The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 2--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Dear Santa: We are two little boys 17 years old. We will tell you what we want for Christmas. Please bring a kiddy car, a scooter and a little rubber dolly that will say "Mamma." Lots of candy and nuts. From your radio friends, Lester Jones and Edwin Harris. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 2--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Dear Santa: I am a little boy seven years old and go to school every day. I will tell you what I want for Christmas. Please bring me a coaster sled, BB gun, a box of dominoes, a pair of ice skates and a lot of candy and nuts.--Harold Jones. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 2--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Dear Old Santa: I am seven years old and in the second grade. I go to West Point school. My teacher's name is Mrs. Osa Sumpter. I like my teacher very much. I want a Mamma doll for Christmas, one that will walk talk, and go to sleep. And old Santa please do not forget little brother and sister, Max and Marie.--Lucille Stevenson. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 3--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Dear Santa: I am a very teeny-weenie boy of 11 months and I want to tell you that I am not at home, so please come to see me at my grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Feland, and bring me a rocking chair, silver set, teddy bear, rubber ball and doll, and also candy and fruit.--Jimmie Snell. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 3--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Dear Santa: Will you please bring me a big velocipede and a gun, and Santa I will be awful good to my little brother after this if you would bring me a scooter and I would like a pair of light top shoes. Daddy said you could not bring so many things to one little boy but maybe you can, but don't forget other boys to bring mine. I would rather have less. And Santa please remember my little brother. He wants a kiddy car and a little pair of house slippers. I guess you will be sure to bring us nuts and candy. I am just a little boy not five years old yet, so please remember me and brother.--Paul Robert Reuter. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 3--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Yates, Mo. Dear Santa: I am a little boy 5 years old. I am in the 1st grade at school. Please bring me a pump gun, a saxophone, a stencil set, a football, some candy and nuts.--Marion Fray. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 3--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Yates, Mo. Dear Santa: Please bring me a table, chairs and a set of knives and forks. Please don't forget to bring Blanche and Edith something too. Our stockings will be hung by the chimney. Don't forget to put some candy and oranges and nuts in them.--Wilma Jean Benton. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 3--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Yates, Mo. Dear Santa: I am in the second grade of school and I haven't missed a day. Please bring me a football, BB gun and a storybook. My little sister and brother are looking for you too. Bring us all some nice candy and nuts and oranges.--Frank Sires. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 3--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Yates, Mo. Dear Santa: I am a little girl 7 years old. I am in the second grade. I want a toy car, a doll, a wrist watch, and some nuts, candy and fruit.--Edith Benton. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 3--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Yates, Mo. Hello Santa! Just a line to let you know what I want for Christmas. Please bring me a spinning top, a BB gun, a story book, a toy wagon and a necktie. And Santa, Billy said tell you he wanted a fountain pen and a gun.--Parks Morris. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 3--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Yates, Mo. Dear Santa Claus: Do not forget to put a BB gun in your pack, also please give me some story books, a football and candy and nuts, and oranges and chewing gum.--Foster Sires. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 3--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Yates, Mo. Dear Santa Claus: I will be looking for you Christmas eve night. Please bring me a sewing machine, a set of knives and forks, and a doll, also candy, nuts and fruit. Santa, don't forget the other little boys and girls.--Martha Wayland Williams. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 4--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Yates, Mo. Dear Santa: I want a chair, a sled, a table, a little cook stove, a bed and a doll. Please don't forget to bring mamma and papa something nice. Please put some candy, nuts and fruit in my stocking.--Phyllis Stark. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 4--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Yates, Mo. Dear Santa: Please bring me a fountain pen, a pair of gloves, and a sewing machine, some candy and nuts. I am in the third grade. I study hard to know my lessons. My teacher is Miss Helen Burton.--Blanche Benton. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 4--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Yates, Mo. Dear Santa: I want a basketball and a popgun, and a fountain pen, some candy, nuts and fruit. Don't forget Virginia and Lawrence. Come soon Christmas eve, while I am at the Christmas tree.--Kenneth Goon. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 4--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Yates, Mo. Dear Santa: Please give me a dresser, a cabinet, some water colors, a set of toy dishes (I want China dishes this time, not tin ones). Bring Billy a car and a jumping jack. Ray wants candy and nuts and a kiddy car.--Nina Norine Thomas. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 4--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Yates, Mo. Dear Santa: Please bring me a football and a basketball and a 22 rifle. I would also like to have a wagon. Please bring me lots of nuts and candy, some English walnuts and some picture cards.--Glenn Fray. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 4--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Yates, Mo. Dear Santa: I am a little boy 8 years old. Will you please bring me a basketball and a cap pistol, some story books and candy, oranges and nuts.--Vernon Fray. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 4--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Dear Santa Claus: I am a little boy 11 years old. I go to Hamilton school. Haven't missed but one day since school started. I want to tell you what I want for Christmas. Please bring me a gun and a pair of skates, some candy, oranges and nuts. Please don't forget my three little sisters and brother.--Herschel Hogan. Thursday, 23 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 34, Pg 8, Col. 4--SANTA CLAUS LETTERS--Dear Santa: We are two little boys 18 years old. I want to tell you what to bring us for Christmas. Please bring us a wagon, toy pistol, a pair of skates and some candy and nuts, and you can bring us a sweetheart about our age if you want. Please don't forget our mamma.--Benton Avery and Edward White. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. 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