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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 _ ■ • i i _____— m .I .-Ir/-v . lsts, as cerraimy an iuve <mu gcuciuou,,y ^ * w 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 KBsC i: 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. r1 ■' ■ 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: • X. • • x. • • x. • • x. • * x. • • x. a a x. a • x. • a x. a • x. • • x. • a x. a i 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. a. • • a. • • a. ■ • .c • • .4, • • a, • • a. • • a. • • a. • • a^> • a. • • a. • • a 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_ / pOR SALE I 50 Acres / I wooded land! 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