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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1955
Page
4
A long letter of many children asking Santa for toys and gifts. Connie Mills requests a walking doll and rocking horse. Kathy Snyder and Margret Mayo seek bikes. Gladys Brown asks for a doll. Anne Withee and Patty Warnock list dolls, doll accessories, and clothes. The letter includes several Holcomb Kansas addresses and names such as Roy Rogers items, a Davy Crockett set, and toy guns.
In a moonlit pursuit Beanie trails red headed robber arrows to Santa's Workshop. The robber packs toys into a sack and laces the floor with Stick Tight Glue, creating a trap. Dumdiddy discovers chalk trail and foreshadows Beanie’s risky plan as dawn nears.
A four year old girl Susan Withee lists toys for Christmas and mentions items including roller skates, an electric toy iron, a doll clothes suitcase, a gun and holster to play cowboys with a friend named Kenny. The note references addresses in Gardendale and Lane Avenue.
United States Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker said it is deplorable that many American troops guarding the Korean armistice line remain in tents despite freezing weather. He noted funds exist for semipermanent housing but faulted delays and vowed to uncover the cause. General I D White, who joined the inspection, expected about 35,600 troops to be out of tents by mid December as winter looms.
Wednesday's Bloodmobile visit drew 38 volunteers led by Mrs. Frank Schulman, Red Cross service chairman. Nurses and canteen workers assisted, with registrars, typists, transport team, and doctors John Turner and John Austin among others coordinating the drive.
Hastings announces custodian assignments with R. J. Maxfield and Don Williams directing custodial tasks. Tony Mesa Jim Dale John Sullivan Don King Chuck Tennessen Clif Bingham and Dave Babcock listed for telephone duties Mrs. Lowell Waddell noted in the roster.
Lawrence reports the Kansas Conference on Traffic Safety Education proposes expanding the state's high school driver education programs to boost road safety and student preparedness. The move aims to standardize curriculum and increase funding for classroom instruction and behind the wheel training.
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