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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1953
Page
7
A Cavalcade of frontier anecdotes shows practical piety in early Texans. Deacons hide drunkenness, hosts release grace with blunt humor, and farm singers knit prayers while a preacher delivers. Immigrant fear and survival tales mingle with a satirical note on bills and living expenses amid Johnson grass roots chatter.
Oscar Wilfred Benold of Buckholts is enrolled in summer school at Southwestern University Georgetown pursuing a Master of Education degree. He is a graduate student there and the son of the Reverend and Mrs O W Benold. Benold spent a weekend with Mr and Mrs Milton Brown.
A backwoods preacher reportedly offered a violent prayer during the Moderator Regulator conflict in East Texas. He invoked curses on Regulators and Moderators, asking God to destroy limbs, blind, starve, and kill opponents to stop the “hellish career.”
Lighter receipts and passing showers stimulated trade as cattle and calves gained 50 cents to 1 dollar. Hog prices held firm with top hogs about 26 dollars, sows 20 to 25, pigs 20 down. feeds and stocker cattle moved in varied ranges through the day.
Lucky winner Fred Hoyle received a 17 inch Bendix television set as Mondrik Grocery's premium prize. Hoyle won after registering in the store, with initial entry free and one registration per grocery purchase.
Cameron Municipal Swimming Pool faces repeated trespass after hours with items hurled into the water and damage to the fence. R. E. Windham requests all entrants refrain from the pool enclosure after 9 p.m., noting hazards for swimmers and extra labor for staff.
Aviation Cadet Selection Team No. 202 from Hensley Field will be in Temple on July 3 accepting applications for the United States Air Force Cadet Program. Applicants must be single ages 19 to 26 with two years of college and top physical condition. Contact the team at the Temple Post Office on July 3 for full information.
Mr and Mrs Guy W Carroll and daughter Sharon of Angleton visited Mrs Alice Mitchell of Cameron on Thursday. The Carrolls were en route to Colorado Springs and Denver for a vacation following the visit.
Rev. H. M. Bowley, pastor of the Cameron Gospel Tabernacle, is conducting a revival meeting in Waco during the current week as part of a regional outreach program.
Legionnaires and Auxiliary members from posts in the 11th 12th and 13th Districts will meet in Fort Worth July 4 and 5 for their annual Fourth Division Convention led by Commander W E Lowry of Electra. Speakers include Albert D Brown Jr William McGraw and I D Hale. Registration starts July 4 at the Texas Hotel with a tea at the Veterans Memorial Center and a Texas Hotel reception followed by a rooftop dance. Sunday features a general session and separate business meetings to elect division officials and delegates for the St Louis national convention.
Monroe M White Jr 19 son of Monroe M White Sr completes Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB known as Gateway to the Air Force near San Antonio. The program screens aptitude for his future Air Force technical training and specialized assignment.
Cadet Edwin D. Lehnert of Cameron Texas, son of Mr and Mrs E A Lehnert, joins 1564 cadets from 83 colleges at the 1953 ROTC Camp Fort Lee Virginia for six weeks of field training ending August 1. The program emphasizes weapons with carbine M1 rifle 45 pistol and 45 submachine gun familiarization plus machine guns grenades and rocket launchers.
Cpl Robert L Matthews Jr, son of Mr and Mrs Bob Matthews of Cameron, returns to the United States after 11 months in Korea with the First Marine Division. He lands in San Francisco aboard the USNS General M C Meigs and will be detained at Treasure Island for routine medical and administrative processing before receiving leave to visit relatives.
Linda Darnell Pittman three month old daughter of Mrs. Vera May Pittman of Cameron has recently been a patient at St Edward Hospital for medical care.
Gregg Black of Milano entered Newton Memorial Hospital June 24 for an appendectomy. He is the young son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Black.
Mattie Travinia is undergoing medical treatment at Newton Memorial Hospital.
Frances Hensley a Cam son area teacher commuted from Cameron to Houston and Paris Texas for a semester to complete her college education. She woke at 3 30 each morning to attend an 8 00 class after arranging a ride with another student. Her family farm life included husband Roy a veteran educator and 11 year old Billy who kept busy on campus while she studied.
The local Jehovahs Witnesses will send a 10 member delegation to the Inter national Convention at Yankee Stadium New York City. They expect about 125000 attendees over eight days starting July 19 with participants from nearly every state and about 100 countries and islands. Charter planes and large overseas delegations are en route including arrivals from Africa Europe Latin America Australia New Zealand and the Orient and about 18000 Canadians are expected.
Mrs. James Gunn returned from a trip visiting relatives in Mexia and Alban. She stayed with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Focke in Mexia and with her sister and brother in law Mr. and Mrs. Sam Webb in Albany. The Webbs have a son named John Wallace. Mrs. Gunn was joined by her husband on Sunday before returning to Cameron.
Mary Hensley, 18, daughter of Mrs. Hensley from Velasco, recently graduated from Yee High School in Cameron and began freshman studies this semester with her mother, who plans a August finish for a masters in education. Mrs. Hensley, Alabama native, studied at Harligen High School, Mary Hardin-Baylor, and taught before leaving teaching to marry. She returned to teaching in Velasco during wartime due to a teacher shortage and later joined the University through Caldwell extension courses.
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