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Show Christmas Greetings UINTAH BASIN RECORD. DUCHESNE, UTAH ,J Smoking Sparrow And Hitchhiking liArc I lsGMRISTMAS Mouse Lead Off A A Freak Squeak Parade of 1947 rn Ar , $ By Paul Jones National Safety Council WHEN a sparrow smokes in bed and a cockroach kicks a man down the stairs, things are getting good and wacky. But thats what happened in 1947. And that isnt all. A dead deer shot a hunter. A cow made traffic history. A mouse upset a truck, a quail committed suicide, and some busy little bees boarded a streetcar and caused a honey of an accident. Yes, the annual roundup of odd accidents by the National Safety Council reveals that stole the show in 1947. To wit: Firemen in Camden, N. J finally found the source of smoke ' pouring through the home of Mrs. Marie Baugher birds nest under the roof. A sparrow had carried home a lighted cigarette. And just to piove that smoking m bed isnt restricted to sparrows, a pigeon m Washington started an apartment house fire the same way. cost of living, bees took to streetcars in 184 1. A frolicsome bunch of them swarmed aboard a trolley in Cincinnati and evinced great interest in Motorman Earl A iTistiong As he frantically batted at his bumbling passengers, the streetcar bumped an auto, w hich rammed the rear of anotner, wmch rammed the rear of another. Meanwhile, buzz, buzz, buzz went the trolley. As Fireman Horace LtBouf was carrying Mrs Catherine Markowski aowm a ladder from a burning building m Detroit, they passed a first floor window. Flames shot out and nipped in the seat of his pants He yelped, spanned himself frantically and let go of Mis Markowski. LeBouf lost his balance, landed smack on the lady, who preceded him to the ground. Mrs. Markowski was bruised, her rescurer apologetic. A speedboat carrying Miss Georgia Brooks of Cmcago, during a holiday outing on Lake Geneva, Wis swerved so sharply it threw Miss Brooks into the THE celebrated case of the water, swerved astain, hit tin cantankerous cockroach occur- struggling swimmer, flipped her red in Detroit and involved John neady back on it prow Nantico, a bakeiy employee. Mr Nantico said he was ascending AND in Seattle, John Angel stairs made slippery by spilled drove into a service station, or cake frosting when he looked dered a change of o 1, steppec down into the leering eyes of out, discovered too late that he the biggest cockroach any man was eight feet aloft on a grease ever saw. He kicked at the roach, rack. the other foot slipped and he champion freak fallcr landed at the bottom of the stairs of World's the year, so far as distance is with a broken leg. A dead deer shot Clarence Gor- concerned, a was Charles Arter in mine in South York kin, of Hudson, Colo , m a neat fitboy Charlie fell down sime, England bit of posthumous vengeance Mr. a 1,554-foo- t shaft and escaped Gerkin had shot the deer first With a broken leg Halfway and was preparing to dress it down only he overtook an when a reflex kick by the animal elevatorthe shaftwhich was going cage it hit his gun and discharged as down almost as fast he was Ihe bullet tore through Gerkms He lartded on it and road the left arm. cow became part rest of the way down The In Lille, France, a tile setter of the nations traffic problem when it bowled over Mrs. Lucy named Yvon Dherire slipped off Nostrand as she alighted from a a roof, fell six stones and landed bus at a busy intersection in Mil- snugly in a baby buggy from waukee. The bound ng bovine, which an alert mother had fransnatched her child. Dherfugitive from a farm, whammed tically into Mrs Nostrand, knocked her ire was unhurt, but the mother flat, and barreled on down the fainted and broke an ankle. street. hit-ski- p -- (Ad Jl star in the a light ft the window, and hope heart! Its Christmas again, the in 1 ft ft ft ft good ... the folks of this community A Ae Akij in sea- son when even strangers nod at you and smile. So we are sending you these wishes happiness in for Christmas cheer and your home. Sather Jewelry OF DUCHESNE -- via: hit-ski- prfstet947 cheer A and kappiitedi Now, when Santa Claus is so busy making children happy and dispensing cheer all over the world, we want to extend a warm and friendly greeting to our friends. Accept our very best wishes for a Christmas season of unal- a A loyed joy and happiness. Le-Bo- VERNAL BROMLEY, Proprietor ft a tSPS'S-gt- lV ft TO OUR MANY FRIENDS A ft ft ft ft ft THE British Womens Land Army had trained Christine Woodward to face bombs, bullets and battle without hadnt they flinching, but thought of a mouse. So when a mouse scampered across the toes of Miss Woodwax d while she was driving an army truck 111 Daventry, England, she just did what came naturally. She fainted. The truck went into a ditch, the mouse into a feld, and the victim to a hospital Far less intrepid was the suicidal quail that found itself looking down the barrel of a gun held by Gene Hatfield in Joplin, Mo. Realizing the jig was up, the quail decided to end it all. It flew straight against the barrel of the gun and dropped at Hatfields feet with a broken neck Apparently stung by the high Serbian Christmas Falls in January The Serbian Christmas is rich in its symbolism of Our Lords birth in Bethlehem. It is celebrated on January 7 in accordance with Julian calendar, established in 46 B C. and used when Christ was born. The head of the family brings a small Christmas tree into the house and burns part of it. The sparks signify how the shepherds came into the manger to see the Christ In child and warm themselves Europe, the Serbs place the unburned part of the tree into the barn or stable to signify fruitfulness. SPIRIT OF THIS ft DAY LINGER ON, BRINGING CHEER COMFORT I AND if CHRISTMAS V ITSELF IS GONE. LONG AFTER S DAY The StOFlJ The simple words with which St. Luke tells the story of the r? MOORES CAFE WHERE GOOD FOOD IS SERVED Vi oi'-v- i c 1 V, Va vi a A w She wore her fathers shirt and her brothers blue jeans, a costume she adopted a year before with Woody Andersons permission. Whats the matter, dear? She Jumped as the words cut the silence, but she didnt turn. She didnt want her mother to know anything was amiss not yet, anyway. And then suddenly the tears came, like angry flood waters bursting through a barrier, unable to be restrained any longer. Mrs Miller was careful to keep a straight face as she wiped her 16 year-ol- d daughters face with her handkerchief. Did Why, dear? Lance upset you?" Betty Jane shook her head veheWhy did mother always mently. think her brother was to blame for ft ft ft Qooft A-MERR- CH R!SIMAS aft a a WE KNOW OF NO BETTER a TIME THAN CHRISTMAS TO a GIVE RECOGNITION TO OUR a aft MANY TRIENDS WIIO HAVE Y- SO GREATLY SUCCESS DURING CONTRIBUTED TO OUR THE PAST YEAR. TROM ALL OF US ONCE MORE TO YOU, WHETHER YOU ARE OUR CUSTOMLR OR NOT . . . A MERRY CHRISTMAS DUCHESNE 1 vV'va Vi Vx VI Vi Vi : VI Vi VA v,, W. ? FROZEN Vi V . VI l--v 'Vi vl-- V FOODS Vi Vi Vl Vivi-V- Trii'Ci x -- Vi Vv v, . r- -, Gosh, you look wonderful this! like HAVAS THE NIGHT BEFORE V 9 1 4 7 two-timin- g cologne isnt A for you? Maybe Woody ... HAPPY YU LE I I DE WE WISH YOU St st St AT CHRISTMAS MANY HAPPY HOURS AND TRUST & This time Mrs Miller smiled over her daughters head. She well recognized the stage Betty Jane was m going through and decided she must take a hand. Youre sure the cologne wouldnt be for a sister or a cousin? He hasnt a female In the family, and his mother never uses it, so Eh who else could It possibly be for? W Ill bet Its for Estelle Bryan. All the other fellows like her but Woody used to say she was too fragile. Oh, 7 mother, how hes deceived mel m WE MAY SERVE YOU if t IN THE FUTURE. CQWAHS CAFE mother arose. "Well, dry your eyes, Betty, dear. Its Christmas Eve and you want to be ViVvl V Viv'"x.l Vi --1 Xi" --1 Vl- - V. will happy today. Woody probably come over with your roller skates tonight and we'll surprise him. II he likes fragile girls, hell get one. Betty Jane sat up straight Mother, no! Not that horrible blue dress you bought me! You wash up and put that dress on, Betty. We'll wait for you downstairs. With that, Mrs Miller closed the door on her tomboy daughter and hurried downstairs. As she reached the bottom step the doorbell rang and she admitted Woody Anderson, a lanky boy with unruly red hair and freckles marching in perfect formation over the bridge of his nose. He was clutching a box, obviously containing the roller skates requested by Betty Jane, "She'll be right down," Mrs. Miller informed him, then left him alone for the surprise. It came a half hour later when Betty Jane made her appearance. The blue dress looked even better than she had hoped it would. "Gosh, Betty Jane!" Woody contributed to the conversation. The For broadened. smile me, Woody? she asked, nodding toward Is it cologne? Lance saw St the box. you buying some." So casual, so c. : ird.fferent. Uh gosh, no, Betty Jane. Gee, V you asked for skates and I got them for you. I bought cologne for Miss 5 Lindsay, the English teacher that helped me with my essay for that w contest. H "How sweet of you. She stepped m down into the living room and ac- V cepted the box from Woody. Thank ft? she said gravely, Yours you, MOTEL AND CAFE Is under the tree. w Gee, I didnt think I'd ever like STANDARD SERVICE STATION you dressed up as a girl, Betty, he gulped looked so Estelle awful Phone Chester L)man, and 1 was proud to have you run around with rue in bioe jeans, but, gosh, you Imk wondeiful like this! I P cMay "And she brought forth her firstborn ton, and wrapped him in swaddling doth, and laid him In a manger" "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding In th field, beeping watch ever their flock by night" ft ft ft ft ft iCliriStiffftS be ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft a Chrisimas morning, Never an old year ends, But that someone thinks of a ft ft ft ft ft ft someone- u 5 Old days, old times, old triends! ft MISSIOH SEHUIOE ft ft y "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God" "And when they had seen it, they mode known abroad the them Soying which was told Concerning this child" ft ft OfiiDio4 Grown women never her tears? cried over their brothersl Its what Lance saw,,not what he did," Betty As said in a burst of confldence. her mother waited she continued He saw Woody buywretchedly. ing a bottle of cologne. Cologne, He was so glib mother, imagine! when he told me I looked cute In me jeans and now hes with some fluffy female who actually uses cologne! Oh, how can men be so beastly? Darling, how do you know the Never 3 S ft and sat down heavily on W W'SI "And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea . , . with Mary his spoused wife, being great with child ft ft ft ft ft ft ft A A the bed. ear HER first Christmas appropriately provide the theme of the Christmas cards which Americans are sending to friends and relatives this year. These Christmas cards, with their reverent, inspiring scenes and sentiments, reflect the true spiritual meaning of the Christmas season. k ft ft ft ft ft BETTY JANE threw her purse at wont. A AND MAY TIIE 1 thinks youve outgrown your jeans. He knows what I think of these pink and white girls who use that He wouldnt horrible concoction! dare get me any. And besides, I already told him I wanted roller skates for Christmas. I have to be ready for the new rink thats opening next month, dont I? I thought Woody and I would be going togethShe In another custom, the father er, but now thats all over. leads the family Into the house, and threw her arms around her mother and cried tragically, Oh, mother. they scatter straw over the floor to Ill never smile again! I definitely signify the warmth of the stable. ft ft ft ft ft ft A A CONNELLY , ft A A iar By HLLYN p i - K Friday, December 26, rj ft n tr 131 DONT LURROW. XePVAX SeA Vi Vj Vi ft pj :l SUBSCRIBE, ft VA |
