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have a white Christmas this year. Us Democrats might as well start getting used to being out in the cold, and then, too, it would be a nice thing for us to.look back on. Yeah, we could say, Remember the good old days when the Democrats had some say-so, and we had a white Christmas?* It would be nice to remember that our last year produced a white Christmas, anyway.”
Personally (even though the announcer did do a good job with his narrative), I hope he has all the white Christmases down in his neighborhood—snow may look pretty on the countryside, but as soon as the farmers have had enough for their wheat, I’m satisfied. The stuff is inconvenient.
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With every good wish that your holiday season will be one of happiness, I’ll quote Clement Moore’s Santa Claus and Dicken’s Tiny Tim: “Merry Christmas to all .. and “God bless us, every one.”— The Walrus
January 15 Is Find Date
For 1952 ACP Reports
Rappahannock county farmers who expect payment for practices performed under the 1952 Agriculture Conservation Program should make immediately. That was the warning their reports to the local PMA office issured this week by H. S. Barksdale, chairman of the PMA county committee, who announced that Thursday, January 15, 1953, is the last day on which these reports may be filed.
“Only a very limited number of 1952 performance reports have been filed to date,” Mr. Barksdale said. “We have two reasons for wanting to get reports at an early date. First
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