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Show coons OF OGDEN MUE KIDDIES HAPPY If Any Families Are Over- I looked There Are Toys j Left for Them j MANY DISTRESSING CASES I I FOUND BY INVESTIGATORS Scores of Charitably Inclinerj I Persons Assist in Making Happy Homes f .More than G00 children of li'O Og H den families were taken Chrlstma cheer, including food, toys, games. dol1s clothing by the Oood Fel- A Lbbbbbbbbbbb! lows this morning, the greatest num- vll ber ever supplied bj thai organl i H ItiOn. Working for four hours on I'hnslmas eve Oood Fellows B j irrangcd the .iniciia t . r distribution. IH dividing them according to the needs us report... i bj special Hj Hefore daylight this morning the H Kigden Standard-Examiner offii i were a beehive of Industry when fifty H Hoy Scouts, a half dozen scoutmasters i and a number of other Good Fellows J started tho loading of eight automo- f JH biles and trucks, donated and driven I "H by other r'ood Fellows. These motoi ' H cars travelled from end to end of the H city, taking tho packages and boxes to i H ih- many homes to which C.hrlstmji H cheer would not have come otherwise. H ALL MNDs uF DOLLS There wore dolls galore, those that IH walked, those that closed their eyes, VBI Ithe unbreakable Kind, the kid bod H style. th little baby dolls and llttli il slater dolls In fact, every kind of doll lf that coulcl be secured ln Ogden. Doll tables and children's tables, sleds, wag- jf "IN, iii B niirn sets, books, lops and a hundred Other kinds of similar gifts made up the assortment. Besides these, there nuts, oranges and candles flou nn'i beana peas, tomatoes, and other provision;). Stockings, un- H derwesr, shoes, dresses, coveralls. H overalls and other wearing tfepparel !wos ln the lot. Gifts that were made In the manual training department of ithe Lewis and Mound vfori Junior H High schools wi i . thong tho articles JH distributed. The classes of other ils had alao mode aimilai articles H I whir h were distributed to the poor bj H .other charitable organizations. H M ME A r SCHOOL i J These articles made at the schools H wore among the mosi su Btantial tha I were distributed and proved welcome H gifts among the little folks H Not one family of those reported i to the Good Fellows was neglected H and man;, of th..- Santa Claus letter were answered In similar way, attei b-lic? iv "in iu w hi H Investigators hud found need. ,H In several Instances it was found H i a families were In dire i distri i H and there was a special abundance H c of provisions and clothing left. These 1 j. I cases will be reported to the countj HHHa , j officials in order triut further help i I Hj fH - hi or, the i i Hows ha e som HJ articles lefi , ing and f i. Cases jH cheer did not arrive from any soui sH win in- cared for through the Gooii HHHJ Fellows until thi supply is exhausted HHHJ upon report,; being telephoned or sent to Th,. standard-Examiner offlc HHsl 1. 1 BKOl S VSS1ST .NCE. liooii I'', i.e.' - r.'U-lM-il this ji.i HJ the must generousa s-sistancc of man - I HBl manufacturers, merchants and pr , HJ tv -slon.il men, as well as men and a3 women In other walks of life. Huu- H dreds of dollars' worth of artici?" VI were Bincrousl) donated, both bj th IH . makers and by the store owners. In lf thi-r Instances extremely llberui dis IH counts, even to oil per cent of the cos- UH price, were giv..n Sono- g.t, both IH good, and money. The Klwanla dpb aH wag the beovlesl contributor to th II fund, providing slightly less than half I HHH of the money that was HJHJ Ml t il DISTRESS rot Mi. H Investigations, by the Good Fellows l I have shown that there is much dis JH tress In the cltj tills year, corislderu i'SHI hly more than last year, when glmi 1 lar work was done by the organlMi- H Itlon. Several the Qobd Fellows H who made investigations on Ihe ev H Df Cliristmas found this distress H serious (hat they spent lotgs sums- H -tiding families, on- of the Good KeJ- H lows aUllug three families and birv- H ing shoes, underclothing, stocking! H food and other articles for all of ti. HHHl The Good Fellow work was ma- 'i'l IH tertally assisted this year by the Bo IHH S organisation, both ;is to invest!- jH H the distribution work th which thi H scoutmasters and the Lioy Scouts I H 'gden lodge No. ;i9. C. P. 0 Elks, J carried through its work of Christ- BHHsl mas giving thts year much on the D same plan as the Good Fellows, dos- i 1 lHHB ens of Kiks assisting the Christmas LsbbHHI . heer committee. c n p ill ed to the attention of the Klk.- JH given attention, the lodge members H sending food and clothing, as well H toys anj games, to dozens of homes, ' oo- wHHHI |