Santa's Adirondack workshop a year round Christmas joys
AP News reports on a quarter million dollar Santa's workshop near Wilmington New York on Memorial State Parkway to Whiteface mountain. Promoters Art Monaco Harold Fortune and Julian Reiss operate eight storybook style buildings with an air conditioned red frosted pole and 50 000 visitors in six weeks. Tickets 76 cents. visitors include children and adults buying toys designed by Monaco. The site includes a chapel parking Attendants and reindeer rabbits gnomes Huckleberry Finn and Red Riding Hood with plans for a ski slide in winter and a potential North Pole post office.
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AP News
Wilmington
N. Y
Adirondacks
Memorial State Parkway
Whiteface Mountain
North Pole
Santa
Art Monaco
Harold Fortune
Monaco
Julian Reiss
New York
Reiss
Scouts Enjoy Mountain Trek in Smoky Mountains 1949
The Smoky mountain senior trek of 1949 reached Cades Cove on Monday morning August 22 at 6 am. Twenty seniors split into two crews guided by Clinton Berryman and Bill Copeland with groups hiking routes via Russell Field Rich Gap and Gregory Bald. Weather favors daytime hiking though wool sleeping bags needed for night.
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Smoky Mountain
Cades Cove
Smoky Mountains
Charles Wagner
Tennessee Valley Council
Clinton Berryman
Town Creek
Bill Copeland
Florence
Gregory Bald
Rich Gap
Russell Field
Jimmy Wall
Josh Walling
Billy Hughey
Thomas Walden
Isville
Bertis Rascoe
Y Barkey
Robert Kelley
Ville Whisenhunt
Cullman
Robert F. Calhoun
S. C
Birmingham
Race With Stork Is Virtually Tied
Mrs John Price of Piper Alabama gave birth to twins during a 55 mile ambulance race to Birmingham hospital. A 6 pound 12 ounce boy was born in the ambulance just before arrival and a 4 pound 10 ounce boy followed in the hospital emergency room. This was her fourth set of twins with two previous children dead and the oldest now 15. Price works as a coal miner.
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Birmingham
Ala
John Price
Piper
Price
Discharges Issued In Bremen As Nazi Army Ends
Bremen residents receive new identity cards as the Wehrmacht is said to have ceased existence after four years. Men must prove proper discharge to obtain the card. those failing to show clearance will receive new discharge certificates from police.
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Bremen
Germany
British Officers and Wives Credited with US Ice Cream Origin
A historical note suggests that British officers and their wives who arrived in America during the Revolutionary War may have created the first ice cream in the United States. The claim ties early culinary curiosity to diplomatic and military circles of that era.
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United States
Dear Miss Dix Advice on marriage and finances
Dorothy Dix urges couples treat marriage as a business and work through difficulties with patience and fair money rules. She advises thrifty habits, mutual respect, joint work and play, and avoiding quarrels to sustain love into old age.
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Miss Dix
Dorothy Dix
Wrath
Visiting Yugoslav Soccer Players Dazzled by Australian Girls
Visiting Yugoslav soccer players are dazzled by Australian girls. The article notes their impression of Melbourne and local social scenes during a tour.
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Melbourne
Marine Couch In Training At Parris Island
Private Wilbur Lee Couch Jr., 18, son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur L Couch Sr of 401 Johnston Street, is in basic training with platoon 65 at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island South Carolina. He attended Decatur Senior High School and joined the Marines on August 10 1949 at Birmingham. After basic training he will have 10 days leave at home and then expects assignment to Marine Corps aviation. He currently serves as section leader of his platoon.
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Wilbur Lee Couch, Jr
Wilbur Lee Couch
Johnston Street
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island
S.c
Decatur National Guard
Marines
Decatur Senior High School
Birmingham
Marine Corps Aviation
Marine Band to Perform in Huntsville Armory
The U S Marine band will present two concerts at the Huntsville National Guard armory on September 25, marking its first Alabama visit since 1940. Under Major William F. Sandemen the ensemble will perform at 3 PM and 8 PM, with the matinee aimed at high school listeners.
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U. S. Marine Band
Huntsville National Guard Armory
Alabama
William F. Sandemen
World’s Best Dressed Yugoslavs Win Global Adulation
Report notes Yugoslavs praised for style across many countries yet single men among them face romance obstacles due to language barriers. Despite this, they remain hopeful about travel and love.
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Woodall
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Mrs. M.I.S
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Max Fein
Wihance
Marine Band
Huntsville
Studebakers
ITU
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Pryor Motor CO
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Johnston ST
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Flight Club
Roy Rogers
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