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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
7
The report describes Major Gillis advancing among forward troops during a battle to relieve the Bat talion of the 30th Division. Col. Solomon hails Gillis for risking his life in the assault as a pivotal moment in his first major battle, with continuing notes on postwar German reflections.
The report chronicles Major Gillis and Bill Gillis receiving the Distinguished Unit Citation and a Silver Star for leading a battalion during a heroic Mortain counterattack. Born October 7, 1917, in Cameron Texas, Gillis excelled at Schreiner Institute West Point and set academy records in hurdles. He died September 30 1944 in France. his family included wife Lenore Wiley and daughter Georgia Ann.
Major Gillis, veteran commander, led from the front during the central France sweep. Facing heavy fire in mid September near the Rhine and Marne Canal he waded and swam across the canal and Sanon river to direct leading troops under intense combat.
Major Gillis was mortally wounded during a heavy German counter attack on September 30, 1944 while tending his men at the front. He received multiple decorations including the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, plus foreign honors from Britain and France.
Mrs. F. F. Reid of Dallas arrives to spend the winter with her son Frank Reid and family in Cameron. She has many friends in Cameron who welcome her return after summer stays with son Phillip Reid and family.
Friends report Walter Jerry is ill and confined to Newton Memorial Hospital. The notice provides no further medical details.
A poetic line notes how a single eyelash flicker can disclose intense emotion and romantic desire, suggesting a window into a lover’s inner feelings.
Mr and Mrs Willie Janicek of Rogers visited Cameron on Tuesday. Mrs Janicek is formerly Albina Tomasek. The story contrasts unprovoked attack by a wild boar of India with a tame bore of America.
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