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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1950
Page
5
A long list of youngsters from Texas towns request gifts for Christmas. Kids name bikes, dolls, trains, guns, clothing, games, and fruit along with family members to remember. Teachers and schools are mentioned, and some cite living near Corpus Christi or Buckholts.
A set of Christmas requests from Patricia Ann Grimes Donald Ray White Mary Ann Hubnie Barbra Ann Glass and Wally Short shows children asking for toys clothes and fruit plus nonchild gifts for mothers and a nurse stationed near soldiers. The letters mention dolls boxing gloves football suits drums baseball Bibles color books bicycles and ranch houses.
A 1910s style holiday gift note lists Jimmie Edna Henson Ann Swift and Kenneth Hollas asking for a sewing machine fruit candy nuts boots fringe baby blanket baby clothes a bicycle basket and charitable thoughts for relatives and poor children.
A reader asks for a deer rifle football suit a Cub Scout axe a bicycle a billfold and gloves while urging remembrance of all children everywhere. The note closes with thanks and a P 8 reference.
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