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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1949
Page
1
The National Guard Armory site fundraising total rose to 3557.30 dollars Monday per L W Smith chamber manager. Large contributors remain unheard and solicitation continues while donations are tallied amid a pending clean up.
Judge Dan Tyson received a letter from John E. Blair District Engineer in Bryan outlining benefits from the farm to market road bill. Blair estimates an average annual $40 000 allotment for Milam County with 5 to 8 miles possible yearly depending on cost and road type. He asks the court to map urgent projects to guide highway planning for a ten year period.
An iron cannon ball was found this week at Bryant Station south of Buckholts by Jim Mann while loading gravel. The ball, possibly grape shot or a small bore round, was embedded in gravel and unearthed. No military site is known at Bryant Station, though it may have been carried there by Indians or veterans from the Mexican War era. Mann seeks information on the find.
The T and N O railroad wins a court ruling allowing discontinuation of passenger service between Waco and Yoakum after litigation beginning in 1948. The decision supports ending trains due to lack of patronage and profitability, affecting Cameron with mail and express transit. Rockdale led local protests as two Railroad Commission members attended the hearing.
Dr. Grady Baskin and his wife and son spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Roy Baskin and grandmother Mrs. John Denson in Galveston, enjoying family time.
Loretta M. Brock reports 25 Milam County men attained 18 in March and must register for military duty within five days. The list names Roy Gadison, Robert Zarosky, Otto Tomasek, Jack Burkett, Walker Arledge Jr, Leon Tomseak, Vernon Groppell, Jack Wilkerson, Willie Walker, Larry Edmondson, Herbert Morton, Bill Johnson, Barney Baggett, John Collins, Jimmie Shepard, Douglas Jackson, H R Thomas, Eugene Condly, Willie Moore, Bill Bartlett, Morris Franklin, Deseretia Molden, William McSherry, Frank Mueck, and Ernest Lincoln. All 18-year-olds must register promptly. those 18 to 26 must register after Army discharge. Noncompliance risks delinquency penalties under law.
In Lehringen near Verden a seven foot wooden spear, over 150000 years old, was found by a quarryman and sent to Hanover Museum. Professor Jacob Friesen notes it as Europe’s first such offensive weapon, with elephants and semi tropical fauna cited to explain its use.
Veronica Michalka underwent an appendectomy this week and is reported improving nicely. Miss Michalka serves as secretary for County Judge Dan Tyson, and many Cameron friends wish her a speedy recovery.
Marlow Baptist Church will start a week long revival series Sunday April 17 with evangelist Rev. Ollie T. Brown of Rotan Texas and pastor Rev. Adrian W. Coleman leading song service. Evening services begin 7 45 p m with 7 15 prayer groups. Cottage prayer meetings will precede the revival. A church wide prayer service is set for Saturday April 16.
The First Methodist Church young Adult Fellowship held a picnic supper on the Green Farm near Yarr elt on Thursday night enjoyed by 50 members and guests. Officers elected include President George Bowman Carroll Green Vice President Gene Blake Secretary Treasurer Hilliard Thomas and teacher Mrs Carroll Green with assistant teacher Miss Mary Sue Bethea. Jacksonville conference director of Texas Conference shared points on organizing a fellowship.
Friends of J L Foster of Cameron report he is ill in Newton Memorial Hospital. The note informs community members of his health status and requests prayers and support.
Easter religious services will begin Friday with an eight hour service at First Methodist church, with several churches cooperating. Lent, a six week fast, ends with Easter Sunday, and Holy Week runs from Palm Sunday to Easter. Local ministers present talks on themes of Easter as non religious groups cooperate in the annual observance.
Texas Governor Beauford Jester invites Savings Bonds volunteers and local campaign workers to a April 19 dinner hosted by the Houston Clearing House Association. Richard A. Farnsworth and Cameron bond sales leaders received invitation letters urging attendance. The event kicks off the spring Opportunity Drive honoring Bonds volunteers.
Seven Milam County Agricultural Agencies will hold a meeting in Rockdale on Friday April 15 at 7 30 p m Roy C Hensley announces The purpose is to set a regular meeting date correlate agency work and obtain current technical information to help farmers and ranchers Milam County Agencies convene include High School Vocational Agriculture Teachers Production Marketing Association Farm Home Administration Soil Conservation Service Production Credit Association County Agricultural Agent and Veterans Agriculture Instructors The Farm Bureau supports agricultural progress with better methods sponsored by these seven agencies
Under Tom Cole direction the First Baptist Church choir presents an Easter cantata on April 17 at 8 p m. The 21-voice choir features organist Mrs Francis Cox. The public is invited to this second performance in the Baptist Choir series.
Farmers in Milam county receive a notice from Paul C Graves ACA chair outlining the new Agriculture Department policy. Cameron ACA director Alva Sanders lists signup week April 18 to 23 for local farmers in Yarrelston Cameron Minerva Marlow and Salem to provide 1941 1945 and 1949 onward crop data needed to set acreage allotments and maintain surplus support promises.
Governor Jester will host a Houston dinner on April 19 for Texas Volunteer Savings Bond workers. Texas’ share of the national quota in the Opportunity Drive is 36 950 000 dollars. County quotas will be announced April 20. Jester praises volunteers as an army of public citizens supporting thrift and national economic strength.
Rev. Percy Corkern of First Baptist Church completed a deacon and wife study course at Marlow Baptist Church. The lectures, drawn from Honoring Deaconship by Burroughs, prepared them for their duties. The program concluded with the ordination of three deacons.
District 10 representatives will open the annual convention in Cameron on April 19 with 65 delegates already booked. A banquet will be held at the Methodist Church basement, main sessions in the District Court Room, and about 200 delegates and visitors expected. Housing is tight and rooms should be reserved through the Chamber of Commerce. Delegates from Llano Fayette San Saba Williamson Denton Washington Lampasas Burnet Leon Travis Brazos Grimes Walker and Bell are listed.
Newton Memorial Hospital expands its nursing facilities and hires the first recruit Mrs Effie Goodson of Dallas to lead the enlarged staff. Goodson, a registered nurse previously with the Medical and Surgical Clinic in Dallas, has a son Charles 17 and a daughter Ann 10 and has moved into an apartment on 13th street. Dr W R Newton welcomes the addition.
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