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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1929
Page
3
Gause public school observed Armistice Day on November 11 by granting a half day. Some students and teachers attended celebrations elsewhere. Pin Oak school was dismissed on November 11 so children could attend the Armistice Day event at Cameron.
The B Y P U reports strong interest and full attendance across all four departments, marking it as the best program yet.
Rev Kendell and wife, pastor of the Baptist church, led Sunday appointments. J W Pitts delivered a report on a recent associational meeting held at Little River noting Mexican Missionary work in Milam County. Attendees from Gause included G W Bland J W Pitts D W Key and A L Madden.
The evening services were good, the singing was fine. Mr. and Mrs. Cook, Messrs. Hickman and Denman sang a very beautiful number. Miss Mary Sue Walker, teacher in the Gause school, was admitted to the church by letter and Mr. Audie Crockett by baptism.
Epworth Leaguers and guests held an Armistice Day observance on Sunday evening. Miss Edril Wilson spoke on whether the term Christian can apply to a nation and presented Armistice Day meaning, wartime statistics, and warnings about future warfare with advanced gas chemicals.
Rev. Ed Prather will take over as pastor replacing Rev. Weeks at the Methodist church. He is expected to begin his first appointment at Gause on Sunday, November 17, and the community is invited to give him a hearty welcome.
Gause endured heavy rain after a long dry spell turning dust into mud holes that trapped several cars. The Ladies Aid met Mrs Lizzie Tidwell on Monday afternoon and urged others to attend. A Armistice Day turkey dinner in Cameron honored local war veterans drew Mr and Mrs J Morgan W H Bailey and Mr Partridge. Gause school staff attended after noon. Several locals including Arthur Rowling and others went to the Franklin Hearne football game in Hearne Monday afternoon.
The Ladies Missionary Society met at Mrs S R Cochran's on Monday afternoon to elect new officers. Other minor routine society business was discussed and scheduled.
Mrs. R. B. Self was elected president with Mrs. D. D. Todd as vice president and Mrs. S. R. Cochran as secretary, and Mrs. A. Warner as treasurer. Mrs. Davis of Cameron visited her daughter Frances Kent and sister Mrs. W. B. Cochran. Elaine and Juanita Thomas and James Harwood of Rosebud spent a weekend in Gause. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thomas and daughter Emma Howard of Rosebud visited in Gause, returning Elaine and James to Rosebud. Juanita will stay a week with Oradell Cochran. Mrs. Bailey visits her son W. H. Bailey.
The report notes last week’s rain adequate for moisture. Gatherings included Bert Kenedy Homer Watson Tom Story and Annie Hunt at Tom Henson's home. J R Hunt visited Fort Worth. Dwight McDonald moved to North Elm for a crop. John Perskey visited the Cotton Palace in Waco. Some attended Cameron Eleventh celebrations. Mrs Clara Nell Henson of Rogers hospitalized in Temple but improving. Pres Henson visited Robert Hunt. Mitch Mitchem shopped in Rockdale. Mrs Dollie Voyles and children visited Mrs Mabel Henson.
J. M. Kilpatrick resumes training at Fort Sam Houston following a visit with his uncle G. W. Kilpatrick Sr. The report notes the homeward return and ongoing camp routine.
Mrs. Lillie Partridge came home Sunday from Cameron sanitarium where she had been seriously ill the past week.
Mrs. T. S. Lindsey was brought home from Cameron sanitarium Saturday after an appendicitis operation several weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Moore and child of Richmond were guests in Gause during the weekend.
Mrs Knox Tidwell and Mrs Thorpe of Hearne visited sister and daughter Mrs L S Cunningham Sunday afternoon. Ed Fowler and family of Georgetown visit relatives in Gause. Merton Bowling and Bill Gause home from Cameron school weekend with parents. Mrs Jim Stroud Mrs Nichols and children of Cameron with sister Mrs John Morgan. Robert Oltts of San Marcos guest of Miss Alma Marie Barnes Sunday.
The Sharp 4-H Club met at the school house on Friday morning November 8 at 10 45. The president called the meeting to order and the secretary read the roll and the minutes of the last meeting.
Miss Bartholomew invited the girls to speak on College Station. Malitta Rinn Edna Laffere and Hilda Tag described a trip to the Dallas Fair. Prizes were awarded with Rinn taking one first and two seconds earning 7 dollars, Laffere one first two thirds earning 5 dollars, and Tag one first one second earning 5 dollars.
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