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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
6
Local Rockdale farmer Lee Caywood rejects store credit and lives self sufficiently on a small Talbot Ridge farm. Despite drought he has sold 255 dollars worth of watermelons and cantaloupes this year and plans a diversified annual program including melons radishes and wood sales.
A Rockdale Reporter quote notes that while not plethoric, a person can be debt free and content, with happiness rooted in contentment. It asserts that diversification and proper sandy land farming practiced consistently can yield independence for any practitioner.
Buck Simpson of near Austin Texas, a World War I hero decorated by France Italy Belgium and the United States with a British citation and the Distinguished Service Medal, is described as in want as drought ravages his goat ranch. Senator T H McGregor urged the State Board of Control to grant him a watchman job to support his wife and two babies amid the Argonne and Chateau Thierry valor cited.
A tall sunburned man described as modest and quiet faced questions about a heroic deed. He avoids taking credit, saying others claimed he acted, while Senator McGregor urged action as a board race no position could be offered, and the family of the man faced danger.
John E. Lee entertained nearly one hundred men from Rockdale Cameron Minerva and the oil fields at his oil field home for an evening stag party. An alfresco luncheon began at six o clock featuring home boiled ham and home cooked beans, with near beer supplied freely. The host’s generous hospitality kept guests lingering, according to the Rockdale Reporter.
The district court of Milam County orders citation by weekly newspaper publication for four weeks against Richard Gandy in case No. 9403 filed August 5 1925 by Claudia Gandy. The action seeks statutory abandonment grounds and custody of two minors Osecor Cleo Gandy and Idell May Gandy with a September 1 1925 return date in Cameron Texas.
Notice of rental opportunity for a bungalow in Batte town formerly occupied by R P Collins. Rent listed as $16 per month with contact via R L Baite.
The document commands Gandy to appear at the next term of the Milam County District Court in Cameron Texas and to show how the court action has been executed. Witness Penn Wolf Clerk of the District Court of Milam County Texas with the court seal dated August 5 1925.
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