Birthday Greetings This Week List
Birthday wishes posted for several individuals with December dates. Names include Doctor G. Ohlsson and William J. Duerksen on December 25, Mrs. Helene Hobson on December 26, P. T. Wall on December 27, J. W. Frizzell on December 23, and Elsie Smoot on December 29. Related greetings note additional names and dates such as Mrs. Wm. Goertzen on December 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Ohlsson
William J. Duerksen
Helene Hobson
P. T. Wall
J. W. Frizzell
Robert Neuman
Elsie Smoot
Wm. Goertzen
the Mettler
Ronnie and
Johnny
Jerry Thompson
Pioneering founder of Goodwill inspired by perseverance
Edgar J. Helms, driven by a dream to be a foreign missionary, faced financial ruin but redirected effort to aid the poor in Boston. He built Goodwill Industries from dismantled poverty into repair shops, training destitute workers and selling repaired goods to fund wages. By 90 U.S. cities and 18 foreign lands, his work endures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Back Bay
Goodwill Industries
United States
Edgar J. Helms
Worldwide Christmas Traditions Gathered From Britannica
Britannica describes how Christmas blends in the United States with immigrant customs, English pageantry and carols, Scandinavian preps for a three week season, German home festivities, Dutch and Belgian craft shoe customs, French creches and midnight mass, Mexican Posadas, Epiphany processions in Normandy, Brazilian summer celebrations, and the origin of Christmas seals in Denmark used to fund tuberculosis relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica
Jesus
Germany
France
Normandy
Mary
Joseph
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Anton Holmboe
Important Dates This Week In California
December 22 marks winter begins and December 25 brings Christmas Day. Notable 1894 event: the first East West football game played in San Francisco between Stanford and the University of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
University of Chicago
San Francisco
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shafter Press
Peter
St. Ambrose School
Los Angeles
Dak Omng Ice
Goodwill
Igar J. Helms
D. Carnegie
Yuletide
J. C. Penner
Brazil
Equator
Papa Noel
Santa Claus
Ted French
California
Bayless & Son
Cashway Market
Shafter
Merr
Shafter Motel
Ralph Boels
Yeena Aouae
Amerts
Shafter, California
VJ NaQre
Central Ave
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