Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-12-26
CHRISTMAS CHEER
WARMED! MANY HEARTS
Associated Charities, With DR..
'Telford At Helm, Did Noble
Work This Year

Through the good work of the
Associated Charities of which DR.
r. L. Telford is president and
guiding spirit, Christmas cheer
provided for many home in Rich
mond Thursday, which otherwise
would have been desolate.
Kind-heartcd women with Wis
ions in their hearts of little eager,
waiting faces, carefully packed
the Christmas baskets.
In each basket was a IL pound
sack of flour, a five pound sack of
meal, rice, coffee, sugar, oat meal,
potatoes, meat, can of corn or
peas, or peaches and little pack
age of candy with few apples and
oranges and some toys.
As the big delivery wagon
would stop in front of a house
where there were children, a
scamper of little feet would be
heard across the floor, a bevy of
little faces would be pressed
against the window pane and then
there would be a rush out of the
door to help carry in the big bas-
ket Santa was bringing. Then
as the wagon moved on slowly
down the street, little boys who
had suddenly appeared as if by
magic, from everywhere and no.
where, would follow it to see if
it would stop at their house. One
little fellow whose house the wa
gon had passed, ran after it
shouting in piping little voice,
Mister! Oh, Mister! you have
one" Another little tow
headed lad ran along by the wag-
on calling out, Mister, what does
them cost?"
IN addition to the 45 baskets
assigned and prepared for names
listed, Santa Claus carried five ex-
ira baskets that were unassigned
and they were needed. Two
little girls stood in their door way
and watched wistfully basket
that was being carried into the
house of near neighbor. "What
is your name ?" 1t was not on
the list. No basket in the wagon
with that name on it. But when
it was learned from the neighbor
next door that their mother had
recently died, and that the father
who worked on the railroad, haG
to be away from them all day,
and that they had no hopes OF any
Christmas cheer, one of those un-
assigned baskets found its home,
and the faces of the two little
girls were radiated as the sun
when it breaks through a cloud.
Another unassigned basket
went to home not on the list,
but concerning which word had
just been brought that there was
great need. In answer to the
knock a man appeared at the door
who was haggard and i'll, and
huddled about smouldering blaze
was woman and four small
clad little children, shivering with
cold. There was no Christmas
cheer and no promise of any in
that desolate room. Even the
bare necessities of life were lack
ing.
Could those who contributed to
this years Christmas cheer, have
seen the transformation wrought
in that home by the advent of
that Xmas basket, they would
have felt abundantly repaid.
Never were human faces so
suddenly lighted up, or little
children made SO deliriously hap
oy.
Through the generous gifts of
l few kind friends, who have re-
nembered every year the in
mates of county farm, Christmas
cheer was generously provided
for them also, and the packages
we're carried out to them on
Xmas day. A generous Christ
mas dinner had just been served
them and they had been thought
iully and kindly remembered by
Mr.. Roberts and his good wife,
out to know that they were
thought of and kindly remember
I'd by friends outside of the little
world in which their lives are set
warmed the heart and made the
Law brighter. 4