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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
1
Cameron considers a $250.00 premium for the first cotton bale to boost local market ties. Walter Senkel to receive $150 cash from the Chamber of Commerce as part of the effort. Merchants may offer store merchandise. display of the first bale could boost publicity and align Cameron with central Texas market centers.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Senkel of Belmena thank Cameron business community for supporting the first bale of 1949 cotton with a $150 premium fund. Special appreciation to Weems Gin for a $50 donation and concessions, J. E. Flinn for above market price purchase, P. W. Davis of Cameron Compress, and publisher J. B. White for reviving premium awards.
Dr. J. W. Torbett, 78, died of a heart ailment in Marlin Wednesday evening. Funeral services are set for 4 p m Thursday in Marlin, with Cameron friends notified and planned attendance. Torbett helped develop Marlin as a health resort and many Cameron friends intend to attend.
Milano Baptist will start a summer revival Sunday August 7 continuing through August 17. Evangelist Dr W H Sims of Shreveport LA will lead the meetings with morning services at 10 o clock and evening services at 8 o clock.
The Cameron Herald and Daily Midget plant will close from August 22 to September 5 for a two week paid vacation for all staff. The publication resumes September 5 and advertisers can mail orders to be fulfilled upon return.
William M. Krause, 74, Burlington pioneer, died at 10 a.m. Sunday in a Rosebud hospital after a weeklong illness. Funeral 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Michael’s Church, Burlington, with burial in Burlington Catholic cemetery. Survived by widow, four sons E. S. Krause, I. E. Krause, R. W. Krause, F. P. Krause, and daughter Mrs Le Roy Witte. He was a Texan native, longtime Milam County resident, businessman, retired farmer, and former Precinct 7 constable.
Publisher and wife received a card greeting from Dr and Mrs Clifford Swift enjoying a vacation on the west coast. They are expected to reach Cameron this week as San Francisco is touted as a top world city for interest.
Battery C of the 649th AAA Battalion at Fort Bliss summer camp resumes familiarization training in anti aircraft weapons while dismounted 40 mm and 50 cal drills proceed. Guardsmen enjoy evenings at the PX and service clubs with passes to El Paso and Juarez, returning with tales of the border town nightlife and purchases.
J A Gaskin executive head of Heart O' Texas Council Boy Scouts based in Waco will resign effective September 1 to take another assignment. A selection committee including Harlan Fentress Oliver Winchell J E Johnson Lester Williams Harold Nussbaum N K Boyett Roy C Potts will choose his successor after applications are received.
Sunday visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Willie Mees were E E Vogelsang and children from Houston and Charlie Kuhn also from Houston.
Two men registered at the Milam Hotel were robbed of 318 dollars in cash during Thursday night. J N White of Waco, a salesman for Eli Witt Cigar Co., lost 261 dollars and Fred W Peters, also of Waco, 57 dollars. White found his money missing from a suitcase in his room after returning from a movie. Peters had 57 dollars in a billfold taken from his room. Sheriff Carl Black reported limited clues and no suspects, believing a single thief used a back entrance to gain access to both rooms.
Mr and Mrs M G Cox and Miss Mildred Thornton with Mr and Mrs F G Blake of Cameron enjoy a vacation in San Luis Potosi Mexico at Hotel Progreso. Joyce Cox of Houston joins them as they remark cheaper meals and rooms under $2 daily and cooler nights before returning midweek.
Milam county superintendent Chas M Hicks announced proposed maintenance tax increases for eight common districts. Elections span August 6 Vogelsang and August 9 through 15 for Marlow Briary Belmena Jones Prairie Clarkson Maysfield Branchville with named election managers at each district.
Friends report Fred Jackson Jr. is ill and receiving care as a patient at Newton Memorial Hospital.
Commissioners Court ordered two new precincts expanding Cameron to three boxes and Rockdale to two. The third Cameron precinct centers at the old grammar school while No 1 remains at the courthouse and No 2 at Yee High gym. Rockdale divides north and south along a main business street with improved election return tabulation.
Archer City resident Dan Wallace, a Texas artist, visits with family and friends. Wallace, longtime Cameron native and brother of Walter Wallace, rose from paralysis in 1940 to become a acclaimed painter with Southwest reach. His work Monticello hangs in the local publisher's office.
Robert M. Trotter, airman in the US Navy and son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Trotter of Minerva, recently graduated from the Aviation Machinists School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Memphis Tennessee. He entered service August 9, 1949, after completing recruit training at San Diego. He attended Rockdale High School before enlisting.
The 1949 cotton ginning season opens in Cameron with early bales arriving at local gins. Rain slows picking in some areas but broader activity expected next week as Prairie lands lead the early marketings amid hot, dry forecasts. Cameron operates six gin plants likely to restart by next week.
Personal incomes rose in June 1949 extending a three month upturn with farm income as the main driver. The Commerce Department put the June annual rate at 213.5 billion dollars and for January through June at 213.4 billion, noting gains across wages dividends rents and relief. President Truman's adviser linked stock market gains to improved business sentiment as the White House pursued unemployment relief through federal spending in troubled areas.
Dr Marvin Bartlett of San Antonio begins service with the Denson Clinic in Cameron on July 1. A native of San Antonio he trained at Herman Hospital Houston and specializes in obstetrics and gynecology. He and wife Mrs Bartlett and their daughter Christina plan to settle in Cameron and may build in the Green addition.
Miss Patsy O'Neill daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray O'Neill has completed a two month vacation at home. She visited relatives in Louisiana and Houston during the stay. Miss O'Neill is employed with Inter State Pipe Lines in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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