Southern Oregon New« Review, I hurwlav, December »6, 194*»
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SOUTHERN
OREGON
NEWS R EVIEW
Published every Thursday by
THE SISKIYOU PUBLISHING COMPANY
167 East Main Street
Ashland, Oregon
Carry 1 H. Wines and W’endell D. Lawrence, Publishers
WENDELL LAWRENCE, Editor
Star of Bethlehem
Phenomenon of Age
The Star of Bethlehem has been
the subject of extensive research
and discussion.
Modern astronomers have consid
ered several natural phenomenon
theories without attaching too much
weight to any such hyp thesis
Entered as second-class mail m atter in the post office at Ash
land, Oregon, February 15, 1935, under the act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
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Skiing conditions at
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The time draw» near the b iith of
Luke will be pel feel foi Hi»' h o l
Christ
The moon is hid; the night is iday season. C hief Rangel J 1 ui
lisle, reported by radio Iront Hie
still.
The Christmas bells from lull P ark H eaiiquarlers Snow at tin
to hill
rim is 58 Inches deep and the
Answer each other In the mist.
w eather prom ises Io lie clt'iu and
Four voices of four hamlets round.
From fur and near, on mead and
moor,
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Swell out and fall, as if a door
Were si it between me and the
sound.
Each
voice four rhanges on the
wind,
That now dilate, and now
decrease.
Peace and good w ill, good-will
and peace.
Peace Hiid good-will. Io all mankind.
Merry Christmas
This Christmas season in America is a pleasant one. Today through
out the world there is almost "Peace on earth, goodwill toward men.”
In the Christians nations, particularly, there is hut little armed
conflict. In Greece and Yugoslavia border incidents occurred today,
yesterday, and they will probably continue to occur tomorrow. But
little more than a year ago, however, full scale warfare was ravaging
the face of Europe.
In the nations of the Far East, and the Near Fast there are political
upheavals, small scale revolutions, and civil war. The foreign colonies
in those regions will celebrate Christmas, the natives will continue
their wavs and will have their religious celebrations at the time pre
scribed for them.
Yet throughout the world, Christmas is known, and the story of
the Christ child’s birth has been told and retold, in every tongue
known to man, and in many of the countries of the world, whether
Christian or not, the period of Christmas is marked by a time of giving
gifts, a practice taken from the custom common to those lands where
Christianity is practiced.
The greatest gift of all is friendship. This one thing, if it can be
fostered on a worldwide scale, would do much toward breaking down
the barriers which exist between nations and peoples. O ur gift this
Christmas toward the people of the world should be the extended hand
of friendship. The United Nations organization offers a recipric.il oppor
tunity to the other nations of the world to accept that hand and return
the gesture.
"Peace on Earth, Good Will to men,” when men on earth begin
to follow this prxeept, and to practice it as a major philosophy this
world will begin to be, "One World.”
Peace, (looil-U ill
Skeptics regard the whole thing
as mere invention, colored with O ri
ental imagery, designed to honor
C hrist; and faith accepts the star as
the supernatural phenomenon which
proclaimed the birth of Jesus.
The first chapter of the gos
pel according to St. Matthew be
gins:
' The book of tiie generation of
Jesus Christ, the son of David, the
son of Abraham . . ."
And confirming Bethlehem as the
city of David, the angel of the
Lord declared:
"F o r unto you Is born this day,
in the city of David, a SAVIOUR
which is CHRIST the L o rd ." St.
Luke 2:11.
Considering tradition, which ac
cepts that King D avid’s shield
formed a six-pointed star, the Star
of Bethlehem appropriately
" . stood over where the young
Child was.” St. Matthew 2 9
U sed
As Good Luck Charm
R ings o f m is tle to e w ere w orn
a ro u n d the n ic k in Sweden to p re
ven t »iC tness.
Oinslwias
¿histoers
It’s An 111 Wind
The fire that burned KWIN to the ground was at first glance a
major catastrphe, it may be almost, all for the best, if the station is
rebuilt as present plans indicate.
KWIN was built last summer at a time when many items of equip
ment were hard to get, and much of the equipment was substitute.
Today the equipment shortages are not as great as they were six
months ago and if the station is rebuilt, better equipment can be
utilized.
Secondly, as in building a new house, many small errors of design
and planning were made. These errors can be remedied this time
and a better operating unit can be built.
Third, since the station has been off the air, we've all discovered
how much we miss it. Jim Strickland’s early morning, "Wake Up
Rogue Valley” show; A rt Stanley melodously reading a tire shop
commercial ,and Lou Ritchie excitedly getting "that ball across that
line,” in a football broadcast w'ere enjoyable and w'e’ll be glad to hear
them again.
We’re going to miss KWIN during the next six or seven months,
but we’re sure that the station will be back, bigger and better than
ever.
Roy Peck did an amazing job in getting KW IN off to a fine start
at a time w'hen technical equipment and materials were practically
non-existent; we’re sure that Bob Reinholdt will do as well, and we
only hope than he can profit by Roy’s experience.
Home Town Referees
We’re solidly behind Parker Hess and regret that he had the un
fortunate experience of running into a group of Pacific University
basketball players who preferred arguing about decisions rather than
playing basketball.
We think that Parker did the only possible thing open to him in
calling the game, but the fact remains that many people, who weren’t
at the game, will very likely take the opposite view and will feel that
inasmuch as the referee was from Ashland that he was giving the
SOC ball club the benefit of the doubt.
This is a haywire hypothesis that will always persist. The truth of
the m atter is that usually the home town referee bends over back
wards to keep from favoring the home town team and as a result
often gives the other club the better of the decisions.
Either way, home town referees are on the spot. There should be
enough qualified referees in this area to enable the various schools an
opportunity to hire out-of-town officials who need not worry about
anybody’s reaction, but who can feel when they have finished a ball
game that they have completed a job, and that no one can point a
finger at them and say "biased.”
The crowd will be happier, the coaches will be happier, and the
officials, we’re sure, would prefer it that way.
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a ll as h a p p y as c h ild re n . For this is
given the Yule holiday
l e a l l y g o in g to be a m e rry C hristm as.
force and direction for
over a thousand years.
Hearts are made over
Thai il m ay he e tp e e ia lly jo y o u t
on this day.
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ure during this holy sea
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Monuments
5. Sweden.
6. Wassail bowl.
7. A cold Easter.
8. The Aztec Indian god, half bird,
half snake, who took the placi
of Santa Claus in Mexico In 1930
9 Christmas cactus.
10 "Silent N ight."
11. Mass of Christ.
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1. Dr. Clement C Moore.
2 Dicken s "A Christmas Carol.”
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CHRISTMAS
GREETINGS
Peace and
Good Will
Lighting the way to better
fellowship and good will
towards all it Christmas.
That it may be a truly
happy Christmas for each
o f you it our ardant wish.
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