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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1961
Page
2
Cincinnati Santas report adults seeking photos with Santa thanks to department store cameras. George Ader, the main Santa, notes heavier male visitors while stressing focus on children. Alternate Santa Wilbur Timme urges parents to avoid scaring kids with threats. A child’s message to Santa requests peace and quiet.
Ann Arbor, Mich. AP reports 72 year old Santa helper Albert Warnhoff, a carpenter who built more than 45,000 toys for hospitals and orphanages, is hospitalized with lung cancer and seeks a successor to continue delivering joy to children next week. He retired at 66 to run his toy workshop and worries many children will go toyless this year.
When snow flies is no time for a breakdown of your old hot water heater. As winter comes on, have a plumbing contractor check this essential facility. An undersized heater risks corrosion and leaks per the Plumbing Heating Cooling Information Bureau.
A reader letter mix reports Ann Landers style on the Old Too Soon Smart Too Late Club, a satirical group of women, plus Santa letters to a post office. The piece notes public response, charity aid, and penguin adoption efforts with the post office fund.
Ellen Huffman petitions for divorce custody alimony support property division and attorney fees against Chester Huffman in Neosho County Kansas with pleadings due by January 8 1961. Charles E. Henshall attorney for plaintiff Merle Estes clerk Chanute Neosho County Kansas sits at Chanute.
Dr. Jesse M. Bader predicts a rise in Christmas music in churches radio and TV as well as greater church displays and card exchanges. The Greeting Card Association says three billion Christmas cards will be mailed this year with about 30 percent religious in design and message. Madonna and Child designs lead at 16.2 percent, manger scenes at 15.5 percent.
More than 2,000 letters to Santa reach the New York post office. One girl asks Santa to pay half of an $11.88 hairdresser doll after noting she made four A grades. Other children write similar requests.
Blanche Burgess is appointed Administratrix of the Ida Bell Lisemore estate in Neosho County Kansas by the Probate Court on November 29 1961. Creditors must file claims within nine months from first publication. Charles & Henshall of Chanute Kansas serve as attorneys for the Administratrix.
County Clerk Marion Showalter certifies the November 1961 accounts from Neosho County listing payments across General Road Health Levee and Bindweed funds. Amounts include salaries for numerous officials, vendor disbursements, and tax and service charges totaling 19 686.69 for Road Fund and 13 712.07 for General Fund with supporting line items and signatures.
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