The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19??, December 25, 1937, Image 1

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Entered as Second Class M a •' • j
MR. THOMAS SIMMS
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Mr. Thomas Simms, popular M.
(’. at the Elite, ^vill answer the
| -all of our needy chidren at the
Benefit Revue to be held at the
Elks Hall Thursday at midnight.
Mr. Simms graciously consented to
act as the “EM-CEE of the fast
! stepping show and assures us that
many of our most popular eele
y 1 rities will be on hand.
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Thirty persons attended the
( Christmas party of the Bethel
1 Mission Art chib, held at the home
of Mrs. Alice Nelson, 2621 Blondo
street. Wednesday December 16
The club featured games, lunch
and gift exchange.
1 Hurt, 3 Uninjured
In Auto Accident
Three persons escaped injury in
an accident in which Miss June!
Artison. 281(5 Hamilton street, re
ceived minor lacerations about the
head and an injured ankle, believed
to be sprained, at 1:15 Sunday
morning
The party of four, havirg at
Iended a dancing .party at the
Urban League earlier in the even,
ing. were enroute home when the
car in which they were riding col
lided with a ear driven by an al
leged drunken driver who fled the
scene, but later investigation dis
closed that another passenger who
had the drivers ability and pulled
the emergency brake, bringing the
car to a halt.
A bystander. Andrew Glover,
who witnessed the accident, ran a
half block where he saw “Soup’’
I.awson. a driver for the Sunset
Taxi Co., who gave chase to the
fleeing driver securing his license
number by which means he was
later apprehended by police auth.
oritiesorities who held him with
out bond.
Mr. Albert Harrison, driver of
the badly damaged car in which
Miss Mabel Longmeyer, Miss Arti.
son and Larkin Arnold were rid
ing stated that the damages were
partly covered by insurance.
Grandmcthrr
GivesParty
Mrs. Doran, 80, Fetes
100 at Yule Affair
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"Grandmother” (Mrs. A-wii j
Doran, 80, yesterday resumed he f
annual custom of giving a Christ- y
mas party for children from mkte< t
social strata. She started it mort f
than 10 years ago. ! J
Last year children were unokp t
to troop into her home at 635 j
Lincoln boulevard to receive g I
Grandmother lay in hos-’to’ jl
with a broken hip. So n'm» o' |j
them took gifts to her, i—tmd . j t
But yesterday o'ernean she ||
seemed as spry as the < .t? ’tin- n
dred youngsters from Et. P* '■
diet’s parish. She demonstrated it [
by leaving her cone in o corner j
pushing through the press nrovr j
the Christmas tree and Fitting i i
the lap of Santa Claus (I. O I
Roberts, 643 Lincoln boulevard I
Santa then uttered a Pied P’u ct
call and a procession folio ed to
the basement and tables l< ’ ’ ••,
with food, fruit and candy. Rants
then led the way upstairs, where
the children repaid Grandma Doran '
with pongs and dances prepared at !
school. j
Joining in the celebration wer
three of her grandchildren. Billv
and Shirley Doran, 14 and 7 re
spectively, 420 Lincoln boulevard,
and Jack McChrystal, 15, Milwau
kee. A great-grandchild, George
Baer, 7 months, lives in Milwaukee,
Mrs. Anna Sue Gordon, residing I
at 2411 Lake street, underwent
an operation at the St Catherine
hospital on Wednesday evening of
last week. She is improving nicely.
Mrs. Gordon is loved by her
many friends of the Metropolitan
church who wish her a speedy re
covery.
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Mrs. Pearl Mrtchell and her sons, ]
Herbert and J'oseph Thompson, will
spend their Christmas holidays in
Brookfield, Mo. They will visit their
relatives and friends.