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Evening star., 1938-12-18
GEORGE DAVIS
SANTA'S VISIT.

Santa comes on Christmas Eve
With all his Joy and cheer.
With sleigh and toys all in a pack
Pulled by six reindeer.
He settles on your roof, and then
Slides down your chimney flue;
There before him stands your tree
With balls, some red, some blue.
Then he looks at the stocking
Hung by the old fireplace,
And tiptoes over to your bed
To gaze at your happy face.
In the wink of an eye
Your stocking is filled,
The toe almost bursting
And just about to spill.
He sets the doll with long brown
curls
And eyes of lovely blue
Down by the tree, there to wait
Until picked up by you.
A game, dress and large red ball,
All lying around the tree,
Just waiting there till morning
Comes for you to see.
Them Santa chuckles softly
And he starts off in his sleigh
In second he is off
And on his merry way!
DOROTHY CARLETON.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
THREE GUESSES,

III give you three chances to guess
who is coming
He comes in sleigh with two REIN
deer a-running;
Over the rooftops, no matter how
high,
Comes this jolly old fellow from off
in the sky.
IT you haven't guessed yet, III give
you the reason,
The reason he comes in this cold
winter season.
He makes people happy on cold
Christmas Days
With his beautiful gifts and his dear
quaint ways.
You'd better give up if YOU haven't
guessed yet,
And I'll tell you the answer you're
trying to get;
The answer, my friends. is Santa
Claus dear
And if you've been good, you need
have no fear.
MARCELLA RUTH MALETz.
THEY DEPEND ON YOU.
When boys and girls are fast asleep.
And lights are all turned out.
Then Santa Claus starts on his trip
To places all about.
from the North he quickly comes
With his reindeer and his sleigh,
To bring to all the happiness
Which comes on Christmas Dav.
Some boys and girls have never had
Toys like you and ME:
Ihey only get few small things
Which come from charity.
They'd like to have some nice new
things,
Such as bikes and trains and all:
But they don't have anything new,
Not even tiny doll.
You'll find happier Christmas
IT you give toy or two
To some poor little boy or girl
For they depend on you!
MARIPOSA GEIER,
Evening star., 1938-12-18

Boy Scout Troop
"a decided the
boys under his
S u p erv i S | on
could have a lot
of fun and OBJ
tain v a | u a b ! e
training, too, by
C o n d u citing a
political" cam
p a i g n. Two
parties" W ere
formed and each
chose candidates
for the honor of
acting as scout
master for a pc
riod of one week.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
r Becomes Trainer of Dogs Because First Killed Automobile
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Evening star., 1938-12-18
Marathon Races Are
Memorial to Courier

On the plains of Marathon, about
20 miles northeast of Athens, in
ancient Greece, Miltiades. the
Athenian general, defeated the
'Persians in 400 BIC. The Persian
forces were led by Darius. a gal
liant commander. For q time the
Athenians were hard pressed and
greatly needed reinforcements to
drive out the invading army.
Phidippides, a courier or runner,
was dispatched to Sparta to solicit
aid against the enemy. He accom-
plished a notable cross country
rum" arriving in Sparta on the sec
ond day after leaving Athens. Help
was secured and the Athenians were
victorious.
The name marathon race" has
been given to long distance runs in
athletic meets of modern times, thus
perpetuating the feat Of Phidip-
pides, the messenger of long ago.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Junior Page
Scropbook
BY FLORENCE b. ALEXANDER
CHRISTMAS LORE.


The Christmas season, under diff
ferent names and for different rea-
sons, was celebrated long before
the birth Of Christ.
Ancient Persians, Greeks, Egyp-
tians ano Chinese had festivals at
the time of the winter solstice. The
shortest day in the year having
passed, they rejoiced that the sun
was again gaining power and a new
season for planting about to begin.
In India, they had a feast to the
sun, Ywala, which is believed to be
the remote origin of the word Yule.
as if it were the parent of all nights.
Celts called their holy night Gwyl;
the Welsh, Gwys: Danes, Youle: all
having a common derivative mean
ing Yuletime
In the fourth century after Christ
heathens were celebrating two fes-
tivals in December when Constan-
tine, the Roman emperor. declared
that Christianity should henceforth
be the state religion. One of the
pagan feasts was to Mithras, Per-
sian god of light. who the Romans be-
heved would return from heaven to
destroy the wicked and reward the
good. The other festival was week
of carnival, much more widely OBJ
served. called Saturnaha, a season
of noisy revelry.
Eventually the two feaSts were
merged into one. given new name,
Christ's Mass. and new and deeper
meaning, for Christians soon
learned that it was easier to sup
plant a national religion than it was
to suppress heather holiday. So
they substituted the birth Of Christ
for the solemn rites of Mithras and
retained the old Saturnalian gayety
of gift-making and hospitality.
(Copyright 1889
Evening star., 1938-12-18
BY ELMA WALTNER.

For sparkling, shimmery Christ
mas decorations, try cellophane.
There are so many pretty colors on
the market and this material lends
itself to such interesting treatment
that working with it is very pleasant.
Here are suggestions for a few gift
package decorations and novelty Or
naments While you work, still
others will suggest themselves to
you.
To decorate the gift package, make
cellophane poinsettias or tin-foil
holly. For the poinsettias. cut six
petals 3 inches long. Roll sew
eral 1-inch pieces of tin foil tightly
for the stamens, arrange the petals
around them, and tie all tightly to-
gether with fine wire. Now spread
and arrange the petals, and wrap
the wire stem with tin foil strips.
For the sprig Of holly, used heavy
tin foil, such as is wrapped around
tea packages. However, green cello
phane would also work very well.
Cut three holly leaves about 2
inches long, and rol or twist the
stem ends tightly. From cellophane
make single holly berry. Hold the
leaves and the berry together. and
tie tightly with wire. Wrap the stem
with tin foil. Either the poinsettia
or the holly slipped under the string
of a gift package adds much to the
attracttveness of even a simple gift.
For pretty Christmas flower. cut
six 3-inch circles of cellophane. Cut
all around the circle to make petals
about one-half inch wide. Round
OF the corners Of the petals. Hold
the petal between the thumb and
forefinger Of the left hand about
one-han inch from the top. Grasp
the top of the petal between the
thumb and foref1nger Of the right
Evening star., 1938-12-18

WHIT HHIN NuNNCooIuI dUtIIOIo, NU
whom checks for 81 each will be
mailed within the next few days,
are:
Marcella Ruth Maletz, 13, Of 1918
D street NE; Elliott Junior High
School.
MaripOsa Geier, IA, Mclean, Va;
Gordon Junior High School.
Barbara Scott, ID, of 206 Hill road
Post Office Box 28), Silver Spring,
Md; Montgomery Hills Junior High
School.
George Davis, 10. Mechanicsville,
Md; Charlotte Hall Public School.
Dorothy Carleton IA, of IS M
street NV; Langley Junior High
School.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Christmas Time

Christmas time is almost here,
Santa Claus is very near;
And If you're like most girls and
boys.
I know you'll want a lot of toys.
When you hear ole Santa knocking,
You'll know he's going to fill your
stocking;
And when he leaves you'll hear him
say,
Il wish you joy on Christmas Day"
CATHERINE POOLE. IL,
3705 Evans street,
Brentwood, Nd.
Evening star., 1938-12-18

.lng,' she said. And made up my
mind right then and there that the
next dog I owned would at least
know enough not to get hit by a
car
But Betty's present dog. wire
haired fox terrier named Mitzie,
knows considerably more than that.
She knows how to interpret her
young mistress silent commands to
come sit" or lie" how to accom-
pany her safely through the
heaviest traffic without q leash-in
fact, she even knows how to do
simple problems in arithmetic!
I've spent lot of time training
her Betty said. Shes az years
old now and I've had her since she
was about eight weeks old; so, you
see, she's had time to get a pretty
good education
Betty owned her first dog. also a
fox terrier but not of the wire
haired variety, about four years ago.
1t was not until about two years ago,
however, that she took up the
training of dogs as "a sort of spare
time profession.
"Mitzie was responsible for that.
guess" she explained Il made
out so well teaching her that people
started to ask me to train their
dogs.
Just about that time a movie
talent scout asked another girl and
me to go to the Universal studios in
Hollywood for screen tests. I'd al
ways liked to sing and. dance and
thought I might get a chance In
the movies.
I didn't break into the movies"
she continued, but my trip to the
studio turned out to be very worth
while, just the same While there
I met two men who specialized in
training dogs for screen WORKMAN
WeatherWaX, trainer of the famous
Asia, and a Mr. Rau, who had
trained police dogs in Germany.
We got to talking about dogs,
and they gave me lot of pointers,
and-Well, pretty soon I was help
ing them to train dogs for the
Charlie Ruggles Kennels. Two of
the dogs that helped to train have
since appeared on the screen"
But Betty has not abandoned her
own desire to enter the movies.
She is a senior at Western High
School now, and when she COM
pletes her course, she said. she hopes
to do something" with her singing
and dancing.
Meanwhile, however, she is devot-
ing most of her spare time to the
training of dogs-other peoples
dogs
Before she came to Washington
last August she conducted classes at
her home.
i don't have any regular classes
now that we live in an apartment"
she said. Now I Just give private
lessons-one dog at time, IN the
afternoons and on Sundays. When
the weather is good use Rock Creek
Park as my classroom"
Betty isn't much concerned with
"stunts"-though she has taught
Mitzie to add and subtract.
"Mitzie gives the answers in barks
and it isn't bad trick Betty
said. but what try to teach dogs,
mostly, is obedience. A well-trained
dog ought to obey its owner. even
if the command is only look. All
have to do is glance at Mitzie in a
certain way, and she knows exactly
what I mean"
i, As a singer, Betty sticks to popular
songs of what she described as q
mot too swingy'' type. AS a dancer,
however, she covers wider range
tap, Russian, ballet. etc. And in ad-
dition she plays both the piano and a
violin.
But no matter what I become
when I get through school," she
declared, III always stick to dog
training-as hobby, If nothing
mOrel"
Evening star., 1938-12-18
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.


Now the Christmas spirit is here.
The wind is sharp. the air is clear;
Boys and girls with cheeks so pink
Are speaking of Santa with a wink,
Women and girls, and men and bows
Are madly shopping for pearls and
toys,
And shaped bundles are seen
all day
Each one to help make some one
gay.
At home. there's an air OF mystery
Il can hardly study my history,
For Christmas Day is almost here
And soon we'll hear from old Santa
dear.
BARBARA SCOTT.
Evening star., 1938-12-18

Old Santa thanked them with de-
light;
He said, "I'll keep so clean and
white
That Mrs. Santa won't believe
I've done my work this Christmas
Eve"
Evening star., 1938-12-18

hand, and twist. Prepare all the
petal circles in this manner.
Make . center of cellophane and
tie with wire. leaving it about four
inches long for the stem. Pierce the
centers of the petal circles and string
them on the stem. Push them up
close against the center, wrap the
stem with tin foil, and nun out the
petals. This gives you pretty
flower, which can be madi any size.
Evening star., 1938-12-18

The campaign followed the same
form as those conducted by real
political parties-rallies, speeches,
etc. And after it was ever, Miller
proved to be the successful candi-
date.
Miller, Life Scout. is in the
10th grade at Woodrow Wilson High
School. His father is assistant to
the Assistant Secretary of Com
merce.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
A GRAND OLD FELLOW.

santa is a grand old fellow:
He comes on Christmas Eve
And fills the stockings to the tor
For the children to receive.
He trims the tree with jolly glee
And ties his sack up tight,
And up the chimney Santa goes,
Into the still, dark night.
Into his sleigh old Santa hops
And rides away to trim
Another pretty Christmas tree
Waiting just for him.
GEORGE DAVIS.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
A Natural Question

Author: This is the plot of my
story. A midnight scene. Two
burglars creep stealthily toward the
house. They scale a wall and force
open a window of the house. AS
they enter the room, the clock
strikes one"
Girl (breathlessly) which one?"
Evening star., 1938-12-18

While sliding down each chimney
stack,
Your face and hands will get so
black;
But this will keep you clean, We
hope
For here's a towel and some SOAP"
Evening star., 1938-12-18
The Right Spirit

It's better to give and be able to say
You were happy and blessed on
Christmas Day.
Never be afraid to do your part,
AS long as you know it's straight
from the heart;
So when years roll by and you're
old and gray,
You can say to your children, I'm
happy today"
HENRY LEE. 10,
GIG Forty-fifth place NE.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Puzzles

Articles of furniture are the theme
OF this weeks letter square Look
around you before you begin, and
maybe the furniture in your own
room will give you some valuable
hints. Begin at Il" and move
In any direction to an adjacent
letter. Each number begins a new
word.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Boy Succeeds in
First Political
CanDaian

Miller c. Foster, jr., 1924 Harrison
street NV, is successful poll
tician" at Is.
ScoutmaSter w. S. Anderson Of
Evening star., 1938-12-18

A few of them in q low bowl make q
very pretty centerpiece.
The cellophane drinking straw
also steps out in style to make pretty
tree or gift decorations. To make
the pompom, cut 10 slippers IN thirds
Holding them in q bundle, slip /
rubber band around each end. Tie
the bundle tightly around the CEN
ter with wire, leaving several inches
for a loop to fasten it by. Slip the
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Christmas Poems Win All
Prizes in Weekly Contest

The Junior Page all the
last "eekpoemS covering just about conceivable
coming monday
by ~
selected the
Evening star., 1938-12-18

Sugar."
mo, thank you"
Then what do you like with your
tea?"
Gossip"
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Santa's Warnine

Listen, my children. and you shall
hear
That it's nearly time for Santa
dear;
So mind your teachers, and mother,
too.
Because he's watching each one of
you!
ANGELA MARIE SHEEHAN, Q,
1891 Seventh street NV,
st. Gabriel's School.
Evening star., 1938-12-18

It's a Lot of BaIonev
Sign on butcher shop window: !:
Sausage from contented pigs that
made perfect hogs Of themselves. :"
Evening star., 1938-12-18
The Definitions:

The Definitions:
l. Something to write on.
2. Something to sit on (pl0.
3. Something to eat from.
4. Something to sleep on.
5. Something that plays music.
6. Something that ounces sit on
Z. Something to keep clothes in,
8. Something to rest on.
9. Something else to keep clothes in
10. Something three can sit on.
IL. Something to store treasure in.
IL. Something to cook on.
l3. Something to walk on.
IA. Something to keep books in.
Is. Something to hang clothes in.
l6. Something to see yourself in.
II. Something to light your room
with.
1o. Something to cover your floor
with.
Now form word diamond with
what holds up the books we don't
keep in the bookcase. The second line
is something the extra guest sleeps
on, the third is task, the fifth
is general direction, and the sixth is
the finish. Complete the diamond.
B o o K e D
E
D
3
Our word picture contains the
names of four pieces of furniture
Can YOU guess thema
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Posers

You probably won't be able to an
swer every one of these questions,
but be sure to check those that
baf11e you. In that way you'll learn
at least one or two new things, and
that's what we all want to do,
isn't it?
l. What river flows through the
Grand Canyon?
2. What is the capital of Alaska?
3. What British writer wrote many
poems about British soldiers?
4. OF what is brass made?
5. What States bound Colorado?
6. What are the Antipodes?
7. What European country ex-
ports q great many safety matches?
g. What islands are famous for
their pineapple production?
ANSWERS
/. The Colorado. 2. juneau. 3.
Rudyard Kipling. T. Copper and
zinc 5. Nebraska. Kansas, Okla
homa, New Mexico, Utah and
wyoming. 6. Countries or people on
the opposite side of the earth. Z.
Sweden. 8. Hawaiiap Islands.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Old St. Nick

Christmas Day is almost here;
Children laugh and sing with cheer
To see old st. Nick with all his toys
To bring to good little girls and
boys.
MILDRED MALONE, 13.
945 E street S.W,
Jefferson Junior High School.
Evening star., 1938-12-18

Cowboy displaying lasso): This
is used to catch cows"
City Chap: What do you use for
bait?"
Evening star., 1938-12-18

=
In the sentence below the missing
words are spelled differently but
pronounced the same. Can you
guess them?
He was met by their hostile
as he came down the -.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
|. The diamond is A, sup, sated,
authors, peony, dry and S.
2. Ere, cue, cure, cheer, her, here,
hue, rue.
8. Awl, all.
4. Crossword Puzzle Solution.
Evening star., 1938-12-18

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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-29

to the loyalty of Rotarians DR.. Hun
ter, Sharpe Shoemaker, Dean Nc
MILAN and Robert Barr-all four Of
them were right in the fight against
the Legion, but mostly with the
donkeys! The former Prince of
Wales is no longer the champion
"faller". DR.. Hunter now has the
title. He got on his donkey fifty
times and fifty times he hit the
ground! But you'll have to hand it
to him, he kept trying. Sharpe and
Coach Morphis, for the Legion, kept
him plenty of company, too!
FOOTBALLS IN THE AIR
Everybody in Europe and Asia
may be talking about war and rum
ors of war, but in the United States
the great battlefront is now on the
gridiron field and every Friday or
Saturday millions will turn out to
see their favorite high school and
college team fight.
For the past month we have been
getting encouraging first-hand re-
ports from Lansing, but we didn't
have any idea that the Ashe coun-
tvs Skylanders had such a power
house as was demonstrated in Wiki
esboro last Friday afternoon when
Coach Morphis' eleven swamped the
Wilkes county seat boys 80 to Z.
That was tremendous licking and
clearly indicates that the Lansing
high school football team is going
to be hard to stop this season. Those
boys did everything! They were
good at running, passing, blocking,
tackling, punting They looked more
like. a Wallace Wade college team
than they did high school aggre-
CATION. Hats off to you Coach. May
you win every gamei
Tomorrow these Skylanders meet
Crossnore on their home field at
Lansing. This will be the first home
game and the only one in the coun-
ty until November 4. It is an APP
palachian conference battle, too and
the outcome of this game will show
just what the Morphis crew will do
this season. Let's make it big
''home- coming day" and turn out
in big way tomorrow and yell for
the Ashe county gridders.
Saturday afternoon will be an
eventful occasion in the gridiron
history of A. S. T. c. Appalachian,
the defending champs of the North
State Conference will open the sea-
son against Newberry in a new stad-
ium dedication classic at, Boone This
should be real football game and
every available seat in the beautiful
new stadium will no doubt be filled.
The kickoff is at 2:30 o'clock. So
it's on to Boone Saturday to help
A. S. T. c. win another state title!
The big football guns were fired
lasASaturday and study of the re-
suits this week has given us some
idea of how to place the bets.
AS usual it looks like Carolina
and Duke will hold the spotlight in
the Big Five and Southern confer
ence race although State may give
both of them plenty of trouble.
Duke ran over Virginia's best
football team Saturday night in
Greensboro with a 18 to 0 victory
against V. P. l. The Wademen didn't
look any too good, but it wasn't nee
essary for them to really open up
with any of their tricks Straight
football was all they needed to con-
quer the military lads. Down in
Chapel Hill Carolina had to cut
loose to come out with only IA to
win over a strong Wake Forest
outfit.
Winning over Davidson 10 to Z,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-29
BASEBALL NEARS END

The curtain is falling on the great
national game of baseball and the
scene lis rapidly changing to the
autumn sport classic-football.
With only few more games left
to play, it now looks as though the
world series will find the fighting
Pittsburgh Pirates of the National
League matched against the unde-
featable American league winning
Yankees. It has been close race
between the Pirates, Cubs and Gil
ants, but the New York has at last
lost out and apparently the Pirates
will steal slight edge over the
Chicago boys when the final gong
sounds.
On the other hand, the Yankees
are sure of the American pennant,
in fact there hasn't been much
doubt about it since the season got
underway last spring. Those Yam
KEGS are hard to stop and Pittsburgh
will find that out, too! However, we
haven't placed our bets on them yet.
And while we are on the subject
of baseball, our prediction is that
with Vance GRAPHICAL on the mound,
Grassy Creek will be the American
Legion junior baseball champions in
Ashe and Wilkes counties. The fl
nal game of the series was played
yesterday, but this column was
written Monday night and therefore
the prediction. To Coach VanHoy
and his scrappy baseball team, con-
gratulations! Nobody seems to be
able to keep those VIC lads from
winning trophies. They won practi-
cally all of them last year and they
We started at it again this season.
What about it, coaches, of the other
nine schools in Ashe? Instead of the
European slogan, "stop Hitler, are
you going to stop VIC this fall? We
shall see!
And speaking of baseball, the big
gest and most thrilling game we've
had in the Blue Ridge mountains in
a decade was, played here last Sat-
urday night, on donkeys. That was
a side-splitter and there was plen-
ty of action as everyone who wit
messed it will tell you a year from
now! The Rotarians were supposed
to play the Legionnaires, but practi-
cally all of the members of both or
CARNATIONS got "cold feet at the
last minute and drafted in substi-
tutes to take their places. Twenty
years ago the Legionnaires had
nerve enough to face the Germans,
but last Saturday night they didn't
dare try to ride one of those buck
ing burros! And the Rotarians didn't
demonstrated great deal more
courage. Only a few of them en-
tered the game. Even President Le-
vern johnson and Commander j. B.
Hash are said to have ''hired" some
one to take their places! But here's