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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1939
Page
5
A 1930s Santa letter page from Stamford Texas includes child requests for toys and treats. Teddy Mack Miller, Jerry Wayne Black, Barbara Ann Bean, and Betty Lou Boone sign messages from December notes to Santa. The letters show simple Christmas wishes for dolls trains tricycles and fruit with family mentions.
A collection of Santa letters from Stamford and Water Valley Texas children dated December 1939 and 1989 listing desired gifts. The notes request dolls, doll beds, push carts, kitchen sets, bikes, sewing machines, toy loaders, trunks, houses, tractors, easels, crayons, and candy along with fruit and nuts, signed by several young girls and boys.
Three Stamford area youngsters write Santa in December 1939 listing gifts like dump trucks, wagon, boxing gloves, cow boy suit, aviator cap, roller skates, tinker toys, and candy. They note good behavior and ask Grandparents or family to provide some items with fruit and nuts, signing from Weldon McMillan, Horace Wendell Pace, A C Coolbough, Wanda Fay Carmen, and Sterling La Maurice Carmen.
A collection of handwritten letters from Stamford Texas children dated 1949 to 1950 asks Santa for dolls trains toys and candy. The children name simple desires such as Shirley Temple dolls Charlie McCarthy drums tricycles bicycles wagons and fruit with family mentions and polite closings.
Aubrey Smith leads December 24 1939 program titled If Christ Had Not Been Born with Sam Crawford quizzing on Revelations chapters 1 through 7. The event centers on church activities and scripture study at the Victory Unit First Baptist Church.
A Parker and Sam Crawford tie the offerings with titles If Christ Had Not Died If Christ Had Not Risen and If Christ Does Not Come Again. The items reflect devotional works and religious study volumes.
Blondie Brings Up Baby comes to the Palace Theatre Sunday Monday and Tuesday with the Bumstead comedy team. Penny Singleton stars as Blondie with Dagwood played by Arthur Lake and Baby Dumpling by Larry Simms along with Daisy the dog in a high energy family comedy.
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