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TlKRALn AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
WEDNESDAY. DKCEMRER 14. 1955
Macy's
Santa Claus
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Finds Life Changes
One of the world's great diplo
mat toe to work every year
about this lime and labors until
Christmas Kve, dispensing his, di
plomacy on anxious children and
their parents. He is the depart
ment store Santa Claus. Here are
nine views on the job as told hy a
u.an who has been playing Santa
more than 20 years.
By SANTA CLAt'8 Of MU'Yi
Wrilten Kor United Tress
NEW YORK UP) Time do
change, even in the Santa Claus
bu.slne.ss.
What, for InMance. ar you
Bolng to ay when a little nipper
Aits on your knee and calmly aks
for a Oeiirer counter? It takes a
bit ol quick thinking now and then,
I'll tell you.
We so; a few requests for Geinet
rouv.eis nowadays but the univer
(al request to a department store
Cowi Rife
On Pension
SALEM f Arnold W. Blalock
Portland police ollicer who was
disabled by a heart ailment. Is en
titled to a disability pension, the
Oregon Supreme Court ruled Wed
nesday. The opinion reverses the pension
fund trustees and the Multnomah
County Circuit Court, both ol
which had dented Blalock the pen-,
slon on the ground that the heart;
nliment wasn't a service connected;
disability.
When Blalock joined the police
force, fie had a heart murmur, bui
was certified as physically lit
Five years later, lie applied for
disability retirement because his
heart condition made it impossible
for him to work.
'Hie Supreme Court decision by
Justice William C. Perry, says that
the Portland city charter provides
that disability pensions must bo
paid for heart disease, and that
ft doesn't make any diflerence
whether the d t sense was incurred
in performance of duty.
Funeral Held
For Mrs. Tomkins
Mrs. James O. (Virginia) Em
mons of the Merrill Highway was
called to Portland by the death
of her mother, Mrs. V. W. Tom
kins on December 11. Mrs. Tom
kins was 78 years old and had visit
ed in Klamath Falls. Mis. Emmons
is a former society editor of the
Herald nnd News.
Mrs. Tomkins. a native of Srio,
Oregon, lived at Cascade Locks
for 27 years where her late hus
band Was superintendent of the
government locks during that time.
Surviving are a son, Paul B
Tomkins. Portland, three daugh
ters. Mrs. Kenneth Stone Ilnll,
Portland, Mrs. Jaines O. Emmons,
Klamath Falls and Mis. James
Aler Fee, San Francisco, 1
Funeral services were held De
cember 13 frrn the Chapel of Trin
ity episcopal Church. Portland.
Santa the one Christmas want
that heads the list every year is,
'Santa I want a bicycle."
Both boys and girls want bikes,
and even kids 2 and 3 years old
a. k for them, with side wheels to
hold them ,up.
Now, it's obvious, a lot of the
lime, that the parents can't a fiord
a bike. Then comes the well-known
Santa Claus diplomacy. How to
please the kids and the parents
both? How to get off the hook?
Each situation Is dllfcrent. It al
vvhvs depends on what the people
look like, how they act. I some-i
,-. say. "Well, 111 do Ihe best
I can Ml see you Christmas j
Kve."
I'ltOIU.KM PAIlhNTS
1 Ninety per cent of the children
who come to see Santa Claus are
charming. But the parents are a
dclinite pain in the neck. They
urge the kids on, hurry them, gel
them to crying sometimes.
You don't have any troublp with
Die children when they're left to
be themselves. Oh, of course, a lot
of them ciutch your beard but
you learn to grab 'em before they
call pull it off. Incidentally, here
in New York the nicest kids that
come through our lines, as to man
ners, deportment, lack of hysteria,
even to neat dress, are the Negro
kids. They're ladies and gentlemen,
even at the age of 2 or 3.
We get all kinds of ill children
visiting us. Spastic cases, polio.
I've been through a couple of wars
and seen some people shot up, but
I got tho biggest shock of my life
right here, the other day. I
You know, when a kid comes up
to you, you put your hands out and
grab his arms. This little 4-year-old
had no arms. Just two little
lal.se arms, with hooks on them,
made for his size. .
MTTI.K STOItY
I'll finish this up by telling a
little story, a true story that hap
pened to me a few years ago. A
nice-appearing kid but quite old
nbout 11, I guess came in and
gave me his list and then said:
"Santa Claus, what time are you
going home? I've got something to
ak you for Christmas that I can't
ask you now."
I met him when the store closed
and he said: "I need something
for Christmas that I don't think
even Santa Claus could give me.
I d like to have my father home for
Christmas. He and my mother are
separated, and she's taking care
of us kids, all right, but I'd like
him home."
Well I got the fnther's name and
address nnd I went home and
typed him a letter and signed it
"Santa Cluus." The ending of the
slory isn't dramatic but it's kind
of nice. Three or four days after
New Year's. I got a pnrkagc at
home, forwarded from Macy's a
big fruit cake, and on top of it a
lihuto of this man and his wile and
two kids al the Christmas parly.
On the back was "Thank you,
Santa Clnus," and the kid's name.
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Humphrey Bogart Pokes Fun
At Film City's 'New Faces'
By ai.ixi: -uosnv
(.'nitcd i'resi Uull.vwood Writer
HOLLYWOOD (UP I Holly
wooditps nearly .swallowed their
coffee cups this morning when they
saw moviciowu' funniest gag in
seals a poke at Hollywood'
"new faces" campaign by that
salty character, Humphrey Bo-Karl.
Several studio recently began
i.cvv bALLS MANAGbR
Cecil Howard, farmer Klm
ath resident, hat returned
here from Portland to take
over the position of sales
manager for Merit's Ap
pliances. Howard was with
Sunset Hardware and Electric
in Portland, and has been in
the appliance field for the
past ten years in both sales
and service divisions.
Women's Society
Meets Thursday
The Women's Society of Chris
tian Service of the First Metho
dist Church will meet Thursday,
December 15 In the church par
lors.
The player group will meet at
10:30 a.m. with Mrs. Lcollne Cow
man as prayer leader. An execu
tive board meeting will be held at
11 a.m. and 'the Christmas lunch
eon at SO cents a plate at 12
noon. The luncheon will be .served
by the Esther Circle.
The business meeting will con
vene at 1 p.m. followed by the pro
gram at 1:30 p.m. Subject of the
program to be led by Mrs. Esther
Johnck and Mrs. Edna Russell will
be "We Would See Jesus Today."
Elks Planning
Children's Party
The annual Elks Children's
Christmas party will be held Sun
day. December 18 beirlnnlnir at 2
p.m. in the armory. The party is
open to the children of all Elks
and to other children Invited by
the Elks.
Santa Claus will be at the party
to answer any requests and the
Elks Band under the direction of
Ray Bigger will play. There will
be candy and nuts for the children
attending.
The event is under the chairman
ship of Jack Myers and Bcnnie
Meyers.
Death Takes
Local Teackgf
Mrs, Beatrice Vlaska Kidd. resi
dent of Klamath Falls for 18 years
and prominent in educational and
Oirl Scout work, died in Portland
December 13 where she had gone
for surgery. She was 39 years old.
Mrs. Kidd was the wife of Hu
bert Kidd, associated with the Hal-
siner Motor Companv. She had
taught In the Klamath Falls ele
mentary schools for several years
and was seventh grade teacher at
Roosevelt School at the time of
her death. The family home was
at 1956 Lowell Street.
She was a native of Alaska, bm
September 13, 1916.
Mrs. Kidd was a member of the
Oregon Education Association, the
Roosevelt PTA. The National Con
gress of Parent Teachers and the
Girl Scouts of America, Klamath
Area Scout Council, and a grad
uate of the University of Oregon.
the served last year as director of
the Girl Scout day camp at Moore
Park.
She is survived by one brother.
Carl Palmer. Redding, in addition
to her widower.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, December 16, 2 p.m. from
the First Presbyterian Church with
the Rev. Dale Hewitt, pastor of
ficiating. Final rites and interment
will be in Klamath Memorial j
Pnrk, Ward's Klamath Funeral
Home is in charge.
Dorris Services
Set For J. Muir
Funeral services will be held in
the city hall In Dorris at 2 p.m.
Friday, December 16 for James
Roland Mufr, who died in that city
on December 13. He was a native
of Crossfield. Maryland, born Sep
tember 13, 1884. He had been a
resident of Dorris for the last four
years.
Surviving are his only daughter,
Mrs. Dora Branham, Dorris and
two grandsons, Clifford Branham
Jr., Medford and Michael Brannon
of Dorris. Final rites and inter
ment will be in the Pic a id Ceme
tery, Dorris.
THOMAS LANDS
OKINAWA ,JF U.S. Navy Sec
retary Thomas landed at Nniia Air
Base Wednesday to begin a 10-day
tour of licet activities in (he Far
East.
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Rudy's
6rh and Main
spirited drive for the press, public
and theaters to co-operate In the
"build'ng of pew stars.'' But Bogii
cour.tei. attacked with an equally
spirited delen&e of the old ones.
In the movie trade papers ap
pearea a photograph of Bogart
Max Baer and Jersey Joe Walcott
three un-young workers In the box
ing expose picture, "The Harder
They Fall."
The caption read: Nails Bogart,
spike Baer and Tack Walcott
the oldest permanent new faces
now available." Bogart Is wearing
a ui-anao-type torn sweatshirt and
the others have Tony Curtis typt
now lies.
Today the perpetrator of this
spoof sat In his dressing room and.
while getting a haircut, explained
In his Informal and censorable
language why he declared war 9h
the "new faces" search.
"New faces?' Bogart snorted.
"Why don't they lift the old
faces?
"The studios are full of hot air
Every coaole of years studio hajds
say this. If thay're going to make
new stars, why haven't tiny made
them oy now? Brarua. aid Jimmy
Dean weren't mist stars by stu
dies. Studios can't aaaka stars. Al
ter Marilya Monroe 10x ,h"-v
matte &re 'new star' as a substi
tute, but her name escaped nse.
'Every time I had a fisttt with
Jack Warner when I was muter
contract to him he'd say, 'Why.
I'll make two new Bogarts.' After
left he tried, with Dane CiarK
and some other guy."
Bogart's claim is backed secretly
by agents and producers. There
are only a handful of top big-name
stars for the best pictures and
most are middle-aged players who
have been stars, like Bogart, since
the early 30's.
Fox tiled to make Sheree North
another Marilyn Monroe, Universal-International
attempted the
same with Mamie Van Doren. Par
amount is grooming Carol Ohmart
as a "star." but these ladies have
yet to Ignite.
"They want to get another Jim
my Stewart at half, the price,"
prowled Bogart. "They think we're
too expensive. But a star is born,
not made. It's something to do
with personality and color some
thing Gable has and Gary Cooper
and Duke Wayne. Marilyn Monroe
has it, and she was a star when
she couldn't act her way out of a
paper bag. Fox didn't make her a
star.
"The old faces are In great
shape. I'd rather watch Spencer
Tracy act than those Tabs, Races,
Rocks and Lances, whatever their
names are.
"Those Tabs and Lances arc
gone in four or five years. And
those new actors from New York!
They scratch themselves In vari
ous places. They're trying to be
what they call natural."
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