Santa Claus Letters from Dec 21 1949
Three childhood letters request toys and gifts for Christmas. Thomas Land from Decatur Alabama asks for an electric train, tool set, Indian suit, baseball gear, candy and fruit for his parents. Sandra Gail Maddox from Aus tinville seeks a curly haired doll, bedroom suite, locket, bracelet, and her sister Paulette. Joy Margaret Posey asks for a bride doll desk high chair clothes and fruit, thanking Santa for last year.
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Santa Claw
Thomas Land
Santa Claus
Austinville
Santa
Child’s Christmas Wish List Letter
A child thanks Santa for last year’s gifts and lists desired presents for this year including a doll rocking chair a bride doll with clothes and a red scooter. The note expresses appreciation and requests specific toys.
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Santa
Alabama Tops In Federal Hospital Program
Alabama ranks among leading participants in the national hospital program to fund $2.25 billion in construction over six years. The effort, written by Alabama Senator Lister Hill and former Senator Harold Burton, aims to expand federal grants to $150 million annually. Cronin of the Federal Security Agency says at least 3,000 new hospitals could arise in two years, with Alabama plans totaling tens of millions in projects and federal shares.
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Wilbur Jennings
Washington Service
Washington
Alabama
Lister Hill
Harold Burton
Ohio
Supreme Court
Hill
81St
Congress
Federal Security Agency
John W. Cronin
Cronin
New York
Dr. Cronin
Birmingham
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Gadsden
Etowah County Health Center
Langdale
George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital
Mobile
Martin Deportes Hospital
Montgomery
St. Jude Hospital
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Selma
Dallas County Health Center
Marion
Perry County Hospital
Athens
Athens-Limestone County Hospital
Ashland
Clay County Hospital
Child's Christmas Wish for Barbara Ann Pence
A five year old girl from 1118 5th Ave East Detatur Alabama writes of being good all year. She attends church and Sunday school weekly and asks for a doll house doll and furniture from Mrs Gunn as her teacher.
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5Th Ave
Decatur
Ala
Santa Claus
Mrs. Gunn
Santa
Barbara Pence
Barbara Ann Pence
Christmas Faith in God Guides American Builders
On Christmas Day the speaker urges Americans to reaffirm faith in God and emulate builders who prayed for guidance. He argues prayer sustains freedom, tolerance, democracy, and world peace, and calls for Christian fellowship to preserve the nation’s heritage and aid less fortunate peoples.
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Christ
Four girls sing carols receive un expected quarter
Four young acquaintances go out to sing carols before Christmas and are given a quarter at their first porch call. One girl notes they have no change and the group faces how to divide the money after being assured they may keep and share the full amount.
Health facility funding figures across Alabama counties
A list of capital expenditures and grants for hospitals and health centers in several counties and cities. Notable items include Fort Payne DeKalb County Hospital 635000 and University of Alabama Medical Center dental clinic 2066153, with totals and locations such as Decatur Livingston Mobile Providence Birmingham Ozark Tuscaloosa and Sumter counties.
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Decatur
Fort Payne
DeKalb County
Livingston
Sumter County Health Center
Mobile
Mobile Infirmary
Providence Hospital
Ozark
Dale County Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Druid City Hospital
Birmingham
University of Alabama Medical Center
Equally Dividing a Song Fare to Four Places
The excerpt describes a group singing at multiple locations where they earned four equal shares after a two hour performance sequence. It notes the total sum finally reached 4.80 dollars when the division occurred, implying a share of 1.20 dollars per person across the four destinations.
Season prayer for peace and freedom across nations
The dedicatory prose expresses a wish that the forgiving spirit of the season prevail on earth. It prays for an end to hateful persecution and wanton aggression, and for people to live in freedom and security, worship as they see fit, and love one another, with peace reigning everlasting.
The Alcoholy Days Are Here Christmas Cheer
The undertaker smiles with glee to see the Christmas cheer, marking the alcoholy days as the year’s saddest, a strange festive mood in a strange season.
Frantic Clerk Mistakes Public Sale For Private Home
During the Christmas rush in a large department store a overwhelmed clerk collected a sales check from a shopper. As the woman gave her name and address the clerk joked about the madhouse remark but the customer corrected that it is a private home.
Christmas Faith and Hope for a Better Day
The piece reflects on Christmas as a season of hope and the belief that tomorrow holds possibility. It emphasizes faith as essential to sustaining hope and making life meaningful, suggesting that hope inspires action even when recognition is limited.
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Gersela
If There Be Righteousness in the Heart of a Nation
A thoughtful aphorism on virtue guiding character family harmony and national order. The chain links righteousness to peace, emphasizing inner virtue as the seed of public good and world restraint. The wording reflects moral-inflected social exhortation rather than a specific event.
Christmas Mornand the Christ Child
Christmas morning poem reflects on faith over wealth and worldly fame. It recalls the manger, Jesus, Calvary, and the light of Bethlehem. The verse venerates Christian gifting as reverence to His Will and honors the Architect of creation.
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Bethlehem
Calvary’s Hill
Bison Endurance Noted In History Record
An account highlights the American bison endurance noting it could run forty miles in a single stretch. The passage emphasizes stamina and resilience of the species.
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Daddy
Sandra Gail Maddox
P.S
W. Gordon
Decatur, Ala
Joy Margaret Posey
Watkins and
Perry
6Th Ave
Neil Kirk
Chiropractic Clinic
E. Moulton St
the Merriest
Gobbilfite Company
West Market Street
PHON
Bank Street
Church Street
Ada Young
C. D. Young
Martha Gay Posey
Kenneth
Charles Ralph Holder
Hartselle
Patricia Ann
Paula Joyce Moses P.S
5Th Ave. E
Dea
Marie
Mickey
Patsy Pence
E. Detatur
Grant St
Janine
Hver
Decatur Shoe Store
Second Ave
Ehristmases
Srey
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