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.
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Editor and Publisher
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Local News Editor
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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
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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.”
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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
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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.
MADISON-DAVIS
Sprouse Reitz
987 First Street
Stayton, Oregon
Insurance Agency, Inc.
Phone 769-6311
Stayton, Oregon