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Editorial opinion
By DOROTHY TOBEY and ANN WESTBERG
Today's editorial was written by guest editorialist, Pastor Leo W.
Hamar of Belfair Assembly of God Church.
CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS
"The Shepherds said one to another, 'Let us go now even unto
Bethlehem and see this thing which is come to pass which the Lord
hath made known to us'." St. Luke: Chapter 2, verse 15 - King James
Bible.
The excitement of that first Christmas was contagious to the extent
that today some 2~00 years later the season brings with it an
excitement, a mystery, and a thrill exceeding any other time of the
year.
The feel of the crowds, the spicy tinge of mystery reflects to our
hearts the ever-expanding joy that indeed "a Savior is born who is
Christ the Lord.'" An unknown author wrote the following expose on
A SOLITARY LIFE
He was born in an obscure village
He worked in a carpenter shop until he was thirty
He then became an itinerant preacher
Nineteen centuries have come and gone and today he is the central
figure of the human race
All of the armies that ever marched
All the navies that ever sailed
All the parliaments that ever sat
All the kings that ever reigned
Have not affected the Life of man on this earth as much as that
"One SoLitary Life."
To this we would add that more books and editorials, technical,
historical, worshipful and critical, have been written of Jesus of
Bethlehem than any other person or group of persons in the history of
the human race.
Indeed, the mystery, excitement and the spirit of Christmas reflect
the spirit of the One born that long.ago night.
RefLection on that first night would or should cause us also to have
the eagerness of the shepherds to even yet come see and investigate
"that which the Lord hath made known to us."
Perhaps during this busy time we also should set aside our schedules
and plans and join with the multitudes and sing, "'O come, let us adore
Him, Christ the Lord."
By LENNIA CATES -- CR 5-2245
it is never a pleasant task to
write of the passing of friends or
acquaintances and it is especially
difficult at this time of the year.
This past week three persons
associated with our area were laid
to rest.
Roberta (Bobbi) Frink passed
away in Bellevue where memorial
services were held last Friday.
Bobbi had sold her place here and
moved to the Seattle area after
the passing of her husband Jim a
year and a half ago. Both had
been very active in community
activities while here and were
o members of St. Nicholas Church.
Lila had been frequent guests to
the area.
To the families of all the
above, our sincere sympathy.
Up from California are Terry
Sills and wife Merci who are
spending the holidays with his
folks, Bob and Gladys. Due to the
airlines strike morn and dad had
to zip over to Sea-Tac at 4 o'clock
the other AM, their arrival hour.
Tent has reenllated in the Naw
and is being assigned to duty in
the Philippines for the next two
and a half years. He leaves the
f'n'st part of January, with Merci
to follow at a later date.
i*Emily Sprague, who retired Happy birthday wishes to
~.Gi-~att Northwest Federal Josephine (Jo) Nash who
Setings and Loan last May after
celebrated hers last Saturday.
45 years of continuous service,
passed away in a Seattle hospital Incidentally, Jo also has new
The Grapeview School
Christmas program was held last
Thursday evening with a full
house, as usual. The first, second
and third graders were in a play
called "The Littlest Tree;" fourth
grade did a skit called "Xmas
Train;" while fifth and sixth
grades did readings and songs. The
evening ended with Santa Claus
arriving with toys for all children,
and refreshments were served by
the Parents Club.
Students will have a long
Christmas vacation until Jan. 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Laraux
and son Jesse have just returned
from a vacation in Kona, Hawaii.
They spent five days there,
making their headquarters at the
Hilton Hotel. They rented a car
and went sightseeing, swimming
and just relaxing on the beaches.
They came home via Reno, taking
in some of the night life and
visiting relatives and friends there•
The lovely double-wide
mobile home of the George
Smiths who live on Lombard
Road was the setting for the
wedding of their daughter,
Roberta (Bobble) Dec. 13 at 1
p.m. to Harvey Clark of
Bremerton. The Reverend Bart of
the Unity Church in Bremerton
performed the ceremony• Cheryl
Ann Smith acted as maid of
honor and Donald Chaffee, a
cousin to the bride, was best man.
The bride's niece, Melinda Smith,
carried the rings on a white satin
pillow. Her sister, Renee, was the
organist. Friends attending the
wedding besides the immediate
family were Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Boone of Belfair and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Marnca of Victor. Bobble
works at Keyport and her
husband is employed by the park
department in Bremerton. They
are making their first home in
Bremerton.
Donald Chaffee and friend of
Sandpoint, where Donald is
stationed in the Seabees, spent
the weekend visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. George Smith and attended
the wedding of Bobble Smith.
Donald was in familiar territory
while here as his grandparents
used to live on Harstine Island.
On Dec. 4 Debbie Maruca
hosted a pre-nuptial shower in
honor of Bobble Smith at the
Maruca residence.
A bit of nostalgia was in the
air as the Sarah Eckert
Orthopedic group gathered for
their Christmas party at the home
of Bonnie Hansen, which was
formerly the home of Sarah
Eckert. This gathering started in
the thirties after Sarah Eckert had
her first stroke which kept her
confined to her home on Stretch
Island. The ladies of the
community would gather to have
"tea" with "Grandma" Eckert
periodically, especially on her
birthday. Your correspondent,
Ann, attended her first "tea" with
her while visiting here from
Minnesota during the summer of
1937. We attended the "tea" as
guests of Mrs. Bill Sund, who was
Dorothy Tobey's mother. After
the death of Sarah Eckert the
group continued to meet at each
other's homes for their afternoon
"teas." The mainstays of this
group were Mrs. Henry Peterson,
Mrs. Edgar Wright, Mrs. Arthur
Stratford and Mrs. Walter Eckert,
all residents of Stretch Island•
After a few years of social
meetings such as this they decided
to join with the Orthopedic
Group of Seattle. Thus the
orthopedic group was formed and
named after one of our pioneer
ladies of the island. They now
help support the Mary Bridge
Hospital of Tacoma. Twenty-four
ladies attended the event and
hosting the affair were Mary
Branch, Betty Bell and Ann
Westberg. ~Ann being unable to
attend due to illness). All reports
from those who attended are that
it was a very lovely party.
A joint installation of officers
was held at the Twanoh Grange
Hall for the Twanoh and Fair
Harbor Granges on Dec. 1 9. Six
of our members were installed.
Others were out of town or illness
prevented them from being able
to attend. A social hour followed
the installation.
Worth of a state
The worth of a State in the long
run is the worth of the individuals
composing it.
John Stuart Mill
Li[ eral reward for any information leading 1;o the
conviction of person or persons responsible for the
last Wednesday. Burial was held permanent next-door neighbors,summer home and mobile home fires at Beard's Cove.
last Saturday in Bremerton. Ralph and Doty Vea have finally Write Fire Information, P.O. Box 587, Belfair, WA
Although she had lived in got moved in and are looking
Bremerton she still maintained forward to their first Christmas 98528.
the old family summer home here on the canal. Formerly of Yacolt,
on the North Shore so was Washzngton, and frequent ~ 1 / I / I
well-lmownin this area. weekend visitors, we welcome
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to a fatal heart attack last week in To all our faithful readers, L% )
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Seattle. A retired Boeingmay I wish you and yoursa Very
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On Dec. 11 and 12 two high was to be held Dec• 12 at
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school girls, along with some LakeLand Village was cancelled.
teachers and junior high students,
attended a workshop at LakeLand
Village. It was taught by Dr. Fred
Rhode from Minnesota. He is a
national expert on "Needs
Assessment," which is a statistical
process for surveying community
attitudes on educational needs. It
is very useful to use in everyday
life whenever you have a certain
type of goal to achieve. The
general procedure for surveying
public reactions to your basic
ideas is as follows:
1. Make out a one-sentence
statement saying something
positive about the goal you want
to achieve.
2. Circulate it to the public
and have them rate it as opposed
to other goals.
3. Get the results and evaluate
the importance of your goal.
The two high school students
who attended the workshop were
Kafla Heath and Shelly Duncan.
They thought that it was very
helpful to learn this procedure
and interesting.
Well, to the dismay of
cheerleaders and interested
students, the Christmas tolo that
By an unlucky stroke of Mother
Nature, the snow stopped
everyone from going to the dance.
The main problem, it seems, was
trying to make it up the hill from
Allyn, which proved to be too
steep for most people in the
snow. Let's hope the next dance
will be successful for all.
The Girls Club had another
meeting on Dec• 18. The main
purpose was to have certain
committees report on their doings
these last few weeks. The main
way to make money for Girls
Club was decided, to have bake
sales periodically. Recreation
night has been set for some time
this coming spring. It was decided
to sell Girls Club pins and the
next dance will be held sometime
in March.
Another event took place
Dec. 18. The music department
held a high school Christmas
concert. The band and choir
performed in the high school gym
and sang many nice songs such as
"Sleigh Ride" and "Three Songs
For Christmas." Both the band
and choir were under the
direction of Gordon Lent.
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