The Detroit News-Herald (Detroit, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1942 Page: 3 of 4
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THE DETROIT NEWH HKRAI.D
Late Christmas Shoppers
Special Line of Stationery Suitable for
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
leal Bargains in Christmas Cards, Seals, Tags,
^Jtibhoa and Wrapping Paper all Popular Colors.
Tree Light Sets, Wreaths, Candles,
^ Icicles, fiarlands
The 'ifatcaJJ. Store
Established 1908
Flume .No. 5
t PERSONAL^
Mrs Alcy Daniels of Pari* was
rhe Kutst of her parent*, Mr. and
Mrs. C M. Scott, last week end.
Lloyd Leavelle and family mov-
ed to Powderly, where he has em-
ployment, last week end
I'ry us for groceries and »ecd. Wv j
j will deliver.- Carvie Bailey, adv. !
WOKING
AHEAD
■v GtORGt 1 OINSON
PreudtHt-JltdiMf Collect
Searcy. Mkaatat
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Christmas in the Air
By Martha B. Thotnaj
Keeping
GHrutma*
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Liberty Bluff
Sunday School and church were j Mrs Mary Bridges and family
well attended Sunday. Bro Rob moved last week to the Ben Nan-
erts brought a very interesting ny place.
message. Mr. and Mrs Carl Vickers and
Names were drawn Sunday for children of Lone Stor visited his
the Christmas tree, and a Christ- parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M Vick-
mas program will be planned by er, Sunday.
Mr*. Rodgers and Miss Parlee | Jim Blanton and family moved
Little. to the Erby Strickland place.
Mrs. Virginia Co'eman returned Little Jimmy Curry of Detroit
home Thursday from a visit with spent the weekend with his grand
her husband at Mineral Wells | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ctrl Fodge.
Misses Pauline and Irene Bailey ! Austin Plant and family moved
visited Miss Parlee Little Satur- to Stringtown.
day night. Mrs. Bessie Fodge of Detroit is
Misses Pauline and Irene Bai- spending the week with her son,
ley, Parlee and Mollie Little spent Carl Fodge, and family.
Sunday with Mrs. Elmer Phifer. Bill |larp and fami|y of Detroit
A party was givtn by Mr. and |. W. Woods and Miss Maude
Mrs. Elmer Phifer Saturday night Woods visited Mrs. Mary Bridges
everyone enjoyed it. Sunday.
Jj Miss Mildred Lee spent Satur- Mrs. Bessie Fodge, Mrs Carl
day night with Miss Anita Rod- Fodge, Mrs J. M. Vickers and
gers. Mrs. Jack Miller were Clarksville
Otis Phifer and family h ve vis-tots Monday,
moved to their new home near
Liberty Schoolh use.
Mr. and Mrs. Anion Little spent
Sunday with his father, Luther
Little.
F'ovd Hultn’s baby i- on me
sick list.
Red Oak News
Preventing ‘Black Markets'
The Australian court
out stiff tines tu v.-
fixed piaee reruv
In Sydney o t'.i al
a pioduce nn l> Wit.
having %old p.>t .'
mum fixed rat was ti
or $500 fur « . i.
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Liver; ene s glad to see ihe sun
slune, is its time fur Full plotting.
bill Dat'd.on and lamily have
n, .u! iO Lstt iru.
Mr a.id Mrs. A j Du.Id- <ind
Dun .4 i:u',bright -visite Mr and
Mrs. A n Id .bci ts Sunday
Fati- .\h.did! an 1 family
r. u. ip J ir- ui \V\ -1 1t 11-.
fl'.. m.a ::ni; t a hat i-;g
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Miss Polly Anna Cavender was
a werk end guest of Clarksville
friends.
Paul Coleman has been trans-
ferred from Camp Wolters,Mineral
| Wells, to Battle Creek, Mich
Pay cash at Melton’s and save
on your next groceries. adv.
Mrs Fannie Ernest returned
home Saturday night from a visit
to Shreveport, La
Ciady Whitener of Bryan was
here Saturday, visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. M Whitener.
Mrs. H. D. McCutcheon of
Hooks is here attending the bed-
side of her mother, Mrs. J. B.
Dean.
Little Miss Ruby^ Nell Meers ot
Nash spent the week end with her
grandparents, Dr. and Mrs J. T.
Meers.
G C. Thompson, who had been
visiting his brother, C H. Thomp-
son, and family, left Tuesday for
his home in Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Chas. Campbell 3nd chil
dren and children of Dallas are
visiting her parents, Mr. arid Mrs.
D K. King, and other relatives.
Try us for groceries and feed We
w ill deliver.- Carvie Bailey, adv i
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Bryan Chambless went to Dal*
lia- this week where he will be sent
to Norfolk Vo , as a mem 'er nl
the Seabees.
Mrs. I ilmmi Lee anJ ch’leFen
, h we moved from
.'immunity tu Mr
. \ V apartment.
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Let One Reading Lamp Do
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B\ an.ioging furniture and lamps carefully,
you can of icn make one lamp/do the w ork
of two An I F.. S lamp at the end of the
clisan. tor example. tan be moved to the
eenicr in hack of ihe div.m. Or two chairs
or a chair and a divan ean he grouped v\ iiii
a lamp to serve twin [xrsoris v\ ith good light,
as illustrated above. He sure the iamn is
close enough to both pivte- of furniture,
ihoug-h. A ddlereiue of 12, inches can re-
duce the light mu get by .is much as 5()'y..
COMMUNITY
PUBLIC SERVICE Cu ^ TAN Y
Ftcry Payday Bund P>a\!
t w • he In
bid!.ud of D • 11v)i*
d.r. and Mi-. [Mmon Wint-eil'i
a e expected in Friday from Van j
couver. Wash for a visit with her j
parents, Mr. and Mrs J T. j
bourne*, and oilier relative- while,
e n tcute' to Houston, where Mr. j
Whit cl! wh > is an electric welder,
\ i> being transferred
Mis |oh:i Littred! tells Us that
her cousin, Joe* W. Peterson, avia-
I tin cadet, is now stationed at
I Na-hvilie, Term. lie is a F)40
gi. duate of Detroit High School,
and w as employed on defense work
at Beaumont when he enlisted in
the Army Air Corps in October.
S \V. Prewett received a Christ-
inas present that he is justly very
p.oud of a ‘'book of Poems” by
Estelle Prewett Newton of Los
Angeles, Cali, his baby sister,
j The volume ot verse is beautiful
! and the sentiment and thought is
lexer11 nt Mrs Newton dedicated
! the book to Mr and Mis Prewett.
Harold Teen says—
“When the officials of a nation are
virtuous the people follow their ex-
ample,” said Confucious two dozen
centuries ago, and he was right. This
ancient Oriental was often right. His
high moral philosophy has influ-
enced more people and done it long-
er than any other code All Chi-
nese who can read still study his
sage writings. Due undoubtedly to
the wisdom of Confucious, China is
the only ancient country left today
with an ancient civilization.
Here in modern America we are
hardly able to sense the full signifi-
cance of the proverb quoted above,*
because most of our officials have
been "virtuous." We criticize rulers
freely, but not one high-handed ty-
rant ever ruled the United States,
and only an occasional official turns
out to be a scalawag. The demo-
cratic system safeguards citizens
w-ith authority divided among rul-
ers; with a three-department gov-
ernment; with representative legis-
latures.
Who Fights Congress?
Covetous enemies, itching to see
Democracy “done over” into some
form of socialistic set-up, are the
natural enemies of everything rep-
resentative in government. They
fight congress by instinct, with or
without cause. Just prior to the
congressional election, when there
appeared to be some dodging of re-
sponsibility for the teen-age draft
law, it was not uncommon to hear
somebody suggest: "Congress is only
ill the way. Let’s suspend congress
for the duration.”
Well-meaning people get vexed
and talk that way sometimes but
it classifies them with a bad crowd.
No political move could be worse
than “purging” congress. No jnili-
tary defeat would bring more cer-
tain calamity. It is the law-making
body that stands between our great
free-born citizenship and hasty, rad-
ical decisions of rulers. Judicial
and executive departments rarely
hear the majority’s authoritative
voice except through representa-
ti\ os.
Farm Boys Deferred
Some people may even accuse
i i caress of playing politics with the
Agricultural Bloc as soon as they
.•■u' how the new draft law favors
iarrn labor, but the provision is a
• 'd one. in my opinion. It pro-
\ id. that those engaged in agricul-
otVv nation, or endeavor csson-
• d tu the war efli rt, be deferred
ir..:» training and service so long as
iiuy remain so engaged and until
Mad, time as satisfactory rep-lace-
i . t c an be obtained.
C :re.-,s nppari rtiy understands
th* tuirri lab..i j l >1 ! n. Our law
a , k iv arc aw a: t ’.it the millions
i >! - !,ia ;■ . i. bo call, i mto
i• i > t • .ir, !t ’aw, are
i-o.ng to !>• i l ’.• ..I if they
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/NLD MR SADDLER had the
I 1 most unique and delightful
'—' ideas. Unquestionably he
was the happiest man in town,
though he hadn t much money, and
lived in quite a modest way, in
quite the smallest house. People
loved to drop in for a chat. Old
men came for a smoke by his fire-
side. Women brought their chil-
dren to spend the afternoon when
they were busy. Mr. Saddler wel-
comed everyone as if he were a
king in a palace..
One snowy day when efery foot-
step creaked underfoot, and the
whole world looked buried under
white wool, several people on
their way here and there dropped
in to see Mr. Saddler. A bright
tire crackled on the hearth. A green
wreath hung above the mantel-
piece. There was a distinct smell
of a rich pudding having been re-
cently cooked.
“This place has more Christ-
mas about it,” declared one guest,
“than any place I’ve seen. How
do you do it? After all, there’s only
one green wreath.”
“Well, I hardly know how to
tell you,” said the host. “I guess
it’s just that I feel Christmassy
. . . and maybe it sort of fills toe
room like steam from a pudding.
T know,” he smiled at them, “you
think me peculiar at times, but it’s
what goes on in your heart that
makes the • outside you live in,
pleasant. And here’s another thing.
Laugh if you like, I shan't mind. I
like to think that all the happy
chimes of church bells at Christ
mas keep traveling around the
world until it's time to ring them
again. Why not? And the fine
songs and anthems and all the joy-
ous laughter of children. We speak
of planets being so many ‘light-
years’ away from the earth . . .
and sound taking thus and thus a
time to reach a certain place. Well
then,” he smiled at them, “I guess
I just sort of hear those things
Maybe I have a good receiving-set
in my head. And perhaps I sort
of,” he waved a hand around,
“broadcast my happiness here in
this room.”
The guests nodded. “Maybe you
io,” they said, “Anyhow we feel
Ju»ck-full of Christmas.”
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is ovoi will lie ox.u'liy where they
, an m rvo best, w An n > post-war ud-
justv-i i.t to make.
Slav Put. anti Work
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s< 1 of. rod the Anci .ean public in
11 i i i.! woo’v: w. \oi.-od in a radio
progra" by Dr Alfred P. Iiaakc of
DoIk t llis so; post,on in this emer-
geiu y. to everj mar not eligible for
U,e armed forces, is this: “Stay
i here you are. Work at what you
are doing. Inert use your output per
;.o: ; a:vt work more hours a day: do
a.I sol. eiiii. not to hurt your eih-
c.er. •>
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The aotual e of the ssar is work.
O' rin s i. having I .e genuine farm
Pos s w.ii l e t • y call work uke vet-
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mill inns', of th( • , have h si h;
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looth paste
Sewing kits
Clothes brashes
Metal polish
Tan shoe polish Fountain pens
Nail files Postage stamps
Soap t.ighters
SMART MONEY
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AKIAN turned slowly from
where she had been sur-
veying herself fon a critical
moment, and looked across the
room at her twu sister.
“I’m so tired of all this Christ-
mas fuss,” she said languidly; **11'
la all so old-fashioned, so out-
dated ”
“Are you expressing my feel-
ings’’ ” Nadine's voice was eves
more anguid; “but how in the
world are we going to make our*
dear family feel as we do about
the matter? You know they are
already in the throes of Christmas
preparations.” She threw out her
Blender hands in a gesture ot infi-
nite boredom as she finished.
| “We can let them know that we
won't be a part of the silly business
' —we can serve notice on them that
l we are going to work against al
the noise and fuss that is made
about Christmas.”
Forgetting their poce of boredoua
and sophistication tar a
the seventeen - year - old
jumped excitedly around the
“Just think of ho* they will he
shocked!” Marian cried; “I cam
see mother and dad. It is all ge-
. lng to be so exciting—fighting the
world, so to speak.”
But they were taken bade quite e
little when they announced their
big news . . mother’s voice wae
very serious “If you really feel
that way, I guess the rest at sa
will have to celebrate without you.
We’re going to miss you a lot, st
course* but we must consider yow
feelings.” The twins failed to see
the twinkle in her eyes as she
looked across the table at dad.
As if to make matters worse*
Bill and Dick laughed in derision
st their plan. “I bet they’ll be on
their knees to get in on our fun bn>
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Arc ; on. ui.rulci in/; what to send
to >our ttiinds aud rr,embers of
your family who »are serving with
the armed forces? A lot depends
on where they are stationed. But
there are some things all cfvice
men want, and here they are:
House slippers Toolli brushes
“I’m Going to Do Like Everybody
Else.” Sh- Said.
fore Christmas,” Bill predicted.
And as if that were not enough, ha
suggested that now there would bs
nothing to buy for the twins, may-
be he could have the moving pic-
ture outfit be had wanted so long.
“1 hope you don't eha gt your
mind, sweet sisters,” he cautioned,
as he proceeded to put a huge piece
of pie in bis mouth. “I do want
that picture machine ^retty bad.’’
The twins th rt v. scornful glances
in Ins direction; they couldn't trust
Ui< :nselves to speak. There were -
things they had forgotten wh£n they
made their big resolve to do away
with Christinas preparations. As
soon as dinner was over, they hur-
ried from the table
The days that followed were not
very happy. The twins could find
no one interested in their plan to
change tiie way of keeping Christ-
mas Even the most modem of
the r friends laughed them to scorrv,
No one was really interested in
advancement, they decided. Her*
they were willing and eager'to get
a new crusade started, one that
would save time and temper and
money, and no one. not even their
best frien is, would lend a hand.
They grew fretful, impatient eves*
peeved at each other.
One evening Nadine came home
and found Marian in their mother’s
bedroom, peering into some boxes
that had just been delivered. Na-
dine smiled to herself, and hur-
ried from the doorway so- Marias
would not see her.
But next day in the toy depart-
ment of Smith’s store, things came
to a showdown. The twins rati into
each other, found themselves side
by side clutching for foolish thi.igs
that lay on the counter. Brown
eyes challenged blue as they stood
ft) the crowded aisle. Guilt showed
plainly on both faces.
Then Nadine was speaking,
quickly, incoherently; “You might
as well know, Marian, I'm chuck-
ing your silly plan. I’m going to
do hke everybody else. I’m going
to make a big fuss about Christ-
mas. I want to push through the
crowds—to buy foolish things—te
hang ,np holly wreaths—to—to la
just everything! . . And if I in
not mistaken, you're just dying ttt
do the same’"
“You’re absolutely right,” Mari-
an answered, utterly careless of
the amused glances thrown in the*r
direction. “We’ve been a pair at
fools, but we re going to have ona
grand and glorious time in the tw»
days that are left . . We're goid^
to. make the biggest fuss aboad
Christmas that has ever been mad*
before."
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