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EDITOR’S NOTE: The home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur| ft (Mary) Nichols Sr. at 603 Wills av., Dover, always is open to | friends and relatives ar/d it is an unusual day when at least §§ one of their children or grandchildren does not stop for a ||| visit and a sample of “goodies” from grandma’s kitchen.The family comprises: Mr. and Mrs. Albert (Mary) Nichols||If of Dover and their son-in-law and daughter, Tom and Angela §| Glass and granddaughter, Denise; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur ||If (Penny) Zurcher of New Philadelphia and their children, Ste- g:| phanie, Mrs. Dennis (June) Contini, Christopher and Pat-1 |§ ricia; Mr. and Mrs. Max (Lee) Waddington and son, Max Jr. g; | | of Opelika, Ala.; Valia, who resides at home; Mr. and Mrs. j | j:| Arthur (Carol) Nichols Jr. and children, Ralph. Patrick and g | t| Chantel, of Dover, Mrs. Josephine McKnight and sons, Mike | | I and Mark of Columbus, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe (JoAnn) Ham-1; | f§ mond and children, Holli, Lori, Scot and Matthew of Dover. g: | |I Each year as the Christmas season approaches the chil-1 f |f dren and grandchildren question Mrs. Nichols about :g | l| Christmas in her native Italy and the following is her story. g?“When I watch the fire in the) I managed to get through the hearth at Christmastime and day without too many tears andsee the lights on the trees and (by the time of my second the homes, I remember other Christmas here we had a babyChristmases, several sad and and that helped ease my loneli-many many happy. ness.My mother died when I was 7 A kind neighbor had taught and later my father left our me to speak enough English tohome in Italy and came to the go shopping and again I cooked United States. When I was al-ja big dinner for family andmost 20, my uncle brought me friends, to this country to be with myj Those early Christmases werefather. I met your grandfather much like the ones in Italy in Steubenville and we were)When we would have friends inmarried there before coming to to visit on Christmas eve and Dover to make our home. then everyone would attendAlthough your grandfather’s 2 brothers and my father lived with us, the first Christmas wasMass. The next day we would again attend services in the church before gathering for din-«lt;$•ma lonely one for me because I ner missed my brothers, sister* and ^ noj. kUy preSents butfriends in Italy. J expressed our love with gifts ofI knew how to cook, so I pre-; fruit, nuts and candies and. • I . apared a big dinner for relatives there was as much excitementChrjJdl CU cl uig UillHCl lul iciauvco UlCiC » CIO ao ,1,wv'li vavuwiuvut andand friends but your grand- over these as there is over toys ^father had to buy the groceries today as these goodies were because I couldn’t speak Eng- rare treats.lish. 1 In Italy, the only signs ofingA
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Dover Times Reporter
Dover, Ohio, US
Tue, Dec 24, 1968
Page 8
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