. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Records Broken At Edaville's Christmas-New Year Hundreds of Brilliant and Multi-colored Light s— Beautiful and Amusing Displays Along the Rails— Santa Parachutes from Plane—New Year Special a Feature. The Christmas-New Year holi- days were really observed in a "big way" at Edaville, the famous property of Ellis D. Atwood at South Carver, Mass. All attend- ance records were broken for rides on the "Christmas Special" over the narrow gauge, and in guests who came, but did not ride. Display was opened to the pub- l
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Records Broken At Edaville's Christmas-New Year Hundreds of Brilliant and Multi-colored Light s— Beautiful and Amusing Displays Along the Rails— Santa Parachutes from Plane—New Year Special a Feature. The Christmas-New Year holi- days were really observed in a "big way" at Edaville, the famous property of Ellis D. Atwood at South Carver, Mass. All attend- ance records were broken for rides on the "Christmas Special" over the narrow gauge, and in guests who came, but did not ride. Display was opened to the pub- lic, with Mr. and Mrs. Atwood as hosts Dec. 8 and continued until January 8. More than 87,000 pas- sengers were carried in the dimin- utive train, as compared to last year's 48,000. About 45,000 auto- mobiles were checked, and, figuring four to a car this would mean some 180,000 persons saw the beautiful display. Total visiting Edaville for the calendar year was more than 238,- 000 compared to 177,000 in 1948. Edaville is taking on the aspects of a "national institution", and there were cars from practically every state in the union. More Than 12,000 Lights More than 12,000 electric Christ- mas bulbs burned in a brilliant dis- play of color, the long Christmas Special which chugged over the 6-mile circuit carried hundreds of lights as it circled the rail loop. It made a beautiful spectacle with the lights reflected in the flooded bogs. Twenty-eight floodlights il- luminated the countryside. Along -INTERESTED- in buying or leasing Wisconsin Cranberry property. High quality Searles Jumbo, McFarlin and Howes vines for sale. Vernon Goldsworthy 936 Memorial Drive Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin the tracks were images of reindeer, Santa Clauses, chui'ches, crypts of the Nativity, and also objects of humorous nature. An added fea- ture was the opening of the Tom Thumb museum, which contained 150 relics pertaining to the late General and Mrs. Thumb who were natives of the Southe
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