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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1937
Page
3
Editor Jim Ferguson announces the Forum will resume on September 9, 1937 to discuss economy in government taxes pensions sales tax and welfare programs. He urges public participation, warns against ambitious candidates, and calls for qualified officeholders and informed voters.
Erle Burke of the postal service was accidentally shot while quail hunting near Cameron Sunday afternoon. Terry Wiley, who was with Burke, shot a hawk that appeared suddenly. Burke received pellets in his right leg and hand. He was treated in Cameron and is not seriously hurt, with a physician removing the remaining shot.
The Herald will publish its annual Christmas Edition in early December with Letters to Santa Claus from schoolchildren. Teachers are asked to set aside time next week for letter writing. A prize of 1 dollar is offered each year for the most original letter.
Judge and Mrs. John Watson of 824 East 18th Street win a $10 Lone Star Gas System amateur photogram prize for week seven. Nine other winners across Dallas Fort Worth Wichita Falls and College Station share a $1,250 weekly contest total.
In College Station the contest requires interiors to feature gas heating equipment such as radiators circulators floor furnaces and space heaters. By December 18 four grand prizes of 100 75 50 and 25 will be awarded to the four best pictures submitted.
Paul Branstetter, 31, formerly of Cameron, died in an automobile accident Saturday night near Meredian. He had been living in Meredian for some time and Panera services were held there Tuesday. The family lived in Elm Ridge Community for several years.
Notice mentions W. E. Bramstetter, a former Yor High football star, with a short listing about rental housing in Cameron. It notes FOR RENT two story house with ten rooms suitable for two families or family plus roomers, located near the highest and best part of Cameron and two blocks from a school.
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