Customs From Other Lands Glorify Xmas Celebrations
Readers learn how Christmas gift giving varies worldwide. From Santa Claus in the United States and Europe to Kings Day in Latin America, St Nicholas in the Netherlands, La Befana in Italy, Baboushka in Russia, and goats and elves in Scandinavia, customs spread from tradition to modern practice. The piece notes tree origins with St Boniface in the 8th century and contrasts regional practices in gift giving, decorations, and folklore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Santa Claus
United States
Norway
Father Star
Poland
Mother Star
St. Nicholas
American
Nicholas
Santeklas
St. Boniface
Germany
Odin
Ichild
Pomona Area Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs Ethel Lindsay stayed at Michigan Valley with Mr and Mrs W A McDaniel last week. Numerous friends and relatives from Ottawa Quenemo Leby and Richmond shared meals and visits including Mr and Mrs Cora Button Mr and Mrs Archie Clark and many others during the week long social roundups across Pomona area homes and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Lindsay
W. A. McDaniel
Michigan Valley
Archie Clark
Cora Button
Ruth Barton
Wichita
Charlie Eichenberger
FE. J. Neely
Wil
Liam Fawl and
Prairie Village
Jim Driver
Billy
Jim Bob
Roger
Judith Ann
Topeka
Don Driver
Robert Freisen
John
Steven
Dick Driver
Harvey Crow
Earl Crow
C. C. Selby
Ottawa
William Yuratovich
Susan
Kansas City
Stella Lane
Reuben Storrer
Jennie Wheeler
Richter
Carl Hoopes
Dean
Richard Lancaster
Merrill Ray Lancaster
Earl Powers
Storrer
T. J. Plaschka
Maude Hackett
Williamsburg
Milton Hackett
Hackett
Plaschkas
Lions club dinner in Richmond hosts guests and speaker
Twenty attended the Lions club dinner at St. Therese church basement in Richmond. Guest speaker Joe Peine discussed his trip to Chicago for the National 4-H Club Congress, where he earned top honors in the field crop group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
St. Therese
Martin Kinchloe
Myrtle Point
Ore
Lawrence Pickett
Joe Peine
Chicago
Reid Freese
Leon
Ilinois
Olin Freese
Corpus Christi
Tex
Margaret Feuerhborn
Agnes
Victor
Sylvester
John
Herman Mader
Ernest Pickett
Marilyn
Charles Feuerborn
Lambert Bures
Albert Boecker
Ed Anderson
Dale
George Feuerborn
Lee
Walter Perkins
Richmond Hdu
Amos Ligon
Robert Foltz
Princeton
Nola Morgan
Clive Bastin
Mattie Winter
Mines
Fred Kuiken
Hayes Johnson
Hardin Watkins
Cecil Vining
Albert Spring
Loren Snider
Charles Smith
Oma Roberts
Chester Martin
Ray McLees
Harry Horstick
Charley Dunbar
A. C. Crozier
John Craycraft
John Cole
Mrs. Dunbar
Appanoose Area Social and Church News
Families gathered for Sunday visits and a church wedding at Ottawa Nazarene. Ger aldine Rowe married Robert Steele Jr. at the Church of the Nazarene in Ottawa. Local households shared meals, entertainment, and youth group activities at Lone Star church and with Brethren C Y F events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Mesenhimer
Glen Mesenhimer
Lucy Lambert
Lawrence
Arthur Mesenhimer
Geraldine Rowe
Robert Steele, Jr
Church of the Nazarene
Ottawa
Eldon Hufford
Die
Larry
Grandview
Bill Hufford
Ward Nance
Clyde Morgan
Wilbur Lauver
Lone Star Church
Julia King
Germany
Appanoose Church of the Brethren C. B. Y. F
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Pomona
Miss Fannie Kraus
Lane
Cedar Hope
Countess Elane
Ngor
Edgar M. Queeny
TAUY
Robert the Robot
Richmond Area
Miss Mabel Chandler
Appanoose Area
Ruth Morgan
Harry Norman
Overbrook
Everett Mullinix
David Rukes
Loren Rundle
Ray Lloyd
Wesley Stevenson
Mr. Batdorf
Wells Ville
Riddle's
S. Main
Sheaffer
Snorkel
Admiral Snorkel
Mann
N. Main
Tt Drugs
Motor Company
the Telephone Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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