New Gretna Christmas Past- 1936

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We are just ending another Christmas season here in New Gretna. It's now the first day of 2013, and Jackie and I are contemplating taking down our Christmas Tree.
Stemmer 2012 Christmas Tree
Taking down the Christmas tree always makes us reflect back to Christmas pasts that were memorable for one reason or another. That tradition is one that is noteworthy to start here at the Blog, so let's go back to the New Gretna Christmas of 1936 as reflected in the December 31, 1936 edition of the Tuckerton Beacon. 
Many of you out in the Blog-O-Sphere should remember some of the local people mentioned. Some might even be relatives. Hopefully, some pleasant memories will be rekindled!

Henry and Minnie Updike

Jeanne Broome
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pennebakker(Marian is daughter of Ben & Lizzie Broome)
Ben & Lizzie Broome with daughters,Marian (l) and Jeanne (r)

A young Charles & Eva Kauflin in 1920's
Milton and Mildred Mathis Kauflin

Hen & Minnie Updike and a young Anna Ware

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mathis
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Harold & Lizzie Gerew
Walter & Alice Mathis on wedding day

Doughty and Alberta Cramer

Mrs. Winfield Salmons, nee Ann Downs
Pauline Mathis
J.C. "Jim" MacDonaldSuperintendent of Bass River State Forest

New Gretna FirehousePresently Bass River Municipal Building

New Gretna Presbyterian Church

That ends our trip back to the 1936 New Gretna Christmas  season as seen through the eyes of the December 31, 1936 Tuckerton Beacon. There sure are a lot of pleasant memories of that time.
Pete S