| Show 1 f I o 1 n R m 1 r c. c 1 I v l f il I i f i f F r w I i 1 I 1444 W f V 4 d r 4 4 A I Ir t I r f its 4 v V t J I I 4 b A I Photo Porter Photo Porter Santas Santa's Forgotten Forgotten for for the Moment Its It's a tossup whether hether Salt Lake youngsters like Santa Claus or the funn funny pages best Here some I local youngsters forget about the whiskered man By Dan Valentine Theres There's one nice thing about snow snow snow-it it belongs belong to everyone and its it's free At least that's the way year 5 old Nile Nil who lives on the west westside westside side with his parents and brothers and sister thinks about it You see Niles Nile's folks have run into a bit of bad luck this past year His father is having serious past for a brief time to indulge in some stud study of the comic pages In front left to right Nile Dale Date I and Millie llie In the thc rear left to right Don and True You Yau Can Make M ke It Certain Nile and Millie Believe Santa Will Stop In at Their Homes trouble with his eyes and his mother is having a hard time just I keeping enough food on the table for the family Naturally theres there's no e ext extra x t r a money for playthings plaything for Nile and his young brothers and sister And that's wh why why- snow is such a afine afine aine fine ine thing During these white Christmas days the youngsters spend all their spare time in the backyard of their small home making snowmen and snow forts It helps them to forget that they haven't any real toys like the other young boys and girls I But Nile is practically positive that the toy famine will be over after next Saturday Hes He's just at atthe atthe atthe the age when Santa Clause seems to be a logical and friendly per per- son Santa is going to 10 o bring me some candy and some real warm clothes he said Wednesday And he said it like he believed it He did too Niles Nile's brother Dale wants a gui gui- tar Dale spends a lot of his time these days haunting the downtown music stores looking at guitars Of course Dale is 13 and he just smiles a little when you ask him about Santa Claus Glaus He wont won't tell his younger brothers and sister but he has l lost st faith in the whiskered gentleman g But Dale is sure he hc has music in his fingers Hes He's wanted a guitar for a long time Hes He's sure that once he gets hold of the stringed instrument and gets In a little practice hell he'll be pretty good It uIt It doesn't have to be a new I guitar Just any old one that plays true he says I 1 Then theres there's Millie Millie wants a doll with real hair Not artificial hair real hair real hair And she wants a buggy to carry the doll out for walks and she wants some doll clothes Millie is young young and and she's sure Santa Claus Glaus will bring her the doll next Saturday But Millie might be disappoint disappoint- ed So might Nile and Dale I That is they will wm be disappointed disappoint disappoint- ed if some Salt Lakers dont don't volunteer volunteer volunteer vol vol- vol- vol to substitute for Santa this year As in years past The Salt Lake Tribune-Telegram Tribune is again sponsoring sponsoring sponsoring spon spon- the Sub for Santa drive Special investigators have combed the city checking on Salt Lake City boys and girls who might be missed by Santa Claus this year These names have been entered on the roster and all persons in interested interested interested in- in in subbing for Santa this year are urged to contact Sub for Santa headquarters In the Salt Lake Tribune-Telegram Tribune building as as soon as possible Or call 3 1511 extension 40 |
