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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
35
The Commerce Department monthly Current Business reports foreign aid from mid-1945 to mid-1952 reached 35 billion dollars. This represented 11.3 percent of federal revenue of 308 billion and 1.6 percent of national expenditure of 3280 billion in that period.
Vincent Edwards notes that the Morgan Library in New York houses Dickens original manuscript of A Christmas Carol. The piece recounts the author’s inspiration in Manchester in 1843, the publication details, early critical praise, and a famed Thackeray copy once owned by Queen Victoria, underscoring the Christmas tale’s enduring impact.
Bethany Lutheran Church will host Rudy Wendel, Wartburg Theological Seminary senior, as guest preacher at the 10:30 a.m. service on December 28. Wendel and his wife Florine Baethge will visit home folks during Christmas break. he will also sing solos from the Messiah on December 21. Pastor G A Poehlmann notes the congregation has long wanted to hear him preach. Wendel resumes studies January 5 in Dubuque. At the same service three youths Rubin Bernhrad James Knopp and Robert M Reissig will be received into voting membership, part of a program inviting all 18 and older to assume full church membership. An earlier group of 21 youths was admitted on November 30.
A reader notes that Tiny Tim will symbolize unity between author and audience in a Christmas Carol tribute. The critic reflects on Dickens’s power to inspire and questions the reward of a writer who moves readers to exclaim God Bless him.
The Cub Scouts gathered for a Christmas season observance as Mrs. Treibs read the Promise and laws. Cubmaster awarded Bobcat pins to Phil Laurence, Lawrence W. Nettle, Jimmie Lee Spangenberg, Jimmie Foster, and Robert James Grona, with Henry Kuenemann assisting. Webelos badges were earned by Billy Klier, Jimmie Gerhard, Ronald Borchers, John Henry Rothmann, Neil Pahl, Milton Nixon, and Clayton Klein.
Hans Hannemann explained the different meeting nights for the city’s Boy Scouts troops. Cubs exchanged gifts among their dens and presented items they had made for their parents. Hot chocolate coffee and cookies were served to the group.
A rising trend shows couples opting for divorce rather than marriage, signaling a shift in social norms. Analysts observe increasing filings and changing attitudes toward long term commitment, fueled by economic stress and evolving relationship expectations.
In Mexico elaborate floats accompany allegorical parades during the holiday season. For eight evenings before Christmas a religious procession leads with figures of Joseph and Mary. On the ninth evening the public may attend a ceremony at the straw filled manger of the Babe.
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