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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON, UTAH Presidential Thanksgiving jst .Proclamation Started a More Bitter Dispute Than Change in 1939 Date 'e the tin' ion t lUOSCOTT Union.) w Western Newspaper Win,' 3 Per e d- WATSON you tfoing Irate Thanksgiving 30, in November it and per ore rej t: AdytA, jnal month, or on date an-J&- d jtj the new Roose- by President nericjj K VsZ-sy- & AiMi.TW f V zz Utfcj fc( A 26, mza as the A. as, m At ,r them to celebrate. ater ovj ons it in the first Presiprocla-j- n 3nstan Thanksgiving ll ever issued, which the first incidentally, i siit of any kind to Jj$mation hands of a the jJ from long of the United Executive n7 mas At & pgj t Ae MMM, 4C 0 -- JQuT pfA suy& WpfAA Xaa4 414 4' W iu p&ty &92ZZZa L7Z'Sm4 4b. 7Z us 48 &M. m m ALA& am "30Q -- yZtrt Aa4aC Aa dr AZStS o little,, Atf AO discussion that t, jew of thewhen President audwi Istarted sorry , ALA changed the date of hjpgiving day this year, it is Pellet! Citing to recall the contro-fthSugar raged around the first The jjal Thanksgiving day. !uy noJ event historic that of ytack jlone in which we can take w pride, any more than we tatter; e especially proud of the he mi. If celebration that resulted, clitics played a part in it did so because of the jeal-an-d rivalry of two great Thomas Jefferson cans Hamilton. lexander I toll Hamilton Started It. ug( idea of a Thanksgiving day ation apparently originated M yto2iv 4a Att, jjjjrelt C 4A2Tii 04 jC4jlGc zTCi s 4 r, A.!.'- - srrs CO aAA? AaZa 4 f ttiO us A iJa rf -- 4. Ci254 a? AL jlz lw , i4 iua cryaz&nUf at . Zt rfrtrt , t y 4I The First Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation. inclined to return thanks for a Constitution until they have experienced that it promotes their safety and happiness. He said he nation's capital, in A prime mover in further that if a Thanksgiving Con-oday must be held the states could r.g the adoption of the institute it. He said that it is re-' Hamilton had but succeeded in getting his a religious matter, and, as such, date of New York to ratify is proscribed to us. Jeffersons Spokesmen. lespite the fact that two had not yet ratified, this Through the words of these enough acceptances of the spokesmen we can hear the voice lamilton who broached the t at a meeting of Washing-cabinin New York city, iproc heseatt et laden py aidma ender.a Au-178- 9. men nedica n, ruggrsrsi ilsionfc iuaret; lysthea rmoceja .SID Eroid e tution to assure the of the new government, of per-Br.c- js quite the f:ng the of y, likely that the secre-- Jefferson, protesting against a monarchial trend in the new government, against encroachment upon the boundary line which had been fixed between church and state and against any invasion of states rights. In answer to these protests Boudinot quoted further precedents from the practice of the late congress and Rep. Roger Sherman of Connecticut rallied to his support, declaring that the practice of thanksgiving was warranted by a number of precedents in Holy Writ: for instance, the solemn thanksgivings and rejoicings which took place in the time of Solomon, after the building of the temple, was a case in point. The resolution was carried and Representatives Boudinot, Sherman and Peter Silvester of New York were appointed by the house committee to wait upon the President. The senate, on the following day, adopted the resolution, William Senators appointing Samuel Johnson of Connecticut and Ralph Izard of South Carolina to be the senate members of lamilton evidently 'felt that as well as he, per-jhad cause for thanks- - Ration, 7 treasury, instead of matter in the cabi- - arbrei s some jrluricia tmesis bis to 14 ind W flnamO xtthatfxs novemeiS may west sted eesk iorbreatdt foods panto igso,B il . Yoaiat Upturn. BrarnW ier, tad P oalMsif) ireet the committee. joys argedscb this committee Accordingly waited on the President and on October 3 Washington issued the recproclamation in which he NoEORge WASHINGTON ommended that Thursday, where it would be opposed vember 26, be observed by the homas Jefferson, the secre-o- f people of the United States as a state and Hamiltons po-- 1 day of thanksgiving. enemy, engineered it so Hamilton had won the first the movement for a national skirmish but there were still now ksgiving day would come stormy days ahead. For congress. At any rate, on arose the question of how the celember 25, 1789, Elias Boudi-- a ebration should be carried out member of congress from and, of course, the two statesmen Jersey, offered a resolution were at odds on that. Hamilton -- g of upon the President to is-- a proposed a monster parade Thanksgiving day procla- military officials and governim mental dignitaries, headed by moving that the resolution President Washington. Jefferson, 'jopted, Boudinot said that he opposed as he was to all disd not think of letting the plays of pomp and circumstance, n pass over without offering protested against such a celebrapportunity to all the citizens tion. He apparently won his point, United States of joining, for it was determined that the and one voice, in Alto day was a domestic holiday returning the priin ly God their sincere thanks observed be should me many blessings He had vacy of the home after the New fed down upon them. judinots resolution was not tPected and Jeffersons sup-5r- s England tradition. Martha Plans a Levee. Mrs. Washington Accordingly in congress, principally began making plans for a levee .eers. immediately op-- t in the true colonial style at the eP- - Aedamus Executive Mansion in Franklin , 'eaof conSulh Carolina declared l.e ,, square to which everyone was invitnot like this mimick-Europea- n York New in sequence customs, where ed It promised to be a great made a mere mockery of social occasion so it was eagerly giving. He pointed out looked forward to by the beaus IL, tw Parties at war fre-- y and belles of the c'iysang Te Deum for the But even though Jefferson had ough for one it was outmaneuvered him in this rean fber a de- - spect Hamilton was not yet ready lit" orto admit defeat. He began kinds of public fesoti'h' T.homas Tudor Tucker of ganizing all the plans of those $ jOl'.na thought the tivities to upset celebrate quietly. no business to inter-to wished who in which did not The festivities opened with a paHamilHe suggested rade in the morning as secre the and People might not be ton had planned - h 1 - JAR spk SD ft itelT g. jy, j&e v shone is, f Thurs-Novemb- er more is 4SJA JZ7 choice, for George jngton named ich Tahj, u Ac4 ilundred and fifty years Americans didnt have no ij s day the last Thursday -V A77 dszis AS y to cele , 8 Chilli Would Love These Dutch Dolls The example set by George Washington of setting aside a day of national thanksgiving was followed by his successor, John two who proclaimed Adams, his during Thanksgiving days administration one on Wednesday, May 9, 1798, and the other on Thursday, April 25, 1799. This custom, however, was allowed to lapse during the two terms of Thomas Jefferson, but it was revived by James Madison who issued four such proclamations during his administration. The first three were more for a day of public humiliation and prayer because of the nation's tribulations in the form of the second war with England, but the fourth was a day of real ADVENTURERS n A I SC otu -- presiden-tially-proclaime- next-to-the-la- st Death Trap at El Chivo TELLO EVERYBODY: You asked for a real life adventure, says Morris E. Lowder of Chicago, so here goes. Thats the way I like to hear you boys and girls talk. I ask for it, and you dish it up. And just between you and me, the boys and girls in Chicago and its neighboring towns and for that matter, all over northern Illinois are dishing them up faster than any bunch of folks Ive struck yet. The Adventurers' club has installed chapters in a number of cities. Ive been swamped with mail in every doggone one of them. But never have I been swamped the way Chicago has swamped me. Im mighty grateful to you for your hearty response. Ive had a flock of good yarns from you, but its going Pattern 6475 to take a little time. Dolls are always fun to sew. And speaking of being swamped well Morrie Lowder When they work up as quickly as knows something about that, too. As if we didnt have these (theyre two pieces with a enough floods right here in this country what with floods of band to round the head) youll T ( tary of the treasury reviewed it from in front of Fraunces tavern. After the parade Hamilton was host at a great feast in the tavern and it is this first official Thanksgiving dinner to which we can look back, but not with any great pride, for it degenerated into a disgraceful brawl. Hamilton could not be present for the entire affair. He was to have remained long enough to respond to a toast and then leave for the President's mansion. But Hamilton was late in arriving at his own party and his guests, impatient to be at their feasting, sat dowm without him and began to eat. Almost immediately a disagreement arose A certain among the diners. Lieutenant St. Clair, who had toasted the festive day not wisely but too well, felt called upon to assert, upon his honor as a gentleman, that he was perfecly sober. Whereupon Alderman Tisdal of the city council, who had probably also been toasting the festive day extensively, disputed the statement and called SS. rf upon St. Clair to prove that he The result was a was sober. fight from which the lieutenant fa:, emerged with a broken nose. Order was finally restored, so C'tlAtJ Hamilton made his speech and left. Unfortunately for him, how(imJtiX w ever, news of the disorder at the had him. tavern preceded An Angry President When Hamilton arrived the President questioned him about what had taken place. When he learned that a young soldier of the United States army had been i.7 9h AU. 1; fit M.. ( injured in a disgraceful brawl, e. .. .AY ,Odr.w a at gathering preespecially . ,taJ sumably for the purpose of giving thanks to God for the blessings of good government, peace and Resolution by Elias Boudinot his anger was aroused concord, and he demonstrated again that he knew how to use strong lan result the first of the guage when the occasion called Thanksgiving days for it. was observed that year. It is disgraceful, by , sir! On July 7, 1864, by direction of spoke George Washington, and there was nothing left for Alex- congress, President Lincoln desander Hamilton to do but meekly ignated the first Thursday of Auagree and discreetly withdraw gust as a day of national hufrom the presence of his chief miliation and prayer. October 20 of the same year saw the issuwithout further comment. Thus did the political rivalry ance of his second proclamation of two of his cabinet members designating the last Thursday in have a part in detracting from November as Thanksgiving day. the solemn character which our Before that day arrived it was first President had wished the known that he had been by an overwhelming majority first Thanksgiving day to have a result which had been exAlthough this may have had nothing directly to do with it, the tremely doubtful during the camfact is that not for five years paign. Moreover, by November, thereafter did Washington again 1864, it seemed certain that the proclaim another official Thanks- Confederacy could not hold out much longer. So with the asgiving. That was during his second administration and it is in- surance that the Union was saved teresting to note that this Thanks- and with the great vote of configiving day was celebrated, not dence in his administration given him by the people, Abraham Linin November at all but in Feb coln had good reason to lead the ruary! On January 1, 1795, in Phila nation in a Thanksgiving celedelphia, which was then the na bration. For the last 75 years succeedtions capital, Washington called upon his fellow Americans to set ing Presidents have not deviated apart and observe, Thursday, the from the custom of proclaiming nineteenth day of February next, the last Thursday in November as a day of public thanksgiving as Thanksgiving day until this and prayer, and on that day to year when President Roosevelt meet together and render their lived up to his reputation of being sincere and hearty thanks to the a tradition-defie- r and established the Great Ruler of the Nations for' instead long list of blessings which the of the last Thursday in the month for this national holiday. country was then enjoying. y.-- rft HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE' YOURS ELF I thanksgiving that peace had come at last. All of these proclamations were issued in re- sponse to a joint resolution from the senate and house of representatives. The first set aside the third Thursday in August of 1812, the second named the second Thursday in September, 1813, as the day; the third designated Thursday, January 12, 1814, and the fourth, issued soon after the treaty of peace with England was proclaimed, called upon the American people to set aside the second Thursday in April, 1815, as a day for praising the Great Disposer of Events and of the for their Destiny of Nations and more many obligations especially for the blessing of the restoration of peace. The Month Varied Thus it will be seen that although Thanksgiving days by Presidential proclamation in the main picked upon Thursday as the day of the week for such an observance, the month varied greatly and there was no connection between these Thanksgiving days and the annual observance established by the Pilgrims. No other Presidents after Madison seemed to have had occasion for proclaiming a Thanksgiving day and it remained for Abraham Lincoln to resume the custom and to link up the proclaimed Thanksgiving day with the Pilgrim custom by establishing the last Thursday in November as a national day for giving thanks. The first Lincoln proclamation appointing a day for divine supplication was dated August 12, 1861. It designated the last Thursday in September as a day of humiliation, prayer and fasting. The regular Thanksgiving in November, 1861, was a rather subdued occasion. There had been no presidential proclamation. In 1862 there wras no proclamation, either. The momentous year of 1863 brought, however, three proclamations. The first was dated March 3 and designated April 30 as a day of fasting and prayer. July 15 another was issued, setting August 6 as a day to give thanks at the prospect of peace. The third came October 3, when President Lincoln issued a proclamation that said And so . . . the last Thursday in November is hereby set apart as a day of thanksgiving and praise. As a . CLUB d, letters and flooding rivers Morrie had to go to Cuba and get himself flood down there. Morrie was assistant manager for into a an American drug concern and in the latter part of May, 1924, he started out from Havana on a business trip into the Oriente province. first-clas- s Trains Filled With Inauguration Throngs. It was the day after the inauguration of Gerardo Machado as president and the trains were filled to overflowing with people who had come to view the proceedings. The train Morrie was on was one of 18 cars, every one of them packed with people. It had been raining for three days before his inauguration, and it was still raining. The streets were full of water when Morrie left Havana but he was to see a lot more water before his journey was over. By the time they reached the town of Colon In Matanzas province, the water in the streets was a foot deep. Beds and chairs were floating want to keep on making them. Pattern 6475 contains a pattern and directions for making the dolls and their clothes; materials needed. To obtain this pattern send 15 cents in coins to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept., 249 W. 14th St., New York, N. Y. Please write your name, address and pattern number plainly. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS When Glass Breaks. A handful of moistened absorbent cotton will pick up bits of broken glass without endangering the fingers. Removing Odors. Odors can be removed from bottles by rinsing with cold water to which a little dry mustard is added. Care of Electric Cord. Dont twist, bend or tie the cord attached to your electric iron. It is not a cord, but two bundles of wires. The passengers were helpless on a bridge that might be washed away at any minute. about and people were making for the upper floors of the few tall buildings in town. Morrie thought the train would stop there and make no attempt to go on until the water had gone down, but to his surprise It moved on toward Macagua. Morrie knew that the country up ahead was low and flat What was more, they had to cross a river called El Chivo a stream that became a howling torrent when it was swollen by the rains. The train puffed along, part of the time through water that came to the bubs of its wheels. At last it came to the trestle spanning the El Chivo. It was about seven oclock, and pitch dark, when they started across that viaduct. says Morrie, were the only things we Sharp flashes of lightning, could see by. The two engines up ahead were puffing and roaring, and we could feel the trestle shiver under the weight of the train and the pressure of some 12 feet of water that went tearing under it, carrying trees and animals to destruction. All of a sudden the train came to a stop with a terrible jolt. Morrie Oilers Help to Injured. As a medical man, Morrie stepped forward and offered to help if any one was injured. Several of them Morrie among them went forward to the express to see what had happened. They found out, all right. The viaduct, weakened by the flood, was breaking up. Even while they stood in the express car, a whole section of the road bed was swept from beneath it, leaving the car hanging in mid air with only its couplings holding it up! The train couldn't move now. The two engines were on the other side of the break the cars the passengers, helpless on a bridge that might be washed away at any moment They were sure that, by this time, there must be other breaks in that bridge breaks behind them that would leave them marooned in the middle of the swollen river. We uncoupled the pin of the baggage car, says Morrie, and with a rush such as I never want to hear again, it was swept away. We began sending up flares in the hope of bringing aid, but they were answered by only a few poor guajiros, themselves marooned on the thatched roofs of their homes. The conductor in charge mustered about 10 of us for any duty, and to be truthful about it, we all thought that this would be the last duty any of us would perform. Passenger Cars Thought to Be Sinking. Morrie had a small medical kit, and the doctors aboard made good use of his supplies. Suddenly came the news that the first of the passenger cars was sinking into the river. The men uncoupled that car, herding its passengers into others that were already overcrowded. We had some thirty prostrated people on our hands, Morrie says, and while we were working over them we could feel the cars jerk and sway as slowly they settled toward the water. Gee, but you feel helpless in a spot like that. No one could help these people. Most of them were praying, and till my dying day Ill never forget the looks on their faces. But already help was on the way. One telegraph line was still up, and, when the train didnt come through, Macagua wired Colon to send an engine. A switching engine came down from Colon and found that, contrary to Morrie belief, there were no breaks in the western end of the trestle. The crew loaded all the passengers into six cars, and Morrie says they put them in three deep in the aisles. We went back the next morning, says Morrie, just to see what had happened to the engineer and the fireman we had left behind. 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