Jackson County Herald-Tribune (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Page: 2 of 34
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2A Jackson County Herald-Tribune, Wednesday, December 21,2011
Around the County continued...
Jackson County AARP
meets at 6 p.m. on the second
Monday of the month at the
Jackson County Services
Building. Call Frances
Wiseman at 972-5546 for
meal reservations.
The Jackson County
Bariatric Support Group
meets on the first Thursday of
the month from 6-7 p.m. at the
Jackson County Hospital
District Community Room.
For more information call
Elizabeth Sommerfeld at 788-
6073.
The Texana DRT meets on
the second Tuesday of the
month at 11:30 a.m. at the
Chamber meeting room.
Tickets for the decorated
chocolate pot and plate are
available from members.
The Texana Community
Band meets on Thursday
evenings, 7:30 - 9 p.m., at the
Edna Junior High band hall.
For more information, you
may contact the director, Mike
Fassino, at 782-3740, or Joe
Dahlstrom at 935-8844.
Motherwise classes for
stay-at-home moms will be
held at the First Baptist
Church student ministries
building every Friday from 9-
11 a.m. Nursery will be pro-
vided. For information call
Carrie Wright at 782-5008.
The Pink Believers breast
cancer support group meets at
6 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday
of the month at the Jackson
County Home Health confer-
ence room.
Hardbound copies of the
Cavalcade of Jackson
County by I.T. Taylor are
available at the Jackson
County Herald-Tribune for
$45 for the first copy and $40
for each additional copy.
A classic red hat Christmas
Contributed Photo
The Texana Classic Red Hatters held their Christmas gathering at the home of Phyllis Jones on Dec 9 with 16 attending.
Members enjoyed food, games, gift exchanges and door prizes. Each lady was given a new red hat, ornament and purple can-
dle to celebrate the Christmas season.
Viewpoints
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
Eight-year-old Virginia
O'Hanlon wrote a letter to
the editor of New York's Sun,
and the quick response was
printed as an unsigned edito-
rial Sept. 21, 1897.
The work of veteran news-
man Francis Pharcellus
Church has since become his-
tory's most reprinted news-
paper editorial, appearing in
part or whole in dozens of
languages in books, movies,
and other editorials, and on
posters and stamps.
We hope you enjoy this
classic Christmas column
and wish you and yours a
very meny Christmas and a
happy New Year!
"Dear Editor: I am 8 years
old.
“Some of my little friends
say there is no Santa Claus.
“Papa says, 'If you see it in
The Sun it's so.’
“Please tell me the truth; is
there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O’Hanlon
115 W. Ninety Fifth Street
VIRGINIA, your little
friends are wrong. They
have been affected by the
skepticism of a skeptical
age. They do not believe
except [what] they see. They
think that nothing can be
which is not comprehensible
by their little minds. All
minds, Virginia, whether
they be men's or children's,
are little. In this great uni-
verse of ours man is a mere
insect, an ant, in his intel-
lect, as compared with the
boundless world about him,
as measured by the intelli-
gence capable of grasping
the whole of truth and
knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a
Santa Claus. He exists as cer-
tainly as love and generosity
and devotion exist, and you
know that they abound and
give to your life its highest
beauty and joy. Alas! how
dreary would be the world if
there were no Santa Claus. It
would be as dreary as if
there were no Virginia.
There would be no childlike
faith then, no poetry, no
romance to make tolerable
this existence. We should
have no enjoyment, except
in sense and sight. The eter-
nal light with which child-
hood fills the world would
be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus!
You might as well not
believe in fairies! You might
get your papa to hire men to
watch in all the chimneys on
Christmas Eve to catch
Santa Claus, but even if they
did not see Santa Claus com-
ing down, what would that
prove? Nobody sees Santa
Claus, but that is no sign
that there is no Santa Claus.
The most real things in the
world are those that neither
children nor men can see.
Did you ever see fairies
dancing on the lawn? Of
course not, but that's no
proof that they are not
there. Nobody can conceive
or imagine all the wonders
there are unseen and unsee-
able in the world.
You may tear apart the
baby's rattle and see what
makes the noise inside, but
there is a veil covering the
unseen world which not the
strongest man, nor even the
united strength of all the
strongest men that ever
lived, could tear apart. Only
faith, fancy, poetry, love,
romance, can push aside
that curtain and view and
picture the supernal beauty
and glory beyond. Is it all
real? Ah, Virginia, in all this
world there is nothing else
real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank
God! he lives, and he lives
forever. A thousand years
from now, Virginia, nay, ten
times ten thousand years
from now, he will continue
to make glad the heart of
childhood.
Dec. 21 - Dec. 28 meetings
• Dec. 21, Favaca-Navidad River Authority board of
directors, 7:30 a..m., FNRA offices, FM 3131
Jackson County
Commissioners Court
Judge Dennis Simons 782-2352
Pet. 1 Wayne Hunt 782-2804
Pet. 2 Wayne Bubela 771-2475
Pet. 3 Johnny Belicek 782-2033
_Pet. 4 Larry Peyton 872-2345_
Jackson County
Herald-Tribune
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by Jackson County Publishing, LP, 306 N. Wells, Edna,
TX 77957. Jim Moser, Publisher. Periodicals postage
paid at Edna, TX.
Managing Editor
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Staff Writer
Kendrick Callis
Sports Writer
Paul Harrison
Advertising Director
Pam Harvey
Advertising Design
Connie Moseley
Sue Capak
Office Manager
Kerry Karl
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On behalf of the Jackson County
Ministerial Alliance, Helping Hands of
Jackson County, and the Salvation
Army, we would like to thank our local
Walmart for the use of their parking
lots. We would also like to thank each
of you who participated as one of this
year's Salvation Army Bell Ringers.
Thanks to Abe Cochran of Ganado
who organized and conducted that
campaign.
Thanks to Mrs. RaeAnn Ortolon
who organized the participation of the
4-H Club members.
Thanks to the Revs. Cory Brand,
Charles Covin, Paul Kaiser, David
Murff, Juan Galvan, and Bernard
Ritchea for their help in managing the
campaign.
This year's campaign was a success,
thanks to the participation and efforts
of our community. As always, 100%
of the proceeds of the bell ringing
campaign remain in Jackson County
and will be used to provide prescrip-
tion drug assistance for our senior cit-
izens.
God bless you all and know that you
have helped to create a truly Merry
Christmas.
Rev. Dr. Terry Bozarth
president
Jackson County Ministerial Alliance
Chamber Notes & News
By Chamber Office Manager Kim Fojtik • Jackson County Chamber Of Commerce & Agriculture
317 W. Main St. • Edna, Texas • (361) 782-7146
The Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce
board of directors and staff
would like to wish everyone
a very blessed Merry
Christmas and New Year.
We have emailed order
forms for the "Tough
Mudder" banners to all the
Chamber members. If you
did not get the email please
come by the Chamber or the
Jackson County Herald-
Tribune office to get yours
as soon as possible. The
banners advertising the
event and welcoming the
Tough Mudder contestants
are free. Find more about
Tough Mudder on Facebook
or toughmudder.com. The
Chamber and FNRA will
hold a second community
meeting with information
on the Tough Mudder on
Monday, Jan. 9 at 6:30 p.m.
at Ganado Budget Inns &
Suites. Come to the meeting
and see how you can volun-
teer your group and enjoy
the fun. Hope to see you all
there!
Approximately 100 vol-
unteers are needed to help
during the Tough Mudder
Challenge on Saturday, Jan.
28 and another 80 on
Sunday, Jan. 29. For every
10 volunteers supplied per
day by an organization,
Tough Mudders will donate
$250 to your program.
Contact the Chamber at
782-7146 for more informa-
tion.
The Chamber will be
closed on Friday, Dec. 23
and Monday, Dec. 26 for the
Christmas holiday. The
Chamber will also be closed
Thursday, Dec. 29 through
Monday, Jan. 2.
Happy Tails is hosting a
pet blanket drive to provide
warm bedding during the
cold winter months. Please
take your donations at the
Edna Police Station,
Serendipity Gifts N Blooms
and Ganado Feed & More in
Ganado.
Chamber businesses and
members will soon be
receiving a survey in the
mail. We ask that you take
just a little time to fill out
the survey and send it back
to the Chamber office as
quickly as possible. This
will help us to update data
within the office and get the
Website updated. The
Chamber is here to help you
and your business, and this
survey is one way to help us
help you.
Remember when shop-
ping for your Christmas list
to shop Jackson County first
because the revenue from
what is purchased in
Jackson County stays in
Jackson County.
The Chamber is now sell-
ing the marquee spots at the
Edna movie theater.
Fet the Chamber hear
from you on any updates,
events coming, up, etc. or if
you have a sale going on.
Fet the Chamber know so
we can get the word out for
you.
The Chamber would like
to remind all members that
we still offering bulk mail
service and email services.
All you need to do is get us
the information that you
would like sent out and we
will handle the rest. If you
would like more informa-
tion on the services, feel
free to contact us here at the
Jackson County Chamber
office at 782-7146.
Dates to Remember:
Dec. 26: Chamber closed
Dec. 29-Jan. 2: Chamber
closed
Jan. 5: Chamber board
meeting, noon
Jan. 9, Tough Mudder com-
munity meeting, 6:30 p.m.,
Budget Inns & Suites in
Ganado
Jan. 12: EDC board meet-
ing, noon
Jan. 28-29: Tough Mudder
weekend. Go online or to
Facebook to find out more
about the event.
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Lundstrom, Chris. Jackson County Herald-Tribune (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 21, 2011, newspaper, December 21, 2011; Edna, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth772065/m1/2/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jackson County Memorial Library.