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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1947
Page
9
Two Christmas requests from Comanche youths to Santa Claus. Charlotte Ann Carnes asks for a pretty doll and kitten and praises her teacher Mrs Hathcock. Gary Hoffman requests a football a jet model airplane and a quick visit before sleep.
A playful, youth oriented note asks Santa for kind help as a child confesses thumb sucking and a desire for smoother feelings toward parents. The missive reads as a candid holiday sentiment from a young writer.
A list of toy items including powder for a diaper doll colored clay doll furniture with an ice box a doll school room with teacher and pupils and a small sewing bag is reported tied to Washington Iowa Park and Texas listings.
A brief note asks Santa for a gun and a small dump truck. The signer is identified as Edward Rodgers with initials Gus e.
Eight year old Fleur Cheatham in third grade writes a Christmas wish list asking for a doll stroller and a blackboard with a loving sign off.
A child writes to Santa asking for a firetruck and several small cars and a tricycle. The note is signed Love, Harlie Glenn Burks, with a brief line about a sister helping and a stray closing phrase.
A six year old Basile Louisiana girl Brenda Loyce Peterson writes to Santa Claus detailing good grades and asking for a Dy-Dee doll and a doll bathinette. She adds a postscript about visiting Grandmother Peterson if her father can take time off work.
A letter from an eight year old second grade boy Larry Morris asks Santa for a basketball a football a steel construction set and a horn. He writes I love you with a hopeful signature.
Two children request gifts in a playful handwritten note. John Reese asks for a basketball and other items while Dalphn asks for a basketball a doll bed a purse and candy. The missive blends Christmas wish lists with warm holiday tone.
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