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Last Will and Testament
This most famous Will said to be written by an insane
lawyer, has become one of the classics of American literature.
We take great pleasure in reprinting it for our friends as a
token- of our appreciation at this Christmas season.
I, Charles Lounsbury, being of sound and disposing mind
and memory, do hereby make and publish this, my last Will
and Testament, in order, as justly as may be, to distribute
my interest in the world among succeeding men. That part
of my interests, which is known in law and recognized in
sheep-bound volumes as my property, being inconsiderable
and of no account, I make no disposal of in this, my Will.
My right to live, being but a life estate, is not at my disposal, but these things excepted, all else in the world I now
proceed to devise and bequeath:
ITEM: I give good fathers and mothers, in trust for
their children, all good little words of praise and encouragement, and all quaint pet names and endearments, and I
charge said parents to use them justly, but generously, as
the needs of their children shall require.
ITEM: I leave to children inclusively, but only for the
term of their childhood, all, and every, the flowers of the
- field, and the blossoms of the woods, with the right to play
among them freely, according to the custom of children,
warning them at the same time, against the thistles and the
thorns. And I devise to children, the banks of the brooks and
the golden sands beneath the water thereof, and the odors
of the willows that dip therein, and the white clouds that
float high over the giant trees.
And I leave the children the long, long days to be merry
in, in a thousand ways, and the night and?the moon and the
train of the milky way to wonder at, but subject, nevertheless, to' the rights hereinafter given to lovers. *    •
„ ITEM: I, devise rto boys, jointly, all the idle fields and
commons, where ball may be played, all pleasant waters
where one may swim, All snow clad hills where one may
coas-fc-an-I. au^ -fish-   or
where, when grim wimeV comes, one may skate, to.have and
to hold, flie same foiHEhe period of their boyhood. And all
the meadows, with the clover blossoms and butterflies thereof, the woods with their appurtenances, the birds and squirrels and echoes and strange noises, and all distant places
which may be visited, together, with the adventures there to
be found. And I give to said boys, each his own place at the
fireside vat night, with all the pictures that may be seen in
the burning wood, to enjoy without hindrance, and without
any incumbrance of care.
ITEM: To lovers, I devise their imaginary world, with
whatever they may need, as the stars of the sky, the red
roses by the wall, the bloom of the hawthorn, the sweet
strains of music, and, aught else that they may desire, to
figure to each other the lastingness and beauty of their love.
ITEM: To young men jointly, I devise and bequeath all
boisterous inspiring sports of rivalry, and I give to them the
disdain of weakness and undaunted confidence in their own
strength. Though they are rude, I leave to them the powers
to make lasting friendships, and of possessing companions,
and to them exclusively I give all merry songs and brave
choruses to sing with lusty voices.
ITEM: And to those who are ho longer children, or
youths, or lovers, I leave memory, and bequeath to them the
volumes of poems of Burns and Shakespeare, and of other
poets; if there be any, to the end that they may live the old
days over again, freely and fully without tithe or diminution.
-ITEM: To the loved ones with snowy crowns, I bequeath
the happiness of old age, the love and gratitude of their
children-until they fall asleep.
Beautiful Christmas
If you look at Christmas as a spectacle, a kind of supreme picture of both physical charm! and smybolic beauty;
it is hard to find any occasion that is superior to. it. People
- like to see life as a kind of ascending -scale. So they love
to see the year close -with a grand climax in which the
Christmas holiday is the finest thing we have seen in the
12 months. So the year approaches its end in a blaze of
glory.
As the Christmas season comes near, the homes take on
a charm they have not seen for 12 months. The green of
wreaths transmits the beauty of the forest to commonplace
daily iiaunts. The little evergreen tree transfers the spirit
oixthe hills to our homes. When it is decked with colored
lights or candles and tinsel, the sparkling picture makes the
- children scream with delight, and the older folks feel equally
happy.
Colored lights and candles fill the streets with brightness, and tell the world that the   time of   joy   has   come.
Towns are festive under the glow of   these   thousands   of
' little lamps.
In "the churches surpassing pictures have been arranged.
. . The" choirs present carols and anthems in which the inspiration of melody and harmony has come down through the
_r ages to thrill our hearts. With emotion stirred by song and
'rhythm-.the mind is lifted far, out of its common place ruts
into a paradise of hope and cheer.
.   The old folks catch the infection of merriment from the
; children, and act like spring Iambs on a simny day in April.
-A day that is so full of happiness should have many thoughts
'of the Giver of all Good, and a thankful resolve to carry the
Christmas spirit over into the new year, and let it lighten
"the^nath of daily toil.
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Chimes Ring
Over North
Canton Monday
Pantomine 'Silent Night, Holy
Night;' Orchestra, Glee
Clubs, and Choirs on Annual School Program.
Christmas carols, played on
chimes resounded over North Canton village Monday evening from
7 to 7:30 as records of the carols
were broadcast from an amplifier
at the high school building
The half hour program was a
prelude to the annual Christmas
program presented by the combined musical units of the grade
school and high school and the
high school dramatic club.
The high school orchestra opened the program with "Christmas
Overture," directed by Francis
Hammond, music supervisor. The
grade school choir which was next
on the program sang three numbers under the direction of Miss
Jean Morrison.
The high school Girl's Glee club
presented three numbers, also;
"Holy Season" a Yugaslavia folk
song, "Dance of the Gnomes" by
McDowell and a Czeck folk song.
One of the high spots of the program was the boys choir, composed of 50 soprano and alto voices,
part of which are changed and the
other part unchanged. They were
accompanied by pipe organ effect music, planned to create cathedral effect with a stained glass
window in the background and
candles on the small organ with
the whole scene lit by "dim
colored lights which receded and
brightened (hiring the songs.
The latter part of the program
was the pantomine, "Silent
Night, Holy Night," which was repeated from the program last year
by popular request. Miss Helen
McCall played the part of the
mother telling the Christmas story
to her children as she put them
to bed. The children were played by
Nancy Powell and Max Willaman.
As she told the story reproductions of famous paintings of the
story appeared on the screen. These
pictures were drawn by students
in the art-'-classes at school.
After the children were asleep
Santa Claus, impersonated by
Glenn Spangler came on stage and
brought the toys to life. Children
who took the part of toys included
Samuel Oliver and David Basinger as , Jack-in-the-Boxes;   Wayne
Phalanx Members
Install New Chapter
Orville Miller Leads Candle-
Light Service at Salem:
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Five members of Alpha "Gamma
chapter of Phalanx fraternity of
North Canton traveled to Salem
Sunday afternoon to initiate-.the
Salem chapter of the national Phalanx fraternity. . .' 7,
Orville Miller was in charge of
the candlelight ceremony. which
was held in Salem memorial chapel
at 2 o'clock. Those from 'North
Canton, besides Miller, taking part
in the ceremony were Kenneth
Rohrer,, Wilbur Bailey, Jack Coughlin, and Tom Slusser. ; ".•
Theme of the regular Thursday-
meeting this week will be--"You
bring, your toys and. well, break
them." It will be game night with
Fred Letherman in charge,of the
program.
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Hi-Y Clubs to
Sponsor Dance
Friday Night
Harvey Decker and Orchestra
to Provide Music for- Annual Affair in Pine Decked
Building Lobbies.
Rotarians Treat
Guests to Gala
Christmas Party
Roy Harpold, as Santa Claus,
Distributes Kitchen Utensils
to AB Those Present for
Good Behavior.
Soft colored lights, pine decked
lobbies and the smooth ryhthm of
Harvey Decker and his orchestra
will feature the annual Hi-Y dance
to be held at the Community building Friday evening, Dec. 27, from
9 to 1, o'clock.
The dance will be semi-formal
and open to alumni and friends of
the Hi-Y. It will be presided over
by a master of ceremonies who accompanies the orchestra.
Guests of honor will be Mr. and
Mrs.\ Waynef Russell, Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Hammond, Miss Florence
Buchanan and guest, Miss Evelyn
Gatrell and guest, and Miss Frances Seederly and guest,
It will be the largest dance of
the year on the club calendar and
is usually attended by close to-a
hundred couples. Lawrence Bishop,
is general chairman for the whole
evening program, assisted by various chairmen and their committees. - - :'    .'
Both lobbies ot the building will
be used with thejcenter waH folded back to make"roomf for**u plat
form on which*- tlhe
One of the highlights of the
'Christmas social season was the
annual Christmas party given by
fthe Rotary club for the Rotary-
Anns ind honor guests last Thursday evening in the Community
Christian church.
Santa Claus, in the person of
Roy Harpold, added to the merriment of the evening when he handed out presents to all the guest3
for their good behavior during the
past year. Each person there was
given some small kitchen gadget
.which had decorated the large
Christmas .tree which stood in the
middle of the large room during
the party.
The meeting was opened by an
invocation given by Rev. Norman
Emch. President Charles Carper
welcomed the guests and honorary
members and turned the meeting
over to Charles Schafer, program
chairman. Mr. Schafer introduced
Sister Clara Bailey of the Trinity
Lutheran church, who played
number of selections on the harp.
* Rev. Emch told the Christmas
story, of "Simon Strong's Christmas," the story of a cross old maja
who was 'taught the true meaning
of Christmas by the actions of a
group of children whom he had
treated unkindly.
The guests were led in singing
Christmas - carols by Francis Hammond, with Russell Rudy at the
piano, and expressed a decided preference for "Jingle Bells." The
banquet meal served by the women of- the church was a turkey
dinner with all the trimmings,
There,will no dinner meeting of
tie Rotary this week due to Christmas, but members will meet at the
Christiari church at 7 o'clock for
their regular session.
Birthday Dec. 25
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Community Library
Gets New Books
OTCri6StT3_L Will
Taylor, Billy Smith, and.-Cl^to^^;ateWThe^tirex'han is,-to be
Carson as tin soldiersjyand^ Patsy
Post; Joanne Sayler, Dorothy Warren, Joyce Carol Israel, Yvonne
McNlsh, Marilyn Dourhn, and Ei-
McNfsh, Marilyn Dohfm, Eilepn
Mohler, Martha Miller and Shirley
Green as dolls.
Entertained at Party
Twenty-four children from the
Goodwill Mission in Canton were|
entertained by the Junior Department of the Zion Reformed church
in an annual Christmas party in
the church Saturday afternoon.
The guests were brought- up
from Canton in the Community
building bus and greeted by some
40 odd North Canton children who
were to be their hosts for the
afternoon. The program for the
afternoon included group singing
of Christmas carols, .followed by a
play period. All of the children
were given Christmas treats and
refreshments were served.
decorated with' pine/ boughs, and
-Christmas lights and decorations.
Bill Cossaboom is chairman of
the decorating;- committee which
will move and rearrange the furniture in the lobbies for the dance.
Dick DeMuesy is head of the committee which will clean up the
rooms after,. the dance. Charles
Hoare is chairman of the ticket
committee and Jack Weinhart is
publicity chairman. He has also
made arrangements to obtain pine
boughs for the decorations.
ROYER AUTO DAMAGED^
The automobile belonging to Ir-
vin Royer-wa's* considerably damaged Saturday evening when it was
sideswiped by a car driven by Harry Hoffman while parked on Portage near Willaman St.
Bill Miller, driver of the Royer
car had gone to deliver groceries
when the Hoffman car, traveling
west struck the car and then hit
a pole.
Boy Picked
Up Here Sunday
Christmas day will be a day of
double celebration for little Carol
Joyce Reed who will also celebrate
her 4th birthday on Decetnber 25.
Carol, who is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dillon Reed of 616 S.
Main, can sing 18 church songs
from memory and quote scriptural
passages. She often sings solos in
church.
Carol was named after the
Christmas carols sung on her
birthday. On Christmas day she
will spend part of the time with
her grandmother, Mrs. Henry
Davis, in Canton who also celebrates Chris'tmas as her birthday.
Eagles Aid in Civic
Affairs During Year
Members   to   Fill   Christmas
Baskets for Needy
Summing up their accomplishments during the past year, the
North Canton Eagles prove their
civic mindedness by the projects
which they have carried out for
the benefit of individuals in the
community.
Club funds have been used to
purchase a wheel chair for a crippled boy otherwise unable to get
about and buy a radio which has
been presented to Molly Stark
sanitarium.
During the holiday season the
members will fill Christmas bask-
'Oevefend:^ Lath. Goto- Months
Travels to- Florida.
• A run away boy, being hunted
by Cleveland police and-E. B. I.
agents for the past month;- was
picked up in North-Canton Sunday
evening and returned to his par- •
ents in Cleveland Heights-
The boy, Thomas Montgomery,
aged 15, had disappeared from his
home in Cleveland around the first
of December, and his father, Robert L. Montgomery, fearing something had happened to him, asked
the police to aid in the search.
' When he was. picked up by R. A.
Smith, police officer he said he had
been to Florida with a. companion
and during the time of his absence
had often slept in. police stations.
He was supposedly on - his. way
home at the time he was discovered. Smith first contacted Massillon police who- checked with Cleveland and located the boy's father
who came here to take him. home.
JMor Chamber Has
Annual LightingContosf
Lights Must be Visible Outside, Turned on Dec. 26, 27.
The Canton Junior Chamber of
Commerce has announced that
their annual Yuletide lighting contest will be conducted along the
same plan as it was last year, with
al entrants requested to keep their
lights turned on between the hours
of 6:30 and 11:30 on December
26 and 27.
The contest rules this year are
the same as last yedr and prizes
will be awarded to each of the five
districts with three additional
prizes.
AH lights in the contest must
be visible, from the outside and the
decision of the judges will be final. Contest chairman is P. W,
Krienberg.
List Includes South American
Stories for Intermediates
The tendancy in fiction for some
time past has been toward the historical novel and scarcely a phase
ef early American history has not
had at least one book written about
it.
One of the latest books to come
to' the shelves of the library deals
with a different subject—the
French and Indian war about Detroit and the Battle of Lake Erie
and Perry's victory. It is written
by a native Ohioan, Robert Harper,
and tells the story of Jubal Johnson who went to Franklinton, now
Columbus, Ohio, to make a home
for the girl who was waiting for
him back in Philadelphia.
Jubal was drawn into the war
and fought with the English
against the French and Indians
After months of hardships he went
back }o Franklinton to find his
best friend had been lost in the
fighting and his girl tired of waiting and there soon grew in his
heart an intense hatred of war.
However he was soon back in the
fighting zone and the description
of the Battle of Lake Erie is a
most stirring tale.
For the intermediate readers
there are two splendid books which
give a better understanding of
South America. "South American
Roundabout" by Agnes Rotheryis
an adventurous travel book with
the emphasis on the appearance of
the different countries, the interesting people and the surprising
animals, with authentic history to
give a background and many incidents and amusing legends.
"Two Children of Brazil" by Rose
Brown portrays an unusually delightful family whose home is a
coffee plantation in Brazil. The
carnival in Rio de Janerio offers
adventures and the story shows a
thorough familiarity with this part
cf the world.
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Couple Celebrate
Golden Anniversary
Churches Plan
Annual Services
for Christmas
Lutheran, Reformed and St.
Paul's have Ceremonies
Christmas Eve, Christian
Church in Morning
Parents of Mrs., Harpold Have
Dinner, Tea in Akron.
Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Chambon of Akron, parents
of  Mrs.   Roy Harpold,  celebrated
ihes m North Canton who .gre not
taken carei of through, other'agencies. /
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with a, dinner party for friends
.and relatives in the home of their
daughter, Mrs.' R. H. Freitag in
Akron. • *   '
Sixty friends from Beaver Falls,
Pa., 7o*c-tW l^ome of J^Lr. and Mrs.
Chambon» came to A,ltron in a
chaptered' bus 'fo^'attend -the din*
ndr and congratulate the couple on
their anniversary. • '•
Besides the friends there were
thirty members of the family who
were present at the dinner, some of
whom came from long distances to
be "there. Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Chambon, of Chicago, son and daughter-
in-law of the couple; Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Chambon of Flint, Mich,
another son and daughter-in-law,
and Mrs. A. L. Crites of Los
Angeles, daughter, were present to
greet their parents. Sunday afternoon a tea was held from 2 to 7
honoring Mr. and Mrs. Chambon
in their own home.
Mrs. Crites, who came east to
attend the celebration spent last
week in North Canton visiting
with Mrs. Harpold. Her other
brothers and sisters are expected
to visit in North. Canton during
the holiday week before they return home.
Home Ec. Girls Tell Christmas Story in Pictures on Windows
of   the   first
Six high school girls, working in
their spare moments in and after
school hours have completed one
of the most colorful displays at
the North Canton high school ever
planned as a class room project.
The girls started the project as
a part of their class work in 10th
grade home economics. Under the
direction of their teacher, Miss
Helen Schleppi, they decided to
paint the windows of their class
room with   scenes
Christmas.
Using ideas from other Christmas pictures two of the girls, Patty Wood and Betty Mooring outlined the pictures on the windows.
They capitalized on the fact that
there were seven windows in the
room and used the center one as
the theme of the whole scene—the
manger scene with Mary, Joseph,
and the infant Jesus. The picture
to the left is of the wise men crossing the desert sands as they follow
the light of the -star. On the right
of the manger scene two windows
show the) shepherds on the hillside,
startled to see the angels in the
sky announcing the birth of the
Lord.
The tw-t far windows to the left
of the series depict the .wise men
from the-East adoring the madonna and child and the presentation
of their gifts. The other, window to
the far right is not connected with
the religious story of Christmas
but is simply a Christmas window
with Christmas candles and lights-
Betty Schreckengost, Helen Cowan, Frances Roush and Ruth Rader
assisted in painting the scenes, using show card paints in harmonious,
color schemes for the individual
pictures. The golden hay on which
the child Jay, the black And green
of the rocky hillside, the deep blue
of the midnight desert, the multicolored clothing of the people, even
the brilliant blue of the Child's1
eyes, form the picturesque tapestry for'"the pageant of that night.
In planning the colors to~ decorate
their room, the girls worked out
ideas for color combinations studied in their regular class work.
At night the windows are lighted
up with colored lights behind each
picture so that the people outside
the building may see their full
beauty. A white light behind the
manger scene points it out as the
theme of the' series and centers
attention on the mother and child.
A blue light behind the wise men
as they cross the desert toward
Bethlehem gives the effect of the
travelers pressing onward through
the deep blue of night, anxious to
reach their goal, and a similar blue
lia'ht behind the shepherds on th>.
hilf side also signifies the quiet
nifcht when the angels appeared in,
the sky to tell the story.
The madonna and her child are'
highlighted with a blue light and
the kings from the east with a red  class, art students under the direc
one as they present their precious J tion of Miss Ruth    Schory    made
gifts. A  red  light  is also behind  '"---•■
the window of Christmas candles
and trimmings. The   lighting    effects have been carefully planned
to. bring out the best in   the   pictures,  giving  more expression   to
the faces and lending the proper
atmosphere to the time and place.
Along the same lines as the work
carried out by the home economic
Christmas scenes of stained glass
window designs from colored cellophane for the windows around the
main entrance. There are thirteen
pictures showing both religious and
modern Christmas scenes.
The pictures will not be removed
from the windows until after the
students return to school in January and may be lighted up during
the vacation period.
Churches in North Canton will
igain conduct,their annual Christ-
man -eve and Christmas morning
services following the lines of
simple candlelight ceremonies and
Christmas caroling with anthems
and solos by choirs and individuals.
The first of the services will
rstart at 11 o'clock Christmas eve
in Zion Lutheran church. It will be
a candlelight service featuring in-
utrumental Christmas music with
a _ Christmas message. The choir
will lead a candlelight procession
and the congregation will open the
(service with Christmas carols.
Special music for the program
will be given by the Friend sisters,
Donna Friend, Mrs. Ruth Mohler,
■ind Mrs. Mabel Yutz. Harold
iSchoner at the organ and Marie
Burkholtz at the piano will play
duets. There will also be a ten
minute organ prelude to the whole
program.
Services at St. Paul's Catholic
church will start at 11:30 with the
Blessing of the manger and hymns
by the congregation, At midnight
Rev. Anthony Mechler will conduct
7iigh mass, preaching the Christmas story. Both choir and congregation singing are on the program.
At 8:30 Christmas morning the
Shepherd's mass will be held with
special music by the children's
choir. Their numbers will include
"Silent Night," "First Noel,"
"Come AU Ye Faithful," and
"Angels We have Heard on High."
IjOw Mass will be conducted at
3 0:30 with all services open to
the public.
Simultaneously with services at
St Paul's, Zion Reformed church
will conduct its candlelight Christmas program. Following the prelude "The Shepherds" by Mailing
ind "Jesu Bambino" by Pietro, the
processional will start as the congregation sings the Christmas
carol, "Hark ..the Hera}d Angels
JSing." Fpllowfifgj- thej'magnificat
and invocation,' the choirVwill sing
the anthem "Cherubjm Song" by J
TchaOdstgv Other anthems which" Ii
will be su$g during the service in-
<4ude,t /"Now-ALet-, JHe Heavens
%dore"TRe%'-?"Ghry*%o God in
the ffigheet^:...'. and -, Hallelujah
Chorus.''. "O, Holy Night" will be
sung, by Miss Genevieve Richards
with a violin obligato by Miss
Thelma Earle.   -
The candlelight service will be
started with an introduction by the
pastor and the lighting of the
candles of the messengers. The
messengers will then go through
(he audience, lighting the candles
of the congregation while the choir
sings "Silent Night, Holy Night."
The Community Christian church
tvill have its service at 6:30 Christ-
mast morning. The Junior choir
will carry lighted candles in the
processional, singing "Adestes Fi-
deles." Audrey Hamilton will sing
"Jesu Bambino," and the high
school choir will sing the numbers
"Westminster Carol" and "I Heard
the Bells on Christmas Day." Miss
Jeanne Myers will sing the solo,
"There's a Song in the Air" and
numbers by the senior choir will
include "All Hail the Virgin's Son"
and "The Shepherd's Story." The
recessional will be "Hark the Herald Angels Sing."
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Girl Reserve Holiday
Scheduled for Friday
Neighboring    Clubs     Invited
to Annual Gathering:
Plans are going forward for the
Girl Reserve holiday to be held at
1he   Community  building    Friday,
27. The holiday is an annual
f!!$
Dec.
event sponsored by "the girls' club
lo increase interest in their work.
Several neighboring clubs have
been invited to participate in the
program and replies have been received from the clubs in Union-
lown, Canal Fulton, and Middle-
branch. Girls from the Fairmont
Children's home have also been invited to the meeting which will
start at 2 o'clock at the Community building.
Each club who attends the Holiday is expected to give a ten-minute entertainment as part of the
program. Jean Warstler is general
chairman for the entire affair.
Jean Kuntzman is chairman in
charge of the singing, Evelyn Metzger and Jean Masline, chairmen
for name tags, and Donna Davidson in charge of the refreshments.
Devotions, which will be conducted by, Dorothy Kolp, will be a silent
candlelight worship service based
on the theme, "The American Way
of Life." A sextet composed of
Pauline Chenot, Alice Van Vran-
kin, Janice Hanel, Marian Phillips,
Norma Daily, and Wanda Blatti,
will present musical selections during the devotions. Group singing
will be led by Miss Frances Seederly.
NOTICE
Since regular publication day
next week will be New Years, the •
Sun will be printed and delivered
Tuesday. In order that we may accomplish this, it will be necessary
for all news and advertising to
reach this office not later than
Saturday.
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