The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 177, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 17, 1955 Page: 14 of 22
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ABILENE BUSINESS NEWS
Sonotone to Give Hearing Aids
To Needy Children at Christmas
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ABILENE
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OWNER
-MARY KATE WHITTEKIN
PARK OFFICE BLDG.
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PHONE 2-0563
HUNDREDS OF LAYERS OF COTTON-Above is the
felting machine at Abilene Bedding Company, 1149 But-
ternut. This machine cleans and cards the cotton for your
mattress, assuring no knots or lumps, and gives you the
most comfortable mattress possible, designed for your
eleeping pleasure.
Have Your Mattress Rebuilt
The Modern Way-No Lumps
this process, a lace tufter. The use
of tape to hold the tufts instead of
buttons or cotton knots make for
Santa Claus is going to bring
new hearing to many children this
Christmas.
Irving I. Schachtel, president of
Sonotone Corporation, leading
manufacturer and distributor of
hearing aids, announces a com-
pany policy of presenting 1.000 free
hearing aids on a national basis
to qualified needy children during
this holiday season.
J. S. Tinkle, Manager of Sono-
tone of Abilene, has been asked to
contact President Schachtel per-
sonally when he knows of a case
where lack of funds is depriving a
needy child of hearing help. Wher-
ever possible, the hearing aid will
be presented before Christmas
Day.
•Through this program, many
children who never heard before
are already starting a new life,"
says Mr Tinkle.
"One of the saddest tragedies in
a child’s life is to be born either
completely or partially deaf or to
become afflicted with deafness be-
fore learning to talk," declares the
Sonotone manager “Since such a
child is unable to hear words, he
is unable to learn words. This
means he has no language in
which to think or communicate his
J. 8. TINKLE
... Sonotone of Abilene Manager
feelings. - *
“It is of the utmost importance
that a partially deaf child be fitted
with a hearing aid at the earliest
possible age. When Sonotone can
is an assurance by an established
civic, social welfare or medical
group that it will be properly
used."
The Sonotone Manager told of an
eight-year-old boy who was recent
ly presented with a hearing aid
under the SonoCone program. The
child’s mother reported that when
her son heard her voice for the
first time and responded to it
from across a room, it was a
"new, exciting and wonderful ex-
perience." ■
"One of the greatest gifts a child
can receive is the sound of his
loved ones," said Mr. Tinkle.
“This is what Mr Schachtel is try-
ing to do this Christmas for 1.000
unfortunate children who are in
need of a hearing aid and where
lack of finances is denying the child
this basic need,” Tinkle added.
Any reader who knows of some
needy child in the Abilene area,
notify Mr. Tinkle by calling 4-8044
or write Sonotone of Abilene. 116
Mims Building, Abilene, Texas.
Only through your assistance can
Mr. Tinkle become aware of actual
names of children who really need
help and in turn help the child to
help a child whose parents cannot
afford to buy a hearing aid, we —,
are willing to donate one if there have a merrier Christmas.
GET TRIPLE
PROTECTION
HER HEART’S DELIGHT—A gift of costume jewelry
from Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio, 1098 North 2nd,
would please any woman on Christmas morning. Mrs.
Ruth Phillips, manager of the Studio, displays a few of
their many costume jewelry styles. You will find any
color to match milady’s attire, and designs that add to
her beauty.
through you
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Have you often wondered why
you sleep so much better on one
bed than you do another? It’s all
to the mattress. It is important to
have B built to fit your needs —
your weight, your height, and
whether you need a firm support
or the comfort of a soft bed All
these problems are solved daily for
lots of people by the Abilene Bed
ding Co., 1149 Butternut
You remember how your grand
mother used to have some funny
looking things that she called card- _
ing combs? Well, times do change date machinery operated by men
and now machinery has taken over who are specialists in their line.
— so Abilene Bedding Co. has a On display at Abilene Bedding
large machi ne tha ’ cards and for sale are rolla’ way beds in four
combs the cotton from your old sizes with two types of springs,
mattress and makes it into fluffy.) bolsters, new mattresses, box
clean, bed - size batts. This is springs, and all types of regular
called felting and insures that your bed springs. Steel bed frames of
bed will contain no knots or lumps two types and rubber mattresses
First your mattress is tagged in and rubber pillows are also in
your home with your name and stock.
address so there can be no mis- Mr. and Mrs. Hays, owners, in-
take and you are sure to get the vite you to come in at any time
materials from your old mattress and discuss with them your bed-
ding problems. They, or one of
their salesforce, will be glad to
show you through the plant and
help you decide what you need for
the greatest sleeping comfort.
Prompt and efficient service is
the company policy and, as many
of the people in this trade area
know, they “pick up your old bed
this morning and return it like
new the same day" is no idle
boast For out-of-towners, they
give four-hour service when you
restored and built into your new
one After it arrives in the fac-
tory, the cotton is removed from
the old tick, weighed, and you are
contacted by phone if it is neces-
sary to add cotton..
Then the felting is done and it
is reweighed before it is put into
the new tick. At this point you
really begin to get an idea what
your new mattress will look like
— and it's so different from the
more comfortable sleeping.
The finishing touch is a neatly
rolled edge which tightens the tick
on the mattress and fives added
strength to the edge.
Types of construction by the Ab-
ilene Bedding Co. include smooth
top innerspring, tufted innerspring.
smooth top cotton mattress, and
tufted cotton mattresses. They are
built the modern way - on up-to-
Framed Pictures, Mirrors
Ideal for Christmas Giving
Pictures are an ideal Christmas
gift for a lot of people, but have
you thought of adding a special
touch to that picture to make it
even more appreciated by the re-
ceiver?
That very special touch is the
frame—one that is designed to re-
veal the true features of the pic-
ture as well as add beauty and
lasting protection
Custom picture framing is a spe-
cialty of Swinney Glass and Paint
Company, 1166 North 2nd. They
have a varied stock of contempor-
ary and period type moldings from
the narrow % inch molding to the
four inch gold leaf molding, enab-
ling them to produce frames that
range from antique to those that
are completely modern in every
respect.
Some 250 molding’ are on dis-
play, from which you may select
the design you want most
Also, Swinney Glass and Paint
Co. has a limited number of closet
door mirrors that are perfect for
Christmas giving. These closet
door mirrors, Swinney said, are
the most durable mirrors avail-
able. They are ready to install and
have an armor back of copper
that gives them a lasting quality.
Along with framing pictures.
George Swinney Jr., made several
other gift suggestions for the
Christmas shopper that are not
only pleasing, but lasting gifts
He suggested framed mirrors for
over the mantle, the piano, above
the desk, or other places that
could use the decorative touch pre-
sented by a large mirror.
Other items in keeping with
Christmas are the many decora-
tions that are available at Swinney
Glass and Paint Co.
They carry a complete line of
spray paints, spray snow, and glit-
ter that may be used in home
decorations, for the Christmas
tree or in other special places.
Colors of silver. gold, red, blue,
green and the very popular dia-
mond dust are available in the
glitter, while the snow may be ob-
tained in colors of white, blue, red,
pink, or green.
The spray paint comes in sti-
ver, gold, copper, snd about 15
other colors from which you may
choose.
Another important phase of
Swinney Glass and Paint Co. is
their stock of unframed prints, pic-
tures that have been duplicated
from original oil paintings, most
of them famous and painted by
world-renown artists. Any of these
would make an ideal gift at Christ-
mas.
one you sent in ________-
Now the mattress to tufted to bring your mattress in. So on your
hold the cotton firmly in place, next shopping trip to Abilene,
Abilene Bedding Co. boasts the bring along your old mattress —
newest machine on the market for am be ready by the time you’re
se-Root ,
it’ll be ready by the time you’re
ready to to home
The
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for any
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OVER 250 MOLDINGS—On display at Swinney Glass
and Paint Co., 1166 North 2nd, are over 250 moldings
from which you may choose a style and color picture
frame that brings out the lasting art of photography. A
framed picture is an ideal Christmas gift and Swinney
does custom framing. The firm also stocks reproductions
of original oil paintings, framed mirrors, closet door mir-
rors. and Christmas decorations.
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Ph. 4-4503
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 177, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 17, 1955, newspaper, December 17, 1955; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1653949/m1/14/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.