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â€"~ Christmas Seals The mercury plunged to â€"24 degrees C (â€"11 F) on Saturday making it a record low for this area on that date. The Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo area has received 53.3 cm. of snow to date, 17.8 cm. (7 in.) in November and 35.5 cm. (14 in.) this month. Aithough the mercury has been quite high for the past few days, cooler temperatures are expected for Thursday, accompanied by wind and snow flurries. Friday will be partly cloudy and cooler still, according to weathermen at Wâ€"W airport. Seal campaign and offered seals to their people the following year. They pointed out to their people how anyone could help, not only doctors and nurses. To the delight of the people in charge of the camâ€" paign, they found that Norwegians and Swedes were also ready to take this way of fighting tuberculosis. _ Then in 1907, the idea came to America. A litâ€" tle sanitorium on the Brandywine River in Delaâ€" ware was about to be closed for failure to pay a Christmas music festival Dec. 17 Girl Guide and Brownie Choir 10 a.m. Dec. 19 Waterioo Symphony 7 p.m. Dec. 10 Brighton Public School Choir Grades 4, 5 & 6 2:30 p.m. Dec. 20 Salvation Army Choir 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21 Northdale Public School Choir, Grade 4, 5 & 6 2:45 p.m. Dec. 21 Sunnyside Senior Public School, Grade 7 & 8 7 p.m. Dec. 22 Sir Edgar Bauer Public School Grade 3,4,5& 6 7 p.m. â€" Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, December 14, 1977 APPEARING W; say || HBENHKUYH HIB|HE SERENE AGAIN King St. Waterloo 228 King W. Kitchener $300 debt, sen?inathepatients (all of whom were infectims) oant: amang nthers where thev wonld infectious) out: among others where they would spread the disease. The idea horrified the doctors and one of them, Joseph P. Wales, started looking for ways to raise money. He came across a magaâ€" zine article sent by a Danish American, telling how the Danes had begun fighting tuberculosis by buying stickers to decorate their Christmas letters and parcels. (Continued from page 25) €: V 4 gyg ’a,; 3x 2 es e 3 > ;:;A > < 2 ‘-‘:::::.:;::‘ ;.;4-, 3'_'»-:-,-;. S : y S# “ & p2% '.???1’?11"' & > A §# {4{7 . fit x campaign went so slowly that it was feared that the $300 would not be raised in time to keep the hosâ€" pital from closing. Dr. Wales‘ cousin Emily Bissel was given the task of selling the idea to the American people to keep the sanitorium from closing. An artist friend helped her design a seal â€" a simple wreath of holly in bright red. Some friends helped pay part of the printing cost and Emily promised the printer that the balâ€" ance would be forthcoming. Not everyone was enthused â€" local officials who could have helped said they did not like linking Christâ€" mas to a horrible disease. By the next Christmas, the news of the Danes‘ campaign _ had reached Canada. Interested people in Toronto and Hamilton embarked on Christmas seal campaigns for the sake of strugâ€" gling hospitals being built for TB patients. thing else, she went to Philadelphia and appealed to the news editor of‘a large daily newspaper, the North American. The editor refused to have anyâ€" thing to do with the idea. The crusader was going away completely discouraged, but she stopped to compliment a young journalist, Leigh Mitchell Hodges, on his column The Optimist. Mr. Hodges asked what had brought her to Philadelphia, hesitantâ€" ly because she had received so many rebuffs, Miss Bissel took a sheet of Christmas seals from her purse and told the story about the sanitorium near closing. The young columnist studied them for a moment and then sprang to his feet â€" rushing into the managing editor‘s office. Tossing the sheet of seals on the editor‘s desk he shouted, "Here‘s a way to wipe out tuberculosis. Just look at them â€" a penny apiece â€" within everyâ€" one‘s reach â€" think how they‘ll carry the news of what people can do for themselves â€" what a slogan, Stamp Out Tuberculosis!" When the whole story was told, the managing editor, E.A. Van Valkenburg said, "tell Miss Bissel the North American is hers for the holidays. Get 50,000 here and we‘ll sell them for her in our first floor office." Even little newsboys purchased the seals for a penny. The North American then knew that the people of the United States, like those in Scandinaâ€" vian countries, would buy the seals to fight TB. § _ The old Toronto Globe came promptly to their aid. Early in December it began running a daily story on the front page giving news of the camâ€" paign. The column was bordered by holly so that readers could easily spot it. Postal authorities would not let Choir members include Marc Brazustowski, Sandra Fayt, David Godwin, Rodâ€" erick Henderson, Kimberley Kay, Heather Miller, Donald Oberle, Jason Roth, Rhonda Ruetz, â€" Matilde Sanchez, Glen _ Schindler, _ Leslie Szabo, Scott Waliters, Shawn Walters, Christopher Weland Michelle O‘Hare, Mark Haddad, Michael Bauer, Lynne Godin, Jenny Haffner Mark Hammar, Lisa Kueneâ€" man, Stewart Longworth, Christopher Moser, Cathleen Oddy, Mary Frances Schuck, Gerry Springer, Kristine Wendling, Scott Winkler, Laura Dickâ€" noether, Kenneth Dietrich, Paul â€" Kieswetter, â€" Daniel Onyshko, _ Scott _ Tonner, Debbie Weise, Melissa Baâ€" lahura, Mark Bauer, Jackie Bowden, Tammy Clayfield, Dianne Holimberg, Beverly Kellogg. Lori Merkle, Janâ€" ice Moser, John Nethery, Kathy O‘Drowsky, Beata Pillach, Julio Sanchez and Christine Schnider. At the present time, orâ€" chestra members include Linda â€" McMahon, Sabine Just, Lianne Wunder, Lianne _ Cassidy, Danny Davies, Cathy Motz, Lisa Yovanovich, Richard Enns, Julie Gatschene, Jane Lo gel, Lynne Miller, Debbie Missere, â€" Denise Moser, Eddie Schuck, Michael V an Osch and Patti Walters. {Continued from page 19) (Continued on page 39) School choir