Santa figures at SU hospital yearly gifts drive
Iowa City reports the State University of Iowa Hospitals seeking help for about 500 patients this Christmas. Charles Ingersoll, SU Hospitals assistant superintendent and Santa Claus’ official representative, thanks past contributors and urges donations to the Christmas committee. Do not mail wrapped gifts or food due to diet restrictions. gifts will be sorted at the hospital.
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State University of Iowa
Iowa
University Hospitals
Charles Ingersoll
University Berlin
Santa Claus
SUI
Ingersoll
State University of Hospital
University Hospitals Christmas Drive Seeks Gifts for Patients
Ingersoll announced a volunteer drive organized by Red Cross Gray Lanies to gather gifts for hospitalized children and adults. Suggested items include toys, stationery, gloves, books, scarves, and knitting materials. Cash gifts are welcomed and checks should be made payable to the University Hospitals Christmas Committee.
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Red Cross
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University Hospitals
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United Nations High School Contest Seeks Iowa Entries
The 38th annual United Nations high school contest sponsored by the American Association for the United Nations and its Iowa division invites all U.S. high school pupils. Registration for study materials is due before February 1, 1964, with teachers directing students to Miss Pearle Tallman in Des Moines. The contest features an exam.
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United Nations
American Association For the United Nations
Iowa
United States
United Nations Essay Contest Prizes Announced
Iowa high schools will hold a United Nations examination on March 3 1964 with three booklets. National winners receive trips and college scholarships, while state prizes include bonds of various amounts. George Poage of State College of Iowa will judge the two top high school exams, with state winners to be announced at the April meeting. States offer numerous local prizes and national winners will be notified by telegram.
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United Nations
U.N
Europe
United States
George Poage
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Iowa
American Association For the United Nations
First Christmas Legends and Firsts Traced in History
The article surveys Christmas firsts from stockings and St Nicholas to tree trimming, noting dates and origins. It discusses December 25 as the likely Nativity date, early church records, and how customs evolved blending fact with myth across centuries.
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St. Nicholas
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Early Christmas Tree Traditions Across America and England
A 1804 Fort Dearborn chart notes trimming trees with period ornaments. The 1923 White House tree under Calvin Coolidge, a Vermont spruce, marks early national trends. The next year Coolidge backed living Christmas trees via the American Forestry Association. In England, the Round Table feast linked to King Arthur dates to legends around 600 AD.
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Ill
White House
U.S
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Vermont
American Forestry Association
Round Table
England
Arthur
Cards Came Late in Yale Traditions
Christmas card exchanging started about 1848 with English artist William Maw Egley who designed a pasteboard card showing a family dinner, dance, skating, carolers and alms. His friends did not warmly receive the idea.
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Liam Maw Egley
Egley
Charles Dickens
Evolution of Christmas Cards from 1812 to Today
A concise history traces Christmas card origins in 1812 London by d A Boerner and Sir Henry Cole in 1843, with Horsley’s designs. It covers US adoption via Marcus Card, Louis Prang’s Roxbury venture, and postwar rise aided by affordable printmaking, noting Peggy Gilbert of Norcross, Inc. as a statistics source.
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Royal Academy
Sir Henry
United States
Marcus Card Company
London
Louis Prang
Roxbury
Mass
Peggy Gilbert
Norcross, Inc
Firs Dominate Christmas Tree Trade and Varieties
The Douglas fir tops Christmas use though not a true fir, famed for upturned growth and needle retention. Montana supplies many trees, balsam fir ranks second for fragrance, while eastern red cedar, black spruce, and Scotch pine are also popular. Canadian trees spread across seven provinces. U.S. accounts for about 1 percent of Canada’s annual production. Other shipments reach from Ethiopia to Venezuela.
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Asia
Himalayas
North America
Montana
United States
Canada
Ethiopia
Venezuela
Hunter shoots 45-pounder at Long Distance Red Oak area
In Montgomery county a 45-pounder was shot by Lea Bruce of Red Oak while hunting near the Byron Beeson farm three miles south of Red Oak. The incident reportedly involved a rifle at about 800 yards.
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Tes
Lea Bruce
Red Oak
Byron Beeson Farm
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