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George Skinner
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Lines Dedicated to Mr. George Skinner
An amusing curio of an anonymous comic poem about a fishing and drinking expedition off Sydney Harbour, telling the tale of a group of twenty fishermen who "left the Quay ... to fish off Bungaree". As the tale goes, the group had had a little to drink until "the whiskey had run out / They felt inclined to weep, / Till folded in their blankets warm, / They quickly fell asleep." After steaming past Barrenjoey they ending up stuck fast on a beach near Terrigal. They all made their way ashore, tired and evidently a bit worse for wear: "A twelve mile walk they much enjoyed, / No pubs were on the way, / Whether or not they had a nip, / I'm sure I cannot say." The poem's penultimate stanza suggests "Now Georgie, take a friend's advice, / On Sundays go to church, / Or may be at some future time, / They'll leave you in the lurch." The identity of the poet and the protagonist, George Skinner, are not yet known; his friend Jim Paviour must be the man injured in the incident. A footnote reveals: "Mr. Paviour desires us to say that he was not in the least frightened, in fact he rather enjoyed himself".--Based on a catalogue from Damian O'Reilly, August 2014.
The Christmas House
In 1934, twenty-two-year-old George Skinner was stricken with polio and confined to an iron lung in the polio ward of Los Angeles County General Hospital. Regular visits from his father, Albert, and the outpouring of support from his neighbors and community kept him going as he struggled to heal. Determined to walk again and recover from this horrible disease, he vowed that when he left the hospital he would create something to thank his community and to repay their kindness; he would create something called the Christmas House. In the midst of the Great Depression, in 1936, those dreams came true. George left the hospital and began building an elaborate outdoor display with his father. Newspapers sent photographers; the local American Legion Post donated time and supplies; churches provided choirs and contributed food; but most of all, children and adults came to experience the first house ever decorated with elaborate outdoor holiday displays and to bask in the true spirit of Christmas.
