Letters to Santa From Denton Children 1953
A pair of Christmas letters from Denton Maryland children dated December 1 1953. Betty Jean Carroll asks for a switchboard majorette outfit baton doll bed and mattress and Roy Rogers items plus wishes for her teacher. Johnnie John Chapis requests a road scraper Roy Rogers cap rifle a cowboy outfit and boots and sends regards to family and classmates.
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Denton, Md
Santa
Betty Jean Carroll
Johnnie Chapis
Christmas Wish List From Two Bright Boys
A seven year old boy and a second child request gifts for Christmas. Teddy Russum asks for a tele phone truck tractor a two gun holster set candy nuts oranges apples and asks to remember sisters brothers mother father teacher and other children. Jimmy Irwin asks for a wrist watch two guns with holsters a basketball a tool chest and a paint set and asks to remember family and classmates.
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Denton
Santa
Teddy Russum
Jimmy Irwin
Christmas Wish Lists From Denton First Graders
Denton Maryland 1953 children Betty Ann Thomas Russell Davis Jane Aden and Robert Dempsey submit Santa requests with dolls, bikes, toys, books and clothes. They name teachers Miss Morgan Miss Chaffinch their families and siblings while listing specific gifts including a two wheel bike nursing kit sewing machine and tractor.
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Santa
Denton School
Miss Chaffinch
Jerry
Esther
Butch
John Deere
Christmas Wish List From Young Readers
The letter from six year old Phyllis Bowman asks Santa for a large doll a cash register games clothes and other gifts for Christmas plus candy nuts and fruit and mentions her teacher Miss Chaffinch and her parents Rosemary Little and Jerry Hoffman and Jeannie Hall add requests for dolls sets bikes and play items signed by multiple first and second graders seeking thoughtful gifts for all their small friends
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Denton, Md
Santa
Miss Chaffinch
Jerry Hoffman
Seven year old Ellen Fuchs writes Ridgely plea for gifts
In Ridgely Maryland on December 3 1953 a seven year old girl describes her height for age and asks Santa for clothes and toys including a large doll a sewing machine a clock a doll buggy a wallet rain boots and a bicycle She asks not to forget her family and other children.
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Ridgely
Santa
Ellen Fuchs
Christmas Wish Letter From Jane Seeks Toys and Joy
A child named Jane writes to Santa asking for a walking talking doll a teddy bear a jack in the box a small kitchen set a pretty Sunday dress and Howdy Doody puppets She adds that she wishes all the children everywhere receive presents this Christmas and signs with thanks and a P S request.
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Santa
Jane
P. S
Child Desires Toys and Family Mentions Highlighted
A child lists wants including a dolly, dishes, table and chairs, a fire engine ride, drums and tractors. The request includes mentions of two little brothers, parents Mommy and Daddy, teacher Miss Chaffinch, Vivian Bunting, and a possible connection to family and school.
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Denton, Md
Santa
Miss Chaffinch
Vivian Bunting
Christmas Wish List From Multiple Children
Seven year old Joe Collison asks for a truck toy road Scraper cowboy clothes and boots for him and his brother. Roy Rogers gear. a tractor wagon plow apples oranges and candy. Leroy requests a doctor's kit train BB gun and toys for his brother Tommie. Joan Marie Jester age six asks for dolls, doll stroller, dishes, balls, clothes, puzzles color books wallet and a doll bed plus toy stove and ice box. Jean Marie Jester adds dolls clothes and gifts for three sisters and herself. Tommmy Baucom asks for a horn, a car with trailer a two wheeled bike and a tool set.
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Santa
Mrs. Potatohead
Joe Collison
Roy Rogers
Denton
Joan Marie Jester
Boy Shares Christmas Wish for Gun And Pony
Six year old James Owens in first grade asks Santa for a gun and holster set and a real pony for Christmas. He mentions his brother Wayne grandmother Billy and his teacher in a cheerful plea expressing his cowboy dream.
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Denton, Md
Santa
Wayne
Billy
James Owens
Christmas List From Young Girls for Santa
Two letters from children request presents for Christmas. Patsy Russum asks for a walking doll dial telephone necklace set candy nuts oranges apples for her sister and brothers. Christine Collins asks for a doll jumping rope ball candy nuts apples. Wanda Good asks for Tiny Tear doll suitcase cowgirl set guns winter coat dresses and more for herself mother sisters brothers grandmother and teacher and all children.
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Denton, Md
Santa
Patsy Russum
Christine Collins
Miss McAllister
Wanda Good
Childs Holiday Wish List Items Include Toys and Gear
A seven year old lists desired gifts including a baby carriage two wheel bike cow girl outfit banjo snow sled sewing machine Toni Doll playhouse record player roller skates Mr and Mrs Potatohead Janet Lou Harris.
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Santa
Toni
Mrs. Potatohead
Janet Lou Harris
Toy and Clothing Wish From Bonny Lou Brown
A three year old child named Bonny Lou Brown requests gifts including a doll and doll clothes a size four cowgirl outfit a small basketball crayons a coloring book clothing and a variety of fruits for a cheerful holiday wish.
Child's Christmas Wish Letter from Sharon Lee Brown
Denton Maryland December 2 1952 a five year old requests gifts for Christmas including a nurse set cowgirl outfit size 6 a doll a basketball roller skates housekeeping set games dishes play school set coloring book crayons and some clothes she asks for fruits nuts and candy and signs her name Sharon Lee Brown
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Denton, Md
Santa
Bonny Lou Brown
Sharon Lee Brown
Christmas wish list for a fourth grader includes gear and gifts
A nine year old in fourth grade requests a View-Master with reels a cowgirl outfit size 12 a doll games basketball roller skates clothes and a coloring book with crayons plus candy and nuts. She mentions her teacher Miss Lawless mother father sisters and Diane Brown as family.
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Denton
Santa
Miss Lawless
Diane Brown
Mary Mezick Seeks Classic Toys and Accessories
A letter from Mary Mezick requests a Winnie Walker Doll a Kidd e Kitchen a Ring n buzz switchboard Mr and Mrs Potatohead an umbrella Terry Lee shoes and stockings a coloring book and a 29 cent box of crayons, expressing affection and childlike wishes.
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Denton, Md
Santa
Winnie Walker
Mrs. Potatohead
Terry Lee
Children’s Christmas Wish List From Denton Girl Kathleen Luff
Kathleen Luff of Denton Maryland asks Santa for Lincoln logs Tiny doll blackboard landscape peg set viewmaster and a walking doll with hair styling clothes plus a bride’s dress roller skating outfit doll pajamas and evening dress a painting set an operator’s set a bed that pushes Mr and Mrs Potatohead fruit and nurse dolls a rocking chair and nurse kit She also wishes for gifts for friends family and all children everywhere with thanks to her teacher Miss McAllister and others
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Denton, Md
Santa
Frances Hignutt
Denton
Sally Walker
Mrs. Potatohead
Miss McAllister
Kay Spidle
Potatohead
Martha Ann Mitchell
P.S
Mrs. Meiss
Mommie
Brother
Daddy
Viola
Kate
Kathleen Luff
Mrs. Hignutt
Roy
Gary
Bonnie
Alice Patricia Bilbrough
Barbara Townsend
Christmas Wishes From Denton Kids in 1950s Letters
A collection of childhood Christmas requests from Denton Maryland students and siblings. Eleven-year-old and younger writers ask for dolls, clothes, a tea set, gun and holster, a phonograph, books, candy, toys, and other gifts for themselves and family, dated 1953 to 1955.
Christmas Toys Requested by Many Little Children
A child lists Christmas wish items for dolls, nurse kits, clothing, and play sets including doll houses, trains, games, and costumes. Names repeated include Barbara Townsend Judy Bauer Philip Brown William Hignutt and teachers Mrs Meiss Miss Gale and Mrs Hignutt, plus family mentions and New London connections. The letter seeks a variety of gifts and ends with a promise to be good.
Christmas Wish List From Local Schoolchildren
Three letters from children in first and second grade appeal to Santa for gifts. Myron Irwin asks for a holster tool chest cowboy hat plastic boots and a large box of American legs, mentioning family. Donna Gayle requests a talking doll and doll house, clothes for herself and the doll, and thanks her teacher Miss Chaffinch and family. Jeanie expresses gratitude and asks for a doll, baby carriage, and clothes, while Tommy Mowbray lists a Lone Ranger set, scooter bike, and mentions his Navy brother and teachers.
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Santa
Myron Irwin
Denton
Donna Gayle
Miss Chaffinch
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Miss Morgan
Sandra Conner
Betty Ann Thomas
Yours Truly, Russell Davis
Nures
Jane Aden
Robert Dempsey
Phyllis Bowman
Rosemary Little
Jeannie Hall
Tommie
Leroy
Jean Marie Jester
Tommmy Baucom
Mary Mezick
Carole Frampton
Pauline Davis
Norris Dean
Irwin Feldman
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L. H. Fiske
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Greensboro
Lindo
Watertown
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Alton Ewing
Cordova
Hillsboro
Anderson Lumber Company
Easton
Caroline Home & Auto Supply
Matilda Menefee
Florida
Miami
P. O. Box
Clarke
Caroling Home & Auto Supply
Market St
William Bullock
Louise Scott
E. L. Fooks
Second St
Court House Square
Calvert C. Merriken
Earl M. Crouse
Andrew Altis
Halsey Rd
Dover
Del
Breeding & Nichols
Noble Motor Co
Easton 245
Caroline Home and Auto Supply
Bath
John H. Mast
Parker W. Stone
Glad Gardens
Paul Beauchamp
Denton-Ridgely Road
William Ostermann
Sixth St
Stayman
Delicious
Rome
O. A. Newton and Son
Bridgeville
Creighton
Wingate Neal
Federalsburg
Roy Hill
Willing Workers Circle of
Grace Church
Carville
G. Emory Gottwall
N. R. Harrison
State of Maryland
Peninsula
Madeline Jones
Jewell St. Delmar
Delaware
Delmar
Stockholders’ Meeting
Denton National Bank
Maryland
Robert Fleetwood
Meiss
Gary Cox
Judy
Pillsbury
Arthur Godfrey
Judy Bauer
Philip Brown
Gale
New London
Boy
William Robert Hignutt
Charles Stanley
Oliver Wright
Lamison
Mary Alice
Denton-Greensboro
Mike Malott
Love, Donna Gayle
Jeanie
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