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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1943
Page
5
Personal mentions show Mrs A T Epperson and Mrs C M Deadwyler visiting relatives in Cameron and Houston. Several Buckholts and Milano residents, including Florene Stoebner and John Seidl, are listed with local visits to Cameron. Community notes cover hospital, business, and weekend family gatherings in the area.
Miss Dorothy Jistel and Miss Clo tilda Mikulec from Duncan Field in San Antonio visited family during New Year. Miss Lucille Dickard, Austin high school faculty member, stayed with Mrs. W. O. Triggs. Judge John Thweatt of Maysfield toured Cameron businesses. Mrs. Dick Houston left after holidays, and Mr. and Mrs. Lehmburg of Houston plus Mr. and Mrs. Thad Bailey of Bryan visited the Baileys.
Local residents from Buckholts Ben Arnold Rockdale Milano Pleasant Retreat Cameron and nearby towns were seen visiting Cameron on Monday Thursday and Friday. Notables include Raymond L Zawadzke Thomas V Adams Jean Adams James McGuver and Otho Matthews Jr plus Rev John C Solomon and Constable Murray McCrummen. Matthews plans to leave for the navy Saturday.
The page lists multiple marriage pairs including Zeltie Watson with Elsie Alexander, Ira Shields with Carrie Lee Page, John T Thompson with Er estine Polk, Robert Hugh McFarland with Rosa Breester, Irvin Linn Tilley with Mary Katherine Williams, Roy Leonard Godwin with Myrtle Lorene Malone, Delbert Blazer with Thelma Dank cak, Assnoco M. Terronz with Delorenz Mendesen, Thomas Williams with Geneva Pool, and John Henkel Jr with Willie Mae Meeks, among others. The fragmentary entries show pairings and spouses in various combinations.
OPA officials were present at the Cotton Bowl game on Friday January 1, 1943, to count cars displaying Ce gasoline cards. The check aims to clarify Class C card issuance and use for football games, with local ration boards asked to explain issuance and rules.
A highway bridge over Walkers Creek collapsed early Friday morning as John Eisfeldt of the McLane Company drove across. He narrowly escaped injury during the delivery run. The Herald notes the bridge had been reported unsafe the day before.
Nine Japanese ships were sunk in New Britain waters Wednesday as part of the renewed Allied offensive in the South Pacific. Washington did not specify warships, but some likely were. Nearby Munda air base was shelled by U S warships. Allies and Axis clash continues in Tunisia with Axis pushed back. Air war in Burma intensified.
The following young men reported for duty in the United States Army: James H. Britt, Miguel M. Samudio, Incsencio A. Guajardo, Antonio S. Castillo, Marvin L. Ethridge, Noah E. Barron, W. Clinton Dodd, Alexander Hosek, Raymond L. Zawadzke, Rudolph J. eae, John F. Cochran, Hardy V. A. Fuller, Raymond M. Deorsam, sear D. Martin Jr., Carl N. Fikes, Preston B. Tucker, John W. Peterson, Bud F. Mullinax, Ysabel Granado, Victor C. Tomasek, Otto Pelzel of Gay Hill was visiting in Cameron Monday. If you have a news item phone ché.
Croydon salon scene features Miss Heila Brett stripping behind a silhouette to teach fuel saving. She sits in a bath with five inches of water and turns off the tap to illustrate economy, drawing hundreds of shoppers and town support before women’s group plans a demonstration to stop it.
The Marine Corps trains dogs to accompany sentries during patrols in Hawaii per Navy Department. Trainees include Corp. Willard Layton of Bayard West Virginia and Privates Jerry Ogle Bend Oregon and Marvin W McBane Minneapolis. Layton completed the Dogs for Defense course run by the Army.
Reward offered for two year old Jersey heifers missing from a farm since Wednesday December 30 1942 one light colored and one red Notify Joe Stocklas Rural Route 1 Cameron.
Sam Rayburn was re elected Speaker of the House when the new Congress convened at noon in Washington. The vote stood 217 to 206 as Republicans and anti administration allies held their lines. President Roosevelt to address Congress Thursday at noon. Wright Patman of Dallas introduced the first bill in the new Congress.
The F F Reid Grocery will be closed effective January 1 due to difficulty obtaining merchandise. Owner Mr Reid, long in business on North Crockett Street, announced the closure and will sell fixtures. For rent two unfurnished apartments, phone 593.
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