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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1958)
T MAIL TRIBUNE, Mdfar(J, Of., Mwfry, Pjctmlxr 32, H58 " 'God's Will' Replaces Yule Greetings By Chicago People Chicago -CTD- "God s will be done." These are the words, not "Merry Christmas," heard most often this holiday season in the Our Lady of the Angels Parish, where 89 children and three nuns perished in a parochial school fire Dec. 1. Parents now take what comfort they can from their church's condolence, "It was God's will." Tradesmen say that is what they hear most often when the grief-numbed parents dis cuss the fire. This reporter spent a day in the West Side community which still mourns its dead, and never once heard a Christmas greeting. A little shop is doing a com paratively brisk business in "thank you" cards, but there is not much demand for Christmas tinsel. No Street Decorations Mothers whose children never again will come home from school like to stop in at the shop. They inquire about the proprietor's son, critically hurt in the fire, and hear the report, "still critical." They choose a card or two at the section devoted to "thank you for your sympathy" messages, and then leave. Other years, merchants have decorated the streets with hol iday streamers, but not now. It was easy to find the man ager of the ten cent store in the Our Lady of the Angels Parish. Business dropped for the first time this year the week of the fire, he said, and never has recovered. The record player in a neighborhood tavern is most ly silent. The proprietor said business has dropped from $80 a day to $5 or $10, "If I'm lucky." Streamers of black and pur- SANTA QUOTED PRICES Herrin, III.- (UPD -Gary Col lard, 8, has set up his own shopper's aid for Santa Claus. Alongside his list of Christ has wishes Gary quoted the price of each item. Total cost - $95.32. Die frame the American Le gion Alamo Post No. 885. Two of the post's three Christmas parties have been cancelled, the third scheduled only be cause it also is a benefit for the poor. Masses formerly held in the school chapel have been trans ferred to the neighborhood movie theater. The manager, of the Lutheran faith, is on hand each Sunday morning in time to open the theater for the 8:15 o'clock Mass. Employees remembered the children more by face than name. "That pretty little girl I scolded for running," the can dy counter concessionaire said, her eyes bright with tears. "She's never come back." The ticket seller recalled how she watched terrified mothers race past the theater toward the burning school. "I pray that no one will be bitter," she said. If there is bitterness, it is not apparent. "It was God's will." Vehicle Department Gels New Building Salem (UPD The State Mo tor Vehicle Department is slated to start . operations in its new building here next Monday. Originally it wai hoped to make the movt to the new building in the 1000 block on Northeast Lana ave. today. About 450 employees will work in the new one-story structure. Moving operations will start this week. The new structure was made necessary by cramped quar ters in present offices in the public service building. Portlanders Mark 69th Anniversary Portland - (UPD - M. and Mrs. Dudley Trapp, who were born in Oregon, observed their 69th wedding anniver sary Sunday. They were mar ried on a farm near Roseburg in 1889, Due to illness it has been impossible for us to send the traditional holiday greet ing cards to our many friends, so we take this opportunity to extend to one and all, our warmest wishes for .. . A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. Dr. and Mrs. Jouett P. Bray Q Q ok)pptw) jot a brt0t SPRAY, STEAM AND DRY IRON It sprinkles as you iron! It's a steam and r dry iron, too! No other iron makes ironing so fast and easy! 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