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TWELVE-B THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA DECEMBER 21, 1957, Your Friendly Neighborhood Pharmacy ATLANTA, GA COMPLIMENTS Fortson Insurance Agency £ "WE INSURE ANYTHING BUT THE HEREAFTER" | V m | COLUMBUS, GA, S v „ ^.. - . , v i 0 BEST WISHES | GILBERT Write-Away LETTER SERVICE I f! Georgia Savings Bank Bldg. JA. 2-3434 |j U Atlanta, Ga. j* V 8 WEST END SHELL SERVICENTER |j Goodyear Tires — Shell Products — Pick Up & Deliver fj Road Service — Tune Up — Brake Service % PL. 5-6989 Atlanta. Ga. 864 Gordon St.. S. W. § «? it K««3c*** i *!C!*'c?«*scs«:sc«^!si«*cx!s*se«i<sex*sexx!j!*s#«9c«*K«*xse«!c*** OLIN GRANT CLEANERS I I i SJ 208 S. Main Street PO. 1-2146 « §J College Park. Ga. IC>.x»^3iaia>a^aatiftai9iai'«9)3)3s%%aia)3iaxaoi3i')(at«»e»»'WR»i»'K»at»i%aR^ I J. P. STEVENS ENGRAVING COMPANY I Atlanta. Ga. MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY * EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS II 2jj# jfo | 384 Forrest Ave., N. E. Atlanta 12. Ga. JA. 5-0551 2 «*^aw«a*«*««*^8C^*»t9e!e«!<;*!«!5se«sis*se««««!ssssc4C!<«««*s«s«!*;* MERRY CHRISTMAS I FROM | GENE AND MARGARET GARNER I 1 LUNSFORD'S WEST END PHARMACY 1 »• » I 805 Gordon Si.. S. W. PL. 3,3161 s Atlanta. Ga. *srewctr<sc3«sc««i«««**®«*6se*©«!c984«i«te*sci«ie!*«*!e*'«sc«sc«»e3e*!c!e*ic^ RHODES BAKERY y ATLANTA’S FINEST P 1783 Buford Highway ^ Atlanta, Ga. 3s3«3!3i3i3r3 i S.3s3s3sSi3ia3i3faara3ia3e3i3j3s3»3i3i*»-3s>i’»!»i»'*i3.3i'S!3iSi3i3;fi < ;H-5i,«?ST!«!«icsc*««e*'«*!e!5!«ic*«»!!s«!C!S*x3j!ticsKxv«!C?55Cse3s:«*s5««;!«? 1 TOM LLOYD CLEANING & LAUNDRY I a « a a TR. 6-3783 I I a 459 North Ave.. N. E. TR. 4-1633 Atlanta, Ga. ».3i»3(3i^^2iaia3i3 l Stai3i3’i3ja>i3)^3iSi3'.3iSr3i*3'(3-.3i3i3i l 3i3saB»l3!3i»3i>.3ia3ia»i3j-a 5 SUTHERLAND PRODUCE COMPANY 1 1091 Allene Ave.. S. W. Atlanta, Ga. PL. 3-2144 3;>i3s2i*3i3;S3i2s»Si**a*3.:»-'*3i3f3i3i3s3(3i^3i3r.St3s3i*3ri<Si3 J »>i>.'Si (Christmas C^jreetinejA 3,-c "om Slowly The Dream Comes True By Auleen Bordeaux Eberhardt C. C. TUGGLE DAIRY FARMS 2370 BRIARCLIFFE RD.. N. E. ME. 4-4255 ATLANTA. GA. THOMAS F. RYBERT POINTING GO. COMMERCIAL PRINTERS * 550 FORREST ROAD. N. E. TR. 5-4727 ATLANTA. GA. ¥ 55 ;’% *S S’ '€’«'€ -S ’? ‘Z■? VS'5 «•? VS VS ’?VS’S«'S 'S 'S VS'S vs*; !<5 VS '£■« VS'S’CVS *£% a a a a a a a a « a a a DORTCH BAKING COMPANY HIGHEST QUALITY PRODUCTS 5050 W. WALL ST., S. W. PL. 4-4143 | ATLANTA, GA, - ^ i. 3,3.3.3, 3i>,3»i3s'3i3(3r£(2t3iSt* y. 3 /. s', Back in the autumn of 1943, a small group of mothers of young children who were banded to gether under the name of the Catholic Mothers’ Study Clubs of Dubuque, dreamed a dream of bringing the Christ Child back into Christmas. America was at war: there were many scarcities, yet busi ness was excellent. Money was being made and spent — furious ly, swiftly, thoughtlessly. Every one was rushing around in the weeks of October and November, getting Christmas gifts for the boys overseas and the folks at home. The whole emphasis was on the material aspect of Christ mas. One day while I was in a big department store, shopping for necessities, a half dozen people stopped to talk, briefly, on the things they were buying for Christmas. My little son, aged five, was with me. He listened attentively to the talk, but said nothing. Finally, his very silence aroused my curiosity, for he was always a great one to chatter. I asked the reason. “I was thinking about the Christ Child,” he answered, gravely. “Isn’t anyone buying Him a gift?” (Could he have had a present iment that in barely a decade he would spend Christmas with the Christ Child to whom he had great devotion since babyhood?) I could not answere him. A lump came into my throat as I realized that my child had put into words a great national fault —the almost complete omission of the Christ Child from the Christmas scene. I went home determined to do something about it. At the De cember meeting of our study clubs I brought up the subject of bringing the Christ Child back into Christmas. The mothers made many plans that night. First of all, every member agreed to have a crib in her home and to send religious Christmas cards. We made plans at that meeting for an outdoor crib even while we realized the tremendous work ahead of us in getting our citi zens to change their wavs and do j honor to the Christ Child in a public way — instead of glori fying Santa as King of Chirst- mas. After the meeting, I came home and wrote the article called “Give Christmas back to Christ.” The highlights of this brief article were these: 1) Put the spirit of the Christ Child into one’s heart. 2) Work to erect religious dis plays at Christmas in stores, pub lic buildings, hospitals, libraries. 3) Send religious Christmas cards. 4) Erect a Christmas crib in every home. 5) Work for an increase in charity in thought and word as well as deed, not just at Christ mas but throughout the year. The article was sent to “Ameri ca” and accepted. Breath-taking response came from the readers. People wrote from many states, saying they were doing something within the next week to honor the Christ Child.. One pastor wrote that , he devoted his,entire sermon on the' 19th of December, 1943, to "Giv ing Christmas Back to Christ.” As the years went by, bur stu dy-clubs'grerv yri number and in fluence.' People who had begun to correspond with me in 1943 erected cribs in 1944. This in spired our mothers who intensi fied their own work in giving publicity on the Christ Child to their own newspapers. Then great organizations took over the work in large cities. Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Minne apolis, Chicago, New York, Den ver, St. Louis, Los Angeles, ral lied to the cause. Great stores began to erect religious displays in their windows. Pictures of the Nativity appeared in buses and street cars. Choirs began to . sing Christmas hymns at certain in tervals in large department stores. Outdoor religious displays sprang up in many states. Mil waukee began a billboard cam paign that drew national praise. In Burlington. Vermont, Cath olic. and Protestant groups united to make that city a bla/c of glory for the Christ Child with Outdoor and window displays that edified thousands of visitors. Hastings, ,Nebraska, instituted a pageant in honor of the Christ Child. On a Saturday night, for merly the greatest shopping time of the pre-Christinas season, the *F city paused for two hours to wit ness a Nativity story. All store windows were stripped of meu? chandise and displays. Instead, each window had a crib or a re ligious picture. And in Dubuque, our dream came true when the Retail Mer chants Association erected a mammoth outdoor crib with life like features in historic Wash ington Park. So magnificent wa3 this crib that the Associated Press sent out a picture of it. But today, as we take count of the places that have honored the Christ Child and will do so again in 1957. we find that there are many localities where the Christ Child is still neglected. While there are many edifying displays in the downtown shop* ping districts, there are thousands of neighborhoods where there is no sign of recognition of the Christ Child. The remedy for this -situation is neighborhood actiopl I know of a group of neighbors who got together one evening in mid-December of 1953. Within three days, they had erected a crib in a little park in this rest* (Continued on Page 13-B) ties Eed WiA. Dutch Oven Bakers I 720 Stewart Avenue, S. W. PL 5-4585 Atlanta, Ga. V V v ¥ 3# S* 3i»3as-»ai-a:*ai»iSi^S'i:»3i3!3i3sSi3<3i»3<3iS5»r3l*»3j»3s3»»aia3!i3i>3,:3»»r3Xa*i»»l* - jj ¥ s> V I I ¥ AllfiF'ftaifc M III1AIUA AAlflnX tllf 1 1 I 3116 Roswell Rd„ N. W. I M u * S Atlanta, Georgia J I S 11,(Christmas OWENS PLUMBING COMPANY, CE. 3-3913 1