Santa Claus Letters from Alabama Children in 1947
A collection of Santa letters from Alabama children in December 1947 requests gifts such as dolls, a banjo, a Betsy Wetsy doll, a cowboy suit, a BB rifle, a train, clothing, fruits, candies, toys, and household items. Writers include Harold David Smallwood, Sue Teague, Thresha Teague, Cleo Ann Slater, Paul and Pat Hendrix, Verne Mae Flack, Imogene Collins, Caro Jean Johnson, Willie Gene Aldridge, Martha Ann Bone, Jimmy and Judy Scott, James Elbert Kitchens Jr., and others from Florette and surrounding towns.
Letter from Children to Santa Claus in Alabama
Multiple handwritten requests from young Alabama children dated 1947 ask Santa for toys like a football B B gun dolls and a truck along with practical gifts and sweets. The letters mention their schools teachers and family members and express good behavior wishes for Christmas.
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Santa
Antioch School
Lucy Minor
Robert ‘Dean Kitchens
Christmas Candy Canes Give Jobs To Veterans
Two veterans Carl Smith Jr and Bryan Bell Jr pooled resources to form Tasso Plantation in New Orleans. They use government sugar allotments to produce Christmas stick candy canes pra lines and fruit candy. In 18 days they used what would have taken a year under rationing and now employ 24 ex GIs skilled in baking fruits and shop items.
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AP News
New Orleans
Carl Smith, Jr
Bryan Bell
Bethlehem Maintains Peaceful Christmas In Strife-Torn Holy Land
Bethlehem Muharram Bethlehem hosts Christmas Eve services as Christians of all faiths gather for carol singing at the Church of the Nativity and pilgrimages to the fields of the shepherds. Mayor Issa Effendi Bandak calls for peace amid regional turmoil.
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Carter Davidson
Bethlehem
Holy Land
Palestine
Jerusalem
Ex-GI Partners Run Candy and Fruit Cake Plant
Ex-GI workers operate under the on-the-job training program to produce confections. They estimate the plant can turn out a ton of candy daily and at least 1,200 pounds of fruit cake.
Dynamite Truck Fire Threatened Avon Montana
Smoke from a truck rear caused O R Stalle to warn the driver in Avon Montana. Truckman O W Pollard jammed on brakes and escaped damage, crediting Stalle for the warning. The load included several cases of dynamite and a barrel of gasoline.
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Avon
Mont. Dee
O. R. Stalle
O. W. Pollard
Stalle
Rich Colorful Shrine Observance Amid Holy Land Tensions
A traditional, richly colored ceremony will be held in the shrines of the faiths as preparations proceed for days. The event occurs despite ongoing tensions and the broader situation spreading through the Holy Land.
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Holy Land
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Somerville
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Florette School
Harold David
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Sue
Thresha Teague
Decatur
Judy
Cleo Ann Slater
West Court
Paul
Pat Hendrix
Love, Paul and
Somerville, Ala
Riz
Verne Mae
Flack
Florette
Imogene Collins
Larry
Caro
Jean Johnson
John William
Willie Gene Aldridge
Apt
Martha Ann Bone
Falkville, Ala
Jimmy
Judy Scott
James
Elbert
Junior
James Elbert Junior
James Elbert Kitchens, Jr
Hartselle
Madam Daniels
Moulton Highway
Woodall Bros
Massey School
Iike School
Russ Orr
Santa Chreus
Mae. Morris
Moulton,Ala
Sharlene Jones
ABC
Bigdaddy
Santy
Joe Anne
Jerry
Helen Stroup
Food For
Europe
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Patrick A. O'Boyle
Mrs
Lina Shumake
Furman
Kirkpatrick
Mary Black
Mrs. Hester Cassidy
E. N. Shumake
Cecil Timberlake
Joseph McDonald
H. F. Shelton
C. L. Buck, SR
Henry Jones
Mary Dee Brown
Percy Thompson
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Athletics
Norman Larrieu
Vet
Wiliam C. Bullitt
U. S
Russia
Senate Appropriations Committee
China
City of David
Christ the Lord
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First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Decatur
Tova
Trisha
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