The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-26
1856 CHILDREN
ARE CLOTHED
IN TIMES DRIVE
Marks Set in Past Years
Are Exceeded in 1882
Campaign.
5000 DO THEIR PART
Christmas Made Day of
Happiness for ThrOng
of Needy.
5000 DO THEIR PART


out of his cab and smiles with the
miles today.
Every whip of the wind is a soft
curl of hair kissing him reyerently.
Each waving hand along the
right-of-way is the confding fingers
of little girl who hung to his coat
pocket when he dressed her, as 435
other children were dressed with
warm garb in the 1888 Clothe. a
Child campaign OF The indianapolis
Times.
The Lady Bowler feels the trust
ing, grubby hand Of the boy she
clothed as she swings her ball for
a ten-strike. She smiles, too.
Records Are Broken
And all the town is Heart Town
today, for the Clothe a Child cam
paign broke all records for dressing
children of the city's unemployed.
Telephone operators, clerks, doc
tors, lawyers, business men, insur-
ance. companies, fraternitles, Sorori-
ties, stenographers, all men and
women with hearts - even on
slashed salaries-let a little child
lead them, as did the girl of the
Engineer and the girl of the Lady
Bowler, to the campaigns new rec
ord in one of the toughest years OF
the depression.
It is estimated that 5000 persons
including dancers Of the city who
attended the Indiana Roofs Clothe
q Child dance, went down into the
homes where rags WERE worn and
ARE not now, to make a boy OF
girl happy on Christmas day.
approximately $4,350 was eXpend-
ed in clothing the 436 children.
Receipted in Full
But the money cost, the time
spent Quitting them, taking them
from every sector Of the city in cars
to stores and returning them tc
homes, has been paid in full.
The Locomotive Engineer, the
Lady Bowler the Telephone Opera
tor, will tell you that PAID" was
stamped as the new clothing
Strengthened shoulders stopped from
hopelessness and poverty.
They'll tell you of wondrous-ey
girls who gazed at the pile of pow
erty's garb at their feet, looked al
their new coats, smoothed theil
dresses, stiff in newness, and eX-
claimed, Gee, I never had every
thing new all at one time before
Classrooms of the city school;
after the New Year will take on g
sprightiy air wherever a Clothe a
Child boy or girl studies his lessons
Milk for Year
And there's one Clothe a ChilC
boy who will drink milk Throughout
the year for his undernorished body
because a Doctor donor of Clothe {
Child went into his home.
And there's another lad who
, weekly will receive So from thu
anonymous donor who dressed him
Telephone operators of tht
Lincoln office led the Clothe Chile
list by clothing twenty children
City bowling leagues, the majority
from Pritchett alleys, clothed TWEEN
ty-one children. The Indiana
Roofs dance gave 1900 persons al
opportunity to dress forty-tlve chill
dren. Mastny e. Co., commission
merchants, with eight children, thu
: Paint. Oil and Varnish club, anC
the American Business Club will
five children each were other hlgt
donors.
Thanks for All
The indianapolis Times wishes /
could thank each individual donor
and each group of donors, person
ally. for making the 1882 Clothe
Child campaign the most successful
since the drives inception.
Community Fund relief agencies
the social service department of thu
school board, too. deserve ou
"thanks" for aid in finding TIT
city's worthy, needy children.
But the bill is paid in full. YOU'VE
YOUR receipt and all is we'll il
Heart Town. for today the wine
carries a soft curl's kiss to Loco
motive Engineer and the feel OF
grubby hand to a Lady Bowler.
Last List of Donors
SO Merry Christmas and Happ,
New Year.
Late donors to the campaign
bringing the total to 436 children
clothed on Christmas day, follow:
CIothe a Child dance. Indiana Roof ball
room (cared for forty children and tool
Ave more).
American Business Club (cared for fou
children and took fifth child.
She Took Veterans Boy (eared for on
child and took two more).
Sigma Delta Kappa fraternity (cared 70
one child and took another).
Employees Of Grain Dealers Mutual In
surance Agency 1.-TWO children)
No Name.
Two Sisters, who Took Sisters (tw
kirls).
Employees of East End Diaries, So NOrtl
Highland.
Mrs. W. A. Burney.
Rural Route LADY Santa (three chill
dren).
Employees Of wadIey Company 1.-TWO chill
drenl.
A Locomotive Engineer.
Better Late Than Never 1.-TWO boys).
The Man who Was Santa (girl and boy)
Pal OF Boys.
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