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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1975
Page
3
A collection of Christmas wish letters from children ages 2 to 8 in Alabama and Missouri. Each child asks for specific toys such as rocking horses, bikes, toy guns, games, and various branded items, noting family references and promises of cookies for Santa. The letters reveal family names, addresses, and household details alongside hopeful holiday requests.
Personal news from Paris includes Gleason and MARR Extension club meetings with holiday programs, gifts, and upcoming January gatherings. Monroe Manor reports administrators visit, carols, bingo, Bible study, Advent candles, new equipment, and a staff Christmas party with gifts. Phi Kappa Phi honors Jeffrey Van Praag at Missouri S and T Rolla. Magistrate Court logs speeding and deer-takings fines. Gerald Fields earns B S in Education at Southwest Missouri University.
Kevin Williams won first prize and Billy Prior second in a local personal news contest. The Teague Family Christmas Dinner was held at the Farber Community Building with numerous relatives and friends in attendance including Teague and Wilkinson families, and residents from Vandalia Jefferson City Columbia Mexico and nearby towns. Friday visitors to Leland Hawkinson accompanied by Clifford Downing funeral services for a Mexico brother-in-law linked to distant relatives from St Louis and Quincy.
Personal News of Centralia catalogs gatherings and holiday events. Mrs. Millard Potts hosted the Gamma Tau Pinochio Club Christmas dinner on Dec 11 with high and low scores noted. The Strothers Neighbors Club held its annual Christmas party at the Kaiser home with a carry-in dinner and carols, featuring readings and piano and organ performances by Mr. Kaiser’s family.
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