The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 184, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 24, 1961 Page: 8 of 52
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1 nrs LI A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Aimnier O-A Abilene, Texas, Sunday Morning, December 24, 1961
»■ Lu HIIIIUIvl --------- —-----
Exhibit WinsResponse Is Heavy
For Cancellations
€.1. Manly silver dollars for 98 cents limit
sale on money five to a customer. Officials said
MIAMI. Fla (AP—Two Miami it is a goodwill gesture for qus-
banks are having a Christmas tomers who want, to put “cart
sale on money. They offer new wheels" in Christmas stockings.
I RULE — A combination of
2 originality and plain hard work
$ has netted C. L. Kimbler the first
* prize tor the best Christmas yard
- scene in Rule
The winning exhibit, as judged
by the Rule Chamber of Com-
merce, consists of a series of
Y wooden cutouts, including the
59 manger scene, a realistic Santa
Claus and reindeer, and a choir
CA that features an antimated pianist.
RULE DECORATIONS — Here is a portion of the extensive Christmas yard scene
which won top honors at Rule for C. L. Kimbler in decoration contest The
scene includes wooden cutouts and an array of lights. Judging in the contest was
by Rule Chamber of Commerce.
Kimbler, the Abilene Reporter-
News representative here, spent
many hours preparing the Yule
panorama. His work traces back
three years when he began cutting
-------out wooden figurines for hit yard
display Each plywood figure has
T ». from eight to 11 coats of paint
. and varnish.
There has been a heavy re-|which carried the story of the can-
sponse in letters to The Abilene cellations, and an editorial
Reporter-News, from over the na-F
lion, since the newspaper cancel-
led subscriptions to three Com-
munist embassies in Washington.
All of it has been favorable.
No letter has been received criti-
cizing the newspaper s action.
The Associated Press reported
Friday that the three Communist
embassies in Washington were
surprised and mildly indignant up-
on learning that The Reporter-
News had cancelled their sub-
scriptions.
MOTZ & CURTIS
FIRE & CASUALTY ,
SPECIALIST IN 1
INSURANCE & BONDS
306 Alexander Bldg. Phone OR 4-5244
Agency Established 1882
WE'RE GRATEFUL
How ven many happy recollections
come to our mind at this season of the
year ... May your day lie as merry as
your heart is light . . . May we. too.
recall with sincere appreciation the im-
portant part you have played in our
own business growth. For your friend-
ship, we are truly grateful. <
- AT CHRISTMAS w
. CHARLIE MORRIS
9 The exhibit inventory includes
N [three camels, a donkey, a calf,
t- three wise men. the infant Christ
a in a manger, Santa and four rein
27 deer, a shepherd and his 30 sheep
S each sheep required at least
: three hours of work), four choris-
t ters and a pianist
y* Kimbler said he has spent $100
ER for wiring and $50 for lights.
When all of the scenes are lit at
2 night. 4,200 watts of electricity
y pour through the hundreds of
t yards of copper wiring.
. Frondizi Arranges
/ To Meet Kennedy
"Da SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—"I am
Z one of millions committed to the
2 cause of democracy in the West-
# era Hemisphere." President Ar-
%. turo Frondizi of Argentina de-
p clared Friday night in a major
4 address on the eve of his suddenly
: arranged meeting with President
N Kennedy at Palm Beach, Fla.
F i He flies from San Francisco for
Saturday, Publisher Howard
McMahon said:
"Since the Associated Press car-
ried the story of this newspaper's
cancelling the subscriptions of
three Communist embassies in
Washington, we have had a sur-
prising response of letters of ap-
proval from people in all sections
of the nation.
"We did not cancel the sub-
scriptions with the idea of creat-
ing favorable publicity We did
it because we didn’t think the
Communists were entitled to read
our- paper, published in the area
where Dyess Air Force Base is
located, for whatever benefit they
might get from it."
The subscriptions were cancel-
led Saturday, Dec. 16. The Com-
munist diplomats in Washington
learned of it when they received
their last copies of the newspaper,
SNew Orleans today He is due to
R fly on to Palm Beach arriving
2 there at 5 pm. for his conference
with Kennedy.
T "Argentina is a nation born to
be free and we eternally believe
‘ in freedom,” he said to an en-
3 thusiastically applauding audience
W. at a dinner sponsored by the
A World Trade Center in the Fair-
Census Schedule
Set in Winters
WINTERS (RNS) _ Census of
scholastics between the ages of 6
and 18 for the Winters Indepen-
dent School District w ill begin Jan
1, and will end Jan. 31.
PETE WALDROP :
T. bells of the
Yuletide season ring
out to herald the com-
log of another gala 98
Yuletide season. As w.
you enter into the ob- 1
servance of Christmas, 1
We extend our best
wishes to each of you.
Whether a customer or
not, as a citizen of this
community, we wish
you the best of every-
thing.
Parents not contacted by Jan
20 are requested to call PL 4-3711.
Special need is registration of
students who will enter school for
the first time. The information is
necessary in planning first grade
classes next year. Students must
be six years of age on or before
Sept. 1 to be counted.
Parents are urged to secure
birth certificates and smallpox
... vaccinations for all six year old
"We do not believe that econom- children before ^ next shod
1 mont Hotel
• His call for democratic princi-
i ples in a hemisphere beset by
P communistic pressures came at
%., the end of an address which set
forth the economic needs of Ar-
gentina and Latin America.
II
I FARMERS & RANCHERS,
i LIVESTOCK AUCTION
f ic studies are enough ” he said
, “We want to tell the world that.
year
, . _ • . i Census trustee for this year will
yes, misery does not exist in Ar-be Mrs. Voleta Smith.
gentina. But we are more proud
of the democratic spirit of our
1054 N. 3RD
HIWAY 80 EAST — OR 2-5271 — OR 2-1111
people, the religious faith of our
#: families, the religion of freedom
7 that we practice."
. He was introduced by Gov. Ed
. mund G Brown of California.
OUR MOST JOYOUS
CHRISTMAS WISH
May the spirit of Christmas be in your
homes. You will enjoy Christmas
more, too. you attend your church g
to hear the world's most beautiful
music . . . to hear again the telling of
the Birth of Christ, the hope and light
of the world. You'll approach the New
Y ear with flow in your heart with true
meaning of Christmas.
From the North Family
FIELDEK-DILLINGHAM
LUMBER COMPANY
418 CHESTNUT
OR 4-8171
LAUGHTER-NORTH FUNERAL HOME
AIR AND LAND AMBULANCE
242 ORANGE
PHONE OR 4 - 6246
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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/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.