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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1958
Page
19
In Proctor two children write to Santa describing gifts they want this year. Lilly Fay Northcutt asks for a watch and expresses love. Ritchie Croft asks for an electric train and a gas-powered plane and notes mixed behavior.
A child writes to Santa asking for a record player and records for herself and her sister. The message mentions their siblings, a sixth grader at Comanche, and a seventh grade boyfriend, signed by Claudia Ann Evans of Proctor.
A nine year old fourth grader Sherry Elayne Johnson writes to Santa asking for a bicycle and fruits and nuts as Christmas gifts. She signs with loving affection.
A nine year old girl named Thelma Chappell writes a holiday note requesting a record player and several records, an orange, an apple, candy, a doll, a duster, and other clothes for Christmas. She signs the letter as a loving friend.
A reader writes a playful wish list addressed to Santa Claus asking for Billie Mack Bradshaw as well as an army set and a bulldozer. The note blends personal requests with hometown tone.
A scrambled message shows two children, Reese and Mandy Day, asking Santa for items. Reese asks for a gun, football, pony, and a quick end, while Mandy requests an airplane, a hat, and waiting. The text preserves era-like sign-offs and unclear handwriting.
Two handwritten requests for gifts. Leroy Sutton asks for candy a BB gun and a pellet gun plus skates and supplies. Stanley Crews asks for a football and a fire truck and promises to wait for Santa.
An appeal from a father to his daughter to return home ends in violence as Urubuenan travels to confer with Butler and is ambushed and killed. In retaliation, his tribesmen kill four Indians in the missionary's village.
The readable portion is fragmented and lacks clear event details or identifiable names to form a coherent summary. No verifiable action, date, or organization can be established from the provided excerpt.
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