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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1953
Page
2
The Cameron Herald prints a copy of an 1849 bill of sale found by Jack Kemble of Cameron. The item came from the Kemble family clippings via R. B. Kemble and was once shown to the Waco News Tribune years ago.
Slim Smith recalls two hunts in the north. The first day he nearly shot a man mistaken for a moose after hearing a rival hunter’s call. On the last day he waited and then bagged a real moose after careful checking. The piece ends with a caution against rushing to judgment.
The top ten percent of the class were acknowledged with portraits. Pictured are Mary Rhind from Brookfield Illinois Frances Bakersfield from California Nelda East of Deer Park and Dolores Rannings among others who were selected for scholarship and usefulness.
Herald publishes a historical notice from Cynthia Indiana 1849 detailing a sale on March 1 1849 of personal property for an Oregon Territory move. Items include livestock tools boards barrels brandy whiskey a copper still and farm gear. Also listed are six enslaved people for sale as a single lot with home near Versailles Kentucky. Sale to begin at 8 o clock a.m. Planned provisions for drinks and meals.
Commissioner T Coleman Andrews announced a new law to alter federal income tax withholding and the employer and employee taxes under the Social Security Act. Rates drop from 20 percent to 18 percent for withholding while both employer and employee taxes rise from 1.5 percent to 2 percent. Wages paid on or after January 1 1954 will be affected, even if earned in 1953.
Director Phinney announced a revised Circular E for 1954 tax withholding and employee deductions. District Directors will mail Circular E before year end to employers already reporting quarterly Form 941 taxes.
The writer describes being blessed with a return to active life after crippling arthritis and rheumatism left hands deformed and ankles set. She offers to share how she found relief to those who write to her.
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