The Valdosta Daily Times from Valdosta, Georgia (2024)

December 23, 1954

Publication:

The Valdosta Daily Timesi

Location:

Valdosta, Georgia

Issue Date:

Thursday, December 23, 1954

Page:

7

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The Valdosta Times Thurs Dec 23 Page 7 MARY MARGARET McBRIDE SAYS Money IMT CALL! COTTON 98 inance Thrift Co PAJAMAS 117 Ashley St Warm cotton flannel Smart washable broadcloths All col ors and patterns Sizes A A HEART ELT This time of year a we count our blessings we always recall our many faithful friends To those of you whom we were honored to serve and helped us achieve such a successful year we say with pride and gratitude JUST BETWEEN US A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS ft 288 DRESS SHIRTS By NANCY MOTTHAM GIRARDIN JEWELERS 303 North Patterson The Dasher Church of Christ 100 2995 Valdosta Georgia Every Christian family should hear this message 4 To No finer at ary puce 4 A A BeuerValues Home 5 KSUMUM! MJM limited START PAYING NEXT YEAR Invites You to Hear "Our Richest Treasure Classified Ads Sei Anything or Your CHRISTMAS SHOPPING A a A C' I' lie service" I changed my mind about the country need ing them but Barbara who drop 1 ped In unexpectedly ihe other day made me wonder whether the ad vice is so good for the young brings you to New York?" I asked "Job Barbara answer ed grimly am out Jan 1 you know" I know but It follows for in her state the opposition party won and the post she has held for 10 years will go to a political sup porter of the new governor Barbara had a good position when she was called to public Are We Really Serving Those We Should Serve the NEW lend of the world' finest MILD coffees with just the right seasoning of chicory A Gospel Message On Christian Education Belk Hudson Company your favorite one stop Christmas store in Valdosta reminds you that the time is running short Visit us today for your last minute gift needs All gifts beautifully wrap ped at no extra charge Complete washable Sizes 8 to 18 Dept Third loor) Rayons Nylons Wool Jersey and Cotton Broadcloth Sizes 30 to 46 (Second Joor) Ksz Indifference Stops Grapevine Chatter The grapevine that tangled thread of talk that travels around to all ears is carrying tales about you and it making you happy Your personal business is be coming public your private sec rets private any more and worse the further that chit cat goes the more twisted It gets Chances are you recognize your own affairs after the grape vine has gone over them! Nobody likes to have chatter start and take wrong turns along its route But you might as well ac 1 cept the facts People will talk do and the latest news is always good for a going over at the soda fountain When 1 a friend has spilled a confi dence or some body happens to Mottram want to settle a grudge and uses words as weapons for revenge you have a problem How do you tackle it? Your first impulse is to answer back sound off deny it loudly and try to track the story down You help wanting to get things straightened out as soon as pos sible but starting a crusade often has the exact opposite effect inding the source of gossip is By Archdale Snowy white and assorted solid colors ully san forized Sizes 14 to 17 (irst loor) 100 Wool SWEATERS (irst loor) for the whole country The trouble is that what she learned help her much in the business world And of course she is older now so she worries a good deal about getting work Her place has been taken by an earnest deserv ing member of the other political party who will have to learn as Barbara did step by step While she is doing It the tax payers will be the losers job and thousands of others are tossed like badminton birds from one political party to another every time an ad ministration changes Certainly more bright young people' ought to be turning to gov ernment for their work But as long as the top administrative jobs are In the hands of political bosses who aportlon them to those whose politics conform it surprises me not that more of the young go into the field but that so many do Men and women concerned with good government have worried over the old spoils system since the beginnings of our two party system The term meaning public service posts used to reward the faithful has come to have unpleasant overtones and civil service examinations have been set up In an effort to give continuity to many mostly small government appointments said Barbara big public service jobs are of interest mainly to men with assured in comes who have made namps In private Industry and are grateful enough for what they have gained to want to give something back Government also attracts profes sionals in social service and re search who are more interested In the job itself than In the financial rewards i I dare hope as a taxpayer that the time may come when both our parties will handle key appoint ments idealistically giving them I to the best most qualified persons with the assurance that there will be no change of tenure because of what happens in the polling i booths Maybe then we can at tract those types" for I whom the campaign time orators i unanimously declare they are searching (rom AP Newsfeatures) Browsing With Bookworms At The Library A Visit rom St Nicholas Twas the night before Christ mas when all through the house Not a creature was not even a mouse The stockings were hung by the chimney with care In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be Clarke Moore GOOD MORNING MISS DOVE rances Gray Patton The resi dents of liberty Hill knew that In this changing world there was a very special constant and that was Miss Dove who had taught almost all of them geography dur ing her 35 years reign at Cedar Grove Elementary School What then was the world coming to when Miss Dove was spied being carried out of school at mid day carrying pocketbook wearing hat and gloves to be sure but never theless behaving in such an un usual manner? GOOD BYE MY James Street James Street has written a touching story of a boy Skeeter an old man Uncle Jesse and a dog Lady which takes place in the swamps near the Pascagula in Mississippi Skeeter finds Lady in the swamp trains her into an un equalled hunter and finally must give her up But he has matured to take this loss manfully al though most unhappily REBELLION ROAD Helen Topping and John Dewey Topping Duncan Wade returned from the war to find his Alabama plantation in ruins his mother dead his father an un kempt man and Marian Villerand urging him to rich" and mar ry her This is the story of the violence that followed return to such a life THE BLACK SWAN Thomas Mann bold and disturbing theme prevades this deeply mov ing and tenderly Ironic tale of a strange deception In it Thomas' Mann once again reveals his mas tery of psychological analysis and his profound perceptions Into the mysterious realm where the phy sical and spiritual DEATH AND THE SKY ABOVE Andrew Garve Charles Hilary wanted a divorce so he could mar ry television performer Kathryn orrester but Louise Hilary had told him she would never permit it Then Louise was murdered and Charles was arrested tried and sentenced to death and from there on this story is filled with tension STARLIGHT BASIN Glff Cheshire A story of the west when trouble was brewing between the cattlemen and the homesteaders and Lex Starlight was out to break a corrup political machine by means of his newspaper LOST elix lusu pof absorbing blend of fa bulous living eccentric personali ties scandals and enchantments this is a personal history of a glamour departed time" By Prince elix Youssoupoff murderer of Rasputin 'HOME COMPLETE GARDEN HANDBOOK John Hayes Melady This is a wonderful book for both the newcomer and the old hand at gardening A com pilation of five garden books it contains all the information you need in a single volume 'and in cludes sections on: when and how to plant flowers and vegetables for every season guardin gagainst in sects and disease and protecting trees detailed information about plant foods fertilizers soil in gredients and many graphic line drawings and charts SEVEN DAS TO LOMALAND Esther Waxner Mrs Warner tells of the seven day trek through the junglej of Liberia West Africa taken to clear the reputation of Comma who was caught between the forces of his mission learning and his own people SPIES OR THE BLUE AND THE GRAY Harnett Kane Here is a colorful and lively story of the spying that took place dur ing the Civil War The'spies were an interesting and altogetherhu man lot a Washington hostess whose charm drew cabinet secrets from her admirers: actresses who thought every colonel and captain was fair game and even a quiet Quaker school teacher from the Old Dominion NYLONS fl Plain and dark shades A lovely gift (irst loor) 0 By Hickok A host of widths and colors (irst loor) CONE GIT TOWEL SET Oft One Bath Towel large size One Guest Towel one Wash Cloth AU COlOrs I ii ivv unconditionallt GUARANTEED A All colors Maroon Naw Brown Green Sizes 34 to 46 (ourth loor) DRESS BLOUSES Burma Gab SPORT SHIRTS $198 I5CIK I IlKlSOll 1 LOOK OR THI "WHITE" RENCH MARKET CAN AT YOUR GROCERS all fr COATS SUITS All styles in a complete assdrtment of fabrics (ourth loor 1 Boys wrc SHIRT SET Gift boxed shirt with bow tie and cuff links Sizes 4 to 8 (Third loor Boys I Department) Quality NECKTIES own Archdale brand ancies and solids (irst loor) By Athens Clay Pullias President David Lipscomb College Sunday December 26 7 rom time to time I make service Through the years In the speeches to the young exhorting capital she developed new skills them to consider careers of "pub that made her department a model LOANS Up to $300 almost impossible and your efforts only put the whole thing in the spotlight and make it bigger news than ever Nobody has an oppor tunity to forget! Tellllng your side of the story to anyone listen will put you even deeper talking much too much and those who yet heard any mention of your name will then Protesting too often will add spice to the current cackle so sit tight and plan a campaign guaran teed to work Deny it of when repeated to you But make it Cas ual Give the impression that be cause it's false not important and drift into another subject think about it until way out of proportion and nothing left of your days but wor ry The best cure Is to Ignore the whole thing even speak pleasantly to the characters sure have been talking Don't give them the satisfaction of seeing you con cerned Indifference Is by far the best reaction Without a sign that you care the gossip mongers will look for better game Miss Mottram cannot answer all letters personally but the most important ones will be answered In her column I Without Delay BORROW TODAY mXXWCiWWMWW GITS Our complete Gift Department ifth loor features finest collection of lovely practical gift items 1 WwlMbMr 1 3X i IwWJ 5 MS 1 IIIk xTTV SE IM ENT I 1 1 2 i I I ZB I e95 I I 9" I 3ft brt8fl3 a I I 1 A 1 A 14? i.

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