Telephone today. We are at your service. Tin Pacific Telephone And Telegraph Company Christmas din ner, you know," Frances told Floyd. "Yes, your mother did ask me. It was so good of her. Of course It will be my first Christmas away from home, but we never celebrated Christ mas much at our house. Not the way you seem to do. "Why I never knew people to cele brate Christmas as you do and there are no young children in your house." "We've always done it that way,' Frances answered. "Mother alwnys has Christmas celebrated as though every one of us was a child. "Maybe it's what keeps us feeling so young and merry all the time. We're such a family for games and fun all by ourselves, too." What a beautiful walk they had. and how Floyd did enjoy helDlne them decorate later on. Since his business had called him here and since he had seen so much of Frances he had never felt happier. At first, as he went inside with the Christmas greens, he felt a bit of a stranger. "Their voices were all louder than usual. They were calling directions to each other. They were laughing over the things they were doing. They were so enormously busy over such details. They took as much time wrapping up a paper of pins for one of the members of the family as they' would have done had It been a rare necklace. And about every little detail they took the same care. The Christmas decorations were finished. The wreaths were up In the windows. Every picture had Its SDray of green behind it, and they were all talking of how It would look on Christmas day. Floyd was sure they would all act as though it were a great surprise to them. That was how they entered into the spirit of their Christmas. "Come very early in the morning," Frances' mother was saying to Floyd. Then youll be here in time to help open the presents and empty the stockings." . Floyd accepted gayly. It was really his first Christmas like this. And la the center of It all was Frances Frances whom he loved so much. Maybe," he said to her as he was leaving, "maybe I could really be a member of this family next year. Do ytu think you could love me enough to take me?". "You're sure It's not Just the family you lover she asked, smiling. "I'm quite sure of the member of the family I love best," he returned, and she burled her head in his heavy overcoat and said: "Well, I think lfs very good Ideal". i There was Christmas music svery-, where I . Denver. The state supreme court has ruled that certain changes made in the constitution of the Woodmen of the World, with headquarters in Den ver, intended to change insurance rates, were not legally adopted. The changes were made at the or ganization's head camp session at Oakland, Cal., two years ago last June. Eight members of the order who contended the officers of the organi zation were trying to change it from a fraternal association on an assess ment plan to an "old line" insurance company, instituted the suit against officers of the organization. . "The decree of the district court in effect left the WoodnSen of the World and its membership in the same con dition and with the same rights and duties as though no amendment had been attempted," said the court's de cision in affirming the judgment of the Denver district court. "Only in so far as this decree ef fectuates this purpose it is affirmed. "If deemed necessary, questions of the modification of the final decree of the trial court, in order that the same may be practically applicable to the present circumstances of the parties may be further presented to this court upon petition for rehearing." The supreme court ruled, as did the district court, that no record of the proceedings at the Oakland meeting, participated in by delegates from nine western states, had been kept, and that therefore a viva voce vote on changes in the organization's insur ance machinery were not in conform ity with its constitution. The plaintiffs, holders of insurance, alleged the officers in seeking to put into effect the new plan of issuing insurance concocted a "scheme to drive the membership by arbitrary and illegal methods and coercion into surrendering their benefit certificates and accepting old-line insurance." - The defendant officers contended the district court had not jurisdiction and that the plaintiffs, under the wood men of the World constitution, had no right to sue. The states represented at the Oak land meeting m June, 19Z8, were Colorado, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, . Washington and Wyoming. At the time the suit was instituted in May, 1929, the state ment was made that the organization had a membership- in the western states named of about 140,000.' The change in the constitution pro vided for a new class of insurance or a reserve division with a higher rate on the policies. A member explains the position of those favoring the assessment plan formerly in vogue as follows: "The delegates were empowered by the constitution to increase the cash re serve bv snecial assessments. A special assessment, therefore, was the only solution to the problem at the meeting of the delegates from the nine western states in Oakland, and it could have been made easily. By the change in the rates of insurance, when they adopted the new plan, tney attempted to throw out all the old members; they practically forced them out by raising the rates so high that they had to drop out. The mem bership of the order dropped from 140,000 two years ago to approxi mately 50,000 now, because so many were forced out by the increase in the rates." Free trial literal terms ' . 1 Nflrv. ii lii s if you v. mm. IBS EES 3 Perfected Screen Qrid't SOS MODEL 1055 $ The popular low boy. Exquisitely 4j finished. Blends & with any style of ifi furnishing. ' LESS TUBES Walla Walla Program to Mark All Historical Spots Walla Walla. Inauguration of a program which it is hoped will event ually lead to the marking of all his torical spots in Walla Walla county in anticipation of the centenary of the arrival of the Witman missionary party here in 1836 was announced Tuesday at the chamber of commerce by Paul Clark. " Erection of a maricer in comme moration of the Old Oregon Iran will be the first step in the program which it is hoped will have markers at every spot in the county touched by historical figures. Lewis and CiarK, wyew, uover- ' ft. J T.r A mi rta nor Stevens, nuason ai iKuvo. Old Ford Walla Walla at Walulla are among characters and spots to be rontrr,izfA while restoration of the Whitman Missions hoped for in this activity. Votes Fund for Jobless Men A $300,000 emergency relief fund for Portland unemployment was al lowed by the chairman of the Mult nomah county tax supervising ana conservation commission for the first time in the history of the county. The city of Portland was allowed $200,000 of this amount. An item of tsn ooo nsuallv allowed the city coun cil for emergency snow removal was put into the unemployment relief fund. The tax levy was increased 12 mills. ' . Mac Smith, well known merchant of Helix, is seriously ill at bin nome there. ' ' C. M. Eager and family spent Christmas at the home of Mr. ana Mrs. Charles Bond to Pendleton. Rogers Goodman (A Mercantile Trust) They Raise Turkeys and Kill Oodles of Rattlers Raising turkeys in the canyons of Wallowa county is practicable if rat tlesnakes can be killed off. This is the conclusion of L. F. Evans, who marketed 221 birds this fall from his Joseph Creek canyon ranch, says the Weston Leader. He dressed them at home, carried them on pack horses to the plateau above, trucked them forty miles to a shipping point and expressed them to Portland. Evans killed ninety rattlers during the sea son as shown by the notches on his stick. He says: "When the turkeys hear and see a snake they gather around in a circle. When the birds are small they run in and try to pick out the snake's eyes. We watch the turkeys and when we see them gather, someone runs there with a club. It's a case of a dead snake or a dead turkey. "If we get there in time we kill the snake. If we are late, the snake strikes and hits a bird. It is our observation that the striken turkey runs about twenty feet and drops dead." Schannep Re-Elected At the 25th annual convention of county judges, held at Portland Sat urday, Judge I. M. Schannep of Uma tilla county, was re-elected president of the association and Judge M. R. Biggs of Crook county, was named vice-president. - In his address before the convention, Henry B. Van Duzer said: "There are upwards of 1750 pick, shovel and wheelbarrow jobs for six days a week for three months," and by rotating labor, work on banks, fills, etc., on the state highway sys tem, not including Multnomah coun ty, can occupy twice as many-laborers on a three-day a week basis. Farmer Gored to Death Ren Womer, 41, Polk county farm er, was gored to death In Tiis barn near Pedee in the southwestern part of the county by an angry bull. The body was found by Leo Condron, a brother-in-law, who went to the barn to investigate when Womer fail ed to return from his chores. No one witnessed the tragedy. The body, terribly mutilated, was found in the bull's stall, but the animal had broken his rope and was outside in the barnyard when Condron arrived. $5 Special . On Ringlette Permanent Wave Until January 1st Athena Beauty Shop . 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