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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1950
Page
9
The Cameron National Guard unit joins a statewide voluntary plan to turn the Texas National Guard into a large blood bank as disaster insurance. State Adj. Gen. K. L. Berry reported many guardsmen offer blood from the 17 thousand men in 266 units across 137 cities.
Palm Sunday welcomed new members to First Methodist Church in Cameron as about 410 Central Texas guardsmen from Temple Marlin Lampasas Belton and Cameron could form a large regional blood donor bloc. The list includes Doris Plasek Clayton Gill Wendell Kirk Dorothy Plasek Jesse Kirk Dwight Moody Jr Marie McDermott Jr and Carroll Green Jr. Easter visits saw Mrs Ethel Davis and son Jimmy with Deputy and Mrs Will Vaughan and Henry Ruth Heath of Austin joining Camero n friends and Miss Heath visiting Elizabeth Newton Sunday.
Fritz Glaser of Buckhous transacted business in Cameron on Saturday of the past week.
Mrs Frances Orsay is ill and receiving treatment at St Edward Hospital, with details limited to the absence of a reported ailment. The notice conveys a personal health update without further context or timing.
Belton April 12 Work begins on the Belton dam outlet works with added heavy equipment arriving. The old access road is closed to traffic from its intersection with the new road to Army engineers HQ. The area is cleared for repair shops first aid station and storage. No new hires yet. R A Wood the general superintendent arrived for a short inspection and will return next week to lead the construction.
Four Cameron youths Dwight Chandler Bobby Bickett Billy Eisenger and Jesse Curtis Weathers purchase one registered Jersey each from Tyler Texas breeder Earle B Mayfield. Jerseys registered at The American Jersey Cattle Club in Columbus Ohio with records since 1868. Jerseys noted for high butterfat milk and earlier calving aiding faster herd building and earlier milk checks.
Baylor University student Margie Denson from Cameron will deliver a lecture recital on Bess Streeter Aldrich's Miss Bishop on April 20. The interpetive Reading class presents the event. Denson is a junior Speech major and English minor, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe C C Denson of Cameron.
FHA District Director R. E. Shepherd says about 300 FHA home loan commitments will be released once President Truman signs the housing bill. The Senate approved the measure boosting authority to insure 2.25 billion dollars in loans, with House action already complete. A large batch for Dallas was cleared March 24, ending the backlog.
Jack Dillard of Waco was unanimously named governor-elect of Rotary International district 187 during the district 187 conference in Temple. He will assume duties July 1 replacing Nelson R. Hawkins of Itasca. he was the sole candidate and is immediate past president of the Waco Rotary club.
A J Gregory is ill and receiving treatment at Newton Memorial Hospital.
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