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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1942
Page
3
The lines recall Longfellow’s Christmas Day bells as peace on earth is sung yet shattered by cannon fire in the South. The speaker notes the clash between hymns of goodwill and violent conflict, asserting that despite despair, the Wrong shall fail and the Right prevail.
The article warns that native Christmas greens such as American holly laurel winterberry ground pine and bittersweet face extinction due to overcollecting. It suggests using evergreen substitutes like cedar pine hemlock and spruce and even artificial red berries. It calls for protective laws and possible regional restrictions to preserve greenery for future use.
Two youngsters join a broad wartime relief drive aiding the Red Cross with efforts at home and overseas, reflecting widespread public participation in the humanitarian program.
The article notes the Christmas feasts of medieval rulers and discusses calendar origins. It mentions Dionysius Exiguus and the ANNO DOMINI designation, suggesting the Anno Domini term appeared around 1219 and that Jesus may have been born before January 1 of AD 1.
Sgt. Victor Walzel, in Australia, writes home to Cameron residents about Pearl Harbor and forecasts harsh retaliation. He mentions four Cameron boys, notes warm weather ahead, and vows a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year while predicting he will see them on Christmas Day 1943.
Last year in Buffalo New York a night school trained raw recruits into finished Santa Clauses. The program hints that the future may see many bell ringers with degrees in Santa Claus Psychology.
Navy gunners mate Wayne Harmer McCallum, 22, of Rockdale, was killed in battle aboard the USS Boise, according to a War Department telegram confirmed by his brother Tommy Lee McCallum who letters his parents Mr. and Mrs. T. S. McCallum. The Boise recently returned to port.
A boy recalls his brother’s death in battle, calling him among the best sailors and gunners mates in the Boise’s memory. He says the fallen man fought to the end and that Davy Jones has the bravest fighter.
At Christmas time 1942 the Cameron Herald marks its 82nd greeting to Cameron and Milam County residents. Ed Worcester of Temple and E A Camp of Rockdale were both in Cameron on Friday for business.
Miss Imogene Hollinsworth of Maysfield, who holds a position with the AAA office, spent the weekend with her parents.
D. B. Worcester of Sand Grove was here Friday. Jack Rae from Sandy Ridge was in Cameron Thursday.
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