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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1950
Page
3
Annuals for the 1950 Yoe Yee will be handed out starting Monday August 28 as registration opens. Paid students and graduated seniors may collect in the annual room from 8:00 a.m. each day next week with staff on hand to issue copies.
Miss Sarah Hause of Austin has returned home after visiting her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hause here.
Miss Shirley Scarborough shopped in Temple on Tuesday of this week, noting a routine local retail activity in the town.
Mrs. Ruth Jane Byrom of Waco announces a new dance school opening at the Ada Henderson School playroom. Classes start September 5 with registrations September 6 from 3 to 430 PM. She cites extensive study under noted teachers and membership in Dancing Masters of America Inc and the Texas Association Teachers of Dancing.
Mr and Mrs Tom Sissom and their son Noel of Freeport were visitors in Cameron on Wednesday, enjoying a day in the city.
United States unions call a 6 am Monday walkout after White House talks collapse. The strike involves 131 railroads and 300000 workers from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors, demanding a 40 hour week with no pay loss amid wage and hour disputes. Canada faces its own crisis as a separate nationwide walkout enters its second day.
The Cameron water system never supplied free water to churches. A municipal ordinance copied from another city included a free water proviso, but Cameron’s council struck it out before enactment. Rev. P A Corkern reminded that First Baptist Church had not received free water.
John Henry Lewis, a Cameron Negro, paid a $75 fine in County Court after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was arrested Saturday night on the highway near Hoyte by Highway Patrolman O. D. Lewis. The ruling added court costs. license suspension is automatic.
East Avenue Baptist Church secretary Miss Aileen Griswold returned home to Austin to spend time with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bob Griswold of Yarrellton during the weekend visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Angell and Billye Jeane and Miss Jo Greathouse of Houston visited relatives and friends here the past week end.
Miss Marie Hooper of Burkes Howard returns home from a West tour through New Mexico Colorado and Arizona. Highlights include Grand Canyon and Painted Desert explorations. The trip was entertaining and educational and she arrived safely despite sensational fears.
First Lieutenant Charles Sprott and wife and daughter Linda from San Antonio join Mr. and Mrs. Leo Price of Miami visiting Mrs. Daisy Sprott. Lt. Sprott served in Europe in World War II and pilots a C 316th Troop Carrier Group unit at Sewart Air Base Tennessee. Mrs. Price, formerly Elizabeth Sprett, studied music at Mary Hardin Baylor College and was a city pianist in high school. Mrs. Sprott is the mother of Mrs. Price and Lt. Sprott.
Mr and Mrs D C York recently visited in Jacksonville for unspecified reasons, with no further details provided on dates or activities.
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