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f.Santa’smmmSanta Claus LandBy HORTENSE MYERS United Press InternationalINDIANAPOLIS tUPD — This is a romantic real life story that outshines the make-believe which isr* • *such an integral part of Santa Claus.Adults who accompany their children to Santa Claus, a century-old village in Spencer county, realize that the place has a manager who keeps the 240-acre park running smoothly. The parents know, too, that the man ip the red velvet suit who walks about the streets of this make-believe land is a wage earner with a job todo.* *Many of them know that the manager is William A»'Koch,-and that the role of Santa Claus is taken by Jim Yeliig, who himself is a father.Therefore, these adults may like to know that Santa Claus’ daughter is to be married to the manager of Santa Claus Land.Mr. and Mrs, Yeliig this week announced the engagement of their daughter, Patricia Ann, to Koch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Koch of Evansville.Barriers Too Great As befits a romance m a storybook town, this one has the elements of classic drama. Therebarriers so great that for athey appeared insurmountable.When Miss Yeliig and Bill Koch first met, she was a pretty 16-year-old brunette and he was a matureman twice her age.“I was just a pal to her, Koch recalls, “dm age differencewas not interested in marriage. Her thoughts turned instead toward a place of r the turbulent secular worldThe world was smoking fury of World War IJ in only brother was involved, joined the Navy. There were civilian disasters, too, that which Miss Yeliig took the vows that made her a nun.A tidal wave and a cyclone together killed 21,000 persons in India. The Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston killed 491.The world for the young daughterof Mr. Mrs.a convent in NewThen. Mrlyreturned to thehills where sh quiet erbecause of a heartShe came back to Now the difference•w.1.*1** ****** andGOIndiana to staya new ranch-type of a hill overlooking in Santa Claus.On Dec. 27, the reach what normally is the lastter of the make-
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Jasper Herald
Jasper, Indiana, US
Wed, Sep 07, 1960
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