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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1951 tance of our youngsters The value canyon be closed w;th a car-dieligiiung cere lem la a long way off. PAGE TWO THK GATE CITY JOURNAL s u s s V. rotrriL «I BM re im o s BATIS 1 Yes/ I3M 6 MoriUu II 30 1 je » i ouUide Malheur Co and Harmi Ida rural routes, 13 00 Bl/iflc Coplea (Strictly in Publuhed every Thursday Entered at the postofflce through the United »tate* the act IDVEITIMN'l BATES Open rate, ner Inch Nr ‘1 a . «J. per Ineh Classified*. per eord Mínimum Advance» 40r **c Je *0e at Nywa. Malheur County Oregon at Nyssa. Or et or. for transmission Malli, a* tecond clan matter, under of March 1. 1979 Christmas Commercialism Rampant This editorial i* certain to be a Yuletide verbal jumble be au w it comes from a man caught in the hurricane of Christ mas shopping, Christmas commercialism and Christmas nervous tension. Store owners and clerk* over the United States are rush ing like mad to keep up with the fury of the Christmas shop ping. They are caught in the wild maelstrom that has torn the people from the original intent and purpose of Christ mas and has thrown them into the abyss of sordid commer cialism We are all engulfed in a trend from which there apparently is no relief Like many trends with which we are confronted today, (he trend toward commercialism during the Yuletide season does not meet the approval of the majority of the people, yet they are helpless to do anything to help pull our Christmas activities back onto a sensible level Christm as giving has expanded to such an extent that it can’t be stopped without organized effort. We can’t blame the m erchants and other business people for the situation today The profit motive evidentally inspired the beginning of the movement many years ago and the trend has continu ed to grow, and grow and grow. The newspaper owners, who have been instrumental in the spread of Christmas commercialism have probably benefitted as much finan cially from the trend as any group Yet, they too cannot do much to stem the tide, except to point out the fallacy of some of our present customs. . Of course, the solution is to be found in a reversion to the spirit of the original givers, who kneeled before the Christ cnild with their gifts in a spirit of adoration and thankful ness. The Wise Men gave gifts of material value because they felt in their hearts thankfulness for the birth of their Savior. Giving in the true Christmas spirit is the expression of a beautiful sentiment. If we could give all of our presents to those in need, those who were found worthy through the cruel tests of life, we would indeed find at least once a year a semblance of the happiness that the Wise Men have felt as they bowed la-fore tne Christ Child in the lowly manger nearly 2000 years ago. Fro^nim» Will Fpaturi* X t hum K „nllnurd from Pifr I) special dance «III be held Ui the •takr recreational hell Wednesday evening December 2d for the pub lic *nd especially for thoie «ho have been away from home Mrs Jesse Kidney will be In charge of the Christmas program to be pre- vented Holiday evening In the Chrta- tlan church The story of Ctirlat- mas” will be told through choral reading, music and pantomime A choir of high school hoys and glrla will furnish music for the service A white gift, a presentation of food wrapped In while, will be given dur ing a candlelight service for trans mission to the Christian children's home In Boise The children will be presented with a treat from the old er members. The annual white gift offering of the Adrian PreMjytetian Commun ity church will be taken Sunday morning All ol the members of the Sunday school and church are to take a white envelope with an nffer- Ing to the service The combined choirs and young people’s organiza tions will present the Christmas pageant. "While Sh'-pherd* Watch ed", at the ( p m service Follow- i Ing the pageant, a candlelight and consecration service will be held The Christmas observance at the Catholic church will oe started Fri day. December 21 at 6.30 when a children's party will be held In the church. Christmas carol* will be sung by the Catholic choir from 11:30 un til Midnight Christmas eve. A candlelight procession to the Christ mas crib by the altar boys and the celebrant will be held. At the Christ mas crib, the ceremony will be com pleted with the singing of "Silent Night” and blessing of the crib by the celebrant The Christmas eve services of Faith Lutheran church will be held In two portions Beginning at 8 o'clock the service will be opened with a short Sunday school program Tlie second and main portion will be a musical presentation of the Christmas story featuring anthems by the choir and congregational sing ing. and scripture texts Illustrated with colored slides The service will mony. it . which the entire congrega tion wJI parti..pate Pa«u>r John L Bnehl will deliver the Christmas message Christmas morning at 1* o clock A »pecial Ctuv’ma* program wll be held during the Sunday school be held at the Sunday school bouse Sunday morning Iveerober 23 at IS . ..cl tne Church of tne Na/> - rene A pc' .a. m. sionary speaker. Rev Lester Johnson a foreign miss ionary to Argentina will -peak dur ing the morning worship hour Sun day at 11 o'clock A eharch Chrm- m s. program will be given during the evening service Sunday, begin ning at 7 30 Chr.stmat treats will be give» Sunday morning at the close of the ierv.ee. Play ami Talk Feature Meeting < ontfnord from Pare 1 1 aolve the problem now We have to look closer to home Seventy-four per cent of all polio contributions go to care and treatment of polio patient-. Of the 74 per cent, 25 and a fraction rema.ns for other pur poses One million three hundred thousand went for research this year, vii.ii 1500 00» for education Research la really the hope of putt ing an end to this destructive dis ease If we only spend »1300.000 for research a year, solution of the prob "I am here to ask you to consider the problem It can happen to any one of you. When you realise that and when an appeal -s made to you in January for help. I hope you will at least know the money will oe available to take care of your child or yourself, if necessary Mrs Prana Skeen pregram chair man presented the musical num bers Oroup «»»p"t was led by Mrs. John Schenk, accompanied by Mrs. C W Buchner Mrs Mars Bartley, acompamed by her brother. John Savage, sang "White Christmas'’ and Winter Wonderland’ During the busmev meet-ng pre- .ded over by Mrs Leo Oonyer. Mr Prank Parr, treasurer reported a net profit of »146 13 was made on the school carnival sponsored by the F T A Mrs Bernard Eastman re ported a membership of 208 The membership goal for the year is 293 which the association hope* to reach by the end of February Mrs Harr iott. secretary reported on the ex ecutive committee meeting held the wees' before The committee has asked for the Color..si, art exhibit for January, but has received no definite information. Superintendent Henry Hartley ur ged members to subscribe to the F T A. magazine, stating that "live stock owners take magazines telling how to raise livestock We read very little on how to raise our children, yet we all feel the greater impor project, the bureau de you receive from the magazine -s cided to have speakers at future much greater than what you spend meetings to speak for and against pie proposed project. lor tt." After adjournment, potluck re freshments were served. Report» Given to over $129.000 "In May of this year, your co operative paid out over (67.000 In past Investments. This, together with toe additional payments of over (129.000 now being received, will amount to nearly (200.000 paid out for butterfat this year besides the current payout." ery company, which operates In the Nyvsa section as well as in other areas of the Lower Snake River valley has mailed checks to patrons as additional payments on butterfat and milk dehvered beet wee:. Janu ary 1 and October 31. 1981 In a letter to co-operators. Gen eral Manager R. C Hammond said • figuratively speaking, we find our creamery business has nearly equall ed last year's volume In butterfat. but has increased In dollar volume considerably due to the higher mar ket value of your products Your co-operative maintained a higher payout currently this year in rela tionship to the market value than we were able to do in the past year. In addition to your current pay out. your board of directors has au thorized the management to pay an additional five cents per pound but- terfst received In milk and one cent per pound butterfat received In cream, calculated on the basis of the first 10 months. This will amount Officials of the Adrian United Preshytenan church decided on plans at a meeting held at the M L. Judd home last Thursday for burn ing of the church mortgage. A committee, consisting of Earl Winn, Mrs. Lynn Hurst and Rev H. E. Moore, was appointed to plan a service to be held Sunday evening, December 30 at t o'clock. The money for the final payment on the church mortgage was raised Saturday, De cember 8 at a God’s acre auction sale. On Farm Bureau Creamery Fays Additional Sum Church Mortgage Mr and Mrs Arthur Hatch gave reports on the state convention of B urning Planned » the Oregon Farm Bureau Federa The Farmers Co-operative Cream _________ tion when the Adrian center met in the high school agriculture building Monday night. Mr Hatch said that at the state convention, held In Salem stress i t laid in a shorter time limit for pay ing public bonds less centralization of public schools and forthcoming legislation of iowenng the public La bility rates on farm trucks to the level of cars and pick-ups. Mrs. Hatch reported on the assoc iated women's meeting • which she attended She said among the pro grams emphasized were bow to get the Parm Bureau work and meet ings before the public through pub licity in local newspapers and radio stations, and working towards leg islation to allow the employment of the aged who receive state aid funds, to relieve the state and allow the old people to remain near their homes in their home counties. Due to the fact that so many members do not fully understand the details of the proposed Hell's City Purchases Used Caterpillar The city has puimu^ed a used tractor, a No. 30 Catepillar, so as to improve the condition at tne city dump on north Third street. The city bought the machine Tues day from Jake Groot. It is an old tractor, but has not been used for six years. 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