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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1953
Page
1
Cameron churches announce a week of Christmas observances led by All Saints Episcopal St Monica's Catholic Cameron Gospel Tabernacle and several others. Services include Holy Communion Midnight Mass and carol programs with school events and special Christmas programs through December 27.
Battery C 649th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, a local National Guard unit, reports 1953 as a profitable year with a near 40 percent rise in membership and strong enlistment after a successful Fort Bliss summer camp. The unit built an Armory with public and federal support, invested about 50 000 dollars in the facility and 250 000 dollars in equipment, and paid roughly 125 000 dollars in drill pay over six years. Prospects for 1954 look favorable with no active duty rumors and a possible return to Fort Bliss for two weeks of summer camp.
Immunization programs progress in Milam County with school groups completed in northern rural areas and Cameron Cameron Ada Henderson and Yoe High start. Dr N C Leone and HPSS team arrived in Temple for Bartlett Cameron survey with completion in late November and early December. Regular inspections, water treatment, and new water tower projects in Cameron accompany ongoing crippled children’s program and health staff activities.
The PMA office led by Alva F. Sanders released Friday morning the results of individual voting boxes from Milam County cotton and peanut farmers. The report details counts by community as the tally proceeds.
Dannye Ray Kelley, a child pianist, appeared on KANZ TV on the Fun Time With Judy program playing Danny Boy Country Garden Voyage Con Dios and Boogie Woogie. He won Saturdays Super Man's Robe contest receiving the robe from Small Fry Shop in Waco. He was honored by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc at Paul Quinn College on December 11 and entertained veterans at Mc Closkey Hospital Temple on December 13.
A Milam County Farm Bureau committee led by John A. Smith met the Commissioners Court on Monday December 14 to address timber wolves troubling farmers. Wolves disturb sleep and livestock, and Chilton businessman David DeGraffenreid offered to hunt on private properties with permission.
Roy M Wright announces that Economic Disaster loans will be available in all Texas counties for 1954, expanding aid beyond Production Disaster loans. Cappleman notes the $11.85 million crop loans fund is nearly exhausted, with $3 million added late November. loans require county committee eligibility and are secured by liens, with repayment terms tied to borrower ability. Applications accepted at the Henderson Building, Cameron.
The December Junior Historian Magazine features Cameron high school writers Sara Esslinger and Kay Mondrik with pieces titled Port Sullivan and Judge Jeff T Kemp. Both students are linked to Yoe High School and pursue college paths at Texas institutions.
The First Baptist Church invites the public to view its Christmas scene titled While Shep herds Watched Their Flocks, set between the Sanctuary and Education on Main Street. Church members erected the scene this past week featuring real sheep, a Star of Bethlehem, the Nativity, and a luminous Angel above the manger on the Education Building.
Bartley Braden son of Mr and Mrs W E F Braden of Cameron will be stationed at the Northeastern Air Command in Greenland. He will depart from New Jersey by airplane around January 14 and serve as Medical Supply Sgt for a one year overseas tour after enlisting in November 1951 at Lackland AFB San Antonio. He is on 30 day leave with his family and friends and is a Yee High School graduate active in football basketball and track.
Basil Wilson received a call from the Naval Hospital Newport Rhode Island that his son Marine PFC Herndon Bassul Wilson would undergo emergency surgery at 9:00 a.m. today after multiple blood transfusions. The attending doctor said surgery was needed to determine the trouble while Wilson remains seriously ill at Scott and White Hospital Temple after a stroke Tuesday night.
Milam County Sportsmen Club oversees a large fish deposit in Little River after the Fish Oyster and Game Commission from Fort Worth released about 5000 channel catfish near Cameron on December 14.
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