Social notes from Johnson City and Austin in Texas
Mes Claude Whitehead reports residents visiting family and recovering from injuries. Long list of local names includes Mr and Mrs G A Me McGrew, Mrs Shirley Wiliteme, Mr and Mrs W C Pierce, Mrs Mee Crece, Levi Weed family, Luther Abel, and Drace, with travel between Austin, Bowie, Bastrop, and Granite Shoals for hospital visits and gatherings.
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Theren Browne
Meuston
Cories Tete
Shirley Wiliteme
Austin
W. C. Pierce
Sue Ann
Dub
Dallas
Mee Crece
Levi Weed
R. W. Loveless
Bastrop
Llano
Granite Shoals
Highland Lakes Bank Opens Christmas Eve Open House
The Highland Lakes National Bank in Kingsland hosts an open house from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday December 24 with refreshments in the bank’s community room. A Christmas carol service is noted in Bethlehem Georgia beneath a 60 foot star lighting the countryside. Timmy and Patti Harden request tools and a doll and buggy for Christmas.
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Kingsland
Highland Lakes National Bank
Bank
Bethlehem
Hethlehem
Timmy
Patti
Santa
Timmy Harden
The Night Before Christmas and Its Silent Creator
The poem A Visit from St Nicholas started as a playful gift in 1822 for Clement Clarke Moore's children. A visitor copied it and it appeared anonymously in the Troy Sentinel, with Moore slow to claim authorship for two years due to his stature as a divinity professor.
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Owen
Faraiar
St Nicholas
Troy
N.Y
Moore
Clements Clark Moore
Warding Off Witches Led to Candy Canes
Medieval Europeans devised glass candy canes to distract witches by appealing to their curiosity in sorting colored comeries. The Candy, Chocolate and Confectionary Institute notes this superstition spurred the holiday symbol now beloved as candy canes.
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Candy, Chocolate and Confectionary Institute
Roasting Peacock A Medieval Yule Delicacy
A medieval England recipe describes roasting a peacock as a holiday delicacy. It instructs removing the head and skin so the bird can be sewn back together before serving.
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England
A Uanted Christmas Charm The Juldock Ghost Misbehaving Children
A quirky Christmas custom called the Juldock features a nine pole with a ghost’s head. It is said to fill in for when children misbehave, offering a playful punishment or reminder during the season.
First National Community Christmas Tree at White House
In 1928 the first National Community Christmas Tree was placed on the White House lawn during Calvin Coolidge's presidency. The spruce came from Vermont Coolidge's home state, and in 1929 he led a ceremony under the American Forestry Association to promote live Christmas trees.
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U.S
White House
Calvin Coste
Coolidge
Vermont
American Forestry Resociation
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Berry Food Market
Kingsland, Texas
Kingsland Chamber OF Commerce
Mes
Claude Whitehead
Johnson City
G. A. Me McGrew
Gannison
Sheppard
Burnet
Darrell Davis
San Marcos
W. J. Williams
A. E. Davis
Valley Spring
Olney Wallis
Houston
Ben Alton Wallis
Ben Wallis
Shirley Williams
UL A
Earth
Fosters Grocery and Lodges
Norred Mobil Service
Cingsland
Vanity Beauty Shop
Marble Falls
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