Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1948 — Page 5

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THURSDAY, DECk 16,

Clothe-A-Child Answers

Son's Prayers

(Continued From Page One)

ire grin A ALWAYS. more expense. wits) our income less and less.”

They. tried™ to meet these reverses by eliminating some of! the frills in the home. The gas|+ stove was sold and a small hot-! plate was substituted. The telephone was" disconnected. Other! conveniences were eliminated or decreased to bare necessities. “Evén now . , . I'm to. go to} the hospital. That’ 11 be more ex-' pense-and we don't know where the money’s. coming from.” Despite the adversity, the family is going to have a joyous Christmas , . . because the children have warm clothes to wear. As the mother said: “Unless you've had to cry about it yourself, you don't know what it out' to school without underwear.” : 1 . Son’s Gratitude { But now the children have] underwear and other warm! clothes they need , . . clothes bought by Clothe-a-Child. The mother told of her son’s gratitude for the high-top shoes he received. “Mother,” she says he told her, “I said a prayer that I'd get good, heavy shoes.” He wanted heavy shoes because he walks a mile to school. “You know, mother,” he told her, “God answered that prayer for here

‘they are.”

The. mother also told of her husband's reaction. “Daddy's voice trembled when the children showed him the new clothes, she said. The grateful mother brushed away another tear, “My husband also wants to thank you for being so kind to us . .. we. want everyone to know how thankful we are.” You, Too, Can Help This family can be -grateful today because of the contributions of a generous Indianapolis that makes Clothe-A-Child- posgible. YOU, too, can help in these three ways: ONE: By sending a cash contribution “to Clothe-A-Child, Indianapolis Times, 214 W. Maryland St. TWO: By volunteering as donor to take children to the gtores and spend vour own money to buy their clothes. Donor: appointments rgay be made by tele

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

White Christmas Could Make Them Sing The Blues About. Business A Santa Claus

SANTA CLAUS, Ind, Dec. 16 (UP)—Santa Claus ‘Said today| Milton Harris, the other Santa!year, Snow.

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In this tiny hamlet, where Christmas is big business, snow is toy displays are a mile down the to be remailed. road, said he personally likes a

15.00 {Something no one wants, “Snow. may be part of Christmas,"

it hurts our business.”

The “town's two Santa Claus! ICiAw palaces: #expect 300,00

{if it doesn’t: snow, A heavy snow-| iterprises In the village, 2.00 'fall over southern Indlana’s| “We haven't had a bad snow and gifts under the |acenic hills would keep motorists hefore

Evangelical United at home.

Alte Printing Servipe of ro pers :

Employees, Fmployees of the Capitol Litho Plate Service, & Employees of the American’S t a t eo Printing Dept, ..9 Children Fagles Nest Teen Can-

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Science Talent Hunt Paula Petty and Judy Alger nave beeh chosen as Howe High

annual Science Talent Search for Westinghouse Science Scholarships, The search is sponsored here by The Times in co-operation pth the Science Clubs of Amer-

is a part of the preliminary examinations, - each = contestant must submit an essay on “My Scientific Project.” Last year's awards were presented to Dick! Bakemier and Jim Thomas.

Tech Registrations For Spring Jan. 7

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\ [years, " he said. “People won't ~drive’ through doit get any snow until after sald he expected a record load was too small’ 5.00 snow v and ce even to see Santa Christmas. | It keeps folks away.” of 7 million pieces -of mail this

one of Santa's. helpers sald, fw hite Christmas, but agreed it

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“We hope we! Postmaster Elbert Reinecke, Koch contends the old post office palaces, | “Visitors

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| Residents {usually depending on where they work, since the two Santa Claus carg-the town's pri He said with good weather, from the village proper to Koch's industries, Santa Claus/about 25000 persons visit the/ganta Claus Land. 25.00 tO Visit here during the Yuletide, Land, one of two competing en-|town on Sundays during the holl- whose place ts near the old lo- {season everyone is too busy to), o. day season. Many mail cards!cation, has waged an unsuccess-| | olENS. famous ul fight to have it “brought back the

Individuals and commer-| dents now have to walk a mile] Ciaus whose candy castle and! cial firms send bags of mall here for their mail. have taken

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said, “we couldn't hitch them to They're too skittish,