Christmas Insurance for Employees at Metropolitan Plant
The Standard Automatic Products Company announced a Christmas gift plan with Metropolitan Insurance Company. Every employee will receive a life insurance policy for 1000 dollars with sick and accident protection. J A Connor of East South Street injured his hip in a fall at the Howard Tannery. Corty’s Christmas Seal drive exceeded $600 with daily contributions and city booths. A runaway horse on West South Street damaged a cutter andSEO. Police warned against coasting on West Smith Street amid multiple near misses by children. A 3000 mile Roosevelt Highway foot race may route Los Angeles to New York with a 25000 prize for the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Automatic Products Company
Metropolitan Insurance Company
J. A. Connor
East South Street
Howard
Mr. Connor
Cony
Los Angeles
New York
Roosevelt Highway
Chicago
Christmas Holiday News and School Notes
Local families welcome holiday guests including Commander and Mrs. David Lithbow of Charleston and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Peiffer. Birth notice for Mr. and Mrs. J Vernal Torvey reports a son, their second child. Esther Farley visits from Erle, and Donald Kinney of Notre Dame College, and Victor Sayre from Fredonia Teachers College, spend holidays with families. Sparta school ends term December 22 to 26, resumes December 29. attendance praised for four pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
John Kolaja
Mercersburg
David Lith- Bow
Charleston
S.C
Walter Peiffer
J. Vernal ‘Torvey
Esther Farley
Erle
Elnora. Farley
Methodist
Donald Kinney
Note Dame College
and Mire
D. V. Kinney
Victor Sayre
Teachers College
Fredonia
N.Y
Fern Sayre
Donna Clark
Marjorie Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Marguerite Fairchild
Sparta
Origins and history of Christmas traditions and customs
The article traces Christmas name origins from Christ Mass to German and Latin roots, notes January 6 as an early celebration date, and explains Puritan bans in 1644 and 1659. It mentions German tree decorating, Christmas cards, gift timing differences, and the Santa Claus link to Sant Nicolaas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
General Court of
Massachusetts
Alsl
England
Victor
Santa Claus
Sant Nicolaas
How's Your I Q quiz questions on the classified page
A reader asks seven quiz questions from the classified page covering topics from George Eliot gender to world war diet days, plant behavior, presidential death timing, census years, instrument names, a Lansing capital query, and the Sarajevo assassination triggering a major war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eliot
Silas Marner
Romola
U.S
Warren G. Harding
Woodrow Wilson
U. 5
Lansing
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Erie Coast Guard saves 278 this year in 1947 season
Erie Coast Guard Station rescued 278 people from drowning since July 1 and answered 79 calls in six months. Seventeen drownings occurred with one revival, and the crew saved engine vessels valued at about 275 dollars in losses from storms and other hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Coast Guard
Erie
Bennett Carre
Les Carre
Friendly Neighbors and Fun at Spartansburg Holiday Gatherings
The Friendly Neighbors Club held its December meeting with Ines Rogers of Corry as hostess and 17 members attending a holiday decorated home. Events included a New Year’s Eve party planned for Grange Hall, and multiple Christmas gatherings with the Princess Pat Club, Prize winners, and exchanges of gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartansburg
Friendly Neighbors Club
Ines Rogers of
Corry
Nea Hopkins
Eleanor Watson
Bessie Obert
Helen Scouten
Carre Waid
Grange Hall
Edna Weldner
Nettie Patchen i
Gladys Mays
Princess Pat Club
Imusbinds
R. V. Shreve
Prank Firth, Jr
Harry Firthlow
Witt Ingram
James Shreve
Joseph Watroba
East Chicago
Guy Fish
Fred Rolise
Rochester
N. Y
Ora Babeodk
Wangman
Worthington
Harold Risenberlek
Ella Sturdevant
Tia Green
Lincolnville
Mary Titus
Titusville
Byron
Hughes
Waynesburg
Peter R. Gall
Edinboro
Glass
Byron Hughes
Janie Rogers
Mr. Hughes
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Journal
Fes
Corty
West South Street
Center
West Smith Street
I. Q
Dick Fowler
Spring Street
Tellutitssion
General Herald
Opel
P. Beckwith
Gace, Treths
Jeeps & Equipment
Willys
Gerald Edwards
Murl Northrop
Riceville
Paul Northrop
Eline Edwards
Friendly Bunch
Wave Reick
Kenneth Terrel
Bert Winans
Virgil van Tassel
Guy Rowley
Virgil van Tassell
Howard Blystone
Phillipsville
Isabell Rose
Herman Winans
Doris Shreve
Maxine Bailey
Garland
Garry Shreve
Arthur Scauten
Dana
Merle Smith
Guys Mills
Slippery Rock
Lucille Bowen
Ta Kine Bowen
Basket Shop
DIAL
Thomas Motor Co
Clinton Street
Corry, Pa
RITZ
Giving
Cardigans
Topp
Corry's Smart Women's Shop
North Center Street
Powell
Consumer
North Cantar
C.H. Gens, JR
Vort Garage
Fice
Bulova, Elgin ‘Gruew Benaus Hamilton Waltham
Bulova
Heiman Jewelers
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