Smyrna times., 1946-12-05
SMYRNA PLANS
BIG CHRISTMAS
Santa Claus To Appear Here
And Be Greeted by Parade
and TOwnspeOple
MUCH HOLIDAY SPIRIT

SANTA Claus VIII nave 6hlo ioi
every youngster attending the
parade which will be feature at
traction in the biggest community
sponsored Christmas celebration
the town has seen for many years.
According to plans, as announced
by Town Employees, who are spon-
soring Santa's visit, the old gentle
man expects to arrive in town at
200 on the afternoon of Saturday,
December 81. A parade, consist
ing, in part of the Firemen's Band,
the Fire Engine, the Boy Scouts
and Santa Claus himself, VIII act
as a welcoming committee. He
will arrive from an undisclosed d1-
rection to be met by the paraders
and ushered into town to be pre-
sented with a key to the city. Al
though the line of march has not
been announced, it will terminate
at the Roxy Theatre, which Harry
Aumack has generously donated
for the occasion. Santa, who Will
come fully equipped with his sielgn
and reindeer, will dismount at the
theatre and talk to the children IN
side. There will be gifts from his
pack for every youngster present
and an opportunity to talk to him
personally. Following his appear
ance special program of cartoons
will be shown at the theatre. Any
one desiring to make contribution
is requested to contact any of the
town employees or stop at the
Town Office.
Preparations For Holidays
With Christmas just three weeks
away, merchants and town of1cials
are making preparations for the
holidays. Town Manager Stanford
Marvel announced Tuesday that
the lights have been put up and will
be lighted in the event the coal
strike is over in the near future.
Plans which had ben made for a
farge OhTastnas tree to ne located
on the -Four, Corners have been
temporarily called off. The coal
strike, if continued, would make
the lighting of the tree impossible
while an unilluminated one would
become a serious traffic hazard to
night drivers. The tree and the
lights, will be set up if the strike
is terminated before the Christmas
season.
Attractive Store Windows
A large per centage of the local
merchants have set up attractive
window displays of Christmas mer-
chandise. Stills News Agency,
Norris Hardware Store, Handloff' $
SC to S1.OO Store, Harry Ennis
Toyland and Glenn's Soda Shoppe
feature toys, while Pratt's and De-
Fords Clothing Stores are display
ing special decorations and gift
merchandise. Many food and groc-
cry stores have put forth effort to
help along the holiday spirit by
showing fruit cakes and Christmas
delicacies in windows decorated
with evergreen trees and holly
Drug stores are featuring gifts OF
cosmetics and useful articles as
well as toys and jewelry. One OF
the most elaborate early displays Is
the fourteen-foot Santa Claus COW
ering the Main Street side of Ever
hart Brothers. Churches are pre-
pairing special banquets and SER
vices. the first of which will be 9
moving picture of the Nativity te
be shown at the Asbury Methodist
Church on Sunday evening.
To Award Prizes
The Smyrna Clayton Chamber Of
Commerce is cooperating with the
officials of the two towns in giving
four sets of prizes, two sets II
each town, for the best decorated
exteriors of homes and the bes'
decorated exteriors of places Of
business in order to encourage
planning which was necessarily
eliminated during the war. There
will be first, second and thlro
prize in each classification. I'M
partial judges will be selected bJ
the committee in charge to de-
termine the winners. To be eligible
to compete, residents must have
twelve or more outside lights II
their decoration scheme. The coun
ellis of the two towns are offering
a reduction in electric rates to al
who participate in this phase o.
community decoration, the reduc
ton to apply to monthly billing per
iod during which the competition
takes place. This plan also cal
not be fullled in the event of thu
continued strike of mineworker!
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