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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1967
Page
26
A grade 2 pupil James Osborn asks for a car and a bike for Christmas in Sidney. A boy Rafael Pena Jr writes he has two sisters and a brother and asks for clothes and toys, some shirts and other items, and vows to be good.
A collection of brief handwritten notes from children to Santa Claus listing desired gifts such as a choo choo train BeBe gun fire truck talking doll bike and Barbie doll. The missives include mentions of siblings and promises to be good reflecting Christmas wish culture.
A child from Sidney writes a list for Santa including a washer, stove, refrigerator, dishes, coffee pot, and a play camera, also asking Santa to remember her big sister and two brothers. Other letters request a diving suit, a robe, a bike, a gun, holster, and toy sets.
Children and adults send simple Christmas wishes. Don Knight asks for a dump truck, Chris trains for Christmas, Lewis mentions a gun, Fran Roger asks for a talking doll and doll buggy, Roy hopes for candy.
Local children Jo Ann Rodriquez and Junior Rodriquez send Christmas notes to Santa Claus. The messages request a doll and a little car for siblings and a gun for Junior, reflecting a mix of playful and troubling tones from the household.
A Comanche Chief subscription drive gains momentum with many new and renewing subscribers from across Texas and neighboring states. The notice lists dozens of individuals and towns renewing or starting new subscriptions, including readers from Lubbock Denver City Fort Worth and Dallas and several New Mexico communities.
Floyd M. Key County Agricultural Agent explains using chemical treatments to color flames for the holiday season. Soak pine cones or wood in solutions of calcium chloride copper chloride potassium chloride strontium nitrate copper sulfate and related salts to produce orange blue red and green flames. Create rainbow logs by soaking shredded newspaper in copper sulfate and rock salt solution for several days before burning.
Public records list marriages on Nov 30 and Nov 27 for Dwain Lee Fail and Delena Mulder plus Michael Rus sell and Minnie Cogburn. Births on Nov 24 and Nov 21 record Dana Rogers and Danny Senger. Deeds show transfers from James Mathis to H G Whitmire, Pauline Livingston to Jess Harwell Jr, and Jackie Feist to Perry and Lenora Hill with land parcels in Comanche County.
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