25 Dec 1942
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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1942
Page
1
James Brooks McPherson, a first grade pupil in Comanche, writes to Santa asking for roller skates, house shoes, brown cowboy boots, fruit, nuts, and candy. He mentions his teacher Miss Agness Graham and hopes Santa visits his family and friends on Christmas Eve.
A 7 month old child asks Santa for a doll a rattler candy and fruit. The note requests gifts for mother and father and is signed by Trinell Carmack at 1133 Cypress St Abilene.
A young boy Edwin Moore asks Santa for a toy truck airplane train ball fruits candy nuts and many toys for his baby sister LaDella also asking Santa to bring his mother and father gifts for Christmas. He notes they have been good and provides his route.
A child writes to Santa requesting a wreck er dump truck a gun and a wagon. He asks Santa to remember all the other children and signs the note with love.
A handwritten plea to Santa Claus lists gifts for a boy and several neighbors and playmates. The child requests a choo choo train, rubber doll, a gun, a tin horn for Cyril, a doll that cries for Mrs. Thorpe, a nice gift for Mrs. Irby, a cigar for J. B., a wig and red dress for Mrs. Cooper, and excludes balloons while asking for fruits and nuts for all. Names playmates Gus Cheatham, Sidney, Texas, and Star Route appear among the names.
A note from Caroline Joyce Hicks of Route 1 Dublin asks for a doll buggy suitcase piano jumping rope bubble set and blocks as gifts with thanks and candy promised upon arrival.
A child writes a Christmas wish list describing a truck rocker chair a toy drum and a top. He asks Santa to remember cousins on Comanche 1 and all the other good boys and girls with love from Bobby Gene Chance Rt 3.
A letter from a child signs as d Seay asks Santa for a BB gun shots an automatic rubber pistol and a target He asks for gifts for other children as well and states their age.
An eight year old writes to Santa from 701 West Central in Manche requesting a pistol and holster, fireworks, a leather belt for cowboy pants, a scarf, candy, fruit, and nuts. He asks not to forget the other children.
A nine year old boy in the fourth grade writes Santa asking for a Mickey Mouse wrist watch a football and a ship for himself and a baby doll and doll cart for his little cousin. He asks Santa to remember all the other boys and girls.
A four year old writes to Santa asking for a cowboy suit and a soldier set plus fruit and nuts. The message ends with a cheerful reminder to consider other children and signs with the name Harrell Dean Norwood in Coman che.
Two handwritten notes from Comanche children request gifts for Christmas. Peggy Jo Loudermilk asks for a doll, clothes, a trunk, umbrella, dishes and a bicycle. Ruthie Lou Layman asks for a dresser set and purse for herself and doll clothes for her sister, urging gifts for other poor children.
A letter from Willie Mae Flowers of Comanche asks Santa for a doll with hair firecrackers a brush set games and dishes in a child’s holiday message. The note is signed Your friend Willie Mae Flowers Comanche.
A friend lists desired gifts for Christmas including a pair of skates a electric train and a toy truck. The note is signed by Travis Cottrell.
A handwritten note from Homer Keating requests Santa Claus send an Army .45, caterpillar and a pursuit plane, plus firecrackers rockets and puzzles. The message combines toy desires with weaponry and playful items in a childlike wish list.
A Comanche child writes to Santa on Friday night asking for a bicycle, firecrackers, candy, a hunting knife and scabbard, a wagon with sideboards, and a flashlight to help hunting. The letter is signed Dean Allen.
A short note from Jean Dewitt of Co Manche recounts items a friend sought for the season including a bingo game new dress skates and an umbrella.
A note from James Ory Grigsby of Comanche asks for a pair of shoes a woodbinning set and various games and skates. He signs with his location and name.
A handwritten note from Ruby Ellen Rasco of Comanche requests a brush set and purse for Christmas, along with candy and a manicure. She adds she also thought of something more but insists this is all she wants.
A child writes to Santa asking for an air gun or fireworks and expresses hopes for a doll for his sister and a rocking chair for a baby sister. The note ends with a friendly sign‑off.
A child writes Santa with a Christmas wish list including skates, wood burning set, a puzzle, a paper doll book, a paint book, an umbrella, a raincoat, fruits, nuts, and candy. Signed by Rose Marie McPherson.
A note from Peggy Jean Renfro of Comanche lists wants including a bicycle a doll a game twenty firecrackers new shoes and new clothes for a friend. The dated request reflects a simple holiday message or personal shopping list.
Texas governor delivers a wartime Christmas broadcast praising sacrifice and unity. He notes battles abroad, honors fallen and stresses duty to uphold liberty. He urges prayer for troubled world and a return to democracy and peace through steadfast faith.
A playful verse features Santa Claus negotiating with clouds and the wind about snow for Christmas. Santa hopes for snow to speed his rounds while clouds and wind debate timing and packing the earth in white for rapid gift delivery.
A child writes to Santa asking for an airgun blo's coping saw blades aviator cap firecrackers fruit candies and a sack of apples oranges and candy. The note is signed Jimmy Winston Holmes as a friendly request.
A letter from Joe Pauls Tupin Comanche requests a Red Rider rifle five boxes of ammo a blackout kit bicycle tires and a pair of skates. The note also asks for a Commando Tommy gun books a piano and children in torn Europe.
A letter from Carroll D Conway of Comanche requests a pair of boots an air gun seven boxes of bebe brand items a flashlight two tires inner tubes a train a small barn oranges apples and firecrackers detailing a childlike wish list for Santa Claus.
A young reader writes to Santa with a wish list including a Sleepie Town doll a scarlet A hire doll Elsie Disnore books a game of Dig and a stretcher bracelet with a locket or cross. She signs with affection and asks Santa to respond.
Mary Ruth Childress of Comanche writes to Santa Claus listing desired gifts including a doll, a paper doll book, a color book, a set of jacks, and a story book. The letter conveys a child’s Christmas wishes with simple, hopeful tone.
A four year old boy asks Santa for a guitar an army truck and a gun before Christmas. He notes soldiers in uniform fight to keep children free and asks Santa to be good to those in uniform. He signs Herman Dale Easley as his friend.
A six year old girl writes Santa a holiday list asking for a big red haired doll a dish set a toy stove fruit and candy. She signs Wanda Faye Law son Lamkin and promises she has been good.
Nita Lou Griffith a 10 year old Ward School Comanche writes Santa asking for pa jamas and house shoes for herself and notes her uncle serves in the air corps asking Santa to have enough for the boys in the service and wishing everyone a merry Christmas.
Four year old Stanton Wayne Hughes writes to Santa Claus detailing a wish list including a train, tricycle, drum, ball, top, cars, apples, oranges, nuts, candy and a hug around the neck. He promises a present by the Christmas tree and signs off with a warm holiday greeting.
An 8 year old girl in second grade writes a Christmas wish list for Santa. She asks for a curly hair crying doll, dishes, a red white and blue ball, a broom, ironing board and iron, a coloring book and crayons, fruit and candy. She signs as Barbara Joyce Hughes and mentions a present on the Christmas tree.
Two young sisters Wan da Lee and Hulene McDonald of Rt. One Comanche request toys for Christmas while acknowledging wartime shortages. They ask for a doll with real hair that goes asleep a small suitcase an iron and ironing board and some apples and oranges and to share with other children.
A child writes to Santa requesting a farm set with a tractor a cowboy outfit and a guitar and promises gratitude for any gifts. He also asks for candy and nuts and includes a request for a shotgun. The note is signed by Bobby Clark from Comanche Route 4.
A child in Co Manche Route writes to Santa asking for a guitar a cowboy outfit a gun and a game. He adds candy or nuts if possible and signs as Arne Clark expressing friendly wishes to see Santa Claus.
A set of handwritten kid letter fragments requesting toys for Christmas. Names include Joe Wayne Bonser Comanche Vivian Shelnutt Dublin Wes ley Coleman Comanche Pater McNutt Co James Bragg Co. Requests feature bicycles air guns dolls trains and various play gear with eager holiday wishes.
James Russell Boldebueck of Comanche writes about wanting an airgun saddle and bridle firecrackers a pilot's suit a bicycle and a toy airplane. He expresses eager anticipation for the delivery of his toys and a happy visit to his house.
Five year old Janice Carol White of Lamkin Texas asks Santa for house shoes a dress a doll play dishes and lots of candy and nuts. She writes she has been a good girl and signs her name friend Janice Carol White Lamkin Texas.
A letter from Billie Clark of Comanche Route 4 asks Santa for a guitar, a cowboy outfit, a game, and a shotgun. The writer signs off with affection and thanks, expressing hope Santa can bring at least part of the list.
A childhood letter from Glenda Jean Lancaster of Comanche asks Santa for a real baby doll a large tricycle a tea set a pastry set a blue cradle a doll buggy and a housecoat as gifts.
A four year old girl named Betty Jo Faulkner writes to Santa, describing her good deeds like helping with wood and eggs. She asks for a small negro doll a rubber ball a dish set candy and nuts and signs with love.
A letter from Larry Morris requests a machine gun a train a steam shovel a rocky horse and candy plus a small gift for Jimmy. The tone is playful and the items listed carry no clear real world intent. The note reads like a child’s imaginative shopping list with a personal closing.
A Comanche woman Orrie Mae Low writes a playful request offering a bebe gun as a Christmas gift. She pledges to be a good girl and signs the note as a friendly message to a brother.
A four year old girl Essie Mae Westmoreland Lamkin writes to Santa asking for a Black person doll candy and nuts. She mentions helping her mother with the dishes and wishes well for other kids.
A five year old girl Edith Stephens of Lamkin writes to Santa Claus asking for a little red wagon. She says she has been good for two weeks and asks Santa to visit.
A six year old girl in Coman che at 701 West Central writes to Santa asking for a baton sleepy doll a locket and fireworks. She mentions loving fruit and nuts and asks not to forget other children and notes she lacks boots.
A five year old girl from Dublin Route One writes to Santa asking for a big negro doll with curly hair and red ribbons a dish set candy and nuts while sending affection to Santa and remembering other children.
Two Christmas requests from young Lamkin area children share hopes for toys and treats. A four year old girl asks for a Mama and Papa doll, dishes, a little trickle, candy, and fruit. A six year old boy requests a truck, doll, drum, tinker toys, fruit, nuts, candy, and mentions cousins Patsy Lou, John Henry, and Jack Neel.
A child writes a Christmas list to Santa describing desired gifts for family including a ring birthstone locket bicycle for herself and similar items for Mother Father Jimmy Grandpa Grandma and Aunt. She signs Lena Carol Peace Coman.
A letter from Barbara Ann Wilson of Comanche Rt. 1 asks Santa for a Sleepy eyes doll and fruit and candy. She mentions her cousin in New Orleans also wants a big doll and notes they have been good.
A letter from Taylor Eugene Shankle of Comanche expresses holiday wishes for football, firearms, a horse, and flying service. He hopes Santa brings support from the Army Navy or Army Air Corps and asks for firecrackers as gifts.
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