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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 22 Dec 1938, p. 44

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to our- Saviour' put miniature figures of Christ ana >Mary, and the other people- that made the story o! Christ corne true. 9si oui' custo M, on Christmas Eve, 1 we- hang up mistletoe and hol- ly to make our house look, cheerful. Wreaths, decorate ôur Windows, and theý best of. al, a tree is in, aur living ro om. Many. of, us are sorry Christmas 'cornes but once a. year. -Ruth Râtny AN OLD, OLDSôtrY Over nineteen liundred Years ago in the time oOUinter snotLv In a, stable. none .too warm,' To .Mary and Joseph a son, was born. And over it ail theý stars. brilliant light Led on to the wonderjul siglit On to where the Christ Child iciy, And ali were hiinb.lëd Z dkfltZ e to pro v. *Many things happened sinee tliat~ day-, Nations were taken anad given away But over it ait fs a hoiy air Undisttirbable by anyone, anywhere. -Original poem by Jeanne Severt, 6&- SANTA CLAUS filli çn"tn Claus comes inithe nialit And every person triés to make, A friendsh&p lie'that, cannot break. -Bob Geppert, 1lB BEART <AGLOW There's somethingý in this' season That .keeps your heart agiou, Witli happy kindily thottghts. for everyone we know. With happy, kindlyi thon ghts Oh corne'anid join our f esitive sangs N orthnwest nospital at uesplaines. Gilbert Kirby, 35,. 2747 S. Quincy street, Mi lwaukee, driver of the bus- received serious head injuries,: and was removed ta the Noithwest hos- pital. 1Kroll was employed -as* a tester by the Pure Oui company, 35 E. Wacker 'drive, Chicago.. Fre Amendca Enslaved, 1to .Traffiec Death Plague 1Today's horseless carniage has so saturated the Am'erican mind.with accidents that the daily traffic. death, tol has been'generalfy accepted as a n ecessary ýevil. 'Such an..attitude in Ainerica, where the people. are noted' for fighting on the side of "right," is unbelievable., America, the free, has enslaved itself to the traffic deaffiplague. These thoughts were expressed by Carl A. Barrett, president of the Illinois' Automobile club, reviewing the unusual influence of the auto- mnobile on thé national conscious-. ness. What Value, Humran Life? "We have become so inured ta the cries of the maitned and the sobs of bereft families," he said, "that -our Heads Olde .Towners Mathew Fra4ncis'Plioto George R. Harbaugh, 12a19 For- est avenue, as president of Ye Olde Towne Foikes of *Wiimette, has directed' a., committee Io lautncli an intensive campaign tô collec.t local historical data ard abjects for preservation by the it must bc realized, , Rckles.s zotor- ists must understand the direction in which currents of public opinion are running. Now is the timne for nman ta contrai his motor car. Cites Chinese Proverb -Amnerica has great need of the automobile," concluded Mr. Barrett. "Facility of transportation is the demand of the nation. But there is, an old Chinese proverb which says: ~'It is better not. ta go at al Hi.s sleigh is long and mnust be wide, And many things hang over the sie. Hie flies from house to house like, a bird But not one sound is over heard. 01<1 Santa works fast as he' can, Though, hlis a little oid man Now he gets into lus sleigli And once a gain is on his way.. -Jim Clark, 8th grade Drawn by Nancy Shearon That to this Christmnas time belon gs. Brin g your gif.ts of love and cheer To celebrctte our. Christ so dear, -Btid Davis born, i4orn, human lif e where 'terrific traffic' is 1 concerned, WINNETKA COUwROF HéNOR "Such an attitude 'might be ex- ' AWARDS pected in such counitries as India TROOP 16 or Cina Butthi isAmerica. Second 'Class: Franklin Salomon.. or Cina Butthi ISLife Scout: Kroy Ostergara. eere, 'we share equal rights under 'Merit Badges: AI Huette]., Pathfinid- the, Iaw, and one of those is the ing, farm home, safety, musi c'civics. Mn; ar-first aid 'ta animais, first aid. Kroy inalienable right ta live,-M.Br Ostergaarci, firemanship, safety. civics, rett went on. "Today's problem publie 'heaith, pathfindîng. David Wright, must be solved today. To be 'solved swimniing, safety, Curnmlng Ellijf, mu- sic,' btgling. TROOP 1 0f elf and dwarf aud dgin SecondClass: Maurice Dault. ut the ient of my renas can be lt's wanderin.gs te l 'me so. . lainly seen. It jumpa from Mom and then to Da Whenever they see me they say obthradm beu "Houp nice you look", ' T rteradm eu (oviiering, I suppose, if VUi give But 'soon -I'rn overcome bp slee them a book. - nd. drearns do then begin But ati thia is exaggerated, I know. To fill my head tvith wild tales. (z 'V5r.t , In Citec ~ IL tçznue t4, joJ.u <'y,, Iowing the shinintg star Ar 'of snkincense, gold and myrrh, ring three kings did brin g WaE honor the Christ Chil4, Dyk very highest and holiest of all moi Kinga. -Olive'.l2ahtcke. D.4 ii- vaaxo in , was1.1 V i .and New 'York City. ' I t I I I il

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