Thursday, December
A peaceful, joyous holiday ¡9
our sincere wish for all. May good will
and good fellowship he yours.
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CHRISTMAS
STORY
prosperity for all
our good friends.
DON BINGMAN
' sregonian
C /te season of rejoicement is here
and we extend to you our sincerest wishes
for a cheerful and
• e ' Peaceful Yule tide.
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VIRGINIA MINCER -
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DAN STYERS
MINCER'S JEWELRY
FRANK'S PHARMACY
T ke tim e to r jo y , the tim e fo r peace;
T*he tim e to r pleasures th a t never cease.
H e w ish yo u a ll a t th is tim e o f y e a r
A p le n tifu l m easure o f Y u le tid e cheer!
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c / . i r hearts are
fillet! w ith the
wannest wishes
for the merriest
( !i list mas you
ever enjoyed.
- SAM GIBSON
Mrs. Mary Mc( 3ourt
Ragland
VERNS PASTRY SHOPPE
w hen S a n ta m ade his trip to
the F letch er G ard n er home, he
had to go over a narrow plank
w alk about four feet above the
sw am p Going back to the car,
his robe caught on one of the
uprights and he fell four feet
into a foot of wafer. T ry as he
could, his stom ach was in the
way of g ettin g back on the walk.
So Santa had to dism antle his
tum m y, p ut the pillows up on
the walk, craw l up him self and
then put it back in place The
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visite 1 S an ta had been invited
to ta k e a little drink w ouldn’t
ha'.e an y th in g to do w ith him
m issing th e w alk of course
The th ree men didn’t let the
th e C h ris t
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SANTAS HIRST V ISIT
TO HARBOR
W hen S a n ta C laus m ade his
first com m unity-w ide visit to
H arb o r th irty -fiv e years ago,
th e a re a w as sparsely populated
so th a t he could easily visit all
the fam ilies w ith childnen on
C h ristm as Eve.
a T here is a heart-w arm ing
sto ry back of S a n ta 's first ap-
■ p earan ee th e re as this project
was financed and activ ated by
three, then ’ young, bachelors,
) Happy Hoffeldt, Milton and Ern-
e-»* p ste; t! c whom w >rked
for th e old Brookings Mill,
For w eeks ahead of C hristm as
a tom ato can a t H appy’s cabin,
which is w here the Milton F o st
e r home is now, .received all the
change these th ree received.
W ith it they bought candy, nuts
- md oranges to fill the sacks
; h a t S an ta C laus handed out to |
every child on C hristm as eve.
One can im agine th e fun these i
th ree had w hen they tied a cou- 1
j pie of pillows around H appy’s j
m idriff, over which he wore a*1
long bathrobe and a S an ta mask.
' loaded Er n e st’s Dodge touring :
ear w ith the bags of C hristm as ,
j goodie» and sta rte d out on th-or 1
] rounds. They would drive near '
j a home then S an ta would tak e
I his huge bag, the bottom filled
with crum pled p ap er and the
top w ith the treats, then go up
to the house and knock. When
the children saw S a n ta in person
they were speechless w ith wide-
eyed wonder and delight The
parents w ere also m ystified as '
the whole project w as a deep-
secret. Among the homes visited
w ere the F letcher G ardner, who
lived at th a t tim e w here Archie
McVay now lives; Revts Cost
elloe. Sam McClungs, H ow ard
W alton, John and Tom m y Van
Pelt, L ester Lucas, Coleman
Cooley, E lm er Lind, W illiam i
Cooley, Johnny
W hite. J i m !
Fielder, George H eiberger and
Tom Ray; and even the Indian 1
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ear.
A peaceful, joyous holiday is
our ¿ncere wish for all. May good W01
and good fellowship be yours.
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