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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
7
John Caress traveled to Washington on Thursday while Greg Farres went to Evansville Friday. Numerous locals visited relatives in Terre Haute Odon Bloomington Indianapolis and other towns this week. The Christian church hosts a Christmas tree and several residents were noted visiting or traveling for work or family reasons.
C Howard Buchanan leads preaching services every 2nd and 4th Lord's Day. Bible School Sunday morning at 9 30. Christian Endeavor meets 1st and 3rd Lord's Day at 7 15 p m. Everyone invited to all services.
Church notice for Elnora M E Parish with Rev S J Shake as pastor. Sunday School at 9 15 am with J E Pershing as superintendent. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 pm Epworth League Friday 7 pm Sermon 10 30 am and 7 pm. Cordial invitation to the public to worship with us welcome to all at every service.
Clever Christmas entertainment featured young wax-work like children in costumes from nursery tales. They reenacted fairy tale scenes, sang and danced, and a fairy made movement with a wand. Readers are advised to stage a holiday party with a store theme and Santa hostess to delight youngsters.
Tommy Lee, seven, has written a letter to Santa and asks his mother to post it. He peers into shop windows dreaming of presents including roller skates. A seventeen year old, Ben Walker, dismisses that Santa comes to poor kids, prompting a sorrowful reply from Mrs. Lee.
Tommy Lee, grieving his policeman father's death, meets Santa Claus who brings warmth and gifts. Santa helps with shoes and gloves for his mother and a pair of roller skates for Tommy. The tale ends with Tommy sleeping by his father's woolen socks on Christmas morning.
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