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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 15

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Abilene, Texas
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PHILANTHROPY (AND BUSINESS) 3D THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Abilene Texan Wednesday Evening Nov 11 1933 It Is estimated that the Belgian Congo river represents 130 million horsepower of unused water power Urge Shipping Halt BUENOS AIHKS liP -Argentina liewspaHTs tlriiiamlcd tuday the govern men halt all shipping to neiglilKiring Uruguay following Uruguayan barges that an Argen-' tine ship captain attempted tn smuggle gold into Montevideo Santa's Workshop Attracts Many Visitors (and Dollars) It's Loyalty Day in Abilene Schools Mayor Proclaims Day VISIT GRAVES GRILL FOR Broiled STEAKS HOME MADE PASTRY COMPLETE DINNERS East Hwy 80 Open 6-12 NEW SPINETS 19000 Up PENT OR OWN jd $073 Hi UP MONTH HI VyprM TOPS IN ABILENE wander through the village There are a number of nursery rhyme characters Including Bo-Peep who is followed by her Children under In arc admitted free adults nay a dollar each The fairyland village has had 2234830 visitors in four years thousands of unm to-s coins in a wishing well to buy Christmas toys for free diftrihution The corporation that operates Santa's workshop chips In share of receipts for this purpose too By Christmas this year it will have distributed cinee the opening date some 67710 toys costing $143075 Is the whole project philanthropy or just another Christmas busi-! ness? Both said Fortune i are a commercial he said we pay an income 1 tax But we do a lot of good Hint otherwise wouldn't get done and I don't mind telling you I feci good on Christmas i (EDITORS NOTE: School Are Your Revpoiisllifl-Itv" la the theme of American Fduratinn Week now he In? olixervrd here Pa'fnls are urged to vixit the school during the work The article h'-ioiv tan of Americanism In the Abilene arhoola) Verinedav lx Lnyltv Dnv In the lorsl nuWe aehoei a pnrt Amerireii V'tiipat'no WepV The anniversary of the World War I Ar-i'r(ip aepf'd Todv actlv't'r ere tvnlpal of inxnv that are carried on the year aiw-nH In the arhoola here of AHenl'nee to the waa scheduled to he led at 11 a Wedneday over Station KWKC hy Jlmmv Swindell a seventh grade pupil from Loruxt S-honl It waa to he broadcast In all the achoolx and the pupils there would take the pledge aa Swindell spoke It Other radio programs will highlight Wednesday's observance Iee Etta civics class from the high school is to be on anything with" FALSE TEETH! By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK Santa Claus always was a kimliy old fellow but mighty poor businessman "Charily begins at his wife kept telling him But every year Kants came home each Christmas dawn broke but happy from the world's oldest giveaway program lie never made cent through the renturies Well they've finally gut the mellow old spendthrift organized on sensible basis that proves philanthropy doesn't have to be a red-ink venture Santa Claus now Is on a payroll and pays Income taxes to Uncle Kam And so do all his merry little elves The financial transformation of Sants began in the gnomish mind of Harold Fortune an ex-horse allow entrepreneur who had turned into a country club rescuer A country club rescuer Is a man who Tor fee saves insolvent golf pastures from going back to the bankers and the chipmunks Fortune had a friend Julian I Reiss a wealthy Lake auto dealer who liked to tell Christmas stories to his daughter Patricia In 1948 Reiss mentioned to Fortune a wistful remark 1 by little Patricia: I wish sometime I could see Santa's workshop" Bong bong bong! Bells rang in 1 Fortune's promoter head He forgot all about resruing country clubs Who wouldn't want to see Santa's workshop? He and Reiss began planning Months and about 8500000 later they opened on July 1 1949 a 15-arre Christmas village at North Pole their own community on Whlteface Mountain in the Adir-ondacks have ten log buildings done In fairyland style" said Fortune elves dressed in costume make toys and oiicrate a pottery shop Two hundred reindeer peacocks goats ducks and CHARCOAL BROILED BIRGERS Hlrkerr SnekfS Sears ChM ul tirslri tf gg Nperlel IriM III I Chin Oiitee aa Onto Uratrd I'teeae PII 3-1772 Rftladbargrr Lillwti Taauta Kle AIm I karraal Brtlk ed list Hags CAFE biggest and best steaks in town! 1309 PINE OPEN 6 AM to 10 PM BUCK'S BROILED BURGERS 2502 So 7th If im km wauhte with lim Ail die nek WM MM sum rr Brimm PUili-Liatr On epehemoa ike plMM harngfr unkmt ptudtr pm Slsllon KWKC from IS to 8:30 and Karsh llardv will appear on KUUC from 7:41 to in a program about high arhool American history Mayor Gatlin has proclaimed Wednesday as I-oyalty Dav In Ahiicne Ills proclamation rnld on Ahllenlans to five P-c pledge of allegiance as the pupil h-n-doast It at 11:01 a on KWKC Sponsors of American Education Week are the National Education Association the American the II Offl-e of Education and Ihr National Congress of Parents and Teachers The following excerpt from an article written hy an Abilene public school facility member Indicates the stress which the local schools put on (he duties resonn-sibllltlcs and privileges of citizens In a democratic society: of ages to 8 years need a background of knowledge! and ldcala of Americanism In order that they ran develop understanding of the free soc'etv In which thev live: a society where the Individual has opportunities choose his friends his life work his place of residence and to make many personal choices "Children of ages 9 to 11 or build on the feelings attitudes and knowledges learned In the previous school years They real and discuss the holidays the heroes the duties and the obligations nf citizenship and the freedoms of Americana in the light of their previous experiences and in proportion to the opportunities given to "Teichra use the marv instructional aids dealing with hlatoiy and biography and with current events concerned with citizenship They have found surprising lnter-et and nderstandinga In teir children The teachers of middle grade children seek to establish habits of thought which lead pupils to see the causes of events and underlying factora which make Americana live aa they do Some problems of government such as the operations of the courts can be Introduced and examined Responsibilities of the Individual and the necessity for his learning to make choices and decisions are further stressed in junior high schools and the high school examine many of the historical foundations of our liberties and our Institutions They consider current problems and personal needs of citizens living In a democratic society Much of their learnings come from contacts with religious business gov-i eminent clvie and professional in the community and In I the state They are concerned with problems close to their own lives and seek interpretations of institutions and eventa which they feel affect Warn wi Mijn I liMMiUnHBpImiMi AMERICANISM Kathryn Bean high school senior above accepted on behalf of the Abilene public schools one of the awards given in 1952 by Freedom Foundation It is the George Washington Honor Medal The award also includes a pilgrimage for a teacher and a pupil to Valley Forge and Philadelphia and a Freedom library Schools in seven Texas cities won awards for 1952 The honors are in recognition of efforts which instill in students greater appreciation of the American Way of Life (Staff photo by Don Hutcheson) TODAY IHTIPaiAIg1 van 1ST vie if FUni maiMi I fir In at mmi mUi eukds SwIwmiIiii TONIGHT 8:30 naan kuk If a ARAM0UNT STARTS TODAY Far 4 Big Days! vy BRIMMSIPLASTI-LINER ci i a i -1 i PUBLIC RECORDS Lay-A-Way Now For CHRISTMAS Cameras Projectors Photographic Supplies Ask About Our Christmas GIFT CERTIFICATES Camera Center 170 Cypress Ime Little et to Veterone' Lend Board: 7300 Edit MS ecree out ol MW of Sec SI Lunelle Aeylum Land Abilene Chrtetlan College to Clem-mer tlKS: Let 11 Blk tl Second Coo-Unuetlon ol Abilene Helghta Addn Alfred Luieklet to Mre A Linqulil: 110 a other eoneldereUpne 13 arm nut of ME pt of Subd ateffrna Subd ol Merchant Failure Raymond Ahlork et us to Eiterlene You-men (1111 North IS ft ef Lot South 40 ft of Lot Blk 3 aimmone Ter-rare Addn Edgar Kellner Jr Truatee to Bud Valley Lodte Inc SM A other com Id-era lions l)i acres out of Ice IS Blind Asylum Lands BIOTOS VEHirLR KKGIXTBATIONS Nrw TrC Beth Fletcher HI Willy pUrkiip HenMB Drilling Co Atallrne Otic truck SmlthTrit Pnlm St Whit truck Unsrrn A Frsiler 32 Pine St Chevrolet pickup Sn Cere Charlee (dam Ahilrae Pori ee- dMri a Sell Abilene: Dodse Moor Chrutine Collide Merkel Dodse club 'viluioo Autemotled Service Inc Chicago HI: Chevrolet Moor Travie Salmon Uaca: Ed Lewis 104 HooUi Third Bt Chevrolet sedan 1M Miami Operating Cnr Inc Anleu Mtr- Rt 1: Ford Mow-Garland SUiaoo 13) Banins Bt Ford All White CHICKEN Golden Crusty Brown Just the Woy You Like It Call 2-0096 for Ordcrt to Taka Home! DIXIE PIG DRIVE INN 1401 Butternut Phene 2-0096 DORIS BAY American Legion ARMISTICE DANCE 9 ia American Legion Clubhouse Samk 11th DANCE cacti Wednesday and Saturday nights CHARLEY BLANKS MTE CLUB Abilene Texas ARMISTICE DANCE TONITE NOV 11th Bias 6 piece orchestra Every-boda she come have fun and dances to biga beautiful music Charlie Hess a goods boy and wants you to bringa somebody to dances with Thanks you very much The BLACKWOOD BROTHERS in Parson FAIR PARK AUDITORIUM Abilene Admission 50c and SI DONT MISS IT! Gat Advanca Tickets at the MELODY SHOP Hear rim Blackwood Brothera ovary Sunday nr 9:15 am over KWKC WED THUk (Timm DON'T MISS IT! LAST NIGHT Law Student Sues Prof for 25 Cents LOS ANGELES Ifl-A freshman law itudent at the University of Southern California did yesterday what being trained to he filed a suit But It waa against one of his professors The amount sought is 25 cents Student Harry Hlrarh 2C alleged in his small claims court action that the 25-cent piece waa borrowed by Prof Richard Wicks during a classroom demonstration several weeks ago and never returned lie told the judge the professor had offered to return the quarter but explained: had already filed the tuit by that time and wanted to get court costa from Mr Wlcka He estimated the costs would be about 8250 ia tr im HU BUM WBWIwwHelfMHBmy ad siawans niamhnwnnn PLUS Lnt Times TONITE CAR HEATERS Tit McKay Bol: Moor Central Teiee Meehlnery Co Bex MS Old mot) lit Moot and The A Co Philadelphia Pa 1W I floor Hrnsoa DrIUtns Co Mack Oolllne Mrrkcl Chevrejrt coupe Bethlehem Supply Co- Tulia OUa Ply- Oardmnr Mooltrey Calli Olde- Conitructiaa Co Abt-tenr Mercury Moor Orla Reynolds Merkel Chevrolet S-doof MARRIAGE IICKXSKS IMSUKD Korece Lwerd Oibeon EoeUend end Viola Gertrude album Btcphroillle Jemre Odell WUliame SJ4 Wretmoretand St and Ella Far Fullhrlsht 43 Rradlnf F1LKD IN UNO DISTRICT COVET Black Pmldlac Jndfe Bay Fullr Tl The aianderd Inear-once Co lull tor eompenen- Hods Bullock Texas Roualnf Co at Abll-nr: suit to collect account FILED IN IS4TII IIIKTKIIT COVST Owen Tbomne FreeMInf Jadee Treuie William vs Bobby O'Neal WB-lieme ult tn divorce Arthur McDole ve Mary McDolc suit tor dlvorcr Joe Elliot ye Werner at ox: suit tor dare i ci Charm Feta Couch Jr ve Josephine Ghrmody Couch: ult for divorce DEEDS FILED Nolan Filmrr it to Myrtle Woeen-ernft SIM North It et Lot I Blk 34 Merkel Reed Sr to Ouy Weeks 4t ox 110 A other consideration Lot 33 Blk Continuation of Arthel Henson Addn American Development Carp to Hcyler Jr Trutea: SIB A other ronild-cralianc South 13 ft of Lot 31 North 3S JO Sec IL Elmwood win Addn Amertcu Development Corp to Hayter Jr Truatee: 10 other consideration North ft of Lot Blk Elmwood Went Addn CrMler Truateo to Woalcy Cox et ux $10 A other con Ideratloo A note for ttOSM Lot 11 Blk 0L SraMd ComSiUh tint of Abllrno Heixhta Addn Jee Little et ux to Veteran' Land Jj1! 'M: Wait son acre out of NW of sec 31 Lunatic Aiylum Land Beer Sale Okayed For Arlington ARLINGTON Tex 1 keep on selling beer in Arlington election returns indicated today Voters apparently approved yesterday by an 86-vote margin continued sale of beer here and in the remainder of Tarrant Precinct 2 Unofficial returns showed 1486 votes for beer 1399 against rxry the BMth ceditiy-AS a naastlt ai his assise gal hauls lAwleaeaeui JOHN WAYNE DONNA tom Cenrerfi "Northern Patrol' Dinner Soup FILET MIGNON Baked Ideal Potato Spiced Peach Fresh Vegetable Iced Tea or Coffee Hot Rolls 125 igfflBfflD 1 Amu froai hnamt Thnln FREE PARKING CORNER 4TH CEDAR TODAY-LAST TIMES LAST TIMES CRESCENT DRIVE-IN Ballinger Hiwy Ph 2-8222 WED THURS BUCK NITE onaiiay ALWAYS TWO GOOD FEATURES 'THE SYSTEM" Frank Lave jay AND ITU KEEP YOUR FUNNY SIDC UP1 "MARKED FOR MURDER' Tax Ritter CHARLES COBURN -PLUS ABILENE'S NEWEST SHOWPLACE! ilE 4- (wqe tsaeuig Robert CUMMINGS Mori WILSON Fax and Crow Cartoon Rica Scrnenlinar wmcMiwi SIHIIMS HAYBOI noun caslson DEBBIE REYNOLDS maeimim M8WIMI Ml FBK 2 NEWS POPEYE in Man Sentenced For Shooting Son DALLAS Leonard Dean 37 faced a five-year term In prison today after conviction of murder in the shooting death of his son 19 Dean told the court he shot In self-defense figured the only thing to do was try to shoot that shotgun out of his he said in describing the Feb 18 1952 shooting loved my son If I had It to do over let him go ahead and shoot me" Both Dean's former wife and brother testified against him 14th Dial 4-9507 Bi IWMI Llll rww I7U readaway LAST NIGHT Phona 3-2141 SHOW STARTS AT 6:30 ON SOUTH AT 6:44 10:04 OF TRIPOLI" AT 1:20 v-r newest fU ML 2 CARTOONS at 6:30 9:30 at 0:00 1 1 :00 400 WATT IN A CAR mm lmwooD SKYLINE DRIVE-IN HEATERS Most exciting action picture ever made! TELENIWS DRIVE-1 fWHWVBO t1healer' Eat Enjoy CASEY'S TODAY TOMORROW FEATURE STARTS AT 6:45 AND MOVIES ARE YOUR BIST ENTERTAINMENT GENE TIERNEY CORNU WILDE -JEANNE CRAIN nones BURGERS SERVED IN A BASKET Plenty of French Fries CASEY'S AAA RESTAURANTS 2441 1st GLORIOUSnECHNICOLOff! ffiriin RcSetxd thro United Artists 30 CENiuar-ros VISIT TNI TOWER TWIN OFTEN A madam clean ennenaaon stand chock full of GOOD Things in Eat and Drink PLUS TWO COLOR CARTOONS Tvwvvrvwvvvvww.

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