The Cameron Herald from Cameron, Texas • Page 9

Homemakers Plan Achievement Day, Party 50TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Alton Robbins will observe their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday, December 11 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Cameron Community Center, 704 W. 6th Street.

The party will be hosted by their children, Gene Day of Austin, Cheryl Staton of Stephenville, and Jackie Pate of Dumas. The couple also has five grandchildren. The Robbins were married December 23 in Cameron. Mr. Robbins is a missionary minister and a carpenter.

The Robbins invite their friends and relatives to join with them on this joyous occasion since love and friendship are their most treasured gifts. By Chyis Holcombe Milam County Extension Agent Mark your calendar for December 12. This is the date for the annual Milam County Extension Homemakers Achievement Day and Christmas Party. This year the activity will be held at the Cameron Community Center, 704 West 6 th Street in Cameron starting at 10:30 a.m. with registration and coffee.

The First Cameron Extension Homemakers Club will be hosting the event this year. The program beginning at 11 a.m. will be on Ideas for the Holiday Season by Pam Hacker, consumer information specialist from Lone Star Gas Company in Temple The program will cover holiday decorations, food ideas for the holidays, new recipes, and gifts from the home. A covered dish luncheon will follow During the luncheon the outstanding rookie extension homemaker of the year for 1983 will be honored. Also, a review of extension program conducted for 1983 and plans for 1984 will be covered by extension agent Chris Holcombe.

New officers for the 1984 Milam County Extension Homemakers council will be installed and the 1984 committees will meet and make recommendations for 1984. Rosemary Riola, Milam County 4-H council chairman, will present a program on her trip to National 4-H Citizenship Shortcourse and Heritage Tour Following the business session, the annual Christmas party with exchange of gifts and refreshments will be held COOKBOOKS FOR SALE Looking for a Christmas gift or a wedding present The Milam County Extension Homemakers Council still has a few Texas Extension Homemaker Cookbooks for sale. These are available in the county extension office and sell for $10 each. They have some excellent recipes and would make great gifts for the holiday season. i id news notes The arctic tern is the most-travelled of birds.

Its round trip migration from the Arctic to Antarctica totals 22,000 miles. For Any kind Of Purty District 7 Nurses Set Meeting The District 7 Texas Association will hold their December meeting at the Western Sizzlin Steak House, Loop 363 at Thornton Lane in Temple Monday, December 12 at 7 p.m. All area registered nurses are invited to attend the dinner meeting. Women's Aglow The fourth annual joint meeting of the Milam County Chapter of Full Gospel Business Fellowship and the Rockdale Chapter of Aglow Fellowship will be held Saturday December 10 at the Patterson Civic Center, Fairpark, Rockdale. Richard Crowe, president of the group, extends an invitation to the entire community to attend the buffet and meeting.

Guest speaker will be Morris Sheats, a congressional candidate and former pastor of Trinity Church in Lubbock and Beverly Hills Baptist in Dallas. Women Aglow president Wanda Smith encourages all pastors of the community to participate and invite their congregations to at tend. DONALD W. CLARK, M.D. ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS CLINIC for FAMILY PRACTICE ON DECEMBER 1, 1983 CAMERON MEDICAL CLINIC 512 North Jefferson, Cameron, Tx.

MON. FRI. (Cameron Community Hospital) OFFICE HOURS 9:00 a.m. 12:00 noon 1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.

SATURDAY 9 00 a.m. 12 00 noon SHOP CAMERON Keep It At Home cPick front, Ladies TASHI0N PANTS Assorted Colors OFF! Ladies and Girls DANSKINS TIGHTS and LEOTARDS OFF! Ladies Trissi SPORTSWEAR Blouses Coots Skirts Herringbone Grey OFF! SHIRTS Dress and Sports Vi OFF! Entire Stock LADIES SWEATERS OFF! Ladies Texsheen DOWNS and ROBES OFF! All SKIRTS The Christmas theme for the meeting will be taken from Isa. 9:6 "For unto to us a child is All denominations are invited to this joint meeting. Porcelain Art Guild The Cameron Porcelain Art Guild held their Christmas party in the Cameron Community Center on December 1 Mrs. Molly Richter, club president, called the meeting to order and introduced Rev.

James Lafferty who gave the devotional. Mrs. Elizabeth Waddel. and Mrs. Maurice Heitman decorated the room and tables in Christmas colors for the occasion Red place mats and glasses accented the white table clothes Each table held brass candelabras with red candles, circled by a wreath of holly.

The table holding the food was covered with a red cloth. Turkey and all the traditional Christmas dishes were served. Mrs. Frances Hensley prepared a post forthemug exchange among the club members. After the program, each member went to the post office to get their a beautifully hand-painted mug done by one of the club members.

Mrs Hensley gave a short talk about Christmas before introducing the Phil Smith family. They gave a musical program for the group Phil, Jane, Jennifer, Emily and Nathan all sang a variety of Christmas carols. The children sang trios, duets and harmonized with Jane accompanying on the piano. Everyone was able to join in the singing and catch the Christmas spirit. Hostesses for the party were Lilia Rogers and Duffie Caperton with all the members bringing a covered dish.

Many gifts were exchanged and an enjoyable time was had by all. Club photographer, Mrs. Erma Dodson was kept busy. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Dr and Mrs. Neil Robinson Burch of Houston are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Terrell Jean, to Clayton Allison son of Mr.

and Mrs. Jim Allison of Buckholts. Wedding vows will be exchanged December 17 at the home of the parents in Houston. Austin Plans Festivities December in Austin. Texas is filled with Christmas festivities Twenty different holiday celebrations, all open to the public, are listed in a Winter Calendar of Events just published by the Austin Chamber of Commerce The Calendar is available free to anyone requesting it.

One of the first Holiday events Calvert Celebrates Christmas The Antique Dealers Guild extends an invitation to all who enjoy the beauties of yesterday to come to Calvert on December 10 and participate in an old fashioned Christmas celebration The dozen or more anitque shops in downtown Calvert will be decorated for the holiday season and free wassal and cookies will be served from 10 a until 5 p.m. on that day. A drive by the more than 70 historical homes, churches, and buildings will make you think you have turned back the clock to the turn of the century. Calvert is located on Highway 6 just 35 miles north of Bryan. It was established in 1868 The Street have brick buildings that were built in the and Many of these now house antique shops giving Calvert the name of Antique Center of Texas Brochures are availabel free at most of the downtown stores, giving directions to all of the historical places in town was the Zilker Christmas Tree Lighting, December 4 This 165- foot tall tree is called the world's tallest man made Christmas During the weekend of Decern ber 8-11, there will be at least six Christmas festivities.

a children's Christmas musical will be performed at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin Christmas Fantasy on will skim the Ice Rink at Northcross Mall The Last Chacne Arts and Crafts Show will be held in the city auditorium. Musically, the Christmas entertainment will range from the Austin Symphony Con cert to the music played by the Fabulous at the KLBJ Christmas Party in the City Coliseum. December 15 is the beginning of the "Yule an Austin traditional celebration in Zilker Park This year the fest will again be in the format of the Zilker Trail of lights a series of outdoor Christmas scenes displayed in a special area of the park for everyone to drive past and enjoy. 1 JESSICA DANIELLE RADTKE Ross and Cindy Radtke of Waco are the proud parents of a baby girl, Jessica Danielle, born Dec 2, 1983 at Kings Daughters Hospital in Temple. She weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces Grandparents are Leo and Diane Yates of Cameron.

Martha Rogers of San Antonio and the late James Radtke Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs Harvey Radtke of Maysfield, Mrs Gertrude Whitaker of Cameron and Mr and Mrs Laurence Board of Rosenberg Favorites SPECIAL GIFT BOXES DECANTERS At Everyday Low Prices SHOP COMPARE Special Orders Are Now Being Taken For The Holidays Barrett's Liquor 1 2 Hwy 77 N. Hwy 36 W. 697-9207697-9241 fi Interested In A Nursing Career? Rosebud Vocational Nursing Class Now Forming. Temple Junior Vocational Nursing is now accepting or the one-year vocational nursing class to tegln March 1 For Information Contact: The Office.