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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1964
Page
1
Friday's Pulpit recalls the Christmas poinsettia legend of a girl with no flowers and a roadside weed transformed by faith, teaching that offerings of our lives become beautiful through God's love. The message urges a God centered life and a blessed Christmas in church.
The Telegram prints on new newsprint Strawberry Hill with a snow scene front page by Howard Brock at Finnup Park. Inside photos in green ink show snow from a few weeks ago. A white ink engraving reproduces the snow for the paper’s first use of white ink in Southwest Kansas.
Marlboro Mayor Walter C. Grubb Jr, who refused a salary and twice ran for office, finally began paid work as an electronics engineer at RCA in December after a year of layoff and unemployment. Residents learned of his secret during a Township Council meeting, ending months of quiet.
Garden Jaycees organized their annual Christmas shopping tour to brighten the season for 10 needy families. Each family was escorted by a Jaycee to select presents, with Ronald Philbrick as chairman and helpers Merrill Berry Laddie Hernandez Al Valenzuela Tom Elson Dale Berry Harold Partin Joe Deel John Miller Donald Blake and Bill Hedges assisting.
Mostly cloudy tonight with intermittent light snow likely in western counties. southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Lows upper 20s to lower 30s. Friday partly cloudy with southerly winds shifting northerly. Highs upper 40s to lower 50s. City temperatures show Dodge City 65 by day, 38 at night. Garden City 40. Topeka 31 with trace precipitation. Wichita 51.
AP religion writer George W. Cornett analyzes how Christmas proclaims light in darkness. He traces scripture from Isaiah and Luke to John, Paul, and Revelation, showing Jesus as the source of knowledge and spiritual dawn amid turmoil, fear, and doubt. The piece frames Christ as the eternal light entering human history.
AP report notes crowded near earth with 257 man made objects from satellites to debris orbiting from 100 miles up to space. It highlights a dense cluster from a Transit satellite breakup and the West Ford copper wire belt around earth. The piece contrasts U.S. and Soviet launches and manned spaceflight totals to date.
Christmas 1964 comes to America in many ways. Families share gifts and acts of kindness as Bobby Panichello and his brother Stephen donate toys, while James Fitton in New Orleans spreads Santa joy. Frank Bolek of Hamtramck loses and regains a Christmas gift through garbage workers. Mary Anne Murray, 11, finds home is the best present after surviving a hospital fire. Utica resident Marie Plant Roth gains sight with new glasses and vows to help others.
In Lagos Nigeria AP reports Christmas is peak marriage season for Peace Corps volunteers. Five marriages were scheduled within a week of Christmas Day four among Peace Corps members and one between Catherine Zastrow Fort Thomas Kentucky and Nigerian Clement Onyemeukwe. Most Nigerian schools close for yuletide, and many volunteers are teachers with chances for sightseeing and parties as they travel on motor scooters wearing white safety helmets.
MONHEGAN ISLAND MAINE AP Dreaming of a Grandma Moses style Christmas islanders keep a tight knit winter tradition Christmas Eve services at a 100 year old non denominational church Santa Claus carols and scripture readings mark the day Gift baskets are exchanged and a community Christmas tree is lit The island lies 15 miles offshore with a winter population of about two dozen and limited mainland access for shopping via mail catalogs only
AP writer Hal Boyle recounts Santa Claus taking off from the North Pole with a heavy gifts load, guided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Penguins hitch a ride seeking Florida, while elf Cluny gifts an angel of peace to inspire good deeds for all. Santa vows to deliver to every child, good or bad, tonight.
In Stockholm a two hour gluttons duel ends with defending champion Sten-Ake Cederhoek winning by a slim margin. Eriksson battles through rounds heavy with fish, reindeer, and pastries, finally losing by eight pounds thirteen ounces to eight pounds fourteen point six ounces after a final jam pastry.
A local garden club sender offers a warm Merry Christmas greeting and hints at a forthcoming event next week with festive notes.
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