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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1964
Page
6
A collection of handwritten notes to Santa from numerous children requesting toys for Christmas. The letters mention bicycles, dolls, guns, trucks, tool sets, ponies, dress items, and games, with warm closing lines and messages of affection.
Readers provide a stream of child and parent requests for Christmas gifts including dolls Barbie Ken Midge dreamhouse clothes outfits bicycles trains cameras toys and a gun. The letters mention family members and pets and extend holiday well wishes to Santa and Rudolph.
As prepared Wednesday morning by The Bowie Hospital a long list records patients admitted including W C Myers Mrs Johnny Reed St Andreasen Mrs Charles Fox Mrs D H Shults Ed Yarbo and others from Bowie along with Montague Sunset Chico and Bellevue. Discharges include Mrs Johnnie Jordan Mrs T E McGaugh Mary Pigg Nora Key and several others plus infants and multiple named patients.
Kevin Layne Smith was born December 12 at Bowie Hospital weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces to parents Mr and Mrs Paul Layne Smith. Daniel Jay Reed born December 9 at Bowie Hospital weighing 6 pounds 10 and 1/2 ounces to Mr and Mrs Johnny Lee Reed. Grandparents listed: Ettie J. Smith Sunset G O Smith Idalou Texas Carl J. Petersen Chicago Robert L. Reed Bowie G F Reaves Newport.
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