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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
5
Mollie Allen was bitten by a vicious dog near her home Tuesday night and received several stitches around the left ankle. She is resting comfortably today.
Mr and Mrs W R Hoover and their sons Hal and David depart Wednesday for an overland trip to San Antonio and Corpus Christi expected to last about ten days. Guests last weekend included Mr and Mrs Frank Plaster of Houston visiting Mr and Mrs J F Plaster and Mr and Mrs W R Hoover.
Mrs. W. T. Shirley returns to Cameron with daughter Miss Jennie Shirley after Jennie was summoned to Granger by the sudden death of her father. Mrs. Shirley will reside in Cameron with her daughter.
Mrs C N Green Mrs S W Cheeves and Frank Stewart were summoned to Durango Wednesday to visit their mother Mrs F E Stewart who has been an invalid for weeks after a fall broke her hip. She was recently moved home from Cameron hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Rube Johnson of San Antonio returned home Wednesday after attending the wedding of Mr. Johnson's brother Fred Johnson and Miss Maurine Lovick.
Mrs Watt Skinner and Mrs Bob McElroy of Rogers joined relatives in Cameron to attend the McGehee Smith wedding at the Baptist church. Ed Lovick a relief agent for the Santa Fe railroad is in Cameron this week to attend his daughter Maurine Lovick and Fred Johnson wedding.
Mr and Mrs P B Wilson wrapped up a two week stay with Mrs Wilsons parents Mr and Mrs H C Keith and left for Galveston on Sunday. They were joined by Mr and Mrs Willard Keith who will stay about a week. Mr and Mrs Henry Hefley and daughter Henriet left Sunday for New Braunfels San Antonio and other South Texas points on a several day vacation.
Mr and Mrs Matt Dillard and daughter Leona of Waco visited Mr and Mrs Joe Denson on Monday and Tuesday for the McGehe Smith wedding.
Misses Inez Evans and Geraldine Slaughter spend the summer near Kerrville at Dr. Stewart's camps. They are employed as entertainers at Hart O’the Hills Inn.
Glenn Flinn, former Herald Publishing ad manager and UT Austin alumnus, returns to Cameron paper duties. He will help plan campaigns and bring his business connections back to The Herald while Dan Collins remains at Cameron Enterprise. Also notes local visits and travel by Dr. and Mrs. Leland Denson, Mrs. Lee Heath, Mrs. Gus Evans, Mrs. Hubert Hefley, Mrs. Penn Wolf, and families to Cameron and surrounding areas.
Miss Ruth Redfield and Miss Lucille Fowler of Houston visit Misses Goldye and Hilda Burke this week. Cornelia Gunn visited in Waco and Rosebud last weekend. A party including Charles McGehee Jennie Shirley Jake Posey and Enid Teaks went to Waco to see the ball game. George Mallard visits Ft Worth relatives. Francis Lesovsky six daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lesovsky recovers from tonsil adenoids surgery by Dr. B Taylor. Dwight Gandy of Houston was guest last week of J. L. Slaughter.
B V Shirley and Miss Jennie Shirley were summoned home in Granger Sunday night due to the sudden death of their father W T Shirley. Nelson Green a UT graduate returns to Cameron to join his father A N Green in managing the Green Lumber Company as a new yard opens in Cameron.
Mrs J F Lucksinger of Austin visits in the J P Hefti home in Maysfield with Miss Agnes Lucksinger. Mrs Mamie Arnold Hefley, recently at the Bluebonnet Hotel Kerrville, returns to Cameron to resume duties at Hefley-Dosset Insurance.
Mr and Mrs Sam Hefley of Cameron and Mr and Mrs I C Bell joined a tour visiting tourist sites in New Mexico. Hefley, a Texas state legislator, is in Austin for a special session. Mrs Hefley spent time in Austin and Houston with relatives during the trip.
Episcopal Church announces no morning or evening services on Sunday June 23 due to the rector's absence from the city. Sunday School will start at 9 45 a m.
Mrs. Bert Miller entertained Maurine Lovick with a lawn shower at her Green Addition home. Guests greeted by Miss Margaret McDermott as the couple to be wed, Fred Johnson and Maurine Lovick, were treated to a program including songs and readings, then a rustic well drawing for gifts.
A humorous local joke recounts a man lamenting tough luck after receiving a $40 check while the only men in town who can ID him are the one he owes $50. The quip highlights small-town finance and social debt dynamics with period voice.
A terse exchange opens with a mother discovering her daughter and a man in the dark. The girl deflects, blaming insomnia as the cause of their presence and situation.
Miss Eloise Rogers of Port Arthur, recently chosen to develop a public music curriculum, spent Sunday in Cameron with her parents Mr and Mrs Wm K Rogers. She will return after July. Earlier she taught music in Port Arthur schools and is noted as an accomplished vocalist and musician. Accompanied by Mr and Mrs Storms and Mr Rhonshausen, they returned to Port Arthur Monday morning.
Joe Smith, former agent in Cameron for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railroad now living in San Benito, spent a few days in Cameron this week visiting old friends and enjoying a vacation away from his duties in the valley country.
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