Remembering the U S S Helena in World War II battle near Solomons
The article memorializes the U S S Helena sunk ten years ago near the Solomon Islands during a July 1943 engagement with Japanese destroyers under Rear Adm. W L Ainsworth. It recalls radar aided split attacks, the fatal torpedo blows, and rescue efforts that saved 52 officers and 687 crewmen, with 85 more saved by search boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Solomon Islands
Staff Public Information Office
Naval Air Advanced Training Command
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Kula Gulf
Adm
W. L. Ainsworth
Ainsworth
Helena
Victory
Nicholas
Radford
New Georgia
Christian Youth Movement Plans Cameron Religious Census
The United Christian Youth Movement will conduct a religious census in Cameron next Sunday afternoon, July 26, starting at 2 p m. The effort seeks to locate Cameron youths without church affiliation. UCYM includes members from Methodist, Christian and Presbyterian churches in Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Christian Youth Movement
Cameron
UCYM
Target Practice Fatal to 12 Year Old Bell County Boy
Delmer Ivey twelve died from a stray shotgun blast during on porch target practice with a twenty gauge after running out of rifle shells. John Lisenbe fourteen assisted and is hospitalized for shock. A. E. Warren ruled accidental death. services held at Eads Chapel with Rev. James Basden officiating. Burial Sunshine Cemetery near Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmer Ivey
Summers Mill
Belton
John Lisenbe
Salou River
Ivey
Dean Mae Ivey
Lisenbe
Sewell Hospital
Justice of the Peace
A. E. Warren
Eads Chapel
James Basden
Sunshine Cemetery
Holland
Plez Ivey
George
Billy Wayne Ivey
Jack Gotts
Rosalie
Jim Campbell
Temple
Mrs. Hughes Visits Sister in Holland
Mrs. Jerry Hughes of Holland spent last week with her sister Mrs. Gus Evans Sr. The visit highlights family ties and local social activity.
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Jerry Hughes
Holland
Gus Evans
Belton Boy Scout Bertil Mattson Named Calendar Scout
Belton high school youth Bertil Mattson, age 17, has been selected to have his photograph on the 1957 Boy Scout calendar. He earned the honor from more than 50,000 scouts who attended the National Jamboree at Irvin e Ranch, Santa Ana, California, and he belongs to Troop 117 of the Heart Of Texas Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belton
Bertil Mattson
Mattson
Belton High School
Irvine Ranch
Santa Ana
California
The
Heart of Texas Council
Nazarene Revival to Close Sunday Following Tent Meetings
Rev. C. R. Watson will preach on The Meanest Person in Cameron during Nazarene revival services. The tent meeting series, held across from the Church of the Nazarene on 25th Street, closes Sunday night July 26.
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Nazarene
Cameron
C. R. Watson
25Th Street
Leaf Miners In Cotton Report By County Agent
Milam County farmers report penciled brown leaf stripes in cotton caused by leaf miners the larval stage of a fly. We judge infestations not severe enough for a separate insecticide application with 2 percent parathion dust or about one half pound of technical parathion per acre as effective controls. Beneficial insects may also reduce leaf miners.
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Milam County
D. M. Wokaty Dies In Waco Services Held In Cameron
Daniel M. Wokaty 50 of Waco died Tuesday in a Waco hospital after an eight year illness. Funeral services were held Thursday at St Monicas Catholic Church with burial at St Monica cemetery. He was born near Cameron and lived there in youth. A bakery foreman at Jones Baking Company for 20 years he was known as Big Dan. He is survived by his widow a son Daniel Jr. and two daughters Gloria Jean and Claudette Marie Wokaty. He served in the U S Cavalry after World War I. He lived in Waco 30 years and was a Catholic. He leaves four brothers and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel M. Wokaty
Waco
St. Monica’s Catholic Church
St. Monica’s
Marek Burns
Mr. Wokaty
Wokaty
Texas
Cameron
U. S. Cavalry
Sacrifice for What A Mother's Word On A Soldier
A mother reflects on her son’s death for his country. She wonders if his sacrifice brought lasting peace or if peace remains distant and unreal. The poem honors brave service and the solemn call of birth country.
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Lelia McAnally Batte
Boeckers and friends visit Waco for picnic
Mr and Mrs W F Boecker and daughter along with Mr and Mrs R Pimpler and children and Mr and Mrs Robert Krupicka were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Willie Ray Boecker in Waco. They enjoyed a picnic dinner at Cameron Park in Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Boecker
R. Pimpler
Robert Krupicka
Willie Ray Boecker
Waco
Cameron Park
Clarkson News Roundup of Visits and Social Events
Clarkson area residents host and visit relatives across Texas and nearby states. Families from Dallas Garland Lott Rosebud Fort Hood Bryan and Cameron City share gatherings church services reunions and weekend visits with locals including the Blasien Skain Dodd and Hauk households and numerous kin.
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Charlie Vitasek
Charles Vitasek, Jr
Dallas
Frank Skain
T. J McVey
Bill Harrison
Darrell Hallmark
Donna
Garland
Oran Casey
Alma Jo
Lott
Doris Wichkoski
Lou Babbs
Pfc
Hubert Skala
Fort Hood
C. BE. Richardson
Fort Worth
W. D. Dodd
Inez
George Dodd
Tom Yates
Ben Arnold
Fred Collins
Randy
New Braunfels
O. S. Collins
Ben Sitz
Rosebud
Walker Cox
Robert Cox
Caldwell
Jesse Cox
Bertie Spear
Temple
Jodie Lou Lackey
Marlow
Marvin McDonald
Jo Ann
Jimmy Harrison
Inez Dodd
Frank Rogers
Watson
Lampasas
Texas
Oklahoma
M. H. Behne
Betty Ruth
Burlington
Oscar Koslosky
Frank Skala
Rev. Thompson
O. H. Thompson
Kerrville
Elton Cox
Nacogdoches
Anita Oker
John Matyastik
Edwin Schulz
Clarkson
J. A. Blasienz
Archie Wilson
Bryan
Linda
Dorothy Bell
Wilsons
LaVerne Thompson
Waco
Joe Hauk
Billy Jack Harrison
Doris Wichoski
Baby
Haswell Park
T. O. Mitchell
Cameron
Wendall Mitchell
Carson City
Nev
Judge Mitchell
T. W. Garrett
Bobby Garrett
Henry Garrett
Bob Todd
Gene Kennedy
Gospel Tabernacle Launches Non Denominational Revival
The Cameron Gospel Tabernacle starts a tent revival campaign next week with nightly services at 7:45 in a 50 by 110 foot tent. Pastor Rev. H. M. Bowley says it is open to all creeds and faiths. Attendees expected from Cameron and nearby cities including Waco Temple Rockdale Lexington Killeen Buckholts Rogers and Rosebud.
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Cameron
Engineer Dwight McAnally Visits Cameron Sister
Dwight McAnally now with a Dallas engineering firm visited his sister Mrs. R. L. Batte in Cameron.
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Dwight McAnally
Dallas
R. L. Batte
Cameron
Ren Kent and Georgia Collins Lead First Christian Youth Round Up
Ren Kent of Athens Texas and Georgia Ann Collins of Houston lead as speaker and song leader for the First Christian Church Cameron round up on August 27. Kent, past Texas Christian University student body president, joins the Texas Christian Youth Round Up program. Collins serves as song leader and future Christian Education Director with extensive church and university activity.
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Ren Kent
Georgia
Collins
Herbert Ren Kent
Athens
Texas
First Christian Church of
Cameron
Kent
Texas Christian University
Texas Christian
Texas Christian Churches
Ren
Jeff Davis High School
Houston
National Honor Society
Quill and Scroll
Christian Mouth Fellowship
Fort Worth
Chi Delta Mu
Christian Service
TCU
Southwestern
Georgia Ann Collins
Bethany Christian Church
United Christian Youth Council
UCYM
Christian Youth Fellowship of Texas District 8
Texas Christian University Miss Collins Has Held Memberships In the Choral Club
Campus Association
Disciple
Lawrence
Kansas
United Religious Council
Texas Youth Convention of Christian Churches
Texas Department of Religious Education
Christian Service Organization
Local social visits and family updates in Anderson area
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Remington and sons from Anderson visit Mrs. Griffin in town. Mrs. Bud Caddell and Mrs. Bethel McKinney call on Mrs. John McDonald. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Russell visit to celebrate Mr. Lock's birthday. Miss La Verne Provasek returns home after a Houston visit.
Dallas Woman and Family Highlighted in Local Notice
Mrs. Nat Greene of Dallas appears with her daughter and son-in-law Mr and Mrs Jimmie Asher in a brief social notice.
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Nat Greene
Dallas
Jimmie Asher
Local Social Roundup Highlights Jones Prairie Visits
Mrs. S Hickman and family host in Jones Prairie with multiple guests from Houston Greenville Waco Rosebud and Belmena. Ronald Dean Hickman visits grandparents in Houston. Cameron PMA district spot-checker Robert Glenn works in Bryan for two months across ten counties.
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Hetzel Burnett
Houston
J. T. Burnett
J. D. Martin Jr
J. H. Burnett
Leonard Crook
Greenville
Dean Perry
Bryan
Olia Duncan
Waco
Carlton Crook
James Fontaine
Rodney Burnett
Freddy Cook
Rodney
Bill Thweatt
Baytown
Phipps
Richard Jones
Nelda Henson
Rosebud
Robert Glenn
Paul Jamison
Sarah Ruth
Freeport
J. A. Jamison
T. B. Stidham
Benny McGlothlin
Austin
Dwight Moody
Dwight, Jr
Tom
Nancy
Cameron
Jack Stidham
Patsy
Jackie
Lampasas
Ernest Ballerstedt
Manor
Stidham
Willis Vogel
Patti Young
J. D. Boedeker
Ben Arnold
R. K. Fontaine
James
Karen
Henry Garrett
Bobby Glenn
James Harwell
Jimmy
Ray Love
J. Ray
Jones Prairie
R. L. Clapp
LaRue
Sulphur Springs
I. R. Glenn
Bently Dodson
E. E. Dodson
Maysfield
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Elizabeth Holloway
U.S.S. Helena
Jerry Frank Tomek
America
Jerry Frank
Frank Tomek
Christian Youth Movement
Bell County
Belton Boy Scout
J. D. Moore
D. M. Wokaty
Clarkson News
J. A. Blasien
Gospel Tabernacle
Parker and Emelene Love Memorial
Yarrellton News
Lena Russell
Smith Barrett
Della Barrett
Fred Peed
Alton Bryant
Mary Frances Lesikar
W. A. Wilkerson
Melvin Weems
Weems
Buster Griffin
Bessie Dunham
Sharp Cemetery
Rodney Barker
Ance Wilkerson
Fred Hodges
Charles Russell
Haley Richerson
Rela
Jones Prairie News
Mrs. S
Hickman
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