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THE MOST FAmous RESIDENT in the town of Santa Claus,
Indiana p6pulution 300, is Santa Claus himself who re- TRY US FOR SERVICE
.1; 11 100 ,000 lettere 11 r children
annua y from c
e ves — over
across the country and around the world. As Santa.Clauff
in costume and fiat Yellig out of it, a 42 -year career has
been devoted to making sure letters are answered.
There's something special ly -1930s, Yellig also em- 0 PNOTC H
about Santa Claus in a barked on a project that
small soutnern Indiana now involves much of the
town wherethe famous community of the Santa TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED
Chkistmas le I gend has be- Claus, Ind. area. He noticed
come somewhat of an every- that, the incoming letters
day reality. were being stored away be -
T,hls town with a popula- cause ,there were too many
for the postmaster of the Phone 527-1910 Seaforth
tion of about 300 year-round
residents, andoa family of day to answer
deer, is the jolly old gent's
4; namesake home -- Santa
Claus, Indiana — as well as
the home of his helpers, and
the location of his overflow-
ing mailbox. •
A unique landmaVk at
Santa Claus is the U S Post DON T PANIC I I
Office near the intersection
of Indiana highways 162
and 245, and next to the
entrance to Santa Claus
•Land. . . jr There's still 4 ' weeks.
There is nowhere in the,
world where you can find a
till, Christmas
post office like this one. Its
architecture is that of a 1?
stone-frontt-d fairyland
castle in design and while
the community has but
slightly more than 300 year-
round residents this post
office each year is flooded
with about- four million
pieces of mail. The bulk of
all this mail comes around
Christmas time to receive ...............
the cherished Santa Claus
postmark. Still others arrive
addressed simply to "Santa
Claus, 47579."
Letters addressed to
"Santa Claus" represent the
tens of thousands of chil-
dren's "want lists" that
foretell visions of Christ- Ladies' Teens Children Infants
mas morning, promise cook-
ies and milk, and extend
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best wishes to Santa, Mrs. or your Christmas list we have
Claus. and Rudolph. And,
to the delight of children SI
everywhere, all of these let. *LEATHER PURSES*PANT SUITS
'ters receive an answer from
Santa Claus. PONCHOS *COATS & JACKETS,
This unique practice dates *BLOUSES *BELTS
=batik to the late 1920s when
Robert L. Ripley popularized *SKIRTS *GIRLS, HOUSECOATS
the town by featuring it In *SLACKS *SLEEPWEAR
an article In his "Believe It
Or Not" column. After the *SWEATERS TO SIZE 46
article appeared, mail began
to mushroom, especially
letters addressed to "Santa -
Claus." 0 For those Christmas Parties see the selection of
Tourists with children al- long evening skirts In
so , started, to arrive and plaids, flower designs and plains.
make'Visits to the post office
with their Christmas mail Ask about our Layaway and Gift Certificates.
following In the steps oi
Ripli!k who 'also sent his To makea hit on Christmas morning ---
Christmas cards thrbughe SHOP AT
the office -here at proof that
there was indeed 9. Santa
Claus — as verified by the Jack an'd Jill' Shop
postmark. For over 40 years,
Children have met Santa
himself, played by Itaythond 'The pretty store with the -6rdi"
adtlj& taking uo iherole 60 Main Street Phone 527-0133
;t Mj a Claus, at the Santa J6
when it comes to reporting fires and
as high for teen=agers -7 out of 10�
otber local -happenings, most people
(ages 1? -20) read a newspaper •every
turn to their local • newspaper for the'i
-week.
news. -
Where's the fire? Who's the proud new
'Your -local newspaper's prime function
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parents?Who got married? A1,11 of these,
is to present the news—,with strong
and more, are reported' in your local
emphasis on local news.
newspaper every week, And who wc ts.
Tfiat'g who eight out of ten adults read
to know? You do—with a full repQrt,
a newspaper every day. No other news
Newspapers deliver the local story.
source can match local newspapers for
speedy, thorough saturation, of a. com-
munity.
CANADIAN COMMUNITY
Local newspapers deliver* massive
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coverage to people of all. ages. 80% of
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OF CANADA