The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 69TH YEAR, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, December 27, 1957 Page: 8 of 12
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Jo# Maxwell will arrive bom*
December 24 to spend the .holiday*
with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Maxwell. He Is attending
Abilene Christian College.
Lannon Reed, who la teaching la
Dallas, Is spending the holidays
with his parents an«l brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Reed, and Dickie.
Modern Santa Strictly
American Conception
Within recent years some of our
religious end educational leaden
have expressed the belief that
Santa the Saint has been lost In
Santa the Sugar Daddy, Inferring
that the whci* Idea of the Seat*
Claus myth 1* bed psychology or
Just not good bora* sens*.
TO# modern eonegpt of Saute,
of course, Ig M per eaot Aetion
and strictly American. 1* Europe.
Saint Nick was t tea. angular man
who red* n bony gray mere. He
acquired his whiskers, hie pips
end his paunch In America and
traded his hay burner for a
speedier mean* of transportation
Choose Wisely When
Buying Toys for Tots
Safety Is an Important factor m
the selection of Christmas toys for
the pre-school sot and her* ere
some good suggestions:
Be sura paint on toys Is lead tree
sad that toys have no sharp or
legged edges.
Never give a small ohOd a toy
that Is email enough to swallow,
Tiny toys or toys with small parts
that may com* off should bo
avoided.
CtoOflMtar triJfio buurdi befurt
buying toy* used outdoors, A ball
or a bieyel* la a dangerous play-
thing on a busy street
n.iiiistMg friosfrf are )a>t some-
tfih>l fof tiv fwyiii lot to ooottof
from one room to another tad
*»t>f K Mi oa (be floor.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rasberry
and son of Osona aro spending the
holidays here with relatives.
There were 58 names signed to
the Declaration of Independence.
THANKS
For your love and friendship
Our greatest blessings are friends
And loved ones and the assurance that
We can live forever in a land of pure
Delight Where we will never grow old
We Wish For You And Yours
Long Happy Lives
The W. P. Hallmarks
Box 113, Dublin, Texas
Who* there la no doubt (hat Ik*
Santa Claus Ides has been abused
and somewhat over - commercial-
ised at timer, down under tt all
Santa ftfll typifies a mint of geo-
erority and thoughtfulnes*. It 1* no
reflection m Seat* himself that
many children who eagerly await
his arrival each Outstmea Eve
have never heard the story of the
Holy ChSd from their parents.
So let us not blame Santa, not
the children. If the central Men at
Christmas, the birth of Jesus, suf-
fer* from negieet The fault Use
with Sumo of us whore duty » fc-
to lead and guide and leach aad
thaw the way,
famous sms
In the heights above Naiereth,
which Uer tn a cup of the Oelfla*
hill*. may be seen Ike sites of
many of the famous place names
of biblical history. To the nest Bee
ryfifro* sphere Saul died, and TO*
bar, where Debcrah t naan gstto
•red to meet* tke Cana unite*.
Westward is aaelsnt Megiddo
where tbe EgypUens detested
Joelah of Judah, and Carmel where
Ki^j|h bf ftfrd tht propbtts (pi
Kbnneth end Clyde King, who
•re attending the University of
Texas, are apendltig the holidays
with their parent*. Mr. end Mrs.
tveryfcety to «Ws firm, withei
•och oitdl every on* o '
WoidgrMty
In the sanctuar
us your friendship cmd pqlrwwgi TT And. in
'V
th* warm spirit of this Holy Day, wo pray that
* ' /.
health, happiness and MsodsMp bo the gifto yea
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Jackson, Albert S. The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 69TH YEAR, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, December 27, 1957, newspaper, December 27, 1957; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth593486/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.