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Greetings
TO
All Our Loyal Friends
and
Customers
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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May you celebrate this Christmas
With joy and good cheer
And continue its pleasures
Throughout the New Year.
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CHRISTMAS TREE
IS 150 YEARS OLD
IN THIS COUNTRY
A Christmas tree will be put up
in two out of every three American
homes this year. Yet the trimmed
Christmas tree, as it is known to
day, is only about 150 years old!
in this country.
The Pilgrims forbade Christmas
celebrations on the grounds they J
were pagan. A Massachusetts law
in 1689 subjected anyone to a fine 1
who observed the day by feasting, I
refraining from work or in any;
other manner.
It was not until near the end
of the American Revolution
that the' Christmas tree took
hold. German immigrants,
homesick for the tradition of
thrir native land, put them up.
The custom of the lighted Christ-!
mas tree, some historians tell, or
iginated with Martin Luther. He
was fascinated by evergreen trees,:
glistening with starlit-snow, point- j
ing to the heavens at Christmas
time. So he brought an evergreen
tree into his house and lighted it
with candles for his children.
Another old German legend cred
its St. Boniface with the origin of
the Christmas tree. Having con
verted some oak tree-worshipping
Druids to Christianity, he took
them into a forest, cut down art
oak and pointed to a stately fir
along side. "Take this tree,” he
said, "into your homes as a sign of
your new worship. Celebrate God’s
power no more with shameful j
rites, but in the sanctity of your I
homes with laughter and love,” j
TOM & JERRY
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DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
Circulation.Harvey Clausen
Peter McDowell
Ernie Kronquist
Dick Pegues
Bob Brown
John VavaLis
Bob Murray
Doug Boyd
David Arget.singer
Peter Arget.singer
Bob Pegues
Bob Kohlhase
Dale Hillerman
Jerry Rosenberger
Bob Harris
Les Swanson
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10 DIE IN
CHRISTMAS
PARTY FIRE
AMARILLO, Tex., Dec. 23_(/PI_
Ten feeble old people, trapped as
they laughed over Christmas pre
sents, died late yesterday in a blaze
that devoured their barn-like bar
racks home.
It was the worst fire in the Texas
Panhandle's history.
All the victims were bedridden.
Three were blind.
"I guess I’ve lost them all!” cried
Mrs. J. W. Wright, attendant in
charge of the barracks. “I should
have saved them.”
Then she collapsed.
But she had saved one patient.
Another saved himself. A visitor—a
woman badly burned trying to save
her stepmother—also got out. Those
four were the only survivors of the
barracks. The visitor was the only
one injured.
Thirty five patients in other units
of the four-unit frame and stucco
home were saved and taken to an
Amarillo hospital for temporary
care.
Rescue workers dug for hours in
darkness before they freed the last
body from the gutted barracks, part
of the Walker convalescent home
six miles northeast of here.
DEATH TOLL
OF HOLIDAY
IS STARTING
(By Associated Press)
The nation's Christmas travel |
rush was in full swnig today and
in the first hours there was a |
heavy toll on the highways.
Forty-one persons lost their lives;
in violent accidents since 6 p.m.
(local time) Friday. Thirty-eight
were killed on highways.
The National Safety Council es- i
timates 440 persons may be killed
in traffic accidents over the three
day Christmas holiday. ♦
MGOSE CHILDREN'S |
CHRISTMAS TREE
PARTY IS TONIGHT
Youngsters of the members of the
Loyal Order of Moose, eagerly awaL
the hour of 7:30 o'clock tonight
when the annual Childrens’ Christ
mas Tree Party will be held in
the Moose Lodge.
One of the big events for the
children in the year the Christmas
Party has been long planned and
great preparations have been un
der way to make this year's party
one of the best ever.
Santa Claus will be there in per
son to greet each youngster, aiid
the parents and Lodge members
as well and will have gifts for
everyone.
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FROM ANCHORAGE
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Parrish cf
Anchorage are stopping at the Ho
tel Juneau.
LARSON HERE
Norman D. Larson of Pelican is
staying at the Hotel Juneau for
over Christmas.
—
TOM & JERRY
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At Percy’s 690-2t
SUNFLOWER REMOVED
Two-year-old Patricia Fredelake
smiles from, her hospital bed after
surgeons had removed a miniature
sunflower plant from her lung.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fredelake of
Offerle. Kas., took their daughter
to Kansas City, Mo., for removal
of a “foreign object,” shown by
x-rays. Surgeons used a broncho
scope to remove the sunflower
seed which had sent up a lusty
sprout and had developed roots.
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P. 0. PARCEL POST
WINDOW BE OPEN
UNTIL 5 P.M. TODAY!
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The Juneau public is again re
minded that the Post Office parcel
post window will be open today
until 5 p.m. All parcels received
in the postoffice to date are on the
shelves and ready for delivery. Any
one expecting packages are asked
to call at the window by 5 o'clock
today as 'the post office will be
closed over Sunday and Christmas
Day, Monday.
TO IIAINES
The Rev. R. R. Armstrong, field
representative of the Presbyterian
Beard of Missions, will go to Haines j
to conduct Christmas services therO. j
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FROM PELICAN
Cscar Dolers of Pelican is at the
Hotel Juneau over the holidays.
BETHEL VISITORS
Wilma Bennington and Elizabeth
Xaneroff of Bethel are guests at :
he Baranof Hotel.
IN DANCE MEASURE
Christmas carols were in dance
measure at first. The word carol
comes from "corolla,” a ring, be- !
cause the son? was- for a ring
OWL SAY! 1
PUT ON THE CHAINS, !
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heart comes oor wish
to our many friends N
for a Merry Christmas ^
and a Happy New Year. |
GEO.LANGAKER
Jeweler... Photographer
ELKS CHRISTMAS
MATINEE-SANTA'S
VISIT IS TODAY
As the Empire goes to press the
long line of youngsters is forming
at the Capitol Theatre lor the big
annual Elks Christmas matinee for
the youngsters of Juneau. The show
scheduled to start at 1:00 o'clock
will be presented to a packed house.
Adults might accompany their
offspring to the entrance door
but they were not permitted to at
tend the show as every seat was
reserved for the children.
Following the show Santa Claus
awaits the youngsters across the'
street from the Theatre in the
spacious auditorium ol the Elks'
Lodge. To this event the parents j
are permitted to accompany young- j
er children. Santa Claus, in fine
fettle for the season of the year
when he reigns, eagerly awaits the
young folks with a bag full of
goodies for each and every one of
them.
, ENROITE TO MIAMI
Bill Hammer, who is with the
Alaska Road Commission at Glenn-1
alien, is on two months’ leave. He
just returned from Tenakee where
he had been visiting for several days
and plans to leave for Miami, Flor
ida, to soak up some sunshine. Ham
mer has lived in the Copper River
country for the past 40 years. He
is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
FROM YAKUTAT
J. W. Booth and Karl E. Aho,
both of Yakutat, are at the Gas
lineau Hotel.
The Nugget Shop will be open!
to accommodate late shoppers from
2 to 4 Sunday afternoon. 631-lt
Make your own Center-piece a
Ming-tree Christmas tree. See at
Nina’s N'ok Nack. 683-21
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whether baby’s toy is flammable.
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