Letters To Santa From Decatur School Children
A pair of handwritten notes from Decatur Alabama children request gifts for themselves and classmates. Cherie Black, six, Pleas ant Hill School, asks for a Bride doll telephone table chairs and cowgirl outfit and mentions teacher Mrs Robinson. James Sidney Terry Jr eight in third grade asks for a Viewmaster with six film rolls an aircraft carrier and a surprise.
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Santa
Cherie Black
Pleasant Hill
Haynes
James
Sidney Terry Jr
Santa Claus
Danville School
Decatur
Ala
Debbie
Harold Black Jr
Garland Douglas Terry
James Sidney
Hartselle
Bethel Road
Hartsellle
Margie Lott
Local Christmas Wish Lists From West End Terrace and Danville Area
Readers submit Christmas requests from children and families across Hartselle Decatur and Danville Alabama. The letters seek dolls trains television sets toy guns and various gifts for children aged from infants to ten.
Santa letters from Garland and neighbors spark holiday wish list
A collection of Christmas letters from young children and families asks Santa for dolls, bikes, toys, and practical items. The notes mention siblings, grandparents, school levels, and shared details about Pontiac cars, hunting for gifts, and hopeful surprises for the season.
Christmas Wish Lists From Alabama Children
A collection of handwritten Christmas requests dated 1956 from children in Falkville and Hartselle Alabama. Messages ask for toys including bicycles, a trombone, Roy Rogers gear, dolls, trains, and various play items, with hopeful greetings to Santa and family sender details.
Santa Won't Visit If You Stay Awake
A child sneaks to the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve hoping to meet Santa. The plan fails when the parent discovers the child is awake, scolds him, and explains Santa won’t come if he isn’t asleep. The page ends with a signoff from the writer.
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Santa
Rebecca Ann Drinkard
Boy Seeks Bible and Toys for Christmas
A second grader named Bobby McCaig writes about wanting a Bible for Christmas and other toys. He says he is trying to be good and hopes to receive gifts soon.
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Falkville
Ala
Santa
Bobby McCaig
Christmas Wishes From Shelby Jean Evans and Jimmy Looney
Shelby Jean Evans asks for books a doll and a bike for Christmas plus a bb gun. Jimmy Looney hopes for a good Christmas and shares similarly festive wishes.
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Your Friend
Shelby Jean Evans
Falkville
Ala
Santa
Jimmy Looney
Christmas Wish List Includes BB Gun and Bible
A child expresses a simple holiday wish to receive a BB gun a cowboy gun and a Bible by Christmas. The note reflects a modest set of gifts requested for the season.
Christmas Letter Fragments From Children
A collection of short notes from children addressing Santa Claus. The messages express love and eagerness for gifts, including skates, and mention trying to be good. Names include Glenn Holmes Reba Bryan and Boyce Bogue.
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Falkville
Ala
Santa
Reba
Bryan
Santa Claus
Boyce Bogue
Janice Orr
Joyce Sanders
Christmas Towns Named Across the United States
The list names towns with festive names including Christmas Cove Maine Santa Claus Indiana Mistletoe Kentucky Snowflake Arizona Merry North Carolina Chimes Arkansas Evergreen Alabama Star North Carolina Holly Colorado Poinsett South Carolina Christmas Florida North Pole New York.
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Christmas Cove
Maine
Ind
Mistletoe
Ariz
Merry
Chimes
Ark
Evergreen
Ala
Star
N. C. Holly
Colo. Poinsett, S. C
Christmas
Fla
North Pole
N. Y
Irishman signs article with both hands aboard ship
A aboard ship scene shows Pat writing with his right hand then switching to his left, replying to an officer that he can use either hand. Pat recalls his father advising him as a boy to learn left handed fingernail cutting for possible loss of the right hand.
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Pat
Sophie
Fragmented verse and vignettes from a humorous page
A jumble of quips and sketches recount a teen marriage turning to domestic gains a bathroom and a telephone. A truck driver asks a stalled car what’s wrong while a witty narrator notes a sister learns a trade and a chubby admirer pursues a young girl.
Lyda Rosanne Ennis Requests Holiday Gifts
A letter lists desired gifts for February including a tiny tears doll with a bath a doll buggy a doll suitcase a new dress a record player and a horse. It asks stocking stuffing with fruits nuts and candies and mentions family members Aunt Jo in Miami and names relatives Lyda Rosanne Ennis signs off with love.
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8Th Avenue NW
Decatur
Ala
Santa Claus
Miss Hopper
West Decatur School
Ginger Elizabeth Ennis
Santa
Christmas Letters From Decatur Children 1956
A page of Christmas wishes from Decatur Alabama children dated 1956 requests include an electric train a Bible cowboy boots a doll a basketball and more. Each note expresses good behavior and anticipation for Santa Claus visits with personal sign offs from the young writers.
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Hartselle
Ala
Santa Claus
Tam
Santa
Christmas Book Gift List From Boyle
Hal Boyle outlines humorous book pairing ideas for Christmas gifts to various public figures and celebrities. The column suggests matching titles to recipients from politicians to entertainers, framing books as subtle ambassadors and personal connections.
The Fat Man and the Brooklyn Bridge Skit
A comic scene follows a fat man who proposes to a woman and is rejected. He plans a con in New York but is outwitted when the owner is the man he tries to swindle. A village station gag about trains and a husband jokingly urging a crossing closes the piece.
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Angels
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cleveland Indians
Harold Stassen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
John Foster Dulles
Artie Shaw
Nikita Khrushchev
Elvis Presley
FBI
Willie Sutton
Joe Louis
Perry Como
Pravda
Grace Kelly
Debbie Reynolds
Dag Hammarskjold
Anthony Eden
Eden
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Estes Kefauver
Jayne Mansfield
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Gettysburg
Memie Eisenhower
Edward R. Murrow
John Daly
Casey Stengel
Hiram
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Asthma Formula Prescribed Most By Doctors
The asthma formula doctors prescribe for private patients is now available without prescription. Medical tests show it stops asthma attacks in minutes and provides hours of relief from recurrence. The formula is marketed as Primatened in small tablet form.
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New York
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Debbie Raejean
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6Th Ave
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Lisa
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West Decatur
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Roy Rogers
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Larry Robinson
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Elaine Mathews
Terry
Night Watch
Dennis Murphy
Wild Bill Hickok
Ranny Lott
You
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F. G. Kernan
Circe
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Tommy Holland
Gary Thompson
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Hal Boyle
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