fac FUIITHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, n. C

Thuriday, December 24, 1959

Thursday, December 24, 1959

From Your Editors To You

The First Story Of Our Christmas

LUKE, 2:1-20

And it came to pa?s in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

And all went to be taxed, every one into his own

city.

And Joseph also w^ent up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, wnich is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

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Bace Should Enc.

Som cynic* have observed that this country could hardly afford a change for the better in the world situation that would make possible massive cuts in military and related spending. The economy is so dependent on $40 billion plus defense budgets, the argument runs, that a terrific depression would result.

Nations Business has gone into the matter, and comes up with an utt-erly different view. It says that the result of a softening of cold war pressures would, among other things, include: A rise in consumer spending far exceeding the cut in defense spending; a terrific upsurge in spending for new plants and equipment; more Income for everyone to spend and invest; higher living standards, lower taxes and a larger labor force.

It adds that some industries and individuals would be hurt temporarily But soon these and denied ourselves so many ol the benefits our productive capacity makes possible.

No one knows when, if ever, it will be possible to cut the defense budget. But if that happy day ever arrives, there will be no justification for a peace scare, Peace is the best thing that can happen to any nation.

tempted to promote or accept some non-essential public spending for selfish benefits is paving the primrose path to national bankruptcy.

Despite the best efforts of politicians to ignore the fact, it is still impossible to get something for nothing. The turmoil In Argentina proves it oncc again. For 13 years under Dictator Juan Perons government the working people never had it so good. There were paid holidays for every occasion, yearly automatic pay raises, a month's pay as a bonus every year. There were elaborate welfare programs. government jobs for most anybody wdio wanted one, and on tup of all this, prices were artificially held down, by price control.

A U.S. News World Report article points out that: All thus was highly popular with the countrys w'orking classes, but Argentina practically went broke as a result. . .The only way the Government could meet its bloated payrolls was by prmting paper money. Industry and cattle raising came almost to a stand-sUll.*

President Arturo Frondizis efforts to salvage something from the wreckage have been a bitter pill to people used to many years of easy living on government handouts. Wage increases have been frozen except as they could be tied to increased pro-ciuctivity. Luxury imports have been dropped most people are Lmited to buying essentials-

The process of reversing the growth of big government takes time. Nearly 10 per cent of the ?0 million people who live in Argentina still work for the government and payrolls take about 80 per cent of the budget. Nationalized railroads, airlines and merchant shipping are inefficient nd deep in the red. Inflation goes on as government prints money to pay its biUs. But according to U.S. News World Report signs of recovery are showing up. Private capital has boosted oil production 30 per cent for the first 5 months of this year. Cattle raising and farming are coming back along with industrial production.

Every politician, business,, or organization in our country.

The family doctor holds a high and honorable '^ijijace in American history and tradition. The very phrase brings up pictures of a dedicated physician, fighting his way through storm and darkness in a horse and buggy or a primitive car.

Yet. some years ago there was a feeling that the family doctor was on the way out, and that medical knowledge had become so vast and treatment so complex that only specialists could meet the need. And, for a time, the statistics bore this idea out. In 1940, only one medical student in 10 planned on entering general practice. But a dramatic change has taken place. Today, six medical students in 10 will go into general practice.

There are good reasons for thus. The general practitioner of today is far more competent, far more knowledgeable, than his predecessors. Postgraduate work, reading, medical meetings and other factors see to it that he keeps up with medical progress. Andt here is more to the matter than just the question of competence. The family doctor fills a niche that no one else can fill. He knows his patientsand they know him, as a friend as -i- . medical man. He is on call when needed. He brings with him confidence and peace of mindp.sychological medicines, so to speak, which are important to building and regaining health. He knows when a specialist should be summoned, and what kind.

The American scene wouldnt be the same without the family doctor. Its a good to know that he is holding his important place in the great canvas of American medicine.

According to a Washington Report published by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Theres promise that new forms of federal competition with private enterprise will not be created unnecessarily. What this means to your business and community is that the government will turn to business men for new products or service that it needs, instead of increasing competition with them.

The publication also says that theres even increased hope government eventually may relinquish some of the present business it pre-empts from your business community. May that hope turn into actuality! If it does, every taxpayer will benefitand. infinitely more important. the foundations of our freedoms will be strengthened.

(Industrial News Review)

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And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

And. lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the Shepherds said one to another, Let u.s now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

And the shepherd.s returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

All Around Us, The

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By HENRY HOWARD

Spirit Of Christmas Mnthinrr T ikp (^hricjtmnq

Words are grossly inadequate to describe the joy the beauty, the spirit of the Christmas season the world is now celelirating.

The spirit of this most joyous season of the year permeates every nook and cranny of every community, every home. The beauty of the season, its full meaning, its promise and its spirit are all about us. It is felt in the melody of familiar carols that automatically bring to mind words of praise for the Christ Child whose birthday we celebrate. A passerby scurries past a church and the minds eye visualizes the altar that fades into a familiar picture of a stable, a manger, a child.

The spirit of Christmas radiates from an elderly person who picks up again a well worn Bible to read with fading eyes the scriptures long since committed to memory. The words on the printed page may be blurred, the voice barely audible, but nontheless the feeling of true joy, security, promise and comfort blot out the imperfections that time has inflicted.

The spirit of Christmas beams from the face of a youngster excited before a Christmas tree heavily laden with gifts. It radiates from the presence of a child in tattered clothes who clutches tightly, yet tenderly, a tiny doll, her only gift. It is apparent in the tearful smile of a mother who handles with utmost care food from a Christmas basket left for her family by an unknown benefactor.

Christmas is the season of the year when man feels most keenly the true meaning of brotherly love, the genuine joy of giving. It is the season when man feels closer to his fellow man and to God.

Christmas is the season of joy, and love, praise, gratitude and humility. It is the season when man feels much more than he can express in words, but yet finds comfort in the knowledge that every person to whom he wishes a Merry Christmas shares his feelings and also his inadequacy to express them.

The familiar Chrlstmaus hus-le and bustle will reach its peak sometime today and then suddenly begin to subside as the fabled night before Christmas settles over the land for the 1,959th time.

If it were possible to station a completely foreign observer to watch annual Christmas activities, hes surely come to the conclusion the worlds greatest and most important holiday season is routine.

It would appear that way to one who knew nothing of the history and tradition of our

Christmas. Each new Yule season brings essentially the same things over and over again.

Theres always the relentless surge of last-minute preparations to make everything ready for the long-awaited night. Probably every single person forget one thing or another and is forced to the very limit to atone for his absent-mindedness.

After night falls, parents wait impatiently for the younger set to tire of rubbing sleepy eyes and finally run along to bed to await Santas visit. Immediately, the house becomes quiet-

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP What will history remember best of thks decade of the 1950s

This, no doubt: It was the time when earth - bound man first reached out toward the stars. The satellites and space probes, fantastic as they seem, were only timid preliminaries to the sum total of wonders set in motion in the 1950s.

For each of us these past 10 years have had private meanings. For all of lus, depending on who we were and where, they had moments of greatness, bit-terne.ss, relief, misgiving, turbulence, torment and defeat.

The most memorable achievements were in science, social Justice and the stampede of new nations toward self-realization. The greatest failure was in world politicsin the inability of nations to find real peace.

In this decade, besides devid-ing Instruments for journeying into space, men developed the hydrogen bomb and missiles. Either now makes war unthinkable.

It was the period of vaccine against polio and of the nuclear-powered submarine which skimmed under the North Pole ice. Either would have been a landmark in any decade.

It was also in this decade that the U. S. Supreme Court created a landmark of its own when it ruled at la.st that segregation of human beings because of the color of their skin was wrong and no longer endurable.

It was in this 10-year span that people around the world in China. India, the Middle East and Africa, shaking off the misdirection, exploitation, suppression or lethargy of generations or centuries, were working out their new Independence.

.Soviet pmi.'re.s.s in the 19')(l.s shcKrd AiiienCiins into reaU> ing, if only dimly so far, its days as Nu. I among nations may be numbered. But the .Soviet Union, bragging about k-uv-

ing America behind, could not escape misgivings, either.

All it had to do was look over its shoulder toward Asia where a billion people, in China and India, were going through con-fulsions in their efforts to industrialize. When they do, the Soviet Union and America may trail both of them.

Every decade has had some wretiihed momenls, and some soul-searching ones. The 1950s were no exception. This country was split by McCarthylsm which began in 1950. Hungary tasted freedom for an instant before the Soviet heel came down.

This was the decade of the Korean war. which settled nothing. It was a time of increasing prosperity, some recessions; when Europe got back on its feet; and heads of state began exchanging visits* like country cousins.

Joseph Stalins death in 1953 brought a whole era of savagery and terror to an end in the Soviet Union, or so it seemed. His more subtle and imaginative succe.ssors switched Soviet policy from sullen grunts to jolly goodfellowship talk.

But It was in the fiijld of world politic.s than mankind once again failed most miserably; it failed to find a real peace.

Whole groups of people, still clinging to the primitive tribal system which Is called nationalism nowadays, built up weapons of horror, glared at each other over their missile pads, and mentioned good intentions while talking aMihilation.

For this reason the period of 1950s, when man produced his worst weapons, may seem to historians a thousand years from now the stupidest decade on earth. Jii.st as the period in-ari'd an iinl. the big ixuvers ticLlded to tall moreand more amicably.

I inly the decade of the 1960s CHU .show whether this new lo-gcllitriics means anything.

(Washington Daily News)

The latest politician to talk out of both sides of his mouth is Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York.

Governor Rockefeller has recently been touring several states In an effort to find out how much sentiment there is for him to run for president. While in Texas, a Southern state, he did a lot of this thing we call talking out of both sides of his mouth.

Mr. Rockefeller first said that President Eisenhower could have done more than he has done to speed up desegregation. He said he was not satisfied with the pace of desegregation.

Then Governor Rockefeller is quoted as saying understanding is needed as he counselled patience.

Of course, it should be realized that Mr, Rockefeller was in the South being interviewed by Southern reporters. But one question bothers us a great deal about the interview. How can we speed up desegregation^ and be patient and understanding all at the same time? Mr. Rockefeller ought to answer that question too. It Is too bad that some reporter didnt put him on the carpet by letting him know that he was talking out of both sides of his mouth,

Mr. Rockefeller wants to get support. He wants to feel that if he enters the race for the presidency that he has a good chance of winning. We dont blame him lor taking that view. But we do

blame any man, politician or not, of trying to play on both sides of the fence at the same time.

Heretofore, we had read much about Governor Rockefeller and we had considered him to be a man who would stand up for his convictions regardless of the political implications involved. But right now he seems to be just like so many of the regular run of politicians. He is after those votes, and he knows that the South Is generally Democratic anyway, and if he Is to win, he must play up his stand on desegregation in a big way. We realize that when we say this that Texas went Republican with Eisenhower. It might go Republican again next time, but when sensible people stop to analyze what a leader has said, they soon discover that you cant take opposing sides unto ones heart at the same time and clasp them.

Even a Rockefeller cant do that. He might try, and perhaps it might be said that some politicians who rode two horses got elected. But some of them have been defeated because they .did not have the courage to stand up four square on some issue.

We still want to know how we can have a speed up and have patience and understanding all at the same time. Patience, to us, denotes a slowness in a process. While he was being so wise and so dynamic, he should have told the country how to be both patient and fast at the same time.

ly astir with activity that reflects the true spirit of Christmas.

Its the same old story year after year when the sun rises Dec. 25. Children hop lightly out of bed and make the traditional dash to the Christmas tree to see what Santa brought. Parents stand on the sidelines and happily feel repayments many times over for time and money spent to make Christmas a tangible reality for the youngsters.

Yes, a stranger might que.s-tion the merit of such routine activities. Hed wonder why. Why should people go through the same mad-rush antics year after year. It only costs them time and money and helps them grow older, he might say.

After this stranger had watched a Christmas, though, hed begin to feel something he didnt see. What attirst appeared nonsensical to him would begin to develop into a strange, Warm feeling. Hed probably never felt anything like it.

You see, theres nothing in the world, or anywhere else for that rfiatter, exactly like Christmas. Though people do essentially the same things every Christmas season, theres something exciting in the air.

Words cannot adequately describe what it is. A universal feeling of warmth in the hearts of the worlds persons arises each Christmas from something wonderfully new every year.

Our foreign onlooker would not hear it in words, but in countless other sounds. No matter how high his level of intelligence, hed not be capable of arriving at a logical reason for it.

The spirit of Christmas would be conveyed to him, as it has been hapded down from generation to generation, by human gestures expressing an other-v;ise unexplainable inner feeling.

After silently watching a single Christmas season with its multitude of cheery sounds, splendid sights, and kind gestures, the stranger would understand.

The smallest child could then convey the complete meaning of the greatest birthday celebration and most universal holiday season by merely saying: Merry Christmas.

By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK (AP)When it comes to a token of affection, a good book speaks volumes.

So if, at the last moment, you find you have overlooked an old and dear friend on your Christmas list, why not rush to the nearest store and buy him a book

If he has forgotten how to read, send him an illustrated book. Then he will be able to look at the pictures when his television set is on the blinkand he will remember you kindly.

But what book to buy Well, hereall in funis a suggested list of titles for people or organi-^tions you may have heard of;

More than Meets the Eye^ Jackie Gleason.

A Rockefeller Family PortraitVice President Richard M. Nixon.

The MansionGov. Nelson A. RockefeUer of New York.

Happy families Are All AlikeThe Democratic party.

The Fabulous Showman Nikita Khrushchev.

A Touch of Innocence- James R. Hoffa.

Image of America President Eisenhower.

The Improper Bohemians Your noisy neighbors.

The Greatest Gamblers Sens. Morse and Humphrey.

A Quite Remarkable Father John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

The Silent Traveller in BostonSen. John F. Kennedy.

Whats Wrong with U.S. Foreign PolicyFidel Castro.

The Coming of the New Deal?^Herbert Hoover.

In the E^ys of McKinley Harry S. Truman.

How I turned $1,000 into a million in Real Estate In my spare timeYour Landlord.

Things that go Bump in the NightWernher Von Braun.

Triumph in the West - Manager Walt Alston of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Christmas with Ed Sullivan Steve Allen.

The Longest Day Your Boss. I

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

THE WORD MADE FLESH

Have you bought a holly wreath and hung it up on your door or in one of your windows? And if you have done so, have you asked yourself why the holly wreath at Christmas?

We hang up a holly wreath at Christmas simply becau.se it is green and about the only green thing we can have at this time of year in a temperate zone-But holly bespeaks not the birth of Christ but His leath. It represents the crown of thorns pulled down upon His brow. The red berries represent His drops of blood. The enduring quality of the leaves speaks of the enduring quality of lifeeternal beyond the grave.

Christmas and Easter belong together. We should never think of one without the other. The sweet days of birth, the child and the mother and the protector in the stable have as their counterpart the gloom of the man hanging on a cross with the su-penscription over him: Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews. And after the resurrection comes the ascensionheaven.

But it all starts in the stable of Bethlehem. Here the parents take up into their arms the holy child and the great drama of mans redemption is begun. But it began even before thatfor this is the Word (eternal from the beginning,) made flesh who was to dwell among us full of grace and truth.

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American industrys lead In productivity is the reason why American workers have been able to earn con.siderably more than workers in other countries.Trentwood tWn.) Rolling Views,

The Carols Had Many Sources

By HUGH A. MULLIGAN

AP Newsfeatures Writer ... ISAAC Watts, often called the Father of Hymnody, came Into the world when Christmas carol singing was regarded as ye work of ye devil.

It was the latter half of the 17lh Century, a time of great religious upheaval in Europe. Calvins insistence that the Bible alone be used in public wor-.ship had driven popular hymns out of many churches, particularly in England among the strict Puritan sects.

Instead of hymns, the congregation chanted selected passages from the Scriptures, usually the Psalms. The clerk intoned the fir.st line in a monotone and the people, as Walls once complained, re.sponded with Dull indifference.

Watts, one of nine children was the son of a boarding house keeper and deacon of the Independent church who had twice gone to prison for his religious beliefs. As a boy. Isaac had stood with his mother outside the prison gates to sing hymns to his father and the other inmates. His parenls managed .uinehuvv to .serape lovether enouiii money lo encauiake fii* love of music with piano lessons.

Ills career a.s a hymn writer began wlieu he complained one

day about the uninspired songs heard in^the church the family attended at Southampton.

* Then make some better one.s, challenged his father.

Watts, although in poor health most of his life, responded by writing more than 600. At first they were called Watts Whims, but their popularity grew rapidly. When Benjamin Franklin set up his printing press at Philadelphia in 1741, the first book issued was Watts Psalms and Hymns.

In all, walls filled 52 volumes with his h.vmns. Most of them, .Jike Let Dog Delight to Bark and Bite,* are long forgotten, but his How Doth the Little Busy Bee remains a childrens favorite and his Joy to the World has become a cherished Christmas classic.

Watts wrote "Joy to the World in 1719 while staying as a house guest at the estate of Sir Thomas and Lady Abney outside London. In that visit he undoubtedly set the all time gue.st record. He came for two weeks and stayed for 36 years. His gracious hoits complained that it didnt long enough.

The nmsir ui- hear today to Juy to the V. was added mure than 150 , ais after WatU wrote the woiils. II was composed In about 1870 by Lowell Mason of Mcdflcld, Ma.ss., and

based somewhat loosely on themes found in Handels Messiah.

When Watts died in 1748, his place in the world of religious music had already been preempted by Charles Wesley, brother of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. The brothers went to America in 1735 as mission-arie.s to the new colony at Georgia, where Charles was to be .secretary to Gen. James Oglethorpe. Ill health forced him to return less than a year later, but he never forgot the marvelous singing of the German Moravian colonisls. The Moravians, a devout sect who later moved to Pennsylvania, gave Charles Wesley the inspiration for his life work. He published his first hymns at Charleston. S. C., and was brought before the grand jury in Savannah for introducing Unauthorized Hymns into the Worship.

As the "Poet Laureate of Methodism. he wrote more than 6,000 hymns, finding inspiration almast anywhere and writing with e&sc under the most difficult conditions. Once he fell off his horse while accompanying liiollier John on an evangelical mk:^iuii and complained that the resulting injury spuilcd all my hymn writing for that day He da.shed off Hark the Herald Angels Sing while walking

to church one Christma.s day and thrilling to the tumult of Londons church bells- The fii'st two lines, as originally written in 1739, were

Hark! how all the welkin rings Glory to the King of Kings.

A friend, the Rev. Martin Madan, altered the opening stanza in 1760 to the version we now know. For 100 years the carpi was sung to the same tune as Wesleys Easter hymn, Cluist the Lord is Risen Tor day. but in 1856 Dr, W. H. Cummings, organist at Waltham Abbey, fitted it to the music of Mendelssohns Festgesang.

Mendelssohn would have been as surprised as Wesley. He wrote the music to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the invention of printing and Insisted it never would do to sacred words.

Martin Luther, the great German reformer, was also a prodigious author of Christmas carols, but it is doubted if he wrote Away in a Manger. sometimes known as Luthers Cradle Hymn. The carol, in the opinion of most authorities, or-igiiialed Among German T.uth-erans in Pennsylvania and wa.s talen back to Gennany in the 184015.

But Luther, as poet Coleridge (Continued on Page 8)