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10—The MUI City Enterprise, Thursday, Dec. 20, 1978 The Christmas Wreath ‘ALLOW ME!’ In 1944, evergreen boughs1 were used as Christmas decor-1 ations in the streets of Lon-1 don. And in the sixteenth-cen tury Germany, branches of fir or spruce were intertwined in a circular shape. This symbol ized the love of God which has no beginning and no ending. The wreath was laid on a table. On each of the four Sundays of Advent a candle was attached to the wreath. There are many legends about the origin of the Christ mas wreath. One tells of a young girl of Bethlehem who wept because she had nothing; to bring the Christ Child but a crown of holly leaves. The Babe touched the crown. The leaves gleamed and scarlet berries appeared where her tears had fallen. THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE- P. O. BOX 348 PHONE >97-2772 MILL CITY. ORE. 97M9 Published at MUI City, Marion County, Ore. every Thnrsday Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Postoffice at MUI City, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. The Mill City Enterprise assumes no financial responsibility ' for errors in advertisements. It will, however, reprint without charge or cancel the charge for that portion of an advertisement which is in error If The Enterprise is at fault An Independent newspaper, dedicated to the development of the timber industry and agriculture in this area. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Marion-Linn Counties, per year_______________________________ $4.80 Outside Marion-Linn Counties, per year_______________________ $8.09 Outside Oregon, per year_____________________________________ $8.80 GEORGE LONG ............... Editor and Publisher RAYMOND E. PRESLER___________________________________ Printer NORMA LONG___________________________ Society and News Editor ROSE CREE .............. Local News Editor MARY KELLY................... Local News Editor CORRESPONDENTS Detroit-Idanha____________________________________ Boots Champion Gates ..................................................... —............... ......... Joyce Presler Lyons__________ ___ ____________________________________ Eva Breaalar Mehama___ ___ ________________ Mrs. John Teeters - Jean Roberts THE THREE “E’s" Three of the nation’s most pressing problems: energy, en vironment, and economics are the current whipping boys of politicians and columnists. The industial community unfairly finds itself being tagged as the bad guy who caused it all. This is not the case. We’re doing a lot of things right in America: we have only six percent of the world’s population gathered on just six percent of the world’s land mass. Yet we have 50 percent of the world’s wealth, produce 20 percent of the world’s steel; 33 percent of its electrical energy and 35 percent of its automobiles. It’s time we put to full productive use ihe imaginative genius that has set this country apart from all others to search for and find the opportunities that are hidden in the problems surrounding the three “E’s”: energy, environment and econ omics. 'T/S THE SEASON OF JOY AND PEACE ON EARTH THE FAMILY# ¡1 LAWYER X FREE COFFEE When You Are In Stayton Stop In For Your FREE Cup Of Coffee Paul Swope PAINTING CONTRACTOR ORDERS TO GO Phone 769-531 I Stayton, Oregon Pau! and Gwen Gates, Oregon Scrumpdillyishus Poker Face On The Bench? How neutral does a judge have to be in conducting a trial? That was the issue in The Case of the Smiling Judge. A man had been found guilty of assault, and his at torney appealed to a higher court on the following ground: “Just as one of the defense witnesses was telling his story, the judge broke into a smile. The implication was obvious: he thought the witness was lying. Although the judge told the jury not to be influenced by his smile, the damage was done. The jury got the message and brought in a verdict of guilty.” t I x /I Ju & ¡1 j WS However, the appellate court refused to set aside the verdict. The court said the judge’s smile was just too mi nor an element, in an other wise fair trial, to make the en tire proceedings null and void. Of course, a trial judge is supposed to be as neutral as possible. Ideally, he should keep a poker face at all times, since his facial expressions may well speak as loudly as words. But the law also recognizes that judges, being only hu- man, cannot be in total con- trol of their emotions, Thus, another appellate court decid ed it was “most natural” for a judge to grin when a man named Ananias was sworn in as a witness. On the other hand, a verdict may indeed be overturned on appeal if the trial judge made his feelings too convincingly clear. In another case, involving a deadly weapons charge, the judge kept referring to the ac cused as a “graduate of Sing Sing”. Again, the jury’s guilty verdict was carried to a high er court on grounds of judicial misbehavior. This time, the verdict was thrown out. Criticizing the trial judge for letting his feel ings get out-of-hand, the ap pellate court said: “The function of the judge is to preserve the rights of both the people and the accus- sed, not to insure victory or defeat for either (side).” Let Us Give Thanks that Christmas Comes to Remind Us Anew that Faith is the Key to Happiness. Wills Bros. Shingle Mill Mill City, Oregon ¿tote /c/t We Come Again to Season of Christmas and the Minds of Men Turn Aside Centuries to Recall the Ever- constant Story of the Holy Birth at Bethlehem. We Wish to One and All the Joy and Peace of this Greatest Holiday. FRANK LUMBER CO-, INC- MILL CITY, OREGON The Great Gifts of Love and Peace Be Yours this Christmas. And to Friends and Loved Joyous Greetings, Ones the Gifts of Love and Peace. 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