Easter Party for Sunday School Class at Miss McLane’s
Members of Miss Sallie Kate McLane’s Sunday school class gathered Thursday for an Easter party in their town. Guests played games, decorated with blue cardboard bite birds, hunted Easter eggs, and enjoyed ice cream cones and candy eggs in a festive setting. Little Juanita Cone Thomas of Gause was the lone guest outside the class, with Mrs Kaye Kenson and children of Minerva and Mr and Mrs W D Dersen of Cameron in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Kate McLane
Juanita Cone Thomas
Gause
Daughters of Confederacy to Hold Memorial Service in Oak Hill
An informal memorial service open to the public will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery at 2 30 p m on Saturday April 26 1924. Graves of veterans of all wars will be decorated and Confederate Veterans will tell Civil War stories at the cemetery. Flowers should be sent to Mrs Jeff T Kemp Saturday morning and rides offered to transport veterans and friends. Mrs Jeff T Kemp is president and Mrs Walter Sharpe is secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill Cemetery
Jeff Rogers
United Daughters of Confederacy
Jeff T. Kemp
Walter Sharpe
Sec’y
Easter Egg Hunt Draws 400 Children in City Park
Cameron Lions Club sponsored a Friday Easter egg hunt at City Park with over 400 children. Lions grounds crews and a committee of Mesdames Smith Trives Ferguson Watson and White prepared the event. More than 1200 eggs were hidden, with Curtis Gill winning three dollars for the gold eye, J. W. Long two dollars for the silver egg, and Ruby Lee Sprott earning one dollar for finding seventeen eggs, the most by any child present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Lions Club
Lions Club
Mesdames H. F. Smith, Jr
Claude Trives
E. V. Ferguson
James Watson
Grover White
Curtis Gill
W. Long
Ruby Lee Sprott
Breakfast Party for Yoo High School Girls
The Junior Girls Physical Culture group hosted a Friday breakfast at City Park for the Senior Girls. Miss Mary Lake Henderson directs the girls in physical training and fosters cooperative service reflected in the April day picnic and schoolwork. Mrs Frank Tray of Waco will be the Friday night soloist, sister of Mrs Jack Foster of Cameron, bringing noted piano performance to Cameron audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoo High School
City Park
Mary Lake Henderson
Yoe High
West
Frank Tray
Waco
Prank Tray
Jack Foster
Cameron
Foster
Trau
San Antonio
Family Reunion Amid Easter Sunday Returns
Mr and Mrs N H Butts hosted a family reunion with children and relatives including Ernest Smith and daughter Lucile from Austin, and Harvey Chamberlain of Walker Creek, sharing Easter Sunday with the Butts family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H. Butts
Ernest Smith
Lucile Butts
Austin
Harvey Chamberlain
Walkers Creek
Cameron History Club Sets Picnic and Plans
The Cameron History Club met Tuesday with 15 members. Mike Lily Magneter attended as a guest. The group arranged an annual picnic at Wilson Ledbetter Park and formed program, location and transportation, refreshment, and committee roles. Mrs. Joe Denson led the lesson on American Factories in China. Miss Mary Lake Henderson summarized the Dawes Reparation Committee and German conditions. Mrs. Martin, Miss Henderson, and Mrs. Gillis served cream and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron History Club
John Martin
Mike Lily Magneter
Wilson-Ledbetter Park
Wm. Henderson
T. S. Henderson
Jeff Kemp
A. N. Green
W. O. Triggs
8. A. Cottle
Thomas J. Denson
Paul Webb
W. G. Gillis
Ben F. Atkinson
Joe Denson
China
Mary Lake Henderson
Dawes
Germany
Martin
Miss Camp Hosts Easter Social at San Gabriel Home
Miss Lucile Camp entertained friends Saturday evening at her San Gabriel home. Easter decorations set the scene for dancing and refreshments. Guests were Cameron's Social Circle including college students home for the holiday and Miss Eloise Rogers assisted. The event was praised as one of the most delightful recently enjoyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Camp
San Gabriel
Cameron
Eloise Rogers
Community party smiles with treats and photos
The gathering served ice cream cones cakes peanuts and all day suckers for guests. Mrs Beth Weist and Mrs Giles L Arriott helped clear and clean the cheerful event as a photographer snapped a group picture for a lasting souvenir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuesta
Mies Beth Weist
Giles L. Arriott
Music Club Meets for Fantasia Focus and Chopin
Wednesday afternoon the music club gathered with Nell DuBois, Mrs. Paul Webb played Chopin, Miss Emmay Bipson read a Raff life sketch, and Misses Beckerman and Rogers prepared Baylor College contest numbers. Two guests, Mesdames Conn Miller and W T Carter, attended as the reception decor featured cut flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medt
Nell DuBois
Conn Miller
W. T. Carter
Glennie Stafford
Chopin
Emmay Bipson
Paul Webb
Chas. E. Gaston
Raff
Lillie Kate Beckerman
Eloise Rogers
Baylor College
Senior Picnic Enjoyed by Butte Class in Pasture
The Senior Class held a picnic in Butte’s pasture last Thursday evening chaperoned by Mesars Perkins and Sterling with Misses Reid and Caldwell. They traveled to the site for a supper featuring ice cream and a Dixieland program performed by local neighboring colored residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mesars
Perkins
Sterling
Reid
Caldwell
Bullock and Logan Tie Knot in Surprise Belton Wedding
A Wednesday April 23 1924 wedding in Belton united Howard C Bullock of Wood county and Bess Logan of Cameron. Bullock has been in Cameron six weeks conducting a circulation drive for the Cameron Herald. Logan is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Logan and is well known locally. The couple will reside in Cameron briefly before moving to another home location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belton
Howard C. Bullock
Wood County
Bess Logan
Cameron
Bullock
Cameron Herald
Miss Logan
J. B Logan
Mrs. Bullock
Birthday Party for Don and Robert Barrett
Mrs J M Clenney hosted a joint birthday party Friday afternoon for sons Don Barrett and Robert Lee Barrett aged 11 and 10. The home featured American Beauty and Marechal Niel roses with pink and green decor. Cream cake, Easter chickens as favors, and a cake table with lighted candles delighted guests. Symbols of fortunes awarded included Thimble Helen Dier, Button Virginia Ledbetter, and King John Watson with assistants T M Hightower and M C Marshall. Kids received many presents before an Easter egg hunt and departure with well wishes for future parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Clenney
Don
Robert Lee Barrett
Cate
Helen Dier
Dpnnie
Aubrey
Hightower
Button
Virginia Ledbetter
King
John. Watson
J. M. Glenney
T. M. Hightower
M. Cc. Marshall
Robert
Easter Party At Temple Sanitarium For Miss Mary Frances Green
In the Temple Sanitarium on Saturday, kind nurses hosted an Easter party for Mary Frances Green, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Green of Cameron. Her hospital quarters were decorated with flowers and presents, an Easter nest, angel food cake from Cameron, and refreshments for the staff and two doctors in attendance. The event honored the radiant personality of Miss Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Sanitarium
Mary Frances Green
CN. Green
Cameron
C. N. Green
Mary Francis Green
Farm Conditions Improve After Wet Winter and Spring
The record notes that despite a very wet winter and cold, wet spring, farm conditions have sped up in the last two weeks. Corn planting proceeds with soil care and plowing begun, while cotton planting advances countywide. The author regrets reduced corn acreage and fears reliance on high cotton prices.
Outdoor Party At City Park For Warene Janeway’s Kindergartners
Warene Janeway’s kindergarten friends were invited by her mother to City Park on Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 6 for a party with cream cones candy and cake. The children enjoyed games and amusements and had a gay time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warene Janeway
Miss Mildred Paver Hosts Monday Evening Event
Miss Mildred Faver hosted friends at her East 7th Street home Monday evening April 21. The program included readings and dances with prizes, an Easter egg hunt, and a refreshments course served by her Sunday School class. Out of town guests included Mrs. W. A. Sloan of Beaumont Miss Hopkins Texarkana Ed Coston Brownwood and King Brown Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Faver
East 7Th Street
Frances Smith
Fanny Mae Lankferod
W. A. Sloan
Beaumont
Hopkins
Texarkana
Ed. Coston
Brownwood
King Brown
Temple
County Agent Urges More Hay Crops Across County
A. M. Smith urges farmers to set aside one to five acres for hay to reduce feed hauling time and improve stock welfare. He notes progress in acreage, especially in the county's west end, and warns that merchants and bankers hesitate to finance farmers needing feed purchases.
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Society News
Daughters OF Confederacy
History Club
Miss Camp
Music Club
Logan
Fritz Fahrendorf
Ralph Fox, Jr
Walter Fox
Bloomington
Ralph Fox
Hubert Hefley
Mildred Paver
Wrigley’s
Org
R. A. Tag
Texas
A. M. Smith
County
Arent
Lawnmore
Gunn & McLane’s
Main Street
Maxwell House
Swift’s
Bob
McLane
Cameron, Texas
Yoe High School
Boy Scouts
Cameron Municipal
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