Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1947 — Page 11

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make an attractive I addi ti o n to the Christmas present. Wash them dry and then paint them any color you like. Fasten one to the top of every Christm*ic rti/i .

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mas gift to add an extra note of sentiment when wjap- : ping packages for yuletide giving. 0 _ » I rude in a Uooil Town — Decninr i wa M i ? -W w 1 J!W|L fe < * P -7 F® *•&. I fH . -7 Greeting May the Good Cheer and Peace of Christmas be with you on this day and always. Holthouse Drug Co.

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U'ACH year, thousands of letters in I *7 th e u. S. are mailed from Bethlehem—Bethlehem, Pa.; Bethlehem, Md.; Bethlehem, Conn., and Beth- | lehem, N. H. These towns were . named many, many years ago, and I imaginative Americans the country over send in letters to be remailed bearing the symbolic postmark of Bethlehem. The story associated with the I naming of Bethlehem, Pa., is espei cially moving. On Christmas Eve in I 1741, it is said, Moravian pioneers who had come to the new world in search of religious freedom gathered in a log cabin in the showi swept Pennsylvania countryside. Thankful for their new refuge, they sang carols joyfully; then Nicholas Louis, Count Zinzendorf, took up a taper and led the gathering into the stables where a few cows and horses stirred. “Let us call our village also Bethlehem,” he said, and all agreed. From a humble beginning over 200 years ago, Bethlehem, Pa., is now a thriving industrial city of 62,000.

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Santa Claus also has been honored in the naming of American cities. The story of the christening of Santa Claus, Ind., contains an awesome note in keeping with Christmas Eve. The government had turned down the request of a little settlement in southern Indiana 100 years ago because an older town in the state bore the same name of Santa Fe. As the villagers gathered in celebration of Christmas Eve, they pondered a new name, finding each suggestion unsuitable as they turned it over in their minds in order to select the right one. In the midst of their deliberations, a blinding light was seen outside. Rushing to the window, they saw a flaming star crash against a distant hill, leaving a crater that still can be seen today. Awed by the spectacle, the residents of the settlement considered the event as a special omen, and they gave ftieir community the name of Santa Claus to commemorate Christmas.

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