Children’s Letters to Santa Share Wish Lists
Ronnie Coleman of Stamford writes she will be five soon and asks for a dump truck and loader, plus wishes for her brother and sister Norma and Gene and global kindness. Delores Kay Wiseman from Hasket mentions visiting grandparents Ernest and Floy Coleman with baby sister Debbie and requests a magic skin doll and teddy bear. Charlie Vasek in first grade sends a brief note asking Santa to remember his brother in the fourth grade and mentions starting school.
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Ronnie Coleman
Stamford
Rt. 2
Santa
Santa Claus
Norma
Gene
Europe
Delores Kay Wiseman
Hasket
Rt. 1
Ernest
Floy Coleman
Debbie
Het
Ronnie
Charlies Ray Vasek
Grandpa
Grandma
Ennis
St. Nicholas
Oys
Charles Ray Vasek
Letters to Santa from Ennis Children Delight Readers
A collection of handwritten requests to Santa from young residents of Ennis and nearby families. Each child asks for toys such as a doll buggy, bride doll, stick horse, tricycle, tractor, drum, watch, dishes, and a small car or horn, plus fruit, nuts, and candy. Adults reference family members and Christmas lore while the children sign names like Charles Vasek Sue Raley Wayne Raley and J Dennis Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Apton
Sue Raley
Symonds
Wayne Raley
Greatest Gift May Be Life Slogan Drives Holiday Safety Push
Texas Safety Association uses the slogan your greatest gift may be a life to rally 41 statewide groups and the public to reduce Christmas travel deaths. Governor Jester cites DPS forecast of 230 deaths and 6,600 injuries for December with targeted outreach to industry, churches, service clubs, colleges, and police to boost enforcement and awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Safety Association
Jester
Department of Public Safety
The
Safety Association
Jlevoie
Chiefs of Police
Santa Letters Reveal Christmas Wishes From Children
Dennis Smith and John Bill send requests for toys and gear including a camera racer and baseball items. John Bill asks for a tractor trailer erector set and guns while Larry and Joyce Grimm, ages three and eight, list bicycles bracelets roller skates and fruit candy and nuts for many children.
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Dennis Smith
John Bill
Santa
John
Santa Claus
Larry
Joyce Grimm
Joyce
Stamford Town Laments Dust Gusts and Growth
The Rural Rhyraest recalls Stamford’s debates over wind and rain moderations, police armaments, and city funding while praising a bustling market square and crowded spaces. It contrasts local praise with ambitions to reach broader fame and fix regional leaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Transferred Lieutenant Piwetz Iy Ordered to Tucson Field
Lieutenant Twayne Piwetz Iy is transferred from Lackland to Davis Monthan Field in Tucson after January 1. He remains on duty while his wife and two children stay home for Thanksgiving. Mr and Mrs Rheott Crown plan Christmas travel to Fort Worth to visit Mrs Crown’s parents.
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Twayne Piwetz
Lackland
Dais Montha
Tucson
Rheott Crown
Fort Worth
Mire
Tits Mer
Will Visit Son and Wife Over Holidays
Mrs. Mattie Haynes left Tuesday for Dallas to visit her son Dr. Harry Lee Haynes and his wife. They will attend a Weatheford dance at Live Oak Country Club hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Bragg. For Christmas dinner they travel to Ennis with aunts Miss Claudio Anderson and Mrs. Elizabeth Hickox. Sunday dinner will be with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pullen of Royse City.
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Mattie Haynes
Dallas
Harry Lee Haynes
Weatherford
Haynes
Bill Stanbery
Live Oak Country Club
Robert Bragg
Ennis
Claudio Anderson
Elizabeth Hickox
Henry Pullen
Royse City
Texas Tech Student Tommie Elliott Home for Holidays
Tommie Elliott of Texas Tech in Lubbock is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Elliott for the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommie Elliott
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Mrs. M. E. Elliott
Stamford Graduate Buried in Louisiana
Funeral services were held in Baton Rouge for Wm. Lewis Bailey 36 a Stamford high school graduate who died after a brief illness. Surviving are his wife and his mother Mrs Margery Bailey a Taylor County Red Cross case worker. He was nephew of Maud Cooze former Stamford Hospital superintendent and aunt to Miss Cooze. His sister Mrs Rod Merritt and family accompanied relatives to Louisiana.
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Baton Rouge
Wm. Lewis Bailey
Stamford High School
Bailey
Margery Bailey
Taylor County Red Cross
Abilene
Maud Cooze
Sweetwater Hospital
Stamford Hospital
Stamford
Miss Cooze
Rod Merritt
Colorado City
Mr. Merritt
Colorado
Canadian Father and Son Visit for Christmas
City and his father Walter Lew is Bailey of Toronto Canada. Fernando Cortes was the Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Mrs John Dewees and sons Barney and Richard left Tuesday for Pauls Valley Oklahoma to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents.
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City
Walter Lewis Bailey
Toronto
Canada
Fernando Cortes
Mexico
John Dewees
Barney and
Richard
Pauls Valley
Okla
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North Swenson
Huston
Hardware and Goodyear Store
J. Dennis Smith
Verry Vir
J. c. May, Sgewele S
MR. and
Mrs. J
May
Mrs
Alton McClellan
Eugene Knabel
Leroy Upham
Tam
Anson
Rhyraest
Twayne Piwetz Iy
Miss
Hay Clater
Mott
Billie Sims
Harald
Meloturff
X-Ray Laboratory
N. Swenson Avenue
Will
Son
Louisiana
Florin
Gambill
Goceak Ora
Super Dog
Mrs. A. T. Jackson
Copece
NEW
Futuramics
Onsmosnse
Mocket
Oldsmobile
Pisher
Wetherbee
Westfall Motor Company
Stampord, Texas
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