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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1939
Page
4
The Cameron Herald established 1860 publishes in Cameron Texas with editor and publisher Jefferson B White. Subscription rates list one year and two year options, with Milam County pricing figures in cents.
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W A Morrison announced formation of a Young Democratic Club in Cameron. Pauline Stephens and Wilmer Simms led the visit to recruit members aged 21 to 40, with preliminary signups including Callaway Caperton Haraway Starnes Morrison Smith Hopkins Laurence Stoerchner. No officers elected yet.
The All-round Championships across divisions were announced by county superintendent Guy T. Newton. Trophies from Coca Cola Bottling Company will go to Cameron and Sharp as Class A and B winners. Newton will present Yarrellton with the rural schools trophy and Cameron Public Schools will honor Ada Henderson School as Ward division winner.
Edmund H. Peschel is administrator of the Henry Earnest Peschel estate in Milam County Texas. Creditors must present claims by the legally prescribed deadline. Administrator’s address is Route 1 Burlington Milam County Texas. Packed with other ad text about Parma Radio Service and Farm Radio.
Reporters surveyed over 1 200 women and girls in southern cities asking if CARDUS helped them. About 93 in 100 respondents say CARDUS benefited them, with claims of increased appetite and strength and relief from dysmenorrhea due to malnutrition. Some report CARDUS helping at the time of symptoms.
Commissioners’ Court opened bids for repairing and installing the county courthouse clock. International Clock Company of Dallas was lowest but award awaits federal approval in Fort Worth. Judge Jeff T. Kemp estimated about forty five days to final letting. The court also awarded a $1135 contract for Brushy Creek bridge repair on the Rockdale highway.
County clerk Homer Nabours announced that notices for the prohibition election to be held next Monday are being posted across the county this week.
The A Capella choir from Texas Lutheran College Seguin will perform at Buckholts High School on Friday April 14 at 10 30 A M. The forty four voice ensemble is drawn from the student body and praised by critics as among the finest college choirs.
The choir has been enthusiastically received in leading Texas cities and Rev. A E Flathmann, pastor of the Buckholts Lutheran church, announced the choir's Buckholts appearance at the high school expecting a fine crowd.
The Maysfield School House hosts a Friday night community party on April 7 with refreshments sold to benefit the school. A second event, a dance at Burlington Hall on Easter Monday April 10 features The Texas Bluebonnet Boys of Waco with admission 40 cents and ladies free.
G W Blansett of Yarrellton reported in Cameron on Wednesday that a great grandson has been born into the family, making five generations living. He plans a family reunion next year with photographs and a published history in the Herald.
The commissioners court named election managers to preside over the special prohibition election on Monday April 10 1959 forcountywide offices. The list includes East Cameron F S Lesovsky Curry F B Durrie Salem Jerry Nabours Ad Hall J O Hughes Elm Ridge Otto Simank Maysfield H L Yager Jones Prairie J A McKinney Baileyville Wright Ellison Branchville Albert Judkins Clarkson Frank Janicek Milano J D Peeples Gause L S Cunningham Hanover C M Pierce Marlow Erskin McDermott Rockdale Irma Dunnington New Salem Gus Johnson Hamilton Chapel Levi Knight Hoyte B T Burnett Minerva Mrs J C Wallace Bethlehem Mrs Hood Caldwell Gay Hill Emil Doss West Cameron Albert Matula Sand Grove Claud Bankston Sandy Creek Claud Moses Rushdale August Seidl Davilla Howell Keith
Bennie Mundine Miss Opal Loftin and Edwan Gandy were married Saturday afternoon April 1 in a ceremony read by Judge Jeff T. Kemp. Loftin is daughter of W. O. Loftin of Friendship. Gandy son of N. D. Gandy of Yarrellton. They will reside in Yarrellton. An unusual note is that 26 years earlier Kemp issued the couple’s marriage license when he was Milam County Clerk.
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