Milam County lauded for road building efforts nation wide
New York based highway official Clifford S. Lee reports Milam County planners contemplate spending 53 000 for District 30 roads as part of a national road building boom. The piece highlights record federal funds, rising asphalt paving, and the shift to water proof road materials amid a vast construction push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Milam County
Asphalt Association
Augusta
San Francisco
Cal
New Orleans
Armadillo Well Shows Strong Gas Pressure
In the Minerva field drilling continues despite the holidays with Ferguson & Newell starting No. 3 on the same farm as Neihous and Oil Co. of Ardmore for No. 4. Armadillo Drilling and Development No. 1 Wallace is at 550 feet with heavy gas and trace oil, the farthest east and potential producer. No acreage deals reported this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Sullivan
Minerva
Ferguson & Newell
Neihous
The
Oil Co
Ardmore
Owens Refinery Company
Ferguson and
Newell
Armadillo Drilling and Development Company
Wallace
Erie Investment Company
McClellan Offsetting
Moore
McCamey, Bradstreet and Baggett
Henry
Gallagher
Jeint
Kemp and Hefley
Moody
Webb Et al
Gus Backhaus
Famous Male Quartette Tops January Lyceum Night
The January Lyceum program in Cameron features a renowned male quartet at Yee High School auditorium on Wednesday night January 4. Local managers may substitute The Taming of the Shrew due to December Shakespearean cancellation, but the course is praised for its exceptional entertainment value.
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Lyceum
Cameron
Yee High School
L. H. Kidd
Mexia Grocery Store Holdup Ends in Fatal Wounding
W P Woolley, 31, a Cameron resident and clerk at a Mexia Kaufman street grocery, died in Corsicana after a Saturday night gun battle with three white bandits who failed to loot the store. Woolley fired back, leaving twenty bullet holes in the store as authorities pursuit bandits northward.
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W. F. Woolley
Corsicana
Mexia
W. P. Woolley
Cameron
John Woolley
P. L. Kirby
Blue Ridge
Texas
Richmond
Kaufman Street
Woolley
Ed Ellington
Card of Thanks to Cameron Firemen for Saving Home
Mrs M A Hearne thanks Cameron firemen and residents for heroic effort in saving her home and furnishings from a Sunday fire.
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Cameron
M. A. Hearne
Ku Klux Klan Donates to Cameron Charities
In Cameron on Christmas Eve the Ku Klux Klan gave 50 dollars to Mrs. Copa Cammer, head of the Associated Charities, to aid poor children. This follows an earlier 100 dollar donation to Mrs. Lottie Bigbee after her home burned. Mrs. Cammer thanked the Klan for the aid, noting it supports charity plans for the city’s needy.
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KU Klux Klan
Cameron
Cora Cammer
Copa Cammer
Associated Charities
Klan
Lottie Bigbee
Cammer
Poll Tax Doubled by Assessment of Women Voters
Milam county 1921 poll tax totals show 10 976 assessed against men and women up from about half that figure last year due to assessing women. Under Texas law both spouses share poll tax liability and county collectors urge early payment before February 1 to avoid year end rush.
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Milam County
Leila Dookey
State of
Texas
Class of 1920 Plans Second Annual Banquet
Joyce Cox president of the Class of 1920 Yee High school graduates plans the second annual banquet to be held December 31. He is now attending the state university. The program includes four talks from each member of the class with an address from Prof. L. H. Kidd superintendent of the schools and talks by the faculty of the school.
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Joyce Cox
Yee High School
The
State University
L. H. Kidd
Cameron club irons in on commission form of government
Friends of Cameron discuss adopting a commission form of government at a Commercial Club meeting to consider an election and petition for a municipal merger. The group touts city manager efficiency, potential bond plans, water and power upgrades, and public health gains, with progress reports on utilities and well water tests.
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Friends of the Commission
Cameron
Commercial Club
Commission
City
J. T. Parma
Civic Improvement Committee
A. E. Humphreys
J. R. Hays
W. W. Chambers
J. B. White
Court House
Giles L. Avgrett
City Council
Arriett
Giles L. Avriett
Commercial Club Committee
Mr. Avriett
Cameron Water, Fower & Light Co
Himsel
Ackett
Cameron Water, Power & Light Company
Ground broken for new Cameron drive-in filling station
Ground was broken this week for a modern drive-in filling station on the vacant lot north of the Auditorium hotel owned by R P Jeter. Mack Harvey will manage the enterprise, with completion expected soon. The project makes Cameron home to two drive-in stations, with a third planned nearby.
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Auditorium Hotel
R. P. Je
Mack Harvey
Cameron
Freeman
Harvey
Woodman Lodge R NAMES Officers
Cameron Woodmen Camp 237 elects 1922 officers led by W. G. Gillis as Council Commander and O. E. Laake as Advisory Lieutenant. The slate includes FE Laake Ad Lt T A Howell clerk J C Burke banker W H Tate escort John Dueser watchman M M Hickman sentry J E May physician managers J D Cone A N Weems August Horstman.
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Cameron
W. G. Gillis
O. E. Laake
FE. Laake
T. A. Howell
J. C. Burke
W. H. Tate
John Dueser
M. M. Hickman
J. E. May
J. D. Cone
A. N. Weems
August Horstman
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Clifford S. Lee
Highways Information Service
Wallace Tract
Cameron Mian
Menia
J. P. Dunnaway
Wooley
Mr. Dunnaway
Ren
Mack Harvey ‘IV
Enterprise
Woodman
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