Youngsters and adults alike are enjoying the facilities of a large, safe ice skating rink on the playground of the new Hendry Park School in Angola.

The large area covers more than half an acre.  It is dish shaped and the area is all black topped with a curbing around the outside edge.  During fall and spring youngsters use it as a play area for various games where they can go without getting muddy feet or tracking dirt into th...

Angola Dons Yuletide Garb

Christmas trees, Bright Lights, Fine Windows

"Angola is being decorated in holiday attire this week, ready for the formal opening of the Christmas shopping season. On Thursday evening, December 8, at 7:00 o'clock the lights will be turned on and the windows unveiled. It will be seen that the well known reputation of the city for its beautiful holiday decorations has been fully maintained. New lighting e...

Everyone is familiar with Charles Dickens and his "A Christmas Carol".  That's the one where Scrooge turns his life around after being visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. That story was written in 1843 and has continued to be loved around the world. 

Dickens' father was incarcerated in the poor house and Dickens himself was forced to work in horrible factory conditions at a very young age. Tho...