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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1954
Page
2
The Cameron Theatre will close Monday for three weeks to install new rose doeskin malibou seating by R H Henderson and Associates of Dallas. Remodeling includes lobby painting and repairs while Milam Theatre schedules shift to cover Cameron shows on Friday to Sunday.
State Health Officer Dr. Henry A. Holle warns of polio season and urges prompt diagnosis and isolation. He says avoid visiting homes with suspected cases, minimize direct contact, and emphasize sanitation to curb transmission though insect spread is not proven. Early symptoms include headache fever vomiting drowsiness and irritability in young children.
The Veterans Administration urges Korean GIs planning Korean GI Bill training to choose courses carefully before the August 20 cut off. After that date free one change of course ends and changes require progress or VA counseling. The rule applies to post Korea veterans separated before August 20.
The Texas Highway Department plans a 10 million dollar super road for U S Highway 81 passing Bell, Falls, McLennan and Hill counties. Bell County receives 2.368 million, Hill 1.66 million, Falls 1.58 million, McLennan 6.345 million. District 9 totals 12 million, with 10 million for U S 81 and related approaches and interchanges in the four counties.
The VA states that veterans who left active service after the cutoff date have a two year window to begin training. Newly separated veterans in the later group face no immediate curtailment of one change of course rights until their personal cut off dates arrive.
Your social security card is one of your most valuable possessions. It is the key to your social security account used for Old-Age and Survivors Insurance payments. Get a number when you start covered work and ensure your employer copies your name and number exactly as on the card for wage reports.
Brigadier General Paul Wakefield, state selective service director, says the July draft quota reaches 1 187 men the largest in six months. He also notes planning to send 2 417 men to physical and mental examinations in July as the national quota rises to 23 000. The increase reflects more men leaving service in the next fiscal year than were separated in the current one, which ends June 30.
The passage reflects on illness and longing for spring while obeying divine guidance. It notes Pfc. Ernest Batte stationed at Mineral Wells visiting Mrs. R. L. Batte, Sr. over the weekend, highlighting a personal domestic update within a broader life reflection.
H N Smith Texas state conservationist says 40 flood prevention dams in the Trinity River watershed save thousands of dollars yearly by protecting small creeks and enabling cultivation of flood prone bottomlands. He notes evaporation losses are minor and upstream dams cut sedimentation in major reservoirs by over 50 percent.
Mr and Mrs George T Moore and children George Arthur Margaret Claire and Arty Pollard all of Houston visit in the home of Mrs John Ryan They plan to return home later in the week Mrs Moore is remembered as the former Annette Ryan Mr Moore is with the Houston Maintenance Engineering Corporation He is the son of the late Mr and Mrs G T Moore
Miss Beverly Freeman daughter of Mr and Mrs Tyson Freeman of 820 North Lamar Cameron travels to Mexico City with the International Study Center in its 11th year program. Dr Joseph S Werlin of the University of Houston directs the trip aimed at studying Mexican customs people and language. They will stay five weeks this summer with Hotel Luma as headquarters.
August Gurecky resumes duties at First National Bank after a two week vacation. He traveled with his wife and daughter Barbara and with Mrs. Leo Stecher and Miss Bessie Marek visiting New Orleans and Baton Rouge, with stops in East Texas. They stayed with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Valenta in Lufkin and reported a wonderful trip and cool weather.
Mrs. T. H. DeLaureal and children Suzanne and Tom visited her parents Dr. and Mrs. Gus Evans Sr. for ten days. They were joined Saturday by husband and father Dr. DeLaureat. The family then returned to Lake Charles, Louisiana on Sunday.
Mrs. Betty Mae Thompson resumes her duties at Glass The Florist after a pleasant two week vacation. Mrs. Lee Stecher visits the home of her son and daughter in Dallas, staying with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stecher and their daughter Sandra.
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