Immortal Santa Claus Letter Read After Fifty Years
New York remembers the 1897 New York Sun editorial to Virginia O’Hanlon. Virginia, now 58, remains convinced Santa exists as a symbol of love, generosity, and faith, per her lifelong principal life and ongoing reader letters.
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New York
Dee
Santa Claus
Little
Virginia
New York Sun
Francis P. Church
Church
Edward Douglas
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Douglas
Brucetown Charge Presents Yale Programs and Christmas Events
Brucetown Methodist Charge plans Christmas entertainments starting 8 p m Sunday at Welltown church with further programs at Crums Brucetown and Stephenson Friday A Richmond orphan home movie will be shown with other dates at Carpers Valley and Burnt Factory on Sunday December 28 A New Year’s Eve religious drama is slated for Brucetown church Rev Emory Ellmore ministers the Brucetown charge.
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Brucetown
Welltown
Crums
Stephenson
Richmond
Carpers Valley
Burnt Factory
Brucetown Union
Emory Ellmore
Winchester Subscribers Call Star Office For Missed Copy
Please contact the Star office before 7 p m to request a replacement issue if you do not receive your copy. Saturdays require a call before 6 p m for the same service.
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Winchester
Star Office
Mrs. S. E. Giffin Succumbs at 90
Sarah Elizabeth Giffin died at age 90. She was daughter of Mary and Joseph Eaton and widow of John R. Giffin. Survived by daughters Bertie Spaid Hooks Mills WV and Edith Marple Gore, 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral 2 p m Saturday with viewing 1 0 Pp. m to Timber Ridge Christian church where she was longtime member. Reverends Roy Coulter and Charles R. Sine to officiate.
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Sarah Elizabeth Giffin
Mary
Joseph Eaton
John R. Giffin
Bertie Spaid
Hooks Mills
W. Va
Edith Marple
Gore
Giffin
Timber Ridge Christian Church
Burial plans noted with pallbearers from family
The notice mentions burial in the adjoining cemetery and six grandchildren named as pallbearers, signaling a family funeral arrangement and the expected procession.
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Ate
Government Tries To Avert WU Strike Amid Tieup Threat
Washington officials plan another effort to avert a strike by 50 000 AFL Western Union workers set to begin at 6 am Tuesday. The CIO American Communications Assn representing New York City workers offers to strike with AFL if the walkout occurs, risking a nationwide tieup.
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Washington
AFL Western Union
CIO American Communications Assn
New York City
AFL
Charles Town Cagers Defeat Garber 68 to 59
Charles Town American Legion post expands lead early before Garber staggers at the half. Glenn Magaha nets 27 for Charles Town while Leon Pope leads Garber with 19 and Bill Magaha adds 11 as the locals reclaim victory.
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Charles Town
Garber
Charles Town American Legion Post
Glenn Magaha
Leon Pope
Bill Magaha
Winchester
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Industrial Rayon
Painesville
Covington Va
Rileys Real Estate
Hansbrough & Carter Bldg
2Nd Fleet
Hoye Riley
Leonard Riley
Heuz Deedhas
Wembley
Esquire
Munsingwear
Cameo Beautee
Madame Louise
Wheel Toys
Tricycles
Gotham
Camee
Dorothy Perkins
Yardley Cosmetics
Cora
Winchester’s
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