The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1939 Page: 4 of 12
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THE ALTO !nro * t r. . ^.
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.eader of Peace B!oc,
/sta!!ized Anti-War Sentiment
Throughout the United States
THE CROWDED tNN
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Washington, D. C. — Vice President
John Nance Garner more than any other
man changed the American attitude to-
ward the European war.
When Mr. Garner returned to Wash-
ington for the special session ot Congress
on September 2t. there was a sort of
fatalistic feeling that somehow or an-
other the United States, sooner or iater.
would get into war.
Travelers returning from Europe were
quoted in Eastern newspapers as report-
ing that the most frequent question
asked of Americans in Engiand and
France was "How soon witl the United
States join us?"
Garner never issues statements to the
press, therefore his part in creating the
new psychology may not be fuity known
to the country. But more than forty sena-
tors visited the Vice President on the
Hrst day he was in Washington.
Here is what he said to them:
"The United States is not going into
this war. The people are determined
that we shati not get into it. We in elec-
tive oHice have got to quit saying that
we hope this country can stay out. We
have got to start saying 'We are going
to stay out.'"
He expressed that same feeling at the
White House iater in the day when Dem-
ocratic and Repubtican ieaders met with
President Rooseveit. He expressed it
again and again as Senators and Repre-
sentatives caiied on him iater. And in a
few days the Garner sentiment was be-
ing echoed throughout Washington and
it spread to the country.
Garner voted for war in 1917. He be-
iitved there was no way to stay out and
he stiit beiieves there was no way to stay
out- He insisted that his oniy son go to
war then.
Marquis James. Pulitzer prize-winning
author, in his new book. "Mr. Garner of
Texas." teils how it happened:
His son, Tuiiy. had gone to the father's
oftice a few days after the war resolu-
tion passed in 1M17.
"Son." said Mr. Garner, "how do you
feci about going to war?"
"I aim to go. Dad." said the boy.
"i'm glad to hear it—for you've got to
go I couldn't have cast that vote to send
other fathers' boys to war if i hadn't
known i was sending my own. And just
one more thing: your mother and I wili
want to hear from you every time you
get a chance to write, but promise you'll
never ask me a favor. I might be in a
position to get it. and i don't want to be
exposed to temptation."
No member of Congress got a better
understanding of war than Garner. Not
only was he a member of the Ways and
Means Committee active in the framing
of laws for the four Liberty Loans ag-
gregating $18,000,000,000 and the $4,500,-
000.000 Victory Loan and the emergency
tax bills, but he was also President Wil-
son's liaison man between the White
House and the House of Representatives.
Twice a week he went to the White
House for long private conferences with
President Wilson. The President sent
him to confer with the British, French
ana Belgium missions which came to the
United States to discuss methods of wag-
ing the war. Garner had for many years
been a member of the Foreign Affairs
Committee of the House of Representa-
tives and a student of foreign relations.
In the writing of the new neutrality
law it was he who insisted on every
safeguard to prevent involvement of the
United States in war.
THURSDAY STUDY CLUB i Mrs. Ada Barnes and niece. Miss
MET WITH MRS. E. M. DECKER JR ; Merline Cribbs, of Ennis, wili be the
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 14.
holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lige
The Thursday Study Club members
were the guests of Mrs. E. M, Dceker
Jr., Thursday afternoon, December
14, for their program on College
Poets, with Mrs. R. R. Stribling as
leader for the lesson. Mrs. Joe
Merriwether gave as her talk on
word study, the word Christmas, and
remarked as the word is made up o%
two monosyllables—Christ and Mass
—that we must be sure to say Christ-
mas, and not Christmus. Mrs. Strib-
iing followed with a discussion of the
life and work of several of the most
promising young poets. Mrs. Clark
reviewed Southern poets, dwelling
especially on out' own Texas poets,
and the lesson was concluded by a
.number of short readings from these
poets by Mrs. Erwin.
The club members were made
&appy by the presence of a new mem-
ber, Mrs. Ben Bailey, who has recent-
ly come into the organization. Mrs.
JDeckcr had as her guest by invitation,
Mrs. John M. Holden, who is the at-
tractive wife of Professor Holden,
assistant to Dr. Newell, in the
archeological expedition of the State
University, who are doing excavation
and research work near Alto.
Before the departure of the guests,
J&rs. Decker served a deiicious re-
freshment course of salads, sand-
wiches, salted almonds, fruit cake
-and hot coffee, with favors of red
candy "Shepherds Crooks," remina-
Ing us of the approaching Christmas
season. The Decker home, which ha:
just been remodeled, redecorated and
refurnished, was indeed beautiful in
Jts additional yuletide ornamentation
cf seasonal flowers and greenery.
The next meeting of the club will
be held with Miss Ailene Rozelle
Thursday afternoon, December 28,
with Mrs. Ciyde Poore as leader on
the program for the "Red Badge Of
Courage ." Mrs. Poore wit! discuss
the life and work of the author,
Stephen Crane, Mrs. Nell M. Co!e
will give a critica! study of the book,
"Red Badge Of Courage," and Mrs.
Decker will read Ailen Seeger's "I
Have A Rendezvous With Death."
) Halbert and Mr. and
Halbert.
Mrs. Ernest
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Conner en-
tertained during the past week-end
the sister of Mr. Conner, Mrs. Fannie
Emerson of Houston, and Mrs. George
Lawthon of San Diego, Calif., who
is the daughter of Mrs. Emerson.
THE ALTO HERALD. ALT<\ TI'.KAS. ni'.'T.MHKit .!'. IMf.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hogan went to
{ Nacogdocht s Sunday to be present at
the ordination of the young Nacog-
[.loches priest, the Hev. George V.
Hhein, who was born and reared in
ithatcity. Hewas ordained on the
spot on which he was born, his son of Lintvood
mother, Mrs. Louise Rhein. having i —————
becca wi!l seek to make you com- gjypn the lot on which the present I Mr i ^],s r- c
itrrrv '"'""bunandson
'' and Mrs. Ra]p„
iBowen ' n
is attending Richard I
—and Mrs. Wilber Witti^.)
w." as their holiday guf.l
Mr and Mrs. Doyl, Wallace and ', [
M o/ Hn'
Mr and Mrs. R.'.y B.Ware of Cent.
and Mr. and Mrs. Cha, Wn<,,ms ,
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Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Fisher wilt
j have as their Christmas guests thetr
: daughter, Miss Roberta Fisher of
Beaumont, their son, James Fisher of
; Lon Morris College. Jaeksonviile, and
t Mr. and Mrs. George Singietary and
! daughter of Dallas.
A LL day long they ,had been go-
ing by the inn, camels and don-
keys stirring up dust, weary men
and women resting by the stream
outside the inn yard. The little coun-
try maid had never seen so much
travel.
Just outside the city of Jerusalem,
near by the village of Bethlehem,
there were plenty of people who
stopped for refreshment. And Jere-
miah kept a good inn. He was a
good man too. But
he was hard, spar-
ing neither man nor
beast. And his niece
Rebecca was hard
put to do the tasks
that were set before
her.
"Why are there so
many travelers to-
day?" she asked the
little slave girl who
helped her prepare
the evening meal.
"The tribesmen." replied Fatima,
"are going to Jerusalem to be num-
bered, so that they may pay their
taxes. And this wili continue for
days. These are not times of re-
joicing and feasting for us!"
Rebecca looked up as a bearded
man, leading an ass on which a
young woman rode, entered the
courtyard. "Is the inn keeper
here?" lie asked gently. "My wife
and I seek shelter."
"There are no rooms left," Fa-
tima told him, going on with her
work. But Rebecca looked up at the
woman, whose face was weary and
touched with pain.
"I will see what provision can be
made," the little maid exclaimed.
Her eyes never left the young wom-
an's sweet face. The woman smiled
at Rebecca, and her husband smiled
too. Rebecca's face lightened ea-
gerly and even Fatima found her-
self softening.
Rebecca had some difficulty find-
ing her uncle, busy as he was with
many things. Then it was hard to
i make him listen.
"There must be some place, un-
cle. That new stable, with the clean
straw, would be warm and comfort-
^ able. She cannot go farther, I
know."
"So be it," he answered. Then,
as they neared the group, he too
was impressed by the young wom-
an's beauty and the lovely warmth
of her smile. "There is naught but
the stable," he told them, "but Re-
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dean will have
as Christmas guests their son. J. T.
j Dean, who is a student in S. T. Col-
lege, Denton, and their daughter,
' Mrs. George Bryant and Mr. Bryant.
} and their children, Joan and Yvonne
of Dailas.
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Sitton will
! have as their holiday guests Miss
Inez Sitton of Lonoke, Ark., Miss
Lollie Dee Sitton of Nacogdoches, Mr.
! and Mrs. Guy H. Gibbs and daugh-
ter, Johanna, of Beliaire, and Richard
Sitton of Houston.
Misses Mary and Annie Fisher
will have as their holiday house
guests, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Fisher
, and daughter, Marjorie, Mr. and Mrs.
! C. S. Simons and sons, Stuart and
j Frank, of Houston, Dr. and Mrs. G.
! A. Fisher and son, Charles, of Aus.
: tin, and Mrs. Curtis Kerr of San
Benito.
i
] There are men in this country who
can't even please their wives and
yet they expect a public official to
please everybody, including their
wives.
One of these days we plan to write
a book but don't wait for it: buy
yourself a book now.
Friends of Mrs. Julia Miller regret
tolearn that she is quite ill at her;
home in north Alto.
Miss Marjorie Martin of Paiestine
wj!1 spend the Christmas holidays
with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Halbert.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Conner will
^tave as their holiday guests Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. McGill and son, Sam. of j
HaleCenter, andMr. andMrs. W. !
D. Gore of Beaumont.
Mrs. Wayne Blasingame and daugh-
ter. Marion Nell, of Kilgore, arrived
Tuesday for an extended visit with
their parents and grandparents, Mr
and Mrs. W. M. Rogers.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle McClain of
Houston will arrive Sunday to speno
the holiday vacation with the parents j
of Mr. McClain, Mr. and Mrs. Miles
McClain. Doyle was married a few
days ago to Miss Loyce Stratton of
Houston, and the young couple wit!
visit among the relatives during the
Christmas season.
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minute cleaning and pressing es-
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AND FRHMT
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Ing Work at the Spears Filling
Station on South Highway 40, or
Phone 13. and They Will Cat! For
Your Cleaning and Pressing.
Paiestine Laundry
fortable there.
Even after she had done every-
thing she could, and had crept into
her own dark corner for the night,
Catholic Church now stands.
O;
Yuletide sea
Mr. and Mts.
^!<iy Sprjg-
""1 Mrs. Nell,'?
be (ha
and .
, j
Miss Joy Allen, who
Rebecca foiind'sheliould not forget ' school at Mary Hardin-Baylor Co. ; gins of J;„
the couple in the stable. Mary, the lege of Belton. will arrive in Alto ; Kay Durbi
man had called his wife. There was today to be the guest of her par- guests of Mr
such a radiance about her. "I won- Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Allen, for ! Mr. and Mrs
der what makes her so different.
Rebecca thought. And she opened the holiday seas< n.
her eyes. .
the" ^rty^'so" much tha! S i
seemed the dawn must have come. < ^
But the light came from a star that ) ^
shone just about the stable Out into j
the yard the girl crept, and sudden- !
ly she heard a child's cry, a cooing, ! ^
happy sound. t Nv?
Rebecca looked about. No one ,
was stirring. Far off, on the hill-
side she saw what looked like a t gy
group of men, shadowy, indistinct, } M
seemingly moving toward Bethle-
hem. It must be her imagination. 3^,
Possibly it was Ephraim's vineyard ; gy
she saw. Soon she stood in the stabie } M
doorway. {Sy
There, lighted by a lantern, was w.
Joseph, bending over the young j
woman and holding in his arms a
tiny baby—her firstborn. At Rebec- j
ca's exclamation he turned, and in- j
to her outstretched arms he handed
the little figure and showed her the ,
snowy lengths of swaddling cloth.
Tenderly the maid clothed the in- )
fant and laid it beside the mother. )
"Thank you," Mary whispered.
"For the child's sake and in His
name, I thank you for what you
have done. We thank
her, don't we,
Jesus?"
The baby opened
his eyes and smiled.
"He smiled at
me," Rebecca ex-
claimed. "I shall
never forget, a new
born babe smiled in-
to my face to say
thank you."
Mary drew the
child into the shelter
of her arms. Her eyes closed, Joseph
walked to the doorway and watched
Rebecca as she returned to her j gf ]
room. He, too, saw the clump of j
trees or vines, or was it a group of
men on the hillside? Then he re- ]
turned to the manger and settled i
down beside Mary and the sleeping j
Jesus.
Oar Best Wishes
FOR YOUR
Happiness
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1939, newspaper, December 21, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214978/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.