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t*92 Years YoungOn FJ. M. Cramer admires his birthday cake, inscribed “Happy Birthday, Dad,” a gift of his daughter, Wit Mrs. Thelma Neal.M. Cramer, Pioneer CoahomaRancher, Celebrates9 2ndYearLynn fifth biiparty inMr. and The Ccthe birtpropria t“If any of my friends are older in 1913 he has lived in -nd near tive who is setting a pace for him.than I am and will come to see me : Coahoma until his recent illness She is Mrs. Rox'e Denman, anJoel Rioses cVmeT’chuXleTSi!! aDd Was ,he °f th° first aunt b* marriage, who lives indv as he admired a pink, £rclt; farmers tiQion ill this area* He was California. At 94 she, too, is stil]and white birthday cake—with an active in the opera ion of tiis ranch active and recently received roe-extra candle “to grow Oil”-- given , until his retirement about four or’cookiesIndivit ice crec and Day Randy Percy.him by his daughter, Mrs. Thelma KeiL“The miracle man,” as doctors Save dubbed him since his partial recovery from a critical illness which struck him down in June, Mr. Mramer was very active until that time and had attended a baseball game four nights before he was stricken Manager ot a team in his younger days, hefive years ago. He served about 61 years as a Methodist Sunday School superintendent, first at Kil leen and later at Coahoma. His wife died in 1941.Mr. Cramer s 13 Jving children are Mrs. Nettie Mitchell, Desde-mona; Mrs. Clara Hensley, Dallas; Aaron and Arnold Cramer aridJr., Waognition on a nation-wide radio Skipper hook-up. ! cly andHe sums up his recipe for a long and happy life in the simple statement: “I’ve always lived a clean life/'Mrs. Holmes WinsAt Bridge Clubhas always been an enthusiastic Mrs. Lillie Hensley, Fort Worth,Putnam Cramer, Houston; Mrs. George Thompson, Boone Joe, Barrel and Dink Cramer, all of Coahoma; Mrs. Joe Wheeler and Mrs. Thelma Neal of Big Spring. Threeof his daughters married Hensleybrothers. - . i ■follower of the sport and is c o n-ceded to be the Broncs oldest fan Mr. Cramer was born Sept. 12,1860 in Houston. His mother died when he was born and his father was killed two years later while loading a cannon during the Civil War. His maternal grandfather, j who originally came Pom Georgia, and who operated a large plantation with the aid of some 150 6laves, reared him. Vie moved toi Killeen m Bell County when It©lit . /~*i iwas 9 and in his ear.y manhjgcI ,nypSflOn LJUDSThe Newcomers Bridge Club met recently in the home of Mrs. R. E. Smith with Mrs. J. W. Holmeswinning high score.Mrs. 1). A. Brazel was awarded the floating prize.The next meeting will be Sept. 24 in the home of Mrs. Robert Me-EvanAt ASince his illness he has been i ,r, ,making his home with Mrs. Neal' Hospital.at 411 Runnels.Mr. Cramer does have one rcla-Hostesses will be Mrs. John M McFarren and Mrs. William S. Williams.operated two cotton gins there.His paternal grandfather migrated from Germany, where he was a member oi a wealthy elan, and in 1915 a detective, assisting i n settling the family estate, to which Mr. Cramer had become the only heir, visited him. His claim to the property was refused, his daughter states, because he was a n American citizen and would not return to Germany to live.Mr. Cramer has 118 descendants, including three great*.reat-grandchildren, and until last November, When he lost two daughters, there had never been a death among them.Since moving from Bell CountyThe 1905. 1930, 1946 and 1948 Hyperion Clubs wilf meet Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Wagon Wheel fora lifneheon. yNCO WivesThe NCO Wives’ Club will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the NCO Club at Webb Air Force Base for a “crazy’* style show.The Rlist, whc revival at the n day.Roy It er.“We aly,“ thesaid. “( blood-st; not vice Only lt;of Com told his nism isMenby Golt; One is family, al highVancc a newtion.FIRSTbringrJi
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Big Spring Daily Herald
Big Spring, Texas, US
Sun, Sep 14, 1952
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