Santa Claus in Ohio Story by Secretary Brown Cites Cities
Editorial recalls an eight year old inquiring about a Santa Claus Ohio city. Secretary Brown denies a municipality but tells the tale of Santa's fictional journey across multiple Ohio counties with named places and festive imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted W. Brown
Ohio
Santa Claus
Brown
Ole St. Nick
Santa
Rudolph
Wood County
Stark
Montgomery
Plains
Athens
Jefferson
Cranberry Prairie
Mercer
Sugar Tree Ridge
Highland
Ginger Hill
Mahoning
Plum Brook
Erie
Grape Grove
Greene
Apple Creek
Wayne
Cherry Valley
Ashtabula
Cuyahoga-Coshocton-Delaware
Guernsey-Miami
Dad
Clermont
Franklin
Washington
Gallia
Adams
Trumbull
White Cottage
Muskingum
Holmes
Monroe
Chimmey
Butler-Warren
Champaign
Kris Kringle
COMET
Summit
Company
Morrow
Darke
Preble
Wood
Dart
Orient
Pickaway
Jerusalem
Jesus
Morgan
Hope
Vinton
LOOKING BACKWARD Selections From Courier Files
Selections from the Courier: 1930 items note Dr Tom Longworth plans a 16-room private hospital near Felicity with contractor Charles Glaze. Loveland Herald sold to Earl and George Winter. a Ford sedan stolen from New Richmond found in Georgia. Mrs Louis Bauer boasts prolific canary breeding and chick production. a pine tree on Judge Nichols's lot lit with electric lights for Christmas. 10 Years Ago item recalls Clermont County water project finances and bonds. mention of the largest Christmas tree title likely Indianapolis 246 feet.
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Felicity
Tom Longworth
Charles B. Glaze
Higginsport
Ohio
Loveland Herald
Lovesland
Earl and
George Winter
Cincinnati
Stanton Brock
Herman Dittmar
New Richmond
Georgia
Louis Bauer
South Batavia
H.L. Nichols
Wood Stree
Looking Ahead to Free Market Path for U S Future
This column endorses free market principles and U S leadership as essential for global progress. It cites U S A journal studies by Alice Widener and George Fowler arguing against socialist policies and for reinvigorating domestic and foreign policy to expand freedom, enterprise, and technological advancement.
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Washington
U.S
U.S.A
Alice Widener
Widener
George Fowler
Lippmann
U. S
Mr. Fowler
Surt
Parson Jones Questions Christ Is The Answer Sermon
Parson Jones recalls a Christmas message at Absolute Truth Church titled Christ is the Answer and questions what the phrase means. He critiques modern preachers for avoiding clear answers on sin race money and hypocrisy while promising truth. He plans to preach on What does God say about war and ends with a draft card warning.
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Absolute Truth Church
Christ
Amos
Isiah
Ole Amos
Jesus
Mackinac College to Open in 1966 with Moral Re-Armament Ties
The Michigan State Board of Education moves to establish Mackinac College with Dr. S. Douglas Cornell as first president. Basil Entwistle named chairman and Andrew Smith vice chair. The liberal arts college aims for 1000 students, opening September 1966, using Moral Re Armament facilities on the island.
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Michigan State Board of Education
Board of Trustees
Basil R. Entwistle
Mackinac Island
Andrew R. Smith
Car- Teau, Smith and Company
New York Stock Exchange
S. Douglas Cornell
Washington, D.C
Mackinac College
Entwistle
Cornell
MRA
Macknac College
Lanary Aoee
Seeking Log Was Family Affair
The piece traces the Yule log tradition from England where families chose a log for luck and witches, with the burning log signaling fortunes for the year. It notes children calling forth gifts, being scolded by parents, and later invited back to open gifts beside the log.
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Yesteryear
England
Christmas Prayer and the Gifts of the Magi
A Christmas poem recalls prayers for the sick and grieving and offers comfort and hope. Grace Joslen and Ethel Barnett De Vito present a prayerful verse asking for strength on Christmas Day. The piece ends with a retelling of the Magi bearing frankincense myrrh and gold as prophetic gifts.
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Ethel Barnett de Vito
Kingly
Saba
Tarsus
Araby
Dark Balthasar
Food For Thought by Paul Varney on Christmas gospel
A religious column discusses Christmas family storytelling focusing on Jesus Christ. It cites Bible passages from Luke John Peter and Ephesians to explain Jesus birth purpose death resurrection and salvation by grace through faith.
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Paul Varney
Santa Claus
Jesus
John
God Lives Christmas Letter From Vietnam Soldier
An editorial imagines a wounded soldier in Vietnam on Christmas Day reading a letter from home. The memory of family, gifts, and home comforts momentsarily lifts him from fatigue and jungle stench, proving to the author that God is alive through the soldier’s longing for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Mother’s Kitchen
You
God
Broadway Tea Gift Turns Theft Dream Into Night
Four days after a couple’s honeymoon a Broadway tea show tickets note prompts a late return to a robbed love-nest. valuables vanish and a chilling clue reads Now you know as an ominous poem marks a postscript death by mistaken identity.
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Love-Nest
Broadway
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