The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1950 Page: 2 of 20
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December 14. 1950
2 -ROCKDALE (Tex.) REPORTER
Children's Letters to Santa Oms
I I w uil a viowin.ti.ler
servKi* stitlion, .titil a
my brother wauls a
nisi* train I hope 1
1 hi;, t'In is! fit as I’atliy
a Samel lines I try
n I’m Imping yuu will
set v let* s Li turn, mm
.ml Murks My kitly
il l like • ball. Hope
a r.Iiii.is l*muil(i Jer-
)i i Claus1 1 11ii a til tie
■ars .ilil ami have been
I I illt“inl Sunday
chin eh i i*f*iilaiiy Fpi
al’Mse tiring me a doll,
ti l ironing board and
is1 Keinombei all (lie
buys and girls. 1 have
ha refrigerator fur you
r Idlle 11 land. .1 ttuao
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fill
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lackers, and please bring my big
aother Buck some things. I ll
lave some hot coffee and cake for
ou when you get here. Thank
ou. Your friend, Bernard Karl
teathard.
Dear Santa: l have been a good
,irl and I hope you will bring me
r Santa t am a little buy
s eld .mil am thinking about
lot I’lease Santa, bring
ire truck and a transport
and .Santa don’t forget all
l'her Id lie children Also
my little cousin I awe to
.inwood Stork
Santa Claus: 1 mi a little
i the first grade. I like to
hool Santa 1 want i gun
It, some bools, a hat, a pair
its and shirt Don't forget
i * hly my grandmother
i my aunties and uncles. Be
.) ri member iny teachci
riend, Withio McKee III
had' !m,«hl“hr ***** .ft* *1
In a typically hectic ending, the its conference 0m/nU 0%er all
Southwest Conference football the Texans in their Then
.season ended with the pre-season, Kttmc of the long M,*
rite, the Texas Longhorns, rid- “*® Louisiana sum. Taiotl hun<w
— - ——■———' b trouncing. 1 k*iers a 2j
Please remember to bring Joyce I ^*u‘ Longhorns am !
Marie and brother and sister and o»ade the host't vun'alkal|y
Ji and Mother and Daddy and L*»ttim Bowl game at d'n thd
Christmas things Lots New Year’s Lav, bv allas «w
- — — Inin? iiu» 7 n-dson of ur 1
Joy
Mama .some
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opponents will ^bTthlTTheir
Dear Santa: I want a bicycle for Tennessee, charniii.m MlVer%
much. Southeastern Conferee? °f the-
Christmas. I love you very
i want 100 walnuts. I want it i The Baylor Bears
rise team m *w:. 'uethe
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tackle'(right) A short time later the horse was raised out of his neck-deec prison, uninjured though
somewhat disgruntled.
Dear Santa Claus l am a little
girl ll years old. I am in the sec-
ond grade this year. I have tried
to be smart and a very good little
girl. Santa, please bring me a
bicycle and a doll baby to cry,
with teeth and curb Santa, den t
forget Aunt Zelma and Uncle
Louie and my throe wonderful
grandmothers, Mama Stovall, Ma-
ma Viola and Mama Howard, also
Grandpapa and Daddy Hubert. So
good by for now Santa, and I’ll
be looking for you Christmas eve
night. Yours truly. Zelma Marie
Mitchel
j letter to tel! you what we want for
I Christmas My baby sister wants
|a sweater, a pair of shoes, some
'socks, and rocking chair. 1 want
la corduroy suit, a hat and pair of
shoes, also some socks. Don't tor-
get my mother and father and all
my aunties and uncles. Don't for-
get my grandmother and my iearn-
er. Your Little friends. Gladys
and Phillis Marie McKee.
Dear Santa Claus: 1 am five
years old and l have been a good
girl, so please bring me a dressed-
up doll and a housekeeping set,
and some clothes and candy and
fruit. Also anything else you wish
to bring, maybe a doctor’s set.
Christinas Eve. I know my lesson prist* team of this
every day, and I want some apples, west Conference raci
From Billy Richards. in second after h ivino —-
1 season rated as a taiuJf1?4 lhe
Dear Santa Claus: I am writing the so-called sports “e M ^ ^
you to tell you what I want tor I The Texas Amhe ,XPCrts'
Christmas. I want a hat. some forecasters' bv de^Jw upset tr*
socks, a corduroy suit. Bring mo- team which tied VH
ther and daddy something nice. Frogs for third m • Horn<*
Don't forget my aunties and uncles, ference Then . ln the
Your friend, Agnes R McKee. ; successful •SoJCjfi10
Dear Santa: We are a little girl lege^ark^'nearW31^*01* at Col-i
four and a little boy two. we try D
to be good, but sometimes slip tty of Gcoruh i ^ in'"'Univers-
a little, so will you try to forgive week leam 40 to 0 1*1
us and bring me (Shirley) a elec-1 . * , ,
trie stove, dishes, doll, tricycle,1 year s champion, Rice lnJ
.uui some other things. Bring my [ ’h n<?^ «P « fourth plaJ
littie brother (Cecil) some trucks, . n 1 , lu»hly touted SMU!
cars, a doll and other things that *,usuai*e Arkansas endei
he can play with, and some candy: 1 -wason in last place,
and fruit. Don’t forget lhe other! Ono °f the season's most uneiJ
little boys and girls, also my daddy ported.developments was the resign
and mama and my grandparents, nation of Coach Blair Cherrv ^
Shirley Ann Melrvin. Texas, almost in mid-season ib
; though his team had the most ’sue J
1 Dear Santa Claus: I'm a little boy cessful year of any that he had!
.! years old J have tried offel ovor coached. He resigned, !
hard to be a good little boy this *aid, because disgruntled Te
year. For Christmas, please bring supporters were hounding him al-
me a pair of cow boy boots, a nil or ...t to cast ruction, and his
truck and anything else a little was cracking under the strain
boy like me should have. Don’t Other conference coaches air
forget my sister Mary Elizabeth, pea red to have weathered 9
and three brothers, Grant, Glenn storms, although there were
and Thomas Mauldin of Texas mors that Dutch Meyer would
City. They would like anything retired at TCU and Rusty Rr
nice. Your little friend. John Wes-1 at SMU was under fire for
1 ley Mauldin. poor showing of his team.
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tor Company wore recently presented v > Ford Motor Company's "SOU Club La-
pel Pins for unusually high sales i and used cars and trucks thisyscfc8
Each year more Rockdale people and people throughout Central Texas are turning
to Gaither Motor Company for used cars a.id trucks because they know their—
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NfW COIOR^PHO KEYBOARD —l ull-si/o
Standard Ollicc Keyboard in colored a
new non-glare green. Keys are shaped
to “Clip" your fingertips and Gvir.ietcrs
can’t wear off!
NEW QUICKSET MARGIN CONTROL InstanC
margin settings by a touch of your
linger. Indicator tabs .ire mounted
above full-length paper scale
NfW SYNCHRONIZED CARRIAGE RETURN LINE
SPACER —Gives single, double, plus trip}?
spacing—with perfect line registration!
NEW 3 POSITION I'APCIt BAIL-Molds in
forward position, pushes back to smooth
paper and swings up for erasures.
AT LAST... A PORTABLE
WITH THE ‘ TOUCH’' AND ACTION
OF COSTLY OFFICE MACHINES!
Noi just a "new model”—but, a revolutionary
ftnv design , , . with a lighter, “snappier’*
touch, amazing speed and over a dozen brand
new typing aids! Don't miss it! Come in.
today, and see it — try it—yourself!
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Ti you're in tho market for good transportation, check this list of used cars on our lot
the: week:
1950 - BUICK Fordor Sedan.....Bluo, Radio, Heater,
Seat Covers, White Sidewali Tiros, Very Low
Mileage,
1950 - FORD Tudor Custom—Black, Radio, Heater,
New Car Guarantee.
1950 - FORD Tudor—Beige, Radio. Heater, Overdrive.
Seat Covers. White Sidewall Tires.
1949 - FORD Tudor Custon—Radio, Heater, seat covers
1948 - FORD Green Super Deluxe Coupe-—Heater, Seat
Covers. Good Tires, A-l Condition.
1947 - FORD Super Deluxe Club Coupe—A-l Condi-
tion throughout, a Real Buy.
1948 • CHEVROLET Fleetmaster Tudor Sedan—Orig-
inal Paint, Plastic Seat Covers, Radio, Heater,
Almost Now Tiros.
! 947 MERCURY Fo-dor Sedan—Black, Radio, Heater-
Good Tiros.
1943 - FORD Tudor Super Deluxe—This is a Bargain,
So© It. J
19*6 • FORD Fordor Sedan—A-l Condition. Radw-
Heater. <i
19H - FORD Fordor Sedan—Re-Conditioned Motor.
New Tiros, Perfect Condition.
1941 - CHEVROLET Master Deluxe Tudor Sedan-
Heater, Seat Covers, Good Tires and M
1941 - CHEVROLET Club Coupe—Re-Conditioned
Motor. Radio. Heater, Good Transportation.
1940 - FORD Tudor Sedan—A Good Car, Runs PeH*t
y
1339 - FORD Coupe-Radio, Heater, Seat Cover*.
The Rockdale Reporter
Office Supply Store
PHONE 15S
Many others to choose from. Wo have Ford Pickups from 37 to 49 all in tip-top shape. Also Dodge and CheY
rolet Pickups and Trucks.
BUY BOW AND SAVE MONEY!
GAS m MOTOR COMPANY
ONE OF TEXAS' OLDEST FORD DEALERS
Phone 86 or 98 — Rockdale, pexas
WE BUY, SELL AND TRADE-EVERYDAY
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1950, newspaper, December 14, 1950; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694294/m1/2/?q=coaster: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.