Belton Iris Show Slated April 22
The Belton Iris Society hosts its fourth annual iris show at Belton Memorial Home on Friday April 22 1955 from 3 to 30 p m Entries accepted 9 to 11 a m Admission 25 cents adults 10 cents children Open to anyone who grows iris The American Iris Society cooperates Prize rhizomes from Iris Test Gardens Yakima WA Frances Craig best specimen J Burge Denton TX and Cherie youngest first prize winner An educational exhibit on Tangerine Bearded Pinks with slides and iris rhizomes for sale Trade in Cameron.
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Belton Iris Society
Belton Memorial Home
American Iris Society
Alexander Maxwell
Iris Test Gardens
Yakima
Washington
Frances Craig
J. Burge
St. Anthony
Rockdale White
Aycock High
Milano
Maysfield White
Burlington White
Thorndale White Sch
Milam County Health Unit
Rockdale City Hall
Time is precious to a sick body
An ad style testimonial promotes chiropractic care at the Boyce Clinic. It touts relief from migraine and arthritis and mentions a three year old patient who improved after adjustments. The text urges readers to visit the clinic and make an appointment to begin natural healing, arguing time is crucial.
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Boyce Clinic
Dr. Brooks McLane resigns as Tex-Mex leader after 41 years
Dr. S Brooks McLane, president of Tex-Mex Industrial Institute since 1932, resigns for health reasons effective July 1 1955. Board accepted the resignation with regret after long service that built the school from four frames to twenty permanent structures and expanded missionary work across the South. The Kingsville Record notes his Cameron Milam County roots and ties to local figures as the institution operates under the Southern Presbyterian Church.
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Kingsville
Austin
Chas. H. Flato III
Cruz Grandados
Black
McLane Brooks McLane
Tex. - Mex
S. Brooks McLane
Southern Presbyterian Church
Court House News From Rockdale Texas Land Transfers And Leases
Court filings list multiple property transfers in Rockdale and Thorndale Texas with buyers sellers and prices including a Oak Park subdivision lot sale to C P Beard for 3506 dollars and several land parcels ranging from 10 to 4250 dollars as well as an oil and gas lease assignment of 40 acres to Lewis S Rosentie.
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Jose Seal
R. N Thompson
A. P. King Jr. Et al
Lewis S. Rosenstiel
Roland B. Paxson
Houston- Oklahoma Oil Company
Lewis S. Rosentiel
Seymour Roberts
Milam County
J. L. Worsham
A. P. King Jr
Helen Cano
C. P. Beard
Oak Park
Rockdale
Texas
Ollie Sue Arnett
J. G. Puterhaugh
E. Millburn
William Proffitt
M. W. Pace
T. S. Arnett
George Yoakum, Jr
FE. C. Hoppe
J. L. Ellis
Mary Michalka
Thorndale
Automobile Dealers List Various 4 Door Models
A catalog of cars and buyers showing 4 door Ford and Chevrolet models. Names include Elmer A LeQuire John V Thompson Norman Clement and Martin Jorke with brands Ford Plymouth Chevrolet and more. Various dealers Grabein Chev Co Hefley-Stedman Motor Co Green Motor Co Gaither Motor Co and Ideal Motor Co are noted.
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Cpe
Ideal Motor Co
Norman Clement
Martin Jorke
Ford
Tudor Hefley-Stedman Motor Co
Hubert T. Gautreaut
Dor Green Motor Co
Gladys FE. Pierce
Plymouth
Gaither Motor Co
Ben R. Boyd
Fairl Bernado Garcia
Ford Coe
Luther J. Cain
Ford Tudor
Florence F. Russell
Clarence E. Simmons
Rodger Chandler
Grabein
Charlie Mayer
Pickup
Delma R. Meek
Culpeppers Jewelry Grants Sterling Tea Spoon Gift
Culpeppers Jewelry offers a free sterling teaspoon to each high school senior who selects a sterling pattern. Entrants choosing Reed & Barton patterns can win one of 126 major prizes in the Sterling For Graduation Contest with no essay or obligation.
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Culpepper
Reed & Barton, Silversmiths
Taunton
Massachusetts
Culpeppers Jewelery
Reed & Barton
Drowning incident at river prompts rescue effort in Rockdale
Klepper saved his son at the scene and returned to aid Haney after a log strike. The boy reentered the water and drowned. Rescue parties from Alcoa Cameron Rockdale and nearby towns received boats and equipment from Rockdale residents who kept watch overnight. Klepper and Haney work at the Industrial Generator Company in Rockdale.
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Klepper
Haney
Alcoa
Cameron
Rockdale
Cameron Notables: Dreyer’s Service and Local Growth
Dreyer served as a German speaker for prisoners and messengers during the war earning honors. After returning to Cameron he worked at Milam County Hardware from 1919 to 1932, then started his own sheet metal business in 1932, moving to the Esslinger building in 1937. He married Pearl King in 1918 and lived in Cameron since.
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Prisioners
Germany
Cameron
Milam County Hardware
Esslinger
John Muse
Pearl Elizabeth King
Rosebud
England
Dreyer
Mr. Dreyer
C. H. Yee High School
Rockdale Case Raises Questions On Marble Table Deal
Judge Graham notes 1951 gambling law shuttered the business and Coffield and Pickens backed Joe Steele of Houston in distributing 800 marble tables. Steele, convicted of tax evasion, signed a $292,000 note to repay $225,000. Coffield still holds 450 tables removed from circulation for legality.
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Coffield
Pickens
Joe Steele
Houston
Steele
East Texas Novelty Company
Rockdale Oilman
Langford
Graham
Pick
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Byoce Chiropractic Clinic
Temple Highway
J. E. Boyce
D. C
Majestic Hotel Bath Department
Nat's Park Service
U.S
Aed
Dr. McLane
Tex-Wrex
Jack W. Prescott
H. W. Johnson
John H. McLerran Jr
L. L. Greer
Louis Kleberg
William Clemons
Lucille M. Porter
Ben Baker
D. D. Pollan
Henrietta Cook Little
Rosa Lee Slaten
J. L Worsham
Dwayne Cochran
Lula Belle Crooms
A P. King Jr
Fred D. William
Norman Cluff Jr
John W. Williams
Billie Darline Cochran Ford
A. B. Brown
Dora D. Whilewet Vir
Schiller Motors
Gladys Temple Smith
Dodge
Clark Kelly
McLain
Pontiac Co
Mary Ann Quattlebaum
Pontiac
Court House News
Mervis Hernandez Delao
Rabell Bernal Olivarri
Bob Ray Balusek
Norma Jean Chambers
Jack Quebe Wilkerson
Ceclia Ann Fuller
Clifford Mareil Reynolds
Shirley Ann Moseley
Ernest Weidner, Jr
Alene Edna Hawke
Clyde Hudson Rutherford
Dorothy Louise Frazier
Denson Crouch
Queana Marie Willingham
Paul Lewis Shegull
Rosemary Goertz
Robert Charles Hairston
Imogene Stewart
James Pittman
Ruby Faye Brooks
Lewis S. Rosentie
BC Premium
Turnip Greens
Vo Ib
John V. Thompson
Pontiac Cata Cpe
Elmer A. LeQuire
John E. Price Jr
Wilson
Fairmont Foods Co
Singlo
Sagi
Ens
Novelty Company
Fast Texas Novelty Company
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