The Mountain Trail
December 2, 1958
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TH^ SALE OF CHPJrTI^.S
Since 1907 when the first Christinas
Seal Sale was organized, this plan of
raising money for the Tuberculosis Fund
has been in progress. We should get a
big thrill from buying these seals, as
there is one death every seven and one-
third minutes caused by tuberculosis, r'jid
this money goes to help combat the disease.
Thirty years ago tuberculosis was re
sponsible for eleven out of every hundred
deaths, while to-day it is responsible
for only five out of every hundred; but
the death rate could still be reduced if
the necessary fimds vrere available. Since
Robert Koch announced the discovery of
the germ which causes tuberculosis and
especially since Kiss l^mily P. Bissel
cond\icted the first Christmas Seal sale
in the United States in 1907, the germ
of tuberculosis has been fought.
The Christinas seals have on them a
double-barred cross, a symbol of the
VyTorld-wide fi^ht against tuberculosis.
This is the thirty-second yeir the
Christmas Seal Sale has been in prog
ress, so let’s rifike it the biggest one
we have had.
Since the whole aim of the sale is
to help cure persons afflicted with
tuberculosis, we shoiild all think about
how many lives v;e might save through the
purchase of these seals; therefore let's
all get the spirit of cooperation and
buy a ’’whole lot" of Christmas seals.
-Margie Trailer.
ORIGIII AlTD OBSERVMCE OF THMKSGIVING
Thrjiksgiving is, in the United
States, a day set apart annually and
appointed by the President of The
United States rjid by the Governors of
the various states as a day for giving
thanks to God for the favors and mer
cies of the past year. It is a harvest
festival and ov/es its origin to the
Pilgrim Fathers. Despite the poor har
vest of the summer of 1620, Governor
Bradford set a day of Thanksgiving and
rejoicing .after the scanty crop had
been harvested. This example of sturdy
faith spread to the other Hew England
colonies. In the course of the Revolu
tion Congress frequently recommended
days of Thanksgiving and Prayer. After
the close of the war many of the states
adopted the custom of an annual day of
Thrjiksgiving. There was, however, no
certain date for holding thi^ festival.
President Lincoln in 1863 appointed
Thursday, August 6, as a day for Thanks
giving, but since ,1864, the last Thurs
day in November has been observed as
the National day of Thanksgiving,
Louise Burnette.
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