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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1931
Page
8
Students discussed Friedrich Schiller's William Tell and chose Tell as a fearless, intelligent, modest archer. They described him as tall and well formed with gray hair, dressed in a tunic and soft hat, bearing a quiver, and noted his paternal love and confidence in his son.
The narrative paints Gessler as a greedy Viceroy of Switzerland under Austrian rule. He is described as arrogant generous with fines, trapping and imprisoning Swiss people. He is depicted as obese with a dark beard and fine attire, always riding a grand horse.
Mrs Giles McDermott hosted a birthday party April 1 from 3 30 to 5 30 for her son Lyle McDermott celebrating his ninth birthday. Guests mainly from Ava Henderson school second grade section Y joined for outdoor lawn games and a white cake with green border marshmallow bunnies and nine candles. An Easter Egg hunt followed making the event a joyous gathering.
At the Tem ple meeting of the Central Texas Presbyterial with twenty three churches, Cameron delegates included Mrs. John Watson treasurer, Mrs. George Day Auxiliary president, and Mesdames Ben Atkinson and Ernest Eggert.
Mesdames C. W. Lawrence Mary McLane Lawrence James Watson Graham Gillis R. D. Brown and Mary Henderson are named in a public notice listing participants or stakeholders. The fragment indicates individuals connected to a local matter, suggesting a community or legal notice context without further details.
Music lovers in Cameron and nearby heard the Easter Cantata Life Eternal at First Methodist Church at 7 15 p m Rev N D Timmerman pastor of the First Baptist Church gave a short sermon L C Gayle director of music at the Baptist church led the performance and Mrs Laula Clinton director of choir at the Methodist church was organist The large audience enjoyed the rare musical treat with top local talent rendering a difficult cantata and praised the rendition.
Members of the Homemakers Class of the Baptist Sunday school met Monday afternoon at the church annex for a business session followed by a social hour. They now own a lovely class room in the parsonage and are fixing it up with plans for engaging programs each Sunday morning.
Pupils from the primary department led by Mrs. John Olson enjoyed an Easter egg hunt Saturday afternoon. They met at the church and walked to City Park where they found many eggs supposedly left by little Mr. Bunny.
The Ada Henderson school hostesses the American Revolution chapter in a Thursday afternoon program on Texas wild flowers. Mrs. McIntosh read an original poem about Bluebonnets while Mrs. Baskin presented a paper on The Flora of Texas and a moving picture toured with flower slides. Guests included History Club members and one visitor from Marfa, Mrs Vernon McIntyre.
Members of the Methodist Missionary Society held a Monday afternoon business session at the church. In the president's absence Mrs M M Johnson. Mrs H N Tate presided and Mrs R H Johnson led the devotional. Officers gave their regular monthly reports. Next Monday Missionary Study will be led by Mrs W O Triggs.
Mrs. W. O. Triggs district secretary of the Women s Missionary Society and Mrs. M. M. Johnson left Monday for Nacogdoches to attend the Annual Missionary Conference held there this week. Mrs Johnson attends as Cameron delegate.
An afternoon gathering at the church featured Rev Acrey leading devotion, organ prelude by Mrs Henry Sapp, and a strong report on Auxiliary work by Mrs Geo Cay. Treasurer’s report by Mrs John Watson pleased members. vocal pieces by Mrs Watson, Mrs Thad Epperson, Mrs Hefley, and Mrs Sutton enhanced the program. Officers were installed by the pastor with notable ceremony.
The Delphian Chapter met Tuesday afternoon at 8:30 at the Methodist church with Mrs. T. A. Fisher, president, presiding in Mrs. Jim Coleman’s absence. The lesson focused on Restoration Drama with talks by Mrs. Fisher and Miss Winnie Henderson.
Freeman presents Later Stuart Tragedy and Mrs Niley Smith offers Congreve while Mrs Joe Denson contributes Love for Love. The chapter will meet next time April 21 with Mrs Jim Coleman as leader.
The Tuesday Bridge Club met this week in East Cameron at Mrs Claude Triggs home. Three tables competed with spring flowers adding charm. Mrs Clifton Jenness won high score for the afternoon.
The Aid Society of the Christian church met Monday afternoon at Mrs. Ed Lovick’s home with Mrs. Martin Kilian leading assisted by Mrs. Guy Locomb Raymond Beard Mrs. Young and Mrs. Harris. They plan to meet next Monday at three o'clock at the church. Mrs Jefferies of Austin, mother of Mrs Kilian, attended.
All circles of the Baptist W M S met at the church Monday afternoon for a business session presided by Mrs. McLeod. Reports were given by monthly standing committees and plans discussed for shipping an annual egg allotment to the Buckner Orphans Home in Dallas next week. Sixteen members attended and next Monday all circles will meet at private homes at 3 p m for Bible study with Lily Mae Handley Circle at Mrs T S Henderson and Lottie Moon Circle hosted by Mrs Grady Cooper.
Easter morning services across all churches filled the day with chilly air as sunrise lit the city. Pastors delivered splendid sermons at eleven o clock services, promising a beautiful day ahead.
The table by R A Tag lists daily maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall amounts for the week ending April 8 1931. Data include day by day readings recorded by the local weather man and timer.
Mrs. E. A. Knipp of Houston visits her mother Mrs A. J. Raymond and Mrs. Katie Robbins during Easter. Knipp formerly lived in Cameron, and her trips are enjoyed by many friends in the area.
Chevrolet March production reached 79 603 cars and trucks raising the 1931 model total built by April 1 to over 326 000. W S Knudsen announced the March performance surpassed February by 18 percent and beat the initial March target by about 1 000 units.
H A Fatheree and family report the death of Mrs Mollie Sarrells sister in law to Mr Fatheree from Houston.
An advertorial touts a new remedy that claims to stop throbbing headaches in five minutes. It is described as effective against neuritis toothache and various pains without depressing the heart and leaves the patient refreshed and feeling fine.
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