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HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
SECOND SECTION—PAGES ONE TO EIGHT
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1951
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Best Wishes for the Holidays and 1952
to our Alaska Friends
Libby, MeMelil & Libby
REETMGS
with regards
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Buyer and Supplier
In Tree Industry
The United States is the world’s
leading; source of supply as well as
the lop buyer in the Christmas tree
industry—a better than $50,000,000
business.
The majority of our Christmas
trees come from New England, New
York and Pennsylvania, the north
Middlewest, and the Northwest
Pacific regions. In recent years,
New Jersey has annually marketed
around 100,000 trees for local uce.
Most of the trees for Christmas
sales are cut early in the fall and
the trees are kept green with plenty
of water until shipped to distribu
tion centers.
Some mass producers, newever,
cut trees early in the new year, and
treat them wuh preservatives and
coloring solutions for storage in
chilled warehouses.
Smaller Towns
iegan Lighting
Outdoor Trees
Although the White House nnd
Rockefeller Center outdoor tree
decorations have become famous
in recent years, the practice of
; lighting outdoor trees began in
smaller towns and cities long be
fore these two displays became an
: annual affair.
Four widely separated commu
nities lighted up as early as 1913.
Two of them, McDonald and Ger
mantown, were in Pennsylvania.
Salem, Ore., decorated a large Sit
ka spruce. Riverside, Calif., illum
inted a large evergreen, an Aracur
jia
The first National Christmas tree ,
was in 19?'l and was sponsored by j
the American Forestry association. !
For the past two years the ligr.iing
oi I ho White House has boc^i tele- |
vised.
CHRISTMAS
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GREETINGS
The ALASKAN Magazine
H. R. "Bed" and Mary Barrer
Life offers us nothing more
precious than the loyalty
and understanding of real
frienda
So this Christmas greeting
is sent with a heart full of (
gratitude for the blessings
of our friendship.
May you enjoy a very Merry
Christmas and a Happy
New Year,
jBtslhsncb Co.
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