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PAGE TWELVE YHE DAILY TIMES . GAZETTE MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1951 An Old Fashioned Wish To You All -- Merry Christmas "Korean Christmas Carol Somewhere in Korea (AP)--Lt.- «Col. Darrell T. Rathbun of 8t. Petersburg, Fla., has written this version of "The Night Before «Christmas": S » KOREAN CHRISTMAS CAROL 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the tent Was the odor of fuel oil (the stove- pipe was bent). The shoe paks were hung by the oil stove with care: In the hope that they'd issue each man a new pair. The weary GI's were sacked-out in their beds, And visions of sugar-babes danced through their heads. When up on the ridge-line "there rose such a clatter Chinese machine gun had started to chatter). I rushed to my rifle and threw back the bolt. The rest of my tent-mates awoke with a jolt. Outside we could hear our platoon sergeant Kelly, A hard little man with a little pot belly. "Come Yancey, come Clancey, come Connors and Watson, Up Miller, up Shiller, up Baker and Dodson." We tumbled outside in a swirl of confusion, So cold that each man could have used a transfusion. "Get up on that hilltop and silence that Red. . ; "And don't you come back - 'till you're sure that he's dead." Then, putting his thumb up in front of his nose ' Sergeant Kelly took leave of shivering joes. But we all heard him say in a voice soft and light: "Merry Christmas to all -- may you live through the night." us Miss Merry By MAUD MCCURDY WELCH ! Meredith Harris, known as Merry, sat at her desk in the big insurance office and fought back her tears. A voice startled her. "Why are you here working? Are . . . you crying?" It was Hugh Mallory, the agency head. Merry said, 'Just finishing up. Everybody's in such a hurry." "It's Christmas Eve. Let every- thing go." Hugh started to his , office. Merry's eyes followed his tall figyre. She liked him very much. He turned back. "You didn't tell me why you were crying." "It's nothing. My sister and her family have gone to California. I guess 1 . . . I'm lonely." "That may be my good luck," he said surprisingly. He was alone, too, he explained. His sister - in - law who had looked after his little daughter since the death of his wife four years ago, had left unexpectedly. His Aunt Amanda was still with them, but she was getting old. There was no one to do the things to make a little girl happy. Would Meredith help him? It took them three hours to fin- ish shopping. At seven o'clock, Hugh's luxurious car turned on the - drive of an imposing house. A little girl sat in a big chair looking lonely. She held out her arms and cried a little. "We're not going to have a Christmas tree or anything." : Hugh Mallory swung his little daughter up in his arms. "Oh, yes we are." He put her down. "This is Miss Meredith Harris. She's going to see to everything." + And it was the most wonderful Christmas Dee had ever had and the most beautiful tree. But Merry's gift was best of all. A beautiful Siamese kitten. After the presents had been distributed, Merry and Dee sat in & big chair, Dee stroking the kit- ten's head. "How did you know I wanted a kitten more'n anything?" ' "Because I was a little girl once myself." Hugh went uptown on an errand in the later afternoon. Soon after a handsome woman in rich furs ad jewels came in, "Aunt Hilda, you . back?" '"Yes, Dee, I know my duty, even if your father and I . . ." Hilda aie off staring at Merry. "Who's LX kd "It's Miss Merry Christmas . . . that's what I call her. She fixed my beautiful tree, did every - thing." Hilda looked at Merry coldly. "You can go now. And take that cat with you. They're full of germs." "No.#. . . No" Dee cried in anguish. But Hilda tore the cat from her, . came thrust it in Merry's arms. The next thing Merry had been ushered out the front door. She went to her small apartment, | sat down in a chintz chair, hold-| ing the kitten. "Well, after all, it | | AND GOD CHEERY FoR A Werry Clristnizs AND A " Happy Hew Year To All Our Friends and Customers. Model Shee Store 32 Simcoe St. S., Phone 5-1521 Christmas was fun even if it is over," she confided tearfully to the cat. But it wasn't over. Two hours later, Hugh Mallory knocked on her door. "I hunted through a hun- dred office files for your address and I found you at last." Merry was flushed. 'Your sister- in - law came back." He nodded. '"She's gone for good now. We'd had a disagreement. You see, I found she was teaching | my little girl to be a snob." He, broke off, smiled again. 'Dee wants you to come back and so .. . do I. For good. Do you under- stand, darling?" She was afraid to believe he'd really said that. But he took her hands, drew her closer. 'Look Merry, I've been searching for the right girl for a long time. I knew 1'd found her when I saw you sit- ting in that big chair with Dee and the cat. Oh, my dear, say you love me, say you'll marry me. Dee and I need you so." Meredith® lifted her face and he read his answer in the sweet sin- cerity of her eyes. Merry Christmas (as the others say it) Bulgarian Croatian Dutch .... » Chestita Koleda Sretan Bozic .... Vroolijk Kerfeest Finnish , Iloista Joulua German .. Froehliche Weihnachten Hungarian .. Kellemes karacsonyi unnepeket Buone Feste Natalizie Cestitamo Bozic Italian .... Jugoslav Norwegian Gledelig Jul . Weselych Swiat | Glad Yul | . Srozhdestveen | Kristovym | Welsh ..... saves Nadolig Llawen See Rubber Used to Pave New Roads By BOB McHUGH Baltimore (AP) -- The ribbons of concrete that carry traffic from coast to coast may some day turn | into rubber bands. "Oh George, you forgot to hang np your socks on the tree!" BABE DIES IN FIRE Brantford (CP) -- The three - weeks - old unnamed daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Jacobs was burned to death Saturday in a fire which levelled their home on the Six Nations Indian reservation east of here. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rosenthal were made homeless in a second district fire which swept their house at Branchton, 10 miles north of here. Mrs. Rosenthal fled the building with her four child- ren, all under five years of age. To all of our friends~go our wishes for a happy Yuletide season and 2 wonderful New Year. And for your patronage OAKLEY CRAWFORD 67 King St. E. Insurance Dial 3-9713 19 CELINA ST. Like the gaily bedecked Christmas package, this greeting is filled with joyous thoughts of the Holi- day. To all of our patrons and friends, we extend our sincerest gratitude, along with the wish that the coming year bring you bigger parcels of happiness and good cheer: FROM FAMILY AND STAFF OF ROYAL HOUSE FURNITURE COMPANY (Oshawa's Finest Furniture Store) DIAL 5-5432 Highway engineers in at least 13 states and some parts of Canada perimental roads." A 2000 foot stretch of test road was laid 15 mofiths ago in Balti- more. Today the highway engineer's strips of '"rubber- are keeping a critical eye on ex- officer terms the rubber-asphalt road the "best we've got." Supporters of the rubber-and- asphalt mix claim such roads pro- vide a ace that is smoother and has 'They contend that because of elas- ticity, rubber roads resist the des- tructive expansion and contraction brought on by temperature changes. Deputy engineer William L. Chil- coate said the test was constructed in this fashion: The entire strip was laid out over a section of old pavement that had a concrete base with a brick sur- facing. y The. road was levelled with as- phaltic-¢oncrete binder, and an- other course of binder was placed : over the entire road to an approxi- mate depth of one inch. Sections of standard sheet as- phalt pavement topping were pour- ed at either end of the test strip to provide a comparison under iden- tical traffic conditions. restistance to skidding, |§ May all good things be yours during the Yuletide Season, and may the coming year be filled with Happiness and Prosperity! W.F. ESSERY 342 Division St. G. F.. SHREVE, Gen., Manager $. J. BABE, Chairman YAY AT IAT AT ATE H. F. BALDWIN, Commissioner The Public Utilities Commission Of The City of Oshawa S. J. BABE, Chairman "GEO. F. SHREVE, General Mar. WM. BODDY, Commissioner R. G. MILLS, Commissioner