Christmas Oddities and Humble Gifts Wander in Brief
A windy columnist riffs on Christmas costs and quirky gifts. A staff member gifts an electric letter opener at a party. A clay head sculpture modeled on the writer is created by a student, with humorous notes on loom inventor Roland Rose. Also included are jokes, a Christmas prayer, and a Scots anecdote about half-price movie admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Corporation
Inn of the Golden West
Odessa
Roland Rose
Andrews High
Santa and a Letter for Better Work Quarters
A festive humorous note requests a bulletin board six by ten feet to tidy the slave quarters space and a flawless typewriter with an even ink supply. The writer asks for an ash tray with a green bow, a sharp pencil, a dependable pen, extra press hours, and a warmer, more pleasant workplace. They praise coworkers as the best, ask Santa to keep friends in sight, and wish a merry Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Christmas Interview: Santa Claus Sees Elves and Mail
In a Brownfield News interview Santa Claus answers questions about life at the North Pole, naughty and nice lists, his wife Mrs Claus, and their millions of imaginary children. He notes daily December mail to the Pole, comments on commercialization, and plans to pack candy and fruit for children before Christmas.
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Mr. Claus
North Pole
Brownfield
Santa
Brownfield News
Conservation cropping system advised for 1976 crop year
The article stresses soil care through crop rotation and residue return as a foundation for a profitable, diversified farm. It notes below average cotton yields shorten harvests and recalls Brownfield’s 1920s hotel built by J R Hill, detailing its features and era lore with names of local residents and the Whisenant family.
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Sig H. Atkinson
Windy Weisenheimer
Jsrowneficll Wnewe
Terry County Herald
Cevgclieted
Texas Press
West Hill Street
Terry County
Texas
Texas Press Association
West Texas Press Association
National Newspaper Association
Plains
H. Atkinson
Celeste Thomasg
Bill Cone
Kay Dodds
Linda Mayfield
Merry Christmas
Nabor
David Schoenvogel
J. R. Hill
Hill
Masso’s Department Store
Copeland
Roy Cardwell
Gus Farrar
Earl Hill
J. C. Whisenant
Baby Boy Wayland Whisenant
Letha Whisenant
Doll Pyeatt
Leonard Anderson
Say Pyeatt
Grandpaw Knox
Newt Copeland
Walter Scudday
T. J. Price
Hugh Snodgrass
Noah Bell
Cleo Whisenant
Kathryn Powell
Mohota Whisenant
Dearve Whisenant
Homer Winston
Mohota Winston
Crownfield
Joseph Boggs Beale
ST. Nicholas
Mamma
St. Nick
Dasher
Dancer
American National Insurance Company
Galveston
American National Insurance Co
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