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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1924
Page
9
Pastor E. S. Hutcherson declares the Cameron church must expand to meet growing Sunday school attendance and prepare space for teaching the Bible. He stresses the need to reaffirm belief in the Bible and its creation account and calls for room to accommodate those seeking teaching and faith. The sermon signals a church building awakening.
A plea for the lost drew a strong response with two individuals uniting with the church by letter after a special sermon for the unsaved. The Sunday school attracted the largest crowd in church history. A musical program featured Prof. Jack Foster directing the orchestra and Miss Nell DuBois leading the choir in an excellent evening show.
The Mothers Bible Class of the Baptist Church in Cameron invites mothers to attend Sunday May 11. Members will gather for the morning class hour then remain for the 11 o clock service honoring Mothers Day. Mrs E S Hutcherson teaches and Mrs S M Burns Jr is secretary. A nursery will be provided for the day.
The Presbyterian Auxiliary met in three circles Monday afternoon. Circle one, led by Mrs. Robert McLane, had seven members studying First Kings. Circle two with Mrs. Ben Atkinson had ten members on First Samuel. Circle three with Mrs. Judd Davis had seventeen members. ten towels were hemmed for Tex Mex. Next Monday the group will meet at the church for Bible study led by Mrs. W. G. Gillis.
Mrs. W. O. Triggs led the Young People’s Methodist Missionary Society on a Tuesday afternoon outing at Wilson Ledbetter Park. The picnic proved social and the lunch prepared by members was a highlight as the girls grow in missionary knowledge and zeal.
North Elm Baptist church hosts an ice cream and box supper on Saturday night May 17 to raise funds for the church. Everyone is invited to attend.
A church notices a gathering at Tracy Baptist Church on Friday night May 23 inviting everyone to attend.
The Presbyterian Church invites worshipers to attend both morning and evening services next Sunday with sermons by Pastor H. R. McFadyen. The note urges members to fill vacant chairs at Bille School lessons and promote perseverance as a valued doctrine.
The Women's Missionary Society held a meeting in the prayer room of the Methodist church on Monday.
Cameron Baptist Sun day school reports 138 men in the largest men’s class in Milam County history. The Go to Sunday School Day drew strong turnout as all Sunday schools hit a total of 1545, with plans to send a relief box to the Virginia K. Johnson Home in Dallas and circles arranging afternoon prayer services.
Monday afternoon the Women’s Baptist Mission Union held a business session at the Baptist church with Mrs. A. N. Green presiding. Delegates E. S. Hutcherson and Win. Henderson reported on the recent District Mission Union meeting in Austin.
A fragment notes Mrs. Wm. Henderson and a Sunday gathering with Tuesday evening references. The scant text hints at a family or church-related notice and includes no full details or clear event outcomes.
Charles McGehee and Emory Gunn led the class in a school event after their attendance contest at the Baptist Sunday school. The losing side would entertain the victors once fifty members joined the tally. Captain Gunn organized a delightful entertainment as chaperones Mrs Henderson Mrs Crunn and Mrs Geo McGehee aided the hosts.
The Women's Auxiliary of the Episcopal church met on May 11 with Mrs. Tom Henderson Jr. presiding. A prayer service opened the session, petitions asked for a sick child’s recovery and for Christian teaching. Plans were made for neighborhood helpfulness and the program was presented by Mrs. Cochran and Mrs. Jeter.
A city notice urges residents to stop dumping trash and grass into ditches to improve drainage. Geo T Graves, chairman of the street committee, asks citizens to cooperate with the street department for better municipal drainage.
Mrs. Sarah Margaret Joyce aged 83 died after a brief illness in Benson Arizona. A devoted Methodist, she was an Eastern Star and U. D. C. member, daughter of James L. Peeler, pioneer preacher, and grandmother of Mrs. Lee Batte of this city. She would have turned 84 on May 18.
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