Highway Patrolman To Arrive Here Soon
O. D. Lewis Jr. will arrive March 1 to take over Highway Patrol duties in Cameron. He will work with local patrolman Jack Higginbotham, replacing Jack Gaines who was transferred to Corsicana months ago. Lewis began patrol work in 1941 and will relocate his wife and small son to Cameron when a residence is available.
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O. D. Lewis, Jr
Colorado City
Highway Patrol
Cameron
Jack Higginbotham
Mr. Lewis
Jack
Gaines
Corsicana
Miss Julia Marshall Returns Home to Strawn
Miss Julia Marshall returns to her Strawn home after a two week visit with Cameron friends.
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Julia Marshall
Strawn
Cameron
Chandler son returns home after illness
Charles Chandler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Chandler, has returned to his home after a spell of illness at Newton Memorial Hospital.
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Charles Chandler
Guy Chandler
Newton Memorial Hospital
Fuller family visits mother in hospital
Mr and Mrs Delton Fuller and family of Houston visited Sunday to see Mrs N D Fuller, the mother of Delton Fuller, who is ill and confined to St Edward Hospital.
Houston Visitors Call on Local Mitchams and Browns
Mr and Mrs Frank J Brown and daughter Nancy Jane of Houston visited in the home of Mr and Mrs Jim Mitcham and Mr and Mrs J F Brown here over the weekend.
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Frank J. Brown
Nancy Jane
Houston
Jim Mitcham
J. F. Brown
Mrs E C Reed Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Mrs E C Reed of Rogers has recovered significantly and returned to her home after a stay at Newton Memorial Hospital.
Southwestern Life Reports 1949 Business Expansion
Southwestern Life Insurance Company reports 1949 new paid for life insurance at 108,786,968 dollars, up 11.7 percent from 1948. The annual statement shows total assets of 200,132,922.31 dollars, 761,644,019 dollars in force, and 9,322,341.59 dollars in policy benefits paid. President James Ralph Wood notes larger face amounts and Texas investments. S. E. Brogdon represents the company locally.
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Southwestern Life Insurance Company
James Ralph Wood
Dallas
Texas
Southwestern Life
Southwestern
Wood
S. E. Brogdon
Coal Mines Threaten Larger Crisis As Strike Continues
Coal stocks hover near crisis levels as workers reject John L. Lewis's order to end the strike. Government plans contempt action while steel mills and cities launch emergency fuel-saving measures. Local Mine Workers leaders vow not to dig until a contract is signed, and operators warn pits will yield slim returns.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Worker
Truman
Union
Linfield College announces fall honor roll list
Cameron’s Ernest Wohleb and seventy six students earned honors for the fall semester. The registrar, Dr E Avard Whitman, notes 3.5 or B minus averages or higher, with twelve students achieving a 4.00 or straight A average. Miss Lilian Atkinson visits Austin relatives.
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Ernest Wohleb
Cameron
Linfield College
E. Avard Whitman
Whitman
Lilian Atkinson
Austin
Calvert Business Visitor Joins Local Guest
Joe Gibson of Calvert visited here as a business guest for a day this week, meeting local contacts and touring facilities.
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Joe Gibson
Calvert
Shriners Plan Fort Worth Convention August 4 5
The State Shrine convention will be held in Fort Worth August 4 and 5 as Texas Shrine Association leaders finalize plans. The two day program includes a business meeting drills by patrols chanters and drill corps a downtown parade an afternoon ceremonial and a dinner with a dance honoring officers and past presidents. Association president E Morgan Townen of Fort Worth announced the event is expected to attract over 5 000 Shriners and their wives.
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Fort Worth
Texas Shrine Association
E. Morgan Townen
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E. C. Reed
Rogers
Gus
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Hudson
America
Commodore
Horstmann Brothers
Cameron, Texas
Southwestern Life Reports
Shriners
Richter
Will the
Citizens Nationa
Bank Ene
Nia Egan
Cameron Tanat
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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