New Pontiac Six Set for Market Soon
Pontiac Michigan reports the Oakland Motor Car Company will release a redesigned Pontiac Six early next year with bigger power and luxury features at a price for small cars. Production expands in 1929 to over 350000 cars as parts are manufactured in Oakland and Fisher plants in Pontiac. The model retains a smaller six price range and aims for national showings around year’s start.
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Pontiac
Mich
Oakland Motor Car Company
Schiller Motor Company
Cameron
Oakland Company
Oakland- Pontiac
Fisher
Oakland
Detroit
First Birthday Party For Bobbye Adele Fikes
Mrs. W. L. Fikes of 970 E Monterey Avenue hosted a Thanksgiving themed first birthday party for her daughter Bobbye Adele Fikes. Guests included family friends and siblings, with prizes awarded to Bobby Maloney and Dorothy Hossenflow as games and Kodak photos capped the afternoon.
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W. L. Fikes
Pomona
California
Progress-Bulletin
Cameron
Monterey Avenue
Bobbye Adele
Kodak
Fikes
Bobbye Thurman
Frances Jacobs
Bobby Maloney
Dorothy Hosenflow
W. L. Hedrick
Willy Bille
J. L. Thurman
Bobby
Jack
Gene Maloney
Gene
Wendell Mason
Ronald
Dorothy Hossenflow
Jacalyn Thurman
Donald Goodman
Bobbye Adele Fikes
Local Visit Highlights and Social Guests in Cameron
Clarkson Buck Bell stopped in Cameron Friday as a business visitor. Bill Corine and his wife visited Perry Strickler and wife Wednesday night along with Howard and Katherine Schwarting and others. Mrs. Herman Schwarting hosted visits from Georgetown guests and Tim Mitchell traveled to Cameron Saturday. Music was enjoyed and several locals attended a Cameron show Saturday night.
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Buck Bell
Cameron
Bill Corine
Perry Strickler
Herman Schwarting
Katherine
Georgetown
Mrs. Jenkins
Tim Mitchell
August Fremiel
Walker Cox
Ganell
Clifton
Howard
D. B. Douglas
R. W. Edwards
Charlie Fremiel
Local families attend basketball games and weekend gatherings
Howard Schwarting and Roy Grier join a Ben Arnold vs Jones Prairie game where Jones Prairie boys and Ben Arnold girls win. Ganell Cox visits Briary with family while several others shop in Cameron. The Schwartings host visitors, family drives a new Essex, and Johnsons plus Keith visit Thursday. Anderson and Roy Douglas take a Houston trip by bus.
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Howard Schwarting
Roy Grier
Howard Douglas
Ben Arnold
Jones Prairie
Jones Prairie Boys
Ben Arnold Girls
For a Hard of Hearing Lover
A fragmentary verse note contrasts deafness with heartbreak in romance. The speaker suggests a deaf suitor cannot hear a lover say no, framing a bittersweet reflection on communication and affection.
Humorous Snippets Mix Personal Quips and Odd Assertions
A collage of wry observations touches on marriage, parenting, and money. The piece offers playful lines about courtship, loans, and everyday desires, ending with a remark on human quirks and the clash between home and hotel comforts.
Crash Near Temple Delays Drive To Austin
A two-vehicle crash near Temple left the occupants with minor injuries described as scratches and bruises. The party continued toward Austin after a three hour delay. Three Fort Worth men in the other car, R A Miller, R V Fuller, and M Melton, were not seriously hurt and sought medical care in Waco but were not admitted as patients.
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Pital
Temple
Austin
Fort Worth
R. A. Miller
R. V. Fuller
M. Melton
Waco
Bridge Club Holds Regular Meeting This Friday Afternoon
The Bridge Club met in regular session Friday afternoon with members entertained by Mrs. described in a brief local society note.
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Bridge Club
Fahrendorf Victors in Club Games Amid Scores and Salads
Fritz Fahrendorf tops play as Mrs. Giles Arriett claims high score and Miss Beth Jeter earns consolation. Hostess serves a salad plate and ice course to finish the event.
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Fritz Fahrendorf
Giles Arriett
Beth Jeter
Rooster Finds Big Egg and Trolls the Barnyard
A rooster roams the country and discovers a large ostrich egg. He rolls it home to show the hens in the barnyard and claims the egg is to illustrate what others are doing elsewhere.
What We Think and Other Odds Ends
A humorous column riffs on mood and manners with quips about smile censorship and a town’s fashion over 50 years. Prohibition is called a fact by Dr. Daniel A. Poling, with bootlegging noted as another certainty. A corn forecast cites 3,029,551,000 bushels, and a poker-minded note muses on quintuplets and card hands.
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Daniel A. Poling
The
Christian Herald
Senator Witt Hurt in Auto Accident Near Troy
State Senator Edgar Witt of Waco and Homer D. Wade of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce were slightly injured in a car collision about 6:30 PM a mile and a half north of Troy. Stamford and J. M. Penland of Waco also sustained minor injuries and received hospital treatment.
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Edgar Witt
Waco
Homer D. Wade
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Stamford
J. M. Penland
Troy
It Is About Time Women Ready to Wear Clothes
A newspaper clip notes a sign reading Women Ready to Wear Clothes. The item adds a humorous aside about fashion readiness and daily attire, reflecting light social commentary.
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Bobbye
Adele Fikes
Clarkson
Mrs. Harris of
Mr. Follis
Houston
Helen Jennings
la Rue Douglas
Jim Hank
Laura Janicek
Henry Schwarting
Mrs
Ganell Cox
Briary
Lucille
Willie Mae Johnson
Willard Keith
Schwarting
R. K K. Anderson
Roy Douglas
Maharapahina
Indore
Edward Schill
East Orange
Dallas Morning News
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana, Arkansas
New Mexico
B. V. Shirley
Cameron, Texas
By Frank Dixon
Senator Witt
China
Schiller Motor Co
Green Produce Company
Essex
Hudson
Ford
Studebaker
Ramsey's
Austin Nursery
Ramsey’s
Bringers of Bounty
Austin, Texas
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