The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 184, Ed. 2 Monday, December 24, 1951 Page: 25 of 48
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CAUGHT PLAYING SANTA—Representatives of four of
the many big jobs the Goodfellows accomplished to collect
and distribute food, clothing and toys to hundreds of Abi-
lene's neediest families at Christmas. Shown above at left
are Mrs. George Martin and Frank Meyers. They are pack-
ing a bag, itself donated and decorated by merchants and
artists turned Goodfellows, with toys at the Toy Store, Sec-
ond and Pine Sts. Fireman Otis 0. McCoy and Fire Chief D.
C. Musick are shown in the workshop at the Cedar Street
Firehouse where Abilene firemen repaired and painted many
hundreds of toys for the Goodfellows to pass along to little
boys and girls who have never known any Santa Claus but
the Goodfellows, Mrs. Louis Sharp and Mrs. Jake Landers. Of
the State and County Welfare Offices respectively, under-
lows, saving Goodfellow caseworkers countless hours which
would have been necessary in following up each letter re-
ceived. Mrs. C. L. Fife and Major Lewis N. Phelps sorted the
huge stacks of clothing which came in through the clothing
drive and helped bundle it up for the Goodfellows to pre-
took the job of classifying letters received by the Goodfel- sent to needy families:
Women's Clubs to Sponsor
Art Show for Kids Under 18
An experiment in friendship will
be conducted by the General Fed-
eration of Women's Clubs through
the medium of art. Miss A. M.
Carpenter has announced.
An exhibit of art work by children
under 18-years of age will be sent
abroad later this year for showing
around the world.
The pictures will be paintings
or colored drawings based on the
American way of life. Miss Car-
penter is state chairman of the
art division of the Texas Federa-
tion of Woman's Clubs.
Mrs. S. P. Henagan is chairman
of the contest in Abilene, She is
instructor of art at Abilene High
School.
Abilene has been allotted 25 en-
tries in the state contest. Paint-
ings from Texas must be submit -
od to Miss Carpenter at Hardin-
Simmons University by March 1,
1952, mailed prepaid if out of Abi-
lene.
FINAL JUDGING
The five winning entries in the
state will be sent to the general
federation headquarters in Wash-
ington, D. C. for final judging after
March 15.
The purpose of the contest and
the subject emphasized, is toward
the development of good will
among people of the world and an
understanding of each other's way
of life.
All paintings and drawings must
be done by youths under 18 years
of age. While each state is allowed
only five entries to be sent to the
general headquarters, any school
town in Texas may send 25 entries
per population unit of 50,000, 75 up
to 100,000, and 100 entries for cities
above that figure. An individual
student may have aa many as
three entries if art instructors
desire, but only one entry per
student will be included in the five
state winners.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Entry must carry the name of
the student, title of entry, media,
school, town, art instructor and
sponsoring federated club on the
back. All paintings and drawings
must be matted and the over-all
size must not be larger than 22” x
28” including the mat. Non-winning
entries will be returned only if
requested and accompanied by suf-
ficient postage, if sent by parcel
post or if by express, they will be
returned express collect.
Plans now include retaining a
few pictures for a Texas school
children's exhibit.
The Texas Federated Women’s
Clubs are hoping that the state
can be represented by at least one
entry in the overseas show. How-
ever, most states stress art in-
struction in the school to a greater
extent, which handicaps the state
as a whole. But, as both Miss
Carpenter and Mrs. Henagan point,
ed out, art is an individual matter
and any one young artist in Abi-
lene can be just as good as any
one young artist any place else
in the nation.
The Abilene Reporter ~32ews
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ABILENE, TEXAS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1951
'REAL' ONE IS LOVELY
Psychialrisl Decries Santas Who
Have Fake Beards, Pillow Stomachs
By CYNTHIA LOWRY
NEW YORK. Dec. 24. IP - It's
okay for the little ones to believe
fervently in Santa Claus, his rein-
deer and his Christmas chimney
activities, says Psychiatrist Mary-
nia Farnham.
She does not, however, approve
of his human impersonators with
their fake beards and pillow sto-
machs.
"I think Santa Claus is lovely.”
Dr. Farnham said. "Even when
the child finds out the truth of the
matter, it’s a type of disappoint-
ment he can handle without trou-
ble."
Children, she says, live by myths
and fairy tales and Santa is among
the best of these.
SANTA LIKE FATHER
Like so many other things of In-
terest to psychiatrists, Santa is a
symbol. Dr. Farnham, co-author of
"The Adolescent,” explained its
meaning:
"Obviously Santa Claus repre-
sents the gift-bearing father. To a
child he is the good father bearing
gifts. And he relates particularly
to the Christmas season when the
birth of a child is being celebrated
by the world. That means to the
child that a baby is the greatest
gift of all, and the child thus asso-
ciates himself with that other baby.
At Christmas, and through Santa
Claus, the child sees his own value
•being celebrated, ritualized andraf-
firmed. Santa represents this giv-
ing quality."
It does not matter, she said, that
Santa Claus is compounded of myth
and fantasy or that the story of him
is not true in the adult meaning of
the word. Santa Claus, presented as
a fellow from the North Pole, un-
seen and untouchable, gives a
child's imagination free rein. The
jolly old fellow is one of a number
of childhood figures which take
place "gossamer, unformed and
even chaotic, but still matters of
great reality in a child's mind.”
CHILD’S PARADISE
The fairy tale about Santa Claus
unfolds into a representation of a
child's paradise, Dr. Farnham said.
"This is a silent world, with the
children waiting for the sound of
the reindeer—animals few of them
have ever seen—and eager for their
presents,” she explained “It is a
time when, in their eyes, children
are good and parents have put
aside unpleasant attitudes.”
However, she said, all this fan-
tasy can turn to dust when a child
is permitted to behold a real-life
facsimile of St. Nick and glimpses_____________-_____
costumed charity solicitors at their “Then you burned the letter in the
side-walk stations.
"These people are destructive of
the myth and of the symbol,” she
declared. "They are to most chil-
dren nothing but men dressed up to
look like Santa Claus who make
the myth tawdry and who interfere
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with children's imagination.”
When the children see an imita-
tion Santa Claus, their reaction,
said Dr. Farnham, is "What goes
on with this fantasy which 1 pre-
tend is real for my own purposes?”
Then they say, "Who are these
men? Besides, 1 don't care." By
then, the shining idea about Santa
Claus 'is tarnished.
Dr. Farnham, would like to get
back to the pre-telephone manner
of handling communications with
the Christmas gift-bearer.
"You wrote Santa Claus a letter
—or if you were too young, your
mother wrote it for you,” she said.
fireplace and the smoke and the
wind carried the message to the
North Pole.
“The whole Santa Claus idea is
like that—a thing of smoke, air, -
fire and pasaion. K's not some man
all dressed up in a red suit."
This is Christmas .. the joy of sharing with others;
the fellowship of friends a nd family; the greetings which
cover distant miles.
THIS is Christmas ... the discarded wrappings littering
the floor; the excited sma 11 voices at earliest dawn;
the slightly crooked angel atop the Christmas Tree.
JG
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THIS is Christmas... the Carols sung on Christmas Eve;
the sound of Church be Ils in the morning; the memory
of a Star which will never dim.
THIS is Christmas... the opportunity to say to you,
our friends, "May this Holiday season bring you
happiness, contentment and peace".
And so say we all at GRISSOM'S.
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