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THE DENISON PRESS, DENISON, TEXAS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1959
New change pension
law does not alter
basic eligibility
The new pension law effective
net July 1, in no way changes the
basic eligibility for a veteran seek-
ing a pension for non-service con-
nected disabilities, Edward P. On-
stot, manager of the Veterans Ad-
ministration regional office in
Dallas, Texas, said this week.
The veteran still must be total -
ly and permanently disabled, must
have 90 days or more or honor-
able wartime service, and an in-
come below prescribed limits.
Extending the present income
limits of $1400 a year for a sin-
gle veteran and $2700 a year for
a veteran with wife or child to
$1800 and $3000 respectively, the
new pension law attempts to re-
late the amount of pension to
need. Veterans with higher in-
come will receive lower pension
payments and those with smaller
incomes will receive larger pen-
sions when the law becomes effec-
tive.
But the basic eligibility require-
ments remain unchanged, Mr. On-
stot reiterated, in contrast to the
requirements for veterans' wid-
ows and children.
Widows of World War 11 and
Korean conflict veterans under
the new law no longer will be re-
quired to show that the deceased
veteran had a service-connected
disability. Like widows of World
MYLES VARIETY STORE
Santa ClauS, JnJiana,
Receive J Jamou3 .Name
Christmas Cue, 1882
Although many towm have numet
directly or Indirectly associated
with Christmas, there is but one
town named Santa Claus. In Indi-
ana.
Except for a lucky breuk, the
town would have had another name
and hence would not have enjoyed
the annual fame that it gathers
around the Yuletlde season.
The original intention to name
the town Santa Fe (ell through
when the officials al Washington
suggested that the town be named
something else, since there was a)
ready a Santa I'e in New Mexico.
On Christmas Eve, in 1882, thi
citizens held a mass meeting to se-
lect another name, but every one
proposed was discarded for one rea-
son or another. The meeting was
about to break up when Santa
Claus, making his yearly visits in
the neighborhood, strode In to get
warm. He was in costume and his
arrival put one name in every
mind.
And so the town was named
Santa Claus.
War 1 veterans, they will have to
show only that the veteran had
90 days or more or honorable war-
time service. Widows must also
come within the income limita-
tions.
When you are in trouble, peo
pie who call to sympathize are
really looking for the particulars.
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A mERRy CKRISTmAS
G. M. PRESLEY
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-We want lo wish each ami every
one of you a glorious Holiday!
May tlip spirit of brotherly
love bring pcaer lo all mankind!
CLYDE DAVIS
PRESLEV AUTO PARTS
and Employees
Open 7:00 A. M. - Close 6:00 P. M. Daily
Sundays—7:00 A. M. to 4:00 P. M. - Closed Thursdays
905 S. Crockett Ave. Phone HO 5-6080
The trumpeting in of the holiday season
usually means a time of parties, family
gatherings and general rejoicing. But people
usually take time from their gala doings
to give thanks for their blessings. At this time
we would like to wish you and yours the best
for the coming year.
613 SOUTH ARMSTRONG
Phone HO 5-3515
Deniton, Texas
Vol (Constant
*J)n the C^efelta tionA
Of Chrbt'* Watti/ity
While December is now the month
in which Christ'* birthday is cele-
brated by Christians all over the
world, research and study show
that Christ's nativity has been cele-
brated in January, March, April,
May, September and October by
various peoples.
And although few people know it,
it was for the purpose of substitut-
ing a Christian festival for pagan
ones of Romans and Druids that
celebrations of Christmas in Decem-
ber were popularized.
No historian pretends to fix
the actual date of Christ's birth
or the date at which Christinas
became a general festival.
About all that Is known is that
during the fourth century the feast
jf the Nativity was observed in all
A-cstern world churches at differ-
ent dates.
The confusion resulting from cele-
orations in seven months of the
year caused the western church
authorities to meet in 340 to set
u definite date for the celebration.
The eastern churches did not co-
operate until the sixth century when
December 25 was set as the day to
oe observed.
The question has arisen in-
numerable times as to why
December was selected as the
month for rejoicing. The answer
is that this month was chosen
in order that a Christian fes-
tival could compete with those
of the pagans, because Decem-
ber was noted for its feasts
and holidays in nearly every
civilized land.
Greeks, Romans, Saxons and
Scandinavians all took part in the
celebration of these festivals which
had originated before the birth of
Christ.
From the Saxons came the cere-
mony of burning the Yule log. The
Saxons burned great bonfires in
honor of their god Thor. From the
Romans came the giving of pres-
ents, for this custom has been traced
to the Roman Saturnalia.
It may seem strange to claim that
the pagan riotousness might be
Ihe forebear of the Christian holiday
of goodness and love, but inter-
mingled with that which was objec-
tionable, were things that have
gone straight to the hearts of peo-
ple throughout the Christian world
Compensation plan
for farmers not
favored by Texas
WACO—(Sjl.)—About 50 Tex-
ons will leave the Lone Star State
by train this week end for the 41st
annual convention of the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation
which gets underway Sunday, Dec.
13, in Chicago.
National policies to guide the
organization in legislative battles
next year will be adopted by vot-
ing delegates from 4!) states (all
except Alaska). Recommenda-
tions adopted by the Texas Farm
Bureau last month in San Anto-
nio will be considered along with
recommendations from other
states. Texas, with the fifth
largest membership in the nation,
will send six official voting dele-
gates.
The state convention asked that
government play a diminishing
role in agriculture. Texas dele-
gates recommended opposing any
compensatory payments scheme.
Instead, the convention favored a
system of price supports "design-
ed to facilitate orderly marketing
rather than guarantee unrealistic
prices."
As for the problems of surplus
disposal and market expansion,
TFB delegates recommended elim-
inating excessive accumulation of
surpluses, reducing cost to tax-
payers, restoring more freedom to
farmers and allowing supply and
demand to work.
Texas wants a conservation re-
serve to help farmers adjust pro-
duction to current needs. This
program would be financed by
puyments-in-kind (from surplus
stocks) as much as passible, would
be designed to keep cropland out
of production for a long period,
and would be limited to bona fide
formers.
Christmas stressed
deeper things back
in frontier days
Christmas on the frontier, as
new bands of pioneers pushed
ever westward to carve an empire
out of virgin plains and wilder-
nesses, was in marked contrast to
the present holiday.
There was more meaning then
in the words of The Book con-
cerning shepherds in a certain
country watching their blocks by
night. The solitudes, the closeness
of the stars, the virginity of the
t.ew world and its humble people
made one feel that time had stood
still. Christmas in those days
somehow seemed much closer to
that first Christmas.
TO OUR
MANY FRIENDS! *
A
DAVIS
HYLAND
FLORIST
MARY K. DAVIS
Phone HO 5-3070
406 E. Hull
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor
angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things
present nor things to come, nor height, nor depth,
nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord. —Romans 8:38-39
SID MAPLES
125 W. Main
DENISON
224'/2 W. Houston
SHERMAN
Those bleak plains could be the
ones the wise men crossed, this
the Night and yon sleeping vil-
lage, Bethlehem. The faith of the
trail breakers was that of the
Wise men.
On Christmas Eve the pioneer
folks would gather in a crude lit-
tle church or schoolhouse where
children recited their pieces and
i:ang for a calico doll from Santa
Claus. But that doll, made from
spare strips of bright cloth, prob-
ably was more treasured than any
modern doll which can say "ma-
ma," go to sleep and perhaps re-
quire a diaper.
Children who received a slate
pencil or a shell-box, a little af-
fair covered with shells and con-
taining a small mirror, were the
special favorites of Santa. '
For goodies, no Christmas was
complete without its pans of pop-
corn jnd ropes of molasses taffy.
In rare cases there might be a
bag of candy.
In the isolated cabins is wasn't
so easy to gather with one's neigh-
bors to celebrate. There were
wolves in the timber and being
caught in a sudden storm on the
pioneer trails spelled death.
BACKYARD GRIME
Tattle - tale gray in freshly
laundered clothes is often not the
fault of the washer or soap used.
Clothes that came out white pick
up a film of dust and grime just
hanging on the backyard clothes
line. Homeimakers can spare
themselves this annoyance by us-
ing LP-Gas clothes dryers in the
kitchen or utility room.
WATER HE\TEO FAST
A gas water heater, to meet
modern demands, should have a
minimum storage capacity of 30
gallons, manufacturer! mom-
mend. Even more important is
the recovery rate—the number of
gnllons that can be raised 100 de-
grees in temperature in an hour.
The high recovery rate of LP-Gas
water heaters assures a steady
supply of hot water even for big
wash loads.
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Have yourself a.
lia.piDy Christmsus
Everyone has his own Bpecial way of mak-
ing Christmastime a warm and meaningful
season. Taking the family to church . . .
trimming the tree the night before . . .
singing carols before a cozy fireplace. We
hope yours is a happy Christmas and a
safe one, too. When you drive, be careful
. . . everybody's looking forward to a won-
derful holiday. Merry Christmas.
CAMPBELL
INSURANCE
120 S. Rusk
AGENCY
HO 5-3443
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