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Christmas Has Changed Very
Little People Tell Writer
Santa Claus. The fairy
godfather who falls from the
sky, trailing reindeer. What
would the children do without
him?
In this time when people
spend money they don’t
have; when the banks
tantalize with credit cards
and the merchants open
charge accounts for people
who would never ask for
them otherwise, perhaps we
would do well to take a look
back ....
When Christmas was not
weighted down with such
great expectations.
Mrs. Margaret Taylor
remembers the excitement,
the preparations, and the
bounty of one good year.
“We started as early as
November, when I was
nine,” she said. “We had to
go to the woods and get
broom straw, and make new
brooms and clean the yard
and the house .... and
then two weeks before
Christmas, we started mak
ing cakes.”
She remembered seeing
her daddy's wagon coming
home loaded full, and
wondering. “Every other
time Daddy came home with
the wagon, the children
would be called to help take
out,” she said. “But not on
Christmastime. Daddy took
it down to the barn and didn’t
call us.”
She remembers the antici
pation of the next night: “I
was so happy that night, it
looked like I just couldn’t go
to sleep! All the doors of the
rooms were closed off, and
we didn’t know what was
happening.”
The next morning, she
found the greatest surprise of
all —a piano, and three
dolls.
Mrs. Taylor said that even
when times were bad, there
was always food. “My Mama
raised turkeys,” she said,
“and we enjoyed the big
dinner with hens and
turkeys. All of us had to stay
in the kitchen and help.”
Mrs. Leola Jordan re
members going to the woods
as a child to gather cedar and
holly for wreaths, tied with
twine, and stringing popcorn
grown by her father on the
tree.
As to presents, she said,
“We weren’t expecting any
thing but one or two apples
and maybe an orange or two.
If we were real lucky, we
might get a doll.
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N e horizons beckon .. . new beginnings,
new challenges, new plans for a brighter future.
As the old year becomes a memory, the new
a reality, we think of all our good friends and
hope your fondest dreams come true.
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But if I got a doll, it would
last me three or four years.”
The current sugar shor
tage, to Mrs. Jordan,
reminded her of Christmas in
1919, when her family could
not get any. She said she was
told in the stores that the
army had all the sugar. “We
had grated potato puddings
and custards at Christmas,
sweetened with syrup,” she
remembered.
“But back then, people
raised practically everything
they had to eat . . . . We
had it pretty good.”
Mrs. O. A. Andrews
remembers Christmas then
being much the same as it is
now in her family. “We just
had a wonderful time,” she
said of her family. “We
always got together and
decorated the house with
mistletoe and holly. Always
had a tree.”
“Now, I don’t know that it
is so different, except that we
miss the ones that have
passed away.”
Mrs. F. H. Morgan agreed
with Mrs. Andrews. “As far
as my family is concerned, it
is just about the same now as
it was then,” she said. They
weren’t accustomed, though,
to receiving lots of presents.
“I don’t know what the
children would do now if a
depression comes,” she said.
“Back in the 20’s and 30’s, we
didn’t have much. The
children now have so much, I
don’t think they appreciate
Christmas.”
A feeling that somehow
children were happier at
Christmas; somehow more
content, characterized many
of the comments made by the
older people.
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Mrs. Fred Hammond said
her children usually had two
or three toys and a lot of fruit
and candy at Christmas.
"The children of today are
used to having these things
all year around, but back
then, those things were only
in the stores at Christmas.”
Mrs. Jordan has seen
discontented children, and
she does not understand it.
“If they don't get what they
want, and they want mostly
things they don’t need, like
bicycles, they aren’t happy.
“Today’s children seem to
think parents are made of
money. If they don’t get what
they want, they don’t want
nothin’.”
Mrs. Jordan is not one who
believes that Christmas is
just for children. Asked if she
thought parents today en
joyed Christmas as much as
parents of her generation,
she said, “I think grownups
enjoy Christmas to some
extent more than children do.
Most especially people who
are trying to work for the
Lord.
“Too many people now,”
she said with sadness, “think
that Christmas comes in a
bottle.”
JACKSONIANS INVITED
TO HOCKEY GAME
Barnesville All Jack
sonians are invited for a trip
with Gordon Junior College
to the Atlanta Flames-Pitts
burgh Penguins ice hockey
game on Jan. 10 at 8:05 p.m.
Tickets are $7 per person
and may be purchased before
Jan. 6 from the Dean of
Students Office.
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I Sporting
Around
1974 was a good year for
sports, unless of course, you
owned stock in the World
Football League.
My own list of most
important events follows
below:
1. Cassius Clay’s win over
George F'oreman.
2. Hank Aaron’s breaking
of the Babe’s record.
3. Old George Blanda’s
youthful football playing.
4. The firing of Norm Van
Brocklin, former coach of the
Atlanta Falcons.
5. The strong uprise of
Ladies' Pro Golf.
6. Georgia’s win over
Florida.
7. Tech’s hiring of Mr.
Pepper.
8. Olga Korbut’s fantastic
gymnastics.
9. 0. J. Simpson’s razzle
dazzle running, and
10. Alabama’s fabulous
football record.
Wow, what you would your
list be?
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1974
gripe about Women’s Lib, but
there's one thing nearly all
agree on the ladies do
have a place in the sports
world. The upsurge in
women's athletics has been
closely followed by the
media. I suppose the one
most-publicized event ever
was the King-Riggs tennis
match. Old Bobby didn’t talk
quite as much after the
match as he did before.
I'm getting ready to settle
down to viewing some fine
bowl games. I list the
Alabama-Notre Dame match
as my favorite, though I have
a lot of interest in the Miami
of Ohio-Georgia match-up. I
predict a Miami win by ten in
that one, going with Bama
over the Irish by fourteen.
I was really proud of the
Tennessee team last week.
Their win over Maryland was
an exciting one. The event
was marked by sadness due
to the death of Bill Battle’s
father, following a heart
attack Mr. Battle, Sr. had
We know folks who drive miles to "find”
a bargain. Some are possibly a bargain,
but many are about the same as you’d
find at home.
When you consider the “cost” of
pursuit-to-purchase, it is not always as
big a saving as anticipated. Your local
firms offer just as many bargains as you’ll
find elsewhere, so why waste time and
money?
Be "penny wise” but do it at home -
where your dollar spent with local mer
chants stays around for a long time. It
stays to be passed on in payroll checks
that are re-spent again and again.
OLDEST MEMBER
Mrs. Florrie Etheridge, 75, is
the oldest member of the
senior citizens group of the
Indian Springs Butts County
Service Center program. She
donates about 58 hours a
month to the center and
participates in all the
activities of the center.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank everyone,
especially the doctors and
nurses at Sylvan Grove
Hospital and Emory Univer
sity Hospital, and all of my
friends in Jackson and
Atlanta for their many
kindnesses to me when I was
ill. I would like to wish
everyone of them a merry
Christmas and a happy new
year. Mrs. Mildred Rob
bins.
during the game.
My thanks to you for
reading my column this year
and I wish you and yours a
happy holiday season.
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Marine Corps Base, Quanti
co, Va.
He is assigned to duties in
the flight line.
A 1973 graduate of Jackson
High School, he joined the
Marine Corps in September
1973.
