I Free Press-News & Farmer, Thurs., Dec. 21, 1967
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Three Christmases
To Remember
by HOODING CARTER
One of the South’s award-winning authors (Pulitzer Prize,
Guggenheim Fellowship. Nieman Fellowship) recalls
three especially meaningful holiday seasons. Mr. Carter
is the author of 14 hooks and co-author of 6 others.
Since 19 IS he has published the Delta Democrat-Times,
Greenville. Mississippi.
If Christmas were really
a day of worship for men of
goodwill. I would be more
than content to spend a
Christmas wherever such
men bear witness to the
meaning of Christ's coming.
For men of goodwill, wheth
er their discipleship began
nearly 2.000 years ago or just
yesterday, are better sym
bols of the Christmas sea
son than the more familiar
ones which can be found
represented in shop win
dows. turkey dinners, shin
ing Christmas trees, and the
rest of the paraphernalia
which we have added to the
day. Without disciples and
believers Christmas would
be just another vestige of
the pagan feasts it replaced.
I can say truthfully that
I could be at home at
Christmastime in a variety
of places, all having the little
town of Bethlehem as a
common spiritual center.
Among them might be a
leper colony, a Vietnamese
hospital for war wounded,
an encampment for prison
ers of war, a city’s slums, or
an Asiatic or European
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country still bearing the
physical and emotional scars
of world conflict.
As a newspaperman, writ
er, and traveler, I have been
in such distant, frightening
places. And now I would like
to return at Christmastime
to three Christmases which
stand out, not all of them
happily, in my memory.
Each of these also had war
as a near or distant back
ground.
During the first holiday
season that I recall happily,
I accompanied my father on
a Christmas tree felling—we
didn’t buy our trees then —
and helped string popcorn
and candy and paper fes
toons and a few store
bought balls on a brilliant
and dangerous tree illumi
nated by wax candles in
small tin holders, and went
to bed only after Santa
Claus had sounded a bugle
in the dark—it was the last
time I believed that he was
the bugler—and had drunk
the cup of hot coffee we had
put out for him on the front
porch stoop. There seemed
nothing wrong then in a
world at war with military
accoutrements for the nine
year-old boy waiting for the
next morning to come.
On the second memorable
Christmas my military dress
was real, and the Middle
East and North Africa were
sad and recent memories.
Our two sons, nine and near
ly five, made Christmas that
time. My wife had taught
them a carol and had helped
them memorize for recita
tion the Biblical story of the
Nativity and had shortened
some Arab robes I had
brought home.
That Christmas Eve I was
both entertained and made
humble by the Christmas
pageant presented by our
boys and the small children
of wartime Washington
neighbors. What matter
that the four-year old sang
"Pistol Packing Mama” as
an encore to “Silent Night,
Hply Night” and his wings
fell off. It was my very own
and special Christmas, sad
dened by an awareness of
the millions who would not
be able to celebrate in prop
er fashion or even enjoy a
passable dinner on Christ
mas Day. We were winning
a war and freeing men and
women and children, and
God and His Son seemed
closed that night than ever
before in my life.
And the third Christmas
which I would like to spend
again in the same way
brought me to the realiza
tion that Christ could speak
to and for all men. I all but
heard Him in the Anglican
cathedral in Singapore at
the midnight services par
ticipated in by worshippers
of nearly every tongue and
garb, yet sharing a single
faith. But a few days later
with Christmas reminders
still around I found out
again that men were yet a
long way from being united;
l for in Malaya I went out on
i patrol with young British
] soldiers in berets and shorts
and sneakers who had sur
' vived years of jungle fight
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same days I looked around
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i compassed the defeat of the
Japanese and their surren-
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Christmas on a Louisiana
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New Officers
Asli Street
4-H Club
On November 22, the Ash
Street School sth grade 4-H
club met to elect officers for
1967-68 school year. Robert
Tucker was elected Presi
dent; Carl Storm, Boys’ Vice
President; Denise Overton,
Girls’ Vice President; Leona
Malorey, Secretary and
Brenda Long, Reporter.
Miss Nichols and Mr.
Adamson gave out 4-H rec
ord books and then the
meeting was adjourned.
Brenda Long
Reporter
and the Christmas in a
world war’s tragic aftermath
which gave evidence that we
have a long way to go before
Christmas means more than
gifts and a groaning board
and festive reunions and the
triumphant mood of victory.
This being so, I want by re
maining Christmases to be
spent among my own. But if
I can do a little something
• for those less fortunate at
Christmastime I will call
myself blessed, wherever the
day Is spent.
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Four-year-old Denise Williams, a patient at the At
lanta Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center, congratulates
University of Georgia Coach Vince Dooley on his
appointment as 1968 Easter Seal campaign chairman.
Coach Dooley is serving for the third consecutive
year. Joining Denise in offering best wishes is C. M.
Wallace, Jr., who is serving as the president of the
Georgia Society for Crippled Children and Adults.
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ATLANTA ARMY DEPOT—M/Sgt. Daniel L. Rayman, 3B
Addison Dr., Ellenwood, receives First Oak Leaf Cluster
to the Army Commendation Medal from Col. Kenneth J.
Smith. Deputy Depot Commander. M/Sgt. Rayman was
cited for exceptionally meritorious conduct of outstand
ing services in the Depot’s Inventory Control Division. A
native of Lafayette, Ind., he is married to the former
Miss Donna Griffin of Clinton, 111., and they have three
children, Brett and Danette. students at North Georgia
College, and Jacqueline, a student at Jonesboro High
School.— (U. S. Army Photo.)
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Turkey is Choice j
With Americans
Almost every nation has its j
own special Christmas dish. ,
Since Americans represent peo- J
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it is not surprising that one I
finds different holiday menus
in the various parts of the
country. Two thoroughly i
American pedigrees, however, I
are turkey and cranberries.
Indians ate wild turkey, i
cranberries and pumpkin be- I
for the first European colonists
arrived. The turkey today is i
a domesticated variety of the j
native wild turkey.
Christmas Spirit
All of the preparations for
Christmas have become tradi
tional. The decorations for the
house, the tree, fixing good
things to eat, choosing the right
gifts and remembering every
one that we should — all of
this has become traditional.
Christmas day usually is
less feverish and more quiet.
This is the time when the ma
jority of us face up to the true
meaning of Christmas and the
spiritual blessings that attend
the season.
HANDLE WITH CARE
Before you send off Christ
mas cookies or fruitcake, make
sure they’re packed to arrive in
tiptop condition.
Mark package "Fragile" or
"Keep from heat", if applicable.
Use Zip Code! you’ll get
faster service and packageswill
arrive in better condition due
to less handling.
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LEFT TO RIGHT: Olive Matthews. Erik Wahl and Millie
Childs.
Norway Visitor
Mr. Erik Wahl of Oslo,
Norway, visited the second
grades at Morrow Elemen
tary School, who are cur
rently studying Norway in
social studies. Mr. Wahl is
associated with Scandanav
ian Airlines System and is
in the United States in co
operation with Delta Air
lines.
Mr. Wahl stated that he
feels that Norway and the
United States are alike in
many ways. He answered
numerous questions about
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May your Christmas be blessed with the joy
[ and peace of that Day, when the
angels sang the glory of God whose Son a
lay sleeping in a manger. |
I P. K. DIXON j
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his country asked by inter
ested second graders. “I am
pleased to see that you are
learning about my country,”
he said, “for true under
standing of people is essen
tial to world peace.”
DVR ABLE TOYS
Toys for a child should be
sturdy and made from durable
materials. Children have an
amazing ability to break play
tools. Also, paints should be
non-toxic, and all edges, sur
faces, and parts of toys should
be well-finished.
