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4.The Perkins Journal Thursday, December 22,!977
Perkins. Tryon
Demon
Dispatch
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Third Graders Present
Christmas Program
The two third grades
presented a Christmas pro-
gram on Thursday. Decem-
ber 15, called White
Christmas. All the grades K
through 6 attended the
presentation.
Characters were Tom,
Lloyd Evans; John Wendell
Hawxby; Jean, Dawn Coff-
man; Mother, Leanna Biggs;
Mary, Jean Manke; Joseph,
Robert Mackey; The Three
Shepherds. Kris Harper,
Steve Gan Darrell Wilson;
The Wisemen, Tyrone
Grass, Shawn McLemore
and Brandon Hise. Members
of the choral speaking group
were Monica Gottfried,
Jacque Milner, Deena Hast-
ings, Robin Matheson, Jo-
linda Bostian, Lori Luster,
Scott Walker, Bobby Bell,
Russ Pace, Chet Cundiff,
Corby Doyle (solo), David
Craycraft, Doug Damron
(violin), and Suzann Casey.
Singing choir members
were Terry Stafford, Travis
Harris, Burr Berger, Richard
Goforth, Bruce Moore, Dale
Robinson, Danny Smith,
Eric Wolfe, Tommy Bruce,
Cory McDaniel, Treva Fowl-
er, Stephanie Van Cleave,
Elizabeth Cole, Scott Peter-
mann, Vernon Hood, Jeff
Jardot, Paula Hunt and
Tricia Frame.
Lights were operated by
Tony Tabor, Terry Stafford,
and Richard Goforth. Violin.
ist for the production was
Doug Damron, and Suzann
Casey was the announcer.
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Third Grade Reading Class Tells
of their Christmas Customs
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By Madge Evans
Mrs. Madge Evans' read-
ing class of third graders
wrote lette to pretend
friends in her countries
telling how each celebrate
Christmas.
Dear Connie,
Before Christmas we pick
up our tree. We decorate our
tree with icecicles and lights
and blue and red balls and
tinsel. We put a star on the
top. Then we go out and put
lights all around the house.
Then we go in the house and
put up our stockings.
Robin Matheson
Dear Steven,
I would like to tell you how
we celebrate Christmas. We
have a tree that we decorate
with decorated balls. We
also either put a star or an
angel on top of our tree.
Then we put lights on. We
also put presents under our
tree. On Christmas morning
we open our presents. The
whole thing about Christmas
is celebrating Jesus" birth-
day.
Your pen pal
Corby Doyle
Dear Nickolas,
We put up our Christmas
tree today. We put red and
green ornaments on it and
Dear Frances,
I'll tell you how to
celebrate Christmas so you
can celebrate too. Go find a
tree: decorate it with
ornaments and put some
icicles and bulbs and lights
on it. Then put presents
under it. On Christmas we go
to church. When you get
back from church you can
play with your toys. And that
night you eat turkey. That's
the main dish.
Your pal,
Jacque Milner
Dear Heldred,
Today we put up our
Christmas tree. We put red
and green ornaments up on it
and icicles. It's really pretty.
And we went to Grandma's
house and we ate till we were
stuffed. It was a nice
Christmas!
Love,
Suzann Casey
Dear Pen Pal,
We celebrate Chrismas
like this: We put up a
Christmas tree. Then we put
presents under it. Then we
go to our Grandma's.
Your Pen Pal,
Kris Harper
Dear I can't think of your
name,
We go to church on
",= icicles and lights. Now comes Christmas Eve. We put up
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':: presents and then we play our tree on Christmas Eve.
::, with some of our toys. Then We get an apple in o
we get dressed and go eat at stocking. We don't care
Grandma's and Grandpa's much about presents. We
don't get much presents. We
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until we get stuffed. Then we
visit them for about 2 hours
and then we leave.
Love
Deena Jo Hastings
Dear Kelli,
This is how we celebrate
Christmas. First we buy a
Christmas tree. Then on
Christmas Eve we decorate
it. Last is icicles. Then we
hang up our socks. The next
mornmg we get up and open
our presents. Then we play
with them. Then we eat
turkey and stuffing.
Jolinda Bostian
Dear Pen Pal,
We celebrate Christmas in
America like this. We put up
our Christmas tree first.
Then we hang bulbs and
other things. We wrap our
presents. Then in the
morning we open presents
and have a big dinner and a
whole bunch more things.
How do you celebrate? But
that is the way we celebrate.
We put up our Christmas
tree around December 10 or
11 or 12 and that is the way
we do that. I forgot to say we
tnnners? ,. c pul this stuff
under the tree. We get
togeth@ with our friends and
relatives and have a lot of
fun.
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celebrate the birth of Christ.
Doug Damron
Dear Charan,
We are going to have a big
Christmas tree this year. We
are going to watch "IV the
night before Christmas. We
are going to open presents
on Christmas morning. We
eat chicken and noodles on
Christmas day.
Your Dear Friend,
Jean Manke
Dear Josh,
I celebrate Christmas like
this. First I chop a cedar tree
down. Then I get a stand and
put it up. And we put on
bulbs, lights, icicles and a
star and put presents under
the Christmas tree.
From David Craycrafl
Dear Pulla,
You celebrate Christmas a
different way than we do.
We celebrate Christmas like
this. In the first of December
we put up our tree and
decorate it. And we also put
our Christmas lights on our
house. We put a manger on
the TV that is about a foot
long. We eat oyster stew.
Your pen pal,
Lori Luster
Dear Peggy,
This is the way we
celebrate Christmas. First
we go out and cut down a
tree. Then we take some
,::,mems and icicles and
put them all over it and then
put presents under it. Then
when it comes Christmas day
in the morning we unwrap
them. Then comes the good
part--when you play with
them.
Your Pen Pal,
Leanna Biggs
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AROUND THE FARM
(Remember, this was in
16901) So, the elder Watts
said, "Well, if you think you
can write better hymns, then
why don't you?" So Isaac
went to his room and wrote
one. Watts ended up by
penning 350 hymns. It just
goes to show human nature
hasn't changed since 16901
Anyhow, Watts got the
inspiration for "Joy to the
World" from Psalm 98, and
wrote it in 1719, and the
present tune was taken from
music composed by George
F. Handel, best known for
the "Messiah". However,
"Joy to the World" is
technically not a Christmas
song. In fact, if you read the
verses it sounds more like
the second coming of Christ
than the first. But "Joy to
the World", has, like
"Jingle Bells" (last week),
been incorporated into the
Anglo-American treasury of
traditional Christmas carols,
and I guess that's okay.
"O Come, All Ye Faith-
ful" is an English translation
of a Latin hymn of the 1600s,
"Adeste Fideles." The
present tune we sing is
credited to John Reading in
1692, a London organist and
composer. As for some of the
other carols, "We Wish You
a Merry Christmas", "God
Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen",
"What Child is This?"
("Greensleeves"), and "The
First Noel" are English
carols, though "The First
Noel" possibly originated in
France. "Deck the Halls" is
Welsh, and "O Christmas
Tree" and "Good Christian
Men Rejoice" are of German
origin. "Angels We Have
Heard on High" is a French
carol. "It Came Upon a
Midnight Clear" was written
in America, and "Go Tell it
on the Mountains" was a
Negro spiritual. "Good King
Wenceslas", another old
carol often associated with
Chrismas is actually not a
Christmas song, it takes
place on the Feast of
Stephen, the day after
Christmas.
Well, l've covered most of
the traditional-conventional
American Christmas carols.
Relatively, we hear few
Christmas carols, and
JOURNALISM STAFF
EDITOR--Keith Disney
Anita Allen Jason Anderson
JeffBrown Mike Byrd •
Ida Cretsinger Debbie Colvin
Marsha Coffman Carol Dry
Cheryl Courtright Guy Rose
Louis Cowan Tracy Cundiff
Sue Grimes Ricky Lomenick
Ronnie LomenickJohn Moore
Debbie Parks Rosemary Rice
Jerry Sharp Tim Spence
Brenda Turner Terry Ventris
Jenifer Summers and Tam-
my.Sparkman
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they're usually the same
ones every year. There are
many, many other Christmas
songs we seldom ever hear
played. Anyway, I hope you
learned something about the
stories behind popular
Christmas carols, so when
the carolers sing them at
your door you'll know where
they came from.
At the risk of having too
much history this week, I'd
like to commemmorate the
911th anniversary of the
Norman conquest of Eng-
land. 911 years this month,
William the Conqueror
crossed the English Channel
from Normandy and fought
the English in the Battle of
Hastings. The English King
Harold was shot in the eye by
an arrow and was killed.
William was crowned King
on Christmas Day (Julian
calendar) and a riot followed.
The Normans spoke French
and the rough, hard lan-
guage of Old English was
greatly modified. It has
continued to change over the
years, and our present
• Kelly Carroll
Crowned Band Queen
Kelly Carroll was crowned
ed Perkins-Tryon Band
Queen on December 13 at
the Band's Christmas Con-
cert. Kelly is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Carroll of Perkins. Kelly has
been in band for three years.
She plays the alto sax. When
Kelly was asked what her
reaction was when she heard
that she had been elected,
she said, "I felt honored to
represent such a fine
organization."
Kelly has gone to Perkins-
Tryon for 7 years. She is
active in FHA. She was
historian and president of
the local chapter and is also
vice-president of Central
District. She is a member of
the First Baptist Church.
Kelly's ambitions after she
gets out of school is to go to
college and major in Special
Education. She hopes to go
to O.B.U. Her hobbies are
practicing her music, sew-
ing, decorating cakes, and
playing the piano.
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The Real
of Christmas
By Jerry Sharp
Christmas is a time to have
fun and get gifts and be with
your family. But is that what
Christmas is all about? What
does it really mean to you? Is
it a jolly old man called Santa
Claus, giving out lots of
gifts, or decorating a
Christmas tree? Or is it
Christ's Birthday? That is
what Christmas is really all
aboutt
Long ago in a little town
called Bethlehem a little
• baby was born. You may ask
what is so great about a baby
being born, but this was not
just an ordinary baby it was
Christ who is our
Angels were heard on
Shepherds and Wise
came to see this great
and brought him
Imagine!! Christ our
was born on Christm
But today when we
around us, people
around us, people
the real meaning of
mas disappear. So I
you only one thing. Stop
think one moment about
real meaning of
For the birth of our
the real meaning of
mas.
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English is a far cry from the commercialized and a lot of
early tongue. "people are on the scene
.... solely to grab a fast buck,
In case you haven't and for some people it is a
noticed by now, this Sunday very unhappy time, but the
is Christmas Day. Christ- meaning is still there if you
masl The very name stirs up just look in the right place.
memories and feelings. The "In the beginning was the
celebration of Christmas is Word, and the Word was
completely unrivalled in with God, and the Word was
magnitude by any other
• celebration or season in
western civilization. There
are so many legends, made flesh, and dwelt
customs, memories, pecu- amongus."
liarities and complications "And she brought forth
connected with the holiday, her firstborn son...and laid
it would be impossible to him in a manger."
sum them all up here. Even "For unto us a child if
Easter owes something to it, born, unto us a son is given:
for if there were no and the government shall be
Christmas there would cer- upon his shoulder: and his
tainly be no Easter. To be name shall be called
sure, the holiday is highly Wonderful Counsellor, The
Band News
Everything went smoothly
at the Band Christmas
Concert December 13. The
bands that performed were
God...In him was life, and the 6th grade band, the
the life was the light of ,Middle School band, and the
men...And the Word was High School band. Mr.
Taylor and Mr. Washington
received their Christmas
presents in the usual way.
Mighty God, The everlasting
Father, The Prince of
Peace."
Merry Christmas!
See you next week.
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After the concert,
one enjoyed cookies
punch as the band
opened their gag gifts.
Mr. Washington,
student director from
ton University, had his
day December 15. We
glad to have him work
us. Good luck, Mr.
ton!
The band played at
Student Council
December 20. Some of
band played as a brass
while the rest sang
A pep band will
home basketball games.
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