Friends To Santa Wish Lists From Local Children
Dear Santa please bring me four heed mittens doll and doll buggy baby sister wants a doll and rock ing chair and candy oranges and nuts for all Evelyn and Prances Batchelor request a doll doll bed tea set a little stove and fruits nuts and candy Vivian Smith Creed nine years old in fourth grade asks Santa to visit on Christmas Eve with a coloring book crayons and book satchel The Creed Twins request same gifts and to stop by their house
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Evelyn and
Prances Batchelor
Vivian Smith
Creed
Creed Twins
Santa Claus
Georgie Moser
Dear Santa: Christmas Wish from Viola and Velma Batchelor
Two sisters Viola and Velma Batchelor request gifts for Christmas including skates hoods mittens candy oranges and nuts. Their letter conveys simple holiday desires and family warmth.
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Viola
Velma Batchelor
Dear Santa Lantern Candy Ball Ring Request
A Santa letter from Jackson Harvey Swift asks for a lantern filled with candy a ball and a ring. The child signs the note with a thoughtful festive request.
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Jackson Harvey Swift
Dear Santa Letter From a Second Grade Child
A second grade child writes to Santa asking for a knife a toy gun and a train plus candy and nuts, signing as Junior Marshall. The brief note expresses simple Christmas wishes and innocence.
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Pease
Junior Marshall
Boy writes Santa for toys and knife in bootleg note
A child asks Santa for a cowboy and two guns along with a dump truck and bus. He also requests a good knife to fit his boot. He includes a plea not to forget his sister Donnie Arnder in the holiday wish.
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Donnie Arnder
Santa Letter From Billy Ray Caudle Requests Toys
A six year old boy Billy Ray Caudle asks Santa for a shooter gloves and plenty of candy nuts apples and other fruit in a handwritten holiday letter.
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Billy Ray Caudle
Dear Santa Claus Request From a Three-Year-Old
A child named Hilton Creed writes a note to Santa asking for a tricycle a small hammer candy oranges and nuts proving a festive holiday greeting from a preschooler.
Santa Letter Requests Toys and Treats for Christmas
A child writes to Santa asking for a red wagon with sides a tractor and candy oranges apples nuts and notes a person named Hil ton Creed J D Moser Jr. as a recipient or reference.
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Hilton Creed
J. D. Moser, Jr
Child Christmas Wish List Letters
A pair of youngsters send holiday pleas. Charlie Holder asks for a big truck a cowboy suit and a doctor set. Billy Grey Nicholson requests a train airplane gun tricycle and fruits nuts and candy.
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Billy Grey Nicholson
Dear Santa Requests From Bevelline Arn der Six Year Old
A six year old girl writes to Santa with a simple list of gifts including a doll blackboard a rocking chair a bathrobe and bedroom shoes addressing Bevelline Arn der to request for Christmas.
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Bevelline
Missing Child Take Home Ad for Jackie Shelton
A note from Jackie Shelton mentions a one year old child at 204 Church Street and asks that the father Hugh Shelton be contacted, describing it as the first Christmas without them.
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Church Street
Hugh Shelton
Jackie Shelton
Childs letter to Santa asks for toys and treats
A girl and boy named Charlie and Gracie Gordon write to Santa thanking him for summer and requesting a red wagon a brush and comb set nuts oranges apples and candy in their holiday note.
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Charlie and
Gracie Gordon
Christmas Wish From Dorothy Lee Swift
Dorothy Lee Swift requests candy oranges and apples a chest and a lantern full of candy plus a story book as she looks toward Christmas seeking a personal gift.
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Dorothy Lee Swift
Christmas Wish from Josephine Golding
A brief note requests candy, oranges, and nuts as gifts and mentions a wrist watch with a hopeful wish to see the reader at Christmas attributed to Josephine Golding.
Gift Request from Peggy and Agnes Eades
Peggy and Agnes Eades request a tricycle a doll and lots of fruits and candy for their seven months old sister. They ask for someone to bring her a present.
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Peggy
Agnes Eades
Childrens Christmas List Placed With Santa
A child asks Santa to bring a locket ring watch story books a box of fruits nuts and lots of candy for herself and her little sisters signed Let tie Mae Eades.
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Santa
Lettie Mae Eades
Dear Santa Claus wishes from Howard Luther Martin
A child writes a Christmas wish list asking Santa to bring a double wheeled wagon with a seat and to bring gifts for his mother father and siblings. The note is signed by Howard Luther Martin and expresses hopeful family generosity.
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Howard Luther Martin
Dear Santa Wish List From Catherine and Bobby Hiatt
Catherine and Bobby Hiatt request a guitar a bingo set candy oranges and nuts in a Christmas gift note. They address Santa with simple needs and sign their names.
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Catherine
Bobby Hiatt
Twin Sisters Pauline and Irene Send Santa a Letter
Pauline and Irene write to Santa with wishes and greetings, sharing their holiday spirit and family message.
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Pauline
Irene
Santa Letter From Bannertown First Grader
A six year old girl from Bannertown school writes to Santa Miss Gook her first grade teacher is loved. She asks for a cabinet stove sewing machine wrist watch ring and many candy and nuts in her Christmas wish list.
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Bannertown
Miss Gook
Barbara Worrell Shumaker
Hello Santa Wants Blessings and Balloons
A letter from Jimmie Jr. Hutchins asks Santa for a bicycle a pair of pants oranges apples pots and lots of candy noting Christmas wishes for a joyful season.
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Jimmie Jr. Hutchins
New Dress Gift and Treats Mentioned in Note to Santa
A handwritten request to Santa includes a new dress and a bounty of candy, nuts, and fruits from Annie Hutchins. The message reflects a festive childlike appeal and holiday generosity.
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Annie Hutchins
Dear Santa List From Davis White
A child named Davis White writes to Santa asking for a little red wagon a kiddie car a ring and plenty of nuts fruits and candy in a warm holiday note.
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Davis White
Letter from Roger Gray Cordar to Santa
A handwritten request from Roger Gray Cordar asks Santa for a wrist watch a toy Chevrolet car and a toy pistol along with plenty of candy fruits and nuts in a festive wish list.
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Roger Gray Cordar
Dear Santa Letter From Jo Frances Jones
A five year old girl writes to Santa asking for a tricycle doll carriage candy fruits and nuts as gifts and notes she has been good all year.
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Jo Frances Jones
New Dress and Tea Set Noted in Shirley Wall Verse
Fragmentary line recalls a “big sleepy doll that cries” and items like a new dress tea set with knives and forks fruits nuts and candy attributed to Shirley Ann Wall.
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Kelvenator
Shirley Ann Wall
Kathleen Thompson Gifts Wish List Mention
Kathleen Thompson lists items including a doll candy oranges grapes and a kite as part of a personal wish or note.
Santa requests gifts for Wanda Mae and brother Alton James
A child writes a Christmas wish list asking Santa to bring a doll a big tea set a little lamp and a broom for herself. She also asks for candy oranges and nuts and to not forget her little brother Alton James wishing for a rattler.
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Alton James
Wanda Mae Gammons
Alma Marsh Seeks Small Gifts For Christmas
A reader requests a modest Christmas list including a piano stove dishes table and a doll plus candy nuts and oranges addressed to Alma Marsh for the holiday season.
Readout of Holiday Gift Requests from Geneva Lee Wright
Geneva Lee Wright lists desired Christmas items including a tea set a doll carriage candy oranges tangerines and nuts in a personal request likely for a charity or gift drive. The message emphasizes a traditional holiday wish list.
Notice of Resale in Surry County North Carolina
Estate of Acqui Ya Lauffayette Hunter sells via court ordered resale at the Surry County Courthouse. Bidding starts $840.00 cash, subject to court confirmation. Property: 3.67 acres in Shoals Township adjoining I W Barber and Wesley Jones, with Old Rockford Road frontage and branch crossings. December 4, 1940. R A Hunter admr.
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Surry County
Shoals Township
State of North Carolina
Old Rockford Road
I. W. Barber
Wesley E. Jones
W. N. Brown
I. W
Barber
Rockford
R. A. Hunter
Admr
Three Boys Ask Gania for Christmas Gifts
In a handwritten note, Harold, Wayne, and Bobby Joe request Gania bring them a pair of boots gloves some cuts oranges and candy. They mention a little billy goat and a desire to hitch it to something.
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Gania
Harold
Wayne
Bobby Joe
Billy-Gomt
Dear Santa Request From Lee Calloway
A child writes to Santa asking for a toy stove a telephone and four dolls. The note specifies no candy oranges or nuts.
Dear Santa Claus Boots Wish From Bobby Ray Callaway
A handwritten plea from Bobby Ray Callaway asks Santa for a pair of boots a red wagon a big ball candy oranges and nuts expressed in a simple holiday note style.
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Bobby Ray Callaway
Dear Santa Please Bring Me A Christmas Wish List
A note from Bernice Irene Collina requests items for Santa including an electric stove wagon sled typewriter refrigerator organ doll bed nuts candy fruit and other gifts. The list reads like a child's holiday wish.
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Bernice Irene Collina
Dear Santa Lists From Maynard and Hubert McMillian
A note from Maynard McMillian asks Santa for a suit a tool set a drum candy fruit and nuta. A second missive from two year old Little Hubert McMillian requests a suit a tricycle and confectionaries.
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Maynard McMillian
Hubert McMillian
Christmas Wish Letter From Mattie Hickman
A child writes to Santa asking for a coat hat dress shoes and overshoes for herself and siblings. They request plenty of candy oranges apples nuts chewing gum and cake in the same note.
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Mattie Hick Man
Pair of Corduroys Umbrella and Wrist Watch Request
Jane FPlinchum asks for a pair of corduroys an umbrella and a wrist watch. The note lists her clothing and accessory needs in a concise personal request.
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Jane Fplinchum
Dear Santa Letter From Bobby McHone
A child named Bobby McHone writes to Santa asking for an air rifle a desk and various confections describing a holiday wish list. The note reflects playful holiday desires and personal requests.
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Bobby McHone
Cutout Book Sale Offers Fruits Nuts and Candy
Reilly and Norma Faye McHone list cutout book items including oranges apples nuts and candy for a local sale. The notice highlights available assortments and pricing details.
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Norma Faye McHone
Dearest Ganta Seeks Watch Ring Oranges and Nuts
A request from Lillie Jane Bledsoe asks Ganta to bring a working watch a finger ring several oranges tangerines and assorted nuts.
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Lillie Jane Bledsoe
Santa Letter from Alberta Backer Ham
A reader named Alberta Backer Ham writes to Santa requesting a wrist watch, candy, oranges, and nuts in a holiday note. The plea reflects a simple wish list typical of a personal Christmas correspondence.
James Clifton Expresses Wanted Sparkler and Toy Items
The note lists desired items sparklers a toy gun a knife and a wagon attributed to James Clifton. The brief shopping request lacks context or related details.
Dorcas Lee Thore Sums Belongings In Simple Notice
Doris Lee Thore lists a color book ring bracelet ball tricycle a small sewing machine several apples oranges nuts and candy in a personal estate conveyance.
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Doris Lee Thore
Leonard Southern Sells Items Including Candy Oranges Nuts
Leonard Southern lists candy oranges and nuts along with a toy gun a knife and a wagon. The note reads as a casual sale or trade listing from a personal advertisement.
Dear Santa Thank You Note from Harry Thompson
A short holiday note from Harry Thompson thanking Santa and listing wishes for candy oranges tangerines and bananas.
Latta asked to bring wagon and fruit candy
A note from Robert Brooks requests a large wagon and supplies including oranges apples nuts and candy for Latta. The item list emphasizes portable goods and treats.
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Latta
Robert Brooks
Letter from Vernon Hodges to Santa Requests Gifts
A child named Vernon Hodges thanks Santa for a previous tricycle and asks for a French harp and ABC blocks for school next year. The tone is warm and hopeful.
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ABC
Vernon Hodges
Betty Jean Seeks Christmas Gifts in Simple Letter
A child named Betty Jean writes a Santa wish list requesting candy oranges nuts sparklers a toy gun a knife and a wagon. The note expresses hopeful expectations for Christmas presents.
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Santa Claus
Betty Jean
Santa Letter Requests Wagon Boots and Fruits for Oliver Tickle
A child writes to Santa requesting a wagon to pull someone named Donald, a pair of boots, and unlimited apples oranges and nuts. The note is signed Oliver Tickle.
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Donald
Oliver Tickle
Nellie Ruth Gen Color Book Of Fruits And Doll
Nellie Ruth Gen presents a color book featuring a doll and various fruits including oranges apples and tangerines.
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Nellie Ruth
Dear Santa I Am a Little Boy Note
A brief child’s letter to Santa requests gifts and expresses innocence. The readable text shows a sincere plea from a young sender, invoking holiday traditions and the wish for presents.
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Car Model Fantasy Ride for Kids
A toy car for play is imagined as a rideable miniature vehicle. The description emphasizes a small, child sized craft with simple wheels and a driver seat, suitable for indoor or outdoor pretend journeys.
Apples Oranges Nuts and Candy Feature Quote
Meredith Sparkes notes a mix of apples oranges nuts and candy in a readable fruit array. The casual item reads like a market list or grocery note highlighting a colorful selection.
Laura's eighties doll carriage and candy list
An itemized readout lists candy oranges nuts piano and a doll carriage associated with Laura aged eight. The fragment hints at a child's forgotten or requested toys and treats.
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