Tyrolean Easter Observances By Trapp Family Singers
The Trapp family singers from Vermont preserve Tyrolean Easter customs on their 600 acre Green Mountains farm. Palm Sunday pussy willows, Green Thursday herbs, Holy Week fasting, and Easter Monday egg rolling unite with their 13 members and Father Franz Wasner in a ceremonial family observance mirroring Austrian Salzburg traditions.
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Trapp
Austrian
Tyrol
Christ
Green Mountains
Alps
Franz Wasner
Austria
Johannes
Jonannes
Easter in the Austrian Valley Family Feast and Egg Hunt
A family celebration centers on Easter with brimming devotion and lights. Families relight fires from the Pascal candle as bread, eggs, and salt are blessed. Johannes and Martina decorate eggs in Sal burg traditions, while Easter Monday brings egg rolling among the children.
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Johannes
Salzburg
Martina
Rosemary
Eleanore
Power Plus Pittsburgh Diesel Locomotive Raises Speed
Westinghouse Electric Corp. and Baldwin Locomotive Works unveil a diesel electric locomotive capable of pulling a 10 car passenger train at 100 mph or a loaded 50 car freight train at 55 mph.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Fenway Park Fences Painted Green Bans Advertising
Fenway Park will feature green outfield walls and no advertising signs for the 1947 season, as management aims for a more visually pleasing ballpark for fans.
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Boston
Fenway Park
Calef Wild Horse resigns as Mashpee Wampanoag chief
Calef Wild Horse, heir to a long Wampanoag line in Mashpee Massachusetts, resigns after 17 years as tribal chief. He cites lack of appreciation and total absence of cooperation as reasons for stepping down.
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Mashpee
Mass
Calef Wild Horse
Maiden News tribute honors heroes after house fire
Family of Mullaney thanks Maiden News for a public tribute to firemen, police, neighbors and loyal friends who helped when their home burned. The notice credits responders and community members for support during the blaze in Maiden, Massachusetts.
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Maiden
Mass
Py) Mullaney
Mh Bors
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Pittsburgh Coal Company
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Boston Aesthetics
Slagtex
Speigner Concrete Block CO
Wild Horse
Thanes
IBM
Cyn Owder
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Dodger
Spark Plug Sale
Riverside
Es Murphy
Gateway City Transfer
Riversides
Gateway City Transfer Company
la Crosse
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Murphy
Riverside Truck Tires
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Hawthorne
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