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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1933
Page
22
A collection of Santa requests from Texas youngsters in the 1930s and 1953, detailing gifts such as a red wagon, bicycle, dolls, toys, candy and fruit. Each letter asks Santa to remember family members and expresses good behavior and holiday wishes.
Several Cameron residents from 1933 request gifts in Santa letters. Boots Bailey asks for a doll and toys with candy and fruit. Margaret Baca seeks dishes a pencil box a printing set a doll dress shoes and trunk plus candy and oranges. James Edward Michalka requests a scooter cap pistol candy nuts apples and oranges with fireworks. Mildred Michalka asks for a bicycle a storybook candy nuts apples oranges and fireworks.
Cotton ginned in Milam county from the 1938 crop before December 1, 1933 totals 47 698 bales compared with 38 834 bales the year prior. Ray O Neil Special Agt. Miss Reba Young will arrive Friday afternoon to visit her mother Mrs Dallie Young at Freeport.
In a 1933 Western Newspaper Union piece Maybelle Martin recalls Ansel Doane and his wife caring for a small bird found in their kitchen on Christmas Eve. The bird warms, feeds, and replies with cheerful beeps on the tree branch as the couple reflect on compassion for living things.
Roger surprises his parents by arriving on Christmas Eve after a long flight from South America. He explains mailing a Christmas letter from Brazil and choosing to visit despite only two days to stay. The family vows to make the most of the visit and celebrate a memorable Christmas together.
A light exchange about a wife reacting to a husband coming home at three in the morning is noted as being too near Christmas to protest. The remark suggests festive patience during the holiday season.
The writer, editor Church, authored the famed Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus editorial in New York papers. He has since died and rests. The note recalls his name and suggests memorial holly wreaths for Christmas.
The Red Cross opened sewing rooms last week offering work to women. Operations run Monday Tuesday Friday and Saturday with 8 hour shifts for the first three days and 6 hours on Saturday at 40 cents per hour. Supervisors are Mrs. M. G. Manning and Mrs. G. C. Walters. Stock rooms at Cham bers building North Houston near the Post Office run by Mrs. William Harsha and Mrs. Mary Maples. Sewing room located in the old W. B. Levy store building. Twenty one women reported for work last week.
A preserved quotation notes that Christmas, above all seasons, is marked by forgetting self for the sake of children, as offered by Woman's Home Companion.
A London report notes twelve hundred tons of plum pudding are consumed during the Christmas season, reflecting festive eating habits and local traditions.
Buckholts noting Mrs F V Schiller returned from Temple after a week of medical care. Mrs Ed Kalb v visited relatives in Rockdale. Mrs E J Kahler attended a Woodmen Circle meeting in Temple. Mrs R R Dabney of Temple was ...
A series of Sunday visits noted across Buckholts and nearby towns. Mrs Sam Mewhinney a Holland visitor recent to the area. Calvert residents Mr and Mrs T F Criswell guests of relatives Sunday. Tem ple pair Charley Mikulas and family with Clarence Baca and Misses Mary and Viasta Bartek in John Kazel home. Summerville residents Mr and Mrs John Morgan Mrs Gore and Mrs Geneva Myron with children visited Mrs J M Corley. Mrs Gore stayed longer. Audie Lewis ill. George Waller will spend Christmas holidays with Houston relatives.
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