Clarion Defender_1966-12-23

Army Plans Many Events During Christmas Week A full calendar of activi– ties at Salvation Army in– stitutions will be climaxed by special events during Christmas week. The efforts of more than 100 Salvation Army personnel and vol– unteers are involved in these plans to brighten the holi– days for young and old, who are beneficiaries of Salva– tion Army helping programs. As much like home as possible is the goal of the Christmas celebration at the Salvation Army Men's Social Service Center, where 75 •men are enrol led on the work– rehabilitation live-in pro– gram. In the Center's second– floor recreation room a cheery Christmas tree will remain up until New Yea r's Day. Specials treats will be available every evening of Christmas week, with candy, nuts, and fruit offered for snacking during recreation hours. Christmas Day, the Christmas tree party begins at 10:30 a.m., with gifts for each of the men, a Christmas program and carols, follow– ed by a holiday dinner at noon and special smorgas– bord at 5 p.m. At the Salvation Army Red Shield Youth Center, some 200 youngsters are ex– pected at the Christmas party Friday, Dec. 23. There will be Santa, gifts for all, singing and entertainment by Young Oregonians and Journal Juniors. Full to capacity is the Sal– vation Army White Shield Home, where 46 unmarried mothers are awaiting birth of their babies. Not only the staff, but members of the White Shield Auxiliary com– bine efforts to make the December full of holiday festivity. and candy-making_They also play Santa Claus to special requests of the girls. In addition to a number of special Christmas chapel programs, visiting carolers this year will include the Marylhurst Spurs. the Beau– mont Choral Club, and the Slavation Army Citadel Band and Carolers. Among other special events planned are a pizza party, a tour to see the Christmas lights around the city, and a number of Christ– mas movie showings_ Highlights of Christmas Eve are the holiday buffet supper, showing of the "Christmas Carol" film, and NORTHWEST PREMIERi! THURSDAY EVENING AT 8:30P.M. a 9:30 p.m. Christmas candle– light service . On Christmas Day comes Santa and the gifts, with a day-long sched– ule of special holiday meals. Although the Salvation Army Harbor Light adds no special programs to its night– ly meals and 'services for homeless men, the staff is responsible for the dinner Christmas Day for some 1,000 homeless persons to be serv– ed from 1 p.m. on at the old Journal 1ilding. Harbor Light also rovides holiday snacks for en coming to the drop-in center and sees that the supper on Christmas Day is a holiday meal. A decorating contest is planned, with girls putting holiday trimmings on their bedroom doors. They also decorate the chapel, dining room, recreation room; make wreaths and Christmas stock– ings, and have opportunity to make a variety of Christ– mas gifts. EXCLUSIVE NORTHWEST ENGAGEMENT RESERVED SEATS NOW AT BOX-OFFICE OR BY MAll BROADWAY THEATRE Opening Nig~t Be nefit 1008 SW BROADWAY 223-7343 Museu lor Dystrophy Ass' n. (Tickets Avai lable To Public) FOR SPECIAl THEATRE PARTY AND GROUP RATE INFORMATION, PHONE 223·7343 The White Shield Auxiliary takes care of arrangements for the special afternoons devoted to cookie-baking 9s oliere A Santa Claus? In 1197 VIrginia o•Hanlon, then eight yeara old, wrote to the editor of the Ne w Ycrk Sun, pointi~ oat that aome of. her little lrier.da had claimed there waa no Santa Claua, and aaking the direct queallon, "PLEAS E TELL ME 7HE TRUTH. IS 'nlERE A SANTA C .LA.VS?" Tlala is ana1111'0red in the lollowhrS which haa become the moat famoua editorial in the world -- a claaalc in American Lit· entture: Dear Virginia: Your little friends are wrong. They have been a1- fected by the skeptics of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensive by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or chll– dren's are llttle. In thisgreatuniverseofours, man is a mere insect, an antinbis intellect, as compare(! with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exists. Alas, how dreary would be the world lf there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as lf there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. we should have no enjoyment, except. in sense and sight. The' eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. anger1nes ifent- \ . . . l i~- ~t-1\ .. ~ l . ~ '• . . . '~ . . . . · .. ' .. ;fetus share in the wonder and joy the shepherds felt that first Holy Night when angels brought their.glad tidings of pear:e. good will toward man. SINCERELY, ANITA DARE and FELIP 'E AR Varieties & Sizes FlOWERS ahdGREENS Cut $J.75 Bunch tmas Trees Holly Wreaths Candle~L 35 c Not to believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get yourpapa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even then if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would you prove? No– body 'sees Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are un– seen and unseeable in the world. 6 Ills.$ .00 Delicious and Winesaps Apples Box You tear apart a baby's rattle to see what makes the noise inside, but there's a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith,fancy,poetry,love,romancecan push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God, he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the childhood heart. YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL * REAL ESTATE * SALES AND TRADES TERRIFIC SUBURBAN BUYS SF.E OR PHONE US FOR HOME LOANS Young Driver, Fire & Casualty Insurance J.J. WALKER,REALTOB 4950 N. E. 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