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KOSLOSKY’S DEPARTMEMT STORE
CHURCHES PLEDGED
FOR COLLEGE
Methodist churches across the
United States have pledged $522,
549 to the proposed Alaska Meth
odist College and the total for
the college in cash and pledges
on hand is $1,476,549. Dr. H. L.
Johns of Philadelphia, director of
the college campaign in the
States, said the $522,549 was a
“preliminary and- incomplete” fi
gure, since there were no reports
from fire episcopal areas aind
since representatives of others
said solicitation was not yet un
derway.
CAMPUS VOLCANO
The more than 900 persons who*
attended the University of Alas
ka open house last weekend
viewed an ‘active volcano” which
the school of mines constructed
as part of its exhibit. Earl Beist
l'ine, dean of the school of mines
and open house chairman, term
ed the poen house ‘‘highly suc
cessful and said visitors express
ed considerable enthusiasm for
the event which was designed to
show how the university is both
progressing with and taking a
lead in the territory’s develop
ment.
(freezing. Cards
CliriJmaS Qif$
ishman
Greeting cards are an English %
contribution to the Christmas ob- jj
servance.
This simple idea 01 wishing your|
friends a Merry Christmas was j
originated in 1846 by Henry Cole, |
a middle class Englishman andj
the idea brought Cole great honor;
as well as knighthood. §
Cole’s original cards depicted a1
Victorian family gathered at theS
festive board and he had a thou-5
sand of them struck off by litho-S
met
graph. Although the cards
with immediate popularity and 5
brought fame to Sir Henry Cole, it 1
was two decades before Christmas!
cards were sold generally.
Today the demand for cards
is
so great that many companies i
spend the full year designing and
producing only Christmas greet- j
ings. J
While today’s mass-produced
cards are quite superior to the
original cards produced by Henry
! Cole, neither time nor poets have
\ been able to improve on the classi
f cal message the Englishman pen
jj ned to the first Christmas greeting
( cards: “A Merry Chirstmas and
t a Happy New Year to you.”
Harvesting Trees Big
{Christmas Business
if While the sale of Christmas trees
i to the consumer is conducted en
f tirely in the few weeks just prior
1 to Christmas, the harvesting, pro- •
5* cessing and shipping of the trees :
i may begin as much as threei
if months before Christmas,
s' Approximately 25 per cent of the ;
% retail price of a Christmas tree is :
j the stumpage price; trees retail-1
If ing for about 25 cents per lineal;
foot will be worth about 6 cents ■
| on the stump and could wholesale :
'$ for from 10 cents to 15 cents peri
If lineal foot. Total number of trees :
H distributed in the United States i
if is about 30 million,
f There are at least 10 important i
| Christmas tree associations and :
$ groups representing the industry i
| in the United States and approxi ;
i mately 5,000 individuals and firm; i
| are registeded as retailers and
!i? wholesalers of Christmas trees in
gi the United States.
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TALKING TO SANTA . . . It's
an old, old story that’s new
every year for thousands of chil
dren, this visiting Santa in the
big department store to talk
about what’s to be in the Christ
mas stocking. Most always,
there’s a proud parent stand ng
nearby to do a little prompting
if necessary.
To one and
all a Merry
Christmas
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AUTOMOTIVE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT
Merry i
Christmas
may THIS CHRISTMAS
bring you happiness,
CONTENTMENT AND
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