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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1950
Page
3
Mr. and Mrs. Bentley Bryant of Goose Creek visited Mrs. Marzella Jinks in Temple during the holiday, staying at her home with family.
Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Cox for several days were Mrs. Coxs' sister Mrs. Paul Snyder and daughter Judy from Franklin Pennsylvania and her mother Mrs. John Cass from Austin.
Mr and Mrs O B Harden have returned to Cameron from a vacation trip to Texas City and interesting points in Louisiana.
James Gregory is listed among the patients at Newton Memorial Hospital as a current inpatient. The report notes his condition without detailing specific diagnosis or prognosis.
Local Draft Board No 92 lists June registrants including Frederick Green Elmo Manners Jessie Willie Wilson Frank Reyes Garcia Sederick Green Charles Eugene Hensel Billy Joe Stracener Ray Stobener Thomas Felix Gilleland Nock Henson Jr James Wilson Burns Harvey Locklin and Carnell VanVeran Mitchell. Chairman F G Blake urges all 18 to 26 year olds to register at City Hall and with local registrants Lon M Peeples Norman Clement G C York John P ONeill Floyd Stark Ed Gunn and others. Registration applies upon turning 18 and again upon service release for those under 26. act extended to July 1965.
The article reports intensified American led coalition landings in Korea as air forces from the United States England and Australia push Red aircraft from the skies over Southern Korea. It notes 134 sorties with no enemy planes south of the front lines and outlines a planned counter offensive as thousands of American troops tanks and artillery move up to the 38th parallel. General Douglas MacArthur is named supreme commander and calls for broader actions. The U S plans to call up 600000 men ages 18 to 25 for training and deployment to the Far East, amid fears of a wider conflict and the possibility of a third world war due to Soviet and North Korean aggression.
Miss Margaret Horstmann of San Marcos State Teachers College visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Horstmann, over the weekend.
Mrs Dan Thweatt and her son Finnas Thweatt were in Rosebud on business last Wednesday.
John C White of Wichita Falls toured Cameron on Saturday talking with voters about his bid for Commissioner of Agriculture. He predicts a runoff is likely and expects to face another candidate in the August primary. White is identified as a Texas A and M alumnus.
The item notes a person described as a Cameron native and Texas Tech agriculture graduate who is a dirt farmer and has focused on education in vocational agricultural programs for veterans. It also mentions Mrs. P A Corkern visiting Louisiana with reference to Rev P A Corkern of First Baptist Church.
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