The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-27
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GOOD EVENING.
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 THANKS
.IS:fIIGS1 HsSl BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

THANKS
 Tonight may we have your kind attention
 About few things We would like to mention2
 That super festive New England day,
 Do we all love t? We'll, sayl
 Let's pause right here for the little word,
 (Digressing moment while stuffng the bird).
 Fall in, folks, join the ranks,
 And one and all-ets give thanks
 We'll folks, it may look like Christmas along the main stems of the City of Waterbury Naugatuc Valley Cou ty of New Haven State of Connecticut but it's Thanks giving and nigh to eightythree years since Abraham Lincoln named the day as one of public observance Here the spirit of the early Pilgrim fathers all out for Thanksgiving, the great home and family day Looking skyward and earthward at this writing white Thanks giving is not indicated the kind that you read about when the horse knew he way to carry the sleigh through the white and drifting snow over the field we go.
 Governor Baldwin of Connecticut: "On this day let gather in accustomed places of worship and there give most humble and hearty thanks for all the goodness and loving kindness of Almighty God who has given forth bountfu crops sustaining and enabling to send help to those less fortunate than We are ever mindful of the sacrifice of those who will not be with at feast of Thanksgiving. We remember them ir prayers, with the abiding faith that Our Heavenly Father, has provided for hem eternal life and gifts beyond mortal understanding With grateful hearts let us go forward with faith and courage making ourselves more worthy of His favor and glad to do His will
 "Hurrah for the fun, is the pudding done? Hurrah for the pumpkin pew There you have suggestion of the sweet portion of the feast Add to that mnce pie,
 
 and soup and fill in with the famous plat du joururkey with all the fxns, and you have the most noble meal of the year. and characteristic of the American home Down through the centuries artists have drawn and painted the Thanksgiving banquet table. laden with native grown products the bird in the center New England raised from New York State the Middle West. And the versation-everybody talks turkey.
 And speaking of the typical Thanksgiving dinner the good odfashoned New England type dinner featur ing sweet potatoes and Hubbard squash and suchke the foundation for the modern dinner with few stream lined additions Here's your typical 1946 dinner cited tn the press this weeki
 Grapefruit and Grape Cocktail
 Roast Turkey with
 Sweet Potato Sausage Stuffng Cranberry Sauce in Orange Baskets
 Giblet Gravy
 Boiled Onions Broccoli with Lemon Butter
 Celery Pickles Olives
 Apple Coeslaw with fresh Watercress
 Squash Pumpkin Pie
 Coffee Fruit Nuts
 Governor Bradford started the ball a-rolling for Thanksgiving observance back in 162 when he called for such day at time when portion of the early settlers survived the rgors of New England winters They talked turkey in those days too but it wild turkey which they hunted When hunting good there was bouneous feast AS the country and the New Eng land States developed jno six states instead of wilder the meaning of Thanksgiving spread from Maine to Montana and following the Fall harvest every state of the nation gives thanks with resh-from soup to nuts.
 And here it is November agan, and Thanksgiving Those that fortunate enough will enjoy turkey and the products of the bountifu Fall harvest We reminded of random words from the Thanksgiving procamations of former Governor Wilbur Cross of ample barn stored with the harvest also of the bright berries in the thcket and the ruddy trails of bttersweet gray stonewals, which bits of color decorate tables and hearths. No Thanksgiving would be complete without annual contribution from Harry Ormsby at the Veterans Hos pital, Rocky Hill, who says in the following lines
 HAPPY THANKSGIVING What have to be thankful for today? Thankful for many things know not what to say. Thankful for my health and blessings from above, Thankful to my God and the I dearly love. Thankful for my freedom, for the land in which live, Thankful for this holiday, the one which we give Our share of blessings in prayer and things of need, Thankful for part in it. doing an honest deed. Thankful for this moment, the happy life I'm living Thankful for this line wrte-A Happy Thanksgiving!