Dear Santa Gifts Claimed by Alabama Children
A long table of Christmas wishes from young readers across Alabama requests bicycles dolls toy guns and accessories cake nuts fruit and candy. Several children note good behavior and tag schools towns such as Athens Decatur Florence and Gadsden while promising milk and cookies for Santa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Derringer
Mac Thacker Decatur
Shelia Ruth Gilliam
Frankie
Remem
Kathleen Ryan
Athens
Robert
Kathleen Ryan Athens
Florence Chapel Church
Dalton, Greerlyn
Saranda West Hartselle
Joan Wallace Decatur
Wanda Gail Ferguson Decatur
Dark Landers Trip Sparks Spy Surprises at Station
A cycle ride and a service station scene bring unexpected twists as other boys and girls join in the event. Hidden surprises unfold amid cars and chatter, revealing a lively local gathering referenced in postscript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Cotaco School
Ronnie Moody Somerville
Union Hill School
Deborah Jane Hornbuckle
Lacey
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Danville School
Evelyn Edwards
Davidson Coo! & Feed Co
Holly St
Betsy Wetsy
Sherry Segars
Danville
Connie Moody Somerville
Cotaco
Grover Lawson
III
Nancy Lou Lawson
Dixie
Pixie
Ann Thacker Decatur
Sheila Gilliam Decatur
Linda
Karen Hill Decatur
Nancy Kimbrough Hartselle
Robert Baugh
Pennylane
Robert Baugh Decatur
John
Timothy
Greg Lowery
Janice
Stevie Stephens
Donald Lentz
Midway School
Donald
Jimmy Lentz
Trinity
Jerome Speegle Decatur
Anne Lamon Decatur
Mary Beth
Cathy
Debora
Mary Beth Sandusky
Decatur
Beaumont
Tex
Ala
Karen Mann Beaumont
Becky
Rita Lindsey Hartselle
Robert Ryan
Athens ‘School
Mrs. Cain
Kathleen
Frankie Gilliam
Sheila
Donald Morrow Decatur
Mrs. Bullard
Michael Oldacre
Vinemont
Hartselle
Susan Denise Sanders
Mutual Party
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Crescent Motel
Redus Collier
Bob Gibson, Jr
Big Bob Gibson
Dark Landers
Robert M Thomas Allen Lanier
Kate Childers
Henry Jones
Fred Linley Eason Shumake
Lina Shumake
David Shumake
Gill “Red” Sanders
Charles H. Pigg
Sara E. Pigg
J. D. Hopper
Sue B. Hampton
Irene Johnson
Zelma Griffin
Mary Helen Fretwell
Brownie McDowra
Ester Mae Puckett
Dan Logan
Evelyn Stephenson
Kethryn Copeland
James
Johnson
J. Wade Nesmith
F. E. Napps
Mildred Milton
Christine Fulenwider
Essie Lee Washington
Ida Pearl Mason
Vera Settle
Irene Eldridge
Prescilla Garth
Agrippa Cohn
Major Thomas, Jr
Second Avenue, N.E
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