Christmas Shop Behind the Front Lines in New York
ADELAIDE KERR profiles Betty, a United Nations shop clerk in a New York department store, aiding service members with gifts for mothers and sweethearts. Men send requests from Europe and Asia, with Bett y recalling orders and wartime shortages, plus letters from children to Santa in Decatur Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Kerrap News
Mason
Santa Claus
Ow York
Pacific
New York
United Nations Service
Betty
Ensign
Santa Claus Letters From Route 1 Danville Alabama
A collected set of Christmas wish letters from children across Alabama, naming gifts such as dolls trains toys and practical items. Several children mention siblings parents and a relative in military service. The notes express affection and hope for holiday goodwill for families and service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ala
Santa Claus
Santa
Gloria Dean Russell
Athens
Fragments of a shopping list with family items
A brief, fragmented OCR line requests items for family members. It mentions socks for Daddy, a rattler for a little brother, and gloves for Mother, with no clear context or additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Daddy
Mother
Morgan County Sanatorium Transfer Request
Little Copeland Cantrell requests a home visit for Christmas and asks that belongings from the sanatorium at Morgan County be delivered to his home on Moulton Route 3. He states he will not be at the sanatorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry
Rubber
Cairo
Jimmie Davis
Somerville Road School
Clem
Santa
Remem
Moulton
Ala
Santa Claus
Sylvia Jean NeSmith
Morgan County
Little Copeland Cantrell
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Italy
England
Decatur, Ala
Irene Clem
Bobby Ray Taylor
Martha Faye Knighten
Gilly Key
Charles
Ray
Jerry Ogle
Decatur, Alabama
Dear Santa
Nus
I Love You, Santa, Nina Faye Raike
Alabama
Ann Kattenhorn
Betty Mason
Danville
Joyce Harris
Taylor
Hartselle, Ala
Shirley Frances and
Robert Lewis Walker
Somerville
Ber
Loraine Brindley
Billy van
Jasper Harold Brindley
Hartselle
Loyd C
Kenneth Bailey-Jones
Boy
Billy Bodley
Aaron McCay
NeSmith
P. S
Elmer Bussey
Austinville
D. W. Speake
Rufus Warren
James Ratliff
David Speake
Warren Lester Davis
Jimmie Ratliff
Robert Sittason
Mrs
Maxie Lee
Jennie Lovelady
Myrtle Martin
Bretha Echols
Beatrice Frazier
Laverne Thrasher
Annie Morgan
Lillian Turney
William Robinson, Porter
Aana J
Pepsi-Cola
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
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