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Show 3 NOTE (EDITOR'S The and photo which accompanies it. was taken irom the Ian. 5 edition of "The official Minuteman." Utah General Depot Ogden. It tells an interesting story about a Brigham City man. employed at the depot.) By Kay McLaughlin publication of A Utah General Depot employee with an intense love of children has completed his seventeenth consecutive season as a star performer In that imperishable production known as Christmas. His costume has been care-fallfolded and laid away for another year. He is resting up after his strenuous schedule during December, but already he is looking .forward to the next holiday season when he will again play his role to delight the hearts of boys and girls throughout Northern Utah. Ladislous Nedbalek is his name. He has worked as a In the Storage warehouseman Division, Depot Property Branch, since 1948. He has been donning his red suit, white wig and beard every December since 1938, transforming himself into a Santa Claus so authentic in appearance and so convincing in manner that even the most skeptical youngster is quickly satisfied that he is the real Santa straight from the North Pole. Accepts No Compensation A resident of Brigham City, Mr. Nedbalek makes his yearly Yuletide visitations to Churches, schools, cluib gatherings, shut-in- s and private homes in Brigham City, Perry, Willard and Ogden. His .schedule this year started on 8 December and con tinued until early Christmas morning. He averaged three to six appointments every evening and made more than 30 calls on Christmas Eve. The genial Mr. Nedbalek ac cepts no compensation for these visits. He considers the look of delight in the eyes and on the faces of little Children more rewarding than cold, hard cash. His personal investment in his Santa Claus role is considerable. He has bought each of his costumes (except the first one which was hurriedly stitched up by a Brigham City seamstress 17 years ago) and never wears y DEAR RIVER CITY REPORTS Bear River Relief Society Presidency Entertain Visiting Teachers at Party By Mrs. Ernest Huggins Mrs. William Ashbridge in Salt Lake Cfty, Saturday. The ladies of are sisters. to the annual Cousins party at Dr. and Mrs. Paul Stowell and her home. A delicious lunch children, Luana Lee, David and were Sunday guests of was, served and the remainder Shellie of t'he afternoon was spent play- Mrs. Stowells parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Strong. ing and visiting. Those present Mrs. Alice Peterson had the a were Mrs. Octavo H. Weiler, misfortune to slip on some ice H. Horman, Fontella Mrs. Queed Weiler, Mae and fall and as a result, fracJensen Allen, Lydia H. Cheney, ture her left wrist. Dinner guests at the home of Mrs. Marion O. Baldwin, Mrs. Lorilee S. Stowell, all of Salt Alvin and Mary Anderson were Lake City, and Mrs. Leona H. their children, Mr. and Mrs. Reese of Brigham City, and Mrs. Wayne Merrill of Preston, Mr. Maibel H. Strong of Bear River and Mrs. Hartley Anderson of and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey City. Mrs. Nebeker was assisted Ogden, of Willard. Braegger her twin Ann and hy daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Artbon Gene. visited Dean Hunsaker, who is Mrs. Annie Shandrew was confined in the Cooley hospital. made very happy last week by ' Mrs. Glen and Woodyatt a visit from her daughter and of Willard, daughter. Shelly, Iva Mae and Ever- visited Mrs. Woodyatts parents, ett Baker, and her two grand- Thursday. Bruce Lee and Marsha children, The Relief Sooiety presidency of Corvalis, Oregon. entertained the visiting teachers Mr. .and Mrs. Melvin Johnson at a party Thursday eveand Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Chnis-ense- ning. lovely Mrs. Seretta Jolhnsen, Ann were guests of Mr. and Shandrew, Pearl Jensen, Lorena Waddoups, Nola Nessler, Violet Burch and Maibel Strong presented a skit; games were played and delicious refreshments served. Beautiful scatter pins Oil BETTE5S were presented all the teachers AUTO iriSURAUCi attaining 100 percent of tlheir vKt teaching during the year. Protection Best 1 Mrs. Fern Arfoon was hostess to her club Saturday afternoon. 2 Nationwide Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Jensen, claims service 3 Mr. and , Mrs. Melvin Johnsen 4. Personal counsel and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest HugAilr at for new low rolei lodoyf gins attended the Globe Trotters H. Dee Johnson basketball game, held at the 134 So. Main Ben Lomond High school in OgPhone 19 den, Monday evening. Mrs. Minn'le H. Nebekor Salt Lake City was hostess Ve-om- Bir-rel- l, son-in-la- n Brigham City, Utah Friday, January 13, 1956 taken in Germany from 1945 until 1948 where he was attachone when it begins to appear ed to the Erlangen Air Forces faded and shabby. His present Band and the Air Forces Comred velvet suit, complete with mand Band at Weisbaden. accessories, was purchased last During the summer of 1930, year at a cost of $125. between Army hitches," he traAdded to his busy schedule veled with Cole Brothers Circus, this year was a tour of the De- playing clarinet in the band. The versatile Mr. Nedbalek pot Administration Building on also is an avid stamp collector. 22 December, during which, a Santa Claus, he presented award His collection, started before he checks totaling $1795 to 40 civi- left his native land, has grown to imposing proportions and inlian employees. Mr. Nedbaleks physical ap- cludes stamps from practically country and island outpost pearance, sparkling eyes and every in the world. cheery personality made him a As warehouseman in the Stor"natural for his Santa Claus role, which he played for the first age Division of Depot Property time in 1938 when friends in Branch, Ned, as he is known Brigham City urged him to drop to his associates, has charge of in on their children on Christ- issuing and shipping all items mas Eve. He has never missed which the branch furnishes to a holiday since, the Depot and to posts, camps performance even playing Santa Claus at and stations. During an aver Army camps and overseas sta- age month, an estimated 800 tions during World War II. shipping documents pass through his hands. Former Band Member and Drum Major According to his Ned doesnt wait until DecemA native of Holies, Czechosla-vakia- , Mr. Nedbalek has an- ber to don his Santa Claus other claim to fame aside from personality. In fact, they say, his outstanding Santa Claus he Is continuously so good na tured and cheerful that many AVA GARDNER, draped in portrayal. He is an accomplishgold cloth and black fox ed musician, having studied feel it is not beyond the realm gown of furs, is the personification of music at Pozony University in of possibility that he actually Allure. Ava recently completed his native country. He plays the is a distant relative of his pro Bhowani Junction, which wrai Aimed by piand, clarinet, string bass and totype, Mr. S. Claus, of the North in Pakistan. accordion and was attached to Pole. various Army and Air Force hands as clarinetist during his 24 years of military service. IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON BUILDING He arrived in the United States as a young man, settling in or REMODELING, WE CAN OFFER YOU Pittsburgh, Pa., where he earned his living by giving piano lessons and playing in orchestras. Enlisting in the U. S. Army in 1923, his first duty .station was at Ft. Hayes, Columbus, O., Where he was attached to the fort band for three years. In subsequent Army assignments he served as first sergeant and drum major in the UP TO 18 YEARS LONGTERM First Calvary Band at Marfa, - - - with interest rate as low as - Tex., and the 38th Infantry Band, Ft. Douglas, Utah. Transferring to the Air Force in 1940, he organized and led the band at U. S. Air Force Training Unit Headquarters, Moffett Field, Calif., and later was atSEE OR CALL tached to the Santa Ana Western Flying Training Command where he served as first sergeant and drum major for 2226 Quincey, Ogden or address mail three combined bands. Phone . City Toured With Circus His overseas duty was under- - Yuletide Role to Delight Children article FLASHING HIS PERENNIAL, CHEERY SMILE, as he loads supplies at Utah General Depot, is Ladislaus Frank Nedbalek, warehouseman, who considers December the most important month in the year. 5 Box Elder JOURNAL Versatile Brigham City Man Plays . 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