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The original documents are located in Box 3, folder "12/6/74 - Receiving Christmas Tree"
of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Date Issued 12/3/74
By S.Porter
Revised
FACT SHEET
Mrs. Ford's Office
Event
Arrival of Blue Room Christmas Tree
Group
National Christmas Tree Growers' Association
11:15
DATE/TIME
Friday, December 6, 1974
10:30 a.m.
Contact
Rex. Scouten
Phone x2650
Number of guests: Total
9
Women
X
Men
X
Children
Place
South Portico arrival/ Diplomatic Recept. Rm. Refreshments
Principals involved
MRS. FORD
Participation by Principal
Photos
(Receiving line)
Remarks required
No
Background Mr. Edward Cole is the 1975 National Grand Champion Grower
for 1974. He is from Mayville, Michigan. The tree is a
concolor fir, 19ᵗʰ feet tall and 12 feet at the base.
REQUIREMENTS
Social:
Guest list
Rex Scouten & Bill Timmons
Invitations
Programs
Menus
Refreshments
Yes (Hot cider punch/cookies)
Entertainment
Decorations/flowers Yes, normal for Diplomatic Reception Room
Music
Social Aides
Dress
Coat check
Other
Press:
Reporters
Yes
Photographers
Yes
TV Crews
Yes
White House Photographers
Yes
Color
Mono.
Other
Technical
Support:
Microphones
PA Other Rooms
Recording
Lights
Transportation
Parking
South Drive
Housing
Other
(Risers,stage,platforms)
Susan Porter
Project Co-ordinator
Phone
x2850
Site diagrams should be attached if technical support is heavy.
Digitized from Box 3 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MRS. FORD
EVENT:
Arrival of Blue Room Christmas Tree
(and one for the West Hall)
DATE:
Friday, December 6, 1974
TIME:
11:15 a.m.
PLACE:
South Portico arrival (Diplomatic Reception Room for
refreshments)
GUESTS:
-Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cole, National Grand Champion
Grower from Mayville, Michigan
-Linda Cole, daughter
-Mrs. Laurie Cole Batzer, daughter
-Mrs. Ouina Gardner, tree is from her yard
-Mr. and Mrs. Donald Chard, furnished vehicle for trip
-Senator Robert Griffin (R-Michigan)
-Congressman J. Robert Traxler (D-Michigan)
SEQUENCE:
11:15 a.m.
When your guests and the press have assembled at the
South Portico with the tree on its trailer, Susan Porter
will give you a call that all is ready.
To greet your guests, admire the trees and pose for
photographs, come through the Diplomatic Reception Room
and out the south door where the group and trees will be.
11:25 a.m.
When the photographs are finished, at your invitation,
your guests will follow you into the Diplomatic Reception
Room for refreshments.
11:35 a.m.
Toward the end of refreshments, to mark the nearing
conclusion, Susan Porter will give you "Betty Ford"
pens to give your guests (photographs will be sent
later).
After you bid your guests Merry Christmas and farewell
and return to family quarters, they will be given a special
tour of the White House arranged by Mike Farrell, and the
trees will be headed for their destinations: the Blue Room
and the West Hall.
BACKGROUND:
Mr. Edward Cole of Mayville, Michigan, has been
selected by the National Christmas Tree Grower's
Association as the National Grand Champion Grower
for 1974. Mr. Cole is a former Sanilac County
Agricultural Agent who now both operates a 100-acre
tree farm and teaches 8th grade science in Mayville.
The tree itself is a concolor fir, 19 1/2 feet tall
and 12 feet in diameter at the base. It was selected
by Mr. Cole to be The tree and is cut from the front
yard of Mrs. Ouina Gardner, Mr. Cole's neighbor in
Mayville. A 14-foot spruce is also being delivered
for the West Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Chard, who are friends of the Coles, are
furnishing the vehicle and trailer to transport the
tree from Michigan to the White House. Mr. Chard
operates a 500-acre agriculture farm and maintains a
dairy herd of 60 cattle.
December 5, 1974
susan I porter
For immediate release
Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1974
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Ford
Mrs. Ford will accept the White House Christmas Tree as
it arrives at the North Portico Friday, Dec. 6 at 10:30 a.m.
The tree is a concolor fir, 19 1/2 feet tall and 12 feet in
diameter at the base. It will be placed in the center of the
Blue Room.
The tree was grown in Michigan and was selected a year ago
by the National Christmas Tree Growers' Association. Making
the presentation to Mrs. Ford will be Edward Cole of Mayville,
Mich., who is the National Grand Champion Grower for 1974.
Accompanying Mr. Cole will be his wife and two daughters,
Linda Cole and Mrs. Laurie Batzer. Mr. Cole is a former
Sanilac County Agricultural Agent who now operates a 100-acre
tree farm and teaches eighth grade science at Mayville.
The tree was cut from the front yard of Mrs. Ouina Gardner,
also of Mayville, who donated it to Mr. Cole and the Christmas
Tree Growers' Association.
A 14-foot blue spruce for President and Mrs. Ford is also being
delivered. The tree will be placed in the West Hall of the
Family Quarters of the White House.
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President's Tree
The White House Christmas tree
was delivered from Michigan yes-
terday and afterward was nearly
damaged. First Lady Betty Ford re-
ceived the 19-foot fir and said she
was "thrilled to have a Michigan
-Star-News Photographer Joseph Silverman
Mrs. Ford, Edward Cole and Mrs. Ouina
Gardner with one of the two White House
Christmas trees after it arrived yesterday.
I DAILY NEWS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1974
Associated Press Wirephoto
The Family Christmas Tree
Mrs. Betty Ford accepts Christmas tree from Edward Cole and Mrs. Quinn Gardner, old friends
from Mayville, Mich., yesterday outside the White House. Tree was cut from Mrs. Gardner's front
yard for the use of the First Family during holidays.