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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
13
Constructive toys suit growing children by promoting movement and imagination. Choose gifts like blocks, dolls that can be dressed or bathed, wagons, cars, and educational sets. Enduring al ts include wooden blocks, handmade crafts, and even books for older readers, while a homemade keepsake can delight a child.
Kate Yarrow plans a solitary Christmas as family members depart for holidays leaving her to run the house. Her brother Tom arrives with five bachelors, bringing turkey and mistletoe, prompting awkward moments and a lonely midnight shift in the kitchen as she scrambles to prepare the feast.
The American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary announce a fund drive to buy gifts for disabled veterans in hospitals nationwide. Department Commander Clyde E Rankin urges public and Legion members to contribute via local posts or American Legion Headquarters in Harrisburg to honor those who have given.
In a kitchen scene Kate and Bill share a charged moment beneath the mistletoe as he declares his love. Baltimore Mayor Theodore R McKelvin is slated to speak December 14 at the 20k annual dinner of the First National Bank of Gettysburg, with about 200 expected attendees and President Edmund W Thowase presiding.
A leading magazine polls mothers across America about teaching children to believe in Santa Claus. Responses favor keeping the magic of childhood, while some argue for honesty as reality intrudes. The piece explores whether to promote belief or reveal the truth as children grow.
A scanned quiz lists questions about the national Christmas tree in California and Poinsett as the plant name. It notes a poll of mothers favoring Santa belief, tree dedication year 1925, mistletoe facts, and functions. The key answers include California, Joel Roberts Poinsett, 1925, Santa belief, cold weather, Oklahoma, 1871, and Sweden.
The Gettysburg lodge of the Eagles has purchased 85 large turkeys totaling 2 500 pounds for the lodge's annual turkey banquet to be held Thursday evening at the lodge home on Chambersburg street. Preparations are under way to serve a turkey dinner with all the trimmings to 2 000 persons. The lodge has 1 400 members and invites them to bring their wives or lady friends. Dinner service starts at 6 pm with a special table for the eight surviving charter members listed in order: Charles W Myers James B Aumen Francis J Smith Dr H M Hartman Benton D Gilbert George A McClellan John W Brehm Harry C Gilbert.
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