Christmas Poet's
CHRISTMAS
May Christmas bring you happi
ness And the New Year bring you
peace.
May the love in your heart for
God and man.
With its blessings never cease.
And I wish for you throughout
the year
The epirit of God within.
That you may be happy and
content
Away from life's cares and din.
That the epirit of Christ Jesus
May be round and about you so
near
That you may feel his loving
presence
As a friendship more close and
dear.
Theresa M. McComb.
rilRlSTMASTIDE
The cannoneers stand ready
to fire their booming guns
The bugler's hand is steady
and the drummer mans hi
drum
The battle lines are drawn
and the horseman's banners fly
And the grand marshals in
their uniforms of brilliant colors
vie
They await the signal
of the battle royal in style
When a title boy on Christmas
mora rolls out his greeting
smile.
The dollies and the teddy
bears are not to be outdone
For they know they are
meant to cuddle when a sweet
girl's bedtime comes
A little voice will croon a
tune, a wee mother's lullaby
And dolly with her golden
curls will slip into dreamland
with a sigh
And will not little teddy bear
with coat so furry warm
Guard his little mistress
there and keep her free from
harm?
A Jackknife there, a set of
blocks, a story book that tells
Of daring deeds and knights
on steeds that weave their
magic spell
A set of china dishes shine,
a gleaming while cook stove,
A Noah's ark of animals, a
child's own treasure trove
A set of tools of every size and
make, to gladden some dear
heart
Of some email lad to build
and dream his happy playtime
mart.
There are litUe carls of
almond nuts, box sleds of
caramels stored
Where candy houses shed
their light on paths of those
adored
The kegs of little oranges
stand for lass and lad alike
While llannel frocks and hand
some boots rout whiter for
each tyke.
Who knows what joys and
blessings each boy and girl will
share
Beneath the ornamental ever
green and silver stars so Ifair?
Maurice R. Keep
I OWNED AN TNN
In the little town of Bethlehem,
I can see it yet;
I owned a rooming house,
But I wish I could forget.
A gentle knock upon my door,
If I had only known;
May time erase from memory,
This little inn I owned.
Nay nay I'm sorry sir.
There is not a single bed;
Good night sir Good night,
That was what I said.
But he didn't turn away,
And in a voice, so mild,
Please Oh please sir,
My wife may have her child.
My heart it ached, for that poor
man,
But I didn't hear him say:
There is no room I'm sorry
sir,
But he didn't turn away.
Then I thought of our little
barn,
Down and across the way;
I then showed him the manger,
Which was now filled with hay.
Soon the shepherds knocked,
Asking the shortest way;
Where a King was being born,
In a Manger, on some hay.
A bright star stood overhead.
Bright lights were everywhere.
They sang, peace on earth,
Then 1 wislied, I were dead.
We then hurried to the barn,
Lo and my sou it froie;
For lying In the manger there
A babe, WTapped in swaddling
clothes.
A happy smile on her face,
Star light upon her hair;
That little baby's Mother
So meek, oh, so bright, so
fair.
Oh, Unhappy me, but lie didn't
say.
For if I had only known
I would not have turned away
Our Savior, who was horn
C. J. H.
ZIP CODE
My street address is legible
I even write the rone
And I use digit dialing
When I have to use tlie plione.
I know my old age number.
And now at last I'm flipped.
1 can't recall the "Zip's" at alt,
Must 1 remain unzipped?
HE WHO WATCHES OVER IS
Lo, the Angels came upon a
star lit night
To a manger where the haby
Jesus lay.
They tenderly blessed and
watched o'er Him
As He slept peacefully on a
bed of hay.
Oh, blessed little town of
Bethlehem
May we never forget to
remember,
The real, and true cause for
rejoicing
On this twenty-fifth day of
December.
May our light so shine
That He, our silent Guest,
May see, too, and rejoice
He, whom on that night the
Angels blest.
Mrs. Russell E. Jones.
THE TRUE MEANING OF
CHRISTMAS
It's not how much you spend.
Nor how much you're giving
But the birth of Jesus Christ
That makes this life worth
living.
Now there's fun in a toy
For a girl or a boy,
And over presents we fuss
But if you'll recall
The best present of all
Is the Savior God gave to us.
So joy to your heart with
peace and good will,
You do your part, with love,
life fulfill.
A prayer of thanks to Him
who made us
If it wasn't for God there'd
be no Christmas.
Louis J. Taucher,
1639 Nimitz.
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
Have you lost the spirit of
Christmas,
And face Us coming with
dread,
And trying to think of the
gifts you should buy.
Has left you with aching
head?
Then you've lost the spirit
of Christmas.
If you want to find in it joy,
Then pick up some toys and
goodies
For an unfortunate girl or
boy.
Take some gifts to the home
for the aged,
And pausing along the way,
Stop at the Gospel Mission,
With some food and clothing
today.
For this is the spirit nf
Christmas,
The spirit that more of us
need,
For In helping the ones that
have little,
Will make our lives richer
Indeed,
Grace Jones.
.LEST WE FORGET
Lest we forget the dear ones
at the Nursing Home . . .
Age may bring infirmity,
loneliness, heartache and tears,
A gift from those of us could
bring them Christmas cheer.
For many, sole happiness lies
in memories of yesteryear.
It seems a person earns a
right to peace in age
But for many, It's only
wracking pain,
ror the hard labor they ve
done down through the years
Would put many of our soft
hands to shame.
The number Is many on a
bed of pain tonight
And sleep is such a sweet
reprieve,
It brings to them, dear ones
all 'round
In memories of another
Christmas Eve.'
Their knotted work-worn
hands once trimmed a Christ
mas tree
And they moved with skill
and pride . . .
Their legs no longer limber
Which once had swiftness in
their stride , . .
May the Lord bless and watch
over them
And may we, His servants do
our share.
That It may bring a little
sunshine into each hie
And to tell them that some
one cares.
Mrs. Russell E. Jones.
CHRISTMAS IS HERE
Christmas is here Is here once
more.
Here for the rich Here for the
poor.
Eager Children wait Count
ing each day.
Old folks smile Their thoughts
are gay.
Clirislmas i here With fuss
and frills.
Here in the city-Out in the
hills.
Carols are sung Candles are lit.
Homes are filled with merri
ment. Christmas is here for every
land.
Whether It's north or desert
sand.
Peace on earth Hie bells all
chime.
Our Saviour was born at this
lime.
Jennie Charles
Corner
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
The night before Christmas and
All through the house,
Not a creature was stirring,
Except for my good spouse.
Like most wives alerted,
She sat up with a bound;
And frightfully she whispered,
"I hear a strange sound."
From under my blankets,
I rolled out of the sack;
Propelled by her feet in
The small of my back.
I threw open wide the door,
And In my great surprise
There stood Old Santa Claus
Before my very eyes.
Soon he filled the kiddies stock
ings And without turning his back,
He again fared the door, as
He shouldered his pack;
I heard him cry out as
He went out of sight,
A Merry Christmas to all;
And now turn out the light.
C. J. H.
POETRY FEATURE MUST Le
THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS
Is it true there is no Santa?
Asked a sad little girl of three;
On the night before Christmas
in a grief-stricken home,
As she sal on her mother's
knee.
How could one tell a child in a
room with no heat,
Where the cupboard is bare
and there are no shoes for
her feet.
That such a being actually ex
ists And fills all of our needs from
an inexhaustible list?
Yet there must be a way to
explain to a child
That all that is unseen need not
be a dream that is wild.
There is love, hope, health and
faith, all unseen but true
beyond a doubt.
So why should belief in Santa
from the mind be cast out?
As that mother wracked her
mind for the right answer
to give,
There was a knocked at the
door as sure as you live.
Mother opened the door and
looked out into the night.
The stoop was piled high with
boxes, but no one was in
sight.
The boxes were filled with
warm clothing.
Tasty foods and dry fuel.
Put there when they w ere most
needed
On the night of the Yule.
Some say the home was visited
by old Santa.
Others say it was only neigh
bors, or a friend.
But what is so important about
tiie donor,
When there Is a child's faith to
defend. -
So mothers, when that question
comes to you.
There is no reason to pause.
For just as sure as there are
fairies,
There is also a Santa Claus.
Lawrence Bullard.
Fire Fighter
For 45 Years
C1IEHAL1S. Wash. LP1-If
you think the tough, demanding
job of fighting a forest fire fs
suitable work only for the
young, don't tell Bob Graham.
He just won't believe it.
Graham, 75, has been on the
fire lines for years.
At an age when most men
have long since retired, Gra
ham is the boss man of a crew
of young men, most of them
about 17 years old.
Graham's crew, one of four
of its type employed by the
Washington Slate Department
of Natural Resources, is head
quartered here but can be dis
patched anywhere in the state
within a matter of minutes.
The job of the mobile squad
is to help battle fires that small
local crews can't control alone.
A small wiry man with a
fringe of while hair. Graham is
enthusiastic about his job. He
always refers to his crewmen
as "my boys."
But the years are beginning
to take a toll. He admits that
H takes a little longer to do
things now than it did 40 years
ago.
Graham now is planning to
retire at the end of the current
(Ire season. But many people
aren t counting on . Tliey
think Graham may be doing
business at the same stand next
year.
SWAP PLA1ES
BYFIELD. Mass. UPI -Tlie
swapping of auto license
plates is a popular fad here
about. Memhers of the Auto License
Plate Collectors Association col
lect the plates that are discard
ed at the end of Hie registra
tion year. At a recent meeting,
club members came from as
far away as Maryland lo show
some of tlieir prue plates and
to make swaps lo fill gaps in
their collections of tlie old. the
new ami the unusual.
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Speaker John W. McCormack (right), D-Mass., are
shown together in this 1963 photo. If anything should
happen to President Johnson before his term ends, Mc
Cormack would be president and a new House speaker
would be elected to be next in line. U PI Telephoto
Ui; Line Of Succession
Won't Pass Speaker
WASHINGTON (UPIl Sen.
Carl Haydcn, 86, president pro
tern nf the Senate and a fixture
on Capitol Hill for almost 52
years, can quit worrying about
the possibility he could be asked
to move to the White House.
So can all the younger Cabi
net members who stand behind
Hayden in the long presidential
line of succession set up in its
wisdom by Congress in 1947,
when President Harry S. Tru
man felt uneasy without a pub
licly elected backup man in the
vacant vice president's spot.
The fact is that if Lyndon B.
Johnson should die or become
disabled between now and the
end of the term he is filling out
for the slain President Kenne
dy, the job would fall to t h e
speaker of the House, currently
Rep. John W. McCormack, D
Mass. Under no likely set of circum
stances could It ever go furth
er. McCormack will be 72 on Dec.
21. He is shocked at suggestions
he might, or should as one
New England paper proposed
editorially step aside from
the No. 1 spot in the line of
succession he now holds In ac
cordance with the 11M7 law.
McCormack said two weeks
ago he still supports the 3947
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Prasident .Inkmon unA House
law, as he did when it was en
acted, "not because I'm in it
but because I feel it's the best
way of solving the problem."
A review of the succession
law is a matter for Congress to
explore if it wishes, he said, but
"I don't want to pursue the
matter further because it con
cerns a thought that I don't
even want to entertain."
- If anything should happen to
Johnson. McCormack stands
ready to lake over the presi
dency, lie already is being
briefed, as would a new vice
president, on the awesome bur
dens that could fall to him.
But suppose he should suc
ceed Johnson and himself fall
by the wayside before the end
of the current presidential
term? Would not the presidency
then go to Haydcn, or the sec
retary of state, or some other
official on down the line?
No, it would not.
By that time the House would
have elected a new speaker.
And he would be first in the
new line of succession.
It was Mr. Truman himself,
an old Senate man. who
suggested this Hnuse-oriented
approach to the problem of as
suring an orderly continuation
of government if both president
and vice president died or be
came unable to serve.
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WASHINGTON l'Pl - Satel
lites are too gabby.
So scientists are looking for
some way to make them talk
only when they have something
worth saying.
A single overly articulate sat
ellite can transmit enough data
to earth lo keep magnetic tape
recorders busy 24 hours a day.
Such gabbiness means waste
of time, talent and money.
Moreover, since the radio spec
trum is finite, it puts an intol
erable burden on the limited
communication links between
spacecraft and earth.
What is wanted, and what en
gineers are trying to develop, is
a space-borne editor to screen
out repetitious chit - chat and
idle gossip before they are
transmitted.
The editor will have lo be a
light-weight, Jong lived, high
speed computer possessing
great powers of discrimination
and judgment.
It may take five years to
perfect a compact computer for
such vital executive work, but
engineers say it is both possi
ble and necessary.
Use Numbers Code
Information - gathering satel
lites use a numerical code in
making their radio reports.
They talk, so lo speak, in "data
points." A data point in satel
lite language is expressed in
three decimal digits anything
from 000 to 999. It can best be
explained for the layman by
analogy.
Imagine a man who for some
reason is obsessed by tempera
ture readings. Every hour on the
hour he leaps from his chair to
see what the outside thermome
ter says. He is operating at the
rate of one data point per hour.
But a gifted satellite, like the
geophysical observatory to be
put in orbit late next year, can
transmit 10,000 data points per
second if not curbed in some
way; Actually, ground stations
simply refuse to listen to much
more than a tenth of what such
a satellite has to say.
Much Is Useless
In that tenth, however is a lot
of stuff conveying no useful
meaning. Much of it is mere
repetition. Go back to the man
who is so interested in the out
side temperature. As long as
the reading is around 72 de
grees, say, he is satisfied and
makes no notes in his record
book.
But if on one of his hourly
visits to the window he saw the
thermometer r e a d i n g had
President Lyndon Johnson
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World War II and was deeorat.
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his familv.
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jumped to 85 degrees, he would
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scientists are trying to develop a computer that will keep them from giving repeti
tious or unimportant messages. Here, in an artist's conception, the "Syncom" high
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Staple Gun Handy And Versatile Tool
By MR. FIX
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
Tacks and brads and small
hammers with which to pound
them in place are not yet obso
lete, but jou may think them so
once you have used a staple
gun.
It's one of the most versatile
shop tools you could add to
your collection. With it you can
accomplish one-hand fastening
of a variety of materials.
The convenience of the gun
makes it a most practical tool
when installing ceiling tile and
this is where you have prob
ably seen the tool in use.
The flange of the tile is sta
pled to a furring strip. The
tiles interlock and the next tile
covers the tacking of the first.
Designed for Duty
Staple guns come in a vari
ety of sires. Lightweight mod
els that will accept staples V4
or S-16th-inch long are inexpen
sive. They can be used for most
light duty fastening jobs. These
work, fastening fabrics or oth
er thin coverings.
Then there are larger mod
els. They cost more and they
do more. They will handle sta
ples up to 9-16-inch, the longest
available.
With a larger gun you can in
stall ceiling tiie, staple light
pieces of wood together, fasten
thin stieets of plywood and
do some temporary tacking un
til other fastening can be ac
complished. Various Uses
Staple together pieces that
must be held firmly until glue
dries. Or use staples to hold
materials in position until
Let's Try It
Own a rug that has tumed-up
corners? Use your steam iron
on the front and back of the
rug where the corners turn up.
Straighten the rug down on the
floor while it is still damp and
it will dry out straight . . ,
Have you looked at your books
lately? Be sure they are near
the edge of the shelf so that air
can circulate behind them. They
can be cleaned best with the
dusting brush of your vacuum
cleaner.
To make a new rope clothes
line pleasantly pliable, boil it
for several minutes and rinse
it in hot water before stringing
it up . . . Finger marks on
candles can be cleaned with a
so(t cloth moistened with dena
tured alcohol . , , Don't starch
cottons before storing. Michigan
Slate University home econo
mists say silverfish feed on the
starch.
Never scrub wood floors to ex
cess. Water is the natural ene
my of wood. A coating of wax,
well polished and buffed, is the
most satisfactory finish for all
types of wood floors.
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which the space-going editor
might function it would in-
struct experimental devices
aboard the satellite to report
soreiws, bolls or dowels can be
set in place.
When assembling ' a frame,
staple a thin strip of wood di
agonally across a corner to
serve as a temporary brace.
This tool is useful when in
stalling insulation and weather
stripping. In both instances you
will cut your time down to a
fraction of that required when
using a hammer.
If screening needs repair or
replacement, you can do the job
neatly and quickly.
Use the right size staple for
the job. The smallest is fsie
for holding down shelf paper,
but you need something heavier
for screening, heavier yet for
fastening upholstery and heavi
est of all for ceiling tiles.
Remember to hold the gun
firmly against the surface.
Push the handle, don't squeeze
K. Although it's a one-hand tool
you'll drive the staple better It
you steady the front end of the
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There's a higher price tag on classrooms, labora
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than 10 years the squeeze will get worse as col
lege applicants double.
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only the changes ki whatever
conditions tliey were observing,
That alone would eliminate a
lot of monotonous repetition.
gun with a thumb or finger
whenever you can.
i Care for your stapler as you
would any other good tool.
Keep it away from moisture.
Never fire staples when the
gun is not up against a surface.
Tlie practice is dangerous to
anyone who happens to be
around. It also hurts the tool
since the plunger should meet
resistance.
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