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HAPPY HEW YEAR • 1950 t Happiness ceases »o be ( merely a word and again r becomes a sincere wish. The New Year is like o re birth of time itself offering ( all the promises of a new V world. J AC K ‘N’ JILL 112 N. NEIL STREET mr ^ ll \\\ff an "DaLEf (sreeti nGS • 1949 May '-he tilings of gnat joy be yours in full this Christmas. W. LEWIS & CO. CHAMPAIGN CHRISTMAS ON DISPLAY IN STATE LIBRARY Springfield 111. Dec. 1949— Christinas in many lands is the central theme of a Yuletide now on display at the Illinois State Library in both the Centennial and Archives buildings, Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett, state li brarian, said today. The customs of countries in all parts of the world are shown i through the use of Christmas greeting cards and the Christmas unit of the Informative Classroom Picture Series, a special group of black ami white drawings prepar ed by the Informative Classroom Picture Association, with accom panying texts, for use in schools. This classroom series trac.es the development of the Christmas ob servance from the Roman Saturn alia and the midwinter festival of the ancient Druids into the Chris tian era- when it became the re cognized anniversary of the birth of Christ ^ Once more all things are ^ possible foi all men to achieve * if 1 )J9 49 VI, tbe bfesunyj of ( Lriilmat jj\ JrMfftJ , upon your bom*S in ► abut* Junto. BLUMS 124 N. NEIL ST. CHAMPAIGN. ILL. Raps Bigotry In Columbia Award New York.— (Atlas) —In his first act as Director of the Na tional Teachers Division of Um United Public Workers (CIO) , Edwin S. Smith urged General Dwight D. Eisenhower- president of Columbia University, to ter minate a cash fellowship open only to "person*, of the Cuscasian race." 109 S. NEIL 209 S. WATER ST. The Yule is o season k r songs and reiorcrng Our earnest hoi* e that all vou Inendly people mo\ share in the. .} in? to the utrnc i And lor who! it t, v. >r:h v* ;r »->u» h* jrlit :,i wishes toi o vti y Mtiny Cliiuinia* SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO. Tin* vijviruty of th*- - i <n i > hji | -1% i mly m live r »y- n f i ii i*j to Hi* - 11*■ 111 Of III-;I Merry * *, ; > is Hferrg Chrietrafi* Jersey Creme Bottling Co. CHAMPAIGN CHAMPAIGN PHONE 4838