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At the turn in the road,
Where the Old Year ends,
s What a pleasure it is
. To greet Old Friends. :
What a pleasure to say
. “Merry Christmas to you,”
And to wish you —
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A New Year of Happiness, too.
Brightly the Holiday Spirit lights new friendships and rekindles
old ones year after year. And at this Season we pause to greet our
! friends . .. and to tell them that we are thinking of them.
" The business you have given us is sincerely appreciated, and we
~ hope you are pleased with the way we have served you. We want
you to think of us, not only at the Holiday Season, but all through
the year, as a friendly firm.
And this letter is sent as a friendly handclasp, with the best of good
wishes for the happiest Christmas and most successful New Year ' i
you have ever spent.
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might have 100,000 inhabitants at
the end of 100 years, and might
ultimately attain a maximum
population of 200,000, The Dis
trict’s population was disted as
663,091 in the 1940 census.
ITHE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
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BY LUCRECE HUDGINS
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
TO ALL
The Santa Land folk gathered
around poor Santa and wept with
terrible grief. Mrs. Claus came
running from the cottage and knelt
beside Santa.
“You’ve been working too hard!”
she cried. “You are just faint for
food!” But even as she said it she
knew it wasn’t so: Santa was dy
ing and the white powder dusted
on his shoulders told them why.
Only Flournoy had such a pow
der which could cause a man to
die. The wicked elf had sworn to
revenge himself and now he had
in spite of Santa’s. invisible bar-‘
rier.
i But, what of Danny? He stood?
on his fine strong legs and oh, he
}wishcd he were crippled again!
“It’s my fault,” he wept. “I didn’t
know.”
| inen he told them through his
tears how Flournoy had given him
the powder to sprinkle on Santa
and how he had not known that
Flournoy hated Santa or that the
powder was bad else he never,
never, never, would have consent
ed to have his legs cured.
No one blamed him. Santa least
of all. Lying there Santa smiled
with his eyes at the little boy —
Tthough he couldn’t say a word and
couldn’t move a finger.
~ Well, all this time the Snow
Man .was standing there and his
heart was just broken in two. For
here were his two best and dearest
—and only — friends: one dying
and the other wretched forever.
And it wasn’t any use wonder
ing what he could do—for what
under the stars could a Snow Man
do? But he didn’t have to wonder
anyway for suddenly, right there
under the stars, he knew without
even thinking about it what he had
to do.
He reached up and tugged and
pulled at his red peaked hat with
white fur trimming and fur tassell
ed top. Without a word he took
off Santa’s old stocking cap and
put his own in its place.
“No! no!” screamed Danny in
horror for well he knew the secret
of the Snow Man’s hat. |
And Santa’s eyes, too, showed
alarm and suddenly he raised his
hands to remove the hat.
But the Snow Man shook his
head. “It would never work for
me again,” he said gently. Then
he smiled at Danny and turned and
walked away.
Well, the color came back to
Santa’s face, his lips moved, his
hands grew strong: he was alive—
oh, very, very much alive again!
Mrs. Claus cried and Santa
beamed but Danny, torn now be-
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— To G. M. Caskey, Our General Contractor, -
Thanks - To Other Contractors Who Worked With
Him —
Athens Glass & Mirror Shop Harry Hardeman
L. H. Bailey & Sons Roberts Electric Co.
Chas. Conterio Sam Smith Co.
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Odell Fowler Charles Slay Lyman Peek
Bill Frye Sam H. Smith John Pope
Bill Gillen Seldon B. Smith Willie Randolph
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S. A. Haggard Miss Ruth W. Tibbitts Ralph Smith
T. D. Hamilton Richard Wages Roy Smith .
James Hayes Milton Walls William Strong
G. L. Hopkins W. Watkins Alonzo Tate
Charlie House W. A. Watson L. Tate
Grady Hubbard Neil Witcher Jim Taylor
Frank Hughes Joe H. Taylor
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Hugh Ingram Willie Andrews George Thomas
David Johnson Charles Armstrong H. Wakefield
Dillard Johnson Gus Aycock M. C. Washington
Frank Johnson Willie Aycock Jester Watkins
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We Hope You Will Come By To See Us. In The
Meantime :
.. HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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tween grief and rapture, rushed off
to the Snow Man who stood quiet
and alone a little way off.
“You shouldn’t have—oh, Yyou
shouldn’t have!” moaned Danny.
But the Snow Man said nothing
at all.
Santa wearing the Snow Man’s
splendid red hat, came up and put
his arms around the little boy’s
shoulder.
“He is just a snow man, now,”
he said gently. “When he took off
his hat he broke the charm which
made him real. Now he has passed
the charm to me.”
Tears rolled down Danny’s
cheeks. “He was my only friend.”
Santa smiled. ‘“You will have
many, many friends now for re
member your crippled leg is well.
‘And you know, I think the Snow
Man will be happier now. He'll
always be standing here in Santa
Land and never melt away.”
Danny smiled, too. ‘Santa,” he
said finally. “Don’t you ever take
off the Snow Man's hat.”
“Never,” promised Santa. And
I think he never has:
Now the Santa Land folk squeal
ed with impatience. “Come on!
It’s time to go. You’ll never make
it if you don’t hurry!”
They bustled Danny and Santa
Claus into the sleigh and pushed
the enormous bag of toys in after
them. : |
“Merry Christmas!” the brown
ies and fairies called as the great
red sleigh circled in the air above
them.
“Merry Christmas!” cried Dan
ny, peering over the side and wav
ing a last farewell at the plump
old snow man shining under the
stars.
~ And Santa, pulling at the reins
and laughing merrily joined in
'with “A Merry Christmas to all!”
THE END
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Brittian
announce the birth of a son, Rob
ert David, jr., at St. Mary’s Hospi
tal on December 19.
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Mr. and Mrs. Burk Betts are
spending the holidays in Birming
ham, Ala., as the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank McMahan.
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Mr. and Mrs. David Sanders
and family, and Mrs. Christine
Humpherys will leave Sunday to
visit relatives in Landcaster, K&_
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1948
Condition of little Gretche
Parrott, daughter of Mr. and Mr:
Charles Parrott and Jimmy ifer.
cer, son of Mr. and Mrs. J, w
Mercer, who were seriously i
jured in an automobile accident
at the corner of Milledge Circle
and Bobbin Mill Road night pe.
fore last was reported improveq
today, their friends will be glad
to learn. They are at St. Mary's
Hospital. Four other children, of
junior and senior high school age
who were in the car but not se.
riously hurt, included Nell Wa;.
ren,- daughter of Mrs. Gwynelle
Warren, Billy McGinnis, son of
‘Mr. ‘and Mrs. LaMar McGinnis,
Olief Wingfield, daughter of M,
and Mrs.. Sam Wingfield, anq
Harris Simpson, son of Mr. an(
Mrs. Harris Simpson, sr.
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Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Cox of
Atlanta, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Cole of Madison, are the guests of
Mrs. Claude Cox on Henderson
avenue.
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Mr. and Mrs. George Burpee
left today for Gainesville, Fla., to
visit their kinspeople, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Hosselton, and Mr. and
Mrs. D. S. Fagan. They were ac
companied by Mrs. Burpee's
mother, Mrs. L. V. Murray of
. Watkinsville and her aunt, Mrs, E,
R. Vaughn of Eastville.