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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
1
Yale Institute of Human Relations explores codifying laws of human actions. Director May says intelligent behavior implies unknown laws guiding choices. The project aims to study individuals in real life to reveal conditions barriers and facilitations to happiness and remedy. Choirs practice Christmas carols as communities anticipate the holiday.
A London dispatch reports the British King plans to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson in France. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin said he would not speak today, and observers interpret the King’s silence as confirmation of his abdication plan despite potential royal loss of throne.
The Voice of Bugle Ann starring Lionel Barrymore will be shown at Cameron Theatre at 9 30 a m Saturday December 12. Admission is a can of foodstuff to be donated to the Community Chest for the poor. Manager Swift promotes the event as a child matinee with emphasis on attendance by children. adults welcome. The film was shown here last spring.
The Moo High School Band is chosen among five to perform at the state bandmasters convention and clinic in Waco on February 5 and 6, 1937 under William Revelli of the University of Michigan. Other bands include Baylor, Waco High, Waxahachie High, West Junior High Waco, and Yee High.
Sponsored by the schools an operetta The Lost Doll will be given in the new auditorium of the physical education building at 7 30 Monday night December 21st. More than 200 children take part in the program a floor show and the final scenes from the stage. Miss Porter and Miss Clement are in charge. No admission charge and the public is cordially invited to attend. Hundreds of dolls will be seen in the show. The school plans more entertainments to boost patron interest in the schools.
Secretary Paden of the Chamber of Commerce outlines a rodent control drive by J. M. Hill of A and M College. Poison bait fed to 212 inside Cameron and 206 outside. 878 traps set and 462 pounds of bait used. Total cost 59.90 dollars.
Mr and Mrs Bill Parma attended the funeral of Mrs Parma's uncle C G Sullivan at Navasota last Thursday afternoon.
LATE NEWS FLASHES John P. O'Neil named acting postmaster at Burlington to replace the late Dr. Herring after qualifying for the role. Mr and Mrs Stanton Dossett flew home from Los Angeles arriving in Cameron late Wednesday. The Red River was expected to rise again in the banks after heavy rainfall in central Texas threatened bottom lands Tuesday.
Ruth Mode 17 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mode died Tuesday morning at Kings Daughters Hospital Temple after six weeks of kidney infection. Blood transfusions failed to save her. Funeral held at Presbyterian church with Rev. O C Acrey. interment Oak Hill Cemetery. Ada Henderson graduate class of 1933 and Yee High senior. Community mourns as vigil prayers surround family.
Bradbury continues his clearance sale to clear stock and make room for Christmas goods. The sale runs through Saturday this week to accommodate customers who missed the prior week and first part of this week.
The Yeomen travel to play the Odd Fellows Friday night at 7 30 p m in a bid for regional football honors. A regional win would mark the highest ranking for the Yeomen in Class B as no state title is planned. The team previously won the district in 1934 84 and Bi District against Mart while losing Bi District to Smithville.
Plans for Yee High School football banquet to honor the 1986 Yeomen are reported in circulation. About 200 tickets will be sold. Former Texas coach Clyde Littlefield is hoped to be the principal speaker.
United States Army recruiting officers will be in Cameron today to enlist men for the regular army. The post to be stationed at Fort Sam Houston. Officers were present in Cameron last Thursday to aid local young men seeking enlistment.
Cameron council held its regular meeting last Wednesday. Treasurer Louis J. Matula resigned citing lack of time due to outside work. A new treasurer will be elected at the next meeting. The gathering will feature a Christmas tree with entertainment by the Lecturer and guests. Grand Knight Aug G Kunz extended the time limit for thirty days to recruit new candidates.
Captain Joe McLean led the Yeomen to a 15 to 13 Bi-District win over the Mart Panthers in a sensational Class B football game. McLean scored a 75 yard return and two touchdowns, while Sandig and Stewart starred for Mart despite the loss.
A belated Herald notice reports the birth of Little Miss Lynn Lewis on November 28. She is the couple’s third daughter, joining two sisters and a brother named Jack. Lynn weighs 8 pounds and is thriving. her mother Minnie Nell Blaylock Lewis is well, and the father is a former Criminal District Attorney now practicing law. Congratulations flow from friends.
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