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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
13
Miss Nell Block director of Central Texas Young Peoples Presbytery resigns this week and will wed Rev. Martin Singleton of Austin. The ceremony is Friday December 22 at five o clock at University Presbyterian Church Austin with Rev. A. B. Byeres reading the ring. They plan a short honeymoon and to reside in Austin.
Amil Kohutek of Lamesa spends Christmas in Cameron visiting friends and relatives. Rev Elwood Birkelbach of Ben Arnold visits Cameron and renews Herald subscription for another year. Rev and Mrs J P Love return from Illinois trip to visit their son and daughter and meet their new grandbaby.
A Christmas greeting from a Milam County figure wishes happiness for the people and promises blessings in the New Year, expressing warm regard and shared ties.
Miss Aetna Smith returns from Dallas while Johnnie Oldrich, Jim Jones, and Mrs. Janie Pickens travel to Cameron on Wednesday for various business. S. W. Calloway, Rockdale investigator, also visits Cameron on official business. Creeping Juniper planted at the Ben Milam statue base by Clark Kelley under Commissioners Court authorization.
Mr and Mrs T J Gregory of Cameron will mark their 60th wedding anniversary on Sunday as friends extend warm congratulations. Mr and Mrs R H Redfield of Houston, formerly Cameron, celebrate their 50th on Christmas Eve with well wishes arriving from the community. Judge and Mrs John Watson host Christmas guests including Dr and Mrs Donald Kilgore and family of Dallas and others arriving Saturday for the holiday.
Mr and Mrs Jessie Gibbs of Yarrrellton visited Cameron business visitors Wednesday afternoon to discuss local trade and potential investments.
Darrel Thorpe vows to apologize after a quarrel with Edna over hosting Mrs Darby for Christmas. Edna objects to guests, planning a quiet celebration, but Wheatley reveals the plan shifts to a full old fashioned Christmas with a tree and trimmings.
On Christmas Eve and morning crowds from many lands gather on Bethlehem hillsides to sing carols and remember the life and words of Jesus of Nazareth, continuing a long standing tradition.
In Bethlehem for Christmas due to modern transport one can leave America as late as mid December and reach Bethlehem in Palestine for Christmas six thousand miles away.
Reverend J P Love reflects on the Christmas season as a holy day beyond gifts and joy. He recalls the biblical birth in Bethlehem and the message of peace and goodwill, urging gratitude to God for the Savior Christ the Lord.
Several classified notices include sale offers of Shetland colts and mules from Yeager and Atkinson near Maysfield, price ranges 12 to 20 dollars, also used tractors and a grain drill from Chas McDermott Cameron, and a 100 acre oil lease adjoining MKE Ashley near Milano. Also stray steer and heifer reward description by Y J Brode.
Mr and Mrs Alton Bryant hosted guests on Wednesday evening for a forty two party with refreshments served at the close. Miss Myrtle Russell of North Elm shopped in Cameron Wednesday afternoon. Parma Radio Service advertises repair with cheap service.
Leonard Denker thirteen died at his grandparents home in Cameron Wednesday morning shortly after nine. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 30 pm from Hope Lutheran Church Buckholts with Rev A E Flathmann delivering the sermon. Interment was in Buckholts cemetery Green Funeral Home directing. He is survived by his father Harold Denker of Fuchs his mother Mrs Rosenberg of Sharp a sister and his grandparents. His cousins served as pallbearers.
Mrs Johnnie Glaser hosted a birthday supper on Wednesday with guests including Frank Glaser Weldon Fritz and families from Rogers Buckholts Yarrellton Cameron Meeks and Austin. Seated players enjoyed Forty-Two with Robert Jungmann taking high score for men and Mrs Fritz Glaser the top woman. Low score went to Rev Flathmann.
Miss Bernice McLerran of Austin plans a Cameron holiday visit with her mother Mrs J M McLerran Sr and relatives. The notice promotes building and repair with easy payments offered by Grant Lumber Co.
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