Your account does not include highlighter on images.
Searches Highlighted on Image
| December 25, 1969 Shelton Mason County Journal |  |
|
©
Shelton Mason County Journal. All rights reserved. Upgrade to access Premium Tools
PAGE 21 (21 of 24 available) PREVIOUS NEXT Jumbo Image Save To Scrapbook Set Notifiers PDF JPG
December 25, 1969 |
|
|
Website © 2025. All content copyrighted. Copyright Information Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Request Content Removal | About / FAQ | Get Acrobat Reader 
|
Ik Christmas Message:
Christmas Story
Miracle In Many Ways
Lewis Wysong
Foursquare Church
The story of Christmas could
QOt have been invented by man.
l'here is a wonder about it that is
The scripture declares that
ways are not our ways and
s thoughts are not our
This becomes evident
we read the Christmas story.
are faced with a new wonder
it every turn. Luke 2:18 reads,
!And all they that heard it
WOndered at those things which
Were told them by the
thepherds".
The greatest wonder is that
We should even have a Christmas.
Why should God concern Himself'
With a rebellious world'? All of ltis
rOposals of grace and mercy had
een met by a strict refusal. Was
there any hope that a new
kPproach would have any chance
Of success? God knew the hearts
men, and itis Word contains
accurate picture of mankind
*" rebellious, wandering,
haughty. Why should
even speak to such as we are'?
truth the great wonder of
is that God should send
Son into this world.
Another wonder is the
by which God's Son came
tile world. We would imagine
there would be signs in the
- thunders, lightnings,
!lrt visions and then, in majesty
th a great display and myriads
angels, God's Only-begotten
proceed to this world in
splendor riding upon a
horse. But this was not
way. tte was born a little
Every baby is a wonder, but
) baby was ever such a wonder
this - Immanuel, God with us;
in human flesh so that we
sing, "God with man is
residing", ltcre in a little
is tile presence of God. This
God '%ontracted to a span".
is God humbled, unglorified.
yet, did ever such glory shine
the face of a little child'?
llowever, that is not all. 1"o be
a child is one thing, but tlis
aanner of birth staggers the
It was not a royal
although He was the royal
of Almighty God. lie was
in circumstances of extreme
You were born in a
place than He. Not only
lit' horn in povcrly, httl
it all we see the lack of a
We ask ourselves, "If lie
to be born, did lte have to be
this way'?" Why should He
ttimself so'?
I beleive the stable was part of
plan, but that does not
excuse the coldness of mankind.
We read, "There was no room for
them." No room. Was there no
young man in the prime of youth
who would give his bed to Mary
at such a time as this? Was there
no young mother, who herself
had gone to the bars of death to
return with a young life in her
bosom, who would give her bed
to Mary in her hour of need'? Was
there no one with kindness or
sympathy or even pity? This type
of treatment should not be given
to any one, but here unkindness
even reaches to the Lord's Christ.
If our hearts are filled with
wonder at the coming of Christ to
this world, coming as a baby,
coming to such humble
circumstances, we are then filled
with great wonders when we
consider what He has done to the
humble manger. Nineteen
hundred years later we sing of a
manger. This speaks to us of
God's ability to take that which is
humble and despised and bless it
by Ills presence. When i make my
heart a humble manger Christ is
pleased to come and dwell, and
wherever He dwells the radiant
glories of heaven shine.
God takes the worthless
things of this word, the despised
things, and has given them great
meaning. The manger, the cross,
tire empty tomb - these things
speak to us of the salvation of
God. The manger a place for
cattle, rude, crude, and yet the
place where God came down. The
cross emblem of shame,
suffering, penalty, and yet the
place where Christ redeemed the
world. ]'he tomb ..... morbid place
of the dead, and yet it became the
scene of complete victory. He did
not own the manger; it was
borrowed for the occasion, lie did
not own the tomb; it was
borrowed for the occasion. And
we must hasten to say that the
cross was not really Ills. it
belonged to us, and yet in ills
mercy lie bore it in our stead.
]'here was a humble, bo,rrowed
manger, a despised, borrowed
cross, and lonely, borrowed tomb,
but all three have been glorified
by the presence of the living
Christ.
When we consider these
things, we realize that these
wonders can be real in our hearts.
No man has really had Christmas
until (,hrist has heen born'in his
own hart..When Christ ili,J in ......
the he'art, the angels sing their
song again and the star shines
forth in glory.
"O holy Child of Bethlehem,
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin, and enter in;
Be born in us today.
• Formed
ainst Gas, Germs
A committee favoring the
of chemical and Germ
was organized Tuesday
:ning in Richland. The group to
known as The Committee For
Of Weapons Of (;as
nd Germs Warfare will direct its
ention to the planned shipment
nerve gas from Okinawa to
A petition is being
in all areas along the
te of travel of the shipment. In
the group is investigating
possibility of taking legal
action to prevent the shipment.
Joe Smith, district attorney
from Pendleton, who originated
the movement in opposition to
the shipment of the gas to
Umatilla met with the group
Tuesday evening. He encouraged
them to urge immediate and
responsible opposition to this
shipment by the Army. This to be
done through petitions, letters to
the Congressional delegations,
especially Sen. Warren Magnuson.
Dan Nye
The Journal:
Me again. Since the post
office has been sort of wild I'm
writing a little early about what
so many people have asked ....
"What kind of holidays do they
have?" Well - ltalloween and
Thanksgiving don't exist here. 1
think these are the only times I
have missed home. It's strange.
Nobody here even knows what
the word means. I went to school
just like always. Not a paper
pumpkin or a turkey to be seen
anywhere. That's what was hard,
being alone with my thoughts. 1
looked at the clock about every
half hour on Thanksgiving -
deducted 9 hours and thought
about what they were doing at
home. Eating too much probably!
But those two "tough" days went
past and 1 felt fine afterwards. 1
might mention that they do have
something like ltalloween
between Christmas and New
Year's where all the kids go out to
trick-or-treat but ! don't know
the origin.
ltowever, from what I've been
told, Norweigians really have a
great time at Christmas! The
Christmas season began the first
Sunday of the month with
Advent. That Saturday night
everybody was in town for the
lighting of the Christmas tree, just
like in Shelton. But the surprise
for me was fireworks over the
river. Although it was different it
really gave a Christmas
atmosphere to everything. But i
Library Sees
Holiday Reading
The coming holidays will be a
great time for everyone and one
of the busiest times of the year
for the Shelton Public Library.
'[hey expect the usual heavy
demand for books, magazines and
records which pertain to
(?hristmas and the holidays
generally, but at the same time
many students, from schools and
colleges, will call on us for special
materials they need in their
studies.
Colleges and university
st udents take the holiday vacation
as an opportunity to catch-up on
their research and term papers,
and the library is the source for so
much they need.
For those adults who have
gotten behind in their current
events reading, there are several
new books that should be of
interest,, :'[hc PeollCs President
by NettPeirce and:Presidential
Lottery by James Michener both
discuss the electorial college. The
Selling of the President by Joe
McGinniss is a very readable
account of the first electronic
election. Lamotrs best seller, The
Moneymakers, examines the
social pheonomenon of the
tycoon. Mission to the Moon is a
critical examination of NASA and
the space program by Kennan and
Harvey. These are just a few of
the informative new books at the
Shelton Public Library for those
who are looking for a change of
pace in reading after the holidays.
And the word is capitalism.
We are too mealy-mouthed. We
fear the word capitalism is
unpopular. So we talk about the
"free enterprise system" and run
to cover in the folds of the flag
and talk about the American Way
of Life. - Eric A(llen) Johnston
00fsy
Greeting Drawn by Ronali Fosdick,
6th Grade, Evergreen
f
LUMBERMEN'S OF SHELTON
'Nrites About Christmas Observance In Norway
couldn't hell) hut think, "4th of
July in December'?!!" The
weather has been real cold so il
feels like Christmas is just around
the corner. Shops and streets are
decorated much the same as in
the States. And this decoration
started slightly before
Thanksgiving -just like home!
Mandal is so pretty now, with a
little snow, ice on the river, the
lights and decorations. Mandal is a
very old town with high, narrow
old buildings and its just so cozy
to go downtown. We have a fir
tree in the market place all
decorated with white lights. No
lights are put on houses here
however. There's something going
now every weekend before
Christmas. Last Sunday was a
candle mass in the church. It was
really neat. The YMCA put it on.
There's a lot of masquerades and
stuff too. The important part
we get off from school Dec 20
and don't have to go back until
Jan 5. Now those arc the kind f
vacations I like! Christmas itself is
a two and a halt day celebration
beginning Dec. 23 ira the evening
and going 'til Midnight Dec. 26.
Most of the celebration is private
and in the family. Christmas trees
are very important and are set up
the evening of I)cc. 23. On
Christmas Eve it is a custom for
the family to all join hands and
dance around the Christmas lree
singing. Santa ('laus comes
Christmas Eve and is called
Julenissen in Norwegian.
He is from Norwegian folk
legend and is a friendly trtdl.
Somehow Santa Claus never
struck me as the troll-
type .... friendly nor not. But if
they say so!
Many special dishes arc made
for Christmas but I can't say
much about lhis until I've tried
them. Turkey is very expensive
and is not served. My family has
torsk, a kind of fish. These dishes
are very regional. I like my region.
In some places they have
things like lutefisk and blood
pudding ugh! Norwegian food
is so good, I'm gaining weight. My
favorite is Rompe a kind of
p o t a t o d u m plin g. These are
known all over Norway but only
eaten in the very southern section.
To make them involves chopping
up potatoes and doing all sorts of
strange things to them. Then you
plunk them in water and cook
them forever, i helped make some
for a party so I know. They're
hard work but delicious. Kids eat
them here like we eat hamburgers
in America. Some families I'm
told have them for Christmas
dinner.
New Years day is celebrated
privately much like in America.
One bad part about Christmas in
Norway .... we take midyear exams
before we go on vacation. Oof!
I've struggled through two
Norwegian ones already. Oh, my
poor head. But, these were the
tough ones, English and Math left
to go - they're easy. Then I'll be
done with school in Norway for
1969 anyway.
Merry Christmas!
Dan
Greeting l)rawn by Brad Richard,
(th Grade, Mt. View
RON SANFORD ROSE LAUGEN
JANE MACKEY BERNADINE DUFFEY
LEE MEYERS DIXIE SMITH
CHRIS SYTSMA
MASON COUNTY FEDER.AL CREDIT UNION
ii i
i ill
Happy Holidays
/
Drive Safely
from all of us here at MELL CHEV-OLDS
Top: (I to r) Marvin Likes, Jack Denny, Larry Chamberlin, Carol Rapacz, Beulah Helser, Nancy Lund, Les Rodgers, Corinne Williams, Bruce
Willey, John Dishon, Dan Cleveland, Tom Roof, Bob Savoie, Vern Workman, Tom Bunnell. Bottom: ( I to r) Ernie Johnson, Rick Ruddell, Art
Nicklaus, Jr., Wally Dundas, Bob Watters, Art Bakke, Darrel Andrews, Art Mell, Art Nicklaus.
and may your New Year
be happy and prosperous!
................................................... ., ~
Thursday, December 25, 1969 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21