Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-15
FRIDAY, APRIL Is, 1888
EASTER SUNDAY

of the festivals and is the first Sunday after
@ com comes from an Anglo Saxn word from the
utonc goddess Of Spring originally OF DsWh % s tne 1eVa
past this festival has been associated & with a at least tive two
Jewish and the Angoxon celebration OF the
goddess of light or spring a., oo, r+he Of tho Church fail
to Indicate existence of celebration OF the at
this The the sffne S shod 6
Grated those Jewish descent holding that the Passover ass
Council Ncaea settled the dispute by adopting the RUE
that if the full happens upon Sunday Easter Day sh be
The dates of all eas determined by the
date of Easter is the central and most important feast OF
the year. Until the h century, the churches of Rome and Brit
observed for the M d Ot n
either before after the day observed by Western
Churches Efforts have been made in recent through the
English and the various European governments now
working through the League Of Nations to secure fixed Ea
ter being the second of April but without any present
agreement. -
quoted from popular encyclopaedia and it contains facts that
and doubt known by vast majority OF
The great spiritual significance the festival lost however,
cold historical data The story of the BIRTH DEATH burial
the regeneration Of nburdened humanity makes the timing
matter OF niue slgne III @ IN & c1Paon % WIN d G tG th t %
Along with other sacred festivals this should be time of
thanksgiving and praise there stated
Thanksgiving D- day set forth for grateful acknowledgment
Almighty for many blessings conferred At Christmas,
there joyful celebration of the birth of Redeemer At
the and living ntercessor for our sns and prom
The world holds but in ways Gods creations
in debt for the many here n below OOn o
if he @ spn cd to Op b oomnS III poem ne
Zone midnight, deep in starlight STILL
Fivye thousand breathless dawns all new
Five thousand flowers fresh in dew;
Five thousand sunsets wrapped in gold
One nip on snowflakes served ice cold;
Eve euiet friends; one ba6ys love;
One hundred music-haunted dreams
of Moon-drenched roads and hul1ying streams;
Of prophesying winds, and trees;
Of Silent stars and browsing bees,
One June night in fragrant wood;
One heart that loved and understood
l wondered when walked at day,
Hovh0" sAfRTY "A EHaS FELLOWS SS"H "cEANup WEEK
Spring cleanup week. which is an annual observance an IN thouS
the offing started primarily as beautlyng
Debris homes are painted fields the har
It's amazing how little needed in many cases to
Furthermore something other than better looking
suits cleanup week that Loyalty and enthusiastically
supported For sound thorough cleanup process
town which rds Itself of DID, unused buildings which does
away with litter and grassdden lots becomes far safer place
Cleanup week should stop exteros AS the National
hs home inside as we'll as out in Search of fire dangers
gested attic basement filled with ancient magazines and broken
starting place for blaze Prayed amaeurshy repaired ght
cords improperly stored nlammabe liquids dirty or worn neat
deds of millions Of dollars worth of property and thousands OF
lives.
Every should make this years cleanup week the most
thorough in its history It's easy job if everyone does his bit
help And will big dividends beauty safety and cash
DIMINISHING RETURNS
ample evidence that taxation in the United States
has reached point the law of diminishing returns
erave The shaces of excessive taxation need to be
frightened but the federal and almost all state
local units continue search for fresh of
from helpless taxpayers.
problem simple that thene politician
grasp he could be induced to direct little attention
toward thrves and enterprise is stimulated when
part the profits be retained by the business
IF government exacons take unreasonaby large part OF the