Personal Mention Highlights Weekend Visits and Health News
Mrs W A Booth and son from San Antonio visit her parents Mr and Mrs G M Sprayberry. Mrs Mary Hicks of Cameron observes her 89th birthday on January 8 1945. Rudolph Zetlic of Bryant Station visits Cameron. Mr and Mrs J A Cryer return from Mexico where son Pfc Wendel Cryer is gravely ill but improved. Albert Swanzy rests in Newton Memorial Hospital after an appendectomy. Stanley Price returns home much improved. Rufus Reichert attends uncle Adolph Reichert funeral in Clifton. J C and Mrs J A Ely Jr of Gause visit Cameron. J A Ely Jr returns from nineteen months in South Pacific. to be stationed at Corpus Christi Naval Air Base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Cryer
Mexico
Pfc
Wendel Cryer
Stanley Price
Mrs. Tubby Price
Newton Memorial Hospital
J.C
J. A. Ely, Jr
Gause
Cameron
South Pacific
Naval Air Base
Corpus Christi
Radio Service Promises Low-Cost Repairs for All Makes
Cameron area notices list funeral attendees for Ben Miller in Belton including Mr and Mrs Mack Akers Mr and Mrs Ray Lester Mrs Frank Cheeves Miss Bettye Mae Thompson Truitt Chambers Lee Marek Mrs F C Fahrendorf Bill Marek and Miss Esther Mae Smith. Several local residents and visitors are named with brief mentions of travel and Navy service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Ben Miller
Belton
Mack Akers
Ray Lester
Frank Cheeves
Bettye Mae Thompson
Truitt Chambers
Lee Marek
F. C. Fahrendorf
Bill Marek
Esther Mae Smith
Local resident thanks Cameron for air park progress
Will Schiller of Runnels county expresses gratitude to Cameron residents for establishing an air park after selling 53 1/2 acres for the site. He thanks the Chamber of Commerce City Council and Planning Board. Mrs Thelma Humbird visited relatives at Eagle Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Schiller
Runnels County
Cameron
Schiller
Chamber of Commerce
Thelma Humbird
Eagle Lake
Card of Thanks to Doctors and Friends
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy during illness and death of husband. Signed by Mrs. Chas N Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, N, Payne
Kilpatrick Family Acknowledges Kind Sympathy
Acknowledgment expresses gratitude to Dr Swift nurses and friends for support during illness and death of their mother. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Tindall Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kilpatrick Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Kilpatrick Mr. and Mrs. C. BE Kilpatrick Rev. and Mrs. Lester Kilpatrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Swift
H. C. Tindall
J. E. Kilpatrick
O. M. Kilpatrick
C. BE. Kilpatrick
Lester Kilpatrick
Thank you note for support after niece's death in Alabama
Mrs. T. L. Little expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors who sent Christmas greetings gifts flowers and consolation while she stayed seven weeks at Tuscaloosa and Birmingham Hospitals Alabama with her ill niece who died December 30 1944 and was buried December 31 1944 at Linden Alabama She thanks R P Williams Mamie Dobbins J A Henderson and Rev Don Box for care during her husband's lonely hours Mrs Fritz Schwarting is ill in Newton Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Alabama
Linden
Ala
R. P. Williams
Mamie Dobbins
J. A. Henderson
Don Box
T. L. Little
Gratitude for Bracelet Recovered in Cameron
Mrs. John Matyastik thanks the Cameron community after her daughter Mildred’s lost bracelet is returned. The finder, son of J. L. Foster, is praised and the Cameron Daily Herald credited for assistance. The note ends with thanks to The Midget and a local feed line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Cameron
J. L. Foster
Cameron Daily Herald
Germans retreat on the Western Front and Warsaw falls
Stalin announces capture of Warsaw as German forces retreat on the Western Front. Red Army reportedly takes the Polish capital after a long siege, with Allied air power over targets in Germany and coordinated advances by American First Army under Hodges and Third Army under Patton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Red Army
Joseph Stalin
Adolph Hitler
First Army
Courtney Hodges
George Patton
Belgium
Germany
Local War Updates and Local Serving Personnel News
Bombers were over Formosa off the China coast while invasion forces on Luzon made progress. Clarence B. Hewitt was promoted from 1st Lt to Captain in the Field Artillery and serves with the 9th Army in Germany. Pfe Grady Coker, a Yee High School graduate and son of Ellis and Mrs. Coker, arrived safely in England. Mrs. John Zalesky is hospitalized at Newton Memorial Hospital and Mrs. Will Lake is resting after surgery in Newton Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
China
Luzon
C. B. Hewitt
Ruth Hobson
Cameron
Clarence B. Hewitt
Captain Hewitt
Field Artillery
9Th Army
Germany
Pfe
Grady Coker
England
Pfe. Coker
Ellis Coker
Ben Arnold
Joe David Jr Recovering After Appendectomy at Newton Memorial
Joe David Jr is recovering in Newton Memorial Hospital after undergoing an appendectomy. Medical staff report a smooth procedure and stable condition with expected recovery progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe David, Jr
Newton Memorial Hospital
Elton Fisher Killed In Action in Belgium
The War Department informs Mrs. Hartley of Ennis that her brother, S/Sgt. Elton Fisher, has been killed in action in Belgium. Fisher was born near Hanover, schooled at Milano, and an Ennis High School graduate. His grandparents Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Wise and Mrs. Fisher reside in Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Hartley
Ennis
Elton Fisher
Belgium
S'Sgt. Fisher
Hanover
Milano
Ennis High School
G. C. Wise
FE. Fisher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary Hicks
Rudolph Zetlic
Bryant Station
Albert Swanzy
Burlington
Rt. 1
Parma Radio Service
Rufus Reichert
Adolph Reichert
Clifton
America
Joe D. Bass
Parma
I. L. Cryer
Buckholts
Clarence Mayfield and Son
C. D
Wiley C. Whittington
U. S. Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi
Houston
W. W. Whittington
Whittington
U. S. Navy
Emma Moore of
Waco
Aubry Hightower
Silver City
Odous Tindall
Camp Barkley
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma City
Arkansas
du Pont
Texas
A. E. Matula
J. O. Mitchell
Spencer Tracy
Cameron Theatre
Fritz Schwarting
John Matyastik
Bewley's
Green & Boedeker
Hatchery
Stewart Grocery
Whatley Grocery
Coleman Furniture Company
Hornung Bros
John Zalesky
Will Lake
Rt. 4
Wallace
Attorneys AT Law
First National Bank
Cameron, Texas
Mormoe Ogree
Petey
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Coca-Cola
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