Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1938 — Page 9

G From E The First State Bank T I N o •• . Once more it is our pleasure to extend the compliments of the season and express our hope that the New Year will — bring to you and yours the abundance of good things and good health you richly deserve. We take this occasion to » thank you most sincerely for your generous patron©age the past year and pledge o * continuance of our established quality and service.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23,1938.

A Merry Christmas — A Happy, Prosperous New Year How full of meaning this greeting is — when thoughtfully expressed. Every one in the McMillen organizations, from Mr. D. W. McMillen to the newest employee, appreciates the kindly spirit and sinceie human friendliness of this community. * May we all be appreciative of the spirit and meaning of this Season of the year - what it means to us individually, and as a community. Again we say, “A Merry Christmas and A Happy 1939!

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Pf «r> Hopkin* Joyce play* haste** to all the Santa Clanae* in New York at a luncheon in the Hotel Waldort-Aitoria. Lucky no young* ten were around or there might have been trouble!

What will you answer this Christmas when starry-eyed Junior raise* his face and asks: “Daddy, how com* I saw three Santa Clauses downtown today? Or: “Mother, why was Santa Claus riding in an automobile today? Are his reindeer hurt?” Or. looking at a Newspaper: “Why was Santa Claus so thin when I saw him on the corner today? He’s fat in this picture!” This is the season when harassed parents must think up quick answers or destroy Junior’s faith in St. Nicholas. For Santa Claus, though a messenger of joy, can also be a pest In Omaha a sympathetic mayor last year ruled that the army of fake Santas must leav* the streets, thereby bringing sighs of relief from Mother and Dad. But in other towns and cities, papa may restrain an impulse to strangle every red-suited gentleman Cat Put Up as Champion ( Tonawanda, N. Y. — (UP)— Dr.' Sergeat P. Martin claims ownership of a champion cat when it comes’ to feline age and '‘maternity mara-, thons.” His cat Patsy, Dr. Martin declares, has .produced 120 kittens since he rescued her form the Erie County S. P. C. A. pound 11 veers ago. o One Million Salads Lost Oakland, Cal. —(UP) —The Am- ( erican public lost an estimated 1,-i 000,000 salads here when a freight trtkin, striking a loaded vegetable truck, ploughed through four other

he meets on the street To prevent this mass liquidation, thoughtful persons have now offered a solution which has worked before and should work again. When Junior wonder* »bout so many different kind* of Santas, the explanation Is that they aren’t Santas at all, but just his helpers. Simply wreathe your face in a benevolent smile, take Junior on your knee and repeat the following: "You see, Junior, Santa is a very busy man and he need* lots of help. So he has helper* who ask boys and girls what they want In their stockings." The only trouble Is that Junior may answer: “Yeah, but papa, why did that man there say that he really was Santa Claus and that he’d be sure to bring me a big train set, an’ a lot of toy soldiers and a drum an’ a . . . ?” Maybe the situation is hopeless! t trucks, putting them out of bust- ' ncss. The engineer of the train was ’ not aware of the accident until a ’.produce wholesaler boarded his ( train and applied the emergency brakes. Old Black Mare Famous Sydney —(UP) — Eztreaty, the mother of Phar v.ap, Australia’s crack racing horse, and full rister of Nea Lap, who was sold In 1933 to ' American Breeders tor 17.C00, was i described by horse experts here upon her arrival from New Zealand as being "just a plain old black ipare.”

fl I WWW w w 99 WW THE SPIRIT OF THIS VI'LET I ISE SEASON I As another Christmos Season is welcomed, and the spirit of giving predominates in the minds of all, the employees and management of this institution join in extending Seasons Greetings to our host of friends and customers. May roar every Christmas Wish be fulfilled and may the Hew Year be one of Happiness, Health •nd Prosperity. Citizens Telephone Co

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