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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25th, 1947
THE SEALY NEWS
THREE :
W. H. KLOPSTECK
Christmas
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“Santa was just coming out.”
season’s greetings and best wishes,
... may christmas 1947 stir your
. memory to thoughts of the fragile beauty
of the happiest christmas you can remember
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... when these memories flood
spirit of this glorious and happy season
In weal or woe, under all condi«
will engulf you, and that this year
itself will become your. .
merriest christmas ever!
euine Sotheni
5BEETS
and
we
and
Our Christmas wish for you is really no secret!
We are proud to wish each of you a joyous
holiday season and a wonderful New Year.
tions, the cheery Merry Christ-
mas comes to the surface. It’s
May you
be happy!
natural in mankind. Everyone ap-
preciates a hearty Yuletide greet-
ing—and so, to all our friends, we
add our wish for a
"0 LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM”
As Christmas carols ring out over the land an-
nouncing the birth of Christ, may you be blessed
with a holiday season of joy and peace.
Good luck, good health, and good friends, is our
1948 wish for you.
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CHRISTMAS
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* * BEST *
WISHES and
GREETINGS
Christmas
DANCE
Legion Hall
WALLIS
for the
New Year!
walked themselves to death—and
1,157 pedestrains, while escaping
death, wear the mark of death
in injuries, many of them per-
manent. The Association urges
you to cross only with the light
and only at marked crosswalks.
Walk with caution—you’ll keep
walking longer!
over you, we know that the
VICTOR BATLA
CAT SPRING
Greetings
and
Best Wishes
JOE’S CAFE
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sula
We send you
A Good Place to Enjoy Yourself
Admission: Gents 75c, Ladies 25c (tax inc.)
The Legion Boys Welcome You!
—Legion Committee
BENDER PAINT & TRIM SHOP
E. F. BENDER
to each of you—
Our heartiest wishes for a Joyful and
prosperous Christmas Season
May the New Year bring you
New Joys.
XMAS, DEC. 25
MUSIC BY
RAY KRENEK
of Orchard
8:30 ’til 12:30
Christmas I can imagine, is to
accept Christ as our personal
Savior, then to dedicate
RIVERSIDE SERVICE STATION
BILL SODOLAK, Proprietor
Phone 938 W11
His Son Jesus Christ. There is
no better place to begin than in
the Home of which you are a
part. Now let me say, best wish-
es, and a Merry Christmas to
everyone.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a Happy New Year
fuest Sermon
J. D. Weaver, Pastor
The Methodist Church,
Sealy, Texas N
Sermon Subject No. 6 \
Christ alone do we have hope
of Eternal life.
Then Christmas is world wide.
Regardless of race or creed, a-
round the world it is the same
story. Jesus has been born. Sal-
vation for everyone, who will
believe upon Christ. But to us
who know the story, a challenge
has been given. St. Matt. 28:19
“Go ye therefore and teach all
Nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Per
haps God has called you for some
special duty. To be a Minister,
or in a thousand different ways
his wonders to perform. What-
ever the call may be, if you will
accept it, God will bless you as
you travel life’s pathway.
Then last but not least, let us
go to Bethlehem and visit the
place where Christ was born. To
make this trip by train and ship
consecrate ourself and all
have to the Glory of God
She got up from the floor all ex-
cited. "You mean we can peek?”
“That’s just what we’ll do.”
"George,” she turned to her hus-
band that evening after Kally had
been put to bed, "our daughter has
quite a problem.”
"Women always have problems,”
he smiled over his newspaper.
"What is it this time?”
; "She knows about Santa.”
"That’s too bad,” he pursed his
' lips, “but what can we do?”
“Get someone to put her toys un-
' der the tree while she watches.”
“Sure,” he laid the paper down,
“why couldn’t I do it?”
“She heard that you are Santa.”
He chuckled. “She isn’t the only
woman in the family thinks that.”
“How about Bob Perkins?” she
ignored his attempt at humor. “He’s
■ the right build.”
“Okay,” he agreed, “I’ll arrange
it in the morning.”
"Kally,” her mother shook her
gently, “Santa is downstairs.”
“He is?” she sat up rubbing her
eyes, "HE IS?!”
"Okay,” she slipped out of bed and
into her slippers. In the early morn-
ing light she looked like a tiny blond
elf.
"Put on your robe.”
CHE got it and took her mother’s
0 hand. They crept down the stairs.
Mommie held her back while she
made sure Santa wasn’t smoking a
cigar. He was placing gifts around
the tree. She motioned her to look.
Kally peeked around the corner with
big eyes. Then her head darted
back.
“Where’s daddy?” she asked in a
stage whisper.
They heard footsteps on the stairs.
Daddy crept down. Kally peeked
around the corner again. Santa was
just coming out with an army bar-
racks bag over his shoulder. The
three of them ran and hid behind
the staircase. As soon as the front
door slammed Kally was up the
steps like a shot.
"Hey, Sweetheart,” Daddy called
after her, "he left the toys in the
living room.” He stopped as he
heard his wife’s laughter.
"What’s the matter with her?” he
glared at her suspiciously. "Don’t
she like the trike?”
"I’m afraid, dear, that you’ll nev-
er understand the feminine mind.”
"What do you mean . . . where’s
she going?”
"To get her coat.”
"Her coat. . . why?”
"She’s going down the street to
tell the little girl that she’s all wet.
Because she has just seen Santa in
her front room.”
The Texas Safety Association
reminds you that about three-
fourths of all pedestrians killed
in traffic accidents are either
violating a traffic law or com-
mitting an unsafe act. Statistics
show that through September of
this year 276 pedestrians have
By DANIEL F. LINDSAY
TALLY O’NEIL walked slowly up
• the front steps. Her mother
watched her from behind the cur-
tain. Being five years old and having
a problem had her near tears. She
reached up on tip toes and opened
the door.
"Kally, honey. Come in here a
minute.” Kally pushed the hood of
her snow suit back and went into
the living room.
"What do you want, Mommie?”
She shook her blonde curls free.
“Oh, nothing much,” her mother
smiled, “I just want to know why
my little girl looks so sad?”
"Well, Mommie,” she slipped her
coat off, “it’s that girl down the
street.”
“Yes, dear, what about her?”
Kally could stand it no longer. She
burst into tears and running over
laid her head on her mother’s lap.
“That girl says,” she sobbed, “that
there isn’t any Santa Claus."
“Well, now,” her mother leaned
down and gently bit the tip of her
ear, “who’d ever believe a tale like
that?”
“You don’t believe her?”
"Of course not,” she smiled down
into the worried blue eyes. "We
know there’s a Santa Claus.”
"B-but she said Daddy was him.”
"Oh, pooh. Sit down there on the
floor and I’ll help you get your snow
pants off.”
"We could ask Daddy,” Kally sug-
gested.
"Yes, we could,” she had an in-
spiration. “Better still we can wait
until tomorrow night and see for
ourselves.”
"We can?” she sat up in surprise.
"Sure. You go to bed just like
always, then when he comes I’ll
wake you up.”
pearance of the Angels, as they
tell the glad story of the birth
of this Christ child, saying “Glory
to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will toward
Men.” Matthew 2; Gives the
story of the Wise men as they
follow the star that led to Beth-
lehem. And their visit with
gifts and etc.
If we go back into history we
will find that God has made
three attempts to redeem the
world by the means of the home.
(1) With Adam and Eve. (2)
With Noah and his family, and
(3) With the Christ Child. God
has put his approval on the
Christ Child by saying this is
my beloved Son, hear ye Him.
Today in the year 1947 A.D.,
December 25th, we celebrate the
birth of Christ regardless of De-
nomination, Race or Creed. Not
only in America, but around the
world. Why? Because Christ has
given us an assurance of Eternal
Life.
Christmas is a great day in
the Home. Not because we give
and receive gifts from a com-
mercial stand point. But remem-
bering God’s gift to the World
of His Son. It is wonderful
when Santa fills the stockings
or takes from the Christmas
tree a few gifts and we sit a-
round the fire side and tell the
wonderful story of the Birth of
Jesus, God’s Son, our Savior
and Redeemer.
The Birth and Resurrection of
Christ is the fulfillment of Pro-
phecy. And we who trust Him
for salvation regardless of De-
nominational lines make up that
great group of believers who
confess before men that they ac-
cept Christ as their Savior of
which Jesus said, "I Will build
my church and the Gates of
Hell cannot prevail against it.”
When we hear the Christmas
story it cannot be complete with-
out our relationship to it as
members of His church. If you
refuse to accept Christ as your
personal Savior, how can you
enjoy Christmas and celebrate
Christ’ birth? In Christ, and
or even by Airplane, it would
take too long. However we can.
bring the spirit of the Christ-
mas Season right into the living
room of home. By letting our
cold hearts become strangely
warm with the spirit of the
Christ who was born in Bethle-
hem. Then we can shout with,
the spirit of the shepherds as
the Angels, spake to them say-
ing “Glory to God in the high-
est, and on earth, peace, good
will toward men.” The best
CHRISTMAS, AS RELATED TO
THE HOME, THE CHURCH,
AND THE WORLD
We read in Micah 5:2 “But
thou, Bethlehem ephratah though
thou be little among the thous-
ands of Juda, yet out of thee
shall He come forth unto me that
is to be ruler of Israel; whose
goings forth have been from of
old, from everlasting.” Here we
have a direct prophecy of the
coming of Christ and the place
of his birth. Then we read St.
Luke 1:26-38, the story of the
Angels appearance to a Virgin
by the name of Mary with the
news that she had found favor
with the Lord and that a Son
would be born and that his name
will be called Jesus. We also
find in Chapter 2 the story of
the birth of Jesus in Bethele-
hem, also the story of the Shep-
herds as they keep watch over
their flock by night, and the ap-
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