European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse December 1964 the stars and stripes Page 7 editorials Virginia nov 75 North a Virginia Oll a n i o n whose childhood question has in come nearly As much of the christinas spirit As Holly and celebrates her 79th Christmas this year the 67th Ince she asked the new York Sun is there a Santa clonus the question undoubtedly Hal been raised about As Many times As 7yearolds have become Wordy but it is doubtful whether any Parent Ever answered totter than Els Church in his editorial re ply there is a Santa he exists us certainly As love and generosity and Devo Tion How dreary would be the world if there were or Santa it would be As dreary As if there were no Var there would be no child Ike Faith no no Romance to make tolerable this sex asks stricken mans picture be printed in paper Kin ski Stence the eternal Light a son pays tribute to new York a the support in a letter to is printed a picture of Mcmurray Day news Cyrald me a nurse showed it to him at University Heights where he is on the mend after a heart the nurse assured his wife on he Telephone that the Surprise f seeing his picture in the paper haunt Hurt his she said he broke Down a Little when he read the accompanying it said Mcmurray picture was being printed because of a re quest from his Gerald of the the son asked for an appropriate announcing his fathers retirement from the fifth Avenue bus after 50 years of Loyal and faithful serv my father has never had his picture in a wrote the not that he never rated it because if anybody it is i have never met anyone to match him in loyalty and de Votion to his chosen vocation and to his he came from Ireland to this poorly and served a Brief stint in the Navy during world War married and returned to new York with the old filth Avenue bus line and raised his he worked Long hard sheltered in the summer and froze in the he kept us Well clothed and he saw to our he counselled us wisely and with in 1963 the elder Mcmurray was hospitalized for a hip opera returning to work in octo he was full of enthusiasm father and Good his aim but then in me the Ruurt til tack Early this asking the news to print the the son said it would boost his dads it would be he to relegate such a Fine Man to the role of the forgotten without some Small gesture from such a great this letter to you has been very difficult for me to but i do so with Pride for this my whom Ive always the Mcmurray have two other Bride thankful to phone Booth Santa collegians labor at site with which childhood Nils the world would be now a Silver haired widow with seven grandchildren and three lives with her Only daughter and and Robert in this Community about 19 Miles South of she moved Here in 1999 after teaching in the new York City school system for 48 the youngest of her grandchildren is same age As Virginia when she asked the Sun to confirm her childhood this is the first year Patty has not believed in the child Hoot Santa Douglas told a but All of the cell Dren believe in the spirit o she said she was overwhelmed at the number of Christmas cards More than 100 she has received this when there Are so Many things so very difficult and seemingly impossible in the world yet people feel to a Little girl and a wonderful i she has been worrying How to acknowledge the in not very Good at Corres hut i do want to thank i the family expects to be to Gether on Douglas Treut grandchild Dren two born last december and one in for the spirit of Santa Claus is just beginning and con firms Church no Santa thank god he and he lives for a thousand years from now ten times ten thousand years from he will continue to make glad the heart of new the Nichols of the Christmas season was note to Colleg or for a Young Sailor and i and professors Mannet because they have lost my Wallet and shovels to bring the their lifes lost in while i was stationed to Christmas to the Rura Telephone and i know How it feel whose Church Burne Roger and it stopped in a its All group of White students Iron phone Booth to make a Call Rafferty College in Ohio arrive found a Wallet stuffed next to the station to report autos and began Clearing the Wallet and was mud from the fou Datlo looking they found come in and pick an Foch Baptist Noi and the name of James about 10 mile a Sailor stationed told the officers the submarine Abraham his Bride of two weeks 26 of the group Reache in Nichols and miss us puck tried in vain to Contact the Sailor All of their Money from a Bank in port and had not had a Chance to open and six others wer expected to join the Carpenter for the Navy finally Frame Church Bull Dan went to the police and asked said it was All the last 90 following to had in the by the Freedom Demi sergeant m e 1 v 1 n Jetmore turned the Wallet Over to gave his benefactors 120 for returning the Money Marcla a 20yearo Man Joseph Rafferty and them outside to said the of him to find new group became interest Christmas carpenters rebuild burned Church Christmas policy a seasonal Arch of candles and a message that reflects the official year round policy of the Man who lives Here frames the front of the White write something Hoppy and Gay because that the Way they the sad part is Over for seven awaiting Santa a Orlu something Happy and Gay because that the Way they Are and that the Way i want people to see Liz a 29yearold Sec beamed with Joy As she spoke about her orphaned nieces awaiting the excitement of Christmas that Only children kids Call her and her 67yearold Kate have been caring for six of the Eleanor 12 11 10 8 who was 7 and Georg stays with an aunt and Uncle in this has been the Case since june when their father was killed in an Auto three months their Mother died after giving birth to Georg us had just started speaking when the children into the House after attending a Christ Mas it the party was wonder said theres a lot of anticipation for everyone is so i want mostly but everyone else wants Eleanor said she and her Sis ters Are quite someone mentioned that Schaefer was 69 and wondered if the children didst keep her on the she corrected her air to then admitted she was kept on the but i can keep up with she this is starting life All Over for Eleanor and Linda help with the ironing and they have Liz said the children mention their parents from time to time and the things they As a matter of she in the Church building project he cause some Oberlin students Hud participated in the civil rights work were going to work through said the dark haired a sociology major and co chairman of the Oberlin action for civil rights she is from Marca wore Long Black boots and faded Blue she wielded a digging in the mud at the site of the burned Paul acting head of the Oberlin philosophy depart and his were among the group that also included students from the University of Massachusetts and Yankton College and Mem Bers of the Antioch Schmidt and her husband suggested the Church we were just having a second cup of Coffee at breakfast one morning and were talking about the Many churches that had burned in the professors wife we said anyone who destroyed a Church was saying something and we Felt we would be saying something by building it wearing a jacket and Blue smiled brightly despite the bitter cold and Gray picked up a shovel and went to cant gel plans in charge of the student work ers was Dave a so Niue at some Guy has the and he has a funeral to preach and we cant get the he one of the 18yearold Mary is she enrolled at Oberlin last fall because of a very Good i heard about the rebuilding i was so i she although most of the group drove a Mason Burrell of Lew into Memphis and drove rom if we had two experienced carpenters with the help weve rot we could rough this in with in about two said a peering through a Tran sit at the old Concrete foundation of the burned two stale investigators visited the Church site to take a look at the they said they were just Oberlin students gave up their lunch last Friday and donated the Money to this other the other Day i showed them some family film their father had they were enthralled seeing their parents on particularly the older girls who saw themselves As Liz said the girls Are growing up the sad part is she Money has been raised through Sale of Christmas cards and through others in the group Here included David professor of theology at Oberlin Alex Stan gunner David Dick Rizdy All of Ober Lin David Marsh of the University of and Robert Moore of
