The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 184, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 24, 1961 Page: 18 of 52
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Hundreds of Students Find
Refuge After Blizzard Hits
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS .. 18-A
Abilene, Texas, Sunday Morning, December *. 1961
AUDUBON, Iowa (AP)—Dozens offices schools and hotels because
of farmhouses resounded with the snow -clogged .streets kept them
excitement of school children to- from reaching suburban homes.
day in the wake of a blizzard Nor were impatient holiday
that forced hundreds of pupils to travelers pleased by the storm,
seek refuge with strangers, which dumped more than 10
The youngsters' enthusiasm was inches of snow on central and
not shared by drowsy Des Moines southern Iowa and blocked most
Stranded motorists waited in
motels and private homes
throughout the southern half of
the state as snowplows, called off
the roads during the height of the
storm, renewed their attack on
highway drifts as the storm
swirled eastward.
workers who spent the night in highways in the area
A Lennox school bus was re-
_ ported missing but authorities
- said the driver probably herded
his charges to a farmhouse and
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H o wish you
all the joys
of Christmas
and a New Year
filled with happiness
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was unable to report their where-
abouts because of disrupted tele-
phone service
More than 25 school buses were
unable to reach their rural des-
tinations despite early dismissal
of schools The stranded children
were taken in at nearby farm-
houses. Many others remained
with friends in towns when school
officials decided roads were too
hazardous for travel
Among the stranded children
were 11 from the Audubon school
district, who were within a mile
or two of their homes when their
bus bogged down in deep snow-
near Hamlin.
The bus driver, Harold Madi-
son. led the children through the
blinding storm to safety in the
Iner Madsen farmhouse.
"We bedded them down all over
the house." Madsen said. “Some
of them slept in the dining room."
"With Christmas so close it was
a pleasant surprise to them.”
Madsen said. "They were pretty
happy about the whole thing.
Now we ll just wait for the snow-
plows to open the roads.”
The storm caused at least four
deaths, including two Des Moines
neighbors battling snow.
The snow—whipped by winds of
up to 45 miles an hour—piled up
to the eaves of houses in Des
Moines and created traffic jams
stretching for miles out of the
downtown area about dusk.
Workers who drove through the
blizzard spent up to four and five
hours reaching areas 60 or 70
blocks away and many walked
part of the way when their cars
stalled.
FORECAST
Unfit Sunday Morning
Figures Show Low Temperatures Expected
FORECAST FOR TONIGHT
Freeze Nips
Panhandle
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Freezing weather nipped the
Texas Panhandle again Saturday
and extended —with warmer gaps
in between—as far downstate as
College Station.
Except for a few clouds in the
Brownsville area, the skies were
clear throughout the state.
Temperatures eased as low as
20 degrees at Dalhart in the upper
Panhandle in early morning. The
state’s warmest spot at the same
hour was Brownsville with a 56-
degree reading
For the holiday weekend, fore-
casts promised fair to partly
cloudy weather in all sections of
the state.
THE WEATHER
ELSEWHERE
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
High Low Pr.
Albuquerque, clear . 46 27
Atlanta, rain ........ 20 -14 .07
Bismarck, clear .....20 -14 .07
Boise, cloudy ........39 30 ..
Boston, clear .........30 22
Buffalo, cloudy ......28 18
Chicago, snow .......38 30 .49
Cleveland, cloudy ... 32 24 ..
Four Persons Die
In Headon Crash
ROSEDALE, Okla. (AP)—Four Denver cloudy 43 22
persons, including a woman and Des Moines, snow .. 28 21 .93
her two young daughters, were Detroit, cloudy ......31 25
killed Friday night in a headon Fairbanks, clear ... -42 -51
collision near here in southern Fort Worth, clear ... 57 35
.. 32 M M
... 81 67
. . 41 3328
Juneau, cloudy .13 4
Kansas City, cloudy .. 36 15 .80
Los Angeles, cloudy .. 77 49
Louisville, cloudy ... 52 33 .03
Memphis, clear .....51 29 .15
Miami, cloudy .......75 64 1.03
Milwaukee, snow 34 28 .01
Mpls., St. Paul, cloudy 30 23 .07
New Orleans, clear . 69 45
New York, clear 40 26 ..
Oklahoma City, clear 49 32
Omaha, snow . 30 924
Philadelphia, cloudy 36 17
Phoenix, clear ... 67 42
Pittsburgh, cloudy ... 30 24
Portland, Me., clear . 29 14 ..
Portland. Ore., cloudy 47 45 24
Rapid City, clear . 32 16
Richmond, cloudy ... 42 23
St. Louis, snow _____41 20 T
Salt Lake City, clear . 38 24
San Diego, clear 68 47 ..
San Francisco, cloudy 62 M M
Seattle, rain ......’ 47 44 88
Tampa, cloudy ......72 52
Washington, cloudy 40 21 .
Oklahoma Helena, cloudy
The victims were Mrs. Ruby Honolulu, cloudy
Cole. 42. of Byars, Okla.; her Indianapolis, cloudy
daughters. Mary Collena, 9. and
Genevieve. 13. and Billy Kelly, 35.
of Kingston. Okla.
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Thre are many thoughts that go through the minds
of each of us at Christmas . . . impressions that remain with us
for days to reflect thehappiness that prevails everywhere at
the Yuletide Season.
From Christmases post there are remembrances of as-
sociations' with loved ones and friends ... of tokens of esteem
from those about us . . . there have been Christmas festivities
. . . family reunions . . . religious worship . . . the joy of giving
. . . and the happiness that comes from being remembered.
These and many others are the impressions that make Christ-
mas meaningful and joyful.
It is our sincere wish that you may enjoy every one of
these blessings this Holiday Season . . . that the Christmastide
this year may be the most impressive of them all.
Merry Christmas, all!
The Dixie Pi
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Langford
And The Entire Dixie Pig Staff
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to say, the best of the new year to your and yours.
GEORGE LEITNER
MIKE CHILDERS
DICK HAILEY
Schneider - Bernet - Hickman,
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 184, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 24, 1961, newspaper, December 24, 1961; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1672170/m1/18/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.