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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1953
Page
15
A collection of Christmas requests from local children listing items they wish for including clothing, toys, sports gear, and art supplies. Names and addresses appear with specific gifts such as a basketball glove guitar bike roller skates and a farm set.
A child, Johnney Campbell, writes Santa asking for a 22 rifle a wood burning set and a baseball for himself and a doll and doll buggy for his sister. He asks Santa to visit their house on Christmas night and not overlook them.
A pair of handwritten pleas from young children ask Santa for gifts. Jan Langley writes for a camera jeans jacket and pearl set while a first grader from Van Dyke school requests a gun and Tootsie asks for a doll in a brief holiday submission.
Two messages from children request Christmas gifts. Jimmie Ree Norwood, a second grade girl, asks for a doll. Larry Dean asks for a BB gun bicycle watch electric train 22 rifle and a baseball.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Samuels of San Angelo spent the weekend in Comanche visiting their parents Mr and Mrs L Samuels.
Here from Crane and son of Crane visit home folks Mr. and Mrs. Jack Moore and Rev. and Mrs. H. E. Waggoner.
Pepper Vineyard and his wife supported Comanche at Tyler last Friday night. Pepper, a senior at Texas A&M College, joined fans in the stands during the event.
Attendees including Mr and Mrs Beal McDaniel Mr and Mrs Roy McDaniel and Mr and Mrs Toye Keith attended the dedication ceremony for the new J I Case plant in Dallas. The page also contains several Dear Santa letters from local children requesting gifts for Christmas and New Year wishes.
Two letters from readers request gifts for Christmas. Linda Carol Wilson asks for a doll, suitcase, clothes, gloves, money, candy, nuts, and care for children with no parents. Hollis Wilbert Waddle asks for an electric football set a watch a buffalo gun.
A letter from Joann Smart requests a doll dishes a doll skates bicycle a table and chairs and a dress for Christmas addressed to Santa Claus with loving regards.
Two children write Santa with lists of wants. Pamela Dohogne asks for a Coll bed, dishes, and asks Santa to remember children in Korea. Tommie Ray Jones requests a hunting knife a car a BB gun a tent a football and a bicycle.
A child writes to Santa requesting a walking doll and a china dish set. The note mentions a seven year old girl in school and a wish for children in Korea to be remembered.
A collection of early 20th century wish lists from Van Dyke School pupils. Kathie Stark asks for a blackboard, Dorothy Byrd desires a doll bogey and iron, a girl and Richard Geary request a bicycle and tires, all written to Santa with childlike gratitude.
Ad urges buyers unhappy with a kitchen range to consider built in cabinets and closets as a solution. It promotes used Fricdaire Electric Range and is listed by Service Drug Store with contact as 45-tf.
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