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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-03
Results I'm Brief

Results I'm Brief
Jackson Grocery 4, Karikomis
lads 4. Main st. Service 0
It'll Ave. Service 3, Kashiwagi's
Nlsei Rec. 4. Main Drug 0
International 4, NJ w Times
Battle for the championship in
City Merchants League took on All
enlivened outlook in Main Bowl last
Thursday night as international
Realty moved into the top posi-
lion by trouncing the NJ w Times
Rockies, 4 to 0. while once leading
Karikomis dropped to second as
hey suffered a severe 40 beating
rom Jackson Grocery.
International had it easy trim
ming the Rockies. the winners
steadiness paying off much more
than the one-man effort of the
losers Kaz Yamasaki Brownie
Nomura was International's 500
plus man.
Jackson Grocery posted snappy
1893 series to walk over Karikomi's,
and the two best grocerymen we're
George Fujimoto $3.50 and 70
MaekaWa $3.50. l. Nakashima of
KarikOmi'S had 534
Nisei Recreation whitewashed
Main Drug, 40, as Joe Tamura of
the victors destroyed the pins for
a 536, and It'll Ave. Service downed
Kashiwagi's, 81, in the fight for
third spot in the standings.
Tad's Gardening experienced no
trouble whipping Main st. Service,
10.
The results follow:
JACKSON GROCERY (D-Na-
gamatsu AT Maekawa 535, T. Ma
kata SOB, Fujimoto 558 Ihashi 5O9
KARIKOMI'S (0-I. Nakashima
534, Ikeda Alb, Horiuchi sos, Hida-
ka 463, Tada ass.
TAD'S (4-Sumlol;a 48l, Aoki
1862, Mizuhata ASS. Katayama 422,
M. Shibuya 461; MAIN ST. SER
VICE (O-Ishino 1872, Osawa 487,
H. Hirata 343 o. Hirata 1863, Ha-
masaki 400
7TH AVE. SERVICE (3-Hirai
346, Mizuki 478, Shiota 1893, K. Ia
mura 406, Ideta 444; KASHIWA-
CTS O-Nishitani 407, H. Takagi
1884, Hayashi 1882, H. Nakashima
438. Kanemori 434.
NISEI REC (4-Okubo 433, J.
Uno 452, r. Uno ATS, J. Tamura
536, Noritake 1894; MAIN DRUG
(0)-Suyama 1856. Higashi asa Sa
meshima $3.50. Shimizu 427, Asaba
424.
INTERNATIONAL (4-Segimo-
to 485, Tsuchikawa 484, Yokoyama
488, F.. Takagi 473, Nomura $40;
N. w. TIMES (0-Nishimoto 456
Terao 1888. Soejima Ala, Saiki 377,
Yamasaki Sic.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-03
WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY,
Congregational 6. Lotus No. Two 0
Rev Tsai Co beat TAX Imani-
shi ID Gill. 21-6; Nasuo Hashi-
guchi Co beat TAX Shimizu ID
21-14. 21-15; Hachiro Hashiguchi
CC) beat Shig Akada ID 2l-14,
2l-7.
Rev. Tsai Co beat Akada %
24-22, 2l-6; N Hashiguchi (C) beat
Imanishi ID 21-6, 21-17; Fl. Hashi-
guchi CC) beat Shimizu ID 2l-8,
Gill.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-03
sNGBO PENNANT CHASE

Tokuda Drug, leading squad in
the SNGBO Seattle Nisei Girls
Bowling Organizations. was drub-
led, 81. by Takano Studio last
Thursday night in Main Bowl but
the one-game triumph assured the
drug store girls at least tie for
the championship of the circuit
which ends play next Thursday.
The pharmaceutical outfit faces
China Import u Export in the i'm
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-03

Indicates members not eligible
for top three prizes. but eligible
for fourth prize and down.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-03
SNGBO Big Ten"

portant April 8 tussle Second-spot
Franks meet Takano Studio
The C. l. f. trundlers Thursday
spanked Franks Jewclry. 81 jean
Numoto of c. I. F.. pounded the ID
pocket for the only SNGBO 500
plus series of the night
In other matches. Hab's BANKED
Martha's, 40. and Toda's did the
same to Mobile.
The results follow
TODA'S (4-S. Kodama 81. M
Kodama 1863, Kagayama 1872. Dol
1874, Sanico 800; MOBILE (O-Mi-
yamoto 1874. Iga 308, p. Tanaka
$50, M. Hirata 1874. Maruhashi 407
HAB'S (4-Sims 487 Wong 300,
Hideshima Asa r. Chinn 341, N.
Chinn 478; MARTHA's O)-Miki
Nagasawa 306 Ikeda 312. F. Ishi-
kawa 436, M. Ishikawa Asst Mary
NagasaWa 406
CHINA IMPORT 90 - Tsuchi-
kawa 378, Hirai Ali, Yamguchi 800
Hamano 402. Numoto SOL; FRANK s
Q-Lew 1873, Ishihara 1882, Saka-
nashi 352, Young 458, Terao 451
TAKANO STUDIO (3-Yama-
motto 412, Kawaguchi 437. d. Ko-
dana 372, Shimizu 1888, Konishi
434; TOKUDA DRUG O-T. Yo-
koyama Asa. Hidaka 428, Hirano 1856
K. Yokoyama 1913. Furuta f18.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-03

for the championship in the Nj
chiren Rissho Table Tennis Tour
nament last Wednesday night in
the Nichiren church hall by trampl-
ing over Lotus No 2 with a 6 TO 0
victory
The victorious three-man squad
comprised of Nasuo and Hachiro
Hashiguchi and the Rev Al Chi
Tsai.
The results follow:
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-03
SCHEDULE
Monday MEMS

Monday MEMS
Independent No. | VS.. Neigh
bOrhOOd.
JSC No. l VS.. RisshO No.
Tuesday MEMS
RisshO No. | VS.. Methodist
JSC No. 2 VS.. Independent No.
2.
Wednesday MEMS
Lotus No. 2 VS.. MaryknOlI
Congregational VS.. Lotus
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-03
Ladies First, Even in ALL Star List

The Sporting Thing today announces the
first OF three allstar teams named by managers of
various teams in the Nisei Veterans Committee
sponsored basketball leagues in Seattle
AS is the traditional custom in these United
States, it's ladies first
In the women's circuit, the following girls de-
serve shiny star for their 47-48 season effort:
GIRLS ALL-STARS
Forward-Decko Iwasaki. High School
Forward-Ets Ichkawa Lotus
Forward-Betty Jean Andrews, WWG's
duard-Dorothy Tanabe, L. w. Goods
Guard-Chiz Iwasak High School
Guard-Carol Daty High School
Honorable Mention
Tacoma-N1id Tanabe KIM Fuiimoto: High
School-Keiko Kitayama Tomo Iwasaki, Fumi
Yoshida; Anna Kays-Tosh Iwasaki, KAY Shigi-
hara, Anna Nagai Lotus-Chiye Kusakabo, Sue
Talnaka; Chinese-Joyce Kwan, Pauline zee; Sc
attic Chicks Kitayama, Toni Yoshioka;
WWG's-Chckie Ishihara, Naoko Hasegawa;
U. W. Goods Betty Kanda Lotus Starlets-Mari-
anne OtOsh, Helene Tsutsumoto.
And that's all.
The Class "a" all-stars are next
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-03

Members of the Puget Sound
Golf Association are all keyed up
for the April tSpring) 36-holes
medal tournament which will be
played on Sunday. April 49, in Sc
altle.
The "A Fighters . to IA inclu-
sive) and the C" Fighters I'D TO
}6 inclusive will stroll around the
reens at West Seattle. and the
B" Fighters us to Il inclusivel
II jefferson Park The sites for the
three flights. the officials said
we're disclosed to acquaint the mem
berS with the course ON which they
will vie for honors
Top three prizes will be the same
for all flights
First-Chrome plated, four
piece. electric percolator coffee
serving set. suitably engraved.
SecOnd-Electric clock with
name plate engraved.
Third-Platc silver plated
engraved
Golf balls will be awarded from
fourth prize down, and the num-
Ter of such prizes will be dctermin-
I'd by the number of entries i'm each
light.
The entry fee. which includes the
cost of dinner at a place yet TO be
designated. will be $3.50 The green
fee will be extra, and the closing
date OF entries will be pm Mon
day, April 70 All entry fees should
I've paid before that date to w Ma
famura at his store on 664 Jack
son St. and not ON the course.
The starting times and fomsomes
will be announced in the April Ia
edition of THE NORTHWEST
TIMES. and the handicap list re-
leased by The PSGA below will APP
My I'm this meet.
Puget Sound Golf Association to-
day annouced its April handicap
Lief nc folIouc.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-03

Results I'm Brief
Jackson Grocery a. Karikomis
lads 4. Main St. Service 0
It'll Ave. Service 3, Kashiwagi's /
Nisei Rec. 4. Main Drug 0
International 4, N. w. Times 0
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-03

The US. Army Corps Of Engineers
during the war produced 2 stack Of
maps 300 times as high Us the WaSh-
ington Monument
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-03

A wrapper, recently developed by
the U. S. Army, keeps ordinary
bakers bread fresh for two months.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-04-03
international Replaces KarikOmi
In CML; TOkuda Hangs on in SNGBO
SNGBO STANDINGS
Results in Brief

Results in Brief
Toda 5 4. Mobile 0
Hab's 4. MarthaS Beauty Shop
China Import 3. Franks |
Takano Studio 3. To,:uda's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-26
THE BIG SHOT

Mischa Richter, foremost stulFed-shirt special
cog in the machinery Of Big Business. We can't
vosach for its authenticity, but you'll have to
admit it's q nice way to live from nine 20 Eve.
Evening star., 1948-09-30

$3.50, WMAL-"Our Railroads To-
day and Tomorrow" discussed by
William T. Farley, president Of the
Association of American Railroads.
1890, WTOP-Dick Powell in my
Man Godfrey"
1000, WMAL-Beginning q series
of dramatizations depicting actual
case histories from Washington Red
Feather agencies.
1880, ALL sTATIONS-An ad-
Evening star., 1948-09-30
Fh STATIONS.

Pm STATIONS.
WRc- -Fk-93.e Me-. Channel 730.
500 am. to / an:
WIM.fM-96.3 Me-, Channel 24z.
6 am. to 1:05 am.
WBU7.Fh-96.7 Me-, Channel IA.
to Q pm.
WASn.fM-97.i Me-, Channel 246.
1850 to IL pm.
W0l.fM-o8.7 Me-, Channel 754.
am. to 1890 am,
WMDc.fk-t0t.i Me-, Channel 266.
7:30 am. to 11:30 Pm;
W6AYFM-t023 Nc, Channel 272.
an. to Q pm.
W00W.Fh-i03.5 Me-. Channel z78.
7a.m. to Midnight.
WARl .FN-t05.5 Nc, Channel 2SS.
8 to 10 pm.
AL-FM-t07.3 Me-, Channel 297.
9 am to midnisht.
Evening star., 1948-09-30

HIGH LIGHTS TONIGHT.
Radio.
100, WRC-Peggy Lee and the
King Cole Trio entertain.
$3.50, WRC-Burns and Allen and
Bill Goodwin start a new season of
comedy.
800, WRC-Al Jolson and Oscar
Levant return to the Music Hall,
with Judy Garland making a guest
appearance.
Evening star., 1948-09-30
OTHER AN STATIONS.

WooW-570 K.-7 an: to e:15 pm.
WPIk-730 Ke.--e:4b am. to e:1b pm
WARL-7s0 Ke.-e:46 am. to e;16 pm
WeAY-t,050 Ke.-e:4b am. to e:1S pm
WBcc-t,t20 ke.-e;45 am, to e;l5 pm
WFAX-t,720 Ke.-e;45 am. to o:1b pm
WEAM-t,390 Ke.-o;45 am. to e:16 pm
W00K-t,5o0 Kt.-6 am. to o:lb PM
Evening star., 1948-09-30

dress BY President Truman opens
the 1947 Community Chest drive.
Entertainment is in the hands Of
Jack Benny, Red Shelton. Ronald
and Bonita Colman, Robert Taylor.
Danny Kaye, 10 Stafford and
Bob Hope.
TELEVISION.
$50, WTTG The Community
Chest Drive show from Constitution
Hall.
Evening star., 1948-07-19
W.; VII i 5;
".

/ DANCING
Square dance With caller and
ment At Thomson Center, twelfth and
streets NV $50 o'eiock tonight t,,,
ored by saa a
Club, Club re rear Of 1893 Twenty-second street
NV. 9 O'clock tonight;
sixteenth aGe GosPEE i'ftsfS sfSGfNG. ING O'CLOCK
Msoh Gig szn s1sst sps N
tonight. -
w Wall Street Journal, Willard Hotel, is:1b
pm. tomorrow. Members and guests,
of the Latter-day Saints, 8 o'clock tonight
and 0 pons psne aG. 5sss by 'hS. aHis: nSTnd
Gallery. 1000 Twenty-tirst street NV,
National Gallery Of Art, Sixth street and
5 pm weekdays and ? to 10 pm. SUNDAYS;
coiors Illustrating early American arts
and crafts from the Index of American
Design. through September 7; and paint
Kress, Widener and Dale collections and
sits from other donors for an indefinite
Library Of CONGRESS. First and East
Capitol streets Sc. open a.m. to 10
IN Mondays through Fridays, am. to
.T n osg fscocs od Abbey 10 eoPy pm of sn m
government until December 16; s5. rare
G esnI 1s ISsnf se r s.s ss
Of science and SIX volumes from the press
of the FIRST English printer, through Sep:
temnsr 81 the orisinal manuseript o., Of
Barnet Alden Gallery. 1877 Randolph
Pary w s0sas g 1
Silver spring GALLERY sf Art, ssls
eTsr 1eTy dave syen1s p.s s1sn d4svna H. % to es snd
Kuddisch Weinberg and Terry C. Cole
coreorsn Gai1ery Of Art. Seventeenth
street and New York avenue NV, open
IL to 4:30 pm: Mondays, 10 am. to 1880
40 40 pm. Saturdays and 2 to pm. sun
days; paintings by Margaret Gates. Ethel
Gath, Samuel Bookatz and william H.
colo:s by artists Of washington, for an
Phillips Memorial Gallery. 1900 Twenty
aiS sanday syfef sm sm to seeo pm Mond.y. S snd
+ IL am. to g pm. other weekdays; paint
/ inss by Marjorie Phillips, for an indefinite
National Archives. exhibition hall. Con,
/ stitution avenue between Seventh and
/ Ninth streets NV. open 81 am. to 81
pm. weekdays, 1:30 pm. to s pm. Sat-
nrdays, end 80 pm. to 3 pm. Sundays
and hoidsys; Ndid exhibition commemorstins in
cornerstone Of the washington Monu-
/ ment; exhibit comrnemorating the 150th
anniversary of the establishment Of the
Navy pepartmens. including naval aoeu,
! War II surrender papers, through July.
Fish J., and Wildlifs ssrviss, under s,,,giaI main
! Fourteenth and Z streets NV. open q
! am. to 4 pm. daily; display Of animals
and fresh-water fish, for an indefinite
FOR sERvICEMEN.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club. lo1b
L street, NV, lounge, library, writing
desk, billiard tables, radio,
sylyania avenue NV, free cantesn; open
daily, noon to midnight.
Penthouse Service Center, Seventeenth
and streets NV: sunset music hour.
o'clock, and terrace dancing, 9 o'clock
Armed Services YMcA, 1888 G street
NV: swimming and games in gym
nasium all day
Evening star., 1948-07-19
Virginia Miners Trial
Starts Today With Plea
For Change Of Venue
by the Associoisd Press

GRUNDY, Va, July 1s.-Trial was
to begin today for l78 miners in
dicted under virginia's mob statute
for the alleged attack of a non-
union strip mine superintendent
and his employees.
Judge Frank Smith, jr., will hear
evidence from the commonwealth
and defense on the States motion
for change of venue in the miners
trial.
Attorney General J. Lindsay Al
mond. representing the common
wealth, petitioned that the trial be
moved to another county.
Test Case Is Seen.
Affidavits for the defendants that
a fair trial could be had here, filed
late Saturday. were in line with
Judge Smiths notice last Monday
that Mr.. Almond and counsel for the
defendants should be prepared to Of
fer proof, as well as their argu-
ments on technical grounds, rela-
tive to the unusual motion of the
State to move the trial.
Todays resumption Of the anti
lynch case may bring test both of
the mob statute, enacted during
the Byrd administration as an anti
lynching law, as we'll as the State s
change Of venue law.
A large number of State troopers
were on hand in Buchanan and
Ineighboring sections despite Sheriff
Ismael Fletcher's charge that Gov.
Evening star., 1948-07-19

Tuck was trying to disgrace the
county" by such q show Of force.
Court May Be Cleared.
The courtroom was cleared of al
spectators last Monday and the
same procedure was anticipated to-
day. OF the 178 indicted 158 have
appeared, two have been i'll and Ia
have not been apprehended.
r. L. Gillian. the strip mine
superintendent, was badly beaten in
the attack on the strip mine. His
family previously had appealed te
Gov. Tuck for protection and had
been promised it.
The statute under which the min
ers were indicted provides that any
member of mob which commits as
sault and battery on any one is
guilty Of a felony. punishable with
Imprisonment from / to 10 years
In the event Of the death of the
victim a member of such a moi
would be guilty of murder.
Evening star., 1948-07-19
Navy Seap|ane Drydock
To Speed Repair Of Aircraft

Easier and quicker repair Of the
Nays largest sea planes In for
ward areas under combat conditions
is expected with a new sea plane
drydock just developed.
The Navy said that successful
tests have just been completed on
the newly developed equipment at
the Naval Construction Test Center
at Port Hueneme, Calf.
1t was explained that the new
dock, built of a series OF pontoons,
will make it no longer necessary
to hoist the heavy planes aboard
sea plane tenders, described as a
tedious task requiring highly skilled
personnel and most favorable con-
ditions.
The new dock is built to At within
Evening star., 1948-07-19

the well deck Of . landing ship,
in which 1t will be housed not only
for transportation to- the areas
needed, but also when 1t Is in use.
The vessel also will provide the
power for the repair machinery and
maintenance equipment.
Evening star., 1948-07-19
Virainiu Communists Elect

RICHMOND, Va. July 10 (P.-
Is
Alice Burke Of Richmond was re-
elected State chairman Of the Com
munist Party OF Virginia at its State
convention here yesterday. David
Bennett of Richmond was named
State secretary.
Evening star., 1948-07-19
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Evening star., 1948-07-19

Only S per cent of the popula-
tion Of the United States lived In
urban communities in 1870.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
WANT TO BE AN INVENTOR?
Continued from page fire

and inspirational. Well over SO
per cent of American patents
continue to 60 to free-lance in
ventors or inventors with small
companies.
Just a few weeks ago one
wild-eyed young ex-soldier flung
himself across a Patent Office
desk and cried: Nothing like
this has ever been invented! l
want to patent it instantly!
How much?"
Better check the search room
FIRST" said the official.
mo, no!" insisted the inven-
tor. Quick, give me a patent!
What's the fee?"
Thirty dollars" sighed the
official.
The inventor hastily scratched
Evening star., 1948-07-04

out an application, dug into his
pocket, fumbled out $50.
Then, in a weak voice, like a
fever victim recovering from an
attack, he muttered, Guess III
have to hitch-hike back home" ="
Inventors may lose their
shirts, their hair, their health,
even their wives. But they go on
spinning, turning out flops and
successes, going bankrupt and
cleaning up.
1t can kill you, but it can
make you a millionaire. too. That
is, it can if somebody doesn't
steal your idea, and if you don't
hold out too long, and if you
don't sell too soon, and if some
body hasn't filed it with the Pat
ent Office already. The End
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-16

Twenty-Five members Of last falls
Bluffton High school grid team re-
ceived letters in distribution Of
grid awards at a school assembly
meeting, last week.
The lettermen included: Seniors
Samuel Buhler, Ralph Dunifon, Ber-
nard Fish, Joe Goodman, Homer
Henderson, Lee Hursey, Norman
Marquart, Dean Sommer and Ray
Lee Which.
Juniors-Roderick Balmer, John
Bauman, Robert Bixel, Donald Burk-
holder, Cleo Diller, Eugene Hankish,
Dwayne Hauenstein, Larry Mathew
son, Don Schmidt.
Sophomores-Donald Schumacher,
Laland Garmatter, John Tripplehorn
and John Schmutz.
Numerals were awarded to Lynn
Carmack, Paul Cramer, Wilbur
Bracy, Bruce Hauenstein, Don Trip
plehorn, Robert Wenger.
Athletic managers Sam Diller and
Charles Bucher received special let
ters.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-16
John Lyons Victim,
Of Heart Attack

John Lyons, So, husband of the
former Lille Zehrbach of Bluffton,
died suddenly at his home in Los
Angeles, Friday. Death was attri-
buted to a heart attack.
An interior decorator by trade, he
did the decorating of Schine's Ohio
theatre in Lima. Later he became
prominent in the American Fedora
ton of Labor and was serving his
second term as a member of the
California state legislature at the
time of his death.
He was a delegate to the Republi-
can nominating convention in Phila-
delphia last June when he and his
wife stopped here enroute east, WIS.,
iting her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr., and Mrs. Fred Zehrbach.
Surviving besides his wife are
one daughter Virginia at home, two
brothers and one sister.
Funeral services were held in Los
Angeles, Monday morning followed
by burial at that place.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-16
TURKEYS SCARCE:
PLENTY CHICKEN.
GEESE FOR XMAS
Turkeys, Especially Small Ones,
Are Few and Higher in
Price
Chicken, Geese and Ducks
Available at About Thanks
giving Prices

If you intend to have turkey for
this years Christmas dinner you
viii find prices have jumped sharply
upward during the last month and
that the supply will be extremely
limited in comparison with the
market situation as it prevailed at
Thanksgiving.
While prices for other poultry have
remained virtually unchanged since
Thanksgiving, the cost of turkeys
not only has increased sharply but
is continuing to move upward even
before retail buying has begun.
If you are like almost everyone
else, you'll want a small hen turkey
eight or II pounds dressed-but
when you set out to buy one, you'll
find virtually none to be had.
Consequently, if you're planning
on turkey, it's swell to have several
alternatives in mind. If you are
winning to settle for a large turkey
there's a better chance to get one
at highr prizes, of course.
MAYBE CHICKEN
Those who want a small fowl,
however, might as well prepare now
to agree to take a good roasting
chicken, of which a fair number
are on the market at prices compar-
able to those of Thanksgiving. A
good shopper may find a goose or a
duck, but they will be none too
plentiful, with the supply of geese
especially limited.
With turkeys scarce at any price,
dealers this week were hesitant to
estimate what they will cost when
Christmas buying starts. Since the
bulk of the marketable birds were
taken at Thanksgiving, only one
thing is sure-what few turkeys are
available will command fancy prices
at the markets.
Chickens liveweight are bringing
45 cents a pound, about the same as
at Thanksgiving, with farmers re-
ceiving 3s cents.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-16
Santa No Longer Is The Ill
Kempt, Scraggly Individual
of Yesterday
Today's Impersonators Must
Measure Up To Rigid
Requirements

To prevent eager young minds
from unfavorably comparing imagin-
airy Santas with the real-life i'm
personators they meet in public ap-
pearances prior to the Yuletide, the
jolly, rotund, well-coached individ-
uals who greet kiddies these days
represent far cry from the ill-
kempt, scraggly characters who
formerly played the part.
Requirements for those who por-
tray Santa to community's young
sters have become more strict over
the years, and one of the most i'm
portant qualifications these days
must be in compliance with rigid
physical requirements.
First, today's Santa must range
in height from five feet, nine inches,
to six feet; and weight can be no
less than $50 pounds. His girth,
with padding at the right places
must measure 48 inches by the tape,
in most cases.
After physical requirements, San
ia is considered on the basis of
having a jolly, deep-seated laugh.
Another individual problem on
which Santas making public ap-
pearances must be coached involves
giving individual attention to each
child. A good Santa can handle
four children a minute, and they
must be careful not to devote more
attention to some kiddies, else bring
on the wrath of mothers of others
Parents also are likely to com
plain if Santas are too quick tc
promise a shiny $50 bicycle to q
youngster whose folks already have
decided on a less costly gift. A
Santa also must know which toys
appeal to what age groups.
Santa's costume also has come il
for careful study. Stringy, dirt.
whiskers and wear-wrinkled, poorly
fitted suits are out, if the ILLUSION
of Good Saint Nick is to be pre-
served, impersonators have learned
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-12-16
T,U0 Plays Sunday At
Presbyterian Church

Two Christmas plays will be pre-
sented in the Presbyterian church,
Sunday night at 1880 o'clock with
special stage and lighting effects.
Some DO children will appear in
the cast of a playlet my Gift to
God" written by Mrs. Morris Trip
lett.
Following this a Samuel French
royalty play "Why the Chimes
Rang" will be staged by the young
adults of the church.
Appearing in the latter cast are:
Carl Marshall, Roger Linden, Barry
Corson, Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Trip
lett, Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Kimmel,
Charles Emans, Mrs. Donald Corson,
Oscar Wenger Miss Sara Bracy ana
Edwin Rice.
Staging and properties: Dwight
Spayth, Calvin Limbach, Harry Bo-
gart
Lighting: James Benroth, Morris
Triplett, Ben Schiffke.
Costuming: Mrs. Richard Lewis,
Mrs. Harry Bogart, Mrs. Oscar
Wenger, Mrs. James Benroth.
Music: Mrs. Edwin Rice.