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> i« l FOHR THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON. OREGON. CTANFIELD NEWS By Mr». Rote Hedrick Time cannot lessen the com fort th a t comes with the centuries-old words “Joy to the World.” In them we find a message of hope and promise especially needed these days. Events cannot complete ly dim the spiritual renewal we find each year in the Christm as story. Men come and go, nations rise and fall, clouds may darken the sky fo r a time, but the Story of Bethlehem is eternal— grow ing stronger with the passing years. Dr. F. B. Belt The Ladies Aid bazaar la st S a tu r day drew only a small crowd but about $40 was taken in w ith many articles left over to sell, according to the president, Mrs. E rnest G reat- house. The Pollyanna club held their C hristm as p arty a t the home of Mrs. Carl Rhea Wednesday afternoon with a C hristm as tree for the small child ren and a collection of g ifts fo r a C hristm as box. Jack House and Byron Brown of Kennewick were callers in Stanfield Sunday. Mrs. John W aller and two small children visited her mother in P o rt land the la tte r p a rt of the week. The C hristm as message will be given by Rev. J. K. G riffith s a t 11 o’clock following the Sunday School on December 22, instead of the regu lar evening service a t the P resb y ter ian church. Mr. and Mrs. O ra Thompson were called to Lakeview last F rid ay due to the illness of C arl Thompson who su f fered a stroke. Robert C hristian and mother, Mrs. Tom Moore, drove them down. Mr. and Mrs. Lee C hristian of Ba ker are rejoicing over th eir new baby named Melvin Leroy. Lee is another son of Mrs. Tom Moore. County H ealth N urse Lucile Luk- ens seems quite busy in the Stanfield .district. The Thorne fam ily on the Meadows are quarantined with scar let fever. Most of the school child ren have had their attack of flu or colds. The B ert W arren ranch home is being re-wired and modernized. I MAY TH E CANDLES T H A T BURN c tr o m e s ic k n e s s , p e r haps, had brought him b a c k . O ld P e t e r J o h a n s e n buttoned his th read b are over coat, blew w arm b reath on his rough hands and jum ped to the ground. There was no railroad detective to grab him for riding th a t freight train, because this was the day be fore C hristm as. All but the hom eless, like him self, seem ed busy p rep arin g for the D ay of Days. F o rty y ears, P e te r reflected, since he la st set foot in C lark City. It had been a y ea r afte r the big e a rth quake; a y ear afte r all hell broke loose, killing his p aren ts and sis te r as they sa t a t dinner in the little house on Vine street. P e te r rem em b ered : How he had com e hom e late th a t evening; how the ea rth began quivering like a beast possessed; how he had Farm Bureau Cooperative and Service Station MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL___ The scribes of old told the same story. But it will never grow old. We add our best wishes during the Yuletide season. May we meet you again and again along the highw ay of life. May your road lead to happi ness. PENNOCK’S GARAGE Hermiston Dry Cleaners T y o u CAN GET ALO NG WITHOUT ELECTRICITY A N D W ITHO UT ADVERTISING-., ; BUT W HY TRY? • P. A. «V ELV ET • HALF & HALF 10c THOMPSON'S DRUG Although we have been extending to you our C hrirtm as G reetings for a great many years, we have found in them a continual pleasure, because they give us an opportunity to show in a small way our ap preciation of your friendship. This year, even more than usual, the practice of wishing you Happiness Prosperity, and Success at Christm as seems more th an ever appropriate. The troubled times through which we have been passing have made us even more keenly appreciative of your loyal friendship and your patronage. Me dedicate ourselves to g reater service to you. to g reater courtesies, to making our « ‘mmun.ty * “ er p l,ce in Which t0 live- Every per"on in ,h i" the responsibility and ac- cepts it gladly. “ MAC" — R. C. McReynolds “ R ED ” — A. A. Estle “ BOB" Robert C. Woodward “G U S" — L. C. Estle “ LARRY” — L. S. Snodgreaa “JIM ” — Jam es H. Boylen “ ROHR" — A. F. Rohrman you and yours th e best of Rohrman Motor Co. everything in the Chas. Burk P e te r stood alone for a long tim e w atching the sta r ap p ear. (Released by Western Newspaper Union., Cakes Printed in Germany A fam ous C h ristm as cake in G er m any is Aachen P rin ten , from which the E nglish w ord “ p rin t” is derived. In the days before book-printing the idea of im print belonged to the bak ing business to exp ress > m aking • of p attern s in cakes. I of these cak es have figures rep ding the old gods Wotan and Tho. Santa May Not Smoke Cigars S an ta Claus, p erh ap s, do esn 't sm oke—or he would be b e tte r in- form eti on th e q u ality of cig ars. PORTRAY OUR WISH TO We wish it were possible to take you and every friend by the hand and say— “ M erry Christm as and a H appy New Year. New Y ear of 1941. searched like a m ad m an through the ruins of th a t shock-w racked, fire-swept bungalow. Then, as Clark City began rebuilding, he had d rift ed off in a daze to roam up and down the e a rth —a n e’er-do-well, a hobo! But alw ays he rem em b ered Linda, d e a r little sister Linda. In 40 y ears h er m em ory alw ays cam e back stro n g er than ev er on C hristm as E ve, for it w as then th a t they used to clim b Lookout Hill hand-in-hand a t dusk, w atching the evening sta r rise in the heavens. T hat, p erhaps, w as why he was back this C h ristm as Eve. “ Almost dusk now,” he reflected, trudging along Clark C ity’s busy thoroughfare. C h ristm as crow ds jos tled him, for he w as a hapless w an d e re r with no place to go. No place to go? Not P eter! Soon he found his w ay to the old residen tial d istric t w here Lookout Hill rose like a sentinel. “ The sam e old hill,” he told h im self. “ L ittle Linda! If you w ere only h ere now to see your big brother! No—thank God you’re not here, for your big b ro th er is asham ed of him self! !” At the crest P e te r stood alone for a long tim e, w atching the s ta r ap p ea r as it had since th a t first night over Bethlehem . He d idn’t notice the old lady until she spoke. “ B eautiful, th a t s ta r, isn ’t it? ” P e te r fum bled with his grease- stained cap. “ Y es’m , it is. E specially from Lookout H ill.” “ M any y e a rs ag o ,” she continued, alm o st in a tran c e, “ m y little broth e r and I used to w atch th a t s ta r rise in the heavens each C hristm as E v e,* 1 until—” (she wiped a te a r aw a y )—“ we w ere se p arate d som e how during the big earth q u ak e. He w as killed, they found out later. “ E ach C h ristm as E ve ev er since I ’ve com e back here, ju st to rem em ber him . I hope h e’s happy up there in H eav en .” P e te r w as sta rin g at her, fairly ready to shriek, for it w as Linda! No c’oubt about it, now! He recognized the tilt of her nose, unchanged by the y e a rs; the fam il ia r ring of a voice th a t somehow had failed to graw old. But he held h im se’f back, for P e te r w as asham ed of him self. She d id n 't notice him shuffle off afte r awhile, for Linda w as still w atching the star. In the freight y ard s he found an em pty boxcar and bedded down un d er som e straw in a corner. A fter a while he felt the c a r move, and somehow he w as glad. “ Yes, it w as L inda,” he sobbed to him self, “ but I ju st couldn't tell h er. Thank God sh e 's alive and happy. And Thank God she re m em b ers m e on C h ristm as eve as I w as, not as I a m .” A fter aw hile he fell asleep. WINDOWS C H R IS T M A S and it is the season to wish The Pine City ladies met a t theii club house T hursday fo r an all day meeting. A quilt was tied for Mrs. Jasp er Myers. The next meeting will be Ja n u a ry 9. A pot luck dinner will be served at noon and all are urged to come. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neill spent T hursday in The Dalles on business. Ray Ayers, Betty Finch, P a t O’ Brien, all spent the week end a t th eir homes. They a re attending high school in Heppner. Mrs. M arian Finch is called for ju ry duty Wednesday. Mrs. M arian Finch, B ertha Ayers and Dora Moore attended the Lena G range C hristm as party at the Hast- line home in Heppner Friday. * Mr. and Mrs. A. E. W attenburger and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. W attenbur g er and family spent Sunday in P as co visiting E arl W attenburger and family. Mrs. Jasp er Myers had a birthday F riday the 13th, and was pleasantly surprised when a few friends gath ered to spend the evening in playing cards. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ja sp er Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ayers, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. W atten burger. and th eir families, and Jean Dorthey. Pop corn and candy was served. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ayers spent Sunday with his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ayers and family. Mr. and Mrs. M arian Finch spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hughes of Lena. « Mr. and Mrs. Sloan Thompson spent F rid ay evening with Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bartholomew. Mrs. Ray Brew ster of Spokane is spending a few days with her daugh ter. Mrs. R. E. McGreer. who has been ill the past week with the flu. Rov Neill is also on the sick list. OUR Um atilla Electric Cooperative Assn. ’Tis the Season to be Jolly pin F city news IN YOU ALL. H By Mrs. Bernice W atten b u rg er May your Christm as this year be a time of happiness and jollity, a time for renewing old friendships, a time when everyday cares may be forgotten and the tru e sp irit of the Yuletide season be realized. D uring the years we have been a p a rt of th is communi ty we have formed many friendships, and for them we are deeply grateful. It is not often th a t we have an opportunity to express this gratitude, and th a t is why we are happy a t this tim e to extend to each of you our very sincere wishes for a Merry C hristm as and a H appy New Year. THURSDAY, DECEMBER X», 1240 Shaw’s Bakery WE JO IN IN ^ H E CHORUS IN W ISHIN G YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTM AS AND A H A PPY NEW YEAR Hermiston Auto Co. “Always At Your Service. "" PACIFIC POW ER & L IG H T CO. May this C hristm as season bless you and yours with all the good things of life: may success, happiness and health be yours in the fullest measure. We appreciate every courtesy you have shown, and we pledge our selves to m aintaining your friendship during the coming year. Again we say “ M erry C hristm as.” Pearson Service
