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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1961
Page
10
A vintage style recipe for a layered gelatin salad featuring Washington Golden Delicious and Red Delicious apples, pineapple tidbits, and whipped cream. The mold is chilled and decorated with parsley or watercress, serving six to eight.
Pyote Air Force Base announces a Christmas party for all children of service personnel and civilians on Saturday December 23. Santa will attend with refreshments and gifts for the youngsters.
The piece traces the birth of Christmas cards to 1843 when Henry Cole commissioned John Horsley to design a card bearing A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year. It notes the thousand lithographed copies sold quickly in London, then spread to the United States via R. J. Pease in Albany.
The narrator recalls youth in Texas and Benton Arkansas. He describes his mother’s quick defense with his father’s gun during a home intrusion. He recounts childhood stages including a lawn fete in Benton, his sister Vivian, his sister Marion, and his first solo train trip ending at Little Rock.
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