Santa Letters From Alabama Children 1938
A collection of Christmas wish notes from Alabama children dated December 1938 requests toys clothing footwear and fruit with affectionate pleas for Santa to visit towns like Moulton Decatur Somerville Danville and Boaz. Names include Mary Anne Blackwell Mae Sue Logan Thomas H Gentry Charles Wiggins Jr Opal Hill Prentice Norman Brown and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anne Blackwell
1St St. West
Decatur
Ala
Ave
Santa Claus
Prentice Norman Brown
Wadsworth
Santa
Mary Edna Mobely
Santa Claus Letters From Somerville Shoppers
A column of Christmas wish lists from Somerville and nearby Alabama towns features children requesting dolls, bicycles, toy trains, dollhouses, guns, skates, and candy. Names include Doris Wade, Ennif Waits, Mavenf Waits, Frank Mamie, Gloria Ann Reeves, Nancy Carolyn Long, Kinirth Terry, Harry Orr, Lennie Ruth Lunsford, Doris McAbee, James Day Williams, Hazel Logan, and Wendell Logan. The dated notes span November to December 1938 with addresses such as Courtland and Athens in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Alabama
Santa Claus
Danville
Santa
Jane Wooten
Doris McAbee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elmer Bussey
Merry Christmas
George
S. J. Crawford
Allen, Otto, Inez, Erskine, Ralph
Evelyn, Euel and
J. W
Terry
Gene Aker
Sust
Moulton
With Love
Mae Sue Logan
5Th
Thomas H. Gentry
Somerville
Charles Wigginton, JR
James Watkins
Rena Callahan
Hoyt Watkins
Opal Hill
Sommerville, Ala
Doris Wade
Ennif
Mavenf
Decatur, Ala
Frank Mamie
Rase Marie Mamie
Patricia Ann Mamie
Roy Powell
Courtland
Bobby Joe Martin
Mickey Mouse Watch
Jean McBalfee
Jean Clayton
Mary
Mother
Daddy
Gloria Ann Reeves
Hartselle, Ala
Nancy Carolyn Long
Harmony
Lorene Martin
Papa
Mama
Kinnith
Mr. Clem
Harry Orr
Edith
Trinity
Lennie
Ruth Lunsford
Ingraham
Mr. Putman
James Day Williams
Hazel Logan
Athens
Turner Hill
Windell
Logan
Poole Motor Co
Sixth Avenue
Holly Street
Loyd’s Drug Store
Charles G
Hardwick
Leather CO
Bev Howell
Kristmag
Morgan County
Wallace Meadows
Fred Speake
2Nd District
Jeff Rowe
John McCutcheon
Cotton Oil Company
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