Eight New Babies For Shafter Families
Shafter residents welcomed eight newborns in the last ten days. The report names families including Richasie Gabe, Turpin, Rudolph Lopez, and John Ward. Cadet examinations for the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point will be held April 7, 1947, per Commander J Ge McDonald USMS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Richasie Gabe
War Bork
Cle Ia Wailese
Helen Turpin
Ss. Merchant
Corp
Kings
J. Ge ‘McDonald
USMS
Gear Street
San Francisco
St Lucy Honors Sweden Observances Of Saint Day
The article describes St Lucy Day celebrated in Sweden on December 3 signaling the Christmas season. It notes the selection of the prettiest girl to impersonate Lucy, her white dress red sash and wire crown with candles, and Lucy's awakening rounds with coffee or sweets.
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Sweden
Lucys
Lucy
Switzerland
Father Christmas
Santa Claus Letter Seeks Toys and Candy
A child writes to Santa requesting a mix of thoughtful gifts and noisy toys, then considers the idea of self harm before realizing his mother’s belief that Santa brings what he thinks best. The poem ends with the mother’s wiser view that Santa’s choices are safest.
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Claus
Santa
Tom
Santa Claus
Deciphering an Ancient Syrian Tablet at Yale
Yale scholar Dr. Julian Obermann translates a Ras Shamra tablet from Northern Syria. The cuneiform inscription, part of Ugaritic archaeology begun in 1929, presents the earliest narrative of a miraculous birth linked to a Daniel figure.
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Yale: University
Syria
Ras Shamra
Ugarit
Julian J. Obermann
Yale
Christmas Poem From Four Voices on the Wind
A poem depicting Christmas night with four voices echoing across hills and moor. The speaker hears bells and distant voices swelling and fading like a closing door, expressing peace goodwill and shared human longing across distant voices.
Fearful Karkantzari folklore in Greek Christmas lore
The article describes the Karkantzari as mystic, gnome like beings roaming rural Greece between Christmas and Epiphany. People burn old leather to ward them off, while an Orthodox priest uses holy water and basil to banish the creatures. They supposedly vanish until the next Christmas season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Basil
Fragmented list of cultural references and events
A garbled OCR fragment lists Ansivers Clament Moore Dickens A Christmas Carol and various items including 3010 Indian C octan southwest of Java Irving Berlin Sweden Wasgsafl bowl TOA Cold Easter and a Mexican Aztec god replacing Santa in 1930. It mentions Christmas cactus and a Mass of Christ and notes remains stolen in 1087 by merchants and re interred at Bari.
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WoDr Clament
C. Moore
Bari
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Shafter Press
Merchant Marine
Barrendorrerage
Guy i Mouser
Marc Lee
Robby’s Grocery
Smith Corner
Bia
Sante
Sam Lachenmaier
Aki
Maxine
Central Ave
St. Lucy
al Ctlen
Christ
Tennysen
Karkantzari
Bie
J. C. Penner
Real Estate & Insurance
Ier Christmas
Coberly-West Ginning Company
Shafter, Calif
Wey
Anderson’s Music Shop
Hitchcock
Auto Parts
Charles V. Hitchcock
Shafter, California
Mihids
Paramount Manufacturing CO. Shafter
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