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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
10
A compiled list of childhood wish requests from Comanche signed by Don Cunningham Glen Ellis Donald Spivey and Tom Cunningham. Items include gloves bicycles skates BB guns a 22 rifle a dresser set a dress a suit and a chemistry set.
A note from Bobby Bonser of Comanche requests gifts including a Tommy gun a rifle a chemistry set a farm set boxing gloves a tank and mentions Santa as a friend. The letter lists multiple items in a single earnest wish to Santa.
A collection of holiday wish notes from Comanche children requesting items such as a jeep, ball, tomagun, candy, nuts, a new dress, a golden tiara, jacks, a bicycle, a chemistry set, a rifle, a farm set, a color book, a Peter Pan set, and a bracelet addressed to Santa. The letters are signed by multiple local children including Joe Purcella Patsy Hicks Lee Roy Virginia Cleere G W Smoot Wardleigh Wilson and Betty Jane Jones.
A child writes to Santa with a lyric doll request and fruit and nuts, mentioning a little sister named Jane. Another note asks for a football game and 36 farm animals from the Ward Christmas book. The writer indicates being in third grade.
A young girl named Ben Ella Milner writes to Santa asking for houseshoes a house coat perfume doll caps and dresses. She mentions she is eight and in the fourth grade and her teacher is Mrs Walker.
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