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In Fiorina From RussiaChristmas Eve Tale ToldByProfessorAtCollegeoNote: Prof. Anatol von Sna- I more hatred in our hearts, only ^hall end celebration by threefo kovsky, a native of Russia, fled love to God and men; like to I alvo in honor of the Son of God his native land during the Com- : friends and to enemies.e arose. The military commandmunist revolution, was a teach- Our commander said a prayer, | ollowed, and threefold salvoer in the years between the we all sang some Christma two world wars and survived j hymns imprisonment in the last. He came to the United States afterWorld War fl and is now a member of the Jacksonville State College faculty. He wrote the following account several yearsago.By ANATOL VON SPAKOVSKYIt was many, many years ago.We — seventeen men and one woman-forced our way through the encirclement of Bolshevists and skied to Finland. Soon we ceased to count the days, and time ceased to exist for us.It was transformed in something amorphous, in a darknesso 'from which we went and in whichatjwe came aga n. Our whob con s- sciousness was dominated by our je [skiing and bv our des!re to escape st and to reach Finland as soon as | possible.j In one of these timeless days,(when we stopped for lunch, our tt female companion. Maria Ivanov- werybody absorbed n ms ownit|na, said to us: “Gentlemen, doMitat.on, hearing the voice of id j you know that tomorrow it will'God in his heart, n he Christmas eve?” ‘‘How dotwakened the forestThe candies burned out. We I lighted our wood pile and took \ our places around it. It became S again dark around us, but not f inside us. Invisible candles of ’ God’s love and sacrifice glowed in souls and hope, too, that the I divine grace would be with us.J Two weeks after we reachedIff! the frontier of Finland.DEATHSDR. EDDIE BAKFRPITTSBURGH (UPI) - Dr. Ed. die Baker, 50, head football coach at Carnegie Tech, died Tuesday night of cancer in South Side Hospital. Baker. Tech's head coach for 13 years, was honored last lonth as West rn Pennsvlvan a’s Small College Coach of the Year.PROF. VON SPAKOUSKY. . . recalls flightSYDNEY GRANVILLESTOCKPORT, England. (UPI) —Sydney Granville, 74, a former actor with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, has died, it was an-it seemed to me tnat even tne nounced you know it?” asked our com-[forest beasts participated in our mander. I celebration of the birth of God‘ Why’ simply. answered Ma-,°f »lt;*• » w so™ gl«»dng »f j rie Ivanovna. ‘‘I have my pocket j eves behind the trees in the tori'I calendar, and I note every day of I6®1- °[* maybe it was only myniour traveling.” “Very well, Ma-!e^eited imaginationHria Ivanovna, we thank you, ande tomorrow we shall celebrate this our commanderd day. We have some candles andHUGH H. CHISHOLMNEW YORK (UPI) - Hugh H.Chisholm. 73, Board chairman of the Oxford Paper Company, died unexpectedly at work Wednesday “Now, gentlemen,” interrupted [in his skyscraper office.Two Draw Iwe shall have our Christmas tree,” said the commander.“I shall adorn it with ribbons, j On mvi (added Maria Ivanovna. ButWILLIAM WEHRLEDAYTON. Ohio (UPI) - Broth-er William 0. Wehrle. head of the University of Dayton English Department and an expert on leg'3 ..,.11 lt;**» rihhnnc Marin ends and traditions of Christmas,2 where will you get ribbons Maria j Two men were doalt heavy fines ... uwWsHav ’^ I hf*r *T sh^ll i n j • /■« * mi j Cl 11(1 VVPflllf S(l3y flight. BrOtflCrj IV anov na. asKea i ner. 1 snau dunng Recorders Court Thurs- u-»hri«» a* a native dim cut mv blue blouse which I have for driving while intoxicat L natm Pittsburgh,in my knapsack, ’ answered she ^ ' 8 ifor ma-v 3**™ a SantaNobody objected. Receiving fines of $100 andThe next day was a beautiful costs for DWi were Newt Hsunny winter day We got up Gooisby jr 35 0f Tallapoosa, ; early and skied tiU the tree tops Ga and Caivin c Pittman, 31, and the shadows in the forest jof 2u Meadow Ave.. Oxford.Claus suit to visit children in thisarea.COL. BYNUM CASHRICHMOND. Ind (UPI)Re-Zti mfduow /wt,f uAiuiu. 1* aj \ n,,nHrv. t-became longer and longer. j Richard King. 39, of Anniston! f ,Then we chase a small glade Rt 4 was fined $50 and costs forl et(r‘,n 0 *orId wars and dl*for our niplace *, Inesdav.ight’s lodging (halting violation of the prohibition lawjrector °J ^National Home Di-went to cut a fir for and Kini, ^ of 4l0 Fjrst|vxs.on of the Veterans Adm.n.stra-. our Christmas tree, and my other Ave received a fine of $50 andj^0r 10 1940’ d,ed ^r* Welt;*’ companions were occupied in pre-j^ts for reckless driving, paring our halting place for the ^am Del Porto,38. of 1014 Front]'celebration of the Christmas eve. I st was arrested yesterday fori j We put our pine in the middle violation of the prohibition law!“ of our halting place so that we and vagrancy. His cases were]J could sit around it. We fixed our continued, candles on its branches, and Maria Ivanovna adorned it with blueribbons.Lola Mae Reves, 24, Negro, of 1324 Crawford Ave., was jailed yesterday for violation of the pro-]lt;•**And when the night threw its hibition law. Her case was con-dark veil on earth, we lighted the tinued also.candles, and our small pine be -came a Christmas tree. There was)something mystic, almost unreal Mail\ill**'* Inlenflcfl, in this nicture of a Christmas /• c. /.» •, tree with seventeen human be- ol5 ings sitting around it in the tlvck-j NEW Ylt;)RK lt;AP - Much mar ! , et of the primeval northern for- Tommy Manville gave his est future wife — No. 11 — this (,j This forest never saw such a t-boice of Christmas gifts: A whop-, picture before, and maybe will ping eight karat diamond or a! never see it after. The mystic of hefty block of American Telephone I the candles’ light on our Christ- Telegraph stock. t mas tree and of the Holy evening His fiancee, Christina Erdlen, a t in the forest was also in our souls, statuesque brunette, chose the All was forgotten: the pinching stock. The number of shares was frost of northern wintry night, our not disclased.I weariness, the hardness of our Manville. 65. and Christina, 20,, traveling, the darkness of our fu- plan to marry Jan 11 She is an . Jure. immigrant waitress from Ger*many. It will be her second mar*. was among us, and there was no riage,Authorized Parts andSorrierOenerai eiertrt#WesttiiKhou*#Dor mlt;* vet Shefltnd Helmco let 8pr»f rherm*ndotBeratedDane Ijkc?TitanSwitch®*Arvtn'am fieldJohnson Waxtrt tfanninv BotmioWirmtmilttr Prestcvilrro Product#proctoi] JnlYftitj1 West Bend Cor?j Umllton-Be»chMeJnm Sprinkler* Red DeviliiAnniston Electric Co.j 15th and Noble AD 7 5401
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Anniston, Alabama, US
Thu, Dec 24, 1959
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