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Written for The Sun by W. H. (Boss) Hoover
f [The Sun asked Mr. W. H. Hoover
to write an article dealing with
Christmas for this newspaper. With
characteristic good-nature and generosity he complied. It has the true
ring of the "Boss"—high purpose,
deep sincerity, sound philosophy, and
love' and sympathy for his fellow
man—Editors The Sun.]
iHE Yuletide season into which we
T
1' are entering brings with it its
own spirit and life. Coming as
it does at the time when the evenings are long and nature has put on
her winter garment, suggests meditation on the one hand, and makes all
the more welcome a season of life
giving enthusiasm. Our wish for a
Merry Christmas involves the determination to do all in our power to see
(he wish realized.
We think of Christmas as the clay
the notable event of which was the
gift tp the world of its greatest Character and sweetest Personality. It is
particularly the day on which Heaven,
through the chorus of the angelic
choir, and earth, through the vision
arid hearing of the shepherds, were
vin most intimate touch.
On the first day when the Spirit of
God moved upon the face of the waters, He manifested Himself in power.
On the great birth night and the
. morning following, the Holy Spirit
'■ again manifested itself through its
contact with and touch upon human
■life. It is great when Heaven and
earth thus co-operate, and the essence
of spirit suggests growth and life
and power.
THE announcement of the great
event.was made through the angelic choir to simple shepherds as
they were watching their flock by
night. It was made to shepherds,
while they were engaged in their
work, ancl not to the proud or mighty
of the earth, and the harmony i« the
music was soul inspiring and created
great joy and confidence.
1 In harmony therewith was the song
of Mary the Mother, "The Magnificat"; and the song of Zacharias,
"Benedictus"; the song of the.Heaven
Iyi Choir, "Gloria in Excelsis," and the
song of Simeon, "Nune Dirnittis"—all
suggesting the spirit of the great
event.
As the angels were singing and the
shepherds responding, The Wise Men
. from the East were following the Star
which led thgaagg££jH.the Child. The
wisdom of tpe^wise and the pimple
faith of the shepherds'Uriite'dlin'^the,
search and finding 'of the Child and
Saviour of the world.
IN THE Child and in childhood is the
great promise of a future. We receive many legacies from the past,
but the future is contingent upon
childhood. Our wisdom is manifested
in our care for them, and the measure
and test of our civilization is our
. care for them. What a- loveless, unpromising .world we should have,
were it not for them.
The great message of the angels
through the shepherds and to the
world was Peace, Goodwill toward
men. The law of love, as Jesus taught
it, and the vision of the Kingdom of
Heaven, as it shone in His mind, are
the eternal principles motivating the
mind and heart of God and to motivate the life of man.
A GREAT principle of action and
life as suggested by this wondrous story is that of giving and
sharing. Heaven gave and we give;
Heaven shared and we share. That is
the spirit Of Christmas. We must not
be satisfied with giving- to those who
can give in return—a mere exchange
of courtesy-^but we must give and
share as Jesus gave and shared. No
real Christmas is possible without it,
- and indifference and stinginessi toward and overlooking or neglecting
the poor is suicidal.
On this gieat day, as on no other,
it.is*a happy event when families may
meet and fellowship. May we not I
express the wish and hope and the
determination to make as nearly as
possible the universal joy of the fellowship of a good home.
W. H. HOOVER. _.
ADAY-BAEIER
The Sun Is Printed This Week
On Tuesday, Instead of
Wednesday.
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT IN
N. C. PUBLIC LIBRARY
Boss Hoover, Who1 Practices " The Golden Rule."
The Sun goe? to press on Tuesday
at noon this week, a day earlier than
usual-, so as> to give its subscribers
on the rural routes opportunity to
read it on Wednesday morning. On
Thursday (Christmas) The Sun office
will be closed all', dny.
 0-	
People Must Not Be
Pessimistic, Gardiner
Tells Sun Readers
Rooms Decorated In Keeping
With the Season—One Panel
Portrays the Story of the
Birth of Christ From the Appearance of Angels.
Told Without
Varnish
Christmas
Thoughts
By BEN LONG
(Ebrtetmas 2)a£
in tbe (Eburcbes
All four churches in North Canton
will observe Christmas day (Thursday) with special music and special
services. Under Pulpit and Pew will
be found the full particulars.
[Additional church news will be
found on tho back page.]
HEART OF A. CHILD
NEW   BOOKS   ON   SHELVES
[It is with considerable satisfaction
that The Sun today prints below an
article on the business outlook from
the pen of A. G. Gardiner, one of the
world's greatest authorities on financial subjects, and recognized in New
York, London, Paris and Berlin as
"a conservative in . 'thought ancl
action." This article; is copyrighted,
and its republication in Ohio is for-,
bidden except permission is granted
by,The  Sun.—Editors The  Sun.]
By A. G. GARDINER
With the Christmas season upon us
and the end of the year at hand depression is a subject that occupies all
our minds in some shape or other, for
few of us have escaped the misfortunes of the calamitous year that is
drawing to a close.
Whatever our condition in life—
worker or employer, countryman or
town-dweller, tradesman or professional man, farmer or manufacturer
—there is only one tale to tell.
THE    heart    of    a
pure,  joyous  in
child—innocent,
the  firm   belief
The North  Canton  Public  Library j        that Santa Clans will  come.   To
is a busy place these Christmas days, j cl0U(|  those trusting eyes with tears
disappointment   anil   empty   that
The rooms are decorated in keeping 0f
with tho season. In one room against
a back ground of blue, dotted with
silver stars, stand out holy night
panels portraying the story, from the
sngel appearing before" the shepherds,
to the birth of Christ.
A Christmas tree in blue and silver,
as well as a huge blue candle complete
the decorations of the adult department.
Tlie juvenile room ls ornamented
with a Christmas tree, posters, a
border around the entire room of Santa Claus pictuers and a regular size
fireplace before which the stockings
•are hung.
Reference Department
In this department, directly to the
left of the door on entering the adult
department, are accumulated all the
reference books which were heretofore filed under whatever class number they were. There are seven sets
of general encyclopedias, dictionary,
U. S. catalog, the Readers' Guides,
Who's Who, Student's Reference Encyclopedia, Lincoln Library, History
of the Literature of All Nations,
World History, Lives and Messages of
the Presidents, Outline of Art, Radford's    Clcylpedia    of    Construction
In all my experience I do not re-, -,•■-■■,       .-      /-a
member  a  world  that  contained   so \ History and_ Encyclopedia.0!_Amevi
many long faces or was  filled with ""    "  "        "  ~
such various apprehensions about the
future. .-
St. Paul's
(>:00 a. m., high Mass, preceded by
the blessing of the crib in the mangei.
8:00  a. in., low Mass.
9:00   a.m.,   low   Mass.    Christmas
hymns by th'1 children.
11:00 a.m., low Mass/ followed by-
benediction of the Blessed Sacrament,
heart of faith in  the good  Saint on! The Community Christian
Christmas Day would be stark, criiel)     (i:30,    Christmas   service.     Preten-
tragedy. j tious .program in which choir and or-
That is what will befall a multitude | Kanist take leading parts,
of trusting little ones this Christmas-i zlon  Lutheran
tide unless you, clear reader, come to       ,, n„ . .  .     .
their aid ancl play the part of Santa i     "i00 a'm:- services  appropriate  to
Claus.     Shall  "one   of   the  least  of| Christmas day.   Special music,
these" awake on Christinas morning' Zion Reformed
for lack of the little you could givej     (,:00  a> nl-> sermon  by  the  pastor,
 The Real Significance of Christmas.'
childish  dream
to   make that
e ' i Special music by the choir and others.
No!   That must not happen.   Don't'  o	
fail them!
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THE GREAT DAY
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Leo Msirchand's Christinas Story
Here'^ a Christmas story Leo Marchand tells: "A7friehclY of mine was
tired and sleepy one Christmas morning when his little son ran into the
bedroom   and   shouted:    'Oh,   Daddy,
look at the beautiful trumpet I found
in my stocking!'
"'Very nice,' murmured- his dad.
'Now be a good boy and put the
stocking in the trumpet.'"
Here's Hoping All Children Have a Happy Christmas.
And  no  one  who  faces  the  facts
will pretend that there is not abund-
j ant excuse for long faces and appre-
I hension. Two years of depression
j have culminated in a year of almost-.
j unmitigated gloom, and it may be
| that wo have, not even yet touched
i bottom. I think we have; but the
j wish    may   only   be   father   to   the
thought.
I Bobs Up Again
|     But, however that, may  be,  I  am
certain that, wherever the bottom is,
we shall come to the top again, and
that   nothing'   will   bring   us    more
speedily out inter the-**ranshine  than"
confidence  in   ourselves  and- our  future.
Defeatism is the worst of all philosophies.
This country has always had its
ups and downs—its black patches and
its bright—like every other country
that ever was or ever will be.
Life is like that, both nationally
and individually. It is not a perpetual
school-treat or garden-party. It is'a
tug-of-war witli circumstance, in
which sometimes the pull is with us
ancl sometimes against us.
Our history is peppered with periods when the country seemed going
to the clogs and good people were in
despair about the future.
And always we have emerged from
our   nightmares   stronger    than    wc! .	
went into theni. j
Best Country In the World       (Stark  County  Association  Will
Today,  in spite of depression  and
ERRY Christmas! Bible students
say Thursday is the 1930th of
the birth of the founder of
Christianity. It was not in the year
one (1) of the Christian era, but in
the calendar year six (G) B.C., it is
now believed, that:
While shepherds watched their Hocks
by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.
"Fear not," said he (for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind):
■'Glad tidings of great joy 1 bring-
To you and all mankind."
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There is an ancient tradition that
during the hours before sunrise on
Christmas morning, certain animals
are endowed with power of speech.
And Shakespere, in the first scene of
"Hamlet," has referred to another
somewhat similar tradition, with regard to the crowing of a rooster at
dawn.
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THE   modern   word   "Christmas"   is
taken from the old English word
 ."Cristesmesse," Christ Mass. The
modern Dutch word ^'Kerstmisse"
shows a similar meaning!.. In France,
Christmas is colled "Npel," coming
from the Latin "Dies Natalis," natal
day. The word in German is "Weih-
nacht-sfest,"' taken from the preceding sacred vigil.
Incidentally—about the use of that j
word    "merry"    in    the
Christinas greeting:^ ■
I have heard people declare, on ac-
casion, that it "did not seem appropriate! to wish a Merry Christmas to
persons in sickness 'or sorrow."
Do not let that thought trouble you.
It  is a  mistake to imagine that tlie
TTnnP AYI  TIM    1     f\    n     I i wor<1     "men5"     necessarily     means
HERE ON JAN. 1,2,3,4 "m™^ ■"• '""-""* •"•*■*• •" "m
MRS. JULIA BROWN
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY
Services Will Be Held In the
Home On West Maple St. At
10 o'clock, and Burial Will Be
In North Canton Cemetery-
Was 72 Years of Age.
can Music, Books of Quotations, etc.
New  Books  On Shelves
A number of new books have
reached the library and are on the
shelves ready for the public. The list
follows:
"Magic Realm of the Arts," by
Henry Turner Bailey. An appreciation of the various types of art.
"Geister Games," by Edna Geister.
Complete and versatile set of party
plays and programs for every possible
occasion and need.
"The Second Twenty Years at Hull!
House," by Jane Addams. In this
book the author brings the story of
Hull House down to date. Miss
Addams sets down her experience and
reflections .along-TOanyirlines.-; -     	
"Vagabonds," by Knut., Hamsun.
Here is a pageant of life among the
poorer classes of Norway, the fisher-
folk, the sailors, the small, farmers
and villagers. It is a kaleidoscope of
rollicking adventure, of daring, of
knavery and brawls and love; and it
runs the whole gamut of human emotion and experiences.
"Beds," by Groucho Marx. A humorous sketch.
[Continued on page six]
TO EXHIBIT RABBITS
RESIDED   HERE    15   YEARS
One of North Canton's most respected residents, Mrs. Julia Brown,
aged 72 years, widow of James R-
Brown of West Maple street, died in
her home on Monday morning at
10:00 o'clock after a long illness.
She is survived by two children,
Miss Ethel Brown of the home and
Lloyd Brown of New Brunswick, New
Jersey; two sisters, Mrs. Lewis Owen
and Miss Mary Clemens of Niagara
Falls, New York.
Funeral  On  Wednesday
.   Funeral   serVise^ ';v&T be   held   on-
Wednesday,    December    24,    in    the'
home, at 2:30 p. m., Rev. M. A. Cossaboom and the Rev. Dr. E. P. Wise,,
officiating, assisted by Lee T. Lewis.
Interment will be made in the
North Canton cemetery.
Mrs.    Brown   was    a    resident    of
traditional! North  Canton  for 45  years.
CHARLEsYcOREY
Canton Rotarian Will Celebrate Birthday Anniversary,  Dec. 29.
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over four millions of unemployed, this!
country is a better country to live m :
than it has ever been, and a better j
country to live in, judged by any test |
you choose to apply, than any other,
on the whole map of the-world.       . !
I do not say this vaingloriously. f!
say it because it is the fact, and because that fact should be borne in
mind at a time when wc, in common
with every country, are passing
through lean years and hard times.
By alt means let us avoid painting
the landscape prettier than it is. But
we need not paint it darker than it is.
We  need  not cultivate  the notion
Have  Prize-Winning-  Bunnies
From a Number of States and
Foreign   Countries   In
Building, South Main.
G. H. WAGNER, SECRETARY
We learn from The Rotogram, official bulletin of the Canton Rotary
club, that on December 29 Charles J.
Corey will celebrate his birthday anniversary.
The Sun could say much about this
sturdy friend of crippled children;
this upright citizen of Canton who is
a sympathetic and understanding
friend to every poor "kid" in that
city and its vicinity.
;   , .        ,   , ..,•■!,     Charley   Corev   has   a   heart—not
l always  rises  before  me at this gladly u uuml,ing station—a heart that
for all  humanity.
fectionately   cherished    bv    those   of:.
everv   faith,
I an older significance, of "pleasant,
i and comfortable"; and surely it is ap-
I propriato to wish that to anybody.
j When the old Anglo-Saxons said
j "merry" (or "merige") is was al-
; ways in the sense of "pleasant."
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SOME figures are so associated with
Christmas day as to seem almost
j .   '   n very part of it. One such figure
and holy season.    It is the figure of!'boats*
St. Francis of Assisi.   His name is af-       Lo])g may  he contillue to enjoy  a
seat at the hirthdav table of the Can-
cherished    by    those
of every  creed.    A.s  he
loved   all   men,   all   nature,   and   all
I things great and small were to him as
G.   H.   Wagner   of   North   Canton, ■. his  brothers and  sisters, so all  men
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ton Rotary club!
secretary of the Stark County Rabbit: loved him, and will always love him.
^association,     wishes     to      announce j     I  like  to  think  of that  Christmas
that   things   are  worse  for  us   than > through the columns of The Sun that I manger, or crib, which he planned for
they are for other people.   They are. the  14th  annual  winter  rabbit show
not.   They are better. - | 0f the  Stark  County Rabbit associa-
Other Nations Hard Hit i tion will be held in North Canton in
If you doubt this, take a swift men
and caused to be arranged at a little
village near Assisi, and  to which  lie!
came with a multitude of   followers, i
tal tours round the world in the light
of the news, ascertainable by anybody who  cares  to know, of  recent
.Telling of the Activities of North Canton American Legion Post No. 419 and of the Legion Auxiliary
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
The North Canton Post Officers
Ivrish each member the best Christmas
-yihey have ever had and that the New
Year will   bring them the   best of
everything.
*,". We-want to thank you for your c'o-
- operation throughout the past   year
Vantt syour  help has   made   Post 419
-^Ohio's Best."
>    Regular Meeting Notes
TWednesday, Dec. 17, about thirty-
•'-'flve .membeis  attended   the   regular
Xegion meeting.    Plans were   made
for* the usual Christmas gifts to the
"CrwlSWar veterans and to the families
-of our departed Buddies.
/* A plan is being worked on where
«the 50 eligibles, who have not signed
up^will be called on and invited to
join with us in making North Canton Post; Ohio's Best and Livest. You
ex-service men who read this, don't,
wait for that call but phone Gordon
Curry, or Frank, Stover of The Hoover
company or. at their homes and tell
them to sign you up.
Your membership will- be a fine
Christmas gift to the Legion. It will
be a gift not only to North Canton,
but to the nation.
Report On Needy Families-
Howard Warburton the Service Officer gave a report on several needy
families. It "is the duty pf Legionnaires to report to him .all needy
cases of ex-service men and their
families.
Awarded Special Citation
Letters were read from the National Adjutant and his assistant informing us that we had jqst been.awarded a SpeciaFCitatiDn for Most Distinguished Service which is the highest award a post can be given by National Headquarters. Salem and Canton Post sent us letters of thanks for
our hospitality on Dec. 3.,.
Letters of Thanks
Letters of thanks were sent the
•North Canton Ladies' Auxiliary and
The Canton Band for their help and
it was not small, in making the Dec.
3rd meeting a success.
Attended  Conference
Commander Curry gave a r-eport on
the   National   Commander's   banquet
and conference at Columbus which he
and Adjutant John Stover attended.
■Want Safety Signs
A notice was read . requesting the'
installation of safety signs for school
children at the edges of town. This
is a plan our Post has had in mind
for some tiirje and as soon as funds
are available it shall be done.
Adopt Standard Uniform
The Legion has adopted a standard uniform and we hope this year we
can outfit our firing squad with them.
•There are nine men. and. the uniforms
cost about $27 each, which means an
outlay of- $243. Thisahd new bugles
for our drum eorp are the major needs
for the post at present.
conditions and doings in 'any of the j Sunday, January 1, 2, 3 and 4
the Wise building on the south edge j And I like to read the beautiful leg-
of North Canton, at the corner of ends which seem to have sprung up
Schneider road and South Main street, from the very soil where his feet
on  Thursday,   Friday,   Saturdav   and| have trod.   When we see the Nativity
MEW COUNCILMAN
Albert  E.  Baab  Succeeds  Gordon  C
Curry,  Recently Resigned.
great countries—;Germany, Russia,
Spain, Italy, India, China, South
America.
If there are any exceptions they
are to be found in small countries
like Denmark, Holland and Sweden,
which are happily outside the rivalries . and armaments of the great
Powers.
So much for the general, outlook,
which I take only in order to get this
question in the right perspective.
Not until we realize the plain fact
that to all our European contemporaries we are, with all our misfortunes, the most enivable-nation today
can we understand that this is not a
time for despair, but a time for confidence and resolution.
Sees a Silver Lining
Let us take a nearer view of our
own situation. Again, I wish to avoid
any flatulent optimism. If there is a
thing I loathe more than pessimism
it is the other 'ism.
What I want is to see things and
tendencies as they are, and if I lay
emphasis on the silver lining, it is
not., because I am hot aware of the
black cloud, but because I know that
the cloud will pass ancl ■ the sun will
duly  reappear.
Take the general prospects of trade.
They are bad enough. They may become even- worse before they are better.
But I believe, and much abler students -.of  the  world  tendencies  than
Judging Day, January 1
All entry blanks must be in by
Saturday, Dec. 27.
There will be the regular classes,
many specials and premiums. Applications for entries have been made
by a number of distant points; including Kansas, Missouri, New York,
Michigan, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Foreign Countries To Show
Rabbits from foreign countries will
be shown, many worth $125 or more.
A rabbit banquet" will be held on
the evening of Jan. 1 in Bender's
cafeteria in Canton.
Those interested should get in
touch with G. H. Wagner, show secretary, 122 Soujli Main street, North
Canton.
Admittance to the show is entirely
free.
Two weeks ago  Gordon  Curry  resigned as a member of  the  Village
scene so tenderly and graphrcail^Ve,"   Council,   and  in  the   meantime   the
resented, the work of devoted and lov
ing hands, we may well remember
that the Christinas creche, or crib,
first originated with St. Francis.
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ITH.the Christmas air still  filled j
with the music of carols,  let us I
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members looked around for a successor to Curry. They decided on Albert
E. Baab of North Main street and he
ivas sworn in on Monday night, December 22.
Mr.  Baab a number of  yeais ago
served   as  a   member   of   the   Water
Board.   His election to Council means
a hard-working, conscientious   mem-
also memember the canticles and i ber of that body, say men who know
Mr. Baab.
Mayor's Report
Tlie report of Mayor Wolf for November was  submitted  to  Council  on
Monday night.   It showed $85.48 collected in fines and permits.
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Dr. Beck In Florida
The Rev. Dr. E. M. Beck is in
Tampa, Florida, aiid will remain there
for several weeks. .
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On the Sick List
_„._._          Mrs. R. C. Willigmann and grand-
'Iahi also believe, that the tum is in  son, ■"Jimmy*'. Jester are on the sick
sight,1,'
- list.
songs, some of them by St. Francis,
which were a part of the Chritsmas
celebration held around that sacred
crib in that little village in Italy, in
the year 1223. It was probably in the
following year ,that he composed his
remarkable "Cantico del Sole" (Song
of the Sun), also sometimes called
"Song of the Creatures." This was (10
years before Dante, and St. Francis
thus early was turning his sweet Italian tongue to the uses of song.
Another figure T like to associate
\vith Christmas is that of Phillips
Brooks, the world renowned bishop
of the American Protestant Episcopal Church. It was in Philadelphia
that he wrote for a Christmas festival
those lines beginning, "O little town
of Bethlehem!" which link him peculiarly with this day.
And then there is the side of Christmas day, not inconsistent with its
deeper meaning, the side of good
cheer, of merriment, ancl of the human
touch of sympathy, so well interpreted
by Washington Irving and by Dickens.
Their books are'apt to be among our
chosen companions on this day, and
we welcome their figures to our
thoughts. •
WATER TOWER
New    Estimate    Reduces    the    Cost
SH.OOO, Says Engineer.
The proposed water tower to hold
200,000 gallons was discussed by
Council on Monday night. Engineer
Roscoe M. Rice, at the request of the
Water Board, submitted an estimate
and the cost will be $20,000, a reduction of $6,000 from the original estimate.
This reduction is due to the fact
that the new tower will be erected at
the pumping station, thus eliminating
extra pipe/ and extra labor. It will
be "just hooked in," "said one member.
The new tower cannot be financed
until after the first of the year. It
Was at the suggestion of the Ohio
Bureau that negotiations were entered into for a new tank. It was either
more water or increased insurance
rates, so the village offiicals wisely
decided to take the water.