The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1944, Page 30

PAGE SIX S o S D e D e S T S T - e w2 ‘{} 2 9 1 9 A 4 i ¢ /) g 2 A 9 very gw/ Wik Come True! It is only natural at this glad Season of the year to think of those who have made the past so worthwhile and whose loyal support and friendships give added strength to the [uture. We extend our compliments of thé &1 ¢/ | mon and those suffering from pov- |XMAS, FRIENDS " GIVE COUPLE A NEW BEGINNING " Throughout the year many kind, unselfish persons help to lighten the burdens of life for those less for- tunate than themselves. But on | Christmas as the spirit of the Christ | Child descends upon a troubled | world, these gcts seem more com- erty and the sometimes unkind acts of fate are often given new hope | through the selflessness of others. In a snug little three-room house on ten acres near Chicago, Tll., Mr. and Mrs. John Hoogewoning, truck farmers, and two of their children | were suddenly brought face to face | with the deepest meaning of Christ- mas on that very day One midnight of the previous month fire swept through their for- mer home. Their eight children sleeping upstairs were trapped. John Hoogewoning ran up over the bla ing stairs but could ue only his oldest daughter, Gerretie, 17, and | youngest son, Carl, 3. The others | died in the smoke and flames which | reduced the home to a pile of ashes. | Hoogewoning was rushed to the hos- pital suffering severe burns. Short- ly afterwards, Mrs. Hoogewoning lost the child she was expecting in a few months—the last bitter action in a series of tragedies. Committee Established The Hoogewonings were not alone. They were surrounded by real Amer- jcans who would probably ~have helped him at any time. But then Christmas Season and take this oppor- it was the Chiristmas season and the spirit of giving was at its greatest intensity. A committee was estab- & tunity to tell you how much we appreciate your patronage. Sincere good wishes to all! 0 TRIPLETTE and KRUSE CONTRACTORS ? / ‘ : 4 é 4 / 4 ? A % % © 4 I I ¢ @ ( I/ @ (t ( (s (@ (e i [ E (& E ( 1t (e I/ (t I ( (t I¢ ( I (t I I XRRG N SO O D e DL EEEEELEEELGELELLLLLLELEGR L RGO EOrEy: lished. Within a month it had col- lected $3,000. On Christmas day a group of neighbors took Mr, and Mrs. Hooge- woning and their two remaining children to a mew home on a ten- acre plot of land. The property included a brooder house and 165 laying hens. A jolly Santa Claus presented the couple with a deed to the property and the neighbors left the Hoogenwonings with the Christ- mas present of a new home—a new start. That’s how one group of neighbors celebrated the birth of the Prince of Peace who said: “It is more blessed to give than receive.” THAT WAS THAT THE DAILY ALASKA ] 0f the Star in the Easf? “The New Testament does not guide us in attempting to ldenmy‘ the Christmas star,” Dr. Dinsmore Alter, director of the Griffith ob- servatory, Los Angeles, Calif., states. “We know what the heavens a peared like 2,000 years ago and there | is only one reasonable theory for the | announcement of the Wise Men, who said, in Matthew 2:2: | “‘Where is He that is born King | of the Jews, for we have seen His star in the east and are come to worship him?’ | “In 6 B. C., there was a grouping | of three planets Jupiter, Saturn and Mars—which might have pro- vided the ancients with their long- awaited sign of the Nativity. “One year earlier—7 B. C.—Ju- piter, Saturn and Venus were sim- | ilarly grouped. “What makes the astronomer | pause at accepting this theory is the passage in Matthew which reads, “The star went before them.” That, many scientists assume, must have been a psychological rather than an | actual visual impression.” GIFT GIVING | | | | Gift-giving was well established Christianity. It was so much of an obligation among pagan Germans to left the country during the holiday season to escape gift-giving. —————— Wrap It Right “Daughter,” said mother, “what | are you planning to give that young man friend of yours for Christmas?” “Huh!” snapped daughter, “if the old tightwad doesn't come across with something better than he did last year I'm going to give him the | gate—with a big G.” i WAITING FOR MANUFACTURERS WE REPRESENT INCLUDE: Caterpillar Tractor Co. LaPlant Choate Mfg. Co. R. G. LeTourneau, Inc. The Hyster Co. Athey Truss Wheel Co. Trackson Co. Cardwell Mfg. Co., Inc. Kay-Brunner Mfg. Co. Isaacson Iron Works Bucyrus-Erie Co. Chain Belt Co. Lincoln Electric Co. A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. Gardner-Denver Co. D. W. Onan & Sons Witte Engine Works Electrical Products Co. Balderson Mfg. Co. Michler Co. Rodgers Hydraulic Inc. Sauerman Bros., Inc. Pioneer Engineering Works, Inc. LaCrosse Trailer Co. American Hoist & Derrick Co. John Deere Plow Co. Rotary Snow Plow Co, DeWalt Products Corp. Blaw Knox Co. B. F. Goodrich Co. E. C. Atkins Co. Mack International Motor Truck Co. Miscellaneous Lines: Black & Decker Portable Electric Tools — Longyear Diamond Prospecting Drills—Willard Storage Batteries — Servicemen's Tools — H & L Dipper & Dragline Bucket Teeth, wh Here’s what happens when pack- ages — both overseas and domes- | tic—aren’t wrapped correctly. That soldier or sailor may be a forgotten man on the holiday mail call unless packages are wrapped securely and addressed plainly. “CATERPILLAR"” DIESEL MARINE ENGINES AGAIN SOME DAY, SOON WE HOPE, you will be able to get a “CATERPILLAR” DIESEL MARINE ENGINE or TRAC TOR or ELECTRIC SET. Right now most of them are going _to Uncle Sam—to hasten the end of the war. “CATERPILLAR” DIESEL MARINE ENGINES come in six sizes, 256 to 135 HP continuous load rating; Five sizes of TRACTORS for the D2 to the D8; Six sizes of ELECTRIC SETS, 15 to 90 KW. There will be PARTS and SERVICE for “CATERPILLARS” in SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA in addition to our facilities at ANCHORAGE, FAIRBANKS, and NOME. NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO. Alaska’s Pioneer Merchants Exccutive Offices, Coleman Building, Seattle, 4, Washington ALASKA and YUKON MERCANTILE BRANCHES FORT YUKON HAMILTON HOT SPRINGS KOKRINES KOTLIK KWIGUK McGRATH MISSION ANCHORAGE ANIAK AKULARAK BETHEL CHALIT CIRCLE EAGLE FAIRBANK NELSON I QUIGILLINGOK RUBY SCAMMON BAY STERLING ST. MICHAEL TAKOTNA TANANA UNALASKA DAWSON (Y.T.) KENO (Y.T.) MAYO (Y.T.) WHITEHORSE (Y.T.) MPIRE--JUNEAU, ALASK ‘» Women Marines Send Christmas Greetings What Was legehd | These three members of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve send their yuletide greetings from Camp Lejeune, New River, N. C. Special Christmas programs are the order of the day in this camp, with the usual carols and evergreen trees. OUTDOOR YULE TREE FIRST MADE BOW IN In 1923 a beautiful evergreen tree, among Northern European tribes cut in the woods of Vermont, was | | betore they became converted to sent to Washington and set up In | 1y followed by many cities and com- _CAPITAL DURING '23 Sherman Square. This trees was a gift from Mid- | illuminated trees grace State capi- | | Christmas tree. | The following year a beautiful | living tree was planted in Sherman | plaza behind the White House and | @ permanent underground electric | service installed so that each year the same living tree can be decor- ated and illuminated The national example was quick- | munities. Now every year brilliantly distribute gifts that men actually | dlebury College to the President of | tol grounds, city squares and village the United States. It was decorated | greens. jand wired with hundreds of tiny | clectric lights, and on Christmas | Eve President Coolidge switched on | the lights of the First National | R The Nativity theme in Christmas arols gave way to the sentiment: Bring us in good ale.” | | | RRRRRPRRRRRRRRRRRRRR R SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1944 < $COT PRIVATE TELLS HOW "SILENT NIGHT" STILED WAR GUNS It was Christmas Eve, 1914, be- tween Armentiers and Arras, while Gordon Highlanders huddled in trenches when somebody remem- bered the day. “Jim, let’s sing,” one said to Pri- vate James Sutherland-Watt of Nor- folk, Va. Jim pleaded off, but someone else started “Silent Night, Holy Night,” and soon Jim and the whole Scot regiment had joined in. When the last refrain subsided, from the opposite trenches arose other voices — attuned in “Stille Nacht.” Then all night long Christ- mas carols rang from trench to trench in strange tongues while can- non and flares from other sectors lit { IS the sky. At the cutomary “zero” hour, the + British soldiers saw gray-clad fig- ures making their way out of the epposite trenches. At few shots were fired. Then it was seen that the Germans carried no arms. Scots leaped from their trenches, likewise unarmed, only to be ordered back. ATTA STUFF “Are you going to have a Christ- mas tree at your home? “Yes,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. . “Are you going to decorate it with many gifts?” I3’} “Yes. I'm going to show that an American citizen can be just as generous toward his only family as he is expected to be to nations e abroad.” RO RRRRRRRRRRRRN B O NN VoV oVoNoNoNoNoNoNoN o o N oY oNoNoVoN oo oNoNoN N oY oN oV oV oV oNoN o N o o N oXoN 0N o) o y son we ecarnestly hope MERCHANTS DELIVERY 5 During the Christmas sea- that everyone will enjoy the fullest of joy and happiness—that the de- sire of every heart will be fulfilled. To one and (all=A Merry Christmas. NN VoNoNotoNo ottt ot oottt o Vo Nttt o Vo o Vot &Y The joy of Christmas . . . the carefree, heart-warming gladness we have all | ]\'l‘l()\’VIl in ()t]lCI‘ ycal‘s coe cannot be fully realized in wartime. For too many husbands, brothers, friends are far away, and our thoughts follow them'into danger. EY So this must be a Christmas of faith . . . faith that Christmas bells will ring again, as certainly as America is the home of Freedom, as surely and as clearly as the Star of Bethlehem shone on that Christmas night so long ago. KX We of The Alaska Line join you in wishing all those who are far away a safe return, ‘so that next Christmas will be 4 Merry Christmas. ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY