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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
11
The issue lists the staff on the editorial masthead for Gam-Hi Weekly News with Joyce Cox as Editor-in-Chief and multiple editors across ranks including August Knipp Lee Howell Terry Wiley Stewart Epperson Yee T ClareGregor.
The White House will not display a Christmas tree this year. The President and Mrs. Wilson will spend the day quietly with the President eating dinner in his room and his daughters and grandchildren not expected to be present.
The notice apologizes for misprinting names in the junior editor post. It states Stewart Epperson resigned earlier and Josephine Smith was elected to fill the vacancy. The error will be corrected promptly with apologies to both parties.
The editor and business manager aim for the best Cameron High School Annual yet as class meetings pick a beauty from each class and a most popular boy. Juanita Caldwell, Louise Denson, Bessie Wiley, Mabel Aiken win, Leland Denson tops the boys.
Cripple Creek Thomas Leland Denson sends a note of thanks to Mr Stewart Epperson for a generous Christmas gift praising his gracious heart and tasteful gifts. The letter expresses humble gratitude and compliments the recipient’s taste.
The Demosthenian Literary Society met on Monday night December 15 with most members present. Minutes were read and approved, old and new business discussed, and a debate followed.
The debate argued that five points per quarter should be awarded to every student representing the school in the inter-scholastic league meet for Debating and Declamation. Charley Frank Green and Frank Plaster spoke for the affirmative. Eber Flinn and Eugene Matula spoke for the negative. The judges voted two to one in favor of the affirmative, and J. N. Crawford then gave a closing talk at a successful meeting.
The Girls Club met on December 18, 1919 for a regular session. A Christmas program featured poems and readings by Velda Walker Mildred Chambers Maurine Messimer and others with a tree loaded with presents. Each member brought gifts for town children and Santa left gifts for members and two adults.
The Current Literary Club held its Christmas meeting on Thursday December 18. Members collected children for the event and Santa arrived with a toy basket donated by members. Gifts included tin wagons rubber balls books dolls toy guns marbles stockings and assorted candy nuts and fruit.
The Demosthenian Literary Society has challenged the Cam-Hi Girls Club to a joint debate. The Girls Club accepted and a mutually convenient date is to be set. Earlier, Mr Kidd spoke to the Study Hall praising club activities in Cam-Hi.
The Cameron High School Concert Band performed a sacred concert Sunday afternoon in the high school auditorium. The group presented a varied program likely featuring choral works and instrumental selections for an audience of students, staff, and community members.
A program of sacred and classical music was presented by the band in the usual manner. The lead is improving and the band plans summer concerts as one of the best in the state. A free offering was taken to pay the balance on bass instruments and drums, with a neat sum donated by the girls. Further contributions are expected during the year.
The piece notes junior class anxiety over a promised party by seniors. It mentions the Cam-Hi Widow's grief easing with the approaching leap year. Solomon weighs the outcome of a debate between the Boys Club and the Girls Club. Leon Collins of the Juniors has blossomed into long pants.
Mr Joyce Cox editor in chief travels to Nashville Tennessee to visit relatives. Cam-Hi teachers will visit in their homes during the holidays nearby communities note holiday plans.
The Juniors and Seniors each hold three wins and one loss with a tiebreaker to be played next week. The Fish have played three games and lost three. Hooray for the Freshmen.
The Houston Post argues Texas will outlaw pool halls, viewing them as nuisances tied to idleness, gambling, and bootlegging. The piece predicts closures will reduce crime and boost visible labor as the halls fade from the urban scene.
In Nevada during the mining boom, many were labeled millionaires on paper as shares rose. The 1907 panic and Goldfield strikes exposed the emptiness of those fortunes, with stock values collapsing and owners unable to sell. Now a new period of prosperity appears to be building across the nation.
A wartime warning urges Americans to invest in War Savings and Thrift Stamps rather than risky stock promotions. Fraudulent promoters push unbacked papers while War Bonds and stamps offer insured liquidity and guaranteed returns. Also noted is an ornamental milk bottle pitcher holder.
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