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Santa Claus Town in Midst of Annual Chore Santa Claus Ind. U.R) This sleepy 60uthern Indiana village what little there is of it is in the midst of its an nual chore of being the Christ inas mail capital of the nation. Elbert Reinke, who heads up the 93-year-old Santa Claus post office, brushed the dust off his mail cancelling machines late in November and got ready for tne rush that comes as regular as clockwork. Each year, hundreds of thou sands of bundles of Yule greet ing cards are hauled into this tiny community by truck from the nearest railroads 10 miles away. Reinke and his staff of Christmas-rush extras work far into the night throughout Dec ember cancelling the mail with the "Santa Claus, Ind." post-' mark. In addition, Reinke's staff weighs, stamps and cancels hun dreds of parcels containing toys brought in a big commercial shop shared by the postoffice in a resort area that plays host to thousands of children each year. Across the hills in a nearby town, members of an American Legion post work long hours too, sorting through thousands of letters dropped in to the na tion's mailboxes for Santa by hopeful youngters. - ' Commercial Battle , Many postmasters shuttle all CHRISTMAS THE PERFECT GIFT Genuine leather Buckram GIVE THE REVISED STANDARD VERSION BIBLE t. s. r. i. $10.00 .. S 6.00 IHuftrated editions - S3.2S t S3.50 . Come in and see our complete selection $CJtt&toS iMh iW 'M-JJ VII-' -- tDEDniRO.ORKOA the mail addressed to "Santa Claus, North Pole," to the Hoos ier town. Jim Yellig and a crowd of Legionnaires send form re plies of acknowledgement to all children whose letters bear. re turn addresses. The village of Santa Claus was founded in 1852 and its name was chosen at a town meeting held on Christmas Eve. A postoffice was established in 1856, and mail was brought from the outside world by horseback and in oxcarts for years. Santa Claus today consists largely of a commercial venture laid out a few years ago on a wooded acreage a quarter of a mile from the old village. Tour ists from all over the country bring their youngsters here to ride a miniature railroad train, visit Santa's toy shop, see a flock of reindeer, and chat with Santa himself even on the hottest Aug ust day. Nearby, the old village is deep in weeds. A handful of families live there, but efforts to keep the tourists in the town itself failed during a battle in the 1940's between two groups of commercial interests capitaliz ing on the town's name. A huge statue of Santa was built in a small park, and a rival group established a commercial fairyland. But the group located outside the town at a cross roads intersection won the fight for the tourist trade, and eventually, the postoffice was moved there. From the crossroads, and the postoffice, a tourist cannot see the old Santa Claus as it falls in to decay. .. irl Scouts Christmas Party ' Girl Scout Troop 124 held a Christmas party at the home of their leader, Mrs. Owen A. Kun kel at 28 Highland Drive on Wednesday afternoon. " Rita Olson and Joyce Leon had charge of the games; Kath leen Cutshall took care of the grab bag of gifts, Barbara Myers and Gayle Evans served refresh ments. Janet Ayers and Betty Vail were on the clean up com mittee. ! De Etta Lawson is president of the group, Deanna Kunkel is secretary and Melinda Kennedy is treasurer. On five treeless, fog-bound is lands in Bering sea, the Pribil ofs, the largest assemblage of wild animals to be seen any where on earth gathers each year. Approximately a million and a half, fur seals jam the lonely dots of land in breeding season. IDEAL, ALL-PURPOSE MIXER! "O " rf READY FOR BOWL Ohio State's AH-American Howard Cassidy (right) and Dean Dugger (left) are fed oranges by Marilyn Smuin, Tournament of Roses queen, after the team's first practice for their Rose Bowl game with the University of Southern California in Pasadena, Calif. On The By E. V. Durling (Distributed by King Features Svadlcate, Inc.) As for engraving the Lord's Prayer on a pinhead, Paul D. Wentz of Sharon, Pa., engraved the Lord's Prayer on a two mm. pinhead. There are seventy words in .the prayer and 283 characters. It took Mr. Wentz three hours and a half to do this engraving. Baldness Not all baldness is hereditary but most of it is. When a young woman marries a bald or even partially bald man, the chances are very good the male children of the couple will be bald in their adult years. Also the daughter of a baldheaded man often passes the characteristic to her children. Among The Married How long does it take your wife to do her housework? The record is two hours daily. This is held by Mrs. Wanda Jennings, winner of the Mrs. Amer ica title for 1954. She has a f ive room house, one child and a husband. Speed ratings are based on records. " So the Jen nings' record may enable hus bands to determine the house keeping speed ratings . of their matrimonial mates. Such figur ing may be a little complicated at first because of varying con ditions. That is, allowances will have to be made " for women having houses of more than five rooms, more than one child, etc. Any assistance given the house keeper by her husband must also be considered. I have asked our Horses & Women experts to try to devise an accurate method of figuring housekeeping speed ratings. Their findings will be reported- in a later issue. - Windy City . According to experts on the subject, Chicago known as "The Windy City" is not as windy as New York City. New York is this country's windiest city. Kansas City is the hottest, Min neapolis the coldest, Santa Fe, N. M., has the most sunshine and Miami, Fla., the most thun derstorms. Literary Not When Grandma was a whistle girl the most popular novels with young women featured a great lover who used the "treat 'em rough" technique in love making. As for example, "The Sheik," by Edith Hull. Seems to be a revival of this type. From a current novel by Bar bara Cortland, in which the her oine is held, captive and made love to by , a South American bandit known as El Diablo, I quote: "She writhed as she thought of his kisses, long, fierce, passionate and possessive, which had seemed in their very ruthlessness to acknowledge him as her master." Does that top "The Shiek" for heated love passages? I couldn't say. I never read it. Ask your Grandma. Wonder Boy Jockey Willie Shoemaker is quite a "wonder boy." However, there have been "wonder boy" jockeys before. Winnie O'Con nor, of Brooklyn was America's leading jockey at 17. John E Madden paid Winnie a fee of $10,000, win or lose, . to ride Yankee in the Sheepshead Bay Futurity. The dollar had four times the buying power than it has now. There was no - in come tax. The fee Madden paid was equivalent to paying a jockey of today $50,000 to ride one race. ' Incidentally Yankee won the race. Asides . Those who were the only child generally develop into the brightest , adults. " So' says a stu dent of human intelligence. That lets me out. I am one of four children. . Visitors Arrive From Minnesota Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bowen, San Pedro, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Verle Demo and two sons, Min neapolis, Minn., arrived Wednes day evening from San Pedro to visit for about a week with Mr. and Mrs. Claude, Demo, 106 Cot tage street. Mrs. Bowen and Mr. Demo are daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Demo. An other son, Rex Demo, and his wife, 1181 East McAndrews road also will be guests at the parents' home for Christmas day dinner, Studefi Enlected To Chapter Office Keith Mirick, Medford, was elected chorister of Phi Delta Theta chapter at Willamette. uni versity when the fraternity re cently held elections, a release from the school states. Dale Patton, McMinnville, was named president of the chapter. Young Mirick, a son of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Mirick, is spend ing the holidays here with his parents. He is majoring in music at Willamette university. - Effingham, 111. (U.R) At least one residenj of this city conscientiously observed a plea to restrict water use. During a recent heavy rain, which helped but did not solve the city's water shortage, he was seen washing his car in the down pour at mid night, clad in a raincoat over his underwear..-. ... GENERAL ELECTRIC OPEN TILL 9 CHRISTMAS EVE. FREE PARKING O FREE DELIVERY I 1 -V. M I I I I M V pffil SPECIALISTS itt UOMEWARESl MEDFORD . CENTRAL POINT FOR HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING WE RENT Punch Bowls, Cups and Ladles . . . . Stemware Glassware Mixers - All Kinds Scfi(Btly Thursday. December 23,-1954 MEDFORD -OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNETHREE Officers Named By Trail Riders Medford Trail Riders . held their annual election Saturday night, with Lloyd Murphy named president. Other ' officers are John Mitchell,- vice-president; Mrs. Clyde Bunker secretary; Sam Kiems, .treasurer. Named to the board were Tom Mclnturf, Clyde Bunker, Clar ence Dodge, Peyton Newcomb and Vincent Swinney. . Retiring officers were all pre sented gifts for "a job well done." Last Sunday the riders held the annual turkey dinner. There was a gift exchange, with Mr. Murphy serving as Santa Claus. In the afternoon a trio from Southern Oregon " college, Ash land, entertained the members. The trio, Gayle Turner, Nancy Mallon and Gaynell Krumbeal, sang Christmas carols and led group singing. The Eve Prentice accordion band entertained the group for an hour, with two pupils also presenting dance numbers. The evening concluded with dancing. The January meeting of the organization will be held Satur day, January 15. ChildrenVpIrty Given by Groups Members of Crater Lions club and the auxiliary gave thet an nual Christmas party . for the children of club members last Sunday afternoon. The event was held in the Moose lodge hall. The children played games un til Santa - Claus arrived. Each child had an opportunity to talk to Santa Claus, and he gave each candy and a toy. Mrs. Aubrey Smith was chair man of the party. . Employees Guests At Annual Dinner The Sisters of Sacred Heart hospital gave the annual Christ mas party for employees Tues day. A turkey dinner was served in the social rooms and in the cafeteria from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and both rooms were deco rated in the traditional holiday theme. " . The; hospital has about 150 employees. . ' " Scout ' Offices H To Be Closed; Growth Noted 1 c: . Offices of Rogue Valley area, Girl Scout council, in Medford and Grants Pass will be closed from December 24 to January 2, so . that the Staff may ; take a week of their vacation at this preferred time, it was announced today. . . . , " "The members of the board wish all the members and, friends of scouting, a happy holiday sea son and at this time, thank them for their constant efforts to make the program this year bigger and better for our girls," Mrs. Mi chele Rossi, council president, stated. -. ' ' ' , . "Through the good teamwork of our leaders and neighborhood chairman, registrations due be fore December 31 are in almost 100 per cent Our registrar, Mrs. Melvin Cannon, reports that we have passed the 2,000 mark by a good margin, and that our rec ords show an increase of . 275 girls over the December 31; 1953 report," she added. . TO BE SECRETARY Portland (U.R) Miss Grace C. Townsend, formerly secretary to Sen. Guy Cordon, said today she would, be secretary to State Sen. J. O. Johnson of Tigard in the state Legislature opening next month. Students To. P.Ian Party at College Five valley students are on a committee of Marylhurst college freshmen who will plan" a Twelfth Night party which the class will give on Campus Janu ary 6. The ' students are the Misses Nancy Conroy, - Janet Dempster, Mardi Meyers and Do lores .Zeleznik, ; Medford, and Miss Joann Russell, Central Point. ! - . -,; .' Miss Dempster is president of the hostess class.' The event will be the closing festivity of ; the Christmas season at Marylhurst. They are all at home for vaca tion, as are Joan Perreard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank PI Perreard, and Cathie Wong, daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs. Wal lace Wong,' both sophomores at Marylhurst. v Health. Unit Holds Christmas Party Gold Hill -- Gold Hill Health unit held the annual Christmas party December 16 at the home of .Mrs. Arthur Boye, with Mrs. E." Kanclier and Mrs. Schoene mann as co-hostesses. During the business meeting the new x-ray program, was dis cussed and a report made on the progress ; of the Christmas seal sale. The group voted to assist in the coming March of Dimes cam paign in Gold Hill. The group sang " Christmas carols and .enjoyed : a program. The names of "secret pals" were revealed and gifts exchanged. The hostesses served refresh ments which included a large variety of Christmas cookies. , YOU HAVE SEEN TH EM ON TV Sheaffer Snorkels You can buy them from . ' a complete selection at,- Walt Young's MEDFORD STATIONERY 210 East Main - Phone 2-6780 That For Shop At TWO FULL FLOORS (plus a balcony) of Gifts to Choose From . . . Still a Wide Selection of Wonderful : ' v-'- Gifts ' ' ' Last . Minute Gift 'The Store of - a Thousand; Thoughtful Gifts' OPEN EVENINGS THROUGH THURSDAY; -as;-;. . .. I-I- . . . J. . Mliiiiliilll: ,A .. 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