The final guest of Year 2019 on the Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons Show on Radio 1490 WGCH in Greenwich, Connecticut and WGCH.com anywhere via streaming over the Internet is Pastor Leo Curry.
The First Church of Round Hill -located at the intersection of Round Hill Road and John Street -is the quintessential New England edifice. It stands proudly as it has for nearly two hundred years in this location. The church is a Christian community in the Methodist tradition that is rich in heritage, open and caring and bound together by faith.
You'll hear about this Philadelphia native's early life, upbringing and early career. As Robert Marchant of the Greenwich Time noted in its 3rd of November, 2019 edition, "The Rev. Leo Curry went into the family business-becoming a minister and educator." Pastor Curry will share background about his leadership positions in the New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, and some history of his new church in Round Hill.
We'll also learn about his philosophy and role of the church in both families and the larger community -and, yes, we'll discuss Christmas!
On our most recent broadcast two weeks ago we featured a Greenwich History Question! We'll announce the winner. We'll part with some Christmas thoughts, too, such as this:
Xmas Rush is on at the Post Office: Horses Wanted for Mail Delivery
Greenwich Press. December 20, 1917. Page 1.
Postmaster Meany has issued a call on public spirited citizens for the use of their horses for the purpose of facilitating mail deliveries during the Christmas rush which face delay owing to the congestion in traffic because of the snowstorm. Because of the heavy fall of snow automobiles are practically useless especially in the outlying districts. Mr. Meany has thus far experienced considerable difficulty in obtaining horses, and owing to the scarcity, he is anxious to receive offers from horse owners to tide over the situation.The Christmas rush is on in full tilt and indications point to a much greater business than during the 1916 holiday season. Tuesday, the clerks and carriers started on double shifts, working from 5:54 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
If weather conditions are favorable Postmaster Meany plans to obtain automobile machines for the delivery of the big influx of Christmas gifts as was done last year. At that time under favorable weather conditions every Christmas package was delivered on time.
The incoming and outgoing packages began to pile in large numbers Monday and quantities increased everyday. Yesterday all of the available space was occupied by the hundreds of Yuletide packages. All of the substitutes have been drafted into service in an effort to take care of the large volume of business.
Hundreds of packages for the soldiers have been sent abroad and to home camps. One recent consignment from Christ Episcopal Church to the "boys of France" consisted of about seventy packages.
Postmaster Meany is elated over the splendid showing of the Greenwich office this year. It is expected that the 1917 volume of business will exceed last year's receipts by between $6,000 and $7,000. The approximate business for the last year was approximately $50,000.
The First Christmas
Greenwich Graphic. Saturday, December 22, 1894
On Juda's hills long centuries past
In the dim and silent night
The Shepherds watching o'er their folds
Beheld a glorious light.
A light as the sun by day,
Shone through the midnight still,
Illuming wth silvery sheen
Each dark Judean hill.
A star from out the eastern sky,
In flood of radiance broke;
While "Peace, Good Will to all the Earth"
A Heavenly music spoke.
What mystery holds that Orient star?
What means the angel song?
Why shine those hills and deep ravines?
Why float those notes along?
"The promised one of Israel.
Savior of every land;
The Christ Child lies in Bethlehem,"
Proclaim the angel band.
Thus in that far Judean land,
Broke the first Christmas morn
Where in the centuries long gone by,
"The Prince of Peace" was born.
EMILY STUART WEED.
Greenwich, December, '94
The Merry Christmas Time
Greenwich Graphic. Saturday, December 28, 1901.
It probably is fortunate for the post office and express company's clerks that Christmas comes but once a year, for to them this is the hardest part of their season's work.
The Christmas mail in Greenwich was unusually heavy this season and extra deliveries were made about town on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, there being two on Christmas day. The new mail schedule, which was put into operations a few months ago helped to relieve any accumulation of packages in the post office, and there were six of these mails in which bundles could be sent away, where last year there were only two.
The rural delivery carries also had their fair share of packages, which delayed them somewhat in making their journey through the country.
The Adams Express Company's clerks were kept busy from the early morning till late in the evening delivering and receiving the many Christmas tokens.
Their workers were loaded to the top with bundles, and it seamed as though the horses had about all they could pull through the streets.
The trains, too, were delayed in many cases over an hour and Christmas eve the crowd in Grand Central Station was the largest ever seen there.
It was indeed a Merry Christmas and enjoyed by all throughout the land.
Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons airs on Radio 1490 WGCH Greenwich, Connecticut USA and WGCH.com anywhere via live audio streaming. It is the first show ever focused on the stories of Greenwich history as well as that of area communities. Tune-in every-other Wednesday morning after the top-of-the-hour 9:00 a.m. news.
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