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Patoka Register in Patoka, Illinois

05 Dec 1941

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Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1941

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Santa letters from Patoka Illinois children in 1941

A collage of Christmas wish lists from Patoka Illinois and Vernon Illinois children dated November and December 1941. Kids request toys, candy, oranges, nuts, dolls, trains, tractors, wagons, firearms replicas, bikes, skates, and dress items, with notes about good behavior and family thanks.

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Santa Claus Mary Mal Parker Patoka Santa Buck Jones Gene Autry Schoo Captain Tin Soldiers Jimmy Elifrits Ill Christia Stringer

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Letter Request From Patoka Child in 1941

A Patoka Illinois note from December 1 1941 asks for Christmas gifts including a sled a toy set and candy for a boy named George Leighton Wasem. The writer requests cigars for Daddy and a pansy for Mother if the main gifts cannot be provided.

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Patoka, Ill Sants Mila Jes Darrell Tila Jean Candle Verner, Til John Gillespie Judy Bob Easley Dear Santa North Pole Jean Klukis Vernon Jo Klukis, Jr Beryldean Leininz Vernon, Ill Joann Baker Rosemary Pippie Santa Clau Vernon,ll Karen Kay Carroll Dean Meador Mark Murfin David Ripple Wilmington Robert Monroe Nichols Virginia Sue Willis Norma Jeanny Marilyn Ballane Patoka Lloyd Hall Cary Billy Hull Phyllis Lange Schifferdecker E. Broadway Centralia, Ill Gruen Elgin East Broadway Centralia Centralia Booster George Leighton Wasem Ladlies Stead’s Coats Byers Maytag Company Centralia, Illinois Illinois Topper Broadway Light and Power Office

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