Dear Santa Claus a list of gifts from two girls
The letter lists holiday requests from Jenetha Smith and Verdell Boldebuck. Jenetha asks for a big doll, nurse kit, dolls and toys, clothes, a bicycle, and more, noting she is in West Ward School. Verdell mentions similar items and plays, with a somber closing "Your dead."
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Santa Claus
Brazil
West Ward
Jenetha Smith
West Ward School
Verdell Boldebuck
Co‘anche
Santa letter requests toys and food for Christmas
A child writes to Santa asking for a scatter Christmas items, nuts and apples and oranges, a big toy and a big tractor, and a gun with BBs. The note closes with holiday wishes.
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Santa Claus
Christmas Letter Requests From Comanche Students
A set of child letters to Santa from Comanche area students and a Hasse girl requests goods. Henry Stephens asks for a gun and caps with fruits and candy. John Massey asks for a knife electric train air gun bicycle and nuts. Alma Fern Cook asks for a doll rocking chair and a blackboard and fruit and candy for all.
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Santa
Alma Fern Cook
Hasse
Letter from Buddy Ward to Santa at Comanche
A child at West Ward School writes to Santa Claus in Comanche asking for an airgun a wagon apples bananas nuts including Brazil nuts and soldiers. The note closes with friendly regards from Buddy Ward.
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Santa Claus
West Ward
Buddy Ward
Comanche
Comanche Adopts Tax Ordinance on Coin Operated Machines
The city passes an ordinance defining coin operated machines and levying an occupation tax. Merchand ise and music machines pay 10 or 1.25 depending on coin value. skill or pleasure machines pay 30 or 15. 500 foot school ban applies to skill machines. receipts required. penalties up to 100 dollars. Passed November 11 1942.
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Noth
Comanche
A. D
W. C. House
Santa Letters From West Ward School Children
A trio of Christmas wish letters from Comanche students names Hollis Carleton Harold Glenn Hughes and a girl asking Santa for items. They mention being in the third year of West Ward School and request toys bicycles a nurse's kit dolls a play piano animals fruit candy and a truck.
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Santa
Henry Stephens
West Ward School
Comanche
Santa Claus
West Ward
Harold Glenn Hughes
Dear Santa Claus from Comanche Children
A letter from Betty Sue White and Eldred Wilson of Comanche asks Santa for a scatter and a gun and lists desires for apples bananas nuts oranges and pecans while noting they have been good.
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Santa Claus
West Ward School
Eldred Wilson
Comanche
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John Massey
George Dillin
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
Comanche Recreational Club
J. A. Autrey
Prop
Xan
Merry
Margaret Cunningham Broadstreet
Leia
City OF
Texas
H. R. Jones
Ite
Hollis Carleton
Betty Sue White
Peet
Butler’s Produce
Butler
J. V. Butler
Edmondson’s
Beauty
Comanche, Texas
Ane
Sie
Gia
Shihan
Alfred McKinzie
Rie
Roy Yantis
Conoco Products
MR. and
Mrs
Bill Dudney
M. E. Gore Claude Kemp Lovett
M. E. Gore
Amon Taber
Elsie Wellmann
Billie Ray Davis
Jerry Tucker
North Side Cafe
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