Letter from readers recounts Florida trip highlights
A group led by David Mainey, with Hubert Whitaker and Bobby Moore, describes a December trip from Kings Mountain to Lenoir Rhyne vs Tampa, visiting Silver Springs, Lake Wales Singing Tower, Orlando, Daytona Beach, Marine Studios, St. Augustine, and Jessup before returning. Includes musing on sight and eggs production data.
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Hubert Whitaker
Bobby Moore
David Mainey
Lake Wales
Daytona Beach
Johnson's
Marine Studios
Aligator Farm
St. Augustine
United States
Jessup
Kings Mountain
David Maune
Coffee touted as best nightcap during Alcoholidays
Pete Harris, executive director of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, urges coffee as a safe final drink for holiday parties. The “one for the road” idea, tested in New England and Maryland last year, credited with lower traffic deaths. Harris cites Boston hotels serving coffee on the house and notes Maryland and New England saw fewer fatalities, while urging hosts to promote coffee with sugar as a precaution.
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Pete) Harris
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administer
Harris
New England
Maryland
M. John B. Hynes
Boston
Hynes
Theodore McKeldin
Christmas Game Snapdragon A Daring Raisin Fire Tradition
A 200 year old Christmas game from England and America is described in a modified form. Raisins were placed in a large bowl and alcohol lit to ignite the fumes. Players plunged hands through the flames to grasp a raisin while a song called The Song of Snapdragon accompanied the ritual.
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England
America
Christmas Reflections on Charity in Dickens Classic
A condensed excerpt from Charles Dickens notes the spirit of Christmas as a time for kindness, forgiveness, and charitable acts. The speaker recalls that wealth is not essential to goodwill and laments the absence of generosity with a humorous croft on “God bless Christmas.”
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Charles Dickens
Prophecy Text Misreads Birthtitle and Names
Fragmentary biblical verse presents a prophecy about a child and divine governance. The garbled OCR renders imperfect names and titles like Wonderful Counselor and Prince of Peace, suggesting a misread phrase from a religious text.
Lumbermen Predict Increase In Supply For 1953
Washington reports that national lumbermen forecast ample supply for civilian and defense needs in 1953. John B. Veach of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association says consumers should see higher value and better service as production and demand stay about level, with rising building activity and over a million new homes planned next year driving demand.
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Washington
John B. Veach
National Lumber Manufurers Association
Veach
Serving of Boar's Head One of Old Christmas Customs
A fragment on Merrie England notes the boar's head tradition at Queen's College Oxford. The 10 pound tusked head with a lemon is paraded on a silver dish and escorted by trumpeters and candle bearers, with chants and ritual phrases cited in olden days.
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England
Queen's College, Oxford
Grass fire near Kings Mountain Court prompts two calls
Firemen fought a grass blaze near Kings Mountain Motor Court on East King Street last Thursday with two dispatches at 12:40 p.m. and 1:20 p.m. The following Wednesday crews responded to a second fire at 201 East King Street caused by a faulty oil stove, causing slight damage. lumbermen expect higher operating costs next year but aim to absorb them through improved production methods and wood technology advances.
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Kings Mountain Motor Court
East King Street
Veach
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Ohio
Gulf Oil Products
Military Park Service
H. D. White
Grover Grover
National Park Entrance
Bridges & Phillips Texaco
E. King
York Road
Kings Mountain, N. C
Elzie Bridges
Marlowe
the Herald
Robert
Nick
God Pless
Bone
Pea
McDaniel
Routeman
Yesteryear
Merv Chismas
Heyvy
East King
Esso
Gene McCarter
Vernon Crosby
Ervin Simmons
Bob Wells
Bill Bennett
Seasons Greetings
the Bakers of
Aghio
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