Dear Santa Letters From Danville and Decatur Children 1936
A serialized collection of Christmas wish letters from children in Danville and Decatur Alabama dated December 1936. The messages request gifts such as dolls, toy wagons, balls, trains, and candy, with mentions of family members and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Wesley Henderson
Courtland
Ala
New Hope School
Rendy Letson
Gladys Earlene Letson
Hillsboro
Besa
Morris Chapel
MY. R. W. Waldrop
Santa
Emmett Moses
E. Wilson Ave
Decatur
Santa Clause
Jimmie
Helen
Henry
Daddy
Peggy Conrad
Just Browsin Around Christmas Spirit And Selfless Cheer
A H C Coffey column urges readers to feel Christmas in their hearts not just in trees and gifts. It encourages kindness, neighborliness, and avoiding selfish posing, ending with a modest hometown note from Modesto California about Chow Po the Chinese laundryman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Modesto, Calif
Chow Po
Sybil Jason Stars in Capitol Movie
Seven year old Sybil Jason shown with Kibbee and May Robson in the romance The Captain's Kid at the Capitol Theatre. A metal chip hit her eye during filming but the cameras kept rolling until director Nick called Cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sybil Jason
Capitol
Dick Powell
Sybil
Kibbee
May Robson
Capitol Theatre
Hollywood
Guy Kibbee
Shy
Guy
Nick
Anita
Roanoke Clerk Confesses to Out-of-Town Caller
Sam P. Jones a Roanoke clothing store clerk tried to please an out of town woman customer who claimed to be his sister and caused a stir in a December Roanoke scene. The report notes the incident as a social curiosity in local news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Sam P. Jones
Sam
Wallis Simpson Plans Social Life in Cannes Riviera
Mrs. Wallis Simpson, seeking to rejoin social life after abdication, plans a visit to the Riviera. Through hostess Mrs. Herman Rogers she hopes to golf attend teas concerts and casino events while avoiding crowds and paparazzi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannes
France
Wallis Simpson
Riviera
Herman Rogers
New York
England
Edward VIII
Fire destroys closet. occupants escape as stairs collapse
A fire in Vinita Oklahoma at night spread from a hunting jacket to a closet and upstairs. The occupants escaped just before the stairway collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinita
Okla
Jones Plans Change as Sister Visits After 36 Years
Jones to abandon his impersonal manner. His sister Mrs G W Carrico, whom he hadn’t seen or heard from in 36 years, had come from Nebraska to visit him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
G. W. Carrico
Nebraska
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Danville
Loy
Gertrude Holiday
Pauline Shaw
Delbert West
Plefer
With Love
Odie Lea Steel
Waris
Leller Eddy
Grandm
Opal
Wilma Noa
Mildred
Gene Brown
6Th Avenue
South
Junior
Willard
Little Rock
Ark
Thomas Edward Ferguson
Decatur, Ala
James Logan Abbott
Yours Very Truly, Martha Bryan Abbott
Somerville, Rt
Verre
Henry Henderson
Somerville
Sherman Henderson
Valdermose Springs
Courtland, Ala
Willie Lou Letson
J. C. Black CO
Western Auto Supply Co
Second Ave
Britain
Studio Lisa
NEA Service
Elizabeth
Duke of York
New Willys
Willys
Snger
Second Avenue
Knox McRae
Princess Theatre
H. C. Coffey
Lad
Lass
Ana
BY William Ferguson
Cula
Thebes
Wally
Dougars
Alabama Power Company
Alabama
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