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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1933
Page
4
The Cameron Herald lists advertising rates per column display line first insertion 30 cents ten cents for all resolutions obituaries and notices of public entertainments where admission is charged or funds obtained at regular rates.
The county and Milam County Committee announce over 500 men will begin split time work on December 22, with 50 more allotted to Milam. Ledbetter Park renovation starts with an Austin team to build the dam and install fencing roads and shrubbery. An underpass bid at Rockdale will open this week drawing 49 workers from the National Re-employment Service. Additional county projects are pending approval with Rev. J. P. Love serving as Administrator.
Churches schedule Christmas events with pageants and trees. Baptist, Methodist, Christian, Presbyterian and Church of Christ plan programs on December 23 or 24, featuring choirs, pantomimes, and sermons though some will omit Sunday services due to pastors’ absence.
The article describes Denmark’s chalk cliffs, led by Moens Klint, rising 400 feet from the sea with forested tops and deep gorges. It notes the dramatic Queen's Chair formation that collapsed in 1808, briefly creating a temporary island before eroding away.
The Muscovy duck, wild in South America, is a distinct breed with sterile offspring from cross matings. Variants include colored and white types with pink bills and yellow shanks. Males exceed females in size, display a head carbuncle, and can breed for twelve years or more though older individuals may interbreed with offspring.
The chalcid fly, though smaller than a clover seed, can devastate fields of clover or alfalfa. Each fly lays an egg in a green seed. the larva consumes the seed’s soft tissues, using the seed shell to pupate. After metamorphosis, the adult emerges and immediately begins propagating, threatening more seeds.
At the sixth commemoration of the Scottish-American war memorial sculpted by Dr. Tait McKenzie the model was described as not any single person but a universal expression of youth. Photographs from an American office, a mother, and a German doctor all find likenesses to their relatives in the statue.
The article traces the root turk and Turki terms across languages from the Caucasus to China, noting Chinese history of warlike Turkic tribes from 1400 BCE onward and their unification around 550 CE. It explains that Turkey’s spellings arise from Turki, and that the fowl called turkey was misattributed to Turkey though it came to Europe via America in 1800s.
Bay horse, 14 1 2 to 15 hands, 12 to 14 years old, branded 7 on jaw. White faced yearling steers, no brands, tails bobbed, horns clipped. Reward for information to recovery by R L Batte Cameron Texas. Vacuum sweeper with attachments. White male Collie puppy 7 months. See Grabein Chevrolet Co. Repossessed pianos Star Grand C Melody Saxophone for balance due Box 137 Waco Texas. Christmas reflection by Woman's Home Companion.
RECORD BUILDING as an outright grant, the remaining 70 per cent to be financed by the government and the building paid for on a rental basis. This plan would have enabled the county to construct the building without increasing taxes. The government is now asking bonds to secure the money necessary to build the structure. The court will not submit an election for bonds and has abandoned for the time all plans to erect the building.
The Parent Teacher meeting last Thursday focused on adolescent understanding for parents. Mrs. Giles Arriett chaired the program, praising youth courage in solving problems and noting Mrs. Burns' open minded view on parental roles. Mrs. Hoover shared insights from a State convention and reports covered visits to a Mexican school and Girl Scout troops, with Lucille McDermott performing a solo. Mrs E B Lovick, in Beaufort for her daughter Katherine Lovick’s wedding to George Peck of Temple, is expected home late this week.
Buckholts residents and relatives are noted visiting Austin Caldwell Miles Cameron and Marlin. Families including Elliott Horstmann Walschak and Harrell enjoyed gatherings while others traveled to Granbury Friend ship and Ocker for visits and errands.
Mr and Mrs Lee Sens and their young son arrived in Cameron for the holidays and will stay at the home of his mother Mrs Chas Sens. Lee Sens, born and raised in Cameron, is a former Cameron High School athlete and UT talent, with a background in textile mills in the east.
A letter from the Department of Banking at Austin informs Buckholts State Bank has met requirements under the bank deposit insurance act and will receive a solvency certificate on January 1 1934. The news pleases customers and bank officials. Mrs T V Adams attended a D A R meeting in Cameron at Mrs T S Hendersons home and helped entertain.
Ben Arnold misses Attice Johns and Agnes Coker who visited friends at Pleasant Grove. Mr Komar and family visited relatives in Marlin. Mrs White and children of Briary spent Sunday with the Dawsons. Alene and Mary Dodson of Burlington stayed with the McKinney home. Lela Sproull of Austin spent the weekend with relatives. Charles Moehlman of Bryan spent Sunday with the Sproulls and J T Sisson's family. Burlington Junior B Y P U attended Ben Arnold church Sunday night.
The Ben Arnold Juniors organized a gathering. L A Johns and family of Walker's Creek and Charlie Hightower were guests of L A Johns Sunday. Keith family visited Otto Nolte and family Sunday. M Janeway of Cameron and Fred Janeway of Waco visited Alexander Henderson Sunday.
Washington reports mark improvement in retail and wholesale trade with positive sentiment toward the Presidents recovery program. NRA gains cautious support from financiers while Federal Reserve data show 15.6 percent higher dollar volume of checks year over year and Labor Department notes steady employment up 23.5 percent with wages up 34.3 percent.
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