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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1935
Page
1
A 1936 outlook praises New Year optimism as a fresh start despite past hardships. It notes that January 1 feels like turning a road toward better days, with renewed courage expected to lift spirits and possibly improve economic prospects.
The 1936 political year in Cameron begins February with a city primary and ends with a national convention process through November. Major events include precinct primaries in May, county and state conventions, and the July governor races. Milam County AAA payments for 1935 total about $815,766.76 with $515,566.75 already paid or due and estimated 추가 subsidies and cotton certificates adding around $200,000. Corn-Hog contracts and rented cotton acres contribute funds, totaling over $22,000 and 63,893 rented acres. County Agent Geo Banzhaf notes these figures for Milam County, Texas.
College students head home for Christmas holidays as 1935 lettermen list is released by Coach Wood. Sweaters for the football squad will be awarded at the upcoming banquet. Residents from Cameron and nearby institutions return to their homes for the holidays.
Cameron witnesses a revival of the old time Christmas spirit with hundreds in the city. Merchants report heavy weekend crowds, predicting the biggest Christmas Eve shopping day in ten years as stores stock up to meet demand. Weather favors a clear Christmas Day with no white Christmas anticipated.
The football banquet for the Yeomen is slated for January 3. Athletic Council president 8S. A. Cottle announced the date and E. A. Perrin will handle arrangements while out of town. The 1935 Yeomen will receive sweaters as a special compliment.
George T. Graves, chair man of the Milam County Committee, asserts price of cotton is governed by supply and demand and will remain so. He discusses the new cotton adjustment contract and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration program planned for Milam county producers. He cites three years of experience with ecotton programs as showing the need for continued adjustment in 1936 and beyond.
George Jenkins, a Milam County jail inmate, wed Miss Pary Lou Hale, an Oklahoma visitor, in a jail ceremony conducted by Justice of Peace Womack Brasher. Jenkins was jailed Tuesday by City Marshall Gene Smith and Deputy Mason Longmire on charges including theft of a flashlight and an overcoat.
Frank Newton of Schreiner Institute returns for holidays and earns praise for his school achievements. He is the son of Dr and Mrs W R Newton of Sy. Billy Gillis, son of Judge and Mrs Graham Gillis, won a medal for top grades last weekend and held the highest average on Schreiner’s football squad, a leader in the school. Cameron friends celebrate his success. Billy captained and played full back for the Yeomen in 1954 conference victory.
Those Merry Madcaps the Marx Brothers Groucho Chico and Harpo spent two years preparing the comedy A Night at the Opera. It opens Sunday December 29 at the Muam with a lively plot and notable singing by Kitty Carlisle and Allan Jones.
The Commissioners Court voted to void the December 5 election over a defective ballot. No new election was ordered yet as no legal expression on liquor sales exists. Attorney E A Camp urged a February vote while several commissioners favored voiding the prior result.
Stanley Swift reported that $50 was raised for the Will Rogers Memorial Fund in Cameron and sent to New York headquarters. The nationwide funds will support a hospital benefit for crippled children.
The Herald announces its office will close Tuesday and Wednesday for Christmas. Employees observe the holiday and the office opens Friday. News volume will be below standard. readers asked to bear with us. Next week, publication resumes Thursday morning.
Rev. O. C. Aerey announced the annual roll call service for the Presbyterian church will be held January 19. Plans call for an unique service and the day is of wide church interest. Further details will be announced later.
A local church schedules a morning service on Sunday December 24 with a prayer and sermon beginning at 11 o clock. The event invites congregants to participate in worship and reflection.
Secretary Paden announced that a contract has been signed for the Prank Monroe building by Kraft-Phoenix Cheese Corp completing the plant’s establishment here. Jack Freeman III, a well known citizen, is in critical care at Cameron Hospital after being found in his Milam Hotel room. Cotton gin activity for 1935 reached 26,624 bales by December 13 with $8,901 revenue year prior. Burlington road work begins January 2 with a Burlington delegation in Austin. WPA funds plus a $16,000 bond issue support the project. Norman Valley road work starts December 27.
E. C. Cole and John P. O'Neill named to the Milam County Parole Board. Others include L. A. Svetlek J. E. Cook and F. H. Stelzer. State relief funds are exhausted and the Texas Relief Commission will be dismantled by year end with a new direct relief system starting January 1.
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