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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1954
Page
9
Texas cotton production for 1955 centers on an 7,612,779 acre allotment, down from 7,624,000 acres this year. Upland cotton support prices will range from 82.5 to 90 percent of parity, with total 1954 55 cotton supply estimated at 23,000,009 bales and exports forecast to rise by about 700,000 bales.
Jacqueline Shumate became the bride of Philip Dean McCall at the Methodist Church in Cameron on November 26 at 4 p.m. The ceremony featured organ music, pink velveteen attire for the bridal party, and a four tier wedding cake. The couple planned a week end trip to San Antonio and a reception at the couple’s home.
Word received today on the death of Pope Pool in Carlsbad New Mexico December 6. Funeral services and burial are set for Carlsbad December 7. Survived by wife Louise Pool two daughters Susan Pope Pool and Mary Pool all of Carlsbad. Parents A E Pool and Eugenia Pope Pool of Roswell. Uncle Tull A Pople and Aunt Miss Susan Pope of Cameron with many other relatives in Milam County.
Milam County health head Dr John B Bryson reports the week ending December 4 saw 19 residents afflicted by contagions. cases included amebasis one gonorrhea two pertussis nine streptococcal infections one syphilis two pneumonia one influenza and one mumps.
Rev Leonard Buxkemper is appointed assistant pastor of Saint Monica's Catholic Church where Rev George Duda has led the parish for sixteen years. Buxkemper was ordained at St Mary's Church La Porte on May 29 1954 and is the son of Emil Buxkemper of Freiburg Texas, Colorado County, and the late Mrs Caroline Buxkemper. Prior to this assignment he served at St. Mary's La Porte.
Father Buxkemper served as assistant pastor at St. Marys Church in Lockhart and will replace Rev Clyde Holtmann who was named pastor of the Catholic Church in Rockdale.
Mr. and Mrs. Quarles Cooper Mrs. Lee Cooper and children Gay Gene and Johnnie Lee and Mr. John Edward Cooper of Houston and Crosby Texas visited Mrs. Craddock Swanzy and Greens this past weekend in Cameron. The group called on the W R Crosby home Saturday afternoon and Mr. and Mrs Crosby visited with his sisters in the Green home Sunday. John Edward Cooper's first Cameron visit and first to see Raymond Craddock Green since discharge from four years U S Navy. Refreshments of coffee and cake were served.
Mr and Mrs Lester W Turner Jr of Cameron welcomed a baby boy named Robert Hilton at St Edwards Hospital on Friday December 3 weighing eight pounds 15 ounces Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Lester Turner Sr and maternal grandparents are Mr Mrs Amel Wazzell all of Cameron Two states have had two capitals each with Rhode Island using Newport and Providence and Connecticut using Hartford and New Haven.
Mr and Mrs R B Collier express gratitude to friends for kindness after the loss of their billfold. They thank everyone for prayers and blessings and say they appreciate the support during the time of loss.
A report notes that more than sixty colonies of various foreign peoples are settled in different parts of the Republic of Paraguay. The article highlights diverse communities and their geographic distribution within the country.
A Misa Cantata will be held at 7 p m Wednesday December 8 at Saint Monica s Catholic Church to close the Marian Year proclaimed by Pope Pius XII in 1953. Masses at 6 a m and 8 30 a m Wednesday morning precede the closing Benediction led by Rev George Duda with Rev Leonard Buxkemper assisting.
A Cameron Lions Club meeting featured awards for long service. J C Martin O M Smith and Dr James Watson earned 30 year charter honors while E C Cole received the 20 year Monarch Chevron. Additional 15 and 10 year chevrons went to several members as Oxsheer Smith spoke. Funds from a mop and broom sale supported Ore Camp for Crippled Children and Lighthouse for the Blind, with Lions directing proceeds locally.
Sgt. Lester Hanke, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Hanke of Buckholts, returned home from a Far East tour. He landed stateside in El Paso and was released from the U S Army arriving home on Thanksgiving Day. Hanke trained at Fort Leonard Wood and served one and a half years in Korea with Company 44EBC in Engineering. He is a Buckholts High School graduate.
Lee Gregory of 1712 Airtae Drive Houston died November 27 after a heart attack. He was born and raised near Rosebud with boyhood days in the Clarkson community.
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