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Athena Press in Athena, Oregon

27 Dec 1929

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Athena Press

Location

Athena, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1929

Page

3

Sammy Christmas Corporation Brings Cheer to Poverty Stricken Trough

In 1929 a cooperative effort led by Sammy, a two room family in a trough between hills, creates The Sammy Christmas Corporation with $2000 capital. Mr Munson and Mrs Bennett organize aid. donations from merchants and newspapers fund a grand Christmas tree event with clothes, food, shoes, and coal for the sick and widows. Sammy gains a wheel chair for his mother as his pay rises.

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Ammy Sammy Fmother Santa Claus Mr. Munson Bennett Sammy Christmas Sammy Christmas Corporation Western Newspaper Union
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Christmas Awakening of Sampson and a Paper Boy

In a quiet office on Christmas Eve 1924, Mr. Sampson debates happiness and others’ needs with his clerk Jones. He then buys news with a hungry boy, learns his name George, and arranges hospital help and care for the sick child, ending with a warm, unexpected Christmas gesture.

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Sampson Jones Mr. Sampson George Garrett Street Tie Santa Claus Jean Frank
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