 Remember a hallmark card when you carry enough to send the very best The makers of hallmark cards bring you a true story for the life of leaf Erikson On the hallmark hall of fame here's our distinguished host Edward Arnold come to the hallmark Hall of Fame Tonight our true story is transcribed from the life of leaf Erikson To most of us that name has a familiar ring We'll recall it from our history book somewhere in the vague past However, few of us realize that leaf Erikson discovered America more than a thousand years ago Almost 500 years before Columbus tonight We are going to tell you the true adventures behind that remarkable expedition and the little known story of what happened to it Now here is Frank Oz Here's the timely reminder If someone you know having a birthday this coming week if there is and you'd like to make a happy day even happier Then send the hallmark card at the fine stores that feature hallmark cards you'll find the widest selection of new birthday cards and you'll find one that just seems made to order for the person you Have in mind whether it's a child a relative or a close friend and the card you send carries an added compliment For it has the hallmark and crown on the back the symbol that you look for when you carry enough to send the very best And now Edward Arnold brings you the hallmark hall of pain The little king known as Harald the fairhead He was a man of strong personal ambition and he ruled his fellow Norseman in a ruthless manner Many of them rebelled against his tyranny Some of these Vikings left Norway selling westward in small square sailed ships without compass guided only by the sun and the stars One such expedition arrived on the shores of America and it's this incident with which we are concerned at this beginning of the new year The discovery of America by leaf Erikson The Vikings were forced to shore at what we now know is Marvel's vision That looks or I before it falls away. I haven't seen any the women see that the relations are secure quickly quickly They are secure relief, but perhaps they should be loosened. I hear waves breaking on rocks We may be blown on to them cannot leave the women tied to the ship hold your tongue They cannot untie them until we're certain keep the lashes secure The wind is favoring us mother stay on that or we need everything we can muster the state of the wind Quickly here for the killer quickly. I haven't laid under under you, too. We need all the stink of the killer Quickly Untie the women highly tell them each to hold on to the rope You look at the work hold the end of the rope Tell me to look at the whole the end of the rope with one of the cast so you can stay up. Oh That's nice as you look around this peaceful Sunlit day now I'd indeed leave But then the sea always has been full of tricks in degrees. Yes last night was one trick we could have done without yes Well, I have staining preparing the wood for fire. I must go see to it about there. Yes But it had not been for you at the helm none of us would be alive Baldi the strong present and waiting the time has gone quickly since we came ashore as time does when one is busy Well, let's let's get to it then But often yes, Lee We have to get back to Iceland. We will have much to tell of the council I think they would be glad to hear that we followed the procedures of the alting that men should govern themselves. Yes, but But I was thinking of this beautiful land. We find food and shelter so easily. Yeah, I'm afraid no one in Reykjavik would ever believe us You'll find the council has encouraging things to say the fifth meeting of our council is now in session Thorfinn. Yes, Lee. Who is the first to speak y'all? John yes, please You've been in charge of building the cabins. I have nothing to speak of leaf except results The three cabins are almost completed and we are ready for the snows. Were you not to build a palisade around the cabins? I have talked to other members of the council and some say they think it unnecessary, but we agreed in council to build a palisade Please Yes, Danny We feel it to waste of time and men Leave yes, Magnus. I have something to say that has been worrying many members of the council. Yes a ship Vikings must never be without a ship Maybe the natives here will prove hostile We never know We must have a ship Call the road those in favor of building a ship answer. I those opposed nay Hey I You're Mulder. I'll say you thought nay, I Answer the council has come to a close Yes, Lee Why did you vote nay? I Want to have no excuse to leave this beautiful land Excuse for what do you need? Lillia your wife Lillia is going to have a baby They need to be a very dry wood so often has been felling trees They shouldn't need to dry too long even in this cold. All right. We're ready for the snow. Yes, just in time We're lucky Have you watched him and all the way he swings the ax he doesn't look right his face We'll see what is the matter. Maybe maybe you'd better know me as an animal he's sick leaf He's a very sick man. Maybe we'd better go and come so many friends over the holidays Don't you wish there was an easy way to keep in closer touch with these good friends throughout the year? So many of us are inclined to put off letter writing Often to in our busy lives. There isn't time for long letters Well at the fine stores that feature hallmark cards, you'll find the ideal solution boxes of attractive hallmark decorated note papers These note papers are both decorative and so convenient to keep on hand for all those occasions when you want to dash off a newsy note Your friends will appreciate hearing from you more often and these handsome hallmark note papers have a warm personal air about them Each one will seem like a little visit from you You'll find many occasions to use these hallmark note papers to their ideal for invitations or thank-you notes for instance So get several boxes this week You'll find many beautiful designs to choose from including a lovely array of floral patterns And you'll be surprised to find these distinctive note papers are remarkably inexpensive Only 59 cents one dollar or two dollars a box and each note you send will complement the receiver Because it carries the hallmark and crown on the back the symbol that you look for when you will carry enough to send the very best And now Edward Arnold brings you the second act of our true story from the life of Lee Ferrickson To have settled in on the east coast of America the snow fell steadily on the cabins of the tiny colony of Norseman and It's happened so often in the affairs of men at their height of happiness and joy Disaster had struck with suddenness and with no warning The Vikings adventurers that they were a little understanding of sickness But with the determination that had carried them across uncharted waters halfway across the world They faced each other in counsel to assess the disaster and to see what could be done I know that deep sorrow rests in your hearts as I speak to you None of us knows what happened to these men. What is wrong with them what we can do to help them get well Except Magnus who has already joined his gods leaf Yes, Balder. It must be a plague leaf It must be that to have stricken them the five of them almost all at once you're likely all right Balder I think it is the plague Thorfinn has something to say about plague say what you have to say Thorfinn What I have to say is most difficult leaf, but it must be said We have already taken the first step in putting them together in the big cabin. Yes The rest of the colony must be kept away from them We knew of plagues in Europe. We knew that those who were sick should be kept away We must keep those who are well away from the sick, but who will tend them and care for them We will discuss that in a moment Balder. The first I must reassign the tasks Father just leave you will take over Magnus's task the ship the ship The men will all be at your command Send half of them into the woods for timber each day and keep half of them with you at the seaside to assemble the timbers I leave Thorfinn your task will remain to find food for us. The women will continue to cook And Thorfinn Ashley twice each day you will bring a kettle of broth to the clearing by the big cabin Leave the broth there You must not come within 30 paces of the cabin Leaf those men can't get their broth from the clearing. They can't get off their bed I know that Balder I will bring it to what I'm going to live with them and care for them. I must not do this. You must not Do not expose yourself to the plague leaf the colony needs you remember brave Grimler Do you think we do not want to see you back to health the risks too great? Too great for a leader there Grimler. Let's not have any more talk. You need to rest was Mognus leaf Mognus died Grimler away. What a way for a Viking I am land leaf to tie on land. What is that? We're with the sea our lives are with Grimler Grimler My back and be easy as easy as you can see leaf I want to die at sea my Grimler You must not speak these thoughts of dying see you know, you must not think his ready leaf No, Grimler the ship is not ready now Rest about the baby coming the luck of the gods. Oh, boss. I Need no bra. We're dying on land. You You must promise a Viking shoe Grimler we have no ship the test of the flames reef to send our souls to Valhalla Couldn't see you leave this placing the kindling against the cabin. How is he five of our strongest and ablest men lie dead in that cabin I Made a promise to the last one to die to Grimler But they would be given the full honor of a Viking funeral But the flames would carry their souls to their gods in Valhalla with this torch Full bill They died good Vikings with me Balder. I have something to talk with you about highly nearly ready nearly It should be ready for the sea by the time the snow has gone Well, the weather has been breaking fast the snow should be gone in a matter of days. Well Yes The ship will be ready good Thank You Balder Good night. Yes, who is open the news from your one to your ordeal and the cabin was over news. What news My son was born last night Our ablest men has put the colony in danger Your counsel has decided There's nothing to do but sail home brice land The ship is ready. The weather is ready Someday we may return in better fortune To what we have found in every way to be a land of bounty a land of promise Where we have sufficient number there's no doubt we would remain here But the sickness to care of that Let us hope that in the future Vikings will return to these shores To build their homes To settle the land we found for them We look forward to our voyage home with hope As we always have in the past the council has decided the journey should be dedicated to the child born to porfin and lilia The first born Norseman on this land Under the saga of leaf Erickson and his colony in America 1,000 years ago The child son of porfin was in fact the first white child born in America The adventure of the Vikings was a failure and it remained for other centuries later to sail the seas to the land of promise It is interesting to speculate at this beginning of the new year what this land of ours might be like in 1955 Had had been settled by leaf Erickson 500 years before our own program fathers arrived Now here is Frank gosh You know earlier we were talking about thoughtfulness and keeping closer touch with friends and relatives throughout the year We often have the best intentions, but we forget and it's hard sometimes to keep track of the birthdays and anniversaries of our friends Well the fine stores that feature hallmark cards have a gift for you a gift that's waiting right now for you to pick it up And it's a wonderful memory minder. It's a new 1955 hallmark date book This attractive little date book is designed to fit conveniently in purse or pocket In the front pages the hallmark date book has spaces for the addresses and phone numbers of your friends and family With special places too to list birthdays and anniversaries right on the same line with each name and address And you'll find it a wonderful convenience to have both these addresses and dates right with you Then the hallmark date book gives you a day-by-day calendar with room to remind yourself of appointments club meetings or luncheon dates You'll find other helpful information in your hallmark date book and remember It's a gift to you from the fine stores that feature hallmark cards. It's their way of saying Thank you for remembering to look for cards with a hallmark and crown on the back The symbol that you look for when you carry enough to send the very best Now here's Edward Arnold Wouldn't old Samuel Johnson the English writer who advised everyone to keep your friendships and constant repair Be surprised if you could see one of those hallmark date books Realize how easy it is nowadays to follow his advice with the help of a date book and hallmark cards I'm sure he'd be one of the first in the store to ask for his free hallmark date book Incidentally, I think you'll be interested to know Lee Ferrickson was portrayed tonight by Larry Thor Whose proper Icelandic name was honor for Laura's Thorstensen Larry is himself a descendant of Lee Ferrickson Therefore we not only called upon Larry to portray his ancestor, but to write our script Thank you Larry for both the splendid performance and for a fine drama It's the beginning of another year on the hallmark Hall of Fame And we thought this would be an appropriate time to tell you about the many exciting programs We have a head for the coming season For example next week. We will present a true story from the life of president Andrew Johnson It's a little known story behind the only impeachment procedures ever instigated against the president of the United States It'll be my pleasure to play president Johnson The following week we will bring you a true story from the life of one of America's greatest agricultural scientists George Washington cover it involves one of the strangest congressional investigations in history and It all centered about a plant developed by mr. Carver the lowly peanut On January the 23rd, we will present the story of Charmaine whose centuries ago created a united Europe On January the 30th We will be indeed honored to present a true story from the life of unquestionably the world's greatest living statesman Sir Winston Churchill With the Prime Minister's permission, we are going to dramatize a little known incident in his life that occurred during the Boer war The story of an exciting and amazing escape made all the more remarkable because the man it happened to was Sir Winston Churchill So we hope you will join us next Sunday and each Sunday during 1955 Until next week when we present the true story of the attempted impeachment of president Andrew Johnson This is Edward Arnold saying good night Remember a hallmark card when you carry enough to send the very best The Hallmark Hall of Fame is produced and directed by William Pruitt heard in tonight's transcribe cast where LeBunt Johnson Jack Moyles Barney Phillips John Stevenson William Euler and Tom Brown Next Sunday the Hallmark Hall of Fame on television will tell the little known but exciting story of John Ho America's first mint master This is Frank Goss saying good night to you until next week at this same time When you'll hear a true story from the life of president Andrew Johnson Starring mr. Edward Arnold the following week a true story from the life of George Washington Carver on the Hallmark Hall of Fame