Looking Back …

A look at the people and happenings of the area over the past 100 years

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Looking back on Dec. 23

Christmas Seals raise money for tuberculosis sanitoriums and a Public Health Nurse; Banner Warehouse sales; American Furniture officers; 4-year-old houses on Oak Street condemned; Marvin Kendall killed at his sawmill.

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MHC Christmas Eves through time

1924 officers of the Henry County Fair Association and the Red Cross; 1948 officers of the Variety Club; Georgia Ward of Preston hung more than 80 handmade stockings; Wrap, Pack and Mail at Liberty Fair Mall; the Roundtable Foundation’s Christmas Shopping Spree and Pizza Party.

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Christmas Day through the years

Hunting statistics from 1923; the Piedmont Serenaders; the Howards of Spruce Street, Clarks of Starling Avenue and Depkins of Forest Park best decorators; Patrick County teens die in a wreck; Varnie Mae Witcher of West Street honored; Sportsman Club’s gift boxes; Mission Center’s dinner.

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