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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1949
Page
6
An Athens Chronicle story recalls the New Year custom of serving black eyed peas with hog jowls or in hoppin John for good luck in 1949. The tradition, linked to Civil War era plantations and southern customs, now supports cannery jobs and cuisine from local to distant markets.
Senator Kyle Vick of Waco spoke at the Cameron Lions Club weekly luncheon hosted by Judge Dan Tyson. Fresh from a four year Senate term, he discussed the coming session and emphasized good roads for Milam County and the highways 77 and 36 corridor through Falls and Milam.
Mrs. W. J. Brashear of Cameron is a patient in Newton Memorial Hospital and is doing well.
A winter cold front brought subfreezing temperatures to the Panhandle and west Texas with Amarillo Lubbock seeing lower 20s and El Paso slushy streets after a three inch snow. Officials closed Guadalupe Peak area Highway 62 due to snow and ice while Corpus Christi expected a 40s low tonight. Public transit largely normal but highways hazardous and livestock warnings issued. Houston cooled with a freeze forecast for Tuesday night after 79 and 66 degree readings.
Cameron reports a 29 degree low Thursday as a US Weather Bureau observer notes a clear and cold Friday with freezing temperatures possible Friday morning Return to warmer days after the cold snap and little chance of rain over the weekend The Panhandle and north plains saw a 20 degree low during the severe cold wave Tuesday night
H H Coffield of Rockdale named to the Texas Prison Board by Governor Beauford Jester with terms beginning Feb 2 1949. Other appointments include FE Kyle College Station and Warren Bellows Houston to the board, plus reappointments to the State Board of Education and other state posts.
Cameron Chapter No 553, Order of the Eastern Star, mourns Ruth Mayfield who died November 12 1948. The resolution drapes the charter, offers condolence to the family, and states a copy will be sent to the husband and filed in minutes and local papers. The note ends with a traditional reverent verse and mentions travel of accompanying members to Barksdale Field Shreveport and onward visits to Greenville and Dallas.
Francisco C. Cruz son of Mr and Mrs Teodoro M Cruz of Cameron has been assigned to the fifth armored division at Camp Chaffee Arkansas for eight weeks of basic training. The division built a strong World War II record in six European campaigns. By 1949 Camp Chaffee was expected to host 20 000 troops, making it the nation’s largest training center. Cruz worked in the Cameron trucking business before enlistment.
The Texan reports three additional measures advancing in the House. One repeals federal taxes on oleomargarine. A second requires paid political advertisements to display the names of those paying for them.
Colonel Homer Garrison Jr director of Public Safety in Austin announces an exam for Recruit Patrolmen to be held at Patrol District Offices across Texas in February 1949. Texas Highway Patrol Chief W J Elliott lists requirements: ages 21 to 35, height 5'8" without shoes, weight within limits, excellent character, able to pass a rigid physical, high school education or equivalent, and residency in Texas for at least one year.
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