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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1955
Page
6
A humorous sketch about a man shopping for his wife in a women’s boutique. Salesgirls quiz him on sizes while he nervously tries to buy lingerie, with witty observations on gendered shopping, plus tips from sales staff and a closing quip about gifting a steam iron.
Sedgwick County deputy attorney Charles Anderson said he will ask district court to padlock five clubs as liquor nuisances for 90 days to two years. Temporary injunctions were already issued against the T-Bone Supper Club Teepee Club and Bomber Club after raids by state and sheriff's officers following liquor purchases.
A fire in Chula Vista started from diapers drying near a gas heater. Mrs Prima De Garcia and seven children, ages 1 to 8, fled their Navy housing unit with only nightclothes as their possessions burned yesterday. Her husband, a Navy steward, is in the Western Pacific.
Holiday programs and parties sweep Southwest Kansas schools with Yale style productions. Scott City high school hosts the ninth annual appreciation party funded by the board of education featuring a floor show by students and numbers led by Carol Socolopsky Carole Breil Rickie Notestine Karen Wilkens Sonja Henshaw Darlene Kuln Marilyn Basgall Sidney Harper along with Bob Adams Judy Funk Barbara Bastin. Thursday features the Scott City vocal department Christmas Story presenting carols secular and sacred under Herbert Brown with O Come All Ye Faithful sung by Al Samuelson and Madrigal singers performing I Wonder as I Wander and Twelve Days of Christmas with soloists Phyllis Humble Lilyan Gentberger Jean Steele Mone Seibel and Harold Glanville. The concert closes with a large Christmas tree formation by chorus and robed choir singing favorite carols.
Tomorrow night Dighton church choirs join the high school mixed chorus to perform the Messiah for Lane County residents. Over 50 high school chorus members participate. Mrs Lawrence Richards plays the Messiah organ, Rugene Beahm is the pianist. Directed by Noma Birzen the program ends with the spirit of service scene as each class presents gifts to county charities.
Leoti Wichita Community High School plans its annual vocal and instrumental Christmas program for Thursday at 8 p.m. A 65 piece ensemble directed by Jim Dickenson will perform Sleigh Ride Adeste Fideles and The First Noel among other selections. The show opens with a candlelight procession by about 100 students.
More than 100 of Lakin High School's 188 students will perform in the annual Christmas musical. The program is set for Thursday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium, directed by music instructor John Samples.
The Deerfield school auditorium hosts the annual Yale Operetta with about 100 grade students from first through eighth grade. Pat Wilson, grade music teacher, organizes the program with assistance from Vincent Laudick, high school musical instructor.
Ralph W H Poteet of Langdon received a six month sentence in county court for writing a no fund check. The court noted prior visiting stints in Jetmore Cimarron and Garden City, each 30 days, with transportation provided. A halt order was issued by Cimarron officers before his return to Garden City.
A Las story notes a newly wealthy woman returning from France exclaiming Paris is marvelous and the people cultured, claiming even street cleaners speak French. The item references a Dickinson Jewelry listing and an anti magnetic watch priced at 809.95 dollars.
Garvey Drilling Co of Wichita works on Kisner No 1 east of Garden City. The deep test aims for 5500 feet after reaching 4500 feet this week. Operator F Kirk Johnson of Fort Worth holds assignment from Continental Oil Co. Property owned by Lee Eisner, Garden City. A nearby gas well is being drilled on Fred Finnup property nine miles north and one mile west of 83 on E 23-22-33.
Dorothy Warren daughter of Chief Justice Earl Warren married Dr. Carmine D. Clemente last night in a candlelit glass roof chapel ceremony at Wayfarers Chapel Portuguese Bend. Rev Kenneth W Knox performed the double ring ceremony with Nina Warren Brien as matron of honor and Dr Stuart Brien as best man. Clemente, 27, is a UCLA Medical Center anatomy professor.
The Air Force reported to Wichita that nearby wells show adequate underground water to meet the needs of McConnell Air Force Base and Boeing. Col. Robert E. Lee delivered findings from a drilling program of over 100 wells in a 58 square mile area southwest of the city to City Manager Eugene Smith.
Palm er Jewelry offers waterproof watches that are shock resistant and pan magnetic. Located at 33 1.
Eleven airmen killed in two B47 crashes near Tampa and Pinecastle and a separate F86D and B29 collision over Port St. Joe. Three fliers missing. Wreckage near a trailer park, highway, and beach areas witnessed by residents and patrol officers.
In a Toledo Common Pleas court, 22 year old Carl C. Martin was convicted of purse snatching. Judge Harvey Straub gave him five years probation after hearing Christmas carols from county choristers. Another defendant, Moses Hinton of Detroit, 41, was placed on three years probation for car theft and tried on the judge's overcoat during the hearing.
Central and western Kansas wheat shows brown spots as drought persists. Wheat plants are dormant with little topsoil cover, creating wind erosion risk. Snow in northern and eastern counties offers temporary moisture relief and protection to fall crops. Winter barley suffers some freeze damage, mainly in the southwest.
Gov Fred Hall appoints Gladys Scott of Pratt as Pratt County probate judge effective January 1. She has served as judge pro tem and was recommended by the Pratt County Republican Central Committee.
A compact devotional on shepherds, their toil, fear, and spiritual significance. It contrasts ancient shepherd life with Christian warmth and the Gospel message given to humble workers in the field. It notes fear as a starting point for knowledge and ends with the promise of good news for all people.
Garden City brought two teams to Salina High School Debate tournament. Carl Martin and Ted Hall went seven of eight, placing third after beating Haven 3-0 in quarters and losing to Emporia in the semis. Neal Logan and Harvey Hanne man and Patty Finley with Mickey Penney split wins and losses. Seventy-eight teams competed over two days. Martin and Hall now hold 23-3-0 this year at 26 debates. coach Bill Brooks praised Garden City's strong overall tournament showing.
U S District Judge Edward A Tamm dismissed a suit by Frank C Hughes of Minneapolis who claimed government chaplains violate the Constitution. Hughes, 73, known as the Pope of the Badlands, argued tax funds paid chaplains, yet the court found he lacked standing and his complaint failed to state a cause of action.
Garden City residents respond to a Telegram appeal to help a dozen or eighty families with Christmas needs beyond food and toys. The Christmas Cheer clearing house lists families A and B and urges clubs or groups to adopt them, furnishing clothing, toys, food, and warm items as available. Police Chief Mitch Geisier coordinates offers of aid from local citizens.
A brutal cold snap gripped the East as temperatures plunged to extreme lows. New York State reported subzero readings, with Lowville at -23 and Watertown around -17, while New Jersey and Vermont saw single digit lows, as Duluth and Bemidji in Minnesota endured even colder conditions. The Midwest remained entrenched in winter weather with subzero readings in several states and Chicago at 6 above in light snow.
Washington society noted Anne Burling Jr., 18, daughter of Edward Burling Jr., in bandages after facial burns from a gas incident, as she and 21 other debutantes from prominent families attended the Washington Debutante Ball at the Mayflower Hotel. Other honorees include Nina Auchincloss and Laura MacArthur, linking to notable Boston, Washington, and Kentucky lineages.
A Coldwater couple traveling separately toward Denver failed to meet in Lamar. Mrs. Carl Seeberger asked police to locate her husband, who was driving a truck with a trailer. Last contact at 8 pm indicated she was in Lamar while he continued to pursue.
Two month old twins Donald and Ronald Haug died of whooping cough at a Topeka hospital. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Peter Haug of Soldier, Kansas. An older sister and brother at the family home were ill with the disease.
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