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The Prince of Peace . . .
TIERE ARE MANY traditions that have come dtown
through the ages since Christ was born to enrich
the celebration of this birthday. Martin Luther is be
lieved to be responsible for the lights on the tree to
represent the stars above Bethlehem on that memor
able date.
The wise men started the tradition of bringing
gifts and children in South America Still wait for the
(three wise mem leaving water and hay on the doorstep
for the wise men’s animals. In France the bearer erf
gifts is the Christ Child himself, known as Petit Noel.
No tradition is more important, however, for
Christmas than the reading of the Christmas story it
self according to Luke. Read it again this year and
(then read it out loud to the children in your home or
share it with children next dbor.
And it oame to pass in (those days, that there
went out a decree from Caesar Augutus, that
all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when
Cyreniuis was governor otf Syria.)
3 And ail went to be taxed, every one into his
own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee.out of
the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of
David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he
was of the 'house and lineage of David:)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife,
being great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there,
the d»ys were accomplished that she should be
delivered.
7 And she brought forth her first-born son,
and wrapped 'him in swaddling clothes, and laid
him in a manger; because there was no room for
them in the inn.
8 And there were i nthe same country shep
herds abiding in the field, keeping watch over
their flock by nighlt.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon
them, and the glory of the Lord shone round
about them : and. they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for,
behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which gg
shall be too all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of
David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall
find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying
in a manger. .
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a
multitude of the ’heavenly 'host praising God, and
saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
peace, good will- toward men.
15 And it came to passs, as the angels were gone
away from them into heaven, the shepherds said
one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethle
hem, and see this thing which is come to pass,
which the Lord hath made known unto us.
16 And they came with haste, and found Mary,
and Joseph, and the 'babe lying in a manger.
17 And when they had seen it, they made
known abroad the saying which was told them
* lg this child. . ffigsgjffljfl-S;,r- P
And’ all they that had heard it wondered at
things which were told them by the Shep
herds. £ j.. ~ ^ j
19 But Mary kept all these things, and ponder
, in her heart. .** ;, f:'i i J
1 the shepherds returned, glorifying and
I ^^B^HI(j^HEGAiyMOTAg£D Gins
Draft Legislation Concerning School
Finance and Organization Under Study
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(Editor’s Note: This is the
first story in a two-part series
on two pieces of draft legisla
tion, concerning school finance
and organization, which are
currently under study by mem
bers of the Legislature and
school officials around the
state.)
By Ward Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU W> — The State Board
of Education, in a recent meeting
here, gave tacit approval to a
pair of proposed bills, which
would have a sharp impact on
Alaska’s school system, as it now
exists.
The first piece of draft legis
lation provides for a reorganiza
tion of local school systems. The
second piece of draft legislation
would revise the method whereby
state funds are distributed to local
school districts. It would estab
lish a public school foundation
program.
While both pieces of draft leg
! islation deal with schools, they
are not companion bills. Each can
stand alone.
Both pieces of draft legislation
were sent to all members of the
Legislature and to school officials
around the state, for study and
comment.
In a statement regarding the
school reorganization bill draft,
the State board of Education said.
“Those areas within the state,
which have a sufficient tax base
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| and school population to support
and operate local schools, should
be required to do so by means of
borough school districts or city
school districts.
“However, we believe that the
local areas of the state should be
given a reasonable chance to vol
untarily incorporate as boroughs
under the present permissive
borough act. Accordingly, we rec
ommend that legislative action to
form borough school districts be
deferred until 1963.
“If after Jan. 1, 1963, there are
any areas which should assume
local school responsibility and
which have not done so, we rec
ommend that legislative action be
taken to incorporate such areas
into second class boroughs by
July 1, 1963. . . .
“These second class boroughs
would have the power to educate,
to plan and zone, and to raise the
taxes necessary to perform these
functions. The boroughs would ex
ercise no other functions unless
they should be assumed by a
vote of the people within the
borough. Since education would
be the primary reason for the ex
istence of these boroughs, they
would be called borough school
districts.”
The statement said city school
districts would permit expansion
t of cities for school purposes, par
ticularly in those Instances where
non-city school children are at
tending city schools and there are
some taxable properties outside
of the cities which should become
available for the support of the
city schools.
The draft legislation recom
mends the establishment of 10
borough school districts. They
would be the:
Greater Anchorage Borough
School District, Fairbanks-North
Pole Borough School District,
Haines-Port Chilkoot Borough
School (District, Homer-Ninilchik
Borough School District, Greater
Juneau-Douglas Borough School
District, Kenai-Soldotna-Kasilof
Borough School District, Greater
Ketchikan Borough School Dis
trict, Greater Ketchikan Borough
School District, Greater Kodiak
Borough School District, Matanus
ka-Susitna Valley Borough School
•District, Greater Sitka Borough
School District. s
Designated as city school dis
tricts are Cordova, Nenana, Nome,
Petersburg, Seldovia, Seward,
Skagway, Valdez and Wrangell.
The remaining city and incor
porated school districts will be
referred to the school system
operated directly by the state,
effective Jen. 1,
r THE
Bible Baptist Church
Invites
YOU
TO THE
KISTMAS EVE
“Candlelight”
Service
This Sunday Night
AT 7:00
if The Scriptural Account of
tho Birth of Christ
if Special Christmas Music
★ A Dramatic Motion Picture
Tolling of fh# Birth of
Christ—from Old Testament
Prophecies to the Manger at
Bethlehem
☆
Bob Leigh!
Missionary Pastor '
Everybody Welcome
“Why Me?” . . .
WASHINGTON m — The Army
is distributing to all National
Guardsmen and reservists who
have been called up a pamphlet
entitled "Why Me?"
Amounting to a "white paper”
to meet criticism and complaints
about the service summons when
no hot war exists, the 11-page
pamphlet sums up the reasons
and policies.
It quotes from speeches and
statements by President Kennedy
and Secretary of the Army Elvis
Stahr Jr., and discussess the
questions it says are most fre
quently asked by men called to
active service last October.
As a preamble, the “Why Me?”
pamphlet outlines the doctrine
behind the decision.
“Increasingly hostile behavior
by the Sino-Soviet bloc made it
necessary to build up U.S. military
strength immediately to demon
strate determination to resist ag
gression; Soviet threats to liquid
ate Allied rights in Berlin called
for urgent development of com
bat-ready forces for dispatch to
Europe, if required; increasing
tension elsewhere required de
velopment of strategic reserve
forces to meet possible trouble at
widely separated points."
Then the pamphlet gets down
to questions and answers.
Has the Army been expanded
just to meet the Berlin crisis?
“No. Although world attentiii'
has been centered on Berlin for
months, there are other major
trouble spots — and many more
potential trouble spots."
What has the call-up accom
plished?
“It has stimulated action by
many of our Allies to strengthen
their military forces; it has de
monstrated to Communist lead
ers the determination to fight, if
necessary; it has helped Berlin to
stand intact; it has increased
markedly the ability of the Unit
ed States to deter the Sino-Soviet
bloc from using force to expand
its territory and influence."
Instead of calling up Army Na
tional Guardsmen and reserves,
why not expand the active Army
by bigger draft calls?
The Army is being expanded
by larger draft calls but draftees
are untrained men and it will be
months before they are trained,
and once they are trained as in
dividuals siiii more time will be
needed to weld them into fighting
units. “Raw recruits are no an
swer to Communist aggression
today. Trained reservists and Na
tional Guardsmen are."