Santa Claus Editorial Endures in American Memory
The piece recalls Virginia O’Hanlon’s 1897 question in the New York Sun and Francis Church’s famous editorial Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus. It notes Virginia O’Hanlon’s later life in New York City and public appearances while affirming Santa’s enduring presence as a symbol of love and generosity.
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Norbert Eller
Santa Claus
New York City
St. Nick
Laura Virginia Douglas
Virginia O'Hanlon
New York Sun
Papa
Virgina
Sun
Francis Pharcellus Churea
Chatham
New York
Virginia
Greenwich Village
Perry Como
Lake Virginia
O'Hanlon
Santa
Francis Church
New York Civil Service Exams Offered February and April
Statewide exams for Employment Interviewer and Unemployment Insurance Claims Examiner set for February 4 and April 15 1961. No application fee. February 4 deadline January 3 1961 March 13 1961 for the April test. Applications at Civil Service offices Albany Buffalo New York City and local NYS Employment Service offices. Confessions on the second and fourth Saturdays 7:30 to 8:30 PM.
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New York State
Civil Service
New York State Department of Labor
Department of Civil Service
Broadway
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Albany
Buffalo
New York State Employment Service
Christmas Music Programs Friday
Pastors and choir directors of all churches are requested to submit Christmas music programs to the Palladium Times editorial room by noon Friday December 22 for Saturday publication. Late submissions may not be published.
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Palladium Times
Oswego Hit By Snowstorm Drops Heavy Toll On Families
A major snowstorm blankets Oswego and Palermo Vermillion areas with up to 18 inches overnight while Onto Minetto and Fulton see around five inches. County crews clear roads as drivers are urged to take care with icy conditions and delayed travel. Elmer F Loveridge notes a 5.8 inch fall at his Ellen Street station and predicts more cold weather ahead.
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Hastings
Maple View
New York Milk Production Up in 1960
The Agriculture Department reports New York milk production rose nearly three percent in the first 11 months of the year, reaching 9.244 billion pounds, narrowing the gap with Minnesota for second place behind Wisconsin. National production was up nine tenths of a percent. Orleans County in Western New York shows a brighter 1961 outlook for farmers, with expectations of capital investments and continued dairy farm expansion.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New York
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New York County
Orleans
Orleans County
Miss Jean Ann McDonald Wed In Home Rites
Miss Jean Ann MacDonald and Kenneth Edward Pierce were married last evening at 6 in the home of the groom's parents at 62 Varick Street. Rev. Russell S. Brown officiated. The bride wore a white nylon over taffeta gown with bouffant skirt and a shoulder veil. They left for a trip to Conesus Lake after a reception at 69 W Ninth Street. The groom will return to the Navy base at Charleston early next year.
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Jean Ann MacDonald
Kenneth Edward Pierce
Varick St
Russells. Brown
First Methodist Church
James
Vivian MacDonald
W. Ninth St
Kenneth E. Pierce
Miss MacDonald
First Methodist W S C S Holds Christmas Meet
The W S C S of First Methodist Church held a Christmas meeting in the Social Hall with a Nativity Scene display prepared by Mrs Earl Carter. Devotions narrated by Mrs Charles Pyke featured Christmas songs under Mrs Earle Spa ar. Members approved a spring Communion breakfast for Christ Church and Dorcas Circle will host January meeting.
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Charles Pyke
Earle Spaar
Wiliam Purvis
Crayton Buck
Robert Palmer
Richard Wheeler
1. S Matoi
Arte Spaar
Jesus
Herbert Tanner
Christchurch
Fred Yonker
Japan
Dorcas
Aldersgate
Painter shoots skunk invading cellar in Cranston
Chester Painter shot a skunk that invaded his cellar in Cranston Rhode Island. The body was removed quickly but the lingering odor upset Painter and his family.
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Cranston, R. I
UPI
Chester Painter
Painter
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