DAR honors Peery for service to country
The Daughters of the American Revolution presented Clara Batchelder Peery with a Certificate of Appreciation during the Veterans Day Parade. The program highlighted her WWII service, rank of 2nd Lieutenant, and marriage to Dr. James M. Peery.
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National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Clara Batchelder Peery
James M. Peery
Marie S. McCall
DAR
Marie
Batch
East Orange
N.J
Columbian Presbyterian Medical Center
New York
Pearl Harbor
Fort Dix
Fort Mead
Liverpool
London
Tittingham
Cheltingham
Bushy Park
England
SHAEF
Supreme Headquarters of
Allied Expeditionary Forces
France
St. Lo
Granville
Versailles
N. Beddle Smith
Omar Bradley
Dwight Eisenhower
Ike
Reims
Dr. Peery
Tazewell County
Butch
Planned Parenthood
The
Red Cross
Women’s Medical Auxiliary
Cedar Bluff
Profile of a holiday icon Santa Claus at Mercer Mall Center Court
Richard Comer of Pocahontas Virginia stars as Santa Claus at the Christmas village in the Mercer Mall Center Court. Since late November he meets children, reads letters, and shares cheer. He notes adults smile and wave, and says interaction recharges him. Infants under one year are usually not yet atop his visitor list.
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Santa Claus
Richard Comer
Pocahontas
Mercer Mall Center Court
Santa
Mercer Mall
Center Court
North Pole
Rudolph
The Real Santa at Mercer Mall Shares Holiday Moments
Mercer Mall offers Santa Claus character who loves making children happy and explains how kids aged 1 to 2 react. He notes popular requests like PlayStation toys and hamsters, mentions BB guns caution, and recalls starting in Pocahontas. He grows his own beard and enjoys the role with five children and five grandchildren.
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Santa
Pocahontas
Evolution of Santa Claus From Saint to Red-Suited Icon
A compact history tracing Santa from St Nicholas in Turkey, through Dutch ties and reform era shifts, to Washington Irving, Moore, Nast, and Coca Cola. It notes fattened image, Rudolph, elves, North Pole workshop, and Sundblom art shaping the modern red suit.
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New York
Coca-Cola
Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Turkey
Nicholas
Europe
Washington Irving
Knickerbocker
Santa
Clement Moore
Montgomery Ward
Rudolph
Louisa May Alcott
Thomas Nast
Harper's Weekly
Nast
Elf
Ice Palace
North Pole
Haddon Sundblom
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Peery
William Francis
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Mary Elizabeth Francis Wood
Robert Mills
Felix Nigro
Harry Formica
Margie
Delores Sisk
Susie Reed
Tina Etter
Jewell Elmore
Bill
Robert Francis
Jim
Ruth Francis
Donald Francis
Tallahassee
Fla
J.D. Clark
Glenna
Clark
Mary Elizabeth
Brandon
Kevin Etter
Kristin Elmore
Rice
Princeton Presbyterian Church
John Womedorf
Noah Mahood Macey
Atlanta
Noah
Inman Park
Wvnet
Groveland Drive
Bluefield
W.va
Norma Mahood
Daily Telegraph
Anta Claus
Pocahontas, Va
Jacquelyn Myers
John
Foto 1
Michelle Hall
Mercer Mail
Raymond Comer
Fast
North America
Sinterklaas
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
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