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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1947
Page
6
Roland Stephens thanks Santa and lists items he wants including an electric train a wagon a gun and a climbing tractor in a brief holiday note. The message expresses holiday wishes and gratitude.
A pair of handwritten wishes from Melva LaRue Dutton and Walter Stewart Knight ask Santa for a basketball a purse apples and candy a doll a bb gun a football and a fire gun. The notes reflect simple Christmas desires bearing names and informal requests.
A letter from Larry Mac Graham asks Santa for a football and a caterpillar toy along with a double barrel shotgun. The note is signed with love and dates no other details.
The writer asks Santa for items including a drum, a loud horn, a bicycle, two guns, a baseball glove, and candy for Dr Charlie Ry. The note mentions visiting before Christmas and staying in bed when Santa arrives, signed by Charlie Coleman.
An 11 year old asks Santa for a climbing monkey a cowboy pistol suit and a tricycle plus a V8 Ford car and fruit and candy. The letter from Comanche Route 1 also asks for apples oranges candy and a sweater and mentions a brother and sister living in the country six miles from town.
A handwritten note from a child in Gustine asks Santa for a football a box of candy and a book signed with the name Ray mond Dominguez. The message ends with From your friend.
A letter from 11 year old Nelda Marie Woolsey asks Santa for a paper doll book and a doll with hair that cries and sits alone.
A family letter thanks Santa for last year’s gifts and expresses joy with a wagon and games. The child asks for checkers more games a football and some guns, signed by John Shock.
A six year old first grader named Larry Gene Smith writes to Santa asking for a BB gun and a pocket knife for Christmas. The letter expresses a simple holiday wish from a child.
A personal note from Harvey Joe Singleton asks Santa for a bicycle and a gun. The brief message conveys a childlike holiday request seeking two distinct gifts.
A brief note from Jo Ann Coulter requests a blue jeans item and a doll as a gift. The message, signed with affection, expresses a personal want and warm regard.
A fourth grade student Loyd Singleton at Newherse School writes a polite message to Santa Claus, claiming good behavior this year and expressing thanks.
A holiday note from Dewayne Orr of Comanche asks Santa for a football candy and a ball and bat, signing as a friendly young resident.
A Comanche third grader Nan Mas Singill writes to Santa asking for a real dog and a doll with clothes for Christmas. The note is signed and addressed to Mrs Harris as the teacher.
A second grade student from Comanche writes to Santa requesting a red shoulder purse a set of dishes a table and two chairs as holiday wishes. The note signs Belva Joyce Johns ton as a friend.
A second grade pupil named Dorothea Stephenson writes to Santa asking for a magic skin doll a ball and a set of dishes. She is from Comanche and signs her name in a straightforward schoolgirl note.
A seven year old girl in Newburg writes to Santa asking for a doll and a bed as she notes she has been good and attends school. The missive is signed LAneta Singleton.
A ten year old boy and his brother send a handwritten note to Santa Claus listing a basketball and boxing gloves for the elder boy, a hard wooden toy box for the younger brother, and a new baby bed, signed with their Comanche address.
A quirky missive describes a wind up pistol and a double shot gun. It asks for an elephant on wheels pulled by a handler, mentions scissors bubble gum in a stocking, and requests a small pistol for Marsha due to her inability to shoot a larger one.
Loyce writes to Santa requesting a doll that wets in her britches and a bottle. She says she is doing well in school and asks Santa to bring mother a set of dishes and the family a new car.
Six year old Charlotte Ann Carleton from Beattie School asks for a mother duck with ducklings a cowgirl on a horse a small dog nuts and candy her teacher and her little brother included in a playful request suitable for a school bulletin note.
A first grade girl Sue Tutwiler from Gustine writes to Santa asking for a doll for herself and a doll for her sister. She also asks for apples oranges and candy for Christmas. The brief note is signed with Love and the city.
A child’s handwritten note requests a basketball a doll and a bed along with some candy. Loretta White signs the missive and asks Santa to bring gifts she desires.
In a second grade note Joyce Eleviyn Tryheart of Comanche asks Santa for gifts for her two month old sister and herself. She requests a magic skin doll a pair of skates and a pair of house shoes adding affectionate signatures.
A letter from Brenda a first grade student at Beattie School asks Santa for a doll and a set of little dishes. She mentions she is six years old and signs as Brenda rhornton her friend.
Raymond McGinnis writes Beattie School to thank for a bicycle and treats. The brief message expresses appreciation from a friend and mentions a gift of candy and fruit accompanying the bicycle.
A Beattie School message from a student named Jackie Ravenshine asks a friend to bring a cap pistol and a paint book. The note appears simple and informal, reflecting a classroom request from a six year old in first grade.
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