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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1944
Page
3
The War Finance Director Nathan Adams urges Milam County and Texans to purchase the extra 6th War Loan bond quota. Soldiers overseas are buying bonds, with Milam County credited $31,000 toward the Texas total. The closing date is December 20 and locals are urged not to fall short of the $225,000 target.
Lt. Herman Gerick has received the Air Medal for meritorious service during aerial operations from August 10, 1942, to January 12, 1944. He is a Yee High School alumnus from Ad Hall and is stationed in Las Vegas Nevada. The award was presented by Maj. Leonard E. Sybroski during a weekly retreat parade.
The Tracy 4-H Club met Saturday December 9 at Dorothy Barker's home with sponsor Mrs. Marvin Charles. Eight members attended and vice president Virginia Belle Charles chaired the session. Names were drawn for the Christmas party and Mrs. Charles presented handicraft designs. Mrs. Maggie Miller moved from Liberty to Milano for the winter.
The Italian Epiphany tale explains why Santa Claus visits children only on January 6. La Befana, an old woman, travels from house to house leaving gifts for each child as she searches for the Christ Child she once missed.
A Devonshire Christmas tradition from the mid 19th century saw men perform a wassailing rhyme and pass the cider jug. The chosen “king” after a gun salute and at the farmhouse door guessed the roast, earning the role for the night.
The 1659 general court enacted a law banning Christmas observance with fines of five shillings for abstention from labor or feasting. The statute stood until 1681, and Puritan opposition persisted into the early 19th century.
Allied advances on the Siegfried line were limited to about 800 yards as Patton's Third Army pressed the German fortifications. Rail traffic in Germany slowed due to Allied bombings. In Burma, B-29s struck Rangoon from India with Japanese claims of five ships shot down.
In western Ireland the Christmas observance centers on reverent acts. A candle glows in the window to guide the Holy Family if shelter is needed. Food remains on the table between meals for wandering souls from purgatory.
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