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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1942
Page
2
The Red army moved toward Smolensk on Saturday signaling a new push on the axis of the German advance. Smolensk, a historic defense point west of Moscow, has been the focus of heavy fighting as Soviet forces claim to have driven Germans from several villages around Stalingrad and Rzhev.
The Farm Transportation Committee of Milam County will meet at the AAA Office on Monday December 24 at 1 p m to consider appeals on all Certificates of Farm Necessity for farm trucks and pickups.
A group celebration suggests playful party games to spark camaraderie. Mixed Resolutions invites guests to write host and neighbor resolutions, then read them aloud. A diary week page game has players sign names and recount activities, ending with revealing confessions. Time themed slips link to a next activity.
Miss Lydia Krenek became the first Cameron woman to enlist in the Woman Army Auxiliary Corps. She filed her application on Saturday and hopes to complete enlistment soon. Krenek has worked at the Cato Cafe for some time.
The USO Committee in Cameron forms new districts led by Mrs. R. B. Rylander to host visiting Camp Hood soldiers. Volunteers are urged to help at the USO hall and home visits, with strict visitor rules to ensure proper entertainment for servicemen.
Sheriff White recovered a Ford Coupe stolen from the Hefley Stedman Motor Co. and belonging to Oxsheer Smith, president of Citizens National Bank. He will return to Leveland and hopes to announce an arrest early next week.
E L McGuyer of Rockdale and Clarence Rancy of Buckholts stopped in Cameron Wednesday. Mrs M W Price, ill, is in Temple at Scott and White Hospital since November 26, boarding with daughter Mrs Edgar Love. Parma Radio Service notes Mrs Julia Davis 93rd birthday in Sharp with Milam county roots and family. Baptist YWA to meet at Mrs Wills Dismal s home 8 pm with program and devotion by Mrs John A Smith Sr. John Arledge of Cameron marks 82nd birthday today Tuesday 1942.
J. M. Clark of Rockdale visited Cameron on Monday. B. F. Cosby of Rockdale was a Cameron guest Monday.
Mrs. Peery Wimberly died at her Dallas home on Thursday after a short illness. Foster daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hooks, she was raised in Cameron until age twelve and later married with two young children in Dallas. Her aunt and foster mother is Mrs. Harry Holzhauser of Dallas.
Beth Looney, a student at Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, is at home this week visiting her mother in Branchville and her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Niley Smith of Cameron.
Parma Radio Service marks 82 years serving Cameron and Milam County with a Christmas greeting for 1942. The ad emphasizes radio repairs at lower costs and invites customers to bring in any make radio for service.
Will Gjedde of Cameron receives a Christmas gift check for 100 dollars from his son R M Gjedde U S soldier serving in England. The letter notes many American boys abroad remember their parents and the old U S A.
L. H. Wilson of Luling drove to Cameron for an operation at Newton Memorial Hospital.
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