Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1984 Page: 9 of 12
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© 1983 Chattem, Inc.
WELCOME
BELTS - PULLEYS
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Nutcracker
Ballet Now
A Tradition
PEACE ON EARTH AND
GOODWILL TOWARDS MEN
USED
TRAILER TIRES
METHODIST
CHURCH
SUNDAY SERVICES
The Nutcracker Suite
was first performed in
1892, and it has been de-
lighting generations of
ballet-lovers, young and
old, ever since.
Sunday School..
Worship Service.
Youth
*‘Mabel, I have the greatest secret
to tell you!”
For many, the holiday
season would not be com-
plete without enjoying a
performance of the Nut-
cracker Suite.
This popular ballet has
come to be synonymous
with Christmas, due to its
holiday setting and beauti-
ful music. Based on a story
by E.T.A. Hoffmann, the
ballet is probably Peter
Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s most
beloved work. Each holi-
day season finds ballet
groups, both amateur and
professional, presenting it
anew for the delight of
youngsters and adults
alike.
The story is a simple, yet
fanciful one; a little girl is
presented with a nutcrack-
er at Christmas time. She
dreams that the nutcracker
comes to life in the person
of a handsome prince who
leads the toys to battle
against an army of mice.
He then takes the girl
off to Arabia, where she is
entertained with dances by
the Sugarplum Fairy and a
delightful assortment of
characters.
There are exotic Ara-
bian dancers, quaint Chi-
nese performers, and ex-
citing Russian dancers
among others, all in color-
ful attire.
Finally, there is a spec-
tacular dance by lovely
flowers, known as the
“Waltz of the Flowers.”
As the flowers dance to the
familiar, lilting music for
the entranced young hero-
ine and her handsome
prince, it is easy to see that
this ballet has truly cap-
tured the wonder and fan-
cy of childhood for all to
enjoy, regardless of age.
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ASSOCIATION
DELL CITY
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.. 1:30 PM
The first recorded
Christmas celebration in
Texas tells of the
Christmas Mass held in
1683 by Father Nicolas
Lopez of the Juan Dom-
inguez de Mendoza ex-
pedition. It was held at La
Junta de los Rios near the
present town of Presidio.
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forget kindness/'
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MARYNEAL HAMMONDS
PASTOR_________,
The cotton harvest was
slowed but made good pro-
gress during the week ending
December 6, according to the
Agricultural Marketing Service
of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. The harvest was
interrupted by light rain over
most of the territory.
Supplies in most all quali-
ties were adequate to meet de-
mand in the DL Paso markets.
Demand continued best for the
medium to higher grades and
longer staples. The March
New York Futures No. 2 con-
tract on grade 41, staple 34,
mike 35 to 49 settlement price
was 66.15 cents on December
6, up 12 points from the pre-
vious week.
Garland N, Dye, Area Dir-
ector of the El Paso Marketing
Services Office, reported that
101, 300 samples of Upland
cotton had been classed through
December 6, of that total
22, 400 samples were from F ar
West Texas growers.
Thirty-six-hundred staple 37
were classed this week, ot
that total grade 41 was the
predominant grade at 32 per-
cent of samples. Grade 31 was
21 percent, grade 51 was 10
percent, grade 52 was nine
percent. Staple 36 was the
predominant fiber length at
28 percent of the total, staple
35 was 24 percent, staple 37
was 26 percent and staple 34
accounted for 13 percent. Mike
readings of 35 to 49 accounted
for 87 percent of the total with
13 percent reading below 35.
The average fiber strength
reading for the week was 27. 2
grams per tex and the average
uniformity was 79. 5.
According to the "Cotton
and Wool Outlook and Situa-
tion Summary" the exports of
extra-long staple cotton may
rise from 36, 000 bales in
1983-84 to a record 65, 000
this season. The rise is expec-
ted to offset the decline in
mill use to 50, 000 bales, and
ending stocks may drop below
60, 000 for the first time since
1980-81.
DECEMBER 14, 1984, HUDSPETH COUNTY HERALD-Dell Valley Review, PAGE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY „
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Dec. 14 Lucy Gonzalez
Terry Harlin, II
Arnold Zambrano, Jr,
Dec. 15 Clay Gentry
Dec. 16 O. C. Sanders
Dec. 17 Lori Dukes
Christi Dukes
Delia Sanchez
Mr 8 Mrs Steve Miller
Dec. 18 Ronnie Barker
Dec. 19 Collette Anmise Teits-
worth
Dec. 29 Julia Lujan
Sandra Cadena
Victor Martinez
Mr 8 Mrs Jack Robinson
*Chamber of Commerce
Dec. 21 Nadine Barker
Alfonso Dukes
Mr 8 Mrs Larry Brewton
Dec. 22 Felix Castillo
Donnelie Gilmore
Mr 8 Mrs Antonio Cedillo
Dec, 2 3 Helen Rascoe
Fannie McElroy
Dec. 25 Ann Shea
Mr 8 Mrs Wilbur Parker
Dec. 26 Margaret Rivera
Mr 8 Mrs W, Leroy Perry
Dec 27 Glen "^^hite — — - —
D ' 29 Evan Rndpvirk Some things are better unasked. American sailors have
Mr 8 Mrs. Jim Ballantine
Dec. 31 Sandy Torres
Cheri Harlan
Mr 8 Mrs. Kem Shea
Mr 8 Mrs Gene Lutrick
Victor Valverde
SAN ISIDRO
CATHOLIC CHURCH
SUNDAY MASS: KMX) a. m.
Our ancient destroyer limped along on a course homeward to
Newport, Rhode Island. We had a large concave area just under
the bridge on the starboard side caused by a near miss from a
Dominican tank. The fire brick in number four boiler had col-
lapsed, and our super-heaters were out. This lean greyhound of
the sea that, in better days, could clip off thirty-seven knots for
hours on end crept up the Carolina coast at a scant eighteen.
Despite all this, the crew was at rare heights. It was Christmas
Eve. Our injured destroyer would spend the holidays in port lick-
ing her wounds. For us the prospect of a happy New Years with our
families far out-weighed a Christmas at sea.
For me this Christmas would be a painful one. The same shell
that put a large dish shaped dent in our hull had destroyed the
hearing in one ear. I was still in ccnsiderable discanfort despite
the daily medication the Corpsman administered.
The night, however, was soft as only a Carolina night can be,
and I sat on the weather deck with my back to the gun mount
thinking, like everyone else, of being hone in a week or so At
first, I thought my one good ear was acting up, but when I listen-
ed carefully I knew it wasn't. I could definitely hear the soft
strains of 'Silent Night"from somewhere above me.
I climbed up to the helicopter deck just fcrward of and one deck
above the aft gun mount. There, my eyes beheld the most beau-
tiful Christmas tree I'd seen in a long time. Of course, it wasn't
a tree at all, and closer examination proved it was the huge re-
fueling at sea kingpost raised to its vertical position and covered
with lights of all colors. Still, it was beautiful! Where they had
managed to get red, green, blue, and yellow bulbs I'll never know!
Some things are better unasked. American sailors have a rare
' ~ . - - - - r are
There in the multi-colored glow were twoycung men I knew
well. Both were Fire Contrd Technicians. One was a brash self-
certain young man known throughout the crew as 'The Square-
Headed Dutchman"and the other was a gentle lad of scant eight-
teen years from a good family in up-state New Ycrk. Though they
didn't often agree on much, tonight was Christmas Eve and that
seems to bring out a little magic. Tonight they were just two
sailors far from home on the open sea. The young man from
New York had a beautiful tenor vdce and the ether played the
guitar. Together, they filled the night with all the traditional
sounds of the hdiday.
One by one the sailors filtered back to the helio deck. They
came in ones and twos to sit around this makeshift tree, and soon
the night was filled with the sound of many voices singing 'Hark
The Herald", 'It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" and, of course
'Silent Night"
Those were net good days for the idea of Peace on Earth and
Good Will Towards Men. By the following Christmas beth young
men would be dead as would two <x three of the guys in the chor-
us. There just wasn't much peace to be had that yean
Sometimes it's tcugh to remember that just because a goal
seems to be beyond our reach, it doesn't mean we should stop
trying for it. We owe it to a lot of yaxng men who died in a lot
of places to pick ourselves up and try again to male their dream
of Peace on Earth and Good Will Toward Man a reality.
Jerry Moseley
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Lynch, Mary Louise. Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1984, newspaper, December 14, 1984; Dell City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1287382/m1/9/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .