The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-22
SANTA SMILES
AS CHRISTMAS
DRAWS NEAR
St. Nick Finds Whole City
Devoted to Bringing
Cheer to Needy.
CHILDREN ARE FETED
Toys, Clothing and Food
Piled Up for YuIetide
Distributors.

The jingle of bells on Santa's
reindeer is growing louder each
day, as Indianapolis organizations
do their bit toward spreading
Christmas cheer.
Fraternities and sororitieS at But
Ter university have donated to the
Community Fund, clothed children
and fed families.
Wayne post, No "a, and it's auxili-
airy OF the American Legion held it's
annual Christmas benefit last week.
Admission to the affair was a pack
age of chewing gum, bar of candy,
package of cigarets, or some other
similar article.
Proceeds of the benefit were sent
TO the Soldiers Home at Marion.
Free Hair-C Cuts Given
The indianapolis BARRIERS union
started a campaign Monday night
to give 300 Indianapolis children
free haircuts. Seven BARRIERS met
at the shop of Curley Hoop, 805
Virginia avenue, and gave more
than a hundred children from the
Sunshine Mission, 744 Virginia ave-
nue., hair cuts.
Another group will donate their
services tonight, and third crew
will give free hair cuts Wednesday.
The Womens club of the Fletcher
Trust Company played Santa Claus
Monday night to tWenty-seVen
needy children whose relatives are
Luberculous patients in the Indian
apolis Flower mission.
Santa also visited the party for
employees of the State Auto In
surance Association held Monday
night by the executives of the COM
pany at the organizations head
quarters in Occidental building.
Toys drawn m the grab bag will
be distributed TO needy children.
Orphans Get Turkey Feast
Members of the Indiana Bell Tel
ephone Luncheon Club were hosts to
twenty young orphans at turkey
dinner at the Sphinx Arms Monday.
The First Ward Tom Taggart
Democratic Club will entertain with
its annual Christmas party at 1880
Wednesday in the clubhouse, POOL
Winter avenue. The club will start
distribution of hundred Christmas
baskets at 10 Thursday to the poor
of the ward.
The Employees Association of the
American Central Life Insurance
Company will continue its annual
custom Of distributing food and
clothing to the poor on Christmas
eve. Fifteen children will be clothed
and thirty-five baskets will be given
away.
Russell Joyce, comedian, will fea-
ture the charity stage show to be
given at 2 Wednesday at the Up
Gown theater. Admission will be by
imperishable foods, which will be
distributed to needy families.
Annual Christmas party of the
Harley Gibbs Settlement of the
Salvation Army, at 1901 West Wash
ington street, will be held Dec 90
Approximately 125 children are eX-
pected.
Kiwanis Party Thursday
Approximately 600 children will
be entertained at two Christmas
parties to be held Thursday night
under the sponsorship of the XII
wants club. The parties will be
held at the Lauter Memorial Club
and at the English Avenue Boys
Club, under direction of Karl c.
Wolfe, chairman of the Kiwanis
underprivileged child committee.
South side children will be enter
tanned at party Wednesday night
through the courtesy of the Foun-
tain Square Business Mems Associ-
alton.
Combined choirS of First United
Lutheran church will present pro-
gram of music Christmas eve at 10:45
III the church, located at PennSyl-
vania and Walnut streets. The SER
mon, THE Best News and the Sweet
est Music Ever Heard" will be given
by DR.. Clarence E. Gardner, pastor
of the church. An organ prelude
of selected Christmas carols will be
played by Pauline Rebecca Roes,
director of the choir.
Last Call for Greetings
MiStletoe picked by unemployed
in various parts of the state is be-
ing sold by Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Proceeds will go to help the
program of the state unemploy-
ment relief commission.
CATERERS Of the mistletoe will
receive 80 per cent of the proceeds
from the sale, according to DR.. John
H. Hewitt. commission secretary.
Postmaster Robert H. Bryson, to-
day warned that persons who want
Christmas greetings cards to be de-
livered by Christmas should mail
them not later than today.
Nearly 700 extra employees have
been placed on duty in the various
postal stations in the city.
No mail delivery will be made
Christmas day.