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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1949
Santa's Mail Contains Hopes, Dreams, Heartaches
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Staff Correspondent
Santa Heim, Md.—(U.P.)-Santa Claus gets more mail than anybody—President Truman, even.
I've been peeking into the jolly old fellow's mail sack at this Washington suburb where Harry Harrison (Santa) Heim is busy making the shiny pretties that go on Christmas trees.
Here are some samples:
The thousands of letters that come in here are the juvenile literary productions that your kid or mine writes.
"Dear Santa! I think you are a nice man. Will you please come and see me soon and bring me a bride doll with a husband, and anything else you can spare? Thank you. (Signed) Judy."
A little boy who signed himself "Richard Dixon—your old pal" from Reading, Mich., said he had read about Santa at Santa Heim and wished he could be there "to see the tree and things."
The kid didn't explain what he would do with the bale of haw.
One little girl who signed simply "Ailetha" said that all she wanted Santa to do for her Christmas was to drop his bag of toys "this minute" and come running to help her with her homework.
One little boy named Joe said that his daddy had a stable with nothing in it. Did he want a pony? No. He wanted "a two-wheeler—also a bale of hay."
"I don't want anything else," said she.
"My dad is sick and my mother can't leave to get presidents. All I will get is from the school and the scouts and the neibors. Wish I could get more, but know you are busy," the boy wrote.
Some of the letters are a little sassy.
"This is the last letter you will resive from me if you do not leave me a doll carpet sweeper. This is final. I love you and why don't you love me?"
She wrote:
One came from a little girl in Maryland.
One little boy in Texas, who apparently had some prompting from his mother asked, please, for a "pain of pants and a washing machine—and maybe an electric iron."
Another country kid asked only for "a farm and a color book and a football and a calf—that gives milk right away."
One little girl in Arizona didn't ask for anything. All she said was that she was happy that Santa was on his way and coming soon.
"I hope you have a nice trip in the snow," she said.
Little Shirley Miller of Monrovia, Calif. wrote hopefully that Santa might get her letter. She said her daddy was sick with a heart attack and there was no money for Christmas. Shirley's been good, she said, and her mommy is lame. All she wants is a bike for herself and something for her three sisters and five brothers.
Another letter came from a nine-year-old in Toledo, Ohio. It was signed "Sunny" Lupton. The note said:
"I am 9 years old. My sister is $5\frac{1}{2}$. We held a meeting and decided we don't want any presents for Xmas. Sister did want a potty doll, but she will do without it. We want a marker for our daddy's grave. He went too heaven a few months ago and it won't be Xmas without him. He was the best daddy in the world, so please bring us a marker for him. Merry Christmas, Santa!"
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Dr. Herbert A. Wenner, assistant professor of pediatrics and bacteriology at the University Medical center in Kansas City, will serve next year as special consultant to the U.S. Public Health Service's communicable disease center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Wenner Will Be Special Consultant
Professor Wenner and 73 consultant scientists from 21 states, Puerto Rico, Panama, and the District of Columbia are outstanding in their particular branch of science. By enlisting the services of these men, the communicable disease center can furnish state and local health departments in all 48 states with expert assistance in meeting public health problems, including disasters and epidemics.
Appointment of the medical and scientific experts has been announced by Dr. R. A. Vonderlehr, medical director in charge of the Atlanta center, which is the national headquarters of the Communicable Disease center.
FormerKUTeacher Now In Hawaii
A former member of the K.U. music faculty is now active as a soloist and accompaniist for visiting concert artists in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Mrs. Ruth Orcutt Bacon, a native of Lawrence and a member of Xi chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, the national music sorority, was graduated from the University in 1932. She taught piano on the faculty from 1928 until 1947, when she left to go to Hawaii. She is now a member of the faculty of the Punahou Music School in Honolulu, Mrs. Bacon has given several solo performances with the Honolulu Symphony orchestra.
In the November issue of The Triangle, national music magazine, she is pictured with Alec Templeton and his wife and several members of Mu Phi Epsilon. The picture was taken at a reception following Mr. Templeton's concert.
Boston—(U.P.) — Votes are worth money in the opinion of Sen. Richard H. Lee. He asked the legislature to impose a $2 fine on Massachusetts residents who fail to vote in two successive years.
Senator Asks No-Vote Fine
Boston—(U.P.) Slogan on the bottles of a local milk company: "Our cows are NOT contented. They're always striving to do better."
No Contented Cows Here
Exhibit Features Pebble Jewelry
The department of handicrafts is featuring a new form of art work called pebble jewelry on exhibit on the third floor of Strong hall. Handicraft students design the jewelry from uncut pebbles, explained Carlyle H. Smith, assistant professor of design.
The display, made by Charles Kittle, graduate student, features the work of students for the first half of the semester. Only two such exhibits are made each year.
Other features in the display are works in jewelry benchwork and silversmithing. The display will be on exhibit until Christmas.
Sergeant Bails Out, But Plane Is Saved
Fort Worth,—(U.P.)-S/Sgt. Lowell A. Reiff, gunner on a B-36 superbomber, came in for some practice at parachute jumping recently.
Flying at 3,000 feet. S/Sgt. Reif looked through a port of the big plane and saw that the No. 3 engine was on fire.
Engines No. 4 and 5 already were feathered, and S/Sgt. didn't wait around to ask questions.
He called a warning to his mates, dived through an escape hatch, and pulled the cord on his 'chute. He landed safely, but so did the plane.
Lt. Clifford Schoeffler, the pilot,
used an emergency fire extinguisher to put out the blaze, then started the No. 4 engine again. He landed the plane without mishap at Carswell air base in New Mexico.
Gilson Still Missing Lawrence Police Report
There are no new developments in the 33-day disappearance of Harry C. Gilson, College senior, Lawrence police reported today.
The 22-year-old honor student was involved in an automobile accident Nov. 3. Gilson disappeared shortly after the accident, which caused only slight damage to the vehicles involved. Persons at the scene of the accident said that Gilson did not appear to be injured.
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Eastern Manufacturer May Offer Scholarship For Silversmithing
If you are interested in learning how to design and make jewelry, you may soon be able to obtain a scholarship for study at the University.
An Eastern manufacturer of costume jewelry became interested the past spring in granting such a scholarship after K.U. established a four-year course in the study of jewelry and silversmithing and had become the first school in the nation to offer a degree—Bachelor of Fine Arts—for the work.
A great deal of enthusiasm for the new major has been shown by students now enrolled in the course and by jewelry manufacturers who have visited the department. The course was written up in the September issue of the Mid-Continent Jeweler and has resulted in inquiries from New Jersey, New York, Colorado, and Pennsylvania.
Majors study drawing, design handicrafts, and the history and appreciation of art besides academics. Students are evaluated for graduation from the School of Fine Arts.
The course was established because the faculty felt that the jewelry and silversmithing field had been "grossly overlooked by educational institutions, and both the need and opportunity to do something existed."
Caryle H. Smith, assistant professor of design, is in charge of the student. He is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, has attended master classes in the craft, and was a student of Augustus F. Rose and Antonio Cirino, authors of one of the few texts in the field.
Mr. Smith instructs all laboratory work in the new major.
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ElDorado — (U.P) — The ElDorado Chamber of Commerce has entered the baby sitting business.
Christmas shoppers are invited to leave their children at the baby sitting station operated at the Elks lodge here. A registered nurse and several assistants will be in charge. The service is provided free.
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