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TO SANTA
From Perry Youngsters
Dear Santa;
I have been a good boy.
I want these things for
Christmas: Shoulder
Pads, drums, football
helmet, chips set, church
suit, truck, skate board,
game.
Love,
Tony Arnold
Age 6
Dear Santa
I love Santa. I can’t
make up what I want for
Christmas so would you
bring me what you think.
I bve you. Have a happy
Christmas. I will try my
best to make you some
ccokies. What kind do you
want them to be?
Jenny Kelly
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a
ballet doll and a birth
stone ring. I have been
good. I will leave some
milk and cookies for you.
Love,
Donna Sue Brackett
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a B-B
gun and Hot Wheels. I
have been good. I will
leave some milk and
cookies for you.
Love,
Richard Goodman
Dear Santa;
Please bring me a
game and a pool table. I
have been good. I will
leave some tea and ice
cream for you.
Love,
Keith Newberry
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a doll
and a watch. I have been
good. I will leave some
oranges.
Love,
Tina
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a
bicycle and walkie talkie.
I have been good. I will
leave some cookies and
juice for you.
Love, Greg Porter
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Dear Santa:
Please bring me a
Walkie Talkie. I have
been good. I will leave
some cake and milk for
you.
Darrell Lester
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a
bicycle and a Easy-Bake
oven. I have been good. I
will leave some pie and
juice for you.
Love
Yolanda Mace
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a doll
and table set. I have been
good. I will leave some
cookies and milk for you.
Love,
Felicia Hayward
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a doll
and pant suits. I have
been good. I will leave
some milk and cake for
you.
Love,
April Haines
Dear Santa;
Please bring me a
bicycle and cleats. I have
been good. I will leave
some milk and cookies.
Love,
Jackie
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a
bicycle and some hot
wheels. I have been good.
I will leave some milk
and cookies.
Love,
Daniel Hobbs
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a tea
set and doll. I have been
good. I will leave some
cookies milk and things
for you.
Love
Chiquita Anderson
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a mini
bike and go-cart. I have
been good. I will leave
some cookies and milk.
Love
Michael Harshbarger
Dear Santa;
Please bring me a
ball and watch. I have
been good. I will leave
some cookies and milk
for you.
Love,
Shawn Whitfield
Dear Santa:
Please bring me an
oven and ballet doll. I
have been good. I will
leave some pie and tea.
Love
Ellen Moore
Dear Santa;
Please bring me a
bicycle and a doll. I will
leave some cake.
Love
Mary Ann Garmon
Dear Santa;
Please bring me two
cowboys and I have been
good. I will leave some
coke and candy for you.
Shedrick Cordy
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a red
airplane and a red dress.
I have been good. I will
leave you some cookies
and milk.
Love,
Jushundra Rice
Dear Santa:
Please bring me a
game and a pinball
machine. I have been
good. I will leave some
cake and koolaid for you.
Love
Barry Jordan
Little
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Dear Santa,
It might seem a little
strange to receive a letter
from the mother of two
grown children. 1 must
admit it is long overdue.
Some Christians think
of your role as being
paganism. An attempt to
prove or disprove your
existence would be to no
avail.
You were an important
figure in my childhood
days. Your annual visit
was looked forward to
with much anxiety.
Leaving a treat beneath
the Christmas tree for
you was a simple lesson
in thoughtfullness. This
was away of saying
“Thank You” for the gifts
to be found Christmas
morning.
You couldn’t leave
everything on the list. But
there was one thing not
asked for and always
abundantly provided. A
gift that could not be
wrapped in a package -
The gift of love!
Yes, you were im
portant, but far from
being the most im
portant. You see, we were
taught that Christmas is
the birthday of Jesus,
With the passing of
time, Santa, you came to
mean more than a
jolly fellow with a beard
of white ... more than one
sliding down the chimney
with a sack of toys ....
more than one with a
fictitous team of reindeer
pulling a sleigh through
the starry sky.
As the true meaning of
DAR Holds Yule Luncheon
The New Perry Hotel
was the scene of the Gen.
Daniel Stewart Chapter
NSDAR Christmas
luncheon on Dec. 1.
Ninety six DAR members
and friends gathered in
the beautifully decorated
hotel dining room to
celebrate the beginning
of the Christmas season.
Mrs. Wallis Hurlbutt,
Regent of the Gen. Daniel
Stewart Chapter,
presided. Mrs. Hugh
Lawson led the Pledge of
Allegiance to the U.S.A.
flag. Mrs. Zeks Houser,
chaplain, requested a few
minutes of silent prayer
for the American
hostages held in Iran, this
was followed by prayer
for peace and un
derstanding and blessing
for the meal.
After the delicious
luncheon Mrs. Leyton
Colvin, Program
chairman, introduced
Mrs. Mildred Warren
who in turn introduced
the speaker Mrs. Clara
Eschman. Mrs. Esch
man, Food Editor for the
Macon Telegraph and
News gave a delightful
talk on new and
old fashioned Christmas
Christmas began to take
roots in the mind of a
young girl, the meaning
of LOVE grew stronger.
Santa became symbolic
of love.
By this time I was “too
old” to expect a visit
from Santa. Just the
same, it seemed you had
a rightful place in
Christmas. Your ap
pearance in the down
town store brought
sparkles to eyes and
smiles to faces of many
youngsters who seldom
had reason to reflect
happiness prior to your
arrival.
With parenthood came
more visits from Santa.
Our house had no
chimney but the doors of
our home were open. You
were permitted to be a
part of our children
learning about Christ
mas, though you had to
take second place. First
place belonged to “Baby
Jesus”.
Passing on the greatest
lesson in life was a
golden opportunity.
Beginning with Mary
learning she was to give
birth to Jesus. Traveling
with Mary and Joseph to
Bethlehem. Hearing the
angel announce, “For
unto you is born this day
in the City of David a
Saviour, which is Christ
the Lord”, (Luke 2:11) -
followed by “a multitude
of heavenly host praising
God, and saying, Glory to
God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will to
men.” (Luke 2:13-14)
The picture is not
complete until we can see
beyond a baby in a
manger, to Jesus nailed
to the cross ~ and on to
the Resurrection. When
the impact of John 3:16
becomes real to the in
dividual, then the
discovery of what
Christmas is all about,
has been realized.
Santa, everyone knows
that you can never come
near measuring up to that
kind of love, but then,
neither can I. So I just
want to say it is good to
know that you can be a
part of this special day
without smothering out
the real reason for our
celebrating Christmas.
Thank you too, for the
love you have shared
through the past years
and will continue to share
through those to come.
Whether or not Santa is
believed in is of lesser
importance. It’s
believing in love that
makes the difference.
Love - the starting point
of “Peace on Earth, Good
Will to Men!”
food. At this time Mrs.
J.E. Worrall, ac
companied by Mrs. Mayo
Davis, sang several in
spiring Christmas carols.
Mrs. Worrall then asked
the group to join her in
singing more familiar
carols.
i \ Novel
U Ideas
By Jackie K. Cooper
I believe I am getting
pickier as I get older. Or
maybe it is that I am
reading so many books
now, it takes an ex
traordinary one to please
me. Parlor Games is not
an extraordinary book. It
is a good one but not a
great one. Better yet,
let's just say that it is a
pleasant one.
The story is supposed to
be full of sinister
vibrations that will have
you chewing your nails
while you are reading the
pages. The heroine,
Maggie, is involved with
her boss, Peter. He is just
getting over a previous
relationship that ended in
death. The young woman
he was seeing either was
pushed or fell from the
balcony of her apart
ment. Her mother says
she was pushed, but
Peter and the police say
she fell.
Now Maggie and Peter
are an item but they have
some problems too. The
main problem seems to
be Peter’s sister Gail. She
has a more than sisterly
affection for her brother.
Maggie instantly senses
her dislike and tries to
keep Peter away from
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Special recognition was
given to Miss Martha
Cooper, DAR Librarian
General: to Mrs. Elsie
Reagin, National Vice
Chairman of Insignias; to
Mrs. Lewis B. Smyth,
State Chairman of
collecting and publishing
her.
At the end, or almost,
Gail has warned Maggie
that Peter did kill his
previous girlfriend.
Maggie doesn’t believe it
but does believe that Gail
may have been involved.
As her suspicions mount,
so does the danger to her
life. Read it and see who
the murderer was.
Marasco is a good
writer. He had pretty
good success with his
previous novel Burnt
Offerings and his play
CHILD’S PLAY won a
Tony Award. In this novel
he creates a likeable
heroine in Maggie and a
dislikeable character in
Gail. But his plot seems
to be so predictable. Just
like The Glow, which I
reviewed a few weeks
ago, everything in this
novel is like something
else you have read
before.
Parlor Games won't
bore you but it won’t give
you any new reading
thrills either. Maybe you
would like it more than I
did. I’m getting very hard
to please lately.
Parlor Games is
published by Delacourte
Press and sells for $8.95.
revolutionary soldiers
histories: to Mrs. Fred
Miller. State Chairman of
Flags of the U.S.A. Also
recognized were the
attending Regents and
members of neighboring
DAR chapters. These
were: Mrs. Jesse South
well, Regent, and
members of the Ft. Early
Chapter, Cordele, Dr.
Ernestine Bledsoe,
Regent, and members of
the Gov. Treutlan
chapter, Ft. Valley; Mrs.
Leo L. Phillips, Regent,
and members of the
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