Christmas 1957

December, 1957 - The talk of the town in Linton, Indiana was Doctor Tomack’s aluminum Christmas tree and the spinning light wheel.  It seemed that cars were lined up to Switz City, six miles away just to get a glimpse of the tree in the picture window.  That was until Daddy declared, “Come on.  Today we are going to cut down our tree.”  We piled into the old Chevy and drove well into the country.  My brother and I found the TALLEST TREE growing on the hill. 

When we got home, to our delight, the tree was too tall to fit into our living room.  We watched Daddy trim the top and saw off some the bottom.  Mommy went to town and came home with BUBBLE LIGHTS!  The star went on top, the lights were turned on and at that moment, in December 1957, in Linton, Indiana at 909 Roosevelt Street, OURS was the most beautiful tree.  Even more beautiful than the aluminum tree with the spinning light wheel two blocks a way!