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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
11
A collection of handwritten holiday requests from several children. They ask for dolls, Bible, crayons, coloring books, candy, fruits, toy houses, rings, guns, tractors, a kitchen set, a bath set, banknote-related items, and clothing. Messages express love and family wishes.
A set of handwritten notes from children requesting gifts for Christmas. Beckie Kemp asks for a water color set a doll clothes and a picture painting set while recalling family members. Patsy Westfall requests a doll doll clothes a paint book and candy mentioning uncles overseas. Dan Mauldin asks for an air gun with love.
Short letters from Shirley Wright of Coman che and Leo Evans of Comanche request Christmas gifts for family members and themselves. Shirley asks for a doll dishes fruit and candy plus blessings for her mother and father and two brothers Johnnie and James. Leo asks for a ball car and a small drum and notes his father is in the Navy.
A friendly handwritten note from Betty Jean Davis asks Santa for a doll bed and a necklace, signed with love. The simple card conveys a childlike Christmas wish and personal warmth.
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