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THE SEALY NEWS
FOUR
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25th, 1947
Guest Sermon ♦
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JOY TO
THE WORLD!
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When Santa makes
his regular trip to
hope that he will
leave for each of you a load of holiday happiness
and prosperity for the New Year.
V. F. VICENIK
Tractors and Farm Implements
Meloneck Lumber Co.
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LET’S ALL BE HAPPY!
Happy New Year, Everybody!
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As you gather around the Christmas tree, we hope that our wish for your
happiness will be fulfilled.
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Alms Giving Custom
A Christmas Charity
Giving alms at Christmas origi-
nated in the belief that the Christ
came sometimes to the door dis-
guised as a beggar during the holi-
day season, and it was feared that
he might be turned away unrecog-
nized. There is an old legend that
tells of the Christ child going from
door to door on Christmas Eve in
search of those who were kind, and
deserving. His test was to plead for
aid and often he was turned away
from the door. This story led to
alms giving on Christmas Eve and
it was rare that a beggar was
refused.
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On Christmas Day as you
hear joyous voices blend in
song heralding the birth
of the "Prince of Peace,”
we wish for you a peace-
ful and happy holiday sea-
son. May your hearts be
gay and your spirits cheer-
ful.
by Harold Werneke,
Pastor Lutheran Church,
at Peters and Cat Spring
Margaret’s
Beauty Shop
Margaret Brast, owner
Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding
sheep;
To whom God’s angels did appear,
Which put the shepherds in great
fear,
“Prepare and go,” the angels said,
“To Bethlehem, be not afraid;
For there you’ll find this happy
morn,
A princely babe, sweet Jesus born.”
SCHIER BEVERAGE CO.
BOTTLERS OF HIRES—KIST & SQUIRT
Merry Christmas!
We hope that your Christ-
! mas season will be bright-i
ened with good cheer andj
good friends, which will!
remain with you through-!
out the New Year!
FORD
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The
Christmas Service
Sealy Electric
Appliance and Service
J. H. GRUBBS
Electrical Work
ALL KINDS
HOUSEWIRING
OUTDOOR WIRING
FLUORESCENT LAMPS
Commercial — Home
ELECTRIC FANS
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
and SERVICE
Your Hot Point Dealer
Saturday Night,
DECEMBER 27
Adm.: $1.00 per person
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CLUB & GRILL
BANK NOTICE
The annual stockholders meet-
ing of the Wallis State Bank,
Wallis, Texas, will be held at
their bank in Wallis, Texas, on
Thursday, January 8, 1948, at
3 p.m. for the purpose of elect-
ing seven directors to serve for
the ensuing year, and to attend
to and transact any other busi-
ness which may come before the
meeting.
J. F. ESTERAK, President
12-U-3tc
Melvin A. Preibisch
FURNITURE and HARDWARE
Sincere ‘Wishes fora
CMerry Christmas
8 PLDN PUDDINIG
In the Book of Common Prayer of
the Church of England, the prayer
for the last Sunday before Advent
began with the words “Stir up.” The
people of Peterborough took this to
be a reminder that they should start
their plum pudding at that time, and
everybody in the family took a hand
in the stirring until it was ready on
Christmas.
This indispensable old-time Eng-
lish Christmas dish was furmety, or
frumenty, which according to old-
time recipes was “wheat boiled un-
til the grains burst, then strained
and boiled again with broth or milk
and yolks of eggs.” Frumenty was
the forerunner to plum pudding.
Chinese Dog’s Ransom
Set At $1,000,000
A brown spotted dog, in hock
for $1,000,000 (Chinese), will go
on the auction block soon in
Shanghai.
A Chinese soldier boarded the
train for Nanking with the dog,
but without a ticket for him. On
learning he would be penalized
and have to pay double, a total
of $432,000 the soldier left the
dog . as security. Return fare to
Shanghai and rations of $15,000
a day have boosted the bill to the
million-dollar mark.
breath-taking natural rock for-
mations—Rock City, five miles
south of Olean, N.Y., will be re-
opened to tourists next spring
for the first time in 35 years.
The rocks, said to have formed
160,000,000 years ago, were visit-
ed by thousands of tourists at
the turn of the century. The
park on the site fell into disuse,
however, when street car excur-
sions to the area were abandon-
ed.
W. J. Finch and C. W. Allen,
both of Erie, Pa., recently pur-
chased the park and are plan-
ning a highway into the area.
They said they would illumin-
ate the rocks at night next year.
to
LAD JANDA’S MUSIC
Include this in your
holiday entertainment!
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paleness; earache or running
ears; feverish appearance; rash;
nausea; vomiting or diarrhea;
irritability or other change in
normal behavior and appearance.
Help to prevent the spread of
communicable disease in your
neighborhood by observing cor-
rect health practices, and re-
porting promptly any appear-
ance of suspicious symptoms.
RINGING HOME THE
CHRISTMAS TREE
In Peace, as in War, we are daily confronted
with problems which materially affect our
way of living; Yet one bright star of hope
always inspires us—the gift from God to
all of us. He gave that gift in the form of
a human being, who attempted to show us
by example that we as humans can expect
a reward for proper living one with the
other. May His guidance give you Peace,
Comfort and Prosperity for the coming year.
Small towns are becoming
more dangerous each year. Ac-
cording to state reports, rural
areas are 10 per cent more dang-
erous this year than last. Cities
are 14 per cent safer. The Texas
Safety Association suggests that
you hold down speed in these
areas so that you can stop within
the distance your headlights
reach. The life you save may be
your own!
Christ-
. came
isht Clear upon the
thing like the Italian ravioli, also
is a usual course. Dessert consists
of special pudding called kutya,
made of wheat, poppy seeds and
honey.
During the Christmas Eve sup-
per, some member of every Ukrain-
ian family throws a handful of kutya
or pudding at the ceiling. If it sticks,
the coming year will be a prosper-
ous and happy one. After sup-
per, a plate of braided bread, called
kolach, is left on the table between
two lighted candles. Legend says
that the spirits of the family’s dead
will return at midnight to eat this
bread.
The Ukrainian Christmas festival
lasts three days. In the villages sing-
ers known as Kolyadniky go from
house to house singing the Kolyadky
folksongs relating the birth of Christ
and the events of his life. They
usually carry a manger with them,
and in some cases they perform
miracle plays. They are reward-
ed by gifts of food or money.
Rock City’s Wonders
To Be Re-opened
One of the world’s
Health Doctor
Needs Support
Of All Community
It is the duty of every citizen,
young and old, to help in pre-
venting the spread of disease.
Every man, woman and child
in Texas has a personal obligat-
ion to keep as well as possible,
and to protect others from ill-
ness. Even the kindegarten age
child can be taught to cover a
cough or sneeze, to help in pre-
venting the speard of colds or
other infectious diseases that
start with the symptoms of a
cold.
Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State Health
Officer, emphasizes the fact that
the local health officer can do
little to break the chain of com-
municable disease in the com-
munity if he does not have the
whole-hearted support of the
people. Every case of illness
that looks suspicious of being
a communicable disease should
be promptly reported to the
health officer. Physicians re-
port to the county health officer
the cases of communicable dis-
ease they diagnose, as such, but
parents often fail in this duty.
The local health officer cannot
institute control measures if he
is not informed of cases, or sus-
pected cases of communicable
diseases.
Some signs and symptoms
which often accompany com-
municable disease are: red and
running eyes; running nose;
coughing and sneezing;, dizzin-
ess or fainting; swelling about
the neck; sore throat; unusual
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Text: Luke 2: 15-18
It was out in the open fields
of Bethlehem that the first
your home, we
Ukrainians JUS
"any Old Customs
Ukrainian churches, both Greek
Orthodox and Uniate, cling to the
ancient Julian calendar, so their
Christmas Day comes 12 days lat-
er than ours, or on January 6. Christ-
mas Eve is celebrated with much
traditional ceremony and festivity.
The Holy Supper or Swiata Wecera
is very elaborate, consisting of 12
courses, in memory of the 12 apos-
tles. Fish, baked, broiled and jel-
lied, takes the place of meat.
Borsch, or beet soup, is generally
served, and stuffed cabbage, filled
with millet or rice. Vareniki, some-
Christmas service took place.
The congregation consisted not
of people dressed in Sunday
clothes of fine material, but of
shepherds kept comfortable in
rough, warm clothing.
I need not tell you that it was
a wonder f ul
Christmas ser-
vice in which
those shep-
herds took
part. The
preacher was
an angel, and
the message of
the sermon,
was comfort-
a ing good news:
I “I bring you
good tidings of
great joy,
which shall be to all people. For
unto you is born this day, in the
city of David, a Savior, which is
Christ the Lord.” What a wonder
ful message of great joy, for it
told of the best gift that men
have ever received: the gift of
God’s only begotten Son, who
is able to save us from our sins.
This first Christmas service
also had music. And such mus-
ic! Just think: a whole multitude
of angels appeared with the
glory light of heaven on their
faces, singing in beautiful har-
mony the familiar words of that
Christmas song:
“Glory to God in the highest
And on earth peace, good will
toward men.”
Yet the most wonderful thing
about that first Christmas ser-
vice is that it was not just for
the shepherds but for everyone,
for you, for me, and for all peo-
ple. That is why we still preach
this message of great joy, in
hymns of prayer and praise, by
music of many arrangements,
and through the voices of preach-
ers today.
Jesus came to bring us this
peace which passes all under-
standing. Do you have this
peace which the world cannot
give? Do you know this peace
which delivers us from the un-
holy three, sin, death, and the
devil? Sin is ,a barrier, a kind
of high wall which separates
men from God and true peace.
But through Jesus that wall is
torn down and peace ■ is made
between God and men.
This glad message of peace,
which can be yours, will never
change. In deathless truth His
Word assures us, “The mountains
shall depart and the hills be
removed, but my kindness shall
not depart from thee, neither
shall the covenant of my peace
be removed.” Is. 54:10. This
peace of God is present even
now, waiting for humanity to
take hold of this rich inheritance,
and to lay claim to it for eter-
nity.
Although the Christian knows
this peace now, he shall know it
even more at that final Christ-
mas service, when he will see,
hear and feel more fully what
the shepherd's experienced in
the open fields ner Bethlehem.
The story of the first Christ-
mas service in Bethlehem, the
truth of that message for the
world today, and the hope of
Christmas in eternity should
drive all fear from our hearts,
and cause us to joyfully sing:
“Glory to God in the highest
And on earth peace, good will
toward men.” Amen.
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