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oD THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
2-B Abilene, Texas, Monday Evening, Dec. 24, 1951
The Christmas Story,
Told for Children
HONORING THE 4-H CLUBS—This green, three-cent stamp
honoring the 4-H Club movement, will go on sale at Spring-
field. O., on Jan. 15. Springfield claims to be the birthplace
of the youth farm movement. The design features a group of
farm buildings, at left, and a teen-age boy and gin facing
the club symbol of a four-leaf clover. It bears the four H s,
which stand for Head, Heart, Hands and Health.
yeeee Mey this be the happiest
Christmas you have ever
* * *
glorious afterglow of the
" season shine on into the
New Yoer with beauty end
spiritual light.
KINNEY'S
W. A Mason, Mgr.
226 Pine
istmah
The goodness end
helpfulness of the
Chriefmos Spirit ore
the things that have
kept it alive for two
thousand years.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This
story was written by Eliza-
beth Carpenter, Reporter-
News Washington correspon-
dent, and is adapted tor
children, especially those from
three to nine years of age.
By ELIZABETH CARPENTER
This is the story of the very
first Christmas. It happened hun
dreds and hundreds of years ago
before there were automobiles, or
electric lights, or telephones, or
FAl that time, there Used a kind
man and woman way, way across
the ocean. The man’s name was
Joseph and the woman’s name
was Mary. They wore long robes
and hoods, and flat open shoes,
like all the people did who lived
at that time
One day when Mary was sitting
in the garden, a strange and won-
derful thing happened. An angel
appeared and told her that God
had sent him with a message
for her. The message made Mary
very happy for the angel told her
that God would soon send her a
tiny baby—a little baby whose
name would be Jesus. The angel
told her that when the baby grew
up to be a man, he would be a
kind and wonderful man whose
good deeds and kindnesses would
make all other people want to be
kinder and better people, too.
Not long after Mary learned
the secret that she was to have
a baby who would grow up to
show the people of the world how
to treat one another, she and Jo-
seph had to make a trip to an-
other town called Bethlehem. Since
there were no cars in those days,
Joseph and Mary took the trip on
a donkey. Mary rode the donkey
and Joseph walked beside her to
lead the donkey to Bethlehem. It
was a long, long rood to Bethle-
hem but Mary and Joseph were
not lonely. For there were many
other people who were traveling,
LONG TRIP
The trip took a long time be-
cause a donkey cannot travel very
fast and Mary and Joseph grew
tired. It was night time and very
dark when they finally got into
Bethlehem. As soon as they ar-
rived, they tried to find a hotel-
or an inn, as it was called in
those days—where they could
sleep. But there were so many
people in Bethlehem that night
that all the places had been tak-
en. Over and over, the innkeepers
told Joseph there was no room for
them. Finally, one kind innkeeper
told Joseph he did have one place
where they could stay-in the
stable behind the inn. It was not
very comfortable, he explained,
but at least they could be warm
and rest on the straw where the
animals slept. .
Joseph and Mary thanked him
and went to the stable. They were
very quiet because the animals
who were to the stable—an oxen,
a goat, and a few others—were
sound asleep.
Now on this very night when
Joseph and Mary were to the
stable, God sent the little baby
Jesus to be born there. Mary and
Joseph loved the little baby the
moment they saw him and Mary
wrapped him in some soft warm
cloths that were called swaddling
clothes. Then they looked around
the stable for a place where the
baby could sleep. There were no
beds but they found a manger, a
tiny cradle-like wooden box on
legs. Usually, the manger was used
to hold hay for the sheep and
goats to eat. But with the hay and
straw packed down smoothly, it
made a wonderful, soft place for
the little baby Jesus to snuggle
down end sleep.
STAR SHINES
At the very time that the little
baby was born, God had sent a
beautiful white star to shine in
the sky right over the stable so
the world would know that some-
thing wonderful had happened. And
sure enough, a long way away,
some shepherds who were watch-
ing their flocks of sheep to the
fields saw the star and heard
some angels singing At first, the
shepherds were afraid. But the
angels told them, “Fear not, for
behold. I bring you good tidings
of greet joy!” Then the angels
told the shepherds that the baby
Jesus bad been born in Bethlehem.
The shepherds wanted to go and
see the baby Jesus and take some
presents to him So they took
some of the baby lambs and
started off, guided by the star, to
the manger where the baby Jesus
lay.
in another part of the country
three teachers who were called
wise men in those days, saw the
bright star appear. They felt sure
this must be the sign that God
had sent to tall them that baby Je-
sus had been born. The wise men
had been hoping for a long time
that someone would be born who
would teach the people of the world
how to live together happily. In
their prayers, God had promised
the wise men that one day He
would send someone to lead them.
When He did. He said, He would
send a signal, too, so the wise men
would know that the leader had
been born. '
The wise men were very exeit-
ed when they saw the white star
because they knew this was the sig-
nal. So they put on their moot
beautiful robes of gold, green, and
red, and they took some presents
for the baby — carved boxes of
ivory and sold and ebony with
sweet smellins thinss inside. The
wise men rode three camels to
Bethlehem.
KNEEL, GIVE THANKS
When the wise men end the
shepherds arrived at the stable un-
der the bright star, they knelt be-
side the manger and thanked God
for sending the baby Jesus to
earth. They gave the presents of
baby lambs and carved boxes far
the baby to Mary and Joseph.
You see, this was the very first
Christmas. It was the day the
baby Jesus was born and every
year, on the same day, we cele-
brale Jesus’ birthday. The pres-
ents from the wise men and the
shepherds were the very first birth-
day presents.
Now the baby Jesus grew up to
be a fine boy and man. He taught
the people of long ago that they
should love one another and be kind
and fair to one another. We still
try to do as Jesus taught us long
ago. Sometimes we forget but each
Christmas it is the time to remem-
ber once again.
On our Chrismas trees, we put
a star — a star just like the star
that God sent to show the shep-
herds and the wise men where the
baby Jesus was. And, we give each
other gifts, just like the wise men
and shepherds gave gifts to the
baby Jesus. We do these things be-
cause we want to remember again
that people should learn how to
get along without fussing and with-
out fighting. That la the thing that
the baby Jesus came many, many
years ago to tell us. And when all
the people on earth learn to be
kind to one another, this will be a
very happy world — filled with the
spirit of Christmas all year long.
Alcohol Bound Cobby
Ruled Low Violator
ALUSANNE, Dec. M. @ — The
Swiss Supreme Court has ruled that
a taxi driver must not drink any
alcohol while at work—even outside
the country. i
A Zurich taxi driver recently took
some customers on aa all-day trip
1056 W. 2nd
The teachings eon-
tinue to give us the
standards on which
wecon pin our
foith.
With such thoughts
uppermost in our
minds, we wish you
• blessed Christ-
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Women Organise
To Prefect Rights
SINGAPORE, Dec. 24. in—Wom-
en of various Singapore commu-
nities are organizing the Singapore
Women’s Council dedicated to carry
on the good fight against the "oel-
flah male sex’ and achieve the
rights of women.
Mrs. 8hlrtn< Fordar, who is the
guiding light to the movement, is-
sued the following call to the fe-
male fold: “We aim to fight for
the emancipation of women m
Singapore. It is high time that self-
lab men who treat their womenfolk
as Inferiors are mode to change
their attitude.”
Here are some of the goals
“Equal rights for women to mar-
riage. inheritance and professions.
Provisions for scholarships for high
er studies for working girls. Look
Into any difficulties concerning con-
ditions of work for women such as
trouble with employers, accomme-
Averell Harriman's
Lost Dog Is Found
PARIS. Dec. 24. un—It should be
a merry Christmas for W. Averell
Harriman, head of the American
Mutual Security Agency.
His dog Fifi, lost for a week, was
found huddling to a doorway Sat-
urday by Madame Paulette Fouque.
30, wife of a furniture mover. She
reaped 20,000 francs ($57) as a re-
ward.
Fifi, a wire-haired dachshund
will be flown to Washington to re-
join bar master.
to Bregenz in Austria, where he
had a good lunch and a good bottle
of wine. He knew that ■ Pg** 1
land, taxi drivers were not allowed
to drink while working. But this
was Austria, he argued, no Swiss
laws don’t apply.
On his way back to Zurich, he
scratched the Sender of another ear
and a blood-test, routine procedure
in Switzerland, showed that his
i blood contained 0.1 per cent of al-
cohol. a _ .__
s The Supreme Court turned down
Kus appeal against a five day jail
sentence on the grounds that he
broke the law, not by drinking wine
lx Austria but by bringing it
back to Switzerland in his blood.
Light waves and radio waves are
the same except for length.
De-icer in Operation ‘
AMHERST, Cansda, • -
A new piece of equipment here. •
salt spreader, has been placed in
operation with the purpose of keep-
ing streets free of ice and snow
during the winter months. Fed from
a truck, the spreader covers a
width of 30 feet.
9Do You and Yours
Ever mindful of your friendship
and good will, we wish
you and yours o most
Rtex
Hoppy Holiday Season
, Smith
“Abilene’s Oldest Established Jewelry Store”
Ph. 4-7045
... For the fourth eventful year,
accept our sincere thanks and
our wishes for a
Merry Christmas
and
Happy New Year
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