Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], December 19, 1946, SECTION A, Page 4, Image 4

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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS
ADVERTISING - PRINTING - EMBOSSING
OFFICE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES
THE LARGEST NEWSPAPER IN HALIFAX COUNTY
By Mail — $2. Yearly — In Advance
ROANOKE RAPIDS, NORTH CAROLINA
CARROLL WILSON, Owner and Editor
Entered as Second Class matter April 3rd. 1914, at the post office
of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, under Act of IMarch 3rd., 1879
Published Every Thursday Afternoon
IS xUHiKHi A SAINT A ULAUS:
We take pleasure in answering at once and
thus prominently the communication below, ex
pressing at the same time our great gratification
that its faithful author is numbered among the
friends of The Sun:
“Dear Editor — I am eight years old. Some of
my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa
says ‘If you see it in The Sun it’s so.’ Please tell
me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O’Hanlon,
115 West Ninety-first Street.”
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They
have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical
age. They do not believe except they see. They
think that nothing can be which is not comprehen
sible to their little minds. All minds, Virginia,
whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In
this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an
ant, in his intellect, as compared by the intelli
gence capable of gathering the whole truth and
knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He ex
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tion exist, and you know that they abound and
give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas!
How dreary would be the world if there wwere no
Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there
were no Virginias. There would be no child-like
faith then, no poetry, no romance to make toler
able this existence. We should have no enjoyment,
except in the sense and sight. The external light
with which childhood fills the world would be ex
tinguished.
j Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as
j well not believe in fairies! You might get your
/ papa to hire men to watch all the chimneys on
/ Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if
they did not see Santa Claus coming down what
would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus. The
most real things in the world are those that neith
er children nor men cari see. Did you ever see the
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fairies dancing on the lawn? Of
course not, but that’s no proof
that they are not there. Nobody
can conceive or imagine all the
wonders there are unseen in the
world.
You tear apart .the baby’s rat
tle and see what makes the noise
inside, but there is a veil cover
ing the unseen world which not
the strongest man, nor even the
united strength of all the strong
est men that ever lived, could
tear apart. Only faith, fancy,
poetry, love, romance, can push
aside that curtain and view and
picture the supernal beauty and
glory beyond. It is all real. Ah,
Virginia, in all this world there
is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! He
lives and lives, and he lives for
ever. A thousand years from now,
Virginia, nay, ten thousand years
from now, he will continue to
make glad the hearts of child
hood.
Postoffice Open
Saturday Til 5
Due to the heavy demand and
large volume of Christmas mail,
the Roanoke Rapids Post Office
will remain open Saturday after
noon until five o’clock, accord
ing to an announcement by L.
G. Shell,, postmaster.
f^ew Laundry Will
Open in February
A new laundry and dry cleaning
plant will soon be ready for opera
tion in Roanoke Rapids, Weldon,
and the surrounding area. The
business will operate under the
name of Halifax Laundry, Inc.,
and will offer a complete and
modern laundry and dry cleaning
service.
The building, of concrete block
construction, has already been
completed and is located on the
site of the former Johnson’s Laun
dry at 102 West Littleton Road in
South Rosemary.
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The machinery, all new and the
most modem and efficient on the
market^ has already been pur
chased and about two thirds of it
has already been delivered. The
owners state they expect to do
first class work and render
prompt, efficient, and courteous
service.
The new business is owned by
E. J. King, of King Tire Service,
and T. R. Wilson, of the Halifax
Paper Co., Inc. The concern hope:
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Radio Station
Has Birthday
Radio Station WCBT last Sun
day observed its sixth anniversary.
In the six years that have pass
ed since December 15, 1940,, when
the station first took to the ai,
WCBT has seen the number of
broadcasting stations in the State
more than double, and now as the
station enters its seventh jjear,
WCBT is planning to add frequ
ency modulation broadcasting to
its activities.
In its years of broadcasting,
WCBT has developed into a noted
news outlet, and has maintained a
high rating among the natiory
small-market stations in program
ming.
S. E. Crew is president and gen
eral manager of WCBT. Commer
cial manager is A1 Drew and Jes
se Helms is program director.
Special Program
Spring Church
The young people and children
of Spring Church Sunday School
will present a Christmas program
on Monday, December 23, at 7:30
P. M. The public is cordially invit
ed to attend.
to be able to start the dry clean
ing department by January 15,
and the laundry department by
February 1.
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IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?
Away back in 1897, a little girl wrote to the editor of a big daily
newspaper. Some smart kid had told her there was no Santa Claus and
she knew the editor would tell her the truth. So she brought her
troubles to him and he answered her in the words quoted below.
His answer to the little girl has been reprinted more times than
any article in the history of the world. There are many newspapers
that would not think of going to press Christmas Eve without that
editor’s answer. The Sun prints it every year on the front page of
that metropolitan newspaper. It has been translated and printed in
every foreign tongue where the printing press is known.
Its message has run down thru these many years, gladdening the
hearts of children, curing the skeptic and bringing a heart-throb of
remembrances beautiful to the strongest of men. To us, it contains the
sweetest philosophy imaginable, when we recall it came from the pen |
of a case-hardened, practical old city editor on a great daily. Head
it yourself, read it aloud to your family this Christmas Eve; treasure
it as we do for its beauty and simplicity, its everlasting spirit bf faith, ,
hope and love. Here it is: j
To All a Merry Christmas_
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