Thanksgiving Guests and Local Visits in Buckholts Area
The Buckholts community reports a busy Thanksgiving period with numerous local visitors and family gatherings. Residents hosted relatives from Waco, Temple, Cameron, Dallas, Austin, Beeville, Needville, and elsewhere, sharing meals and holiday time. A funeral note records the death of Tom Zajicek from Bryant Station, with a fuller funeral detail promised next week.
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Joe Raska
Emil Drizga
Theresa Mekaska
Temple
Louis Raska
Bertie Lou
John Ziluky
Cameron
Loernz Zelisko
John Kuzel
Hugo Horstman
Coy Arledge
Melba Ruth Minnox
Dallas
Imogene
Nealon Peller
Austin
Frank Mitchell
Buckholts
Rosse
W. P. Elliott
Mattie Baucom
Mary Frances
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Milford
Elliott
Beatrice Walschak
J. A. Walschak
Will English
Marie
Donna
Moran
George Guoree
Beeville
D. R. Criswell
Cecil Criswell
A. R. Walsch
Infant dies in Cameron hospital after triplet birth
One of the Angell triplets born to Mr. and Mrs. Ozell Angell of Walkers Creek died at Cameron hospital last Wednesday. The infant weighed two pounds four ounces and was the most delicate. The two surviving siblings, a boy and a girl, are reported to be thriving. Funeral services were held on Thanksgiving Day. The mother, formerly Miss Marietta Boyd, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Boyd of Walkers Creek.
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Ozell Angell
Walkers Creek
Cameron Hospital
Angell
Marietta Boyd
L. C. Boyd
Cardinals Schedule Basketball and Club Activities
Ben Arnold notes the Cardinals start practice with a game at Jones Prairie on Nov 29 then host Travis on Thursday if weather allows. The sixth grade welcomes Louise Templin, the 4-H Club meets Dec 1 for its second session, and the English club reports steady progress with weekly programs. Ora Bell Matthews visits the high school. Anna Beth Cook from Austin visited over Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. Vo Terry and family visited relatives in Reagan.
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Cardinals
Jones Prairie
Travis
Louise Templin
Ora Bell Matthews
Anna Beth Cook
Austin
Ben Arnold
Mrs
Vo Terry
Reagan
Lions Club charity game boosts sight program in Mitam county
A benefit football game between Cameron Bull Dogs and Taylor Black Ducks, sponsored by the Lions Club, raised funds for a sight conservation project for needy school children in Mitam county. Three lectures by F. E. Woodruff on sight conservation were given to Yor wich School students as part of the Lions youth program.
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Cameron Bull Dogs
Taylor Black Ducks
Lions Club
Mitam County
F. E. Woodruff
Yorwich School
Christmas Tree Lane and the Living Christmas Tree Idea
The article traces the origin of the living Christmas tree concept to Altadena California with a mile long Christmas Tree Lane of Himalaya cedars lit with thousands of electric lights. It credits Des Moines Iowa as the first national garden club to adopt the idea, turning the city into Christmas Tree City with heated trees on many lawns.
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Altadena
Calif
Des Moines
Iowa
Christmas trees spread across towns with vibrant color
Trees have spread through towns from coast to coast, displaying bright colors as part of a festive Christmas message.
Merrie Christmas through ages of Yuletide lore
The article traces Christmas origins from the Yuletide pagan festival in December to sun worship and the winter solstice. It notes Gregory the Great in 597 A. D. sending Augustine to Britain and his guidance to preserve local temples and customs while spreading Christianity.
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British Isles
Gregory the Great
Augustine
Evolution of Christmas From Yule Log to Christ Mass
The passage traces how Yule log customs and festive feasting blended with the Nativity story. It explains the shift from Yule to Christes Masse and how the term gradually became Christmas.
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Christ
Cheese rind feeds birds as Christmas fare say experts
A London Spectator note praises the rind of tilten cheese as a favored Christmas feed for garden birds especially robins. The rind provides fat and remains in place, attracting five or six species while offering watching pleasure and comfort for feeders.
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London Spectator
Thanksgiving Travel Notes From Temple Waco and Caldwell
Mr and Mrs Joe Luce spent Thanksgiving in Temple and Waco. Miss Elizabeth Eanes spent Thanksgiving in Caldwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Luce
Temple
Waco
Elizabeth Eanes
Caldwell
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