Local People News Briefs from Cameron and Surrounding Area
Superintendent T N Wood of San Gabriel has been commissioned a Lt in the Army and will serve as a mathematics instructor in Miami Beach Florida. Maxine Boedeker has left the District Cleek for a position with Santa Fe Railroad in Temple beginning Tuesday. The Cameron area notes cover visitors, marriages, births, and travel, including Sprott family funeral arrival, new baby Marvin Wayne Boggans, and wedding of Vasthi Tucker to Robert Greenwood in the county judge office.
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T. N. Wood
San Gabriel
Army
Miami Beach
Fla
Maxine Boedeker
Cleek
Santa Fe Railroad
Temple
Vasthi Tucker
Robert Dexter Greenwood
H. E. Crone
Rockdale
Louis Boggans
Houston
Cameron
St. Joseph’s Maternity Infirmary
Marvin Wayne
Marie Copus
Lavish Ice Spectacle And War Picture At Cameron
Cameron Theatre presents Monogram's Silver Skates on April 1 and 2 with Belita Kenny Baker Patricia Morison Irene Dare Frick Franck Eugene Turner Danny Shaw and a 36 girl skating ensemble. The War Department feature At the Front in North Africa runs Thursday and Friday. The tale centers on Bak er’s struggle to save the ice show with romance comedy and dramatic climax.
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Cameron Theatre
Monogram
Blade
Belita
Kenney Baker
Patricia Morison
Irene Dare
Ice Pictures
Frick and Franck
Sonja Henie
Danny Shaw
George Stewart
Jo Ann Dean
Hollywood
War Department
North Africa
Baker
Kenny Baker
Beltia
Green reports on legislature and local tax issues
Representative A N Green, 1941 House member in his first full term, returned from Austin to report on progress. He lambasts bad bills, praises Milam county with Brazos Reclamation Project ties, and fights a tax exemption plan that could have skipped Milam. He opposed redistricting that would move Ellis County to Dallas and keep cases in Waco, saving taxpayers.
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A. N. Green
Austin
Green
Texas
Milam County
Freeport
Gulf Lands
Brazos
Kyle Vick
Ellis County
Waco Court
Dallas
Waco
Local donations aid Reyes Family Fund at Cameron
Mrs. Ben McClellen of Minerva visited the Herald plant in Cameron Saturday to donate $1 to the Reyes Family Aid Fund. The contribution, acknowledged by the Reyes family, will be given to the American Legion for presentation. Louis Lewis of Rockdale and E. L. McGuyer of Rockdale also visited Cameron this week.
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G. F. Wayne
Dorothy Jean
Milano
Cameron
The
Herald
Ben McClellen
Minerva
Reyes
McClellen
American Legion
Louis Lewis
Rockdale
Rommel Defeated as Mareth Line Battle Grinds On
The British 8th Army pushes toward the Mareth Line with thousands taken prisoner. Rommel’s forces, including many Italians, fall back on the central front while Eisenhower notes progress and Patton fights off German counterattacks. The Red Army strains under hardship but holds on. Spring arrives in the Russian plains bringing thaw and mud.
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Mareth Line
Rommel
Eisenhower
8Th Army
George C. Patton
Red Army
Russia
Mrs H E Crone Visits Cameron From Rockdale
Mrs H E Crone of Rockdale visited Cameron on Tuesday, according to local society notes.
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H. E. Crone
Rockdale
Cameron
Red Cross War Fund Totals Reported in Three Area Totals
The War Emergency Fund total for the American Red Cross reached 6541 dollars announced by director F. G. Blake. Area contributions were Thorndale 966, Rockdale 1130, Buckholts 700, and Cameron 3745, with a plan to publish per community amounts.
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War Emergency Fund
The
American Red Cross
F. G. Blake
Thorndale
Rockdale
Buckholts
Cameron
Jess Thompson Named Milam County Statistician
Jesse Thompson of Rockdale has been named statistician for Milam County in the Department of Commerce. A World War I veteran and ex-service men leader, his duties include reporting cotton ginnings, a post formerly held by Ray ONeill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Thompson
Rockdale
Department of Commerce
Milam County
Thompson
Ray O'Neill
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Anymake Radio
Parma Radio Service
J. F. Sprott
Robstown
Thomas B. Sprott
Cavilla
Gordon Brown
Sprott
C. L. Eiland
Gay Hill
John Tindall
Marlow
Stella Wilson
Lilac
Frank Zalesky of
Marak
Pvt
Bob Hepting
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
E. P. Werner
Martha Lee
Steve Everick
Ad Hall
John Ray Pemberton
Cora Cammer
Cameron Hospital
Viletty Thompson
Jim Hamil
Charles Swift
Herbert Thweatt
Maysfield
Mrs. Ran Small
Big Lump
Jim Brown
Jeff T. Kemp
Brown
N. L. Hawkes
Augusta
Bonnell Pattillo
A. G. Buffington
Bobby Ray
Ment
Lalla Meyers
A.N. Green
E. L. McGuyer
Little Joe
Fuzzy Knight
Jennifer Holt
Jimmy Wakely
Sherman Lowe
Elizabeth Beecher
Lewis D. Collins
Oliver Drake
Universal
Milam Theatre
Mary Roberts Rinehart
With Main
Pitts
Aune Macmahon Bowman - Kibbee
Susan Virginia
Richard Grey
Quine
Menonyn Wervan
Harry Ruskin
Annalee Whitmore Jacoby
Thomas Seller
Mary Roberts
Rinehart
S. Sylvan Simon
Orville O. Dull
OCW
Ronald Fly
Reagan
Berlin
Nancy Coleman
Raymond Massey
Alan Hale
Arthur Kennedy
Raoul Walsh
Joan W
Ad & Wallis
Army Signal Corps
Red Cross
Jess Thompson
Paramount
Paramount Picture
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Fred Macmurray
Franchot Tone
Ray Mill
Victor Moore
Dorothy Lamour
Paulette Goddard
Vera Zorina
Mary Martin
Dick Powell
Betty Hutton
Eddie Bracken
Veronica Lake
Alan Ladd
Rochester
Kenny Baker and
Patricia Morrison
Marjorie Main and
Zasu Pitts
Dorothy Lamous
Kathryn Grayson and
van Heflin
John Loder
Ruth Ford
Jack Benny
Priscilla Lane
Little Joe the Wrangler
Johnny Mack Brown
Tex Ritter
Desperate Journey
Erroll Flynn
Ronald Reagan
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