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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1941
Page
5
Social visits and new residents fill out weekend in Minerva and nearby towns. Multiple families including Guthrie, Heap, Ward, Neal, Massengale, and Jacob are named along with moves to Fleming and vacant houses. A church fundraising play and quarterly conference are announced for January 24 and 26 respectively.
Clayton Lucas accompanied Mrs Hugh Lucas and their children to Corsicana Sunday to visit Mr and Mrs Ray Leech and family. They were in Georgetown Monday making arrangements for the Misses Stewart to attend Southwestern University on Monday January 26.
Sunday services outline a Lesson-Sermon on Truth with Psalms 19 151 152 as Golden Text and Psalms 86 10 as a cited verse. The Christian Science textbook quote from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy emphasizes Sinai and the Sermon on the Mount and the need to practice truth.
Rev C W Lokey district superintendent will preach at 11 o clock in Cameron at the First Methodist church. A quarterly conference is set for 1 30 in the afternoon. Rev John W Mills will preach in Hearne at 11 o clock and will not be in his pulpit here for the morning services.
Global capitals buzz over an unconfirmed Berlin claim that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a secret meeting. Berlin later denied any conference, while Mussolini's paper forecast a far larger German blitzkrieg within 70 days. British forces reportedly pushed back Italian divisions near the Egyptian Sudan.
C H Ruby keeps a pocket knife inscribed with every U S president’s name and dates on its handle. The unusual item sits among other curios in the Ruby shop near his home.
Mrs Lucille Brady of Temple is visiting as a week guest in the home of Mrs N H Butts.
CARDUS is promoted as helping women with functional dysmenorrhea caused by malnutrition by stimulating appetite and gastric juice flow. It claims to improve digestion, build strength and nerve-force, and reduce distress when taken before and during the menstrual period, boasting 60 years of popularity.
Local Board No. 2 notified of a February 1 draft for five white men for the army. This call, No. 4, adds to 14 white men to be indicted January 3. A Negro draft also expected in February. Four Negro draftees left Cameron for Fort Sam Houston.
Brasington, recruiting officer, told the Daily Herald that 104 men have left Cameron for army service in the past five months. Among them were Eddie Allison Jr of Cameron and David C Gann of Buckholts who joined Wednesday. Allison reported to Barksdale Field Shreveport Louisiana and Gann enlisted in the medical corps at Randolph Field.
The Commissioners Court extended the delinquent tax collection contract with Emory B. Camp for one year. Action occurred at the Thursday meeting. Camp will continue receiving a 13 percent collection fee on all delinquent taxes except 1940 taxes. the agreement marks a renewal of 20 months’ prior term.
Rev. John W. Mills hosted a venison barbecue in the Methodist church basement on Thursday night attended by church members and friends from other churches. He hunts in Southwest Texas and brought two bucks stored for the gathering with pies baked by the Blue Bonnet Cafe. Twenty men served as waiters under his toastmaster leadership as visiting church men gave speeches.
During the barbecue a program was directed by Mrs. A J Triggs. Spiritual songs were sung by Mrs. Winnie Wittliff with Mrs. Guy Haynes at the piano. Mrs. Vernon Collins performed a vocal number accompanied by Miss Shirley Horstmann who also played with Grady Baskin in a cornet solo. Rev C W Sanders of First Baptist Church gave the invocation.
J. B. White editor of the Herald will speak to the Central Texas Archaeological Society in Waco at 8 tonight on Submerged Campsites Along the Brazos. He will discuss underwater sites and findings for local preservation.
The Women’s Union of Vogelsang church met Sunday January 12 with Elsie Collins presiding. Ten members attended and read a Bible verse. Topics included Elements of Worship by Gertrude Barkamayer and Family Devotions by Reverend R Kalkbrener. Collins hosted and served sandwiches pies cakes and coffee.
Wilson Mode left Cameron on Wednesday for Detroit Michigan to join a manufacturing firm as an accountant. He has served as bookkeeper and clerk for Cheeves Brothers Store for six years and his Cameron friends wish him success in the new role.
Rupert Harkrider Jr. assistant attorney with Terry Carvin Mills in Galveston appeared before the U S Supreme Court in Washington on Tuesday January 7 with his wife and client. He is a Texas University Law School graduate and son of Abilene residents. His family connections in Cameron include Mrs Mary Rogers and relatives of Wav R Rogers.
Grand Knight Randolph Richter led Cameron Council K of C in a brisk start for 1941 with a Field Mass for Columbus Day and other planned activities. Guest Albert Moran of Miami in the Air Corps gave a talk on Military Life before adjournment.
Mr and Mrs Allie Younts of Cameron and Mr and Mrs Tommy Kolinek and their baby of Temple spent the weekend in Thrall with their parents Mr and Mrs Robert Bice and family.
Mrs B J Matocha and Mrs A E Matula co hosted the St Rita s Circle initial meeting of the year on January 15 at Matocha s home with 23 members present. Rev George J Duda was special guest. Officers were reelected and new officers chosen, with refreshments served after the business session. The group planned to meet next at the home of Mrs Emil Boedeker and Mrs Bill Balhorn.
L W Raley of Briary visited on Friday for business, continuing the local exchange of professional contacts.
Parma Radio Service recommends Philco tubes to improve radio reception. The advice targets customers seeking clearer sound and reliable performance from vintage receivers.
Leonard T. Lewis of Dallas, president of the American Insurance Co., spent Tuesday in Cameron. He formerly served as cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Cameron. Mrs. Lewis is ill in a Temple hospital receiving treatment.
Miss Marie Adel Ford of Cameron is an active member of Alpha Lambda Delta, national honorary society for freshman women, at Texas State College for Women. She was pledged for her high scholastic record and participates in the society’s scholarly and all around development program.
Parma Radio Service advertises repairing Philco radios at reduced prices, inviting customers to visit for service and savings. The compact notice highlights affordable repair options and local availability.
Mrs. John A Smith hosted Beta Sigma Phi members for dinner at Cato's Coffee Shop with red gladiolas and candles. A post dinner meeting featured Ada Margaret Smith's paper on "Speech" and the group gifted Dorothy Kidd a silver piece before her January 24 marriage to Mr. Robert Rhode.
Mike Treadwell and Miss Eunice Speer united in marriage Saturday afternoon January 18 with Judue Jeff T. Kemp officiating. The couple will reside in Rogers with friends in attendance.
Fragments show a brief note about a person or entity named Wi R. KR recovering after a severe two week spell with flu or fever and being able to resume activity. Limited readable facts prevent a precise event or location.
Mrs Hallie Jones Wofford rises from a two week illness. Her son Jones also was ill but has recovered and gone out.
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