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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia

16 Dec 1971

Page 5

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Winchester Evening Star

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Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

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Dec 16, 1971

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5

Humorous Christmas Tales From Cerf Nash And More

A collage of holiday humor from Frank Cerf Ogden Nash and others highlights Christmas quips about gifts, Santa, and seasonal quirks. Anecdotes include Ziegfeld’s late payments, Ben-Gurion wishing for a horse, Nativity innkeeper lines, and a snake charmer giving a towels set marked hiss and hearse.

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Frank Macomber Copley America Bennett Cert Ogden Nash Robert Benchley Stephen Leacock George Ade Cerf Florence Ziegfeld Tiffany’s Ziegfeld Kris Kringle North Pole Santa Claus David Ben-Gurion Ben-Gurion Westchester Prep Nash Epstein Frank Sinatra Bombay Sinatra
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Quest for a Pure White Marigold Prize Contest

The search for a pure white marigold 2 percent inches or wider continues after judging 890 entries from 45 states and two foreign countries for a ten thousand dollar prize. Three seed samples won special awards of one hundred dollars in California. The winners were Miss A L McGee of Louisville Kentucky Mrs Frederick S Doherty Jr of Manasquan New Jersey and Mrs B Drell of Dalton Illinois. Horticulturists offer tips to future contestants and advise growing nearly white varieties and cross pollination techniques to preserve whiteness.

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AP News David Burpee California A. L. McGee Louisville Frederick S. Doherty Jr Manasquan N.J B. Drell Dalton, Ill
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