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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1971
Page
5
A reader letter set shares festive tips and thanks. Heloise praises kindness while another follower recounts personalizing a small home Christmas tree with jewelry and DIY ornaments. The note also mentions freezing bakery cakes for travel and repurposing packaging cartons for cushioning fragile items.
An ad filled page shows pattern company Marian Martin offering Printed Pattern 9278 with fabric yardage and price details, plus a Free Fall-Winter Catalog for 150 styles and a 50 cent catalog request. It also includes reader letters on child discipline, sewing tips, and household hacks.
Hal Boyle narrates a playful bedtime piece where Santa is speeding toward the American border with a heavy gift load. The tale features the Canadian police clearance, penguin visitors at the North Pole, Cluny the elf and her Angel of Peace gift, and Santa’s promise to deliver to every child, good or bad.
Crossword puzzle clues across and down, including words for goddess of plenty and various items. Entries cover food, tools, and common terms with many numbered hints and crossings.
Print Pattern 9019 offers a zip front casual dress with collar and sleeves, knit fabric required, Dacron trim. Sizes 8 through 16 include bust 34 for size 12 needing 1 1/8 yards of 45 inch fabric. Catalog offers 60 cents, special handling 75 cents, from Pattern Dept. Bend O, 232 West 18th St.
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