Highway Commission Approves Surface Work Plan
The State Highway Engineer is directed to proceed with surface improvements on US 79 from Williamson County line to Thorndale and Milano to Gause, plus US 190 from Splawn to Maysfield, at listed costs. The plan covers nearly 3000 miles of maintenance projects nationwide totaling 5.89 million dollars. no new construction is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
Williamson County
Thorndale
Milano
Gause
Splawn
Maysfield
1950 Classes For Medical Crops to Start
Announcement by Colonel Oscar B Abbott chief of the Texas Military District. Medical Officers in the Organized Reserve Corps may apply for five day courses at the Army Medical Center Washington DC. Start dates are February 5 May 7 September 17 and November 26. Apply 40 days prior. February course accepts by February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Reserve Corps
Oscar B. Abbott
Texas Military District
Army Medical Department Research and Graduate School
Army Medical Center
Washington, D. C
Pee Wee Teams May Play Gause Scheduling Starts
Gause Pee Wee football enters 1950 schedule planning with game invitations welcomed by the Gause Athletic Department. The Milk Bowl at Cameron on December 10 featured players under 100 pounds and over 14 years old and earned wide praise from Waco sports writer Jinx Tucker as a landmark Texas sports event.
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Gause Pee Wee
Gause
Pee Wee’s
Cameron
Waco
Jinx Tucker
Texas
Poage denounces FEPC action on cotton relief bill
Representative W R Poage calls FEPC backers crude demagoguery as they seek to block cotton acreage relief. He says Southern members will not concede and that delays may occur while several Texas lawmakers push floor amendments to widen farmer relief under the Cooley bill.
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W. R. Poage
FEPC
Poage
August Endresen
Minn
Texas
Ken Regan
Midland
Lloyd Bentsen
McAllen
Baylor Couple's Children Visit Parents This Weekend
Miss Martha Virginia and Billy Black, Baylor University students, spent the weekend visiting their parents Sheriff and Mrs. Carl Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Virginia
Billy Black
Baylor University
Sheriff
Carl Black
Program of Soil Education Planned Milam County event
Milam County will sponsor a week long Program of Soil Education from February 13 to 17 led by A C Spencer of Friends of the Land. The program, in cooperation with local groups, aims to inform residents about conserving soil forests water and wildlife. Spencer, a longtime conservation educator, will visit schools service clubs and community groups in Cameron with a detailed schedule to be announced soon.
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Milam County
Spencer
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
State Soil Conservation Board
Cameron
Dallas Couple Injured In Collision At Highway Intersections
Mr and Mrs John Henry Sneiger of Dallas injured in a car truck crash at the junction of highways 36 and 77. Kenneth Gale Dotty of near Houston drove the truck and semi trailer. he and another occupant were uninjured. The Sneigers were en route from Victoria after attending a funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Sneiger
Dallas
St. Edward Hospital
Kenneth Gale Dotty
Houston
Milano
Sneigers
Cameron
Rockdale
Mrs. Sneiger
Victoria
Cotton corrective bill survives House test
The House defeated three amendments from the Agricultural Committee including Poage of Waco and Wickersham of Oklahoma to the cotton acreage inequities bill. Fifteen amendments remained to be acted on when the day ended, with a final vote possible tomorrow or later in the week as Northern Democrats ended delaying tactics.
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House
House Agricultural Committee
Poage
Waco
Wickersham
Oklahoma
Truman to cut taxes for small corporate class
President Truman plans a tax cut for about one eighth of U S corporations earning 25000 to 119000 a year while seeking higher levies on large firms. Officials say roughly 60000 firms fall in the cut range and about 50000 earn more. He asks Congress to raise overall corporate tax yield by 700 million dollars to reduce the budget gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
Shaw couple from Val Verde visit Rogers area
Mr and Mrs W H Shaw of Val Verde near Rogers were business visitors here the first of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Shaw
Valverde
Rogers
Final Rites Held for Miss Tabbie Robinson
Miss Tabbie Robinson aged 78 died January 31 1950 at St Edward Hospital after a short illness. She lived much of her life in Cameron with ties to First Baptist Church and leaves a Houston brother and three Houston Bloomington Indiana and Big Spring sisters. Funeral at 2:00 p m February 2 1950 at First Baptist Church with Rev Percy A Corkern. burial Oak Hill Cemetery Marek Burns Funeral Home in charge.
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Tabbie Robinson
St. Edward Hospital
San Gabriel
Cameron
Houston
Temple
First Baptist Church
R. A. Robinson
Mattie C. Jones
Una L. Robinson
Bloomington
Indiana
R. M. Lyles
Big Spring
Percy A. Corkern
Oak Hill Cemetery
Marek Burns
FHA Supervisor Attends Dallas Meeting on Cotton Insect Control
Roy Wright of Farmers Home Administration attends a State Cotton Production and insect control Committee meeting in Dallas. E P Ewing of the USDA Bureau of Entomology in Waco is present as a top authority. The committee will plan expanded cotton insect control work for FHA cooperators.
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Roy Wright
FHA
Dallas
Wright
Farmers Home Administration
E. P. Ewing
Usda Bureau of Entomology
Waco
Yoemen Rout Kangaroos Keep District 21 A Unbeaten
Cameron's Yoemen remain undefeated in District 21 A by defeating Killeen Kangaroos 41 to 20 at Camp Hood field house. Yoe B squad also beat Killeen B 17 to 13. High scorers were Aston Fuchs 15 and Frank Malone 11 for Cameron. Jack Richardson led Killeen with eight.
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Cameron
Killeen
Camp Hood
Milam County
Jack Richardson
Aston Fuchs
Frank Malone
Richardson
Yoe High
Yeemen
Belton Tigers
City Route 4 Adds Six Miles To City Mail Delivery
A new City Route 4 began Monday January 23 adding six miles to the city delivery. The route serves Green Addition Terral Heights and areas north of the Santa Fe Tracks along Second street. Home delivery is urged and post office box holders should inform officials if they will keep boxes. One daily delivery is planned with temporary carrier Billy Joe Michalka son of Mr and Mrs W J Michalka.
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John R. Hays
Green Addition
Terral Heights
Santa Fe
Second Street
Billy Joe Michalka
W. J. Michalka
Ice storms plague North Texas. cotton bill sails through House
Ice storms snarled telephone service and shut many towns as damage ran into millions. More than 260 telephone circuits were cut between Dallas and the Red River while Western Union reported 50 lost circuits. Dense ice fell from Sherman to Denison and Gainesville, making roads treacherous but passable. The House approved a cotton acreage adjustment bill by voice vote, opening up to 1.4 million extra acres for planting and adding about 100,000 extra acres for peanut growers in Alabama and Texas to ease farm hardships.
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Texas
Dallas
Red River
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Western Union
Sherman
Paris
Wichita Falls
Denison
Gainesville
Bonham
Sherman- Denison
Southwestern Bell
Bonham and
Whitewright
Alabama
Cigaret Tax Hike Backed By Solons In Texas Session
The Texas Senate opened a special session as lawmakers back an emergency one-cent cigarette tax increase to raise 25 million dollars for State Hospital improvements. Reps Davis Clifton and Jack Cox join in proposing raising the cigarette tax to four cents to fund long range hospital building. The session also saw Sen Grady Hazlewood named acting Lieutenant Governor and presiding officer.
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Texas
Senate
Allan Shivers
House
Davis Clifton
McKinney
Jack Cox
Breckenridge
Final Rites Held for W H Fletcher in Milam County
Funeral services for W H Fletcher 78 were held at 2 30 p m Tuesday at the Chapel of Phillips and Luckey in Rockdale with burial in IOOF cemetery. He died January 29 1950 at St Edward Hospital and was a lifelong Milam County resident who owned a Minerva general store 48 years and lived in Rockdale 34 years. Survivors include his widow one daughter Miss Pearl Fletcher of Houston three sons Emory and Bently Fletcher of Minerva and William Fletcher of Rockdale one grandson Emory Fletcher Jr Rev H E Crone of Temple assisted by Rev R A Brigham.
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W. H. Fletcher
Phillips and Luckey Fuenral
Rockdale
Mr. Fletcher
St. Edward Hospital
Milam County
Minerva
Miss Pearl Fletcher
Houston
Emory and
Bently Fletcher
William Fletcher
Emory Fletcher
H. E. Crone
Temple
R. A. Brigham
Cameron Man to Receive Architecture Degree at A and M College
Kenneth Marak of Cameron is among 18 candidates to receive the Bachelor of Architecture degree from the School of Engineering at Texas A M during mid term 1949 1950. He was Tau Beta Pi member staff artist in student publications Architectural Society and Newman Club son of Mr and Mrs J L Marak.
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Adcultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Kenneth Marak
School of Engineering
A&m
Marak
Tau Beta Pia
Architectural Society
Newman Club
J. L. Marak
Cameron
Klecka Jr. Is Surgery Patient at Newton Memorial
Anton Klecka Jr. of Burlington, son of Mr and Mrs Anton Klecka, is listed as a surgery patient at Newton Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Klecka, Jr
Anton Klecka
Burlington
Newton Memorial Hospital
Twenty Three Men Reach Draft Age in Milam County
Local Board No. 92 reports twenty three men who turned eighteen in January and must register for the Draft under the Selective Service Act of 1948. Names include Henry Lee Williams Aaron M Cuerington Arthur B Shields James Andrew Harris Lionel Edwards Fred Thomas Johns John Bernard Simank Robert Walter Zotz and others. All eligible young men are urged to register when they turn 18.
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Milam County
Henry Lee Williams
Aaron M., Cuerington
Arthur B. Shields
James Andrew Harris
Lionel Edwards
Fred Thomas Johns
John Bernard Simank
Robert Walter Zotz
David Wayne Gutzler
Jimmie Rodgers
Billie James Kired
H. D
Batte couple welcome daughter Abbie Gayle at St Edward
Abbie Gayle Batte, six pounds seven ounces, arrived at 10 30 a m January 26 1950 at St Edward Hospital to Mr and Mrs John Summer Batte of Cameron. The mother is the former Ima Graham. Abbie Gayle is the couple’s first child and both mother and baby are doing nicely.
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Abbie Gayle
John Summer Bate
St. Edward Hospital
Ima Graham
Cameron
New Church Building Planned For Gause
Members of First Baptist church in Gause plan a new church building with about $7,000 in its building fund. Construction is expected to begin as soon as possible, likely this summer, though complete plans are not yet finished.
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First Baptist Church
Gause
Miss Dodson III to undergo appendectomy today
Harriett Dodson daughter of Mr and Mrs Nolan Dodson is confined to St Edward Hospital for an appendectomy today. Miss Dodson serves as secretary to Drs Evans Evans Optometrists.
Grace Leonard and Eugene Mitchan in Dallas on business
Miss Grace Leonard and Eugene Mitchan spent Monday in Dallas on business. Leonard works in the office of Mitchan Auto Supply.
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Grace Leonard
Eugene Mitchan
Dallas
Miss Leonard
The
Mitchan Auto Supply
Funeral Services for Mrs Phipps Held at Little River
Mrs Floyd Phipps of Jones Prairie died January 1 1950 after a four month illness. Born July 20 1895 in Corinth she lived in Milam County most of her life. Survivors include husband two sons Glen and Ralph two daughters L A Patillo and Curtis Lowe six grandchildren and several siblings. Services by Rev Stanley E Ray at Little River Baptist Church were 3 30 p m Wednesday burial in Little River Cemetery Green's Funeral Homes arranged. Pallbearers listed.
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Floyd Phipps
Jones Prairie
Glen Phipps
Cameron
Ralph Phipps
Shreveport
L. A. Patillo
Houston
Curtis Lowe
Joe Aycock
Milton Aycock
Waco
Pierce Strickland
Bryan
Stanley E. Ray
Little River Baptist Uhum
Little River Cemetery
Green
Rodney Fontaine
E. B. Yager
J. H. McNeill
Robert Glenn
Julian Burnett
Hugh McKinney
Senator Vick Enters Race For State Post
State Sen Kyle Vick of Waco announced his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor. His $100 filing fee was received by John Calhoun Corsicana, chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee. Vick has served three Texas Senate terms and chaired the insurance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle Vick
Waco
John Calhoun Corsicana
Democratic
Vick
Texas Senate
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Highway Commission
Miss Robinson Thurs
Ness
Miss Robinson
City Man
ICE Storm
North Texas
August H. Andresen
Minnesota
Agriculture Committee
Solons
W. 4
Fletcher
Cameron Man
John Summer Battes
Miss Dodson III
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