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Newspaper
Grand Saline Sun
Location
Grand Saline, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1966
Page
2
A Christmas note from Mike and Traci Whites and Leah asks Santa for gifts. Leah requests a Baby Doll, house shoes, Suzy Homemaker set and games, while Lynn wants a baton and a guitar. They offer cookies and candy and sign with love.
A collection of handwritten requests from several young children asking Santa Claus for toys candy and clothing. Names include James Rodgers Lisa Rodgers Laura Anne Dickerson Annette Barker Brenda Shields and brief family mentions appear throughout the notes.
A letter from Uncle Dan reflects Christmas peace and humor among locals in a country store crowd. Separate pieces report funeral services for Beulah Carter and Beta Sigma Phi December events in Grand Saline and Canton with plans for a Christmas party and Sweetheart contest involvement.
The article notes many trees carry legends linking them to the Nativity. It mentions The Cherry Tree Carol in which a bent boughs to Mary. It also recounts the Glastonbury Thorn legend of St. Joseph driving a staff into the ground and it taking root into a thorn tree.
The passage names Stanley Appleton Manuel De La Rosa Gerald Gilbert Quitman Ivy Lee Kerfoot John Rash Lanier Richey Vernon Shaw Kenneth Steele Tommy Stephens and Bill French.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miles and their children and Mona V. Lindsey, all of Dallas, visited Sunday with Mrs. Cecile E lis.
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