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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1953
Page
18
A mother writes to God about her son Joe starting college, asking for courage and strong convictions. She reflects on home changing and the values taught, while the letter ends with a personal Christmas wish list from Kathy Arthur seeking practical gifts for her son.
Ballad recounts the rough cattle drive era with a downtrodden rider facing debt and loss on the trail. He recalls a burned wagon, thinning funds, and a doomed outfit as storms threaten the herd. The narrator vows to quit cattle work amid grim prospects.
Twin boys Edward and Edwin Berry aged five ask for a tractor while grieving mother’s death in a car wreck. Their sister Martha Louise is named alongside. A girl requests a big doll. A second grader, John Wilson, asks for a take apart fighter plane steam shovel football and an erector set in a Van Dyke School area listing.
A boy named Ronny Taylor writes to Santa requesting a bicycle and football, plus a gun and scabbard, for himself. He also mentions his younger brother wants a train and his sister a doll bed. The note is signed with Rt 1 as the return address.
A reader signs a note in fourth grade style requesting a knife design that allows removing the blade to insert a hatchet, signed by Eltos Don John son of Rt. 1.
A compilation of Christmas wish lists from Van Dyke School students aged 8 to 9. Children request bicycles, dolls, toy guns, walkie talkies, nurse sets, electric football games, a watch, glasses, and various candies. Several messages mention family members and expresses thanks.
Three year olds write letters to Santa asking for gifts. Jimmy Lane seeks a bee bee gun a baseball mitt and a bicycle Donald Bartlett asks for a baseball glove Sharon Durham pleads for a doll roller skates and kindness for hospital children all signed with love and holiday wishes
Paul writes a playful note to Santa asking for toys and a billfold as a Christmas gift. He signs the card as a friend, conveying hopeful holiday wishes.
A collection of handwritten notes from children requesting gifts. Messages mention a doll, a doll feeder, a necklace, a billfold, roller skates, and toys for other children. Signed by Judy Scott Barbara Sue.
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