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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1932
Page
7
Reynald Dymke transfers to Jessie L Holman. B E Kaulfus transfers to Selda Bell Wells. Elbert Liddell Chasteen to Newell S Pratt. Elmo E Mierzschin to Vlasta Mohel. L D Cummings to Leslie Mae Dean. Lester Hart to Hettie Yout. Clarence Alonzo to Zenora Calvin. Dave McCoy to Mrs D Cook Guthrie.
Roy Baskin and wife transfer eight tracts to J L Denson for 10 dollars. J L Denson and wife transfer the north half block 11 Freeman's addition to Roy Baskin for 10 dollars. Roy Bullock and wife transfer a tract James Robinson to M E Ashley for 25 pounds.
Proceedings show James Shaw Banking Commissioner v Tucker and Burlington State Bank v Tucker continued due to illness of attorney Chas Davenport. Texas New Orleans Railroad case paused for material witness illness. Several Love v Williams damages suits were dismissed. Mayme Laird v Michalka debt set for Dec 19. Whittington v Dallas Trust and Savings Bank also continued.
The Presbyterian choir directed by Mrs. W T Hefley will present a musical program on Christmas morning at eleven oclock at the church. There will be no evening service.
George T. Wharton of Petersburg Virginia reports twenty five years of use with Black-Draught for constipation dull tired feeling colds and other complaints. He says it provides quicker and better relief than any other medicine he knows and notes a pleasant tasting syrup version for children.
A poetic Christmas tribute by Katherine Edelman celebrates the holiday’s magic. It describes universal welcome joy, transforming people toward love, service, and generosity, with candles symbolizing peace.
Special Christmas programs will be offered in church departments with the Christmas story featured in all services. At 11 o'clock Rev J E Buttrill will preach Christmas Joy and Mrs A J Triggs will sing The Birthday of a King. The choir and congregation will sing carols in morning and evening services.
The article recounts Puritan bans on Christmas and related festivities from 1644 to 1652, detailing acts requiring a solemn fast, suppression of Christmas joys, mob violence at services, destruction of seasonal foods, and soldiers enforcing the orders before the restoration of King Charles.
A folk belief ties Christmas Eve bells to disappeared places. Raleigh in Nottinghamshire, once thriving, sunk by an earthquake. a nameless church near Preston echoes its own chimes. In Holland Been’s famed city sank beneath the sea, and Dunwich’s submerged bells join the ghostly chorus each Yuletide.
PSI 1S32 ghaPs celebrate Christmas with a cup wash and shirt cleanse. Captain Scott and men later mark the day on rations with four course meals including pemmican horse meat onion curry plum pudding and caramels. Scott notes the meals left them warm and sleepy but the advance slowed next day.
A quotation notes that Christmas folly in giving is human and even necessary for happiness. It argues that cold wisdom yields a joyless season and that sensible limits dull the spirit, urging that a truly sane Christmas would be miserably dull without playful generosity.
The piece traces Christmas traditions to pre Christian and ancient roots. It notes gift giving at New Year in Latin countries, church decorations with mistletoe and holly, nativity plays, Lords of Misrule, and varied gift givers like Santa Claus. It mentions carols dating from 1843 and St Francis originating creches in Latin churches.
A 1932 Western Newspaper Union warning urges using safe Christmas decorations. It notes candles cause burns and deaths, favors electric lights, and stresses supervising children during festive play to allow quick rescue if needed.
The article notes the Christmas tree originated in the North German plain with dark-leaved firs and predates Christianity. It mentions ancient Egyptian use of decorated trees in festivals and palm shoots in Osiris temple rituals as year markers. England adopted the custom in the mid 19th century after Prince Consort introduced it to Victoria.
The Milam County Chapter of American Red Cross will meet in the District Court Room at Cameron on Tuesday December 27 at 2 o clock. Reports of various chairmen will be heard and an election of officers for the following year will be held. Every one who enlisted in the 1932 Roll Call is entitled to vote.
Holy Communion at 7 A M and Sunday School at 9 45 A M on Christmas Day plus a dog advertisement seeking Bull Fox Rat or Irish Terrier puppies with a full description and price at Drawer No 455 Rockdale Texas 33-24
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