Dear Santa A Childlike Holiday Letter From Aberdeen TX
A crowd of tender requests from children in Aberdeen Texas recounts Christmas wishes. Barbara Douglas Sanders asks for a big doll and accessories while Freddy Joe Alexander seeks a football gear set and tractor. Other youngsters request toys like an ice truck, dolls, candy, and a red rocker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Carl Ray
Dezzie May Nelson
Barbara
Douglas
Edward
Douglas Sanders
Freddy Joe Alexander
Santa Claus
Joe Lynn Moore
Texas chairman named for Roosevelt Birthday celebration drive
William L. Clayton of Houston directs the Committee for the Celebration of the President's Birthday in Texas. He will appoint county chairs to organize balls and events across the state on Roosevelt’s Birthday, January 30, 1999, with half of funds used for infantile paralysis research and treatment.
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William L. Clayton
Houston
America
Texas
Roosevelt
Bishop Family Recovering After Auto Wreck Near Dumas
Mr and Mrs QO H Bishop and daughter Maxine were injured in a December 5 wreck near Dumas when a fire blew out on an approaching car causing it to swerve into the Bishops. They returned home December 14 after treatment in an Amarillo hospital. Mr Bishop and Maxine are nearly recovered while Mrs Bishop with a back injury can sit up briefly daily. After three days a white owl settled on a liner in the Atlantic.
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QO. H. Bishop
Maxine
Dumas
Amarillo
Poster Company Manager Praises Newspaper Ads
Conoco Oil Company employees and friends attended a venison dinner at the Pullman Cafe hosted by Judge Holton, a Conoco agent. Wellington Poster Company head 5 R Pinkston delivered the keynote on advertising and the value of newspapers as a public information medium.
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Conoco Oil Company
Judge Holton
Conoco Company
Pullman Cafe
5. R. Pinkston
Pinkston
Wellington
Mr. Holton
South
Texas
Mr. Pinkston
J. B. Clark
Tom Bryant
John Holton
Raburn Holton
Ruben Rountree
Bill Doty
Bill McCarver
Noel Berry
Ben Alford
Bill Tyler
A. B. Mears
J. R. Morgan
Dick Wiley
Ray Morgan
Large Delegation To Go To Legion Meet At Childress
A large delegation of Legionnaires and Auxiliary members will attend the district social and business meeting of the American Legion in Childress on Tuesday evening December 27. It will be held as a Christmas party starting at 7 30. Ernest F. Lewis post commander was notified by district Commander Charley Maisel this week.
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The
American Legion
Childress
Ernest F. Lewis
Charley Maisel
Swearingen Program Note and Community Updates
State Deputy Inspector John W. Beard and County Supt Logan Cummings visited the school Friday morning and praised the buildings and grounds. News items include local travel, illnesses, funerals, visits, party hosts, a Rotary meeting, and a Christmas program led by Rev J P Neal with guests from Altus. twenty-two members attended.
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John W. Beard
Logan Cummings
John Stephens
Wellington
Roland Gosnell and Sons
Nema
Arkansas
Gosnell
Rupert Hughes
Leslie
Myron
Ralph Messer
Jodie Gosnell
Walton, Ark
Jim and
Roland Gos
Rotary
Benge
Grace Nell Crowell
J. P. Neal
Andrew Quante
Fred Webb
Altus
Riend
Ity
Jean Alexander
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Claus
John Arvil Nelson
Aberdeen, Texas
Tam
Horace Boaz Helliman
Dolores
Trobert
J. A
W. C
Robert
J. A. Thompson
Daddy
Mother
Vivian Middlebrooks
Twila Faye
Virginia Sue Walker
Brother
Lawanda Porter
Shamrock
Orbie Joyce Offutt
Billie
Hannah Heth
Billie Bayles
Dorothy Sue
Dorothy Sue Little
McLean
Bago
Nolan
Douglas Potect
Almeta Shipley
Loreta Shipley
Teddie Ray Vaughan
Glyndeld Vaughan
Gallagher
Grocery and Market
North Side Square
John Keiser
United States
Germany
Los Angeles
Bishop Family
Atlantic
St. Nicholas
R. Pinkston
Holton
Legion
W. W. Anthony
Joe Childress
Poldfield
Best
Mickey’s
Higdon Auto Sales Co
Tive
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