Government deficit plan and Cameron water sale dispute
The Wall Street Journal outlines a projected 1940 deficit amid proposed higher spending and new taxes. In Cameron, Community Public Service Co declines to sell the water works for 171 614 dollars, prompting council talks of suing to gain ownership and the possibility of another bond issue to meet the company’s stance.
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Congress
Community Public Service Company
Cameron Water Works
Fort Worth
Cameron
Charles C. Smith
Cameron Herald
Pythians Here Lead State in New Memberships
J. M. McLean Keeper of Records and Seal reports Texas lodges show Knights of Pythias at Corpus Christi added 78 members in the last term, Milam Lodge with 70 trailing but strong, indicating a fast enlistment pace. The Corpus Christi lodge leads Texas by membership growth relative to local population.
Bryant Station Students Attend O Daniel Inauguration
Bryant Station school held a full holiday on Tuesday so pupils and teachers could travel to Austin for W Lee O Daniel's inauguration. Miss Lois Randolph visited here with her mother Mrs Tom Randolph during the day.
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Bryant Station
W. Lee O’daniel
Austin
Lois Randolph
Tom Randolph
Milam County Cotton Quotas Suppress Local Protest Gains
Milam County loses incentive to protest as cotton acreage quotas remain at 35 percent. The article notes Nueces 40 percent and Robertson 48 percent, with Milam facing no room to raise its crop while others gain 13 to 14 percent more. Authorities allegedly appease protests to keep farmers aligned with the administration.
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Milam County
Milam Co
Herald
Texas
Nueces County
Robertson County
Milam
Porter Burial Held For 82 Year Old Gause Resident
Funeral services for Mrs W W B Porter 82 of Gause were conducted at the Methodist Church Wednesday with Rev Davis delivering the sermon She is survived by her husband W B Porter a former Milam County commissioner a son M Blakeley of Gause and a daughter Mrs W H Bailey of Gause.
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W.W. B. Porter
Gause
Davis
Spider's Web opens at Cameron Theatre Saturday
Columbia's new 15 chapter superserial The Spider's Web debuts at Cameron Theatre this Saturday. Warren Hull stars in a triple role as the underworld avenger the Spider with Iris Meredith as Nita Van Sloan and Richard Wentworth. Kenneth Duncan and Richard Fiske also appear in key parts.
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Cameron Theatre
Columbia
Nita van Sloan
Richard Wentworth
Richard Fiske
Jackson
Wentworth
Kenneth Duncan
Citizens National Bank elects officers and directors
Stockholders met January 10 at the Citizens National Bank, a Cameron owned institution with historic local roots. Directors Rush A. Thomas W. O. Newton Frank Monroe Niley Smith and Oxsheer Smith were elected. Officers re elected: Oxsheer Smith president W C Newton Frank Monroe Niley Smith vice presidents Lester Williams cashier Ladis Marek Alvin Nolte assistant cashiers. Other staff retained include Sam McDermott manager of real estate John Davis Bud Chamberlain bookkeepers and Misses Dell Flerstmann Pauline Sternes Mary McDermott secretaries.
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Citizens National Bank
Cameron
Rush A. Thomas
W. O. Newton
Frank Monroe
Niley Smith
Oxsheer Smith
W. C. Newton
Lester Williams
Ladis Marek
Alvin Nolte
Sam McDermott
John Davis
Bud Chamberlain
Dell Flerstmann
Pauline Sternes
Mary McDermott
Mrs. R. W. Ellison Buried at Baileyville
Mrs. R. W. Ellison, 59, of Baileyville died in a Temple hospital after a short illness. She was a longtime Baileyville resident and well known in the community. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the home with Rev. D. T. Goodwin of Jean, Louisiana, officiating. She is survived by three sons Claude Wright and Richard Ellison and three daughters Mrs. Mugene McCauley Mrs. W. T. Mayes and Florence Ellison. Interment was in Powers Chapel cemetery.
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R. W. Ellison
Baileyville
Temple Hospital
Ellison
D. T. Goodwin
Jean, la
Baileyville Church
Claude, Wright
Richard Ellison
Mugene McCauley
W. T. Mayes
San Antonio
Florence Ellison
Powers Chapel
Secretary Chamber Commerce Operated on in Dallas
W. F. Paden, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce here, is recuperating from a major surgical operation in a Dallas hospital on Monday January 16. The operation was performed by Dr. John M. Pace, lately associated with the Mayo Clinic of Rochester Minnesota.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
John M. Pace
Mayo Clinic of
Rochester
Minn
Mrs. Tiney Terry Dies in Cameron
Funeral services for 65 year old Mrs. Tiney Terry a longtime Milam county resident were held at Marlow Baptist Church. Born March 1 1873 in Maysfield she died January 15 1939 in Cameron survived by her husband Sam Terry and five children.
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Tiney Terry
Milam County
Marlow Baptist Church
B. O. Herring
Waco
Sam Terry
This
First Christian Chili Supper Aids Building Fund
The First Christian Church congregation plans a chili supper at the church on Tuesday January 24 from 6 to 10 pm. Proceeds will go to the building fund for the basement and one story structure. The public is invited to attend and support the event.
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The
First Christian Church
Turaday
Camp Rejected as City Attorney for Lack of Residency
The Cameron city council failed again to appoint a city attorney after Emory Bo Camp was ruled ineligible because he does not reside in Cameron. The prior proposed appointee Bill Morrison was deemed illegal for holding two offices. Camp recently left the district attorney post and runs a Cameron law office with his father Emory A. Camp. his appointment faced legal obstacles.
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Emory Bo Camp
Charles C. Smith
Bill Morrison
State of Texas
Camp
Cameron
Emory A. Camp
Rockdale
Schiller Couple Attend Inaugural Austin Ceremonies
Mr and Mrs E A Schiller attended the inaugural ceremonies in Austin Tuesday and greeted their son S C Jr a student in State University.
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E. A. Schiller
Austin
S. C. Jr
State University
Milam County Court to Rule on Prohibition Election
Milam County commissioners court to convene January 24 to decide whether to call a county wide prohibition election. Petition signed by 578 qualified voters triggered the move though officials warn public sentiment is mixed. If called, election likely in February or March, with first county wide attempt to re establish prohibition since repeal.
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Milam County
Commissionres’ Court
Texas
Gause Resident Floyd Ferruson Buried in January
Funeral services for Floyd Ferruson, a Gause resident, were held Tuesday January 17 at the Gause Baptist Church with Rev. Crawford officiating. He was the son of Mrs. Mattie Ditto, longtime Cameron resident who ran the Springer hotel now the Milam hotel.
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Floyd Ferruson
Gause
Gause Baptist Church
Crawford
Mattie Ditto
Cameron
Springer Hotel
Milam Hotel
Pipe Collecting is Hobby of Cameron Cafe Owner
The Cameron cafe owner Fred Jackson has built a large pipe collection and values about 300 pipes worth over a thousand dollars. His treasure includes a German pipe once owned by Carl Fahrendorf and a pipe previously used by H. C. Ledbetter, highlighting the hobby’s rich history from American Indians to Europe.
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Cameron Cafe
William Penn
Mexico
Peru
United States
Walter Rawleigh
Europe
Francisco Hermando de Toledo
Rawleigh
Fred Jackson
Cameron
Jackson
Carl Fahrendorf
Fritz Fahrendorf
Germany
H. C. Ledbetter
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Secretary Chamber Commerce
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