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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1947
Page
19
A seven year old writes to Santa requesting four B gyn and play farmsa for Rodger Croker and his little brothers Co nehe. The note lists names and basic gifts in a simple holiday request.
A letter exchange requests Christmas gifts including a pump BB gun an electric train a cuckoo clock outdoor star a bicycle and a record player. Dick Pierson asks for a doll house a magic skin doll and a dish set for Jane Matthews in Coman.
A Comanche boy named Billy Amos writes Santa asking for a B B gun a funny book a bicycle and a train. The letter expresses a simple youngster’s holiday wish list to Santa.
A second grade child named Judith Holmsiey in Coman writes Santa with wishes for a magic skin doll a fountain pen and an umbrella. She ends with a Christmas greeting and well wishes.
A second grader in Comanche writes to Santa asking for a rubber baby doll and a umbrella. The note expresses hope that Santa brings joy to other children.
In a playful Santa letter from Comanche, second graders Nada Mae McDonald James Ruth and J P Smith list wishes including a purse umbrella basketball kewpie doll football Magic Skin doll and bicycle. They sign as friends from Comanche highlighting simple holiday desires.
A holiday note from Nancy Ann asks Santa for a doll that laughs and cries and a pair of boots. The fragment ends with a second line beginning Dear Santa Please bring me.
A brief note from Eddie Paul Ripley of Comanche asks for gifts of a ball and bat a doll an apple for his sister and an airplane for his brother. The message closes with friendly regard.
A reader named Joanne Ripley from Coman che writes to Santa requesting items for Christmas. She asks for skates doll clothes a baking set doll dishes a toy piano shoes a new dress a coat a kodak and a wrist watch. The note expresses thanks in advance.
A letter from Jearldine Smith of Coman requests gifts for her family. She asks for a coat suit for her sister, a ball and a Santa Claus doll for a brother, a weaving set and an angel doll for herself, and a bee bee gun for two brothers. The note closes with merry wishes for Christmas and a happy new year.
AComanche ten year old Jeanette Read writes Santa asking for peace on earth. The note reflects a simple, heartfelt request from a child for global harmony this Christmas season.
A local note from Pat Murphree of Comanche asks Santa for a bee bee gun bees a football a basketball a monopoly set a bicycle and plenty of candy for all ending with farewell wishes and luck for Santa.
A fourth grade student from Comanche writes to Santa Claus listing wishes including clay a paper doll book a purse a pin and blue jeans and signs with love.
Helen Morgan asks Santa for a magic skin doll as a Christmas gift. The note from a friend expresses a hopeful, personal wish and mentions the author’s name.
A ten year old girl writes to Santa in Comanche seeking a ring fruit and nuts and chocolates as gifts. The brief note is signed Your friend Johnnie Ellis.
A child named Judy Colwell from Comanche writes to Santa requesting a set of dishes and a doll with a bottle and a small store like one seen in Brownwood. She signs as a friend.
A third grader writes to Santa expressing wishes for a gun and Lincoln logs. He asks Santa to remember his family including his mother father and little brother Johnny and his teacher Mrs Harris and friends.
Joyce McNutt writes from Mrs Harris s third grade room remembering her teacher and classmates. She asks to recall the other boys and girls and signs off with love.
Howard Lewis, a resident of Comanche, sends a note asking for a train, a wagon, candy, and a trailer truck. The message reads as a personal request from a friend.
A child writes a Christmas wish to Santa requesting cowgirl boots and a laughing doll. The note is signed Peggy Lanette Steele with affectionate closing.
Betty Grace Durham writes to Santa asking for a football and a cowgirl suit. Jerry Hickey of Comanche requests an airgun and a cowboy suit in a Christmas note to Santa Claus, also asking Santa to remember other children.
A personal note from Jimmie Parson expresses desire for a gun and a scabbard, signed with love. The brief message centers on a private wish rather than public event or announcement.
A concise note from Donald Sims requests a wagon and two firearms. The message ends with affection and signs off with his name. No further context or contact details are provided.
A young girl in third grade writes to Santa, naming her requests a necklace a dress and a bracelet. She also expresses goodwill for children in Europe and signs her name Nancy Sue Hart.
A third grade student in Mrs. Harris's class in Comanche writes to S.C. expressing fondness for the teacher and requesting a pair of skates and a basketball. He signs as Tre vonne McDaniel, age eight.
A nine year old girl in third grade at West Ward School asks Santa for a ring, house shoes, and candy for her teacher Mrs Harris and requests gifts for boys and girls in Europe. She signs Joyce Vineyard from Coman.
A young girl named Carolyn Meyers asks Mrs Harris for a Dy Dee doll, a trunk of clothes for her doll, and a doll house if available. She wishes children across the ocean share in a happy Christmas and offers to swap items if needed to help others.
A local third grader James Albert Jones writes to Santa Claus from Comanche asking for a football two cap guns and a box of candy and wishes happiness for children in Europe during Christmas. The note is signed Your friend James Albert Jones and dated in a school context addressed to Mrs Harris.
A letter from Dale Fisher of Comanche asks Santa for a tool set boots a bicycle basket and a bicycle pump seat. He signs as a friend and names his teacher Mrs Harris.
A third grade student Gene Burns writes to Santa asking for a football a gun and gloves for himself and requests gifts for his brother mother and father. The note is addressed to Mrs Harris and signed Your little friend Gene Burns.
A list of requested items includes a wagon a doll a BB gun a football and a fire gun plus two gun scabbards blue jeans and a note of affection for Garry McCullough.
Shirley Ann Scott asks her teacher Mrs Harris to bring a pair of skates a housecoat a box of candy and fruits for her family including Mother Daddy and her brothers and sisters in a friendly note. The item reads like a personal request shared with a teacher.
A child, eight years old, writes to Santa with a Christmas list. Carla Guyger asks for blue jeans, a desk, doll clothes, candy, fruit and nuts, and wants toys and food for children in far countries. She notes cake and coffee on the desk by the door and asks Santa to deliver gifts to her and her brother at 1401 North Austin.
An eight year old girl writes to Santa describing her wish list for gifts. She mentions her teacher Mrs Harris and requests items including a teddy bear a basketball oranges apples a coloring book dolls nuts a raincoat a candy and a red shirt. She signs as Linda Lou your friend.
An eight year old third grader writes to Santa asking for a magic skin doll with a pretty dress for Christmas. She requests a nice gift for her teacher Harris and wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.
A short handwritten note from a nine year old girl, Catherine Hufstutler, asking Judy Waldrop and Mrs Garris to remember her in Christmas gifts. It mentions desires for a birthstone and a wish for fruits, candy and nuts, and ends with friendly holiday wishes.
An 11 year old third grader Troy Amos of Comanche writes to Santa Claus asking for a football and candy, sharing simple holiday wishes and greeting his teacher Mrs Harris.
A 9 year old boy Charles Cogburn writes to Santa from Mrs Harris’s class in Comanche asking for a burning set and declares his 3 year old brother as his only sibling. He praises his teacher as good.
In a note from Glyn da Beth Day of Comanche, a second grade student asks for a magic skin doll, a doll house for her sister, and an airplane for her brother, signing as a friend.
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