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SUNDAY. DECEMBER. 25. 1955 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE FIVE Christmas Story Began With 'Miraculous Birth' By JAN MURPHY The story of Christmas It (he simple, but 'miraculous' !ct o( the birth of Christ nearly twenty cen turies ago in the little town of Beth lehem in Judea. The story opens In the city, of Nazareth In Galilee, where lived the Virftln Mry and t carpenter named Joseoh. One day the said to her, "Thou .'halt brln? forth . a son. and thou shalt call his name Jesus." And the angel told Mary that her cousin Elizabeth, who was an old woman, also would give birth to a son. Mary went to the home of Eliza beth, when the angel departed. Elizabeth's husband waa a priest in the temple of Jerusalem. When E'.izobcth saw Maiy she said. "Blessed art thou among women." Mary stayed with Elizabeth, until it was time for Elizabeth's son to be born, nnd all knew that Eliza beth's son, John, had been sent by God to prepare the 1 people for Christ's coining. BETHLEHEM JOl'RNEY Mary returned to Nazareth and. soon after. Joseph and Mary set out on a Journey to Bethlehem, for their emperor had decreed '.hat everyone must return to the place from which his family comes and pay the taxes. The Journey of Mary and Joseph lay soventy miles south. As they approached Bethlehem. Mary and Joseph became part of a long line of travelers, who trudged up a atony hillside Into the town. Many wore on (jot, for most of them ware poor. Some, more weal thy, rode on camels and donkeys. The little town, already overorowd ed, could hardly house all these travelers. Joseph was an elderly man, but he walked all the way. Beside him on a donkey, rode his young wife, Mary. Joseph and Mary had been more than three daya on the road. Night had fallen when the travelers first saw the flat-roofed houses of Bethlehem. When Mary and Joseph entered the town, they found the streets already crowded with home leas travelers who had arrived be fore them. They made their way to the only inn. in the town, but there was no room for. them at the Inn. Yet Joseph had to find shel ter, for Mary was about to give birth to a child. There are many stories of how Joseph found shelter for Mary. One version Is that the innkeeper him self, taking compassion upon Mary, guided them through the Jostling throngs of travelers to his own sta ble, where he kept his cattle and there mado a crude bedding of Iresh straw for Mary. Artists who have painted the scene in the stable have usually shown it as a wooden structure with stalls filled with straw. Ac tually, the stables of Christ's time in Bethlehem were not buildings at all, but dry, rocky caves with feeding troughs for cattle lining the walls. These stable caves, with hea- 'vy wooden doors -at the entrance, exist in southern Palestine even today. Here in the stable cave of the Bethlehem inn, Christ was born to Mary. On the slopes of the rocky rtdge just outside the town of Bethlehem, there is an enclosure called the Shepherd's ricld. In this enclosure, or pasture, shepherds were busy tending their flocks through the si lent night, when Christ was born. They were keeping special vigil on that night because sacrificial lambs would soon be wanted for the great national Feast of the Passover. These shepherds were poor, op pressed and unhappy, as were most Israelites under the stern and ex acting Roman rule of Caesar Au gustus. It was a time when all Israel prayed for the great deliv erer. And the shepherds on the hlil outside Bethlehem must nave talked among themselves often of the savings of the prophets who had foretold that the long-expected Prince and Savior of Israel would be born In their own home town of Bethlehem. The Bible tells how the announc ing anscl appeared before these shepherds, saying. "Behold. I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto ElirtnitiAi, ROOM Baverlr Dftran l.ttla Shrppler l.lntla (Irerary Fr-l IKaril .lanlrr Mllrpltr olnter MrKanni Joann (irisa sharnn O'Nell Carol Horn ltrn,l Johriaon Hill Hatca -. Iwrnf Prathar .lanlr Callonar Sharon Jfirhlta -lorre Howard Mr. I. D. Vahn . . . Room 80 .. RdHor-lti'thlrf ,. Asaoclale Fdltar Newt Editor Editorial planafar .... raaiurv i.ai trt r.lllnr rv F.itll or .. Poetry Reporter Rrparl'r Exrhftnte Editor ... Sparta Editor .. . j'holof-anhar .. Trplal frpUl .. .. Radio Editor Advlar-r merrij May this joyous you Is born this day In the cliy of David a Savior, which Is Chris: the Lord. And this shall be a Men t'nto .yon: Ye shall find the babe wrapped In swaddling clothes, ly ing In a mnnqer." ANOEI.8 BIND T.vmi ficre was a multitude of cngels praising Ood. savins:. "Olory to Ood in the highest, and on earth dc""c, ,,")( will invert! men." Afte rta snge1 cn'd 'ntn heaven, the ahpnt-erds 'rt. 'Lst us now o-o pvt nnt Vhlehn-n. end see 'his thin wh'eh s romp o ops", which I'm Lird h"i rfde krown nn'o vs." The shr)heMs deserter' 'heir flocks nnd went down In'o Urthle hm, They went dl-e?tlv to the st ble rt C-e Inn nri the1-? ff" 'out'd. s the antel bed "aid, bibs v lti In a malice". T.i-v 'ell to their kres and worshipped Him. When thev had seen the infant Jeaus, the shepherds went out and told everyone they met what the cnjel had slid about the n"w-born Savior. All those to whom they re peated the story listened In wonder and awe at what they heard. The shepherds then returned to their flocks, pre tain Ood for what they had seen and heard. WISE MEN VISIT After the shepherds came the Wise Men to worship the new-born Child. They were astrologers and members of a priestly order, audi they h?d traveled over a thousand miles from the East, guided by a star. When they arrived in Jerusa lem and did not find Him, they presented themselves to Herod, the king of Jerusalem, saying. "What is He that la born king of the Jews, for we have seen His star In the east, and are come to worship Him?" The words of the Wise Men. or Kings, threw fear into the heart of Herod. Herod was afraid that the Stranger who they called King might be made king over Judea in stead of himself. Therefore, he called all the chief priests and scribes of the people together and demanded of them where the pro phecies said Christ would be born. Long before, the prophet had writ ten. "And thou Bethlohetn, in the land of Judea: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people 'Israel.' " From these writings of the an cient prophet Mlcah, the priests knew where to look for Him and they told Herod that He was to be born In Bethlehem. Herod then called In the three Wise Men, and pretending that he also wanted to worship the Christ Child, aaid, "Oo and search dili gently for the young Child: and when ye have found Him. bring me word again, that I may come and worship Him also." STAR OVER BETHLEHEM The three Wise Men then set out for Bethlehem and on the road they saw again the eastern star which guided them Into Bethlehem and to the place whore the Christ Child lay The Wise Men rejoiced, and when they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, thev 'ell down and worshipped Him. They laid before Him all. the treasures and gifts they had brought, includ ing "sold, and franklnscense, and myrrh." Herod had commanded the Wise Men to return to him. after they had found the Christ Child and re port His whereabouts. But Ood warned the Wise Men. in a dream, and so they departed by another way. When the Wise Men did no', return, Herod's fear grew and he became angry. He gave orders thai all the male children on Bethlehem who were two years old and young er should be killed. FAMILY ESCAPED Jesus miraculously escaped Her od's cruel edict, for when the Wise Men had departed. Ihe anael of the Lord appeared to Joseph In a dream, saying. "Arise, and take the young Child and His mother, and- flee Into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for, Herod will seek the young Child I to destroy Him." When Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared again in a j dream to Joseph and said. "Arise, ( and take the young Child and His , mother, and go Into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young Child's life." Thus ended the period of exile In Egypt for the Holy Family. Jo seph took the young Child and Mary and returned to their home in Nbz nrcth. where Christ spent the early years of His youth, learning the trade of carpentry from Joseph. The Biblical details of Christ's birth and early childhood end here but the Christmas story goes on for ever dfhritma Yuletlde season bring to you 1 . , r, sStoi . I PHOTOGRAPHERS Dwoyne. Prattler and Tom Lanett oauqht the staffs of bo'fh of Klamath Union High Sohool'i journallstle departmants after 14 gruallng weeks of publications. In those 14 weeks, however, they have learned many things along the journalistic line, and are none the worse for wear, Staffs of th Nevs Nugget and Klamath Krater art shown In the abova photograph. Editors and reporters of News Nugget are shown in the top picture. Soated (left to right) ars: Lois Sheppler, associate editor; Beverly Doran, editor-in-chief and Fred Heard, editorial manager. Standing are: Slenda Johnson, ex change editor; Carole Horn, reporter; Jan Murphy, feature Christmas' Nineteen hundred flflj-flve has been a year of fine accomplish menti In Xln:il3lh tllilnn High' School. Once ugain the fine rce urria of ottr gnttii:alcs give cvi-i dcnt'c that the program of studies at KI'IIH Is ic.!-r;; nncd and that: Itifth scholastic standards are being min?'un"ti. Ou nr.vei'nl student ' organizations, athletic teams and music protiiiH have turned in ex cellent performances, and already : r.u -:!':al plans have been made for 19SS Ktatniilh I'nlnn has achieved and maintained Its consistently strong nositlnn In (lie s"cimdary flel' , through the diligent and conscien tious work of Its tra hlntr staff, i 1 wish to commend the members of the faculty for a Job well done In 1055. I The members of the Hoard of i Education and the administration ' eslend hrst wishes for a Merry Christinas and a Happy New i Vear. ! Arnold L. (iralapn Superintendent of Kchnols I I a rnn sv '; l iLKrw LiiKI j 1 l lAjl tf'-U ...... "j. . - A -- 1 A v.t"iJ ffiWfftl- sv; ; HOME FOR THE Christmas holidays and enjoying her wide circle of friends is Faya Marshall, who graduated last June from Klamath Union High, and who is currently a student nurse at Taeoma, Washington. I tinir-rxiir vry iprcul ay timt o yitr ii Iiert rr,.. .1. ,. .1,1. evaryllitng your littttl Jflirt. I 1 11 FROM THE STAFF AT dt .art Sharon Oviull, raporlort Barbara bdwatit, tyro re porter! Linda Gregory, news editor; Joyce Howard, radio editor; Sandl Balrd, tyre reporter; and Bill Bates, sports editor, Sta.'f for the Klamath Krater Is: Iseated, left to rlqht) Mr. J. D. Yohn, adviser for the publications and Journalism teacher) Linda Gremi, news reporter, Maureen Griffith, reporter; Twila Greene, editor-in-chief; Jeanette Green, reporter, Center row, standing, Marilyn Alter, business manager; Nancy Clerk, fea ture editor; Beverly Goehring, associate editor; Mary Harlan, exchange editor. Back rowt Brent Caldwell, sports reporter, Bill Perkins, sports editor, and Owayne Prather, photographer. Photo by Lessett Student Congress Mulls 'Corn Popper' Purchase By I.OIS SIII.I'I'l.CU Students representing all home rooms of Klamath Union lltuh School gathered In Ihe library De cember 19. 10M, lor a Student Council meeting. Two, representatives from "K" Club, Oiin Perkins, president, and Jim McOcc, vice president, spoke to the students for two chithgea they wanted to obtain through the Student Congress. Orin Perkin, as serted. "What tho 'K' Club wants to do is. through the Student Coun cil, purchase a popcorn popper. As it Is, wo buy tho popcorn ready made from Portland, have to go and get it from a local stole, then sell old, stale popcorn. The ma chine wiil cost $325. Wa will oper ate it at the mimes. It should be here, if the Council approves IU--the money would come out of the Student Council fund for nbout hull the basketball (tames. Tin electric popper should pay for It self in a few months, besides sav- K'jw I" Harmony with (ho Holidoy spirit, In Harmony with (ho Holidoy spirit, we odd Ihii cheery note; We hope your Chnstmoi is as Magnificent os our Magnificent Magnavox. ling us money. It can pop 110 worth ;of popcorn In an hour." 1 Student Congress president Terry i Hammn stated. "There Is no doubt j money will be mado, because hut popcorn will sell bettor than oold popcorn. Wo will turn It over to i lie l mance committee." Orin Perkins addressed Presi dent Hannon aim aasertcd, "Tho K' club wants to amend the con stitution by making; an amendment to award the Jayvces a six-Inch letter. TJiis will oe turned over to the Constitution committee." Besides being secretary at Klam iitii Union, she is kept busy at homo at 3806 Clinton with a hus band, Mr. Paul Bellm, who Is em ployed at Weyorhaeusor Timber Company, and threo boys, Ken neth, 15 a sophomore at KU, Jim my, 14, freshman at KU and Paul Jr., a soventh grador at Altamont Junior lliHli School. in i r;irnir,""i'-,t "The Voice of Klamath Union High School" Member Of Oregon Seholaeitlo Pres PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY IN THE HERALD ft NEWS CttJ May the jo;i of thst Holiday Seaion com to four home., .to alayl MIDWAY TAVERN 1. H""l Olllett. 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