Mrs. Anna Houseal poses with her Christmas Tree. It
probably has more work in it than any other tree in the
township, Marietta, Mount Joy and Bainbridge.
Anna Houseal’s special Christmas tree
Anna Houseal has so
many people in her family,
that she has a bit of trouble
keeping track of them all.
Her Christmas tree helps,
though, because it has one
ball ornament for each of
her S1 descendants.
Starting at the top of the
tree, with exquisitely
decorated styrofoam balls
spelling out ‘Dad’ and
‘“Mother,”’ the names work
their spiralling way down
the tree: six children, 20
grandchildren, about 15
great-grandchildren, and
all of their husbands, wives
and kids. The least exact
area is around the bottom
of the tree—Mrs. Houseal
says that new babies are
being born all the time,
and she had to rush to get
some of the names on the
tree.
Mrs. Houseal told us
that she expected about 40
relatives at her home, 126
South River Street in
Maytown, for Christmas
celebration.
Heritage
Center
open for free
The Heritage Center of
Lancaster County will open
its doors to the public at no
charge on Saturday the
30th of December from
9:00 to 4:00.
Ordinarily the Center
charges an admission fee,
but for this one time
anyone can go for free.
The Heritage Center
contains many examples of
Lancaster County art and
craftsmanship: such as
furniture, pewter, clocks,
and coverlets.
It’s located in the Old
City Hall and Masonic
Lodge buildings on Lancas-
ter’s Center Square.
Each ornmament is about
two inches in diameter,
covered with some sort of
cloth, and has on the front
the person’s name, either
stitched or shaped with
stuck-in pins. On the back
of each is a picture or
word: ‘““Merry Christmas,”
angels, a pipe, a pasted-on
picture of a winter scene,
‘“Noel,”” etc. The balls
were painstakingly, and
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A close-up shot of the balls. Handcrafted by Gladys
Rettew of Marietta, all the balls are this fancy.
artistically, made by Gladys
Rettew ‘of Marietta, a
friend of the Houseals. It
took Gladys about two
months to stick in the
hundreds of fancy pins.
Each ball is different,
although there are in the
Houseal family 3 Jims, 2
Dicks, 2 Jeffs, 2 Kims, 2
Dennises, and’ 2 Bills.
This is the first time
Mrs. Houseal has decorat-
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way. She plans to make it a
family tradition from now
on. Most of the work is
already done, so it will be
easy if she can keep up
with the new babies.
Savings up to
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DID
YOU
HEAR?
Ms. Eveschild, 537
Martin Ave., Mount Joy,
has written a book of
biographies of women—40
of them (women, not
books).
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Jennell Fackler will cele-
brate her 2nd birthday on
January 10th.
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Karen Greider, a junior
at Muhlenberg College in
Allentown, was a member
of the school’s 4-3-3 varsity
field hockey team. She was
also a letterwinner.
Karen is a graduate of
Donegal High, from Mount
Joy.
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Clock Museum
The National Watch and
Clock Museum, at 514
Poplar Street in Columbia,
is a good place to visit over
the holidays. It’s got an
atomic clock, watches, and
many unusual pieces.
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to 4:00, Monday through
Friday, 9:00 to 5:00 Satur-
days, closed Sundays and
on December 25 and 26
and January 1st.
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electricity use of about 10
million kilowatt-hours, the
energy used by 1,175
families in a year.
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