24 Dec 1973
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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1973
Page
1
A festive tale describes an old jolly elf of 146 years who crafts, hammers, paints, and wires toys in Elflandia. He considers distribution, contacts a Lapland cousin to ship by December 22 with a select team of fast reindeer for night deliveries.
An aging jolly elf, working in a cluttered toy plant, agrees to drive the sleigh. He outfits himself in white fur, loads a bottomless bag with toys, and guides eight reindeer toward Christmas Eve delivery as kids adore him.
Readers send in letters to Santa with requests for bikes, dolls, trains, and even quirky items. Some spellings are playful, others reveal family notes and a police officer's holiday message.
Harrison County Commissioners Court expanded the wolf bounty at the December meeting citing rising livestock losses. The payment increased from five dollars to seven fifty per wolf as part of the roundup.
Fort Worth District engineer Colonel Floyd Henk warns visitors not to cut firewood from living trees around Lake Somerville. He urges using off site sources and stresses protecting the lake’s beauty and environmental quality.
Two brothers aged 6 and 3 were rushed to a Temple hospital after a Saturday night crash at the South Main Street crossing in Rockdale. The Amtrak westbound train struck a car driven by Charles Wesley, causing one boy to suffer a concussion and release, while the other underwent surgery for a broken thigh.
Central Texans woke to subfreezing temperatures as a cold front brought the twentys and thirties, gusty north winds, ice on ponds, and scattered snow and sleet from Waco to Temple. A heavy frost hit Friday, with a warming trend forecast and Christmas weather expected to be mild. Buckholts schools will stay on regular hours per state directive.
Milam County hosts fund drives led by Steve Beatie to raise about 1900 for the January 12 junior livestock show. Rockdale's drive on December 26 and Cameron's December 31 unite parents, teachers, and officials at 8:30 a.m. in Cameron to support prize money, with auctions for a butcher hog and a butcher calf drawing at the show.
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