The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1985 Page: 22 of 61
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Ihristmas 1945 remembered as one of best
By JOSEPH VITALE
NEA correspondent
If Christmas means homecom-
|lng, then Dec. 25, 1945, was
(perhaps the greatest homecom-
ing of all. There was more than
I the usual to be thankful for.
Nazi Germany had sur-
rendered in the spring;
Japanese had held on through
the summer, but the atom bomb
| had set the Rising Sun for good.
! The weapon that ended the war,
however, obliterated the old era
as well. No longer would For-
tress America be able to
safeguard its people in the
future, no longer would we be an
untouchable kingdom beyond
the sea.
That’s the strongest impres-
sion you get from reading the old
newspapers and magazines of
that day — an awareness even
then of how small the world had
shrunk, an anxiety mingled with
the holiday joy and the mince
pie. .
On Christmas Eve, 1945, your
family probably gathered
around the big Zenith radio in
the living room to listen the new
president. Harry Truman, greet
the holiday “that a war-weary
world has prayed for.” Then he
lit the national Christmas tree on
the White House lawn — for the
first time since 1941.
There might have been two
empty places at the table that
night: one for the son who was
coming home but hadn't yet ar-
rived (3 million GI’s still waited
in Europe and the Far East), the
other for the son who would
never be back.
America’s combat losses may
not have been as great as other
nations (Russia, after all. had
lost 20 million people), but
400,000 young Americans had
died, more than we had ever lost
in a foreign war.
So for those lucky enough to
have a son returning, this would
truly be a Christmas to
remember. He would soon be
there — not a picture on a
mantel, not a signature on a 2-
month-old letter, but him, real
and home.
Peace would take some get-
ting used to. There were still
shortages, of course. Sugar and
syrup were hard to come by;
most people used molasses in-
stead. And it was nearly im-
possible to get junior that elec-
tric train set he wanted; some
things were just coming back on
the market. And mom would
have to be sparing with the
wrapping paper as Well.
But something new had arriv-
ed just in time — bail-point pens.
In October, Gimbels department
store sold out it’s stock in a day
— even though the new items
cost $12.95 each.
Christmas dinner was fruit
salad and soup, relishes and rab-
bit, roast goose with all the trim-
mings, turkey and ham, rolls
and butter, pies and strawber-
ries — and not a sprout or a dash
of tofu in sight.
Everyone wore a hat, and
everyone, it seemed, smoked.
They smoked Old Golds and
Chesterfields and Lucky Strikes
(in a green pack), usually hawk-
ed in magazine ads by men in
uniform.
In fact, a recurring motif in
ads was the hero home from the
war — exchanging khakis and
navy blues for business suits,
smoking jackets or overalls.
“Now he’s home for good,”
declared an advertisement for
Community Silverware, while
visions of place settings danced
in his fiancee’s head.
"The Lost Weekend” with Ray
Milland and “The Bells of St.
Mary’s” with Bing Crosby and
Ingrid Bergman had just open-
ed, for those with extra cash. But
even beggars could sing, and
everyone, it seemed, was
singing “It’s Been a Long, Long
Time” and most appropriately,
Sammy Cahn’s “Let it Snow, Let
it Snow, Let it Snow.”
America at home hadn’t been
hurt by the war, merely inconve-
nienced. But now we had to cope
with a vastly different role.
“Christmas 1945 may well usher
in a period of materialism une-
qualed in our history,” wrote
Marya Mannes in the December
Vogue, and she warned that we
would court disaster if we bask-
ed in wealth while the rest of the
world starved.
In Berlin, long lines of children
— pale, thinly clad, shivering,
many crippled from the bomb-
ing raids — waited outside the
magistrate building to attend a
Christmas party hosted by
American GIs. Each child got a
stuffed toy and a piece of candy;
it was probably their best
Christmas in a while.
Four days before, Gen. George
Patton had died. It seemed Im-
probable that the conflict’s
fiercest warrior, -who had sur-
vived some of its most savage
fighting would be killed in ap
automobile accident near Man-
Hearing ear dog lends
sense to deaf woman
DORCHESTER (AP) - Don-
na Johnson of Dorchester began
losing her hearing about 10 years
ago.
Adjusting to a world of silence
has been difficult for the 34-year-
old woman.
"I just have to be aware of
what's going on by looking in-
stead of listening. I have to use
my eyes instead of my ears,"
shesaid.
But what happens when a door
bell rings, a smoke alarm
buzzes, or a tea kettle whistles?
Last month. Ms. Johnson
became the owner of Domino, a
dog specially trained to help
hearing impaired people and
alert them to sounds they can’t
hear. **
Doreen James delivered
Domino from Oregon where
Dogs for the Deaf are selected
and trained. Ms. James said
Domino will respond to the door
bell or telephone and bring Ms.
Johnson to the sound.
Domino is a year-old blue
merle cross-Australian
shepherd. He’s been training for
six months and now Ms. Johnson
is learning to work with him
Ms. Johnson must repeat
regular “in-home” training ses-
sions to keep Domino obedient
and alert to sounds.
“Dogs for the Deaf” is a not-
for-profit organization that
trains about 30 dogs a year. To
receive a dog, an applicant’s
medical information is reviewed
by a placement screening com-
mittee and an interview is held
in or near his home.
“We have about a year's
waiting list for dogs.” Ms.
James said.
Ms. Johnson, who learned of
Dogs for the Deaf through a
magazine, had to wait a year
before receiving Domino.
Although the dogs are given at
no charge, Dogs for the Deaf in-
vests about $3,000 in veterinary
care, housing, and placement of
each dog. Funding of the
organization comes through
private contributions from in-
dividuals, service clubs,
businesses, or foundations.
In public, Domino will be kept
on a bright orange leash. It will
alert store and restaurant
owners that he is a dog for the
deaf.
Because hearing ear dogs
have public access, Ms. James
said, trainers avoid aggressive
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nheim, Germany. On Christmas
Eve he was buried in Luxem-
bourg among his men, beneath a
simple white cross.
The war was over; its images
lingered. But what America ,
wanted to do now more than i
anything wsa to get on with 1
things. Not back to the pre-war §
’30s but ahead to the post-war J.
’50s. Everywhere there were -
promises of new gadgets, styles t
and products to come. And |
everyone had their eyes on the . -
future.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1985, newspaper, December 12, 1985; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074305/m1/22/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.