New V Mail Service Announced For Overseas Armed Forces
In cooperation with the U S Navy and War Department a new V Mail Service will conserve space speed mail to personnel outside the continental U S Patrons receive three letter sheets at a time with sheets folding into marked envelopes The Cameron post office will receive supply in about three weeks Maurine Woods visits from Austin over the weekend.
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United States Navy
War Department
V-Mail Service
Continental United States
Cameron Postoffice
Chevrolet Expresses Faith in Newspapers Ad Campaign
R. G. Grabein of Grabein Chevrolet returns from Houston zone dealer conference where Wm. E. Holler of Detroit outlines faith in newspapers and a new ad campaign. Emphasis on service to car owners during war emergency. Chevrolet dealers prioritized for keeping essential vehicles running.
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Chevrolet
New Ad
R. G. Grabein
Grabein Chevrolet Company
Houston
Wm. E. Holler
Detroit
Heller
America
Odd Fellows Elect Officers for Next Year
The Odd Fellows held their regular meeting last night and elected Elliott Crook as Noble Grand H K McClellen as Secretary and J M McLean as Treasurer for the following year.
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Odd Fellows
Elliott Crook
H. K. McClellen
J. M. McLean
Mrs Fannie McCall Dies in Cameron Saturday
Mrs. Fannie McCall died at the family home in Cameron at 11 a m Saturday after a long illness. Funeral services set for Sunday June 28 1942 at 6 30 p m at Walkers Creek Baptist Church with interment in Walkers Creek Cemetery. Rev Walter M Bartels of Houston to conduct. Survived by husband W M McCall two daughters Emory B Camp Cameron Mary Lou Albritton Houston and son Lyons McCall New Gulf Texas.
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Fannie McCall
Cameron
Walkers Creek Baptist Church
Walkers Creek Cemetery
Walter M. Bartels
Houston
McCall
Rev. Bartels
Mississippi
W. M. McCall
Emory B. Camp
Mary Lou Albritton
Lyons McCall
New Gulf
Texas
Draft Board Members To Attend Meeting
Members of Local Board No 2 at Cameron and Appeal Agents and clerks will attend the Taylor regional meeting tonight to hear the farm problem discussed. The government arranged meetings to discuss plans to handle the farm problem and to set a basis to assure production. Farmers as a class are not exempt, but the government seeks a plan to insure production while contributing labor for the army.
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Cameron
Taylor
Knights of Pythias elect officers for year
Knights of Pythias assembled Monday night and elected A. R. Price as Chancellor Commander Frank Wiggs as Vice Chancellor J. E. Crook as Master Works Dewey M. Elwrath as Master at Arms Lester Williams as Inner Guard and Charles M. Hicks as Outer Guard for the coming year.
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Knights of Pythias
A. R. Price
Frank Wiggs
J. E. Crook
Dewey M.elwrath
Lester Williams
Charles M. Hicks
Masons Elect Lodge Officers for Coming Year
The Masonic Lodge elected officers at Thursday night’s meeting. Elected were C. E. Brashear Worshipful Master Dr. Leland Denson Senior Warden W. DuBois Junior Warden John W. Haygood Treasurer Calvin Markham Secretary Charles M. Hicks Senior Deacon Elliott Crook Junior Deacon Dan Collins Tiler.
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Thee Masonic Lodge
C. E. Brashear
Leland Denson
W. DuBois
John W. Haygood
Calvin Markham
Charles M. Hicks
Elliott Crook
Dan Collins
Todays Immortals Leave Cameron for Army Induction
A group of six young men, all colored, departed Cameron Friday for the U S Army induction station at Fort Sam Houston to begin training for service in the present war. Names are William Cullern Harlan, Carl Shelton, Milton Rosemond, Charles Niblett, Robert Evans Walker, and Harman Kelley. Verification of spellings may vary in the source.
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Cameron
United States Army
Force Sam Houston
Thore
William Cullern Harlan
Carl Shelton
Milton Rosemond
Charles Niblett
Robert Evans Walker
Harman Kelley
Notice of Lost Policies in Gause Texas
Cravens Dargan & Co Houston, insurance managers, warns that Fire policies 118 175 Dwelling 2522 2550 Combination dwelling 7506 7525 Tornado 15006 15025 assigned to b F Godfrey in Gause Texas are not contracts of insurance and no premiums were collected making them void and of no effect.
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B. F. Godfrey
Gause
Texas
Michigan Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Cravens Dargan & CO
Houston
Rubber campaign extended to July 10
President Roosevelt extended the scrap rubber drive to July 10. Junk dealers reportedly moved ahead of Boy Scouts to refuse rubber piles, and the campaign is seen as disappointing.
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Roosevelt
Liberty Homecoming at Liberty Cemetery Association
Liberty Cemetery Association hosts annual homecoming on Friday July 3 with a dinner on the ground and cold drinks. Corp. Joe Dusek of Camp Young Indi Calif visits his mother Mrs. Joe Dusek, home on a 15 day furlough.
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Liberty Cemetery Association
Leona Senkel Undergoes Appendectomy At Cameron Hospital
Leona Senkel underwent an appendectomy at Cameron Hospital on Friday morning. The procedure proceeded without complications and her prognosis is good.
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Leona Senkel
Cameron Hospital
Cameron Flyer Promoted to First Lieutenant in Army Air Corps
Lieut. Thomas Jefferson White has been promoted to First Lieutenant effective June 20. He is stationed at Meridian Mississippi, transferred from Columbia South Carolina, and expected to move to a new base as his flying advances. Officers at Meridian fly B 26 bombers.
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Thomas Jefferon White
United States Army Air Corps
Cameron
White
Meridian
Mississippi
Columbia
South Carolina
School Board Considers Billeting 804th Battalion
Cameron School Board reviews a request to use school grounds and the gymnasium for the 804th Battalion from Camp Hood on Friday July 3rd. Officers and men would use the gym showers and recreation facilities with a detachment planned for Rosebud on July 4th and another for Holland. The major unit is expected for a parade on July 4th.
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Cameron School Board
Camp Hood
Rosebud
Holland
RAF POUNDS Bremen in Massive Air Raid Reported
The Royal Air Force led a large scale raid over Bremen at night with 1300 planes, losing 52 aircraft in the heaviest toll yet. American B 24 crews attacked Bengasi and Tobruk as Roosevelt warned of continued hard days ahead and broader German force movements.
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Royal Air Force
Bremen
Germany
Cologne
Air Ministry
Holland
Belgium
Bengasi
Tobruk
Libya
Washington
Russia
Roosevelt
Mrs Feazell Returns Home From Visit
Mrs. Ed Feazell who had been visiting her daughter Mrs. C. W. Sanders for about four weeks returned to her home in Nacogdoches Saturday.
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Ed Feazell
C. W. Sanders
Nacogdoches
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Maurine Woods
Austin
ODD Fellows Elect
SAN Antonio Brewing Association
A. E. Matula
Cameron, Texas
J. O. Michell
Buckholts, Texas
Draft Board
Knights Pythias Elect
Masons Elect
Liberty Homecoming
Cameron Flyer
Pearl Harbor
Egypt
Pacific
E. A. Camp
E. B. Camp
Cameron and Rockdale
WPB
Lone Star
Community Natural Gas Co
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