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Show Home decorating Plans Made By Xmas Committee This year the Community Chirst-mas Chirst-mas committee will sponsor two residential home-decorating and lighting contests, and have eliminated elimin-ated awarding prizes for business house decorations. A division has been made with three prizes to be given for the homes working out decorations using the Christmas theme, and three prizes for the best lighted homes. According to Mrs. Tina Wil.kins, committee dhairman, the same theme, "Let's Put Christ Back Into Christmas," used last year, will be used when judging the one class1 of home's, and prizes of $15.00; $10.00 and $5.00 will be awarded in this class. The three homes judged to have the best scheme worked out with lights will receive prizes of $10.00, $7.00 and $3.00. Judging will begin immediately after Sunday, Dec. 18, which is the deadline for people to get their decorations up. Only those who have decorations up on or before Dec. 18, will be considered in the judging. Leave Neons Burning The committee is making a spe-(Continued spe-(Continued on Back Page) HOME LIGHTING . . . (Continued from Page 1) rial request for merchants who have n e o n signs decorating the front of their stores, to leave them burning each night beginning this Saturday until after Christmas Christ-mas until 10:00 p.m. These lights will' add much to the Christmas lights that have been strung and will be turned on officially Saturday, Satur-day, Dec. 3, at 5:30 pm. by Mayor Paul Murphy. Santa Claus will make only one organized visit to Roosevelt this year. His arrival has been sent for Dec. 17, at 3:00 p.m., when he will greet all kids who come to the City Park with a cheery hello and a gift package. Santa possibly' will be found in various stores before this date. Turning on the lights Saturday will be accompanied with a brief ceremony and carol singing. Place of the ceremony will be near the community Christmas tree', which was erected last Sunday by the American Legion of Roosevelt. |