Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

Santa Claus Letters From Decatur Children

A page of Christmas requests from Decatur and nearby towns lists dozens of letters from boys and girls in grades one through five. Many ask for gloves, balls, dolls, fruit, nuts, candy, and small toys, with notes to remember siblings and teachers and some mentioning hardship and absent fathers. Names include Melvin Brrice, Groer Bice, Doris Mae Berry, Joe Wheeler French, Eric Russell, Verna Mae Sandlin, Lois Lacie Mellon, Edna Mae Carnell, Chester Varnell, Helen Guthrie, Isgand Varnell, Francis Fagan, Dorothy and Donald Orr, Eugene Hill, and Louise Terry.