Trustees Day to Be Held Here July 20
Milam County school trustees meet at Cameron City Park at 10:00 a m on July 20 with Lunch for trustees and wives State Superintendent S M Marrs attends at 2 p m to discuss Fortieth Legislature. W A Morrison to preside at 10 30 a m. Fisher and Robbins to discuss teaching issues Examinations Aug 12 and 13 not Aug 1 2nd. teachers must file names by July 20.
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Milam County
Cameron
S. M. N. Marrs
W. A. Morrison
County Board of Education
Thos. A. Fisher
Kathryn K. Robbins
Teachers Institute Meeting In Cameron At Opening Of Schools
A two day teachers institute will convene in Cameron around the time most schools open. Teachers will receive pay for attendance and their participation will be compulsory.
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Teachers’ Institute
Cameron
School Books Adoptions Unchanged for Next Session
No changes have been made in text book adoptions. The same series of books will be used for next session as for last year.
Cameron and Bedias Split Two Game Series
The Cameron Comets lost the first game to Bedias 6 to 2 then won 15 to 6 in the rematch. Tadlock pitched the opener for Bedias, with three hits allowed. Jenness homered twice and Green had four hits in the second game. Baggett driven in three runs and played solid defense. The clubs schedule another two game set this weekend with Tadlock again in the spotlight.
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Cameron Comets
Bedias
Tadlock
Comets
Thomas
Jenness
Green
Baggett
Cameron
Walden’s Business College Plans Closing Exercises
Plans are formulated for an August close to Walden’s Business College term. A large number of pupils will receive diplomas as the Rockdale class joins Cameron in the ceremony held in the school hall with a reception for pupils and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
Cameron
Walden
RAND CONCERT PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS PIONEER BAND NIGHT
The Pioneer Concert band presented a program featuring Indian State Band Farrar Zacatecas March Codina Lillies of the Valley Veidt Buzzard Rag Brown Sincerity Overture Barnard Frolics of Spring Parma The Indian Trail Lameter Fort Washington Marth Schumann.
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Pioneer
Indian State Band
Farrar
Zacatecas
Brown
Barnard
Parma
Fort Washington
Marth
Schumann
Seeing A Bit of Texas With the editor
The narrator tours Texas from Dallas to El Paso, passing Fort Worth Weatherford Cisco Abilene and Abilene home of Gov Moody’s wife. Oil towns and farm regions show growth with new hotels and a growing press presence.
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Texas
Abilene
Fort Worth
el Paso
Dan Moody
C. C. Watson and Associates
Legion Memorial
Cameron
Abilene to Van Horn’s water quality noted in travel notes
In the Abilene area cow country drives revenue aside from oil and farming areas. Sweetwater is a busy western city in Nolan County. The author praises Cameron water, contrasting it with mineral substitutes, while mentioning a 259 mile span from Big Springs to Van Horn with water unfit for drinking.
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Abilene
Sweetwater
Nolan County
Cameron Water
Big Springs
van Horn
Objections to Tax Amendment Headed for August 1 Vote
Objections to the proposed Texas constitutional tax amendment are outlined for a public address by Claude Pollard at a July 21 barbecue hosted by Harry W. Beavers Post American Legion No. 415 in Milano. The pamphlet argues the change would remove tax restraints, increase costs, and create unfair classifications.
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Sion
Claude Pollard
Texas
Milano
Harry W. Beavers
American Legion
H. B. McClellen
National Democratic
Cameron Banks in Milam County Shine in Statement
Over two million dollars shown on deposit across Citizens National Bank First National Bank Texas State Bank Trust Co Cameron State Bank. Banks emphasize wise management strong conditions and public confidence with Citizens National Bank founded in 1900 and First National as oldest local house. A full statement appears in this issue.
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Ctizens National Bank
First National Bank
Texas State Bank & Trust Co
Cameron State Bank
Citizens National Bank
First National
Cameron State
Texas State Bank and Trust Company
Milam County
Chicken Thief In Jail In Hefley Heights Area
Ellridge a colored man known as Chicken tich is jailed on chicken stealing charges. Sheriff Blaylock directed arrest in Rockdale where 27 chickens were found in his possession. In a confession to District Attorney Jack Lewis he admitted thefts from East town hen houses and led officers to roosts. Residents report many missing fowl have been recovered.
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Hefley Heights
Ellridge
Blaylock
Rockdale
Jack Lewis
Fossil Turtle Remains Found in Local Gravel Pit
Local contractor Frank McLerran uncovered fossil remains of a prehistoric mammoth turtle in the Batte Gravel Pit across New Bridge. The shell measured four feet seven inches long and over three feet wide but broke when a rock above it collapsed.
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Batte
New Bridge
Frank McLerran
McLerran
Non profit City Park Pool to operate in Cameron
Mrs. W. T. Moody Mrs. Wiley Mangum and Mrs. BE. M. Barnes will run the City Park Swimming Pool for the rest of July and August on a non profit basis. The pool will be kept clean and sanitary with twice weekly water changes and baths scrubbed after changes. Two life savers will supervise and children under twelve pay fifteen cents while others pay twenty five cents. swim suits available for rent or purchase.
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W. T. Moody
Wiley Mangum
BE. M. Barnes
City Park
Cameron
Eighteenth Annual Farmers Short Course at A&M College
The Eighteenth Annual Farmers Short Course at A and M College College Station Texas runs July 25 to 30 1927. Registration with Cooperative Agent George Banzhaf due by July 18. Room and meals priced with $6.25 total for five days and a $5 meal ticket. Travel rates vary by railroad line. Camping near athletic field offered and program planned for men women boys and girls.
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A. and M. College
College Station
Texas
George Banzhaf
Missouri Pacific
Southern Pacific
College Mess Hall
Hindu objections to the fatted calf parable cited
The four gospel story of the prodigal son is opposed by Hindus who revere the cow as sacred and object to the killing of the fatted calf. The remark notes theological and cultural conflicts surrounding the biblical tale.
Calles Prepares Decree Grants Women Equal Civil Rights
A decree prepared by President Calles to revise the civil code will grant Mexican women equal civil rights with men. It does not confer voting rights, but removes the current inferior status of women under the law.
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Calles
Cameron Country Club Hosts 75 Golfers in Texan Invitational
The Cameron Country Club will host about seventy five entrants from Bryan Calvert Marlin Waco Rosebud Temple Georgetown Taylor and Rockdale for an annual invitation tournament. Practitioners arrive Wednesday while fair weather could swell the field. A driving contest is slated for four p m with prizes including leather bags golf balls and a Spalding spoon.
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Cameron Country Club
Central Texas
Bryan
Calvert
Marlin
Waco
Rosebud
Temple
Georgetown
Taylor
Rockdale
Cameron and Bedias To Clash In Return Series
Cameron and Bedias meet here next Saturday and Sunday at Lawless Green Athletic Field for a two game set. Bedias left handed ace Tadlock impressed with 37 strikeouts in Bedias, drawing comparison to Cameron star Lefty Thomas. both clubs split the prior Bedias visit.
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Cameron
Bedias
Tadlock
Lefty Thomas
Cameron Comets
Lawless Green Athletic Field
Steve Gardner and Hokum Kings at Wayside Friday
Steve Gardner and his Hokum Kings will perform at Wayside Friday night drawing dance enthusiasts from the area. The band is praised as the best orchestra in Central Texas this season and Cammer expects a record crowd at the engagement.
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Steve Gardner
Hokum Kings
Wayside
Steve
Central Texas
Cammer
Report on Cameron Water Bacterial Analysis 1927
Bacterial counts show river water 2000 per cc on July 2 with B coli present but treated water 76 with no bacteria. July 7 treated water 108 with no B coli. July 13 river 3100 and treated water 104 with no B coli. Dr J E Robinson of Temple Medical Laboratories signs. Water deemed safe for drinking.
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Cameron Water
J. E. Robinson
Temple Medical Laboratories
Tuna as Protector of Sardine Stocks in the Mediterranean
The tuna fish was not hunted for food originally but to safeguard sardine interests in the Mediterranean, as sardines were consumed in large quantities by tuna.
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Mediterranean
Scottish scientist discovers santonin causing yellow vision
A Scottish researcher has identified santonin, a drug that makes a person see yellow. It is prepared from the dried flower heads of European wormwood.
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le Bourget
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Jake Otz
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Plains
Rio Grande
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Knights of Pythias
R. Q. Lee
Cisco
Clyde
Putnam
Baird
Legionaires
State of
Cameron Banks
AL & M
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