Texas Solon Urges Cotton Change Tax Payment Plan
An 1950 election year forecast outlines Cameron and county contests including city primary and general elections, state primary, runoffs, and school trustee races. It emphasizes poll tax obligations and notes proposed city primary abolition amid lack of party competition. Political calendar runs February through November with candidates already eyeing the first dogwood bloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Board of Aldermen
Democratic Executive Committee
Buick Announces 1950 Line With Wide Range and New Design
Buick unveils its 1950 lineup from lower price field to luxury models with 19 total offerings. New styling and engineering bring more powerful engines roomier bodies and lower lines with full taper fenders and increased glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
Buick
Milam County Author Wins Texas Poetry Contest Prize
Mrs. Lelia Batte, known as Lelia McAnally Batte, earned second place in the Texas Society of Poetry Hamlet prize for best quatrain. She has published thirty eight poems and writes short stories while planning a 1950 History of Milam County detailing early Texas history and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelia McAnally Batte
Texas Society of Poetry
Hanes Home For Holidays Hosts College Friends
Billy Hanes of Annapolis Naval Academy returns home for Christmas with two college chums Billy Powers of Bryan and Malcolm Stokes of Littlefield visiting Cameron. Powers played halfback for Navy in the 1948 Army game, while Stokes notes Colorado Boulder and the state Class A title win over Mexia on December 26. Hanes hopes to play baseball after a broken collarbone injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Hanes
Annapolis Naval Academy
Cameron Billy
Annapolis
W. T. Hanes
Bill Powers
Bryan
Powers
Navy
Army
Malcolm Stokes
Littlefield
University of Colorado
Boulder
Mexia
Hanes
Anapolis
Former Cameron Girl Hurt In Auto Crash
Mr and Mrs Grady Fellers of Gatesville were injured Christmas Day when their car overturned after a tire blew out near Gatesville. They are in Hillcrest Hospital in Waco with broken ribs facial lacerations bruising and shock. Mrs Fellers is Una Fay Terry of Cameron and sister of Mrs Douglas Barron of Southwestern Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Fellers
Gatesville
Hillcrest Hospital
Waco
Madisonville
Fellers
Una Fay Terry
Cameron
Douglas Barron
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Milk Bowl to be formally organized in Cameron
Representatives from Gause where the Milk Bowl idea originated and Cameron Chamber of Commerce officials planned a late Tuesday meeting to organize and charter the event. The first game was played Saturday December 10 between San Saba and Gause with Dixie Walker of Gause in Cameron for the organiz¬ing push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gause
Chamber of Commerce
Cameron
San Saba
Dixie Walker
Holiday Death Toll In America Tops Six Hundred Eleven
The National Safety Council warned that the Christmas holiday toll of 611 accident deaths would repeat during the New Year period unless people stop making horror days of holidays. The tally covers 6 pm Friday to midnight Monday and 420 of the deaths were traffic related.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Texas City
United Press
Two Cameron Boys On Athletic Award List At Schreiner
Bob Holloway and Jimmy O Neill of Cameron are named among Schreiner Institute football award recipients in Kerville. Both ex Yeomen stars from Cameron High School, linemen, two lettermen, joining Coach Leo Daniels Mountaineer squad for their junior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Boys
Schreiner
Bob Holloway
Jimmy O'Neill
Cameron
Schriener Institute
Kerville
Alfaro Fined $200 for Drunk Driving and License Suspension
Reynaldo Alfaro paid a $200 fine in county court on a drunk driving charge. Court costs were added and his driving license was suspended for six months. He had been released on a $300 bond and retained counsel before entering a guilty plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynaldo Alfaro
Alfaro
Mrs Clyde Williams of Gause Transacted Business Here
Mrs Clyde Williams of Gause conducted business at this location recently, with activity noted in the local records. The report records her involvement in financial or commercial dealings during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Williams
Gause
Cameron merchants see 1949 surpass 1948 in holiday sales
A limited Cameron survey shows Christmas sales stronger in 1949 than 1948 with optimism for 1950. Merchants credit advertising for higher retail volume and expect the buying power to stay high into the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Yale Decorations in City Celebrate Christmas Splendor
City households put on impressive Christmas displays drawing visitors from miles around to Cameron. Out of town judges evaluated originality, arrangement, color, and lighting, awarding Mrs. W Donovan first prize for a Santa Claus scene with a 20 foot tree and large gift packages, the judging conducted secretly by Temple experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Earl T. Pate
Temple
Matthew Ashley
Temple Floral Company
Raymond C. Lee
Lee Sign Service
Arnold Mathias
W. Donovan
Santa Claus
Mrs. Ernest Williams Ill at Newton Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Ernest E Williams is reported ill and listed as a patient at Newton Memorial Hospital. Her condition has prompted family and staff to monitor her status closely as medical staff provide care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest E. Williams
Newton Memorial Hospital
Mrs Jim McMillian of Dallas Visits Cameron Relatives
Mrs Jim McMillian of Dallas spent the weekend in Cameron visiting relatives and renewing family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim McMillian
Dallas
Cameron
Congress urged to ease cotton acreage quotas for Texas farmers
Rep. Lucas of Texas pressed prompt action to modify the ecottor area quota law. He said many farmers faced financial ruin due to tied credit misallocations for peanuts and other crops while war crop credits were promised but not counted. The suit by Gulf Coast growers seeks credit for war crops in quota calculations. trial set for Jan. 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Ecottor Area
Lucas
D-Tex
Texas
Central
West Texas
Gulf Coastal Bend
Coastal Bend
Charles Brannan
Matocha Named Publicity Chairman for College Sports
Miss Josephine Matocha daughter of Mr and Mrs B J Matocha has been named publicity chairman of the Lake Sports Association at Our Lady of the Lake College San Antonio where she is a freshman student. The association affiliated with the Texas Recreation Federation for College Women promotes student interest and participation in sports and recreational activities with clubs in volleyball archery badminton basketball swimming riding tennis and golf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Matocha
B. J. Matocha
Lake Sports Association
Our Lady of the Lake College
San Antonio
Texas Recreation Federation For College Women
National Guardsmen Get Holiday Pay for Battery
Checks totaling more than eighteen hundred dollars were distributed to officers and enlisted men of Battery 649th Anti air craft Artillery Battalion at their last drill before Christmas. Captain Rudolph Michalka said it was the largest payroll yet and reflected pay raises and unit growth. He noted a vacancy application and two new enlisted members Eugene Marak and Sammey Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Rudolph Michalka
Eugene FE. Marak
Sammey L. Tyler
Richard Johns Visiting with Family During Holidays
Richard Johns a student at Texas University spends the holidays with his mother Mrs. Ida Johns and other friends and relatives in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Johns
Texas University
Ida Johns
Poll Tax Payments Speed Up in County
Tax payments rise in both city and county as election year approaches. Walter White, tax collector, notes a recent spurt though near term obligations loom. January 31 deadline looms with penalties for late payment and deductions from income taxes. City reports from W H Stafford show poll and property taxes near normal, with heavier payments expected in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter White
White
W. H. Stafford
Miss Gwyn Wilson Named One of Ten Beautiful UT Students
Cameron freshman Gwyn Wilson has been selected as one of the Ten Most Beautiful Girls at the University of Texas by actor John Derek from 25 finalists. The group will appear in Time Staggers On, a Theta Sigma Phi show running January 12 to 14, with Miss Wilson listed as a home economics major and Alpha Chi Omega pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Freshman Ywca Group
Milam County Entered in Houston Dairy Show 1950
The 1950 Houston Fat Stock Show junior dairy show runs February 1 to 12 in Houston. Milam County is highlighted among 188 dairy animals entering, with entrants including Billy Eubanks Rettig's Ice Cream Billy Graham Harold Kornegay Franklin Glaser Bruce Carter Morris Cryer Sidney Maxwell Marvin Rodenbeck Milton Underwood Co sponsors and more from Rockdale Thorndale Gause Cameron Buckholts and Thorn dale communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Milam County
Billy Eubanks
FFA
Rockdale
Rettig’s Ice Cream Co
Billy Co. Graham
Thorndale
South Texas
Marvin Rodenbeck
Milton Underwood Co
W. C. Herndon Dies in Corpus Christi at 75
Walter Clay Herndon 75 co owner of Herndon Marine Products Co. and Corpus Christi resident since 1931 died at a local hospital after a long illness. Born in Plantersville Mississippi in 1874 he came to Texas at age three and studied in Milam and Lee counties plus a Waco business college. He married Carrie Howell of Rockdale July 28 1897 and they celebrated their Golden Wedding in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Clay Herndon
Herndon Marine Products Co
Corpus Christi
Plantersville
Miss
Herndon
Texas
Milam
Lee
Waco
Carrie Howell
Rockdale
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Cotton
Lelia Batte
America
YALE
By Loretta Brock
Gwyn Wilson
Milam Boys
W. C. Herndon
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