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The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 5

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FIVE PANTAGRAPH, BLOOMINGTON. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, NOV. 24, 1949. Santa Arrives Here Friday Bicycle For Best Letter to Santa Claus village badge and have a picture taken with old St. Nick.

1 1 The youngster will also be given Hell Join Parade To Courthouse a ticket which may be exchanged is riding to Bloomington arrives here Friday morning. He will be for the developed picture at the address stamped on the back three Mrs. Emma Lucas Dies in Hospital Mrs. Emma Lucas, 77, of Lin coin died at 3:30 p. m.

Wednesday at St. Clara's hospital. The body was taken to the Wright Funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m.

the star in the big parade from Other Prizes Await Children Of This Area days after the visit to the village the depot to the courthouse square where he will live In his Larger House for Santa. At 9:30 a. m. Friday, Santa village until Christmas Eve. vis Claus will arrive at the Santa's house is 44 14 feet, larger than last year.

Santa may iting with all children who come station for his second annual to see him. He will start readins be seen talking with children in Christmas season visit in Bloom' $100 In prizes will be awarded we letters you write him right his 14 14 room through a picture is ington. Saturday at the Lincoln Christian church. The Rev. E.

C. Hargrove will officiate. Burial will be in Lucas chapel cemetery. to the boyi and girls of grade away, so you can enter the con window facing on Washington He will get off his special train test by sending your letter right school age or younger In Central street. and climb into a sleigh on a float away.

Illinois who write the best letters A 30 14 room at the west end Mrs. Lucas was born March 1872, in BroadwelL Her husband that will carry him to his village Santa will not be reading nv of the building will be used for a to Santa Claus in a contest Jointly on the courthouse square. letters after Saturday. Dec. 17.

died in 1926. waiting room, where children and SDonsored by. The Daily Panta On the way to the village, at because that's the day the contest Surviving are two brothers. graph and the Bloomington Lions parents may line up to see Santa. The whole building is oil heated.

Washington and Lee streets, Santa John E. Rickords of Arkansas closes. He will have made up his mind by that time and The Dailv club. will Join a parade that will escort City, and Johnson Rickorda It is being decorated in Christ him along Washington street to fantagrph will contact him for of Springfield. mas motif, inside and out, by Illi Santa himself will pick out the best letters and the first prize will the square.

his decision on the prize winners She was a member of the Chris nois Wesleyan university students be a shiny, new bicycle, the sec Santa's float will depict him on Monday, Dec. 19. Announce tian church. Santa's hours at the village will ond prize a table radio and the leaving a 17 foot North Pole castle ment of the winners will be made be from 1 p. m.

daily, except third prize a brand new sled. across a drawbridge. His sieign the next day or the day after. Sunday, until the stores close. He Official to Interview Twenty five other letter writers will be drawn by six cutout rein' Remember These Rules.

will be there until 5:30 p. m. deer. 1. The contest is ODen to all Christmas eve.

During his stay Boy Scouts and Miss Koos Merry Christmas. Prospective Wacs A special recruiting official for boys and girls of grade school age Girl Scouts will help him with The Lions club, sponsor of the I or younger living in Central administrative work at the village. Santa Claus program, will have the women's army corps and the women's air force will interview Santa plans to visit local stores 2. One letter from each boy float showing a life sized golden occasionally during some morn lion. Miss Mary Koos, who has ana girl may be sent to Santa Claus, Santa Claus village, Bloom ings while he is here.

been selected as Miss Merry prospective enlistees at Bloomington army and air force recruiting station in the post office Dec. 1 and the first Thursday of each will be awarded crisp, new i bills. Younx letter writers may get busy with their notes to Santa right away, mailing them to Santa Clans, Santa Clans Village, Bloomington, I1L Santa will personally open each letter and send each boy and girl a post card thanking the writer for his letter. Santa Claus will turn some of th letters over to The Panto Christmas, will ride on the float ington, 111. Santa will acknowledge each letter by post card.

Will Visit Parties. In his spare time he will visit and hold the lion's reins. The 3. Letters may be dropped in Lions' float was decorated by month thereafter. church, school or club parties on any U.

S. mail box or in the U. S. Bloomington firemen. iequest.

Arrangements for these Her hours will be from 10 a. 3 p. m. mail box which will be set up at There will be at least one other visits should be made with Irwin IN SANTA'S CHAIR Illinois Wesleyan University students worked past midnight Wednesday building a float for the Santa Claus parade Friday. Jim Lucas relaxes In the sleigh while Bob Nishlda (right) and Gene Archer (left) put the finishing touches on the float.

tne banta Claus village In the large float, deputing Toyland. Fried, telephone 3432-5. Several bands will march in the courthouse square in Blooming During the hours when Santa Is ton. Letters should have the parade. at his village, Lionettes will pro graph, where they will be printed proper postage.

Five $5 prizes will be awarded vide baby sitting and parcel 4. Letters may be sent at once, to children as individuals or checking services at the Lions Cineh The contest letters must be re from time to time. For the convenience of his little frind. Santa will have a mail groups parading in the most novel clubrooms at 204 North Center street, just west of the courhouse. ceived by Saturday, Dec.

17, In costumes. Any type of costume is box Dut ud at the Santa Claus order to be eligible. eligible. Winners will be judged The baby sitting service is for 5. Santa Claus will read all the during the parade.

They will climb children 2 to 5 years old. The letters and make his choice of village at the courthouse square where boys and girls may mail their letters to him. A postage aboard Santa float immediately youngsters will play games, color, the finesi prize winners Monday, Dec. 19, after the march and have their or play in sand tables while they ttamn would be nut on each alter which, date The Pantagraph pictures taken with Santa. Each wait for their parents.

3rtWr letter rvau it will be a real will make announcement of the Pantograph Offices Closed Today All Pantagraph departments will be closed today in observance of Thanksgiving day. This holiday edition will be the only paper published today. Telephone switchboard will be maintained from 7:30 a. m. until 10 a.

m. and after 6 p.m. The news department will maintain a skeleton force all day for emergency coverage. The advertising department will be open from 6 p.m. until 7 p.

m. winner will be given an auto The Association of Commerce is U. S. Mail box. Letters may be winners.

Hewill personally award graphed enlargement. co-operating with the Lions club mailed from any point in the ter the prizes. Clowns, too, and Candy. in promoting the Santa Claus ever used9 8 ritory, however, and they will get program. Six clowns will also march in 6.

First prize will be a new bicycle, second prize will be a new the parade. They and Santa will to him. Tips on Writing. table radio, third prize will be a throw 25,000 pieces of candy new sled and the next 25 prizes What should you write In your onlookers between the train station tovaland, CafouMta will be new SI bills. and the square.

letter to Santa? well, now, put vmirself in Santa's place. What 7. Each entrant must sign his At the square Santa will dis name, give his age and address. would you want to hear if you mount from his sleigh to greet 8. Letters will be judged for hu youngsters from the south court man interest and appeal.

Pleads Guilty house steps. While there he will 9. Some of the letters will be be given the key to the city by Mayor Cecil Cone. To Talcing Car RELIEF AT LAST For Your COUGH CreomulsioD relieves promptly because it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsioa with the understanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money bade.

CREOIYIULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis published from time to time in The Daily Pantagraph. 10. There are no rules governing Then Santa will start talking were Santa? Ton can tell what yon want for Christmas, how you have behaved during the year, telling him something about yourself, members of your family and your pets. These are only suggestions and there's no limit to what you can about. Of course, getting A Bloomington man, Robert the subject matter of the letters.

over cnnstmas plans witn tne youngsters in his headquarters on the southeast courthouse lawn. Legibility, originality and imagi Preston, 30, who was accused of stealing an automobile from a wo nation in writing will help make Each child of grade school age man who was delivering packages the letters interesting and there or younger may have a private fore better contenders for prizes. to an orphans' home last Christmas Eve pleaded guilty in federal interview. While neatness will help, fancy COMPOSING a letter to Santa Claus in the letter contest is Patty, 7, right, who is being helped by her sister, Kathleen, 6. They are daughters of Mr.

and Mrs. J. V. Bubness, 700 East He or she will be given a choco- a lot of letters Santa probably court at Indianapolis, Wed decorations and "dressing up" of ate replica of -Santa, a Santa nesday. letters will not be a factor in the Miller street choice of the winner.

PHOTO HOSPITAL NOTES wouldn't care to read a great Dig long one, so try to say what you have to say In a few paragraphs. Santa Claus will want to award the prizes to the most interesting letter, the one with the most human interest and appeal. While it's fine to be neat and clean and a good Idea to make your writing Vip ran read it easily, Santa Three Suits Filed In Circuit Court Brokaw. Patients admitted: Mrs. Helen medical.

Miss Velma Litwiller, Hopedale; Mrs. Albert Huth, Say-brook, surgicaL Hanks, Carlock. surgicaL Lyle Wilcox, McLean; Vance Sisson, Patients dismissed: Robert isn't going to be influenced too much by fancy letters or letters 905 North East street; James Geisthorpe, 104 Broadway ave For $77,500 too "dressed up." He Arrives Friday. nue, Normal, medical. Patients dismissed: A.

E. Stout, The railroad train that Santa Roszhart, Meadows; Miss Crout, Flanagan; Mrs. Bertha Laux, Lincoln; Walter Zehr, Flanagan; Mrs. Edmund Fox and baby boy, Gibson City. St.

Joseph's. Patients admitted: Miss Naomi Jane Johnson, 810 North Main street; Mrs. Earl Williams, 1612 Three lawsuits, in which dam 918 Broadway avenue, Normal; Mrs. Lowell Taylor and baby girl, ages totaling $77,500 were asked Cardinal Court, Normal; Miss Di were filed Wednesday in McLean ane Oltman, Danvers; C. L.

BULLETIN Board nrai county circuit court. Two of the Crumbaugh, Le Roy; Miss Rae 208 West Walnut street; Mrs. Ethel Wooley. 409 North complaints are from pedestrians South Bunn street; William War who were struck by automobiles. Leuchtenberg, Lexington, Main street; Harry Feterson, To- surgical.

Miss Christine Crosth Allen Gardner, 221 East Front wanda; Leonard Sullivan, IWU Mr. nd Vlnel Rist 101 Wert Ash treet. boy. bora Tuedy at Brokaw Xr'nd DeWltt Taylor. 608 West oikUndavrnue.

lrl. born Wednesday wait, 606 East Taylor street; Ira Barracks; Norman Pfaff. 508 street, is asking $50,000 from Louis F. Givens, 902 South Oak street Veslak, 1312 North Morris avenue, West Mulberry street; Miss Betty Fisher, FeU HalL ISNU; Ben Frank Raymond, 606 East Chest In St. Joaepn-a nospiw.

Jr. Aiim McDonald. 1201 Gardner claims he suffered per nut street: Merlin Malinowski Rnn atreet. boy. born Wednes manent Injuries when struck by a Pickett, Albany; Mrs.

Rozelle Weakley, Lexington; Ivan Jen 1508 West Market street; Jacob day In Mennonite hospital. WAttlAOI UCENSCS. car driven by Veslak June 19, 1948, Kiper, 1312 North Allin street kins, 509 McGregor street. at the corner of Front and East Mrs. Emma Hirst, Farmer City Donald M.

Dunlap and Shirley Ann treets. Homer Coggins, Hopedale; Thom Mennonite. Patients admitted: Miss Alice Charlotte Dalton, who lives as J. Moore, LeRoy, medicaL Clemons, 202 West -Emerson near Danvers, charges that Rich Patients dismissed: Miss Betty street; David Moody, Ellsworth, Nance, both or airDury. Karl T.

Donahue and Mary T. Haupt-man. both of Bloomington. David Ewert and Janeic Urban, both of Bloom in jton. Melvin D.

Schuler. Chenoa: Mary I Bosslngham. Stanford. William AlllMn. Chicago; Catherine Eauae, Herrin.

Jean Malinowski, 1610 South Bunn ard Bailey of Heyworth was negligent when his car struck and street; Mrs. Leonard Frazier, 1112 North Center street; Mrs. Thelma Editor Addresses injured her Dec. 31, 1948, at the corner of Main street and Oak Graning, 315 East Mulberry land avenue. She wants $25,000 street; Mrs.

Goldie Thompson, Optimist Club H. Clay Tate, editor of The 1220 South Mason street; Law Rolland Peden, In his suit. claims that Kenneth Stone swore rence Wehmeir, 533 West Grove street; Miss Barbara McMillan, BMnerml Netleee, Cares ef Thaaks, la Memarlaaa aa BpMlal NeUee. t-Uae mlnlman S2.M Per tnserUea. AadlUaaal Uaes tOe eab.

Cap? far day's raa will be aeeapMS ap te 7 p. l. day befere peblieatloa aaa IS a'eleck aaaa fee final ediUaa. out a false warrant which led Cooksville; H. H.

Batchelder to Peden's arrest on a charge of Daily Pantagraph, told the operation of a newspaper at a dinner meeting of the Optimist club Wednesday night at the YWCA. Waynesville; Mrs. James Green- disturbing the peace June 13, 1949. Both men are from Lex wald and baby girl, Gridley. HERE THE WELL DRESSED MEN GET THAT VAY ington.

rUKZBAL. NOTICE, rim.ral aarvlcea for Mr. Arthur T. Peden points out in his suit that Holland will be heli! at 8:30 a. m.

Triday the case was dismissed when he was brought before Justice of the Peace A. M. Campbell. Mr. Peden from the George R.

riynn Funeral Home. 711 North Main street, and to Holy Trinity church at 9 a. m. Interment will be in St Mary's cemetery. Friends may call at the Funeral Home.

declares the public ridicule is ATTENTION! Basketball Teams and Managers We Have a Complete Line of Equipment. worth $2,500. All three suits were filed by Homer English. FEKEBAI NOTICE. MR.

JOSEPH HOFFMAN Services in the Carmody Funeral Home Friday morning at 8:30 and in St. Mary's church at o'clock. Recitation of the Rosary Thursday evening at 8:30. Friends may call at the Funeral Home. Easl Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery uaraea ar aiasasrlM AO Lata Caaawca CARD OF THANKS.

OOea SIS GrlaahelsB Bids' rfcar $t3- if 0 0 I wish to thank the personnel of the Soldiers and Sailors Children's school for their sympathy, beautiful flowers and cards on the death of my sister. Mrs. Basketball SHOES White and Black $6.50 Basketball SHOES Basketball JERSEYS (All Colors) $,.65 35 BasketbaU PANTS (All Colors) Nona Wade Paulsen. KATHRYN WADE. CARD OF THANKS.

(Leather) Sisters, nurses and doctors of St. Joseph hospital for the care they gave me during my two weeks and especially the many, many kind acts from my dear children Mr. A. Leo Potts and family $11.00 $2.50 $4 irS CHRISTMAS AGAIN AT DEWENTER'S! of Rantoul. 111.: Mrs.

Pauline Cullers and Basketball PADS UillfUllMi family of Knoxville. Tenn. Also my stepchildren: Mrs. Litta Hallow and hus BasketbaU SOX (Colored Tops) 75c (Colored) band. Bloomington: Mr.

Ben Frink and family. Flowers sent to me from Masonic $3.50 to $5 DASKETDALLS Lodge No. 740, A. F. A.

M-. Rantoul. 111., In behalf of my sen. A. Leo Potts, rho Is Master; also Women of the Moose of our city.

Cards from friends, relatives, and neighbors, and as I wasn't WOMEN SEE THAT THEY DO Someone has said that the dog is man's best friend but we know better. Over 70 years of retailing quality men's wear have taught us that it's "the little woman" that's responsible for the truth in the statement, "It pays to Look Your So men, whether you are the rugged individualist type that do your own buying, or the kind that leaves things to the you're sure to be pleased if it comes from Dewenter's. Man or woman, you can't go wrong in style, color or fabric, for Dewenter's staff of trained, courteous and efficient salespeople make it a pleasure to shop here. It's time to start thinking of Christmas. And Dewenter's is the Christmas Store with exciting gift merchandise from all corners of the country.

Shop Early Shop Wisely at Dewenter's It's Christmas Again at Dewenter's allowed any company, only Rev. Newell, the pastor of the V. B. church. May God Leather Rubber O.K.

.45 Rul '4M biess eacfl one that remembered me. MARY FRINK. 820 W. Washington City. '13 $10 to $28 Special Prices Teams to yfiplt Children's Games Football, Basketball and Baseball Games CABD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our sincere thanks to the many friends and relatives who shared our sorrow in the loss of our dear mother and grandmother, Mrs. C. S. Ro'ofson. Thanks also to the minister and singer, as well as to those who sent the beautiful floral offerings and to those who sent cards.

THE FAMILY OF MRS. C. F. ROLOFSON. For Christmas Gifts LOAFER SOCKS 89c to $5.95 Table Tennis Sets $2.95 to $10.80 YOU CAN HAVI IT That's what happens when you do business with IMPERIAL.

No time-taking, embarrassing investigations; no collateral; no oo-eigners. For the pleaa-antest and most satisfying loan you ever made, get "Just Your Signature" Lou from us. We loan fasti On your first ealL yon can expect to walk out with tha money you want, borrowed entwt your vn fur. You can take 20 months to repay ct pay it off sooner in whola or in pari Just as yon wish. "Just Your Signature' Loans are also mad to teachers, polioemen, firemen, federal, stats and city mplojraoi.

LOANS ALSO MADE to farmers for equipment and livestock, to business men for sudden emergencies or opportunities, and on furniture and automobiles. Whoever you are whenever you need it Imperial will let you have the money. Men's, Women's and Children's $0.95 ipr CARD OF THANKS. wish to thank the friends and neighbors for the beautiful flowers and other acts ef kindness shown us during the death of our Aunt, Mrs. Alta Wu- 2 QWQll THE NIECES AND NEPHEWS Christmas Gifts for Dad GOLFBALX HEAD COVERS GOLFBALL MAKER ALBERT NIEPAGEN FLORIST flawers far Every (castas 208 E.

Miller St Phone 4847-A GOLF BALLS (Wrapped) Each 95C SO 85 SCOO S3.95 nr to '5 Hninipcoffll! il CHIDIt COMPANY See Us for All Boy Scout Equipment W. B. Read Co. Tour Sporting Good Headquarters PARK HILL CEMETERY aaa MAUSOLEUM PHONE 4SM-S 3-Grove Lots $100 end up. Cms JC Mala St, Btoeaalagtesi, BL H.

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