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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1948
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Curtis Phipps and their son of Austin stayed a weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Senkel.
Mrs. Hensley received a Sunshine cake from the hostess after a disrupted journey as trains repeatedly slipped away before arrival.
Cub Scouts of Pack 13 start a balanced summer program with a municipal pool swimming course next week. A 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 22 meeting invites Cubs at the pool for four swimming days per week plus tennis, ping pong, hiking and outdoor meetings. Lifeguard E. E. Geer is the instructor. non swimmers join the first period, others in the second. water time capped at 45 minutes. Other July activities are planned.
Major provisions of the compromise draft bill are outlined. The plan allows men aged 19 to 25 to be drafted for 21 months with all armed forces and permits up to 161,000 18 year olds to volunteer for one year in regular forces. It establishes immediate effective date with 90 day induction lag and expands civilian components and reserves while preserving veterans exemptions and job rights. The bill reestablishes the national selective service office and notes attendance by E A Perrin and others at a U S Chamber of Commerce meeting in Waco.
Nora Frances Baggett spends her vacation visiting Mr. and Mrs. Garland Pemberton and their children in Orange. She will also visit the Modest Pemberton home in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Baggett is employed as a deputy in the County Clerk office.
County Treasurer John Hairston attended the Rockdale homecoming Sunday and visited with his brother Allen Hairston and family in their home.
Dolores Andrene Roberts state president of New Home Makers of America left Cameron for Baltimore to attend the national meeting. She travels with Mrs. J L Burk to Prairie View to join the Texas delegation under state supervision and guidance. The group plans historical site visits and a tour of the National Capitol with excursions to New York and Chicago before returning to Texas.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Lewis and Patsy of Houston are expected in Cameron this week to visit at the home of Mr and Mrs S M Allison and other Cameron relatives.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Rice and their baby son from Houston visited Cameron recently. Mrs Rice is remembered in Cameron as Agnes Storey.
Mr and Mrs Adolph Winfield and their sons were seen visiting in Waco on Sunday, as neighbors noted a family outing.
Mrs. Ora Arnold and her daughter Carolyn of Killeen spent several days in Cameron this week visiting her mother, Mrs. Minnie McFarland.
Mr and Mrs Bill Donovan of Cameron are on a two week vacation visiting Denver Colorado New Mexico and other points of interest during their trip.
Mrs. Mat Baggerly and Herbert Baggerly attended the funeral of Ellen McIntire of Oklahoma this week.
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